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Multiway connector
Assignee: ERNI Electronics GmbH and Co KG
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Filing: 1995-12-22
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Granted: 1998-04-28
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Expires: 2015-12-22
Abstract
Abstract A multiway connector of a non-metal material for a tight connection to metal components includes a row of metal passages, each passage having a sleeve on one side of the connector and a contact pin on another side of the connector, wherein the multiway connector is metallized with a metal coating at surfaces which come into contact with the metal components of a housing of the metal components, and wherein the side of the connector having the contact pins is covered with a sealing compound.
Inventors
- 👤 Franz Czeschka
- 👤 Jurgen Lapphohn
- 👤 Wolgang Hornig
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 22:59
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01R; H01R12/00; H01R12/70; H01R12/71; H01R12/72; H01R12/721; H01R13/00; H01R13/648; H01R13/658; H01R13/46; H01R13/52; H01R13/521; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S439/00; Y10S439/931
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
115 words
A multiway connector of a non-metal material for a tight connection to metal components having a housing, the connector comprising a row of metal passages, each passage having a sleeve on one side of the connector and a contact pin on another side of the connector, wherein the multiway connector is metallized with a metal coating at surfaces which come into contact with the metal components of the housing, and wherein the side of the connector having the contact pins is covered with a sealing compound, wherein the surfaces with the metal coating have cams and the metal components of the housing have recesses, wherein the cams engage in the recesses for absorbing expansion forces.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
115 words
A multiway connector of a non-metal material for a tight connection to metal components having a housing, the connector comprising a row of metal passages, each passage having a sleeve on one side of the connector and a contact pin on another side of the connector, wherein the multiway connector is metallized with a metal coating at surfaces which come into contact with the metal components of the housing, and wherein the side of the connector having the contact pins is covered with a sealing compound, wherein the surfaces with the metal coating have cams and the metal components of the housing have recesses, wherein the cams engage in the recesses for absorbing expansion forces.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
60 words
The multiway connector according to claim 1, wherein the metal coating, the non-metal material of the connector and the metal components of the housing each have a thermal expansion coefficient, and wherein the thermal expansion coefficient of the metal coating is between the thermal expansion coefficients of the non-metal material of the connector and the metal components of the housing.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
39 words
The multiway connector according to claim 1, wherein the metal coating, the non-metal material of the connector and the metal components of the housing each have a thermal expansion coefficient, and wherein the thermal expansion coefficients are essentially equal.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
26 words
The multiway connector according to claim 2, wherein the material of the metal coating is selected from the group consisting of molybdenum, tungsten, nickel/cobalt and tin.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
15 words
The multiway connector according to claim 1, wherein the sealing compound is a synthetic resin.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
37 words
The multiway connector according to claim 1, further comprising a spacer frame receiving the connector, the spacer frame having free legs, lateral centering means being provided in the connector and the free legs of the spacer frame.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
24 words
The multiway connector according to claim 6, wherein the lateral centering means are tongues and grooves, wherein the tongues are received in the grooves.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
39 words
The multiway connector according to claim 1, comprising a soldered connection between the metal coating of the connector and the metal components of the housing, wherein the soldered connection extends over a large surface area of the metal coating.
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