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The invention relates to a contact bridge arrangement (1) for a switching device (2), such as a relay or a contactor, as well as to such a contact bridge arrangement. The contact bridge arrangement comprises a first contact bridge (4) which is movable along a switching direction (14) between an open position (64) and a closed position (74) and which comprises a section for connecting to a drive system (18) and at least two switching contacts (10) spaced from one another. Furthermore provided is a second contact bridge (6) with at least two auxiliary switching contacts (12) spaced from one another. In addition, two fixed-contact assemblies (28, 30) are provided which are located in the switching direction (14) between the first and the second contact bridge (4, 6), where each of the two fixed-contact assemblies comprises at least one fixed contact (34) for contacting a switching contact (10) and at least one fixed contact (36) for contacting an auxiliary switching contact (12). In the open position (649), the fixed contacts (34, 36), the switching contacts (10) and the auxiliary switching contacts (12) are disengaged from each other and, in the closed position (74), the at least one fixed contact (34) of one of the two fixed-contact assemblies (28, 30) electrically contacts a switching contact (10) and the other at least one fixed contact (36) of this one fixed-contact arrangement (28, 30) electrically contacts an auxiliary switching contact (12). In the closed position (64), this arrangement generates a magnetic force that presses the contacts (10, 34, 36, 12) together and counteracts a repulsion force acting between these contacts in the event of a short circuit.

An electrical connector with a dielectric housing which has a mating surface and an assembly surface. A plurality of terminal receiving passageways extends between the mating surface and the assembly surface. A plurality of terminals are positioned in the plurality of terminal receiving passageways. A plurality of protrusions extends from the mating surface in a direction away from the assembly surface. The protrusions surround openings of the terminal receiving passageways. As the connector mated with a mating connector, the plurality of protrusions are configured to engage and compress a flat elastomer gasket of the mating connector to provide a seal around each of the terminal receiving passageways and the terminals.

The invention relates to a contact arrangement (1) for electrical HV connections, with a contact socket (2) and a contact bolt (6) that can be inserted into the contact socket along an insertion direction (4), with a spring arrangement (10) comprising a spring (12) which, when the contact bolt is inserted into the contact socket, is arranged and compressed between the contact socket and the contact bolt in a radial direction (14), with a support surface arrangement (8) which has at least one support surface (16, 16a, 16b, 26a, 26b, 26c, 26d) inclined relative to the insertion direction, wherein the compressed spring is supported on the support surface arrangement and an axial spring force (36) pointing in the insertion direction is generated on the support surface arrangement by the compressed spring supported thereon. Such a contact arrangement is particularly wear-resistant.

An electrical connector which has a single unitary one-piece dielectric housing with a mating surface and an assembly surface. One or more terminal receiving passageways extend between the mating surface and the assembly surface. Contact retention clip receiving recesses are provided in the one or more terminal receiving passageways. The contact retention clip receiving recesses have larger diameters than diameters of remaining portions of the terminal receiving passageways. Contact retention clips are positioned in the contact retention clip receiving recesses. The contact retention clips have unstressed diameters which are larger than the diameters of the contact retention clip receiving passageways. The contact retention clips exert force on walls of the contact retention clip receiving recesses.

An electrical connector assembly (10) having a housing (12), signal contacts (14) and ground contacts (16). The housing (12) has a mounting side (22) configured to face a circuit board (24). The signal contacts (16) are provided in the housing (12) and have signal contact circuit board mounting sections (34) with signal contact compliant portions (36). The ground contacts (16) are provided in the housing (12) and have ground contact circuit board mounting sections (44) with ground contact compliant portions (46). One or more of the signal contact compliant portions (36) or the ground contact compliant portions (46) have a larger width than the remainder of the signal contact compliant portions (36) and the ground contact compliant portions (46). The one or more of the signal contact compliant portions (36) or the ground contact compliant portions (46) are configured to cooperate with one or more enlarged vias (60, 62) of the circuit board (24) to align the connector assembly (10) with the circuit board (24).

A sensor device (101), for a controlled mechanical device (190), such as a rotary device, is disclosed. A logic module (141) of the device (101) is configured to process sensor input (1601) and pass Manchester encoded data (1701), determined by processing the sensor input (1601), to a communication module (131). The communication module (131), configured for wired communication of binary data, is also configured for: transmitting differential Manchester encoded data (180) onto a wired interface (150), the differential Manchester encoded data (180) being based on the Manchester encoded data (1701) from the logic module (141); and receiving differential signals (180) from the wired interface (150).

The invention relates to a connector housing (1, 1a, 1b) with a first and a second housing section (2a, 2b), with a receptacle (4) extending from a first access opening (6a) to a second access opening (6b), in which at least one busbar (8, 8a, 8b) and/or contact structure (66) can be accommodated at least in sections, wherein the first access opening (6a) is arranged in the first housing section (2a) and the second access opening (6b) is arranged in the second housing section (2b), wherein the first housing section (2a) is movable relative to the second housing section (2b). Such a connector housing is suitable for tolerance-compensating plug connections.

The present invention relates to a contact bridge (1) for connecting a first busbar (4') to a second busbar (4"), wherein the contact bridge (1) comprises a first clamp mouth (8') for at least partially receiving the first busbar (4'), a second clamp mouth (8") facing away from the first clamp mouth (8') for at least partially receiving the second busbar (4"), and a spring assembly (50) against which the first clamp mouth (8') and the second clamp mouth (8") are each configured to be openable, wherein the first clamp mouth (8') is connected to the second clamp mouth (8") in an electrically conductive and motion-transmitting manner. This ensures that compensating movements required to overcome positional tolerances between the busbars (4', 4") are distributed evenly between the first and second clamping jaws (8', 8"). Furthermore, the present invention relates to a housing (84) for and a connector (2) with such a contact bridge.

A high voltage or power connector (18) having a housing (34, 38) with a mating end (44) and a mounting end (43). The housing (34, 38) has contact receiving slots (40) with walls (45) which extend between the contact receiving slots (40). Power contacts (36) are provided in the contact receiving slots (40). First ribs (42) extend from the walls (45) toward the mating end (44) of the housing (34, 38). Second ribs (54) extend from the mounting end (43) of the housing (34, 38). The first ribs (42), the walls (45) and the second ribs (54) provide a barrier between the power contacts (36) to prevent arcing and provide an increased distance across the surface between adjacent contacts (36). the second ribs (54) are positioned in slots (58) of a mating substrate (22) as the power connector (18) is mounted on the substrate (22), allowing the isolation of the power contacts (36) to be continued into the substrate (22).

A contact system and an electromagnetic contactor are provided, where the contact system comprises a movable contact that moves along a closing direction and a pair of stationary contacts disposed facing each other along a longitudinal direction transverse to the closing direction. Each of the stationary contacts has a C-shaped body with a first leg and a second leg oriented towards a center of the contact system and spaced apart along the closing direction. The movable contact has a first movable contact section disposed between the first and the second legs of the first stationary contact and a second movable contact section disposed between the first and the second legs of the second stationary contact. The first and the second stationary contacts each comprise a terminal section extending from the respective second leg towards a direction that forms a non-zero angle with the longitudinal direction.