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Weidmueller Interface Gmbh & Co.

Weidmuller Interface Gmbh & Co. Kg

Trw Automotive Safety Systems Gmbh

Weidmuller Interface Gmbh & Co.

Werner Radde

Werner Beege

Klaus Steinmetz

Manfred Lange

Reinhard Ruhm

Manfred Domrath

Heike Neumann

Klaus Endres

Hubert Herrmann

Ralph Frisch

Rainer Schulze

Frank Hackemack

Jorg Diekmann

Gerhard Huiskamp

Michael Sturm

Bernhard Delarue

Friedrich Schmidt

Ralf W&auml;gner

Rudolf Kowollik

Ralf Beller

Ralf Wägner

Rudolf Kowolik

A horn module () in a vehicle steering wheel has at least one electronic horn sensor () including a trigger component () deflectable upon application of a horn operating force (F). At the trigger component () at least one strain gauge () is arranged by deflection of which a signal is produced.

Horn module for a vehicle steering wheel and vehicle steering wheel

A junction box containing at least one electrical terminal is connected for displacement between unfastened and fastened positions relative to a carrier element, whereby during movement of the housing toward the fastened position, a U-shape contact spring is progressively displaced on a contact tab portion of the terminal within the junction box from a retracted position to a clamping position, thereby to bend a deformable relatively small thin conductor into contiguous lateral engagement with the contact tab portion.

Junction box including connector deformation means

An electrical terminal block connector is provided for connecting a plurality of power supply conductors having a first cross-sectional area and a plurality of data input conductors having a smaller cross-sectional area with a plurality of output conductors having a uniform cross-sectional area. The connector includes a terminal block housing containing a chamber, first and second inlet openings communicating with the chamber for receiving the ends of the power conductors and the data conductors, respectively, and a plurality of outlet openings communicating with the chamber for connection with the ends of the output conductors, respectively. First and second connector devices are arranged in the chamber for connection with the ends of the power and data conductors, respectively, and a plurality of identical third connectors connected with the first and second connectors include tulip-shaped terminals that extend within corresponding outlet openings for connection with the output conductors, respectively. The first connectors include resilient terminals connected by buses with the third connectors, and the second connectors include a data socket having outlet terminals connected with the third connectors via the conductors of a printed circuit board, respectively.

Terminal block for connecting data and power supply conductors to an electrical device

An electrical terminal adapted for connection with a conductor, comprising a hollow electrically conductive terminal containing a chamber receiving a U-shaped spring, and an opening for receiving a conductor that is biased by one leg of the spring into engagement with a given wall of the terminal chamber, the spring one leg having an operating tab portion that extends through a slot contained in the given terminal wall. A plurality of the terminals may be provided in an outer housing that is formed of an electrically insulating synthetic plastic material.

Resilient contact and assembly thereof

A sectional mounting connector is provided for mounting a component on a printed circuit board, characterized that the sections of the component are arranged end to end in interlocking relation.

Apparatus for assembling elements on a printed circuit board

An electrical connector includes a housing formed of electrical insulating material containing a chamber in which is mounted a resilient clamping member that biases a conductor into electrical engagement with an electrical contact also contained within the chamber. The bare end of the conductor is inserted into the chamber via a first housing opening, and the clamping member is operated to a released condition relative to the conductor by a release tool that is inserted into the chamber via a second housing opening. The clamping member includes a clamping leg having a laterally offset terminal portion that carries a clamping edge adapted to dig into the conductor and thereby retain the same within the chamber. The clamping member also includes a support leg that is operable by the release tool to displace the clamping leg to disengage the clamping edge from the conductor, thereby to release the same for withdrawal from the chamber.

Resilient contact for electrical conductors

A resilient electrical contact of generally V-shaped configuration includes a support leg mounted generally parallel with and spaced from a bus bar, and a clamping leg for biasing an electrical conductor toward lateral electrical engagement with the bus bar, characterized in that the contact clamping leg includes a stepped portion that terminates in an offset terminal portion that biases the conductor in lateral engagement with the bus bar, which terminal portion carries a clamping edge that resists withdrawal of the conductor from the contact. In order to disconnect the conductor from the contact, the device is provided for displacing the clamping leg from the bus bar, thereby to permit withdrawal of the conductor from the contact.

Resilient contact for connecting electrical conductors

A resilient connector for maintaining an electrical conductor in side-by-side conductive engagement with a bus bar includes a generally loop- or O-shaped resilient contact body having a first end portion, an intermediate portion arranged generally normal to the intermediate portion, and a second end portion that is normally arranged at an acute angle relative to the contact intermediate portion, the contact first end portion containing a window opening having first and second opposed edges remote from and adjacent the intermediate portion, respectively, the second contact end portion being displaceable from a normal first position adjacent the first window edge toward a second position adjacent the second window edge, whereby when the second contact end is displaced to its second position and a conductor and a bus bar are introduced in side-by-side electrically conductive relation within the window, release of the second end portion causes the conductor and the bus bar to be clamped in tight electrical contact by the cooperation between the second contact end portion and by the first window edge. In order to prevent permanent distortion of the contact body, a stop member is mounted within the contact cavity for limiting movement of the second contact end beyond the second position. Consequently, the stop member permits the use of the contact arrangement in fixed pole applications where the bus bar and the compression spring are to be installed from above or below a housing within which the electrical components are contained.

Resilient connector having an insertable stop member

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