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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2016
Applicant:
Harting Electric Gmbh & Co. KG, Espelkamp, DE;
Inventors:
Lutz Troeger, Osnabrueck, DE;
Frank Brode, Berlin, DE;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 13/66 (2006.01); H01R 13/04 (2006.01); G02B 6/02 (2006.01); G01K 11/32 (2006.01); G01N 21/17 (2006.01); G02B 6/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 13/6683 (2013.01); G01K 11/3206 (2013.01); G01N 21/17 (2013.01); G02B 6/02076 (2013.01); G02B 6/3636 (2013.01); H01R 13/04 (2013.01); G01N 2201/088 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electrical contact element with an integrated sensor is provided. The contact element has a groove, at least a portion of which extends on a plug-in side of the contact element. An optical fiber is provided in the groove. The optical fiber is designed in such a way as to be suitable as a sensor for measuring the temperature or the air humidity.