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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2000
Robert Kolar, Ihrlerstein, DE;
Thomas Lehnst, Braunschweig, DE;
Heinrich Probst, Tegernheim, DE;
Josef Dirmeyer, Bodenwöhr, DE;
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
An electric circuit configuration includes an electric circuit, with a printed circuit board provided in a housing. The printed circuit board carries circuit elements and defines a printed circuit board plane. A plug-in connector element is provided at the housing and has a plurality of contact elements disposed in at least one first row. The plug-in connector element has short-circuit interrupters disposed at respective interrupter positions at the rear wall The short-circuit interrupters are configured as electrically non-conductive pins integrally formed with the rear wall and are disposed in a second row. None of the contact elements are, none of the contact elements are disposed in the second row. The second row is disposed beneath the at least one first row and is closer to the printed circuit board plane than the at least one first row. Thus the number of plug contact elements can be increased considerably without increasing the overall height of the control device.