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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2001
Christian Gossmann, Habsheim, FR;
Woertz AG, Muttenz, CH;
Abstract
In order to achieve a high degree of protection, especially a degree of protection IP67 with the simplest possible sealing system in contacting device, a sealing ridge is provided on housing top, which cooperates with a gasket. For reliable sealing, this is preferably arranged continuously around a contact region and is forced into the preferably plate-like gasket in the installed state. During contacting of the conductors of ribbon cable, a contacting element, for example, of contact screw penetrates the gasket and in so doing displaces sealing material, which additionally contributes to sealing. The contacting device is preferably designed as an adapter for a field bus system or as a so-called “heavy rectangular plug-in connector”.