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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2003
Applicant:
Inventors:
Heiko Kühbauch, Köngen, DE;
Stefan Paech, Esslingen, DE;
Achim Ziegele, Uhingen, DE;
Ralf Forcht, Wendlingen, DE;
Christian Waldeck, Ostfildern, DE;
Assignee:
Festo AG & Co., Esslingen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 1/324 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 1/324 ;
Abstract
A contacting means for making electrical contact between a valve drive and a printed circuit board. It comprises a support housing having through ducts in which axially resiliently elastic contacting units are arranged. The contacting units are at one end acted upon by a first contact element of the valve drive and at the other end by a second contact element of the printed circuit board and accordingly rest on such components with a biasing action. Furthermore, a valve arrangement with such a contacting means is provided.