US 12,230,903 B2
Connecting element for mounting an electrical circuit board to a flat electrical conductor
Gerald Busch, Lage (DE); Peter Stuckmann, Lage (DE); Ralf Schumacher, Lemgo (DE); Kurt Hermanns, Groß-Umstadt (DE); and Thomas Wielsch, Detmold (DE)
Assigned to Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. KG, (DE)
Filed by Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. KG, Detmold (DE)
Filed on May 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/740,495.
Claims priority of application No. 102021112259.7 (DE), filed on May 11, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0368049 A1, Nov. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 12/72 (2011.01); H01R 4/48 (2006.01); H01R 9/24 (2006.01); H01R 9/26 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 12/728 (2013.01) [H01R 4/48 (2013.01); H01R 9/2458 (2013.01); H01R 9/2675 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connecting element, comprising
(a) a flat mounting portion configured for mounting on a circuit board; and
(b) a tulip contact extending at a mounting angle greater than 45° and less than 135° relative to said mounting portion and configured to receive a flat conductor in an electrically contacting manner, said tulip contact including at least one clamping element which extends in a sliding direction relative to the flat conductor and a support element which extends in a direction against the sliding direction between which a receptacle for the flat conductor is defined, a free end of said clamping element extending from said mounting portion at the mounting angle.