US 12,334,679 B2
Connection unit, connection arrangement and electronic device
Bernd Behling, Steinheim (DE); and Mehmet Sagdic, Detmold (DE)
Assigned to PHOENIX CONTACT GMBH & CO. KG, Blomberg (DE)
Appl. No. 17/924,377
Filed by Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG, Blomberg (DE)
PCT Filed May 5, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/061852
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 10, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/228654, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 18, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020/5323 (BE), filed on May 12, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0208078 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 13/631 (2006.01); H01R 4/48 (2006.01); H01R 13/18 (2006.01); H01R 25/14 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/6315 (2013.01) [H01R 4/48 (2013.01); H01R 13/18 (2013.01); H01R 25/14 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connection unit for connecting at least one connection element, comprising:
a housing;
a first contact element;
a second contact element arranged on an opposite side to the first contact element, at least one receiving space being formed between the first contact element and the second contact element for clamping the at least one connection element between the first contact element and the second contact element; and
at least one finger guard element which covers at least some regions of the first contact element and the second contact element in a region of the at least one receiving space,
wherein the first contact element, the second contact element, and the finger guard element are borne in the housing in a floating manner, and
wherein the first contact element and the second contact element are joined together by two spring elements which are arranged at a distance from one another on the two contact elements, a first spring element being attached to a first end region of the two contact elements and a second spring element being fastened to a second end region of the two contact elements, the two spring elements each comprising a U-shape bent wire spring.