Patent ID: 11916339
Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY GERMANY GMBH
Field: Mechanical elements (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  F | IPC F  H

Claim 16:
17. A contact carrier comprising:
a carrier body receiving a plurality of contacts, wherein the carrier body has a guide having a first guiding element and a second guiding element opposite the first guiding element, the first guiding element and the second guiding element formed on the carrier body along a guiding direction and defining a guiding space between them, and a second clamping element has a guiding body, the guiding body interacts with the guide and is shiftable along the guide in the guiding direction relative to the carrier body; and
a fastening element fastening the carrier body to a carrier element, the fastening element includes:
a first clamping element connected to the carrier body;
the second clamping element formed on the carrier body in a shiftable manner and opposite the first clamping element; and
a locking device locking the second clamping element in a position relative to the first clamping element, a distance between the first clamping element and the second clamping element can be varied by a relative movement of the second clamping element in relation to the first clamping element, the first clamping element and the second clamping element, by the locking device, exert a clamping force onto the carrier element arranged between the first clamping element and the second clamping element to hold the carrier element,
wherein the first guiding element and the second guiding element each have a first guiding wall and a second guiding wall forming an angle with one another, the first guiding walls of the first guiding element and the second guiding element are arranged opposite one another and are formed at a third guiding wall of the carrier body, and
wherein the guiding body includes a sliding body and a sliding bar, the sliding body is connected to a sliding wall of the second clamping element via the sliding bar, the sliding body formed as a U-shaped body and having a bridge element and a pair of flank elements angled at the bridge element, the bridge element formed on the sliding bar and arranged parallel to the sliding wall, and wherein the sliding body can be fitted and is shiftable in the guiding space and the sliding bar can be fitted and is shiftable in a guiding gap defined between the second guiding walls, the guiding space communicates with the guiding gap and is defined between the first guiding walls, the second guiding walls, and the third guiding wall.