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

Claim 13:
14. A contact carrier comprising:
a carrier body receiving a plurality of contacts; 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;
a second clamping element formed on the carrier body in a shiftable manner and opposite the first clamping element, wherein the first clamping element has a receiving space receiving the locking device and the second clamping element has a guiding aperture guiding the locking device; 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 locking device can be introduced through the guiding aperture of the second clamping element into the receiving space of the first clamping element and can be locked in the receiving space, and wherein the locking device is a screw element with an externally threaded section and the receiving space has a receiving sleeve element with an internally threaded section for interlocking with the externally threaded section of the screw element.