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

Claim 0:
1. 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; and
a locking device having an insertion axis 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 along the insertion axis, the first clamping element and the second clamping element, by the locking device, exert opposing clamping forces in a force direction parallel to the insertion axis and onto the carrier element arranged between the first clamping element and the second clamping element to hold the carrier element,
wherein the carrier body has a guide and the second clamping element has a guiding body that interacts with the guide and is shiftable along the guide in a guiding direction relative to the carrier body, the guiding body including a sliding body and a sliding bar, the sliding body is formed as a U-shaped body and has a bridge element and a pair of flank elements angled at the bridge element, the bridge element is formed on the sliding bar and is arranged parallel to the sliding wall, the sliding body connected to the sliding wall of the second clamping element via the sliding bar, the sliding body can be fitted and is shiftable in the guiding space and the sliding bar can be fitted and is shiftable in the guiding gap.