Patent ID: 11955746
Assignee: WAGO VERWALTUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A protective cover element for mounting on a contact blade of a blade contact of an electrical plug-and-socket connector, a length of the contact blade projecting out of an insulating material of a connector housing of the plug-and-socket connector, the protective cover element comprising:
an insertion side with which the protective cover element is pushed over the contact blade from a front of the contact blade;
at least one insulating protective element arranged on a front of the protective cover element, the protective element at least partially covering the front of the contact blade in a plug-in direction of a bifurcated contact that is a mating part for the blade contact when the protective cover element is mounted on the contact blade; and
at least two longitudinal ribs extending from the protective element in the direction toward the insertion side,
wherein the at least two longitudinal ribs are shorter than 75% of the length that the contact blade projects out of the insulating material,
wherein the at least two longitudinal ribs include at least one intermediate rib that extends from the front of the protective element in the direction toward the insertion side in a region between opposing lateral edges of the contact blade, and
wherein the at least one intermediate rib includes a pair of intermediate ribs provided on opposing contact sides of the contact blade.