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

Claim 10:
11. A protective cover element for mounting on a contact blade of a blade contact of an electrical plug-and-socket connector, the contact blade projecting out of an insulating material of a 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 on a front of the protective cover element that at least partially covers 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 a top narrow-side cover and/or a bottom narrow-side cover, extending from the protective element in the direction toward the insertion side, constitutes one of the longitudinal ribs and covers at least areas of a respective lateral edge of the contact blade when the protective cover element is mounted on the contact blade,
wherein, on the insertion side, the protective cover element is open with no connection between the top and bottom narrow-side covers,
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.