Patent ID: 9608341
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: H01R

Claim:
1. A socket for accommodating a cylindrical contact pin for establishing a high-current plug-in connection, comprising: a contact sleeve with a circumferential hollow cylindrical inner wall; and a hollow cylindrical contacting system which is designed for extending into a space between the contact sleeve and the contact pin which is introduced into an inner area of the contact sleeve surrounded by the inner wall; wherein the contacting system includes a plurality of elongated contact lamellae which are designed for forming a mechanical and electrical contact between the contact pin and the contact sleeve when a contact pin is introduced into the inner area; wherein the contacting system is situated in the inner area of the contact sleeve, and the contacting system extends in its circumferential direction along the inner wall of the contact sleeve and is supported with at least a portion of its outer wall on the inner wall; wherein the contacting system includes a first collar and a second collar which in each case extend at their two end-face sides in a circumferential direction; wherein the contact lamellae extend between the first and second collars, each of the contact lamellae being connected at a respective first end to the first collar and at a respective second end to the second collar; wherein each of the contact lamellae includes a respective arm, in an area between the first and second collars, via which the contact lamella is additionally connected to one of the first and second collars in a supporting manner, each of the contact lamellae together with its respective arm being in a Y-shape, and wherein each of the contact lamellae including its respective arm, being bulged in at least two areas of its Y-shape, each of the bulged areas for contacting, in each case, either the contact pin or the contact sleeve.