Patent ID: 9613761
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: H01H

Claim:
1. A contact element, comprising: a main body; a first terminal and a second terminal, suitable for electrical conductors, which terminals are obliquely mounted in the main body; a first busbar and a second busbar, each electrically connected to one of the terminals and extending from the respective terminal to a central bearing arranged centrally in the main body; and a plunger, which is spring-mounted in the central bearing, the plunger being moveable between a first and a second position and the plunger supporting a contact bridge, which electrically short-circuits the first and second busbars in one of the two positions, wherein a part of the plunger protruding from the main body is configured to couple to a button, wherein the plunger includes a central hole and a side hole, provided beside the central hole, wherein the central hole is configured to receive and mount a contact spring, which contact spring exerts a spring pressure on the contact bridge, wherein the side hole is configured to receive and mount a return spring, which return spring presses the plunger into the first or second contact position, wherein the contact bridge is mounted in the central hole, wherein the plunger includes an elongate opening in each of two opposite sides, through each of which contact ends of the contact bridge protrude, and wherein the plunger includes on an underside thereof, on each of the two opposite sides, an assembly opening for installing the contact bridge.