Patent ID: 6033264
Filing Date: 2000-03-07
Classification: H01R,H02B,H05K,Y10S

Abstract:
An electrical or electronic device for seating on a mounting rail comprising a housing with at least one circuit board located in said housing and with at least one contact means having a circuit board contact for electrical connection with the circuit board, the circuit board contact having a contact receiver with two contact legs, and having a front bus contact and a rear bus contact for making one of a data and power bus connection with adjacent devices which have corresponding contact means; wherein the circuit board contact, the front bus contact and the rear bus contact are formed as part of a single continuous piece of electrically conductive sheet material having major surfaces and relatively thin edge surfaces, said sheet material having been punched and bent to form said contacts with the major and edge surfaces of portions of the sheet material from which the contact legs of the circuit board contact are formed being oriented crosswise relative to the major and edge surfaces of portions of the sheet material from which the front and rear bus contacts are formed.