Patent ID: 8389899
Filing Date: 2013-03-05
Classification: B23K,H01R

Abstract:
1. A connector ( 10 ) for connecting a welding torch where the connector comprises a connector body ( 12 ) with a cylindrical front part ( 13 ) made of electrically insulating material, a nest ( 21 ) for a wire guide conduit end, a nest ( 23 ) for a gas supply conduit end situated on a front surface ( 15 ) of the connector body ( 12 ), and one or more electric contacts let into hole(s) ( 25 ) situated on the front surface ( 15 ), and a liner ( 54 ) for a wire guide, leading into a bottom of the nest ( 21 ) for the wire guide conduit end, a passage ( 24 ) which leads into the nest ( 23 ) for the gas supply conduit end and a gas lead-in pipe stub ( 57 ) fixed into an outer end of the passage ( 24 ), further and a cylindrical current transferring body ( 30 ) fitted on the cylindrical front part ( 13 ) of the connector body ( 12 ), made of electrically conductive material, a threaded surface ( 32 ) and a side contact surface ( 35 ) besides the threaded surface ( 32 ) on a side surface of the cylindrical current transferring body ( 30 ), and a frontal contact surface on the cylindrical current transferring body ( 30 ), a threaded bore on the side contact surface ( 35 ) of the cylindrical current transferring body ( 30 ) for a screwed joint and a joining element ( 50 ) to join into the threaded bore, in addition an attachment bracket ( 60 ), made of electrically insulating plastic, the attachment bracket ( 60 ) having a sleeve part ( 62 ), which encircles space apart the threaded surface ( 32 ) of the cylindrical current transferring body ( 30 ), the sleeve part ( 62 ) having a flange ( 64 ) protruding from its front part for fixing, the flange ( 64 ) being provided with one or more holes ( 65 ) in it, where the attachment bracket ( 60 ), the cylindrical current transferring body ( 30 ) and the connector body ( 12 ) are in a fixed position relative to each other, wherein the connector body (