Leadframe having selectively removable bridges between terminals and contacts

摘要

The present invention relates to a leadframe having a plurality of connections for electrical conductors, a plurality of contacts and at least two outer current bars, and to a connecting socket having a leadframe as well as to a system for transmission of electrical power, in particular from a plurality of solar modules (photovoltaic modules), having a connecting socket such as this. In order to devise a leadframe which occupies as little space as possible, at least one connection (32a-e) is provided for an electrical conductor between the outer current bars (34a, b). This allows the leadframe to have a compact physical shape. The invention is based on the discovery that leadframes are used in the prior art to bridge the distances between predetermined contact separations, offering the possibility of producing, in one stamped part, strip conductors which have different geometries. Furthermore, a connecting socket having such a leadframe is described, and a system for transmission of electrical power using such a connecting socket.

主权项

1. A lead frame for an electrical connecting socket, the lead frame comprising:
a plurality of terminals for electrical leads; a plurality of contacts; and a plurality of current bars comprising connections between the terminals and the contacts, wherein at least two of the current bars are positioned as outer current bars, wherein each of the outer current bars comprises a first section, and wherein the first sections of the outer current bars are approximately parallel to one another, wherein at least one of the terminals located between the outer current bars, and wherein a longitudinal axis of the terminals is approximately transverse to a longitudinal axis of the first sections of the outer current bars, the lead frame further comprising a plurality of short residual sections of punched-out lands on adjacent end faces of the terminals for electrical leads.