Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Contact element comprising a sensor
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Application No.: US15743997Application Date: 2016-09-12
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Publication No.: US10170871B1Publication Date: 2019-01-01
- Inventor: Lutz Troeger , Frank Brode
- Applicant: HARTING ELECTRIC GMBH & CO. KG
- Applicant Address: DE
- Assignee: HARTING ELECTRIC GMBH & CO. KG
- Current Assignee: HARTING ELECTRIC GMBH & CO. KG
- Current Assignee Address: DE
- Agency: Hayes Soloway P.C.
- Priority: DE102015115657 20150917
- International Application: PCT/DE2016/100425 WO 20160912
- International Announcement: WO2017/045669 WO 20170323
- Main IPC: H01R13/66
- IPC: H01R13/66 ; H01R13/04 ; G02B6/02 ; G01K11/32 ; G01N21/17 ; G02B6/36

Abstract:
An electrical contact element with an integrated sensor is provided. The contact element has a groove, at least a portion of which extends on a plug-in side of the contact element. An optical fiber is provided in the groove. The optical fiber is designed in such a way as to be suitable as a sensor for measuring the temperature or the air humidity.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190006796A1 CONTACT ELEMENT COMPRISING A SENSOR Public/Granted day:2019-01-03
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