ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS

Description

H01R encompasses electrical connection devices and systems that establish conductive pathways between electrical components. This subclass covers connectors, coupling devices, plugs, sockets, terminal assemblies, and current collectors used across diverse applications from consumer electronics to industrial equipment. It includes technologies for organizing and insulating multiple electrical conductors within a single connector body, as well as mechanisms for reliable and repeated connection/disconnection of circuits. Adjacent classes H01M (electrochemical devices) and H01G (capacitors) are excluded; H01R focuses specifically on mechanical and structural aspects of electrical connections rather than energy storage or conversion devices.

21 direct subcodes

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H01R 11/00 Individual connecting elements providing two or more spaced connecting locations for conductive members which are, or may be, thereby interconnected, e.g. end pieces for wires or cables supported by the wire or cable and having means for facilitating electrical connection to some other wire, terminal, or conductive member, blocks of binding posts
H01R 12/00 Structural associations of a plurality of mutually-insulated electrical connecting elements, specially adapted for printed circuits, e.g. printed circuit boards [PCB], flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures, e.g. terminal strips, terminal blocks; Coupling devices specially adapted for printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures; Terminals specially adapted for contact with, or insertion into, printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures (printed connections to, or between, printed circuits H05K1/11)
H01R 13/00 Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
H01R 2101/00 One pole
H01R 2103/00 Two poles
H01R 2105/00 Three poles
H01R 2107/00 Four or more poles
H01R 2201/00 Connectors or connections adapted for particular applications
H01R 24/00 Two-part coupling devices, or either of their cooperating parts, characterised by their overall structure (contact members H01R13/02; securing contact members in or to a base or case or insulating of contact members H01R13/40; bases or cases H01R13/46; means for supporting coupling part when not engaged H01R13/60; means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts or for holding them in engagement H01R13/62; means for preventing, inhibiting or avoiding incorrect coupling H01R13/64)
H01R 25/00 Coupling parts adapted for simultaneous co-operation with two or more identical counterparts, e.g. for distributing energy to two or more circuits (supported only by co-operation with a counterpart H01R31/00; with a holder adapted for supporting apparatus to which its counterpart is attached H01R33/88)
H01R 27/00 Coupling parts adapted for co-operation with two or more dissimilar counterparts (; supported only by co-operation with a counterpart H01R31/00; with a holder adapted for supporting apparatus to which its counterpart is attached H01R33/90)
H01R 29/00 Coupling parts for selective co-operation with a counterpart in different ways to establish different circuits, e.g. for voltage selection, for series-parallel selection,
H01R 3/00 Electrically-conductive connections not otherwise provided for
H01R 31/00 Coupling parts supported only by co-operation with counterpart
H01R 33/00 Coupling devices specially adapted for supporting apparatus and having one part acting as a holder providing support and electrical connection via a counterpart which is structurally associated with the apparatus, e.g. lamp holders; Separate parts thereof
H01R 35/00 Flexible or turnable line connectors (rotary current collectors, distributors H01R39/00)
H01R 39/00 Rotary current collectors, distributors or interrupters
H01R 4/00 Electrically-conductive connections between two or more conductive members in direct contact, i.e. touching one another; Means for effecting or maintaining such contact; Electrically-conductive connections having two or more spaced connecting locations for conductors and using contact members penetrating insulation
H01R 41/00 Non-rotary current collectors for maintaining contact between moving and stationary parts of an electric circuit (end pieces terminating in a hook or the like H01R11/12; current collectors for power supply lines of electrically-propelled vehicles B60L5/00)
H01R 43/00 Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors (of trolley lines B60M1/28)