Holding frame for plug connector modules

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10148046-B2
Application number	US-201615548068-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 28, 2016
Priority date	Feb 2, 2015
Publication date	Dec 4, 2018
Grant date	Dec 4, 2018

Abstract

The disclosure relates to a plug connector for plug connector modules and for installation in plug connector housings or for screwing to wall surfaces. The holding frame is composed of two opposite sides in which there are provided recesses for receiving the plug connector modules. The holding frame is composed of four interconnected parts. A first side part and a second, opposite side part form the sides of the holding frame. A first head part and a second head part are provided on the ends of the side parts. The side parts are connected to one another via the head parts. Furthermore, the head parts have fastening ends by way of which the holding frame can be fastened in a plug connector housing or to a wall surface.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A holding frame for holding plug connector modules and for installing in a plug connector housing or for screwing to wall surfaces, wherein cut-outs for receiving the plug connector modules are provided on two opposite-lying sides of the holding frame, wherein the cut-outs are configured as laterally closed, through-going openings in the sides of the holding frame, wherein the holding frame is embodied from four parts that are connected to one another, wherein two opposite-lying side parts form the sides of the holding frame, wherein the side parts are connected to one another by two head parts, wherein the head parts in each case form a fastening end of the holding frame, wherein in each case two recesses are configured as receiving arrangements on the head parts, wherein the side parts in each case form two end-side connecting regions,
wherein the connecting regions is inserted into the receiving arrangements, and
wherein the side parts of the holding frame are connected to one another in the connecting regions by a first fastening means and a second fastening means.

2. The holding frame as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first fastening means is a screw and the second fastening means is a thread.

3. The holding frame as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the receiving arrangements are configured as slots having in each case an opening and an end in the head parts, wherein the openings of the slots lie further away from one another than the ends of the slots.

4. The holding frame as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the slots that form the receiving arrangements are configured as S-shaped.

5. The holding frame as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the receiving arrangements are configured as trapezoidal recesses in the head parts, wherein in each case the shorter base sides of the trapezoidal recesses are used as openings of the receiving arrangements.

6. The holding frame as claimed in claim 5 , wherein in each case two opposite-lying recesses are configured in the connecting regions of the side parts.

7. The holding frame as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the connecting regions is inserted into the receiving arrangements in the region between the recesses.

8. The holding frame as claimed in claim 1 , wherein, for each head part, the recesses extend from an upper end of the head part in a direction parallel to the sides of the holding frame and insertably receive a respective one of the end-side connecting regions of the side parts such that portions of the head part are located on each of opposing lateral sides of the end-side connecting regions.

9. The holding frame as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the recesses of the head parts are open ended and shaped to enable the side parts to be inserted in a receiving direction parallel to the sides of the holding frame and to enable the side parts to move toward each other to an assembled configuration in which the side parts are then unable to be removed from the head parts in a direction opposite the receiving direction.

10. The holding frame as claimed in claim 1 , wherein, for each head part, the recesses extend from opposing lateral ends of the head part in a direction toward a central region of the head part to insertably receive the end-side connecting regions of the side parts.

11. The holding frame as claimed in claim 10 , wherein, for each recess, an opening side of the recess is narrower than a base side of the recess to assist in captively receiving a respective one of the end-side connecting regions of the side parts.

12. A holding frame for holding plug connector modules, comprising:
a frame structure embodied from two opposite-lying side parts that form sides of the holding frame and two opposite-lying end head parts that connect the side parts together, wherein the side parts include cut-outs in the form of through-going openings in the sides of the holding frame for receiving the plug connector modules, and wherein each head part includes two open ended recesses that each extend from an upper end of the head part in a direction parallel to the sides of the holding frame and insertably receive an end portion of a respective one of the side parts such that portions of the head part are located on each of opposing lateral sides of said end portions of the side parts, and
wherein the side parts of the holding frame is connected to one another in the end regions by a first fastening means and a second fastening means.

13. The holding frame as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the recesses of the head parts are shaped to enable the side parts to be inserted in a receiving direction parallel to the sides of the holding frame and to enable the side parts to move toward each other to an assembled configuration in which the side parts are then unable to be removed from the head parts in a direction opposite the receiving direction.

14. A holding frame for holding plug connector modules, comprising:
a frame structure embodied from two opposite-lying side parts that form sides of the holding frame and two opposite-lying end head parts that connect the side parts together, wherein the side parts include cut-outs in the form of through-going openings in the sides of the holding frame for receiving the plug connector modules and wherein each head part includes two open ended recesses that each insertably receive an end portion of a respective one of the side parts, each recess extending from a respective lateral end of the head part in a direction toward a central region of the head part, and
wherein the side parts of the holding frame are connected to one another in the end regions by a first fastening means and a second fastening means.

15. The holding frame as claimed in claim 14 , wherein for each recess, an opening side of the recess is narrower than a base side of the recess to assist in captively receiving the end portion of the respective one of the side parts.

Assignees

• Harting Electric Gmbh & Co Kg

Inventors

• Schlepp Ramona
• Schlegel Bernard

Classifications

• H01R13/73 Primary

  Means for mounting coupling parts to apparatus or structures, e.g. to a wall · CPC title

• H01R13/518 Primary

  for holding or embracing several coupling parts, e.g. frames · CPC title

• H01R13/514

  composed as a modular blocks or assembly, i.e. composed of co-operating parts provided with contact members or holding contact members between them · CPC title