Plug connector part having a connector part to be connected to a housing part

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11749934-B2
Application number	US-201917421401-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 16, 2019
Priority date	Jan 11, 2019
Publication date	Sep 5, 2023
Grant date	Sep 5, 2023

Abstract

A plug connector part for connecting to a mating plug connector part includes: a housing part; a connector part that is to be locked to the housing part and has a plug section on which at least one contact element is arranged for a plug connection to the mating plug connector part; a cover element that is to be connected to the connector part and has at least one line outlet for receiving an electrical line connected to the connector part; and a frame part, which is to be connected in a latching manner to the connector part and is formed to fasten the cover element to the connector part when the frame part is placed on the connector part.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A plug connector part for connecting to a mating plug connector part, comprising:
a housing part;
a connector part that is to be locked to the housing part and has a plug section on which at least one contact element is arranged for a plug connection to the mating plug connector part;
a cover element that is to be connected to the connector part and has at least one line outlet for receiving an electrical line connected to the connector part; and
a frame part, which is to be connected in a latching manner to the connector part and is formed to fasten the cover element to the connector part when the frame part is placed on the connector part,
wherein the housing part has at least one first latching element and the connector part has at least one first mating latching element,
wherein the at least one first latching element and the at least one first mating latching element are engageable with one another along a mounting direction to connect the connector part to the housing part,
wherein the housing part has a housing body, and
wherein the at least one first latching element is formed as a latching finger extending along the mounting direction from the housing body.

2. The plug connector part of claim 1 , wherein, when the frame part is placed on the connector part, an edge section of the cover element bears against the connector part and is held on the connector part via the frame part.

3. The plug connector part of claim 1 , wherein the at least one first mating latching element has a run-up slope for the at least one first latching element of the housing part for running up along the mounting direction.

4. The plug connector part of claim 1 , wherein the frame part is formed to act on the at least one first latching element of the housing part, in order to lock the latching connection between the housing part and the connector part against releasing.

5. The plug connector part of claim 1 , wherein the frame part has at least one second latching element and the connector part has at least one second mating latching element, and
wherein the at least one second latching element and the at least one second mating latching element can be brought into latching engagement with one another along a mounting direction to connect the frame part to the connector part.

6. The plug connector part of claim 5 , wherein the at least one second mating latching element has a run-up slope for the at least one second latching element of the frame part for run-up along the mounting direction.

7. The plug connector part of claim 5 , wherein the frame part has a frame body, and
wherein the at least one second latching element is formed as a latching finger extending along the mounting direction from the frame body.

8. The plug connector part of claim 5 , wherein the housing part is formed to act on the at least one second latching element of the frame part, in order to lock the latching connection between the connector part and the frame part against releasing.

9. The plug connector part of claim 1 , wherein the housing part has a plurality of first latching elements and the frame part has a plurality of second latching elements, and
wherein, in a mounted position the plug connector part, in which the housing part, the connector part, and the frame part are connected to one another, a first latching element is received between two second latching elements and/or a second latching element is received between two first latching elements.

10. The plug connector part of claim 1 , wherein the connector part has a housing on which first mating latching elements for latching connection to the housing part and second mating latching elements for latching connection to the frame part are arranged alternately between one another along a circumferential direction.

11. The plug connector part of claim 1 , further comprising:
a sealing element that seals a transition between the housing part and the connector part in a moisture-tight manner when the connector part is latched to the housing part.

12. A method for mounting a plug connector part for connecting to a mating plug connector part, comprising:
locking a connector part, which has a plug section on which at least one contact element is arranged for a plug connection to the mating plug connector part, to a housing part; and
connecting a cover element, which has at least one line outlet for receiving an electrical line connected to the connector part, to the connector part,
wherein a frame part is connected in a latching manner to the connector part,
wherein the frame part fastens the cover element to the connector part when the frame part is placed on the connector part,
wherein the housing part has at least one first latching element and the connector part has at least one first mating latching element,
wherein the at least one first latching element and the at least one first mating latching element are engageable with one another along a mounting direction to connect the connector part to the housing part,
wherein the housing part has a housing body, and
wherein the at least one first latching element is formed as a latching finger extending along the mounting direction from the housing body.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein first the connector part is latched to the housing part and then the frame part is connected to the connector part, or first the frame part is connected to the connector part and then the connector part is latched to the housing part.

Assignees

• Phoenix Contact E Mobility Gmbh

Inventors

• Feldner Ralf
• Garth Carsten
• Deppe Cedric
• Gebhardt Tanja

Classifications

• H01R13/516 Primary

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• B60L53/16

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• H01R13/506 Primary

  assembled by snap action of the parts · CPC title

• H01R2201/26

  for vehicles · CPC title

• Y02T10/70

  Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries · CPC title