Plug connector, mating connector and plug connector system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11848516-B2
Application number	US-202117308251-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 5, 2021
Priority date	May 5, 2020
Publication date	Dec 19, 2023
Grant date	Dec 19, 2023

Abstract

A plug connector pluggable with a mating connector in a connecting direction has a locking spring. The locking spring exerts a force on a pressure chamfer of the mating connector acting in the connecting direction when the plug connector is fully plugged together with the mating connector.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A plug connector for use with a mating connector having a pressure chamfer, comprising:
a locking spring exerting a force on the pressure chamfer of the mating connector acting in the connecting direction when the plug connector is fully plugged together with the mating connector;
a contact pin having a receiving opening and a mating contact chamfer at which the contact pin tapers in the connecting direction, and being insertable into a receiving region of a contact socket of the plug connector in the connecting direction, the contact pin has the pressure chamfer, wherein the pressure chamfer is arranged on an outer lateral surface of the contact pin, and the contact pin widens in the connecting direction in a region of the pressure chamfer; and
a contact socket having a holding pin positioned to engage the pressure chamfer of the mating connector, wherein the locking spring is arranged on the holding pin and surrounds the holding pin in a form of a sleeve.

2. The plug connector of claim 1 , wherein the locking spring is an electrical contact point between the plug connector and the mating connector.

3. The plug connector of claim 1 , wherein the holding pin is at least partly comprised of a non-conductive material.

4. The plug connector of claim 1 , further comprising a contact spring arranged in the receiving region, the contact spring forms an electrically conductive connection between the contact socket and the contact pin of the mating connector.

5. The plug connector of claim 4 , wherein the contact spring is arranged on a wall of the receiving region.

6. The plug connector of claim 1 , wherein the locking spring is arranged on a wall of the receiving region.

7. The plug connector of claim 1 , further comprising a holding pin insertable into a receiving region of a contact socket of the mating connector counter to the connecting direction, the locking spring is arranged on the contact pin.

8. The plug connector of claim 7 , wherein the holding pin has a contact chamfer at which the contact pin widens in the connecting direction.

9. A mating connector pluggable with a plug connector in a connecting direction, comprising:
a pressure chamfer receiving a force from a locking spring of the plug connector acting in the connecting direction when the mating connector is fully plugged together with the plug connector, the pressure chamfer arranged on a wall of the pin receiving opening, the pin receiving opening tapers in the connecting direction in a region of the pressure chamfer; and
a contact pin having a receiving opening and a mating contact chamfer at which the contact pin tapers in the connecting direction, and being insertable into a receiving region of a contact socket of the plug connector in the connecting direction, the contact pin has the pressure chamfer, wherein the pressure chamfer is arranged on an outer lateral surface of the contact pin, and the contact pin widens in the connecting direction in a region of the pressure chamfer.

10. The mating connector of claim 9 , further comprising a contact socket with a receiving region, a contact pin of the plug connector is insertable into the receiving region counter to the connecting direction, the contact socket has the pressure chamfer.

11. The mating connector of claim 10 , wherein the contact socket has a mating contact chamfer at which the receiving region widens in the connecting direction.

12. A plug connector system, comprising:
a mating connector having an axial opening and a pressure chamfer;
a contact pin having a receiving opening and a mating contact chamfer at which the contact pin tapers in the connecting direction, and being insertable into a receiving region of a contact socket of the plug connector in the connecting direction, the contact pin has the pressure chamfer, wherein the pressure chamfer is arranged on an outer lateral surface of the contact pin, and the contact pin widens in the connecting direction in a region of the pressure chamfer; and
a plug connector pluggable with the mating connector in a connecting direction, the plug connector including a locking spring exerting a force on the pressure chamfer acting in the connecting direction when the plug connector is fully plugged together with the mating connector, and a contact socket having a centrally located holding pin positioned to engage the axial opening.

13. The plug connector system of claim 12 , wherein the plug connector has a contact chamfer pressured against a mating contact chamfer of the mating connector when the plug connector and the mating connector are fully plugged together.

14. The plug connector system of claim 12 , wherein the locking spring is an electrical contact point between the plug connector and the mating connector.

Assignees

• Te Connectivity Germany Gmbh

Inventors

• Scheer Kevin
• Ulrich Harald
• Masak Stefan

Classifications

• H01R13/627 Primary

  Snap or like fastening · CPC title

• H01R13/42

  Securing in a demountable manner · CPC title

• H01R13/635

  by mechanical pressure, e.g. spring force · CPC title

• H01R13/639 Primary

  Additional means for holding or locking coupling parts together, after engagement, {e.g. separate keylock, retainer strap} · CPC title

• H01R13/17 Primary

  with spring member on the pin · CPC title