Plug

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9935406-B2
Application number	US-201515505848-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 5, 2015
Priority date	Oct 9, 2014
Publication date	Apr 3, 2018
Grant date	Apr 3, 2018

Abstract

Provided is a plug for use as a disconnector for current transformers. Two types of short circuits are provided in the plug. A first short circuit is used for diverting overvoltages by short-circuiting the electrical contacts in the plug. A second short circuit is provided for short-circuiting electrical contacts in the plug when the plug is not contacted. The short circuits are designed in such a way that the first short circuit is used as a fuse when the second short circuit fails.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A plug connector comprising an insulating body having a plug-in side and a connection side,
and at least one first electric contact and at least one second electric contact that are received in the insulating body,
wherein the electric contacts form on a first end a plug-in region and on a second end form a connection region,
wherein the plug-in region is embodied as bush contacts or pin contacts on the plug-in side of the insulating body, and the connection region provides a conductor connector in the connection side of the insulating body,
wherein the insulating body comprises a first short circuit by which the first electric contact and the second electric contact can be connected in an electric manner,
wherein the plug connector comprises a second short circuit that when spring-loaded produces an electrically conductive connection between the first electric contact and the second electric contact,
wherein the second short circuit is allocated by an actuator on the plug-in side of the insulating body and the electrically conductive connection between the electric contacts can be disconnected by said actuator, and
wherein the first short circuit is an overvoltage arrestor adapted to create an electric short circuit and produce a permanent electrical connection between the first electric contact and the second electric contact.

2. The plug connector as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
a blocking device is embodied on the plug connector and said blocking device comprises a block, wherein the block is suitable for the purpose of protruding into the plug-in side of the plug connector.

3. The plug connector as claimed in claim 2 , wherein
the first short circuit is adapted to influence the blocking device.

4. The plug connector as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
the actuator of the second short circuit protrudes into the plug-in side of the plug connector.

5. The plug connector as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
the actuator is adapted to be actuated by a mating plug connector that is to be plugged in and the electrically conductive connection between the electric contacts can be disconnected.

6. The plug connector as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
the plug connector is adapted to connect a current convertor.

7. The plug connector as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
the plug connector is adapted to be used as a disconnecting switch for a current convertor.

8. The plug connector as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
the plug connector is constructed in a modular manner.

Assignees

• Harting Electric Gmbh & Co Kg

Inventors

• Nass Andreas
• Wolff Hanno Harry

Classifications

• H01F38/32

  Circuit arrangements · CPC title

• H01R13/6666 Primary

  with built-in overvoltage protection · CPC title

• H01R13/66 Primary

  Structural association with built-in electrical component (coupling devices having concentrically or coaxially-arranged contacts H01R24/38) · CPC title

• H01R13/7132

  having ejecting mechanisms · CPC title

• H01R13/703

  operated by engagement or disengagement of coupling parts, {e.g. dual-continuity coupling part}(H01R13/71 takes precedence) · CPC title