IP Library Patent Application 12128914
Patent Application
App. No. 12/128,914

Electrical Plug Connection

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Patent No.
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App. No.
12/128,914
Abstract

An electrical plug connection includes a first plug member and a second plug member. The first plug member and the second plug member each have a plug recess module with a plug recess. At least one plug pin is arranged in the plug recesses of the plug recess modules that electrically connects the first plug member to the second plug member. The plug pin is fixed against removal from the plug recess of at least one of the plug recess modules.

Claims (22)

1 . An electrical plug connection, comprising:

a first plug member and a second plug member, the first plug member and the second plug member each having a plug recess module with a plug recess; and

at least one plug pin arranged in the plug recesses of the plug recess modules that electrically connects the first plug member to the second plug member, the plug pin being fixed against removal from the plug recess of at least one of the plug recess modules.

2 . The electrical plug connection of claim 1 , wherein the plug pin is releasably fixed in the plug recess of at least one of the plug recess modules.

3 . The electrical plug connection of claim 1 , wherein each of the plug recess modules are releasably received in receiver spaces in the first and second plug members.

4 . The electrical plug connection of claim 1 , further comprising a fixing element that engages the plug pin to fix the plug pin in the plug recess.

5 . The electrical plug connection of claim 4 , wherein the fixing element at least partially encompass the plug pin.

6 . The electrical plug connection of claim 4 , wherein the plug pin includes a retaining profile that defines an insertion depth of the plug pin into the plug recess into which the plug pin is fixed.

7 . The electrical plug connection of claim 6 , wherein the fixing element engages the retaining profile of the plug pin.

8 . The electrical plug connection of claim 6 , wherein the plug recess module has a positioning profile that supports the retaining profile transversely to an insertion direction of the plug pin into the plug recess into which the plug pin is fixed.

9 . The electrical plug connection of claim 8 , wherein the fixing element is movably mounted on the positioning profile.

10 . The electrical plug connection of claim 4 , wherein the fixing element is movably mounted on the plug recess module of the plug recess into which the plug pin is fixed.

11 . The electrical plug connection of claim 1 , wherein a longitudinal direction of the first plug member extends transversely to an insertion direction of the plug pin into the plug recesses of the plug recess modules of the first and second plug members.

12 . The electrical plug connection of claim 1 , further comprising a monitoring device that determines when the first and second plug members are moved apart by a first distance.

13 . The electrical plug connection of claim 12 , wherein the first and second plug members are moved apart by the first distance without being mechanically disconnected from one another.

14 . The electrical plug connection of claim 12 , wherein the first and second plug members remain electrically connected when moved apart by the first distance.

15 . The electrical plug connection of claim 12 , wherein the monitoring device has a releasable electrical control contact arrangement that is in a first electrically connected state when the first and second plug members are in a plugged-together state and in a second electrically connected state when the first and second plug members are moved apart by the first distance which is different from the first electrically connected state.

16 . The electrical plug connection of claim 15 , wherein the releasable electrical control contact arrangement is a plug connection.

17 . The electrical plug connection of claim 1 , further comprising a two-stage lock that locks the first plug member to the second plug member, the two-stage lock has a first locking arrangement that prevents the first and second locking members from moving apart a first distance, the first and second plug members still being electrically and mechanically connected to each other at the first distance.

18 . The electrical plug connection of claim 17 , further comprising a second locking arrangement that prevents the first and second locking members from moving apart a distance farther than the first distance.

19 . The electrical plug connection of claim 1 , wherein the first and second plug members in a plugged-together state form an electrically shielded interior in which the plug recesses are arranged.

20 . The electrical plug connection of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first and second plug members has a shielding device.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 16, 2015
From: TYCO ELECTRONICS AMP GMBH
To: TE CONNECTIVITY GERMANY GMBH
Reel/Frame 036617/0856 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 29, 2008
From: LEHNER, ANTONIO; MUELLER, PHILIPP; STABROTH, WALDEMAR; STOKOWSKI, ALEXANDER
To: TYCO ELECTRONICS AMP GMBH
Reel/Frame 021014/0724 →