IP Library Granted Patent US 9,225,100
Granted Patent B2
US 9,225,100 · App. 13/576,377 · Granted Dec 29, 2015

Socket housing

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Patent No.
US 9,225,100
App. No.
13/576,377
Granted
Dec 29, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A socket housing comprises an inner part and an outer part, the inner part being formed to receive at least one electrically conductive contact element, and a wall of the outer part defining a cavity. Therein, the inner part and the outer part are arranged adjoining one another. An external diameter of the inner part is equal to or less than an internal diameter of the outer part. The socket housing is formed in one piece, the inner part and the outer part being connected via a crosspiece formed as a predetermined breaking point.

Claims (16)

1. An electrical connector socket housing, comprising:

an inner part having a contact receptacle extending between a front mating face and a rear face, the contact receptacle being formed to receive at least one electrically conductive contact element, and

an outer part, a wall of the outer part defining a cavity, the outer part and the inner part being arranged adjoining one another, an external diameter of the inner part being equal to or less than an internal diameter of the outer part, the socket housing being formed in one piece, the inner part and the outer part being connected via a crosspiece formed as a predetermined breaking point.

2. A socket housing according to claim 1 , wherein the crosspiece is arranged in circumambient manner, at least in sections, on an end-face end of the wall of the outer part facing the inner part.

3. A socket housing according to claim 1 , wherein the crosspiece can be severed by exerting a force which is directed in the direction of the outer part on the inner part and/or a force which is directed in the direction of the inner part on the outer part such that the inner part, at least in sections, can be inserted into the cavity of the outer part.

4. A socket housing according to claim 3 , wherein the inner part has at least one locking hook on its outer surface, and in that the outer part has at least one locking slot in its wall, the at least one locking hook and the at least one locking slot being arranged such that the at least one locking hook engages in the at least one locking slot if the inner part is inserted into the cavity of the outer part.

5. A socket housing according to claim 4 , wherein the at least one locking hook has a chamfer which faces the outer part.

6. A socket housing according to claim 1 , wherein a section of the wall of the outer part forms a snap closure, with an aperture, which is connected via at least one spring element to the other sections of the wall, the snap closure being able to be deflected against the other sections of the wall, a section of the wall adjacent to the snap closure forming a stop which limits the deflection ability of the snap closure in at least one spatial direction.

7. A socket housing according to claim 6 , wherein the stop has a stop projection facing the snap closure.

8. A socket housing according to claim 1 , wherein the inner part has an elastically pivotable lever, the lever being able to be latched with the inner part, the lever being formed to fix, in the latched position, a contact element which is received in the inner part.

9. A socket housing according to claim 1 , wherein the inner part has a sealing region on which a sealing element can be arranged.

10. A socket housing according to claim 1 , wherein the socket housing is produced from a thermoplastic material by injection moulding.

11. An electrical connector socket housing, comprising:

an inner part and an outer part, the inner part being formed to receive at least one electrically conductive contact element, and a wall of the outer part defining a cavity, the outer part and the inner part being arranged adjoining one another, an external diameter of the inner part being equal to or less than an internal diameter of the outer part, the socket housing being formed in one piece, the inner part and the outer part being connected via a crosspiece formed as a predetermined breaking point;

wherein a section of the wall of the outer part forms a snap closure, with an aperture, which is connected via at least one spring element to the other sections of the wall, the snap closure being able to be deflected against the other sections of the wall, a section of the wall adjacent to the snap closure forming a stop which limits the deflection ability of the snap closure in at least one spatial direction.

12. A socket housing according to claim 11 , wherein the stop has a stop projection facing the snap closure.

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 Jul 31, 2012
From: BLEICHER, MARTIN; GOESELE, PETER; KRAUS, ROLAND; LANG, RAINER; SINDER, JOSEF; STREDAK, FRANK
To: TYCO ELECTRONICS AMP GMBH
Reel/Frame 028692/0032 →