IP Library Granted Patent US 11,870,180
Granted Patent B2
US 11,870,180 · App. 17/291,691 · Granted Jan 9, 2024

Electric plug-in device and arrangement having an electric plug-in device

Inventors: Engelbert Engels (Cologne, DE); Tim Schnitzler (Kreuzau, DE); Thomas Friedel (Schorndorf-Miedelsbach, DE)
Assignees: Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG; Pfisterer Kontaktsysteme GmbH
H01R13/53H01F27/04H01R13/502H01R13/621
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Patent No.
US 11,870,180
App. No.
17/291,691
Granted
Jan 9, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electric plug-in device, which is suitable for plugging into an electric receiving device, has an inner conductor and an insulating body that encloses the inner conductor. The plug-in device includes a retaining element which can be firmly connected indirectly, in particular with the help of a housing wall, or directly to the receiving device; a sliding element which can be moved axially along a longitudinal axis of the inner conductor relative to the retaining element includes the internal conductor and the insulating body. When the plug-in device is plugged into the receiving device, the sliding element protrudes into a receiving portion of the receiving device. A spring device exerts an axially active spring force on the sliding element in the direction of the receiving device when the plug-in device is plugged into the receiving device.

Claims (30)

1. An electric plug-in device for plugging into an electric receiving device, the plug-in device comprising:

an inner conductor having a longitudinal axis and an insulating body enclosing said inner conductor, said inner conductor and said insulating body forming a sliding element;

an insulating material fixedly attached to said insulating body or pushed releasably onto said insulating body;

a retaining element to be fixedly connected to the receiving device;

said sliding element being axially displaceable along the longitudinal axis of said inner conductor relative to said retaining element, wherein said sliding element projects into a receiving section of the receiving device when the plug-in device is plugged into the receiving device;

said sliding element further including a pusher section with a pressure surface that extends radially outward, as seen from said inner conductor, and lies in contact on said insulating material; and

a spring device configured to exert an axially acting spring force on said sliding element in a direction of the receiving device when the plug-in device is plugged into the receiving device.

2. The electric plug-in device according to claim 1 , wherein said retaining element is directly affixed to the receiving device or said retaining element is indirectly connected to the receiving device via a housing wall.

3. The electric plug-in device according to claim 1 , wherein said insulating material is sprayed onto said insulating body.

4. The electric plug-in device according to claim 1 , wherein said insulating material is a plastically and/or elastically deformable material.

5. The electric plug-in device according to claim 1 , wherein said insulating material is a silicone material.

6. The electric plug-in device according to claim 1 , wherein a surface normal of said pressure surface lies parallel to the longitudinal axis of said inner conductor.

7. The electric plug-in device according to claim 1 , wherein said pusher section forms a flange section of said sliding element, and said flange section revolves rotationally symmetrically about the longitudinal axis of said inner conductor.

8. The electric plug-in device according to claim 1 , wherein said pusher section is connected to a bearing part which is arranged within a sleeve section, which is connected to said retaining element or is formed integrally thereon, and is displaceable axially within said sleeve section along the longitudinal axis of said inner conductor.

9. The electric plug-in device according to claim 8 , wherein:

said sleeve section, along the longitudinal axis, has at least a first partial section with a first diameter and a second partial section with a second diameter that is larger than the first diameter;

said movable bearing part is displaceable within said second partial section; and

said spring device, or at least a compression spring of said spring device, is arranged at least in sections between a radial stop surface of said sleeve section formed between said first and second partial sections, and said movable bearing part and is supported on said stop surface.

10. The plug-in device according to claim 1 , configured as a high-voltage bushing, with said sliding element being configured to be pushed into an apparatus connection part of an electrical apparatus.

11. The plug-in device according to claim 1 , wherein said insulating body comprises field-controlling control inserts separated from one another by insulating layers.

12. The plug-in device according to claim 11 , wherein said control inserts are arranged concentrically around said inner conductor.

13. The electric plug-in device according to claim 1 , wherein:

said insulating body tapers conically in a direction of the receiving device; and

said insulating material is a silicone cone with an inner boundary layer resting on said insulating body and an outer boundary layer lying on an inner wall of the receiving device.

14. An arrangement, comprising:

a receiving device; and

a plug-in device according to claim 1 pushed into said receiving device.

15. An arrangement, comprising:

an electrical apparatus having a fluid-tight housing and an apparatus connection part inserted into an opening formed in said housing, said apparatus connection part having a contact device; and

a plug-in device according to claim 1 plugged into said apparatus connection part and being connected by way of the inner conductor to the contact device of said apparatus connection part.

Assignments (6)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNMENT DOCUMENT PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 67025 FRAME: 852. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Apr 15, 2024
From: SIEMENS ENERGY GLOBAL GMBH & CO. KG
To: HSP HOCHSPANNUNGSGERÄTE GMBH
Reel/Frame 067642/0795 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 5, 2024
From: SIEMENS ENERGY GLOBAL GMBH & CO. KG
To: HSP HOCHSPANNUNGSGERÄTE GMBH
Reel/Frame 067025/0852 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 28, 2021
From: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
To: SIEMENS ENERGY GLOBAL GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 058597/0317 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 21, 2021
From: HSP HOCHSPANNUNGSGERAETE GMBH
To: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Reel/Frame 056600/0084 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 11, 2021
From: ENGELS, ENGELBERT; SCHNITZLER, TIM
To: HSP HOCHSPANNUNGSGERAETE GMBH
Reel/Frame 056509/0289 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 11, 2021
From: FRIEDEL, THOMAS
To: PFISTERER KONTAKTSYSTEME GMBH
Reel/Frame 056509/0403 →