IP Library Granted Patent US 12,294,178
Granted Patent B2
US 12,294,178 · App. 17/914,406 · Granted May 6, 2025

High-power plug connection system

Inventors: Denny Hellige (Bad Oeyenhausen, DE); Walter Gerstl (Breitenfurt bei Wien, AT); Albert Ferderer (Espelkamp, DE)
Assignee: HARTING Electric Stiftung & Co. KG
H01R13/53H01R13/516H01R13/52H01R25/162B61G5/10H01R2201/26
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Patent No.
US 12,294,178
App. No.
17/914,406
Granted
May 6, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A high-power plug connection system has a cable connection housing for connecting at least two electric high-power plug connectors in order to transmit and/or distribute a high current strength and/or a high electric voltage. The cable connection housing receives at least two insulating bodies for receiving at least one respective high-power contact and at least one electrically conductive rail in an interior. The rail is designed to establish an electrically conductive connection between the at least two high-power contacts, and the insulating bodies protrude at least partly out of the interior through a respective housing opening and into a connection region, the connection region being designed to receive the high-power plug connector.

Claims (69)

1. A high-power plug connection system ( 1 ), comprising:

a cable connection housing ( 2 ) for connecting at least two electrical high-power plug connectors ( 3 ) for transmitting and/or distributing high electrical current strengths and/or high electrical voltages,

wherein the cable connection housing ( 2 ) comprises

at least two insulating bodies ( 4 ), each of the at least two insulating bodies ( 4 ) accommodating at least one of at least two high-power contacts ( 5 ), and

at least one electrically conductive busbar ( 6 ) in an interior ( 7 ),

wherein the busbar ( 6 ) is designed to establish an electrically conductive connection between the at least two high-power contacts ( 5 ),

wherein each of the at least two insulating bodies ( 4 ) projects at least partially through a respective housing perforation ( 8 ) from the interior ( 7 ) into a connection region ( 9 ) of the cable connection housing ( 2 ),

wherein the connection region ( 9 ) is designed to receive the at least two electrical high-power plug connectors ( 3 ), and

wherein the housing cover ( 15 ) has a depression ( 16 ) for receiving a closure cap ( 13 ).

2. The high-power plug connection system ( 1 ) as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein the cable connection housing ( 2 ) is designed with an essentially concave housing top side (G O ).

3. The high-power plug connection system ( 1 ) as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein the cable connection housing ( 2 ) has at least two recesses ( 10 ) which make it possible to connect the cable connection housing ( 2 ) to a support structure.

4. The high-power plug connection system ( 1 ) as claimed in claim 3 ,

wherein the recesses ( 10 ) are each arranged inside at least one protrusion ( 11 ) situated on an outside of the cable connection housing ( 2 ).

5. The high-power plug connection system ( 1 ) as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein the cable connection housing ( 2 ) receives at least one closure cap ( 13 ) for closing a connection region ( 9 ) so that it is media-tight.

6. The high-power plug connection system ( 1 ) as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein the cable connection housing ( 2 ) has a housing cover ( 15 ) for closing the interior ( 7 ) so that it is media-tight.

7. The high-power plug connection system ( 1 ) as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein the cable connection housing ( 2 ) is provided at least on a housing top side (G O ) with at least two fundamentally planar contact surfaces ( 14 ).

8. The high-power plug connection system ( 1 ) as claimed in claim 7 ,

wherein the contact surfaces ( 14 ) reach a height of a planar which is formed by a straight line running fundamentally parallel to the cable connection housing ( 2 ) and by a highest point of a concave deflection of a housing top side (G O ).

9. The high-power plug connection system ( 1 ) as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein a housing underside (G U ) is provided with at least one fundamentally planar contact surface ( 14 ′).

10. The high-power plug connection system ( 1 ) as claimed in claim 9 ,

wherein the fundamentally planar contact surface ( 14 ′) is formed for connection of a ground conductor.

11. The high-power plug connection system ( 1 ) as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein a housing underside (G U ) is formed from at least one essentially rectangular basic shape.

12. The high-power plug connection system ( 1 ) as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein the high-power plug connection system ( 1 ) has at least one thermochromic element.

13. A current transmission system ( 17 ) having at least two high-power plug connection systems as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein at least one first high-power plug connection system ( 11 ) is attached to a first end (E 1 ) of a segment ( 18 ) of a transportation system and at least one second high-power plug connection system ( 12 ) is assigned to an approximately central region of the segment ( 18 ).

14. The current transmission system ( 17 ) as claimed in claim 13 ,

wherein at least one third high-power plug connection system ( 13 ) is attached to a second end (E 2 ) of the segment ( 18 ) of the transportation system.

15. The current transmission system ( 17 ) as claimed in claim 14 ,

wherein at least one fourth high-power plug connection system ( 14 ) with essentially the same structure is associated with at least the first high-power plug connection system ( 11 ) at the first end (E 1 ) of the segment ( 18 ) of the transportation system in order to enable safety-related technical redundancy.

16. The current transmission system ( 17 ) as claimed in claim 15 ,

wherein at least one fifth high-power plug connection system ( 15 ) with essentially the same structure is associated with at least the third high-power plug connection system ( 13 ) at the second end (E 2 ) of the segment ( 18 ) of the transportation system in order to enable safety-related technical redundancy.

17. The current transmission system ( 17 ) as claimed in claim 13 ,

wherein at least the second high-power plug connection system ( 12 ) receives at least one cable for operating at least one electrical consumer unit ( 19 ) of the segment ( 18 ) of the transportation system.

18. The current transmission system ( 17 ) as claimed in claim 14 ,

wherein at least the first high-power plug connection system ( 11 ) and the third high-power plug connection system ( 13 ) are connected by at least one electrical cable.

19. The current transmission system ( 17 ) as claimed in claim 16 ,

wherein at least the fourth high-power plug connection system ( 14 ) and the fifth high-power plug connection system ( 15 ) are connected by at least one electrical cable.

20. The current transmission system ( 17 ) as claimed in claim 14 ,

wherein at least the first high-power plug connection system ( 11 ) and the third high-power plug connection system ( 13 ) are connected to the second high-power plug connection system ( 12 ) by in each case at least one electrical cable.

21. The current transmission system ( 17 ) as claimed in claim 13 ,

wherein at least one high-power plug connection system ( 1 ) is provided with at least one thermochromic element.

22. A high-power plug connection system ( 1 ), comprising:

a cable connection housing ( 2 ) for connecting at least two electrical high-power plug connectors ( 3 ) for transmitting and/or distributing high electrical current strengths and/or high electrical voltages,

wherein the cable connection housing ( 2 ) comprises

at least two insulating bodies ( 4 ), each of the at least two insulating bodies ( 4 ) accommodating at least one of at least two high-power contacts ( 5 ) and

at least one electrically conductive busbar ( 6 ) in an interior ( 7 ),

wherein the busbar ( 6 ) is designed to establish an electrically conductive connection between the at least two high-power contacts ( 5 ),

wherein each of the at least two insulating bodies ( 4 ) projects at least partially through a respective housing perforation ( 8 ) from the interior ( 7 ) into a connection region ( 9 ) of the cable connection housing ( 2 ),

wherein the connection region ( 9 ) is designed to receive the at least two electrical high-power plug connectors ( 3 ),

wherein the interior ( 7 ) has at least one first insulating shell ( 12 ) and one second insulating shell ( 12 ′), and

wherein the first insulating shell ( 12 ) and the second insulating shell ( 12 ′) overlap each other along at least one side wall.

23. A high-power plug connection system ( 1 ), comprising:

a cable connection housing ( 2 ) for connecting at least two electrical high-power plug connectors ( 3 ) for transmitting and/or distributing high electrical current strengths and/or high electrical voltages,

wherein the cable connection housing ( 2 ) comprises

at least two insulating bodies ( 4 ), each of the at least two insulating bodies ( 4 ) accommodating at least one of at least two high-power contacts ( 5 ) and

at least one electrically conductive busbar ( 6 ) in an interior ( 7 ),

wherein the busbar ( 6 ) is designed to establish an electrically conductive connection between the at least two high-power contacts ( 5 ),

wherein each of the at least two insulating bodies ( 4 ) projects at least partially through a respective housing perforation ( 8 ) from the interior ( 7 ) into a connection region ( 9 ) of the cable connection housing ( 2 ),

wherein the connection region ( 9 ) is designed to receive the at least two electrical high-power plug connectors ( 3 ),

wherein the high-power plug connection system ( 1 ) has at least one thermochromic element, and

wherein the thermochromic element is arranged in a region visible from outside the high-power plug connection system ( 1 ).

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 26, 2022
From: FERDERER, ALBERT; HELLIGE, DENNY; GERSTL, WALTER
To: HARTING ELECTRIC STIFTUNG & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 061210/0688 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2020 108 458.7 · Mar 27, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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