IP Library Granted Patent US 12,520,441
Granted Patent B2
US 12,520,441 · App. 18/537,340 · Granted Jan 6, 2026

Electronics housing

Inventors: Thomas Baumgartner (Stuttgart, DE); Axel Vierkötter (Renningen, DE); Konstantinos Diplas (Waiblingen, DE); Christian Felcmann (Mühlacker, DE)
Assignee: Endress+Hauser Conducta GmbH+Co. KG
H05K5/0247H01R13/633
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,520,441
App. No.
18/537,340
Filed
Dec 12, 2023
Granted
Jan 6, 2026
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2841
USPC
361/679.01
Abstract

An electronics housing comprises a housing cover and/or a housing body for delimiting a receiving space, and an electronics module arranged therein, wherein the electronics module has a plug connector socket accessible from outside the electronics housing for receiving a plug connector plug of a data cable, wherein the electronics housing has a pull tab integrated into the plug connector socket or upstream of the plug connector socket on the outside, for releasing the plug connector latched connection between the plug connector socket and the plug connector when the pull tab is pulled.

Claims (16)

1 . An electronics housing, comprising:

a housing cover and/or a housing body for delimiting a receiving space; and

an electronics module arranged in the receiving space, wherein the electronics module includes a plug connector socket accessible from outside the electronics housing for receiving a plug connector of a data cable,

wherein the electronics housing has a pull tab integrated into the plug connector socket or upstream of the plug connector socket on the outside, for releasing the plug connector latched connection between the plug connector socket and the plug connector when the pull tab is pulled,

wherein the housing cover and/or the housing body has a cable guide shaft which is accessible from outside the electronics housing, wherein the plug connector socket adjoins the cable guide shaft at the end and wherein the pull tab is arranged in the cable guide shaft or is part of the cable guide shaft, and

wherein the electronics housing has the data cable with the plug connector, wherein the plug connector has a retaining latch, and wherein the data cable is anchored to the housing cover or the housing body in such a manner that the retaining latch is arranged on one end in a groove located in the cable guide shaft.

2 . The electronics housing according to claim 1 , wherein the pull tab is fixed to the housing cover and/or housing body in an elastically deformable, resilient, manner.

3 . The electronics housing according to claim 1 , wherein the pull tab is U-shaped, wherein a central segment of the U-shaped contour of the pull tab runs parallel or coaxially with the base of the cable guide shaft.

4 . The electronics housing according to claim 1 , wherein the pull tab is spaced apart on an edge from the rest of the electronics housing by slots and is fixed on end thereof on the housing cover or housing body.

5 . The electronics housing according to claim 1 , wherein the pull tab has an actuating projection on the end thereof.

6 . The electronics housing according to claim 5 , wherein the actuating projection is dimensioned such that it allows manual, tool-free gripping in the latched state of the cable.

7 . The electronics housing according to claim 1 , wherein the pull tab terminates flush with an opening of the cable guide shaft in the housing cover or housing body.

8 . The electronics housing according to claim 1 , wherein the groove depth of the groove in the cable guide shaft can be varied by mechanical deformation of the pull tab.

9 . The electronics housing according to claim 1 , wherein the pull tab and the retaining latch are arranged relative to one another in such a way that the retaining latch can be deformed and thus unlatched by the application of a force perpendicular to the insertion direction of the plug connector into the plug connector socket.

10 . The electronics housing according to claim 1 , wherein the cable guide shaft is arranged in the shape of an arc in the housing cover or housing body for strain relief.

11 . The electronics housing according to claim 1 , wherein at least the pull tab and preferably the entire housing cover and/or housing body having the pull tab fastened thereto is formed of polycarbonate.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 13, 2023
From: BAUMGARTNER, THOMAS; VIERKÖTTER, AXEL; DIPLAS, KONSTANTINOS; FELCMANN, CHRISTIAN
To: ENDRESS+HAUSER CONDUCTA GMBH+CO. KG
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