IP Library Granted Patent US 10,177,496
Granted Patent B2
US 10,177,496 · App. 15/661,063 · Granted Jan 8, 2019

Plug connection for coupling high-voltage terminals and a system with such a plug connection

Inventors: Marvin Czech (Ingolstadt, DE); Stefan Schoberer (Mindelstetten, DE); Armin Pöppel (Gaimersheim, DE)
Assignee: AUDI AG
H01R13/6315H01R13/53
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Patent No.
US 10,177,496
App. No.
15/661,063
Granted
Jan 8, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A plug connection for coupling a first and a second electrical connection of a first high-voltage component to a first and a second electric connection of a second high-voltage component, wherein the plug connection is provided with a housing in which is arranged as a first pair of high-volt terminals for coupling to the first and the second electric connection of the high-voltage component as well as a second pair of high-voltage terminals for coupling to the first and to the second electric connection of the second high-voltage component, wherein at least the first and the second high-voltage terminal are mounted so that they are movable relative to the second pair of connections of the plug connection in the housing.

Claims (16)

1. A plug assembly comprising:

a plug connector for coupling a first and a second electric connection of a first high-voltage component to a first and a second electric connection of a second high-voltage component,

wherein the plug connector is provided with a housing having a first pair of high-voltage terminals for coupling with the first and the second electric connections of the first high-voltage component and a second pair of high-voltage terminals for coupling with the first and the second electric connections of the second high-voltage component, and

wherein the second pair of high-voltage terminals are movable relative to the first pair of high-voltage terminals in the housing.

2. The plug assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the first pair of high-voltage terminals is electrically coupled to the second pair of high-voltage terminals by a flexible conductor arranged in the housing.

3. The plug assembly according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the second pair of high-voltage terminals is provided with an insulating border arranged radially around, the insulating border protruding further from the housing than the at least one of the second pair of high-voltage terminals in the plug-in direction.

4. The plug assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one insulating border is provided with an integrated guide for positioning of the first and/or of the second electric connection of the second high-voltage component.

5. The plug assembly according to claim 1 , wherein each of the second pair of high-voltage terminals is designed as a socket for coupling with a corresponding pin of the second high-voltage component.

6. The plug assembly according to claim 1 , wherein each of the second pair of high-voltage terminals is designed as a pin for coupling with a corresponding socket of the second high-voltage component.

7. The plug assembly according to claim 6 , wherein at least one end of the pins is provided with an electrically insulating layer in the plug-in direction.

8. The plug assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the housing is provided with a first housing component, which comprises at least in some areas electric insulation for at least one of the second pair of high-voltage terminals, and a second housing component, which comprises at least in some areas electric insulation for at least the other of the second pair of high-voltage terminals.

9. The plug assembly according to claim 8 , wherein the first and the second housing components are movably mounted relative to each other and relative to a third housing component of the housing, and

wherein at least the first pair of high-voltage terminals is arranged on the third housing component.

10. The plug assembly according to claim 9 , wherein the first and the second housing components are movably mounted relative to a fourth housing component, and

wherein the fourth housing component is designed to fix the first and the second housing components in a plug-in direction.

11. The plug assembly according to claim 10 , wherein each of the second pair of high-voltage terminals are movably mounted in the plug-in direction and in a first transverse direction, and in a second transverse direction which is perpendicular to a plane that is formed by the plug-in direction and the first transverse direction.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 27, 2017
From: CZECH, MARVIN; SCHOBERER, STEFAN; PÖPPEL, ARMIN
To: AUDI AG
Reel/Frame 043116/0109 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2016 213 757 · Jul 27, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180034207A1 · Feb 1, 2018
Cited By (1)
US 12,294,179