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Granted Patent B2
US 12,542,379 · App. 18/387,366 · Granted Feb 3, 2026

Plug connection including a plug connector and a plug socket

Inventors: Timo Manuel Holzkamp (Extertal, DE); Martin Heggemann (Herford, DE); Jan-Philipp Jansen (Hille, DE)
Assignee: Wago Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH
H01R4/48365
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Patent No.
US 12,542,379
App. No.
18/387,366
Granted
Feb 3, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A plug connection including a plug connector and a plug socket for electrically conductively connecting a circuit board. The plug connector has an insulating housing with a conductor insertion opening for guiding an electrical conductor into the insulating housing. A contact insert is received in the insulating housing, which has a busbar and a clamping spring. The insulating housing having a contact pin receiving opening for guiding a contact pin into the insulating housing. The busbar having a second clamping point for the contact pin. An actuating element is configured to open and/or close the first clamping point. An actuation of the actuating element is blocked by at least one of the insulating walls in an assembled state of the plug connector and the plug socket.

Claims (22)

1 . A plug connection comprising:

a plug connector; and

a plug socket for electrically conductively connecting a circuit board,

wherein the plug connector comprises:

an insulating housing with a conductor insertion opening for guiding an electrical conductor into the insulating housing, the insulating housing having a contact pin receiving opening for guiding a contact pin into the insulating housing;

a contact insert being received in the insulating housing, the contact insert having a busbar and a clamping spring, the busbar and the clamping spring forming a first clamping point for the electrical conductor, the busbar having a second clamping point for the contact pin; and

an actuating element configured to open and/or close the first clamping point,

wherein the plug socket comprises:

insulating walls; and

contact pins,

wherein the plug connector is adapted to be plugged into the plug socket such that the contact pins electrically conductively contact the busbar of the plug connector through the contact pin receiving opening, and

wherein an actuation of the actuating element is blocked by at least one of the insulating walls in an assembled state of the plug connector and the plug socket.

2 . The plug connection according to claim 1 , wherein the insulating walls of the plug socket are provided with a trough-shaped design, wherein the insulating walls form a receiving opening for the plug connector into which the plug connector is adapted to be inserted.

3 . The plug connection according to claim 2 , wherein the receiving opening is designed as a receiving opening that is open on one side.

4 . The plug connection according to claim 1 , wherein the contact pin receiving opening and the conductor insertion opening are arranged on opposite sides of the insulating housing.

5 . The plug connection according to claim 1 , wherein two eyelets are arranged opposite each other on the plug socket.

6 . The plug connection according to claim 5 , wherein a seal or a closure element blocks a release of the plug connector with the respect to the plug socket, the seal or the closure element engaging through the eyelets.

7 . The plug connection according to claim 1 , wherein the plug connector and/or the plug socket have a mismating protection.

8 . The plug connection according to claim 1 , wherein the actuating element is an actuating lever, the actuating lever being supported on the insulating housing pivotable around a pivot axis.

9 . The plug connection according to claim 8 , wherein an operating section of the actuating lever is arranged opposite and/or abuts an inner wall of one of the insulating walls.

10 . The plug connection according to claim 1 , wherein the actuating element has an actuating section, the actuating section and a clamping leg of the clamping spring being configured to open and/or close the first clamping point.

11 . The plug connection according to claim 1 , wherein a strain relief element for relieving the strain of the plugged-in electrical conductor is arranged on the plug connector.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 11, 2024
From: HOLZKAMP, TIMO MANUEL; HEGGEMANN, MARTIN; JANSEN, JAN-PHILIPP
To: WAGO VERWALTUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH
Reel/Frame 067682/0428 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 20 2022 106 240.4 · Nov 7, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240154326A1 · May 9, 2024
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