Granted Patent B2

US 12,562,534 · App. 17/291,968 · Granted Feb 24, 2026

Inventors: Arndt Schafmeister (Dorentrup, DE); Nico Wassel (Blomberg, DE); Alexander Herbst (Blomberg, DE); Kathrin Stelzer (Paderborn, DE); Dimitri Hardt (Paderborn, DE); Ralf Geske (Schieder-Schwalenber, DE); Markus Sonderer (Höxter, DE); Sven Hergesell (Hameln, DE); Ralph Habiger (Hohenfurch, DE); Georg Brennauer (Wildsteig, DE); Helge Fritsch (Peiting, DE); Stefan Frommrich (Schongau, DE); Ralf Gehle (Detmold, DE)

Assignees: PHOENIX CONTACT GmbH & Co. KG; ept GmbH

H01R13/6594H01R12/716H01R13/6581H01R13/428H01R13/658H01R13/6591

Abstract

Claims (29)

1 . A plug connector comprising:

a housing including:

an inner web, and

a plurality of receptacles formed in a grid on the inner web for securing a contact which is designed to contact a contact of an additional plug connector; and

at least one shield plate including three soldering portions which pass through respective openings in the housing, a free end portion of each of the three soldering portions being bent away from the plurality of receptacles or being bent in a direction of the plurality of receptacles,

wherein the housing further includes at least two guide elements to form-fittingly guide and position the plug connector on the additional plug connector, the at least two guide elements being spaced apart from the at least one shield plate,

wherein mechanical alignment of the plug connector with the additional plug connector is formed by different dimensioning of the at least two guide elements of the plug connector, and

wherein each receptacle of the plurality of receptacles is in the inner web and is formed, respectively, as a recess that is circumferentially enclosed by the inner web.

2 . The plug connector according to claim 1 , wherein:

the three soldering portions are arranged so as to be distributed equidistantly.

3 . The plug connector according to claim 1 , wherein:

the at least one shield plate consists of a single alloy and is uncoated.

4 . The plug connector according to claim 1 , wherein:

the at least one shield plate comprises at least one latching hook via which the at least one shield plate is held on the housing.

5 . The plug connector according to claim 4 , wherein:

the at least one latching hook form-fittingly engages in a shaped element formed on the housing.

6 . The plug connector according to claim 1 , wherein:

the at least two guide elements are projections or mandrels to form-fittingly engage in respective complementarily shaped guide elements of the additional plug connector, or

the at least two guide elements are grooves or recesses to form-fittingly receive respective complementarily shaped guide elements of the additional plug connector.

7 . The plug connector according to claim 1 , wherein:

the at least two guide elements are respective integral parts of an outer wall of the housing, the outer wall circumferentially enclosing the plurality of receptacles.

8 . The plug connector according to claim 1 , wherein:

the at least two guide elements include a first guide element and a second guide element,

the first guide element is formed on a first wall portion of the housing,

the second guide element is formed on a second wall portion of the housing, and

the first wall portion and the second wall portion are spaced apart from one another and arranged on opposite housing sides.

9 . The plug connector according to claim 1 , wherein:

the at least two guide elements have a height (H 1 ), respectively, which is measured along an insertion direction (R) of the additional plug connector into the plug connector and which is more than half of a total height (H) of the housing, and/or

the at least two guide elements have a width (B 1 ), respectively, which is measured perpendicularly to an insertion direction (R) of the additional plug connector into the plug connector and which is more than a quarter of a total width (B) of the housing.

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