Hirschmann Automotive Gmbh

Markus Kalb

Andreas Metzler

Dominic Pfeiffer

Matthias Summer

René Bitschnau

The invention relates to a protective cap (or) for arranging on a cable, a corrugated pipe, or the like. The protective cap (or) consists of two parts (oror), in particular two identical halves, wherein the two parts (oror) are connected together via a film hinge (or), and at least one latch geometry (or) is provided which connects the two parts (oror) together after folding. The at least one latch geometry (or) is integrated into the interior of the protective cap (or) and does not protrude beyond the outer surface thereof.

Protective cap

The invention relates to a plug connection () having a plug connector () and a mating plug connector (). The plug connector () and the mating plug connector () can be plugged together in order to form the plug connection (), wherein the plug connector () has a contact support () with at least one contact chamber for receiving a contact partner, and the contact support () is inserted into an outer housing () of the plug connector (). Each contact partner is primarily locked in the contact chamber of the contact partner, and a secondary lock () is provided for a secondary locking of the contact partners in the contact chambers thereof. The invention is characterized in that the secondary lock () is formed by a longitudinal web (), at the two ends of which a respective latching element () is arranged that interacts with the contact support (), and at least one force absorbing web () is arranged on the upper face of the longitudinal web ().

Plug connector with secondary lock

The invention relates to a plug connection () having a plug connector () and a mating plug connector (). The plug connector () and the mating plug connector () can be plugged together in order to form the plug connection (), wherein the plug connector () has a contact support () with at least one contact chamber for receiving a contact partner, the contact support () is inserted into an outer housing () of the plug connector (), each contact partner is primarily locked in the respective contact chamber, and a secondary lock () is provided for a secondary locking of the contact partners in the respective contact chambers. The invention is characterized in that the outer housing () has at least one locking hook () which interacts with the contact support (). The contact support () has a hook mating geometry (), and the at least one locking hook () is aligned diagonally to a central axis of the outer housing ().

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