The Whitaker Corporation

Tyco Electronics Amp Gmbh

Markus Kressmann

Andreas Machill

Guenther Mumper

Konrad Helmut Roth

Horst Gehrke

Bart Van Sebroeck

An electrical plug connector includes a first housing and a second housing. The first housing includes first electrical contacts arranged in first and second contact zones. The second housing includes second electrical contacts arranged in first and second contact holders. The second contact holder is displaceable with respect to the second housing in a direction of mating when the first and second housings are mated. The second contact holder is displaceable between a first position where the second electrical contacts of the second contact holder mechanically engage the first electrical contacts and a subsequent second position where the second electrical contacts of the first contact holder mechanically engage the first electrical contacts.

Electrical plug connector

The invention relates to an arrangement with two half-plugs for securing in a wall, in which the first half-plug ( ) has two elastic arms ( ) on opposite sides. It also has a stop ( ) as far as which the half-plugs may be inserted into an aperture in the wall ( ). Each of the two elastic arms ( ) has an engagement projection ( ) fitted in such a way that the projections engage on the opposite side of the wall ( ) to the stop ( ) if the first half-plug ( ) is inserted into the wall as far as the stop ( ). The second half-plug ( ) also has two projecting arms ( ) which are fitted in such a way that, when the half-plugs ( ) are fitted together, the arms ( ) engage in the space between the elastic arms ( ) and the plug housing and secure the first plug by fixing the spring arms in the wall. One half-plug ( ) has an actuating slide ( ) with pins ( ) and the other half-plug ( ) has a corresponding guide slot ( ), so that, when the actuating slide ( ) is operated to secure the half-plugs ( ), the pins ( ) are moved through the guide slot ( ). The projecting arms ( ) of the second half-plug ( ) are designed so that the pins ( ) engage in the guide slot ( ) only once the arms ( ) are already engaged in the intermediate space.

Arrangement with two half-plugs for securing in a wall

Electrical connectors having actuating slides, for connection to a second complementary connector, the actuating slide being attachable to an outer housing part of the first connector and the actuating slide interacting with the second connector, are known. The actuating slides often have a U-shaped design and are fastened to the outer housing part of the first connector. In order to ensure correct functioning of the actuating slide with the first connector, it is necessary for the actuating slide to be pushed onto the housing of the first connector from a specific direction. In order to achieve this, the outer housing part has guide means for guiding the actuating slide and the actuating slide has corresponding complementary means. The guide means and/or the actuating slide are/is configured in such a way that the actuating slide and the outer housing part can be joined together only from one side of the housing part. At its end, for example, the outer housing part has openings into which the flanks of the actuating slide can be pushed, the flanks of the actuating slide being configured with different cross sections at least at one point, such that the actuating slide can be introduced into the openings only from one side and only in a predetermined orientation.

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Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany

Markus Kressmann