Multi-Holding Ag

Staubli Electrical Connectors Ag

Multi-Holdings Ag

Patrick Beltzer

Lars Bolliger

Andreas Linder

A socket body () having a socket space (), which is delimited by a socket wall () and extends along a central axis (M), for receiving a plug pin, the socket space () having a socket opening () via which the plug pin can be pushed into the socket space (), wherein at least one indentation (), viewed in cross-section transversely to the central axis (M), extends through the socket wall () angularly inclined at an angle (α) with respect to the central axis (M) in such a way that at least one spring clip () is formed, which spring clip () is bent into the socket space (), and wherein the spring clip () has at the front an edge () facing the socket space.

Socket body

The invention relates to a releasable multi-plug connector comprising a socket side () with an insulating socket housing () and with a plurality of socket elements () which are received in the socket housing () and which comprise a socket portion () and a contact portion () for connecting to an external element in an electrically conductive manner, in particular a multipolar cable. The plug connector also comprises a plug side () with an insulating plug housing () and with a plurality of plug elements () which are received in the plug housing () and which comprise a pin portion () and a contact portion () for connecting to an external element in an electrically conductive manner, in particular a multipolar cable. The socket housing () and the plug housing () can be connected together along a plug direction (S), said pin portions () of the plug elements () protruding into the socket portions () of the socket elements () in the plugged state such that an electric contact can be provided between the socket side () and the plug side () via the socket portion () and the pin portion (). The socket housing () and the plug housing () have a contact surface () via which the socket housing () and the plug housing () are in contact. A wall () extends from the contact surface () of the plug housing () or the socket housing (), said wall at least partly surrounding the pin portions () or the socket portions (), and an opening () extends from the contact surface () that does not have the wall () into the socket housing () or the plug housing (), the socket portions () or the pin portions () lying in said opening (). The wall () cross-section perpendicular to the plug direction matches the opening () cross-section perpendicular to the plug direction, and the wall () protrudes into the opening () in the plugged state.

Plug connector

A plug-type connection comprises a housing () on the female-connector side having a female-connector element () conducting the electrical current, a housing () on the male-connector side having a male-connector element () conducting the electrical current, and at least one contact element () for making electrical contact between the female-connector element () and the male-connector element (). The female-connector element () and the male-connector element () extend substantially along a mid-axis (M). The housing () on the female-connector side and the housing () on the male-connector side and therefore the female-connector element () and the male-connector element () can be connected to one another via a plug-in movement (S), and electrical contact between the female-connector element () and the male-connector element () is produced in the connected state. The contact element () produces a first resistive force (F) counter to the plug-in movement. The plug-type connection furthermore comprises an automatically self-locking locking element () for locking the plug-type connection, said locking element () producing a second resistive force (F) counter to the plug-in movement (S). Guide elements () are provided between the housing () on the female-connector side and the housing () on the male-connector side, said guide elements being designed such that the application of a torque to at least one of the two housings () results in an assisting force in the direction of the plug-in movement (S), with the result that at least part of the resistive forces (F, F) can be overcome by this resistive force.

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Jettingen, France

Patrick Beltzer