Yazaki Europe Limited

Vladimir Buden

Harald Michael Lutsch

Ranko Resman

Zelimir Loncar

Minja Adzic

Ivica Jakoplic

Vedran Mahovic

Rachid Ainceri

Hrvoje Lovko

A connector () which serves to be connected to a counter connector, comprising a housing () which is provided with a plurality of first and second receiving chambers () extending parallel to a longitudinal axis (), wherein the first receiving chambers () serve to receive a contact element () connected to a cable () and which housing (), on its rear side (), comprises openings () of the receiving chambers (), as well as at least one mat seal () which rests against the rear side () of the housing () and comprises apertures () which are aligned with the openings (), wherein there are provided sealing elements () which are received in the second receiving chambers (), wherein the sealing elements () each comprise a sealing portion () which projects beyond the rear side () of the housing () from the opening () of the respective second receiving chamber () and is sealingly positioned in one of the apertures () of the at least one mat seal ().

Connector

A locking mechanism at an electrical connection assembly, comprising a first locking portionwhich is attached to an elastically deformable locking armwhich forms part of a first elementof the connection assembly; a second locking portion which is connected to a second element of the connection assembly and which can be made to engage or to be disengaged from the first locking portion; a securing slidewhich is linearly adjustably guided in a guide, which is urged by a spring elementinto a first position in which is prevents the locking armfrom being elastically deformed and which comprises a control face which is loadable by the second element in such a way that the securing slidecan be transferred into a second position in which it permits the locking armto be elastically deformed, wherein the guideis associated with the first element, wherein the locking arm, in a deforming direction, is elastically deformed towards the guidefrom an untensioned position and wherein the securing sleeveis adjustably guided in a setting directionbetween the locking armand the guidetransversely to the deforming direction

Locking mechanism at an electrical connection assembly

A connection element for electrically conductive connecting to two flat contact tabs, projecting radially from a lamp holder and offset along the axis and which wide sides extend transversally to the axis, connectable by a pivot movement around an axis to the socket of a lamp, especially a main headlamp of an automotive vehicle, comprising two contact elementsof an electrically conductive material and which, respectively, have two contact arms, connected integrally at one endto each other and formed yoke-like, so that their non-connected end portions are arranged opposite to each other and form contact portions, serving for contacting a flat contact tab at both sides at its wide sides, have a connection contact portion, connected integrally to a contact armand projecting from the contact portionsaway from the connected end, a housing, which has a front end face and a side face arranged at an angle thereto, has for each contact elementan accommodation chamber, which has an opening towards the end face and a slot, which extends from the side face into the accommodation chamber and through an end wall forming the end face into the opening.

Connection element for the electrically conductive connection to the lamp holder of a main headlamp

Electrical contact comprising a contact element, which has a connection portion, which serves for the electrical conducting connection to an electrical conductor, but a contact holding portion connected integrally to the connection portion, for contacting a counter contact, and a support element, which encloses the contact holding portion at least at a portion of its length along a longitudinal axis and formed in cross-section as a hollow rectangle delimited by four walls, has along the longitudinal axis a front end and a rear end facing the connection ports. Further, the support element has along the longitudinal axis () a front end () and a rear end (), with the rear end () facing the connection portion (), has a first projection () close to the front end (), which first projection () has a first insertion portion () which distance from the longitudinal axis () increases in a direction from the front end () towards the rear end () and has side walls () and ends with an end edge (), has a second projection () close to the rear end (), which second projection () has a second insertion portion (), which distance to the longitudinal axis () increases in a direction towards the rear end () in an inclined manner away from the first projection () relative to the longitudinal axis (), wherein the first projection () as well as the second projection () are formed by non-cutting working from one of the walls (), so that they project away from the longitudinal axis () from that wall ().

Electrical contact

An electrically conductive connection between a cable end piece () and a cable end (), having a conductor portion () and an insulation portion () with an outer face (), comprising a cable end piece (), which is made from an electrically conductive metal, has a connection end (), has tabs () for connecting, a separate sleeve (), which is made from an electrically conductive metal, encloses the cable end () along a predetermined length, is connected to the cable end piece (), has a first end (), which is arranged close to the connection end (), and a second end (), which is arranged distanced to the connection end (), is closed at its first end () in a sealed manner, forms in a portion towards the second end between itself and the outer face () of the insulation portion () an annular accommodation chamber (), a sealing grommet (), which is at least partially arranged in the accommodation chamber () and seals between the sleeve () and the outer face () of the insulation portion () of the cable end ().

Connection between a cable end piece and a cable end

A connector housing has a longitudinal axis and includes a first housing portion, having a front end face and a rear end, and at least two accommodation chambers extending parallel to the longitudinal axis, and receiving respectively an electrical contact element, and having a connector tab. The accommodation chambers have, respectively, an insertion opening for a mating contact element and an exiting opening for the connector tab, open to the front end face. An elastic locking arm is provided for each accommodation chamber for retaining the contact element in the accommodation chamber. A second housing portion is formed integrally with the first housing portion and forms an accommodation chamber, into which a portion of a housing of a mating connector can be inserted. The second housing portion has contact elements having female contact terminals, which can be electrically connected to the contact elements. A short-circuit bridge, made from an electrically conductive material, is retained in the first housing portion and includes for each contact element an elastic contact arm. The contact arms are connected to each other and serve to contact the connector tabs. In an initial position, a front holder supports the contact arms in the lifted position and in the final position leaves these unloaded, so that these can contact the connector tabs.

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Zagreb, Croatia

Vladimir Buden