Connector apparatus for a field device as well as field device with such a connector apparatus
First Claim
1. A field device, comprising:
- an electronics housing;
a device electronics accommodated within said electronics housing; and
a connection apparatus accommodated within said electronics housing and electrically connected with said device electronics for electrically connecting a circuit of said device electronics with a connection cable, extended at least partially externally of said electronics housing, which connection apparatus comprises;
a platform composed at least partially of an electrically insulating plastic;
a plug connector including;
a first plug connector part secured to said platform and electrically connected to the circuit of the field device, a second plug connector part connectable with the connection cable and complementary to said first plug connector part as well as a lid, at least partially composed of an electrically insulating plastic;
said first plug connector part including at least one contact pin electrically connected to the circuit of the field device and said second plug connector part including at least one contact socket, electrically connectable with at least one conductor of the connection cable; and
said first plug connector part and said second plug connector part being releasably connected with one another, in such a manner that said at least one contact socket of said second plug connector part is plugged onto said at least one contact pin of said first plug connector part to form a frictional interlocking and electrically conductively contacts such;
wherein;
said lid includes at least one locking element;
said platform includes at least one locking element, corresponding to said at least one locking element of said lid;
said lid is swingable, about an axis, between a first end position, in which said lid at least partially covers said plug connector, to form a shape-blocking between said lid and said second plug connector part, and a second end position; and
said lid is adapted, in at least one open position located between said first end position and said second end position to expose said plug connector such that said at least one contact socket of said second plug connector part is withdrawable from said at least one contact pin of said first plug connector part along a predetermined removal track, such that said second plug connector part is separated from said first plug connector part, utilizing a removal force acting in a direction of the removal track; and
at least in said first end position to secure said second plug connector part connected with said first plug connector part;
and in the first end position to engage shape-interlockingly with the at least one locking element in a corresponding locking element of the platform.
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Abstract
The connection apparatus of the invention comprises a platform (200), a plug connector (15) having a plug connector part (19) secured to the platform (200) and electrically connected to the circuit of the field device and a plug connector part (20) connectable with the connection cable and complementary to the first plug connector part (19), as well as a lid (16) held movably relative to the platform (200) for at least partially covering the plug connector (15) formed by connecting the plug connector parts (19, 20). The lid (16) is swingable between a first end position, in which the lid (16) at least partially covers the plug connector, and a second end position, and is additionally adapted in at least one open position located between the first end position and the second end position to expose the plug connector such that the plug connector part (20) can be separated from the plug connector part (19), as well as at least in the first end position to secure the plug connector part (20) connected with the plug connector part (19).
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12 Claims
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1. A field device, comprising:
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an electronics housing; a device electronics accommodated within said electronics housing; and a connection apparatus accommodated within said electronics housing and electrically connected with said device electronics for electrically connecting a circuit of said device electronics with a connection cable, extended at least partially externally of said electronics housing, which connection apparatus comprises; a platform composed at least partially of an electrically insulating plastic; a plug connector including;
a first plug connector part secured to said platform and electrically connected to the circuit of the field device, a second plug connector part connectable with the connection cable and complementary to said first plug connector part as well as a lid, at least partially composed of an electrically insulating plastic;said first plug connector part including at least one contact pin electrically connected to the circuit of the field device and said second plug connector part including at least one contact socket, electrically connectable with at least one conductor of the connection cable; and
said first plug connector part and said second plug connector part being releasably connected with one another, in such a manner that said at least one contact socket of said second plug connector part is plugged onto said at least one contact pin of said first plug connector part to form a frictional interlocking and electrically conductively contacts such;
wherein;said lid includes at least one locking element; said platform includes at least one locking element, corresponding to said at least one locking element of said lid; said lid is swingable, about an axis, between a first end position, in which said lid at least partially covers said plug connector, to form a shape-blocking between said lid and said second plug connector part, and a second end position; and said lid is adapted, in at least one open position located between said first end position and said second end position to expose said plug connector such that said at least one contact socket of said second plug connector part is withdrawable from said at least one contact pin of said first plug connector part along a predetermined removal track, such that said second plug connector part is separated from said first plug connector part, utilizing a removal force acting in a direction of the removal track; and
at least in said first end position to secure said second plug connector part connected with said first plug connector part;and in the first end position to engage shape-interlockingly with the at least one locking element in a corresponding locking element of the platform. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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