PLUG CONNECTOR PART WITH A LOCKING ELEMENT

• US 20190312384A1
• Filed: 07/14/2017
• Published: 10/10/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 07/14/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Phoenix Contact E-Mobility Gmbh (Phoenix Contact GmbH & Company KG)
• Original Assignee: Phoenix Contact E-Mobility Gmbh (Phoenix Contact GmbH & Company KG)
• Inventors: MOSEKE, Dirk
• Granted Patent: US 10,644,444 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/16 Connectors, e.g. plugs or sockets, specially adapted for charging electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6275 Latching arms not integral with the housing H01R13/6276, H01R13/6277, H01R13/6278 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6278 comprising a pin snapping into a recess
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/62933 Comprising exclusively pivoting lever
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/639 Additional means for holding or locking coupling parts together, after engagement, e.g. separate keylock, retainer strap
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 2201/26 for vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/70 Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/7072 Electromobility specific charging systems or methods for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/14 Plug-in electric vehicles

Abstract

A plug-in connector part for connection to an associated mating plug-in connector part includes: a housing; a plug-in portion arranged on the housing and pluggable into an associated mating plug-in connector part in a plug-in direction and is engaged with the mating plug-in connector part when in a connected position, at least one electrical contact element being arranged on the plug-in portion and for electrically contacting the mating plug-in connector part; a locking element that is movably arranged on the housing, the locking element having a locking position for locking the plug-in connector part with respect to the mating plug-in connector part in the connected position, and being movable out of the locking position to unlock the connection between the plug-in connector part and the mating plug-in connector part; and a pressing element movably arranged on the housing, the pressing element being actuable in a first actuation direction.

Claims

1. A plug-in connector part for connection to an associated mating plug-in connector part, comprising:

a housing;

a plug-in portion that is arranged on the housing and is pluggable into an associated mating plug-in connector part in a plug-in direction and is engaged with the mating plug-in connector part when in a connected position, at least one electrical contact element being arranged on the plug-in portion and configured to electrically contact the mating plug-in connector part; and

a locking element that is movably arranged on the housing, the locking element having a locking position for locking the plug-in connector part with respect to the mating plug-in connector part in the connected position, and being movable out of the locking position to unlock the connection between the plug-in connector part and the mating plug-in connector part; and

a pressing element movably arranged on the housing, the pressing element being actuable in a first actuation direction, and operatively connected to the locking element by a deflection element in order to act, by the deflection element, on the locking element in a second actuation direction that is different to the first actuation direction in order to unlock the connection between the plug-in connector part and the mating plug-in connector part.

2. The plug-in connector part according to claim 1, wherein the pressing element is arranged on a side of the housing that faces away from the locking element.

3. The plug-in connector part according to claim 1, wherein the pressing element is operatively connected to the locking element by a lever gearing, of which the deflection element is a component.

4. The plug-in connector part according to claim 1, wherein the deflection element is mounted on the housing so as to be pivotable about a first pivot shaft, and has a first lever arm that is operatively connected to the pressing element and has a second lever arm that is operatively connected to the locking element.

5. The plug-in connector part according to claim 1, wherein the pressing element is mounted on the housing so as to be pivotable about a second pivot shaft.

6. The plug-in connector part according to claim 1, wherein the pressing element has two mutually spaced transmission portions configured to act on the deflection element, an electrical line that is connected to the at least one electrical contact element being guided through between the transmission portions.

7. The plug-in connector part according to claim 1, wherein the deflection element has a bearing pin which extends transversely with respect to the second actuation direction and by which the pressing element is configured to act on the deflection element.

8. The plug-in connector part according to claim 1, wherein the pressing element is configured to act on the deflection element by a pressing contour that extends diagonally with respect to the first actuation direction.

9. The plug-in connector part according to claim 1, wherein the locking element is arranged on the housing so as to be pivotable about a third pivot shaft.

10. The plug-in connector part according to claim 1, wherein a first end of the locking element has a locking portion configured to lock with the mating plug-in connector part when in the connected position.

11. The plug-in connector part according to claim 10, wherein a second end of the locking element that is remote from the locking portion has an actuation portion which is actuable in the second actuation direction in order to move the locking element out of the locking position thereof.

12. The plug-in connector part according to claim 11, wherein the deflection element is configured to act on an arm extending from the actuation portion in order to press the actuation portion in the second actuation direction when the pressing element is actuated.

13. The plug-in connector part according to claim 12, further comprising a blocking device arranged on the arm configured to block the locking element in the locking position.

14. The plug-in connector part according to claim 11, wherein the locking element is actuable independently of the pressing element by the actuation portion.

15. The plug-in connector part according to claim 11, wherein the actuation portion of the locking element is arranged on a first side of the housing and the pressing element is arranged on a second side of the housing that faces away from the first side.