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Plug connector module having spring links

US10535960B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

HARTING ELECTRIC GMBH & CO. KG · DE

Inventors

Heiko Meier · Minden, DE
Norbert Kropiewnicki · Bielefeld, DE
Martin Schmidt · Lübbecke, DE
Michael Przyborowski · Bielefeld, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 14, 2018
Grant date	Jan 14, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 14, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01R2201/26
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system comprises a first plug connector module and a second plug connector module. The plug connector modules each have at least two contact elements. The first plug connector module has at least one spring link. In the unplugged state, the at least one spring link connects the at least two contact elements of the first plug connector module electrically conductively to each other. A method for plugging a first plug connector module with a second plug connector module is based on the first and the second plug connector modules being guided toward each other in the plug-in direction. A sliding element of the second plug connector module presses against at least one spring link of the first plug connector module and, as a result, the at least one spring link is brought out of touching contact with at least two associated socket contacts.

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