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Plug connector with secondary safety

US10665972B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

LUMBERG CONNECT GMBH · DE

Inventors

Paulo Russo · Lage, DE
Frank Rentrop · Bergneustadt, DE
Dirk Pfaffenbach · Halver, DE
Olaf Steinbach · Breckerfeld, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 13, 2018
Grant date	May 26, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 13, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01R12/7052
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a plug connector, in particular a direct plug connector, for contacting contact openings of a circuit board, the plug connector including a contact carrier which can include coding devices, in particular coding pins and a polarity reversal safety, in particular configured as polarity protrusions; conductor insertion channels formed by the contact carrier and configured to receive connection conductors, and contact recesses configured to receive plug contacts; a primary safety that supports the contact carrier at the circuit board and that is in particular configured as interlocking elements, characterized in that, the contact carrier is provided with a secondary safety which fixes the contact carrier at the circuit board in addition to the primary safety and which is operable independently from the primary safety.

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