Patent · US Expired

Detachable electrical plug connection

US5385870A · kind A · utility

10Cited by

5References

14Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

Hans-Heinrich Maue · Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE
Werner Hofmeister · Rochlitz, DE
Willi Gansert · Kornwestheim, DE
Thomas Heide · Essen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 3, 1993
Grant date	Jan 31, 1995
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 3, 2013

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01R13/62933
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A detachable electrical plug connection, particularly for connecting a cable harness to an engine control device in a motor vehicle, has at least two connection parts including at least one spring connector provided with contact carrier strips and at least one blade connector provided with contacts, and a locking device drawing the contacts of the blade connector into the contact carrier strips of the spring connector. The locking device includes a locking lever provided at one of the connection parts and swivelable around a point of rotation and is provided with a projection. The locking device also includes a connecting link provided on another of the connection parts so that the projection cooperates with the connecting link.

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