Electrical plug-and-socket connection

US5839912A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Delphi Automotive Systems Deutschland GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Peter Schekalla · Wuppertal, DE
• Roman Seutschniker · Wuppertal, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 3, 1996
• Grant date: Nov 24, 1998
• Expiry date: Jun 3, 2016

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H01R13/62905
• WIPO field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to an electrical plug-and-socket connection comprising two detachable connecting parts, which, by means of a laterally extensible slide, both can be axially coupled together and decoupled. The one connecting part comprises a socket housing having control means. The other connecting part comprises a complementary plug housing having a laterally protruding coupling journal. The slide possesses a profiled coupling channel. In order to achieve a space-saving construction of the plug-and-socket connection, it is proposed to provide two different control means between the slide and the socket housing. The first control means is an axial control mechanism having an essentially linear groove in the socket housing and a radial bearing cam on the slide, which simultaneously determines the pivot bearing for a pivot motion of the slide. The second control means is a tilt control mechanism having, on the one hand, a sliding block and, on the other hand, a sliding block guide, which latter is curved according to the combined pivot-translation motion of the slide.