Plug connector

US6454463B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Delphi Technologies · US

Inventors

• Paul Gerhard Halbach · Wuppertal, DE
• Martin Herlitz · Remscheid, DE
• Peter Schekalla · Wuppertal, DE
• Kamil Uc · Wuppertal, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 30, 2000
• Grant date: Sep 24, 2002
• Expiry date: Dec 8, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G02B6/4292
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A plug connector (10) for light conductors comprises two connector parts (12, 14) which can be plugged together and locked to one another and of which at least one (12) is provided with at least one optical ferrule (16). The ferrule (16) which is associated with a first connector part (12) can be locked via a locking device (18) with the other connector part (14). The first connector part (12) comprises a base part (20) which accommodates the ferrule (16), a housing (22) which is movable in the plugging or axial direction (5) over a definite range relative to the base part (20) and a secondary locking element (24) which is movable in the plugging or axial direction (S) in each case over a definite range both relative to the base part (20) and relative to the housing (22), said secondary locking element (24) being resiliently supported at the base part (20) and being urged by the spring force into a forward securing position when viewed in the plugging direction (S) in which it secures the locking of the ferrule (16) when the connector parts (12, 14) are plugged together. The secondary locking element (24) can be first moved out of its securing position against the spring force duri…