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Method and device for electrically connecting a functional element contained in a housing

US7918691B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

OECHSLER AG · DE

Inventors

Martin Assel · Aichholzhof, DE
Michael Traeger · Heilsbronn, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 4, 2007
Grant date	Apr 5, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 4, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01R13/639
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In spite of the absence of a pullout fuse block, functional elements comprising simple socket-type connectors come into contact with an external cable in a mechanically and electrically reliable manner, when said cable has a rod-type or sword-type mating connector which engages directly in the connector by means of a radially protruding return baffle, in a sealed manner, through the rear of an opening in the wall of a housing. If, during the plug-in action, an injection-molded skin which first at least partially closes the opening is enlarged or perforated, the breaking edge nestling against the envelope surface of the mating connector in the plug-in direction provides another retraction block with additional sealing and vibration damping.

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