Electrical microconnector having an increased functional area for a locking mechanism

As a rule, electrical microconnectors have a outer diameter of approximately 2 mm, the contact elements themselves having a dimension of approximately 0.63 mm. Described herein is a microconnector, which includes a housing and a plug connector situated in the housing. In addition, a primary and a se...

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Main Authors STEINHAUSER UWE, PUETTNER ACHIM
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 08.05.2003
Edition7
Subjects
BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
CURRENT COLLECTORS
ELECTRICITY
LINE CONNECTORS
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Summary:As a rule, electrical microconnectors have a outer diameter of approximately 2 mm, the contact elements themselves having a dimension of approximately 0.63 mm. Described herein is a microconnector, which includes a housing and a plug connector situated in the housing. In addition, a primary and a secondary locking mechanism protect the microconnector against being unintentionally detached from a plug housing. The secondary locking mechanism acts on the end face of the microconnector facing in the direction opposite to the plugging direction. In order to now provide a greater contact area for the secondary locking mechanism, the end face is increased in size, in that the guide elements, which are necessary for inserting the microconnector in a directionally restricted manner and are provided on a side of the outer microconnector wall, extend to the end face of the microconnector, so that the end face of the guide elements and the end face of the microconnector form an enlarged surface.
Bibliography:Application Number: US20020278236