Plug connector part having temperature sensors
AssigneePhoenix Contact E-Mobility GmbH
InventorsThomas Fuehrer, Markus Rose
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Abstract
In an embodiment, the present invention provides a plug connector part for connection to a mating plug connector part, including a plurality of electrical contact elements for carrying an electrical current and establishing electrical contact with contact elements of a mating plug connector part, the plurality of electrical contact elements including a plurality of temperature sensors, each of which is arranged on one associated contact element, respectively, of the plurality of contact elements, to detect a change in a temperature of the associated contact element, the temperature sensors being connected to a common sensor line.
Claims9
A plug connector part for connection to a mating plug connector part, comprising:
- a plurality of electrical contact elements configured to carry an electrical current and to establish electrical contact with contact elements of a mating plug connector part, the plurality of electrical contact elements including a plurality of temperature sensors, each of which is arranged on one associated contact element respectively of the plurality of contact elements, to detect a change in a temperature of the associated contact element, the temperature sensors being connected to a common sensor line,
- wherein the temperature sensors are electrically interconnected in a series circuit by line portions of the sensor line, each of the line portions directly connecting two of the temperature sensors with each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.