Method for checking a sealing of a plug connection, and plug connection
AssigneeLEONI Bordnetz-Systeme GmbH
InventorAlexander Stenzel
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Abstract
A method checks a sealing of an interior space of a plug connection that is to be tested. The plug connection has two plug connection elements, namely a plug connector element and a mating connector element, the plug connector element being plugged into the mating connector element in a plug-in direction. One of the plug connection elements additionally has a test opening to the interior space, via which, for the purpose of checking the sealing, a test medium is applied to the interior space, and the test opening is then sealed toward the interior space.
Claims13
A method for checking a sealing of an interior space of a plug connection to be tested, the plug connection having two plug connection elements, namely a plug connector element and a mating connector element, which are plugged into one another in a plug-in direction, one of the plug connection elements having a test opening formed therein to the interior space, which comprises the steps of:
- providing a sealing element which, as viewed in the plug-in direction, is disposed before the test opening in a test position;
- while in the test position, performing a seal check by applying a test medium through the test opening to the interior space;
- moving the sealing element, in the plug-in direction, from being disposed before the test opening in the test position, to being disposed beyond the test opening in a sealing position of the sealing element occurring during a final assembled position in which the sealing element closes a previously existing flow connection between the test opening and the interior space;
- wherein in the test position, the sealing element seals the interior space—seen in the plug-in direction—behind the test opening and in the final assembled position, the sealing element seals the interior space in relation to the test opening.
A plug connector device, comprising:
- two plug connection elements including a plug connector element and a mating connector element, which can be plugged into one another in a plug-in direction, wherein one of said plug connection elements has a test opening formed therein, wherein in a test position, said test opening is accessible and there is a flow connection between the test opening and an interior space of the plug connector device enabling an applied test medium to flow to said interior space through said test opening, and wherein, in a final assembled position, the flow connection is closed;
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- a moveable sealing element which, as viewed in the plug-in direction, is disposed before said test opening in the test position and is disposed after said test opening in the final assembled position;
- wherein in the test position, the sealing element seals the interior space—seen in the plug-in direction—behind the test opening, and in the final assembled position, the sealing element seals the interior space in relation to the test opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.