Plug connector module for an industrial plug connector
AssigneeHARTING Electric GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsIrina Lötkemann, Bernard Schlegel, Heiko Meier, Wilhelm Kliever
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Abstract
A plug connector module is provided for a modular industrial plug connector, wherein the plug connector module is formed from at least two independent functional units. In order to fit a holding frame with a plug connector module, a first functional unit is first of all combined with at least one second functional unit so as to form a plug connector module, and the plug connector module is then inserted into the holding frame.
Claims11
A plug connector module for a modular industrial plug connector having a holding frame, the plug connector module comprising:
- at least two independent functional units that are coupleable together to form a combined module unit that is removably receivable in the holding frame, and
- wherein a first functional unit and a second functional unit of the at least two independent functional units of the combined module unit include at least one different type of functional element from each other, the first functional unit comprising at least one functional element in the form of an electrical contact element, and the second functional unit comprising at least one functional element in the form of a sensor or an optical contact.
A method for fitting a holding frame with a plug connector module, the method comprising:
- initially combining a first functional unit with at least one second functional unit to form a plug connector module;
- and
- thereafter, inserting the plug connector module into the holding frame,
- wherein the first functional unit and the second functional unit include at least one different type of functional element from each other, the first functional unit comprising at least one functional element in the form of an electrical contact element, and the second functional unit comprising at least one functional element in the form of a sensor or an optical contact.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.