Plug connector
AssigneeVolkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsAndreas Urbaniak, Thomas Kaluba, Eduard Cvasa, Achim Rosemann, Ufuk Cecen, Ingo Eckhardt
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Abstract
A plug connector for providing an electrical connection, having a collective seal with at least one passage opening and at least one electrically conductive plug contact, which is guided through the at least one passage opening of the collective seal. Also disclosed is a template for the passage opening to support the plug contact when the plug contact is guided through the passage opening of the collective seal.
Claims15
A plug connector for providing an electrical connection, the plug connector comprising:
- a family seal with at least one passage opening;
- and
- at least one electrically conducting plug-in contact, which is guided through the at least one passage opening in the family seal,
- wherein a template for the passage opening is provided to support the plug-in contact when the plug-in contact is guided through the passage opening in the family seal,
- wherein the template has at least one guide unit to align the plug-in contact in the direction of the passage opening,
- wherein the template has swing-open guide elements which are opened in the passage opening in the family seal by the plug-in contact,
- wherein the guide elements are fastened to the respective guide unit by hinge elements and
- wherein the template is a film.
A method for producing a plug connector comprising:
- a family seal with at least one passage opening;
- and
- at least one electrically conducting plug-in contact, which is guided through the at least one passage opening in the family seal,
- wherein, when guiding the plug-in contact through the passage opening in the family seal, a template is used to guide the plug-in contact targetedly through the passage opening in the family seal,
- wherein the template used has at least one guide unit to align the plug-in contact in the direction of the passage opening,
- wherein the template used has swing-open guide elements which are opened in the passage opening in the family seal by the plug-in contact,
- wherein the guide elements used are fastened to the respective guide unit by hinge elements, and
- wherein the template is a film.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.