# US 12,181,090 B2 · Elastic plug-in connector > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,181,090 B2 - Document ID: US12181090B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/031,672 - Filed: 2021-10-11 - Published: 2023-11-30 - Granted: 2024-12-31 - Earliest claimed: 2020-10-13 - Assignees: VOSS Automotive GmbH - Applicants: Voss Automotive GmbH - Inventors: Alexander Oberdörfer; Mustapha Ahouri - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12181090B2 ## CPC - F16L 37/144: {the securing element being U-shaped} - F01N 13/18: Construction facilitating manufacture, assembly, or disassembly - F16L 37/0885: {with access to the split elastic ring from a radial or tangential opening in the coupling} - F01N 3/2066: {Selective catalytic reduction [SCR]} - F01N 2450/00: Methods or apparatus for fitting, inserting or repairing different elements - F16L 53/35: Ohmic-resistance heating - F16L 53/38: using elongate electric heating elements, e.g. wires or ribbons - F16L 55/02: Energy absorbers; Noise absorbers - F16L 2201/10: Indicators for correct coupling - Y02A 50/20: Air quality improvement or preservation, e.g. vehicle emission control or emission reduction by using catalytic converters - F16L: PIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL - F01N: GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINES (arrangements in connection with gas exhaust of propulsion units in vehicles B60K13/00; combustion-air intake silencers specially adapted for, or arranged on, internal-combustion engines F02M35/00; protecting against, or damping, noise in general G10K11/16) - Y02A: TECHNOLOGIES FOR ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE ## Abstract A plug connector for hose and/or pipe connections. The connector includes a base body connected to a receiving body and each has a plug-in channel for a plug part. The connector further includes a retaining part arranged in a receiving opening of the receiving body that, in a locking position, blocks the plug part from being installed. The retaining part includes a stop surface (facing counter to the plug-in direction. The receiving opening has a abutment surface facing in the plug-in direction. During displacement of the retaining part against the plug-in direction, the stop surface acts against the abutment surface of the receiving body. The abutment surface is elastically displaceable against the plug-in direction, at least inside a displacing region. The receiving body has a resistance element which, during displacement of the abutment surface beyond the displacement region, resists further elastic deformation of the receiving body against the plug-in direction. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A plug connector for the producing of hose- and/or tube-connections, including a base body and a receiving body, which each include a plug-in channel for a plug part to be installed in a plug-in direction, furthermore including a retaining part, which is disposed in a receiving opening of the receiving body and, in a locking position, block the to-be-installed plug part against the plug-in direction, wherein the receiving body is connected to the base body, wherein the retaining part includes a stop surface facing against the plug-in direction, wherein the receiving opening includes an abutment surface facing in the plug-in direction, wherein with a displacing of the retaining part against the plug-in direction, the stop surface acts against the abutment surface of the receiving body, wherein the receiving body is designed to be elastically deformable such that the abutment surface is elastically displaceable against the plug-in direction at least inside a displacing region, wherein the receiving body includes a resistance element which, during a displacing of the abutment surface beyond the displacing region, generates a resistance against a further elastic deforming of the receiving body against the plug-in direction, wherein the resistance element is configured as an anvil arm extending in the receiving body parallel to the plug-in direction, which is connected or formed-on in a material-bonded manner at least one-side with the receiving body, and is disposed with at least one end in an anvil receptacle in the receiving body, wherein between a contact section on at least one end of the anvil arm and a correspondingly configured contact surface of the anvil receptacle a gap is formed that decreases with a displacing of the abutment surface, and with an abutment contact of the contact section with the contact surface increases the resistance against a further deforming of the receiving boy against the plug-in direction. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The plug connector according to claim 1, wherein the receiving body includes two elastically deformable plate elements offset parallel to the plug-in direction and each extending in a plane perpendicular to the plug-in direction, wherein the plate elements delimit the receiving opening. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The plug connector according to claim 1, wherein the receiving body includes at least one expansion crosspiece displaced around the plug-in channel, and the at least one expansion crosspiece is configured elastically deformable against the plug-in direction, and radially restricts the receiving opening. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The plug connector according to claim 3, wherein the expansion crosspieces connects the plate elements to each other and is disposed on an outer circumference of the plate elements. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The plug connector according to claim 1, wherein the receiving body includes at least one material take-out, that increases the elasticity of the receiving body. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The plug connector according to claim 1, wherein at least one anvil arm (70) is connected to the plate elements on both sides. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The plug connector according to claim 6, wherein that at least one anvil arm connected on both sides with the plate elements is configured one-side with a protrusion forming the contact section, wherein the end including the protrusion is connected radially to the plug-in channel by a connecting crosspiece to the plate element. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The plug connector according to claim 6, wherein at least one anvil arm connected to the plate elements on both sides is configured connected to the plate element such that the contact section is configured as a part of the plate element itself. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The plug connector according to claim 1, wherein at least one anvil arm is connected or formed-on in a material-bonded manner with the receiving body and has a free opposite end, which is disposed in the anvil receptacle in the receiving body, wherein the contact section is configure as a protrusion on the free end of the anvil arm. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The plug connector according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the plate elements has at least one anvil arm, connected or formed-on in a material-bonded manner, extending parallel to the plug-in direction and to the respective other plate element, and the corresponding anvil receptacle is disposed in the respective other plate element. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The plug connector according to claim 10, wherein the receiving body includes two anvil arms and anvil receptacles that are disposed diametrically with respect to the plug-in channel. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The plug connector according to claim 1, wherein the receiving body includes two or more anvil arms and corresponding anvil receptacles that are disposed distributed uniformly about the plug-in channel. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The plug connector according to claim 12, wherein the at least two anvil arms and two anvil receptacles are configured such that with the achieving of the specific deformation of the receiving body, they simultaneously come into abutment contact by their respective contact section with their respective associated contact surfaces of the anvil receptacles. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The plug connector according to claim 12, wherein the anvil arms and anvil receptacles are configured such upon achieving at least two different specific deformations of the receiving body that differ by an extent of the displacing of the abutment surface of the receiving body against the plug-in direction, they successively come into abutment contact by their respective contact sections with their respective associated contact surfaces of the anvil receptacles, so that with the achieving of each specific elastic deformation of the receiving body a further resistance is respectively generated against the displacing of the abutment surface of the receiving body. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The plug connector according to claim 12, wherein at least one anvil arm is configured with its free end pointing in plug-in direction, and at least one anvil arm is configured with its free end pointing against the plug-in direction. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The plug connector according to claim 1, wherein that at least one anvil arm connected on both sides to the plate elements is configured at least one-side with the protrusion wherein the end, radially with respect to the plug-in channel, including the protrusion is connected by the connecting crosspiece to the plate element, and at least one further anvil arm connected on both sides to the plate elements is configured connected to the plate elements such that the contact section itself is configured as a part of the plate element. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The plug connector according to claim 1, wherein the plug-in channel of the receiving body has an axial plug clearance for the supporting of the plug part to be installed, wherein the plug clearance is limited by a rearmost, as viewed in the plug-in direction, stop for an annular bead of the plug part in the plug-in channel of the receiving body and the retaining part, disposed in front of the rearmost stop as viewed in the plug-in direction in locked position. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The plug connector according to claim 1, wherein the receiving body and/or the retaining part and/or the base body are configured monolithically. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) The plug connector according to claim 1, wherein the receiving body and the base body are connected to each other in a material-bonded manner. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The plug connector according to claim 19, wherein the receiving body and the base body are joined together by a laser weld.