Printed circuit board plug connector
AssigneeWeidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsMarc Böcker, Ralf Schumacher, Peter Stuckmann, Till Schmitz, Jens Oesterhaus, Jörg Münstermann, Holger Wehmeier, Volker Schröder, Klaus Püschner
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Abstract
A terminal strip is formed as a printed circuit board plug connector and has a strip-like housing composed of a plurality of terminal housings which are arranged alongside one another in an arranging direction X. The housings are mechanically connected to one another. The terminal housings each have a plugging face side on which they have at least one first plugging contact which can be plugged together with a corresponding plugging contact of a corresponding plug connector.
Claims16
A printed circuit board plug connector, comprising
- (a) a plurality of terminal housings arranged alongside and connected with one another in an arranging direction as a strip of housings, each of said housings including a plugging surface including at least one first plugging contact plugged together with a corresponding plugging contact of an adjacent terminal housing;
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- (b) mechanical connectors for connecting a first terminal housing with an adjacent second terminal housing, said mechanical connectors including
- (1) first and second lugs extending in said arranging direction from upper and lower surfaces, respectively, of said first terminal housing;
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- (2) first and second recesses arranged in upper and lower surfaces, respectively, of said second terminal housing for receiving said first and second lugs, respectively of said first terminal housing in a form-fitting manner when said first and second housings are plugged together.
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