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US 12,503,079 B2Granted
Angled plug connection, electrical connector for such an angled plug connection and electrically heated windshield wiper with such an angled plug connection
AssigneeTE Connectivity Germany GmbH
InventorGregor Panitz
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Abstract
An angled plug connection includes a connector adapted to be plugged along a first plug-in direction and a mating connector adapted to be plugged along a second plug-in direction extending at an angle or perpendicularly to the first plug-in direction. The connector is connected to the mating connector by a link guide.
Claims14
An angled plug connection, comprising:
- a connector adapted to be plugged along a first plug-in direction;
- and
- a mating connector adapted to be plugged along a second plug-in direction extending at an angle or perpendicularly to the first plug-in direction, the connector is connected to the mating connector by a link guide, a motion of the connector along the first plug-in direction is coupled by the link guide to a motion of the mating connector along the second plug-in direction, the connector has a link guide element fixed to a connector housing of the connector and the mating connector has a link guide element fixed to a connector housing of the mating connector, the connector housing of the connector holds a blade-shaped contact of the connector and the connector housing of the connector has a fixed position with respect to the blade-shaped contact during the motion of the connector along the first plug-in direction into a final assembly position with the mating connector, the connector housing of the mating connector holds a fork-shaped contact of the mating connector and the connector housing of the mating connector has a fixed position with respect to the fork-shaped contact during motion of the mating connector along the second plug-in direction into the final assembly position with the connector, the link guide is formed by the link guide element of the mating connector that is complementary to the link guide element of the connector.
A windshield wiper, comprising:
- a wiper arm;
- and
- a wiper blade connected to the wiper arm by an angled plug connection, the angled plug connection including a connector adapted to be plugged along a first plug-in direction and a mating connector adapted to be plugged along a second plug-in direction extending at an angle or perpendicularly to the first plug-in direction, the connector is connected to the mating connector by a link guide, a motion of the connector along the first plug-in direction is coupled by the link guide to a motion of the mating connector along the second plug-in direction, the connector has a link guide element fixed to a connector housing of the connector and the mating connector has a link guide element fixed to a connector housing of the mating connector, the connector housing of the connector holds a blade-shaped contact of the connector and the connector housing of the connector has a fixed position with respect to the blade-shaped contact during the motion of the connector along the first plug-in direction into a final assembly position with the mating connector, the connector housing of the mating connector holds a fork-shaped contact of the mating connector and the connector housing of the mating connector has a fixed position with respect to the fork-shaped contact during motion of the mating connector along the second plug-in direction into the final assembly position with the connector, the link guide is formed by the link guide element of the mating connector that is complementary to the link guide element of the connector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.