US 12,542,399 B2 · Electrical plug connector

Abstract

An electrical plug connector includes a plug connector housing and a connecting lever. The connecting lever is rotatable with respect to the plug connector housing between an initial position and an end position. The connecting lever includes a locking element having a first part fixed to the connecting lever and a second part displaceable relative to the first part. The locking element mechanically locks the connecting lever in the end position to the plug connector housing when the connecting lever is in the end position and the second part is displaced relative to the first part to a locking position. The first and second parts of the locking element respectively carry first and second sections of an optical code. The optical code is completed when the second part is displaced relative to the first part to the locking position whereby the optical code is detectable by an optical reading device.

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Dependent claims

An electrical plug connector comprising:

a plug connector housing;
a connecting lever rotatable with respect to the plug connector housing between an initial position and an end position;
the connecting lever including a locking element, the locking element including a first part fixed to the connecting lever by detent means and a second part displaceable relative to the first part, wherein the locking element mechanically locks the connecting lever in the end position to the plug connector housing when the connecting lever is in the end position and the second part is displaced relative to the first part to a locking position;
and
the first part carrying a first section of an optical code and the second part carrying a second section of the optical code, the optical code being completed when the second part is displaced relative to the first part to the locking position whereby the optical code is detectable by an optical reading device.

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An electrical plug connector comprising:

a plug connector housing;
a connecting lever rotatable with respect to the plug connector housing between an initial position and an end position;
the connecting lever having a locking element, when the connecting lever is in the end position the locking element being displaceable relative to the plug connector housing to a locking position in which the locking element mechanically locks the connecting lever in the end position to the plug connector housing;
the locking element carrying an optical code that is complete when the locking element is in the locking position whereby the optical code is detectable and decodable by an optical reading device;
the locking element being made up of two parts which are displaceable relative to one another with one of the parts being fixed to the connecting lever by detent means and which each carry respective first and second sections of the optical code;
and
the optical code being complete when the locking element is in the locking position by the two parts being in a corresponding displacement position relative to one another with the first and second sections of the optical code correspondingly being arranged to complete the optical code.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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