US 12,592,520 B2Granted

Insert for a connector

AssigneeHARTING Electric Stiftung & Co. KG

InventorsYongjun Chen, Yingtao Wang

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Abstract

An insert for a connector is provided having: an insert housing, wherein a cavity of the insert housing has multiple connection-accommodating holes for accommodating multiple connections, and wherein the multiple connections comprise at least one protective grounding connection; a holding plate, which is attached to a connection side of the insert housing in order to hold the multiple connections in the cavity; and a protective grounding plate, which serves for electrical contact with the protective grounding connection. The insert can accommodate more connections, whereby a high-density connector is provided, wherein power connections and protective grounding connections of the same type can be used in order for quick assembly and disassembly to be realized, whereby it is also possible for customers to replace the connections according to actual use.

Claims13

Dependent claims

An insert for a connector, comprising:

an insert housing, wherein an interior of the insert housing has multiple connection-accommodating holes for accommodating multiple connections, and wherein the multiple connections comprise at least one protective grounding connection;
a holding plate attached to a connection side of the insert housing in order to hold the multiple connections in the interior of the insert housing;
and
a protective grounding plate, which serves for electrical contact with the at least one protective grounding connection when received in the insert housing,
wherein the protective grounding plate comprises a first arm and a second arm and an L-shaped connecting portion which connects the first arm and the second arm, and wherein a plane in which the first arm is situated and a plane in which the second arm is situated are oriented perpendicularly with respect to one another, and
wherein the first arm has a fixed end and a movable end, and wherein an inner side of the movable end of the first arm has a projection, and wherein the second arm has a fixed end and a movable end, and wherein the movable end of the second arm has a screw hole.

3 more elements

An insert for a connector, comprising:

an insert housing, wherein an interior of the insert housing has multiple connection-accommodating holes for accommodating multiple connections, and wherein the multiple connections comprise at least one protective grounding connection;
a holding plate attached to a connection side of the insert housing in order to hold the multiple connections in the interior of the insert housing;
and
a protective grounding plate, which serves for electrical contact with the at least one protective grounding connection when received in the insert housing,
wherein the protective grounding plate comprises a first arm and a second arm and an L-shaped connecting portion which connects the first arm and the second arm, and wherein a plane in which the first arm is situated and a plane in which the second arm is situated are oriented perpendicularly with respect to one another,
wherein the insert housing further comprises a slot provided in a side wall of the insert housing into which the second arm of the protective grounding plate is insertably received, and
wherein the side wall has an opening in order to expose a screw hole of the second arm of the protective grounding plate to receive a screw.

4 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/264,729Filed 31 Jan 2022
Priority: CN 202110177708.49 Feb 2021
Published: US 2024/0113476 A14 Apr 2024
Granted: 31 Mar 2026
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification4 codes

H01R 13/652
Protective earth or shield arrangements on coupling devices , e.g. anti-static shielding: with earth pin, blade or socket
H01R 13/4367
Securing a plurality of contact members by one locking piece or operation: insertion of locking piece from the rear
H01R 13/6597
Specific features or arrangements of connection of shield to conductive members: the conductive member being a contact of the connector
H01R
Electrically-conductive connections