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US 2012/0058659 A1Published application
Circular connector for industrial applications
AssigneeIfm Electronic GmbH
InventorsWolfgang Mehnert, Bernd Froese
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Abstract
A specially designed sealing element (17) for a circular connector in which the sealing surface is subdivided into two areas, a first sealing section being designed to have a mainly radial sealing effect and a second sealing section being designed to have a mainly axial sealing effect. As a result, an effective sealing is achieved even in the case of counterparts having higher tolerances.
Claims9
1-6. (canceled)
Circular connector for industrial applications, comprising:
- a socket part which has a handle body with a cylindrical contact carrier which is configured so as to be insertable into a sleeve-shaped receiving region which is provided on a mating plug part,
- a sealing element on the contact carrier which surrounds the contact carrier and which has a sealing surface extending in a direction toward a forward edge of the contact carrier, the sealing surface being divided into a first sealing section and a second sealing section, the first sealing section being configured so as to produce a predominantly radial sealing action and the second sealing section being configured so as to produce a predominantly axial sealing action.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.