US 2012/0058685 A1 · PLUG-IN UNIT

Abstract

A plug-in unit (112, FIG. 7A) with a housing (150) that receives an electrical contact arrangement (55, FIG. 6) that has a cable bushing (151, FIG. 7A). The housing has an aperture (153) in a housing wall for the plugged-in reception of the mating plug-in unit (11, FIG. 2). In order to allow for the optional design of an angled or a linear plug-in connection, the cuboid housing (150, FIG. 7A) is divided along a plane (180) that runs perpendicular to a longitudinal central plane (179) and at a 45° angle to the longitudinal extension of a bushing (151) in such a way that a first housing part (181) contains the cable bushing (151) and the second housing part (182) forms the plug-in aperture (153). The second housing part (182) is attached to the first housing part so the second housing part (182) can be turned with respect to the first housing part (181).

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A connector comprising:

a first plug-in unit (112, FIG. 7A), having a cuboidal housing (150) for receiving an electrical contact arrangement (55, FIG. 6) of a mating plug-in unit (11, FIG. 7B), wherein the housing has a cable bushing (151) and has a housing wall with an aperture (153) for receiving the mating plug-in unit (11, FIG. 7B);
said housing (150) is divided into first and second housing parts (181, 182) along a dividing plane (180) that extends perpendicular to a housing longitudinal central plane (179) and at a 45° angle to sides of said housing;
said second housing part (182) forms on aperture (153) for receiving said mating plug-in unit (11), wherein the first housing part (181) can be installed on said housing (150) in a first orientation wherein said cable busing (151) extends in a direction D perpendicular to a direction (E) of said mating plug-in unit, and said first housing part can be turned 180° about an axis (X) and installed on said housing in a second orientation wherein said cable bushing extends in a direction (G) that is parallel to said mating plug-in unit direction (E).

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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