US 2023/0402790 A1 · CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY

Abstract

A connector assembly comprises: a first connector, which has a housing forming an installation space and has a contact terminal accommodated in the installation space; a second connector, which has a housing forming an installation space and has a contact terminal accommodated in the installation space; and a locking device, by means of which the first and second connectors are locked while they are joined together. The locking device comprises a release protection component on either the first connector or the second connector and an insert on the other of the components first connector and second connector. The disclosure further relates to an adapter, a connector, a lateral locking device and a mounting frame for the connector assembly. The connector assembly is easy to assemble, allows the entire device to be made compact, and has improved electromagnetic shielding and watertightness.

Claims33

Dependent claims

-32. (canceled)

A connector assembly (1), comprising:

a first connector (10), which has
a first housing (11) that forms a first installation space (12), and
a first contact terminal accommodated in the first installation space;
a second connector (20), which has
a second housing (21) that forms a second installation space (22), and
a second contact terminal accommodated in the second installation space;
and
a locking device (40) by which the first connector (10) can be locked to the second connector (20) when the first connector (10) and the second connector (20) are joined together,
wherein the locking device (40) has
a release protection component (13) located on the first connector and
an insert (23) located on the second connector,
wherein, when the first connector (10) and the second connector (20) are joined together, the release protection component (13) and the insert (23) engage in one another, and
wherein, when the first connector (10) is separated from the second connector (20), the release protection component (13) is separated from the insert (23) and remains connected to the first connector.

10 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

18/035,843Filed 4 Nov 2021

Priority

CN 202011239802.X9 Nov 2020

Published

14 Dec 2023

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification10 codes

H01R 13/639
Means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts or for holding them in engagement: additional means for holding or locking…
H01R 13/5202
Dustproof, splashproof, drip-proof, waterproof, or flameproof cases: sealing means between parts of housing or between housing part and a wall,…
H01R 13/5219
Dustproof, splashproof, drip-proof, waterproof, or flameproof cases: sealing means between coupling parts, e.g. interfacial seal
H01R 13/621
Means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts or for holding them in engagement: bolt, set screw or screw clamp

Connector assembly

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Abstract

Claims33