Connector arrangement
AssigneeYazaki Europe Ltd.
InventorMario MANDIR
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Abstract
A connector arrangement having a connector and a corresponding mating connector, the connector including a housing and a first locking feature for latching with a corresponding second locking feature of the mating connector, the connector further including a mating detection device for detecting a locked state of the first locking feature with the second locking feature, and wherein the mating detection device comprises an electric circuit.
Claims20
A connector arrangement having a connector and a corresponding mating connector, the connector comprising a housing and a first locking feature for latching with a corresponding second locking feature of the mating connector, the connector further comprising a mating detection device for detecting a locked state of the first locking feature with the second locking feature,
- wherein the first locking feature comprises a resilient member, which is deflected by the second locking feature during a mating process, and which is released when the mating process is complete, establishing the locked state,
- wherein the mating detection device comprises an electric circuit with a spring contact for opening and closing the electric circuit, the spring contact comprising two resilient contact arms, wherein the contact arms are both transferred from an initial position to a translocated position by the resilient member when the resilient member is deflected during the mating process, and
- wherein in the locked state the second locking feature obstructs only one of the contact arms from returning into the initial position when the resilient member is released,
- wherein the two resilient contact arms have respective contact portions overlapping in a direction from the initial position to the translocated position, the contact portions either getting connected or disconnected when the unobstructed one of the contact arms springs back towards the initial position.
A connector arrangement having a connector and a corresponding mating connector, the connector comprising a housing and a first locking feature for latching with a corresponding second locking feature of the mating connector, the connector further comprising a mating detection device for detecting a locked state of the first locking feature with the second locking feature,
- wherein the first locking feature comprises a resilient member, which is deflected by the second locking feature during a mating process, and which is released when the mating process is complete, establishing the locked state,
- wherein the mating detection device comprises an electric circuit with a spring contact for opening and closing the electric circuit, the spring contact comprising two resilient contact arms, wherein the contact arms are both transferred from an initial position to a translocated position by the resilient member when the resilient member is deflected during the mating process, and
- wherein in the locked state the second locking feature obstructs only one of the contact arms from returning into the initial position when the resilient member is released,
- wherein the two resilient contact arms have respective contact portions overlapping in a direction from the initial position to the translocated position, the contact portions either getting connected or disconnected when the unobstructed one of the contact arms springs back towards the initial position,
- wherein the electric circuit is disposed on a circuit board, the two resilient contact arms having respective base portions connected to the circuit board.
A connector arrangement having a connector and a corresponding mating connector, the connector comprising a housing and a first locking feature for latching with a corresponding second locking feature of the mating connector, the connector further comprising a mating detection device for detecting a locked state of the first locking feature with the second locking feature,
- wherein the first locking feature comprises a resilient member, which is deflected by the second locking feature during a mating process, and which is released when the mating process is complete, establishing the locked state,
- wherein the mating detection device comprises an electric circuit with a spring contact for opening and closing the electric circuit, the spring contact comprising two resilient contact arms, wherein the contact arms are both transferred from an initial position to a translocated position by the resilient member when the resilient member is deflected during the mating process, and
- wherein in the locked state the second locking feature obstructs only one of the contact arms from returning into the initial position when the resilient member is released,
- wherein the two resilient contact arms have respective contact portions overlapping in a direction from the initial position to the translocated position, the contact portions either getting connected or disconnected when the unobstructed one of the contact arms springs back towards the initial position,
- wherein the two resilient contact arms are arranged on a base plate, the base plate being attached to the resilient member.
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