Modular housing arrangement and electrical connector
AssigneeTE Connectivity Solutions GmbH
InventorsMichael SCHALL, Andreas WILKNER
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Abstract
A modular housing assembly for an electrical connector connectable to a plug fuse includes a surrounding housing and an inner housing that receives a contact element plugged to the plug fuse and has an insertion opening through which one of the fuse contacts of the plug fuse can be plugged. The surrounding housing includes a module chamber receiving the inner housing and an access opening leading into the module chamber that passes through a housing wall and is sized to receive the fuse body of the plug fuse along the material thickness of the housing wall. The fuse contact coming from outside can better reach the internally disposed contact element. An electrical connector is provided with such a housing assembly and a contact element.
Claims20
Modular housing assembly for an electrical connector connectable to a plug fuse of a predefined size with fuse contacts protruding from an abutment surface of a fuse body, the modular housing assembly comprising:
- an inner housing configured to receive a contact element which can be connected to said plug fuse, wherein said inner housing comprises an insertion opening through which one of said fuse contacts of said plug fuse can be plugged;
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- a surrounding housing including a module chamber receiving said inner housing, said surrounding housing including an access opening leading into said module chamber, wherein said access opening passes through a housing wall of said surrounding housing and is sized such that said fuse body of said plug fuse can be inserted completely into said access opening along the material thickness of said housing wall.
Electrical connector connectable to a plug fuse of a predefined size with fuse contacts protruding from an abutment surface of a fuse body, said electrical connector comprising:
- a modular housing assembly including a surrounding housing and an inner housing received in said surrounding housing, said inner housing including an insertion opening through which one of said fuse contacts of said plug fuse can be plugged, said surrounding housing including a module chamber receiving said inner housing, said surrounding housing including an access opening leading into said module chamber, wherein said access opening passes through a housing wall of said surrounding housing and is sized such that said fuse body of said plug fuse can be inserted completely into said access opening along the material thickness of said housing wall;
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- a contact element received in said inner housing, said contact element including a contact surface for electrically contacting said plug fuse, wherein said contact surface is arranged in said inner housing and is accessible to one of said fuse contacts of said plug fuse through said insertion opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.