Connector, a fluid line and a fluid power instrumentality

A connector for a fluid line delimiting a fluid duct therein, a wall of said fluid line having at least one signal conductor for the transmission of signals, said connector comprising:

• a plug socket;
• a holding device for holding the fluid line in a mounted condition;
• at least one signal switch contact connectable with the at least one signal conductor;
• a guide means disposed in the plug socket for angularly aligned arrangement of the fluid line, the guide means adapted to be introduced into the fluid duct such that the guide means slides along an angular encoding means arranged in the at least one fluid duct, the angular encoding means permitting the fluid duct to be brought into a predetermined angular position prior to contact being made between the at least one signal switch contact and the at least one signal conductor, wherein the angular encoding means in cooperation with the guide means limits angular rotation of the connector relative to the fluid line while permitting axial movement there between.

A connector for a fluid line having a fluid duct therein, a wall of the fluid line having at least one signal conductor for the transmission of electrical and/or optical signals, said connector comprising:

• a housing;
• a plug socket formed within the housing and adapted to receive the fluid line;
• a holding device for holding the fluid line in a mounted condition;
• at least one signal switch contact connectable with the at least one signal conductor, the at least one signal switch contact being disposed on a contact element bearing member which is slideable relative to the housing in an axial direction;
• a guide means disposed in the plug socket for angularly aligned arrangement of the fluid line, the guide means being able to be introduced into the fluid duct such that the guide means slides along an angular encoding means arranged in the at least one fluid duct, the angular encoding means permitting the fluid duct to be brought into a predetermined angular position prior to contact being made between the at least one signal switch contact and the at least one signal conductor.

A connector for a fluid line having a fluid duct therein, a wall of the fluid line having at least one signal conductor for the transmission of electrical and/or optical signals, said connector comprising:

• a plug socket formed within the housing and adapted to receive the fluid line;
• a holding device for holding the fluid line in a mounted condition;
• at least one signal switch contact connectable with the at least one signal conductor;
• a guide means disposed in the plug socket for angularly aligned arrangement of the fluid line, the guide means being able to be introduced into the fluid duct such that the guide means axially slides along an angular encoding means arranged in the at least one fluid duct without need for rotation of the guide relative to the connector, the angular encoding means permitting the fluid duct to be brought into a predetermined angular position prior to contact being made between the at least one signal switch contact and the at least one signal conductor.

A connector for a fluid line having a fluid duct therein, a wall of the fluid line having a signal conductor for the transmission of a signal, said connector comprising:

• a plug socket formed within the housing and adapted to receive the fluid line;
• a holding device for holding the fluid line in a mounted condition;
• a signal switch contact connectable with the at least one signal conductor,
• a guide means disposed in the plug socket and connected to the signal switch contact, the guide means having a surface adapted to engage an angular encoding means disposed on the fluid line such that the guide means aligns and maintains the signal switch contact in a predetermined angular position wherein the signal contact switch is aligned with the signal conductor, when the fluid line is inserted into the plug socket.