Plug connector for circuit board connection
AssigneePhoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG
InventorAntje Skowranek
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AssigneePhoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG
InventorAntje Skowranek
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A plug connector for a circuit board connection possesses a plug strip and a plug part that includes a socket housing projecting on the plug side. The socket housing possesses a generally rectangular basic cross section with longitudinal sides opposite each other on both sides, and a face side located between them. Insertion guide holes with adjacent plug receptors for contact pins are located on this face side, such pins being positioned on the plug strip with matching alignment. In order to be able to join the plug part and the plug strip along at least two insertion directions offset from each other by 90°, and to ensure a solid mechanical connection of the plug part independent of insertion direction, first the plug strip is formed as an angle strip with a first strip shoulder and a second strip shoulder perpendicular to it, and the contact pins are mounted either on the first or on the second strip shoulder. Engaging hooks are present on each of the two strip shoulders on the inner side facing the plug part that are mirror images with respect to the angle-bisecting plane of the plug strip, and engaging steps are provided in the vicinity of the two longitudinal sides of the socket housing on the plug part that may be engaged by the engaging hook. The position of such engaging steps is matched to allow interaction with the engaging hook on each longitudinal side of the socket housing.
A plug connector for a circuit board connection possessing a plug strip (1) mounted on the circuit board and a plug part (5) that includes a socket housing (8) projecting on the plug side that possesses a generally rectangular cross section with longitudinal sides (9, 10) opposite each other, and a face side (11) located between them, whereby insertion guide holes (12) with adjacent plug receptors for contact pins (4) are located on this face side (11), said pins being firmly positioned on the plug strip (1) with alignment matching the plug receptors and insertion guide holes (12), characterized in that the plug strip (1) is formed as an angle strip with a first strip shoulder (2) and a second strip shoulder (3) perpendicular to the first strip shoulder, and wherein the contact pins (4) are mounted either on the first or on the second strip shoulder (2, 3), whereby engaging hooks (13) are present on each of the two strip shoulders (2, 3) on an inner side of said first strip shoulder and said second strip shoulder (2.1, 3.1) facing the plug part (5) that are mirror images with respect to an angle-bisecting plane of the plug strip (1), and engaging steps (14) are provided in the vicinity of the two longitudinal sides (9, 10) of the socket housing (8) on the plug part (5) that are configured to be engaged by the engaging hook (13) of the plug strip and whose separation from the adjacent edges between the pertinent longitudinal side (9, 10) and the face side (11) of the socket housing (8) or a theoretical edge line corresponding to the mirror-image positioning of the engaging hooks (13) is the same.
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