Plug connector with short circuit contacts
AssigneePhoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsNorbert Hoemann, Rudolf Merz, Heinz Reibke
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AssigneePhoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsNorbert Hoemann, Rudolf Merz, Heinz Reibke
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A plug connector consisting of a plug body (1) and an engaging part (2) is provided with short-circuiting contacts (9, 10) within the plug body. The engaging part (2) includes at least one separating element (11) of insulating material that is inserted between the short circuit contacts (9, 10) when plug body (1) and engaging part (2) are inserted to interrupt the short circuit. For the purpose of simpler matching to the quantity of conductors to be short-circuited and to be connected, the plug body (1) and the engaging part (2) each consist of modules (3, 4) that may be stacked one upon the other and are assigned to each of the conductors within the plug body (1) that are of varying polarity and that are to be short-circuited. The short circuit contacts (9, 10) of the plug body (1) are so arranged on the modules (3) that each is extended to the short circuit contacts (9, 10) working together for two adjacent plug body modules (3). The engaging part modules (4) include a separating element (11) that is inserted between two adjacent plug body modules (3) to separate the short circuit contacts (9, 10) during the plugging process.
A plug connector assembly including at least a first and a second plug connector, each plug connector consisting of a single pole connector having a plug body (1) and an engaging part (2), whereby each plug body (1) is provided with short circuit contacts that consist of spring contacts (9) and counter-contacts (10), and whereby the spring contacts (9) of said first plug connector contacts the counter-contacts of said second plug connector in a non-plugged position of plug body (1) and engaging part (2) of each plug connector, and wherein the short circuit contacts short-circuit a first conductor coupled to said plug body (1) of said first plug connector to a second conductor coupled to said second plug connector, whereby further each of the engaging parts (2) include at least one separating element (11) of an insulating material that, in a plugged position of the plug body (1) and the engaging part (2), is pressed into the plug body (1) thereby eliminating the short circuit between the spring contacts (9) of the first plug connector and the counter-contacts (10) of the second plug connector, wherein
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