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US 8,708,731 B2Granted
Electrical assembly with socket and plug
AssigneeTyco Electronics France SAS
InventorEric Chatelus
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AssigneeTyco Electronics France SAS
InventorEric Chatelus
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The invention relates to a plug assembly (1), a socket (2, 2′) and a plug with a plug member (3, 3′), wherein the socket (2, 2′) is shaped with a hollow receiving section (4) for receiving the plug member (3, 3′) in a mating direction (M). In order to latch or unlatch the plug assembly (1) the hollow receiving section (4) comprises at least one actuating zone (36), which can be deformed perpendicular to the mating direction (M), resulting in a movement of a latching element (9) of the receiving section (4). For improving the handling of the plug assembly (1), especially while connecting, the present invention provides that the socket (2, 2′) comprises supporting elements (29, 30, 31), which rest on an outer wall guiding section (13) of the plug member (3, 3′), assuring that only a proper deformation of the actuating zone (38, 39) occurs while mating the plug and the socket.
Electrical socket with a housing that is adapted to be mated with an electrical plug in a mating direction, the housing comprising a hollow and essentially cylindrical receiving section for receiving the plug, with at least one actuating zone that is adapted to be manually elastically deformed in an actuating direction running perpendicular to the mating direction and towards the interior of the housing, and with a displacement zone, which comprises a latching element that faces in the mating direction, the displacement zone being adapted to move from a initial position to a deflected position in a radial direction running perpendicular to the mating direction and away from the interior of the housing when the at least one actuating zone is deformed in the actuating direction, wherein the receiving section comprises at least one supporting element, which is arranged on an inner surface of the receiving section and which projects into the interior of the receiving section, the supporting element comprising at least one surface section facing to the interior of the receiving section.
Electrical plug with an essentially cylindrical plug member, the plug member extending in a mating direction and being adapted to be mated with an electrical socket, the plug member comprising at least one outer wall guiding section, which extends in the mating direction, and with a latching member, which faces against the mating direction and which at least section-wise projects from the plug member in a radial direction perpendicular to the mating direction, wherein the plug member comprises at least one deformation indentation that extends into the mating direction and that is located before the guiding section in the mating direction, and wherein the latching member comprises an inclined displacement surface at a front end thereof defining the radially outwardmost position of the plug member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.