US 11,870,182 B2
Plug connector with 360° pluggability
Guenter Jaeger, Goetzis (AT); and Marco Gabriel, Dornbirn (AT)
Assigned to HIRSCHMANN AUTOMOTIVE GMBH, Rankweil/Brederis (AT)
Appl. No. 17/424,788
Filed by HIRSCHMANN AUTOMOTIVE GMBH, Rankweil/Brederis (AT)
PCT Filed Feb. 15, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/053839
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 21, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/164736, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 20, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0069520 A1, Mar. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 13/627 (2006.01); H01R 13/502 (2006.01); H01R 13/631 (2006.01); H01R 13/64 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/6273 (2013.01) [H01R 13/502 (2013.01); H01R 13/6315 (2013.01); H01R 13/64 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connector assembly comprising:
a main connector with a contact support, and
a mating connector that can be mated with the main connector and that has a contact support, wherein the mating connector is formed in a plug-in region with a chamfer that corresponds to the shape of the main connector such that, during the mating process, the main connector is inserted into the mating connector in a predefined position, wherein the main connector comprises two axially extending springs, arranged in opposition in the plug-in direction, and the mating connector comprises two opposing slots, or vice versa, wherein a spring corresponds to its respective slot, wherein the two springs have different lengths.