US 11,817,648 B2
Holding frame for a plug connector and methods of populating same
Andre Tiemann, Bad Essen (DE); Heiko Meier, Minden (DE); Andre Beneke, Vechta (DE); and Jörg Ziegenhahn, Büren (DE)
Assigned to HARTING Electric GmbH & Co. KG, Espelkamp (DE)
Appl. No. 16/606,664
Filed by HARTING Electric GmbH & Co. KG, Espelkamp (DE)
PCT Filed Apr. 11, 2018, PCT No. PCT/DE2018/100331
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 7, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/192617, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 25, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2017 108 433.9 (DE), filed on Apr. 20, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0029346 A1, Jan. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 13/518 (2006.01); H01R 13/506 (2006.01); H01R 13/514 (2006.01); H01R 13/627 (2006.01); H01R 13/74 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/518 (2013.01) [H01R 13/506 (2013.01); H01R 13/514 (2013.01); H01R 13/6275 (2013.01); H01R 13/745 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A holding frame for a plug connector for receiving similar and/or different modules, comprising:
a base frame which defines a plane transverse to an insertion direction of a module into the holding frame and which has mutually opposite end walls and mutually opposite side walls extending between the mutually opposite end walls which define a frame interior through which the module is removably insertable to extend through the base frame, and
a fixing member which is attached to a side wall of the base frame and which is designed for deformation between an insertion state which allows the module to be inserted into the holding frame in the insertion direction, and a holding state in which an inserted module is held in place, at least along the insertion direction, by a latching lug of the module and by the fixing member,
wherein the fixing member is designed such that the deformation includes movement of at least one fixing arm of the fixing member in a longitudinal direction of the side wall that is perpendicular to the end walls and perpendicular to the insertion direction, and
wherein the fixing member is mounted in a recess on an inner side of the side wall and is fixed in place in the insertion direction by boundaries of the recess, wherein the fixing member also includes a clamping piece that extends through an opening in the side wall and/or around an edge of the side wall to an outer side of the side wall and with which the fixing member is secured against falling out of the recess, or
wherein the fixing member is clamped in place by a clamping section on an inner side of the side wall, or
wherein the fixing member is arranged with parts on an outer side of the side wall and with parts on an inner side of the side wall and is intertwined with at least a part of the base frame.