US 12,218,468 B2
Plug adapter for docking onto a solenoid valve
Björn Diessl, Büdingen (DE); Stefan Popov, Büdingen (DE); and Stephan Thomas, Gelnhausen (DE)
Assigned to WOCO Industrietechnik GmbH
Filed by WOCO Industrietechnik GmbH, Bad Soden-Salmunster (DE)
Filed on May 7, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/314,481.
Application 17/314,481 is a continuation of application No. PCT/EP2019/078719, filed on Oct. 22, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 202018106353.7 (DE), filed on Nov. 8, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0265794 A1, Aug. 26, 2021
Int. Cl. H01R 31/06 (2006.01); F16K 31/06 (2006.01); H01R 13/627 (2006.01); F01P 7/14 (2006.01); F02B 37/16 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 31/065 (2013.01) [F16K 31/0675 (2013.01); H01R 13/6271 (2013.01); F01P 2007/146 (2013.01); F02B 37/16 (2013.01); H01R 2201/26 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A plug adapter for connection to a solenoid valve mounted in a motor vehicle, comprising:
a plug connector for receiving an electrical control signal from a control unit of the motor vehicle for operating the solenoid valve;
a solenoid valve connector for releasably coupling the plug adapter to the plug connector of the solenoid valve, wherein the solenoid valve connector and the plug connector are matched to one another by plug shape and by electrical signal transmission;
an electronic component configured for processing an electrical output signal for operating the solenoid valve; and
a fluid-tight receptacle chamber comprising a rectangular outline with a wall surrounding the outline and a transparent lid,
wherein the electronic component is disposed in the fluid-tight receptacle chamber, and the fluid-tight receptacle chamber can be sealed by the transparent lid, further wherein when the plug adapter is plugged into the plug connector, an electrical connection is established between the electronic component and the solenoid valve via the solenoid valve connector.