US 12,237,612 B2
Electrical plug with friction brake device, as well as arrangement and method
Philipp Moncher, Niederwinkling (DE); Sebastian Achatz, Niederwinkling (DE); and Florian Hartl, Niederwinkling (DE)
Assigned to TE Connectivity Industrial GmbH, Niederwinkling (DE)
Filed by TE Connectivity Industrial GmbH, Neiderwinkling (DE)
Filed on Oct. 26, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/510,775.
Claims priority of application No. 20204127 (EP), filed on Oct. 27, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0131307 A1, Apr. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 13/506 (2006.01); H01R 13/502 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/506 (2013.01) [H01R 13/502 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrical plug, comprising:
a plug housing having a first plug housing section with a longitudinal axis; and
a friction brake device including a friction brake part arranged on an outer face of the first plug housing section, the friction brake part is exposed towards an area outside the electrical plug in a radial direction to the longitudinal axis, the friction brake device provides a friction braking azimuthally around the longitudinal axis below a set torque threshold value for the electrical plug, the friction brake device has a friction brake ring section as the friction brake part, the friction brake ring section is separate from the first plug housing section, the friction brake ring section is mounted to be rotatable on the outer face of the first plug housing section, the friction brake ring section has an uneven outer face with different radii in at least two different azimuthal positions, the uneven outer face of the friction brake ring section has a plurality of radial friction elements radially pressing on a plug socket of a housing part in which the first plug housing is insertable.