US 12,237,613 B2
Printed circuit board plug connector
Marc Böcker, Steinheim (DE); Ralf Schumacher, Lemgo (DE); Peter Stuckmann, Lage (DE); Till Schmitz, Detmold (DE); Jens Oesterhaus, Detmold (DE); Jörg Münstermann, Schlangen (DE); Holger Wehmeier, Lemgo (DE); Volker Schröder, Lemgo (DE); and Klaus Püschner, Detmold (DE)
Assigned to Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. KG, (DE)
Filed by Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. KG, Detmold (DE)
Filed on Sep. 3, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/446,859.
Claims priority of application No. 102020123187.3 (DE), filed on Sep. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0077624 A1, Mar. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 13/514 (2006.01); H01R 12/72 (2011.01)
CPC H01R 13/514 (2013.01) [H01R 12/722 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A printed circuit board plug connector, comprising
(a) a plurality of terminal housings arranged alongside and connected with one another in an arranging direction as a strip of housings, each of said housings including a plugging surface including at least one first plugging contact plugged together with a corresponding plugging contact of an adjacent terminal housing; and
(b) mechanical connectors for connecting a first terminal housing with an adjacent second terminal housing, said mechanical connectors including
(1) first and second lugs extending in said arranging direction from upper and lower surfaces, respectively, of said first terminal housing; and
(2) first and second recesses arranged in upper and lower surfaces, respectively, of said second terminal housing for receiving said first and second lugs, respectively of said first terminal housing in a form-fitting manner when said first and second housings are plugged together.