US 12,244,089 B2
Modular high-current connector system
Norbert Kropiewnicki, Bielefeld (DE); Nicole Spilker, Lübbecke (DE); Sergej Zier, Loehne (DE); Thomas Beischer, Espelkamp (DE); Nando Hoppe, Nienstaedt (DE); and Benjamin Krüger, Espelkamp (DE)
Assigned to HARTING Electric Stiftung & Co. KG, Espelkamp (DE)
Appl. No. 17/798,478
Filed by HARTING Electric Stiftung & Co. KG, Espelkamp (DE)
PCT Filed Mar. 8, 2021, PCT No. PCT/DE2021/100234
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 9, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/185407, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 23, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 107 396.8 (DE), filed on Mar. 18, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0076774 A1, Mar. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 13/422 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/422 (2013.01) 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A modular high-current connector (1), comprising:
a first housing part (7);
a second housing part (8) connected to the first housing part (7);
a third housing part (13) arranged on top of the second housing part (8);
a pin contact (9) having a contact region (K′) and a connection region (A′),
wherein the contact region (K′) of the pin contact (9) protrudes from the first housing part (7) on a plug-in side thereof and is adapted to form an electrical contact for plugging into a device socket, and
wherein the connection region (A′) of the pin contact (9) extends through the first housing part (7) through the second housing part (8) into the third housing part (13); and
a first connection contact element (5) arranged in the second housing part (8), the first connection contact element (5) having a connection region (A) for connecting an electrical line and a contact region (K) with a cylindrical through-opening (3) for receiving the pin contact (9),
a second connection contact element (5) arranged in the third housing part (13), the second connection contact element (5) having a further connection region (A) for connecting a further electrical line and a further contact region (K) with a further cylindrical through-opening (3) for receiving the pin contact (9),
wherein the second housing part (8) has an open housing wall (10), and
wherein the third housing part is fixed to the open housing wall (10), and
wherein the first connection contact element (5) includes grooves (16) into which ribs (17) of the second housing part (8) engage, whereby the first connection contact element (5) is prevented from rotating within the second housing part (8).