US 12,353,019 B2
Plug connector for transmitting optical and electrical signals
Roland Preis, Aschau am Inn (DE); Marijela Bajic, Waldkraiburg (DE); Markus Kaaserer, Rott am Inn (DE); and Christian Stoemmer, Erding (DE)
Assigned to MD ELEKTRONIK GMBH, Waldkraiburg (DE)
Filed by MD ELEKTRONIK GmbH, Waldkraiburg (DE)
Filed on Oct. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/959,363.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2021 126 914.8 (DE), filed on Oct. 18, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0124895 A1, Apr. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. G02B 6/38 (2006.01); H01B 11/22 (2006.01); H01R 13/639 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 6/3817 (2013.01) [G02B 6/3831 (2013.01); G02B 6/3853 (2013.01); G02B 6/3893 (2013.01); H01B 11/22 (2013.01); H01R 13/639 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A plug connector, which can be fastened to a line, for transmitting optical and electrical signals, the plug connector comprising:
a contact support;
at least two contact fastening regions, which are formed in the contact support and are each configured to receive an electrical contact, which is connectable to the line, for transmitting the electrical signals;
at least one lens fastening region, which is formed in the contact support and is configured to receive, in an aligned manner by one or more lens guides extending along the at least one lens fastening, a lens member, which is connectable to the line, for transmitting the optical signals, the one or more lens guides being configured to align the lens member in a defined radial orientation and prevent radial movement of the lens member; and
at least one locking member, which is lockable to the contact support, wherein the line is fastenable to the plug connector using the locking member in a locked state.