US 12,413,015 B2
Plug connection, plug connector, latching means, and method for forming the latching means
Benedikt Steube, Lohne (DE); Stefan Aporius, Detmold (DE); Lars Brinkmann, Detmold (DE); Roman Henze, Horn-Bad Meinberg (DE); Robin Reinke, Detmold (DE); Willi Lang, Detmold (DE); and Karsten Krome, Detmold (DE)
Assigned to Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. KG and PH, (DE)
Appl. No. 17/906,595
Filed by Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. KG, Detmold (DE); and PHOENIX CONTACT GmbH & Co. KG, Blomberg (DE)
PCT Filed Mar. 4, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/055520
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 16, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/190899, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 30, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 102020108288.6 (DE), filed on Mar. 25, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0144954 A1, May 11, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 13/627 (2006.01); H01R 12/57 (2011.01); H01R 13/633 (2006.01); H01R 13/6582 (2011.01)
CPC H01R 13/6272 (2013.01) [H01R 12/57 (2013.01); H01R 13/633 (2013.01); H01R 13/6582 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrical and/or optical plug connection, comprising
a. a first plug connector and a second plug connector which corresponds with and configured to fit said first plug connector, said first and second plug connectors each having a plug face having a sheet metal contact configured to be fit together in an electrically contacting manner and at least one of an electrical and an optical plug contacts configured to be fit together and which are arranged in spaced relation from said sheet metal contact;
b. a latching connection for connecting said first and second plug connectors in an assembled state, said latching connection including a latching hook on said first plug connector and a latching recess having a latching edge on said second plug connector, said latching hook engaging said latching recess when said first and second plug connectors are fit together, said latching hook having a latching arm and a hook portion, said hook portion being connected with a surrounding metal sheet of said latching arm via a bending line which deviates from a straight line, said hook portion being configured as a raised three-dimensional shaped surface region having at least one open side; and
c. an actuation device on said first plug connector for releasing said latching connection.