US 12,107,363 B2
Seal for an electrical plug connector as well as electrical plug connector and electrical plug connection assembly with such a seal
Ralf Schwan, Bensheim (DE)
Assigned to TE Connectivity Germany GmbH, Bensheim (DE)
Filed by TE Connectivity Germany GmbH, Bensheim (DE)
Filed on Mar. 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/691,393.
Claims priority of application No. 102021105716.7 (DE), filed on Mar. 10, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0294153 A1, Sep. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 13/52 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/5205 (2013.01) [H01R 13/5221 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A seal for an electrical plug connector, comprising:
a plurality of passage openings each receiving a contact element; and
a sealing mat connecting the plurality of passage openings, each of the passage openings has a contact sealing section extending along the passage opening in a sleeve-shaped manner and a creepage distance increase section disposed opposite the contact sealing section,
the creepage distance increase section of at least one of the plurality of passage openings continues the passage opening in a tubular manner on a side of the sealing mat opposite the contact sealing section with a height of the creepage distance increase section above the sealing mat greater than a height of the contact sealing section below the sealing mat, and
the creepage distance increase section of a second one of the plurality of passage openings extends away from the second one of the plurality of passage openings in a radial direction in a plate-shaped manner having a meander with a same height as an upper surface of the contact sealing section.