US 12,151,571 B2
Adapter system for electrical connection of a connector of a cabling to different contact arrangements of different charging sockets
Dirk Weyrauch, Bensheim (DE); Philipp Kowarsch, Bensheim (DE); and Dominik Heiss, Bensheim (DE)
Assigned to TE Connectivity Germany GmbH, Bensheim (DE)
Filed by TE Connectivity Germany GmbH, Bensheim (DE)
Filed on Jun. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/836,336.
Claims priority of application No. 102021115051.5 (DE), filed on Jun. 10, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0396162 A1, Dec. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. B60L 53/16 (2019.01); H01R 13/627 (2006.01); H01R 31/06 (2006.01); H01R 13/645 (2006.01)
CPC B60L 53/16 (2019.02) [H01R 13/627 (2013.01); H01R 31/06 (2013.01); H01R 31/065 (2013.01); H01R 13/6453 (2013.01); H01R 2201/26 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An adapter system for the electrical connection of a connector of a cabling to different contact arrangements of different charging sockets along a connection axis, comprising:
an adapter housing having a contact surface extending perpendicularly to the connection axis and a plurality of contact openings extending along the connection axis, the contact surface is disposed at an end of the adapter housing on a socket side, an end of the adapter housing on a cable side has a cabling interface connecting to the connector; and
a fastening element attaching the adapter housing to one of the charging sockets, the end of the adapter housing on the socket side is attachable to each of the charging sockets by the fastening element with the contact surface in a predetermined rotational position relative to the connection axis.