CONNECTION ARRANGEMENT, CONNECTING CABLE AND HOUSING

Abstract

A connection arrangement is provided, and includes a housing with a first housing shell and a second housing shell, as well as a connecting cable with a connector for connecting the connecting cable to a connecting component in the housing. The first housing shell includes a first mating retainer, and the second housing shell includes a second mating retainer. The connector includes a retainer for an interlocking and/or friction connection with the first mating retainer and the second mating retainer. A connecting cable and a housing are also provided.

Claims

1. A connection arrangement comprising: a housing with a housing shell and a second housing shell; a connecting cable with a connector for connecting the connecting cable to a connecting component in the housing, wherein the first housing shell includes features a first mating retainer, the second housing shell includes a second mating retainer, and the connector includes a retainer for an interlocking and/or friction connection with the first mating retainer and the second mating retainer.

2. The connection arrangement in accordance with claim 1, wherein the retainer, the first mating retainer and/or the second mating retainer include at least one recess and at least one complementary protrusion for the interlocking and/or friction connection between the retainer, the first mating retainer and the second mating retainer.

3. The connection arrangement in accordance with claim 1, wherein the connector includes at least one connection contact for establishing electrical contact to the connecting component, and the at least one connection contact includes the at least one recess and/or the at least one protrusion for the interlocking and/or friction connection between the retainer, the first mating retainer and the second mating retainer.

4. The connection arrangement in accordance with claim 3, wherein at least a part of the connection contact is T-shaped for interlocking and/or friction retention of the connection contact on the first housing shell and on the second housing shell.

5. The connection arrangement in accordance with claim 1, wherein the connector includes at least one connection contact for establishing electrical contact between the connecting component and a retaining jacket formed as a jacket around at least one part of the connection contact, where the retainer is formed by the connection contact and/or the retaining jacket.

6. The connection arrangement in accordance with claim 5, wherein the at least one recess and/or the at least one protrusion allow the interlocking and/or friction connection between the retainer, the first mating retainer and the second mating retainer between the at least one connection contact and the retaining jacket.

7. The connection arrangement in accordance with claim 1, wherein at least one of first mating retainer and the second mating retainer respectively include several rib-like protrusions.

8. The connection arrangement in accordance with claim 5, wherein the retaining jacket consists at least partially of elastic plastic.

9. The connection arrangement in accordance with claim 5, wherein the retaining jacket is a single-piece and/or a monolith.

10. The connection arrangement in accordance with claim 5, wherein the retaining jacket includes a sealant for sealing a passage volume between the first housing shell and the second housing shell.

11. The connection arrangement in accordance with claim 1, wherein at least one recess is formed between the at least one connection contact and the retaining jacket, at least one further recess is formed by the retaining jacket, the first mating retainer includes several first protrusions and the second mating retainer includes several second protrusions, where the protrusions are complementary to the recesses and the protrusions are positioned in the recesses in an assembled state of the connection arrangement.

12. The connection arrangement in accordance with claim 1, wherein at least one of the first housing shell including the first mating retainer, and the second housing shell includes the second mating retainer, is respectively a single-piece and/or a monolith.

13. The connection arrangement in accordance with claim 1, wherein the connecting component is at least partially fork-shaped for pressurized contacting of the at least one connection contact.

14. A connecting cable for a connection arrangement in accordance with claim 1, the connecting cable comprising: the connector for connecting the connecting cable to the connecting component in the housing, where the connector includes the retainer for the interlocking and/or friction connection to the first mating retainer and the second mating retainer.

15. A housing for a connection arrangement in accordance with claim 1, the housing comprising: the first housing shell and the second housing shell, where the first housing shell includes the first mating retainer and the second housing shell includes the second mating retainer for the interlocking and/or friction connection to the retainer.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0026] Reference is now made more particularly to the drawings, which illustrate the best presently known mode of carrying out the invention and wherein similar reference characters indicate the same parts throughout the views.

[0027] FIG. 1 is a perspective representation of a connection arrangement in a disassembled state of the connection arrangement according to a preferred embodiment.

[0028] FIG. 2 is a cross-section side view of the connection arrangement depicted in FIG. 1 in an assembled state of the connection arrangement.

[0029] FIG. 3 is a perspective representation of a part of the connection arrangement shown in FIG. 1.

[0030] FIG. 4 is a perspective representation of a connecting cable of the connection arrangement shown in FIG. 1.

[0031] FIG. 5 is a perspective representation of a part of the connecting cable shown in FIG. 4.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0032] Elements with the same function and modes of action are each provided with the same reference numbers in the Figures.

[0033] FIG. 1 shows a connection arrangement 10 according to a preferred embodiment. The connection arrangement 10 depicted in FIG. 1 features a housing 11 for accommodating electronic components with a first housing shell 12 and a second housing shell 13. The connection arrangement furthermore features a connecting cable 14 with four wiring harness 31 and a connector 15 in the form of a “pigtail” connector for the electrical connection of the connecting cable 14 to a connecting component 29 in the housing 11. The first housing shell 12 features a first mating retainer 17, the second housing shell 13 features a second mating retainer 18 and the connector 15 features a retainer 16 for an interlocking and friction connection to the first mating retainer 17 and the second mating retainer 18 or for an interlocking and friction connection between the connector 15 and the housing 11.

[0034] The interlocking and friction connection between the retainer 16, the first mating retainer 17 and the second mating retainer 18 are shown in detail in FIG. 2. As depicted in FIG. 2, the first housing shell 12 or the first mating retainer 17 features a ribbed protrusion 25 and nose-like protrusions 26. The second housing shell 13 or, as the case may be, the second mating retainer 18 features a ribbed protrusion 27 and nose-like protrusions 28. The connector 15 features four connection contact 30 (shown in particular in FIG. 3 and FIG. 4) for establishing electrical contact to the connecting component 29. The connector 15 further features a monolithic retaining jacket 23 made of elastic plastic that takes the form of a jacket around a part of the connection contacts 30 in each case. The retaining jacket 23 is injection molded onto a part of the connection contacts 30 in each case.

[0035] The connection contact 30 depicted in FIG. 2 takes the form of a T-shape in the end area of the connecting cable. The connection contact 30 thus forms two undercuts that, together with the retaining jacket 23, form a first recess 19 or a first gap and a second recess 20 or a second gap at each connection contact 30. In addition, several recesses in the form of a blind hole 21, 22 are formed in the retaining jacket 23. As depicted in FIG. 2, the protrusions 25, 26, 27, 28 are designed to be complementary to the recesses 19, 20, 21, 22. To be more precise, FIG. 2 depicts an assembled state of the connection arrangement 10, in which the ribbed protrusion 25 of the first housing shell 12 is positioned in the first recess 19 of the connector 15. The nose-like protrusions 26 of the first housing shell 12 are arranged in the recesses 21 that take the form of a blind hole on an upper side of the connector 15 or, as the case may be, the retaining jacket 23. The ribbed protrusion 27 of the second housing shell 13 is positioned in the second recess 20 of the connector 15. The nose-like protrusions 28 of the second housing shell 13 are arranged in the recesses 22 that take the form of blind holes on the lower side of the connector 15 or, as the case may be, the retaining jacket 23.

[0036] The retaining jacket 23 depicted in FIG. 2 additionally features a sealant 24 for sealing a passage volume between the first housing shell and the second housing shell. The sealant 24 features two sealing lips that extend in the form of a ring around the sealing jacket. In a longitudinal direction of the connecting cable 14, the two sealing lips are formed in front of and behind the recesses 21, 22 of the retaining jacket 23.

[0037] FIG. 3 shows that the connecting component 29 is designed to be partially fork-shaped for making pressurized contact to the connection contacts (30). To be more precise, the connecting component 29 features four contact forks for establishing electrical contact of the four connecting components 30. FIG. 4 depicts a connecting cable 14 with a connector 15 disconnected from the housing 11. FIG. 5 shows a wiring harness 31 of the connecting cable 14 with a single connection contact 30 separated from the retaining jacket 23.

[0038] In addition to the embodiments depicted, the invention permits further design principles. This means that the invention should not be seen as being limited to the sample embodiment explained with reference to the figures. It is thus possible, for example, for the ribbed protrusions and corresponding, groove-like recesses described above to take the place of the nose-like protrusions 26, 27 and the associated recesses 21, 22 in the form of blind holes.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

[0039] 10 Connection arrangement [0040] 11 Housing [0041] 12 First housing shell [0042] 13 Second housing shell [0043] 14 Connecting cable [0044] 15 Connector [0045] 16 Retainer [0046] 17 First mating retainer [0047] 18 Second mating retainer [0048] 19 Recess [0049] 20 Recess [0050] 21 Recess [0051] 22 Recess [0052] 23 Retaining jacket [0053] 24 Sealant [0054] 25 Protrusion [0055] 26 Protrusion [0056] 27 Protrusion [0057] 28 Protrusion [0058] 29 Connecting component [0059] 30 Connection contact [0060] 31 Wiring harness