Plug Connector for Electrically Connecting a Tag Connector to an Electrical Line of a Motor-Driven Garden and/or Forestry Working Apparatus, and Motor-Driven Garden and/or Forestry Working Apparatus

Abstract

A plug connector for electrically connecting a tag connector to an electrical line of a motor-driven garden and/or forestry working apparatus includes a tag connector receptacle portion and a line receptacle portion. The tag connector receptacle portion has a first surface-clamping leg, a second surface-clamping leg, a first peripheral guiding blade and a second peripheral guiding blade, wherein the surface-clamping legs are disposed so as to be opposite one another and wherein the peripheral guiding blades are disposed so as to be opposite one another. The tag connector receptacle portion is configured for elastically enlarging a leg spacing between the surface-clamping legs and for plastically enlarging a blade spacing between the peripheral guiding blades by interaction between the peripheral guiding blades and the tag connector for receiving the tag connector and for contacting and for impinging with a clamping force opposite surfaces of the received tag connector by the surface-clamping legs, and for contacting opposite peripheries of the received tag connector by the peripheral guiding blades for securing the received tag connector against being released from the tag connector receptacle portion and for electrical contacting. The line receptacle portion is electrically connected to the tag connector receptacle portion. The line receptacle portion is configured for receiving the electrical line and for securing the received line against being released from the line receptacle portion and for electrical contacting.

Claims

1. A plug connector for electrically connecting a tag connector to an electrical line of a motor-driven garden and/or forestry working apparatus, comprising: a tag connector receptacle portion, wherein the tag connector receptacle portion has a first surface-clamping leg, a second surface-clamping leg, a first peripheral guiding blade, and a second peripheral guiding blade, wherein the surface-clamping legs are disposed so as to be opposite one another, wherein the peripheral guiding blades are disposed so as to be opposite one another, and wherein the tag connector receptacle portion is configured for elastically enlarging a leg spacing between the surface-clamping legs and for plastically enlarging a blade spacing between the peripheral guiding blades byway of interaction between the peripheral guiding blades and the tag connector for receiving the tag connector between the surface-clamping legs and the peripheral guiding blades, and for contacting and for impinging with a clamping force opposite surfaces of the received tag connector by way of the surface-clamping legs, and for contacting opposite peripheries of the received tag connector by way of the peripheral guiding blades for securing the received tag connector against being released from the tag connector receptacle portion and for electrical contacting; and a line receptacle portion, wherein the line receptacle portion is electrically connected to the tag connector receptacle portion, and wherein the line receptacle portion is configured for receiving the electrical line and for securing the received line against being released from the line receptacle portion and for electrical contacting.

2. The plug connector according to claim 1, wherein at least one of: the surface-clamping legs and the peripheral guiding blades are mutually disposed in such a manner that a blade spacing direction runs so as not to be parallel to a leg spacing direction, and the first surface-clamping leg, the first peripheral guiding blade, the second surface-clamping leg and the second peripheral guiding blade are disposed in this sequence about a tag connector receiving direction.

3. The plug connector according to claim 1, wherein at least one of: the first peripheral guiding blade in mechanical terms is connected directly to the first surface-clamping leg or to the second surface-clamping leg, and the second peripheral guiding blade in mechanical terms is connected directly to the first surface-clamping leg or to the second surface-clamping leg.

4. The plug connector according to claim 1, wherein at least one of: the peripheral guiding blades from the first surface-clamping leg extend in the direction of the second surface-clamping leg up to the second surface-clamping leg, the peripheral guiding blades in a tag connector receiving direction are disposed in a central region of the surface-clamping legs, and the peripheral guiding blades in the tag connector receiving direction are at most 50% of the length of the surface-clamping legs.

5. The plug connector according to claim 1, wherein at least one of: the peripheral guiding blades in a tag connector receiving direction are at least 1 mm and/or at most 4 mm long, the surface-clamping legs in the tag connector receiving direction are at least 3 mm and/or at most 9 mm long, the leg spacing is at least 1 mm and/or at most 3 mm, the blade spacing is at least 3 mm and/or at most 7 mm, the leg spacing is at most 50% of the blade spacing, and the surface-clamping legs and/or the peripheral guiding blades are at least 0.25 and/or at most 0.75 mm thick.

6. The plug connector according to claim 1, wherein the plug connector in a tag connector receiving direction in an end region of the surface-clamping legs has a plug-fit delimitation and/or user compression portion, and the plug-fit delimitation and/or user compression portion is configured for delimiting the receptacle of the tag connector and/or for pressing the tag connector receptacle portion in a user-activable manner onto the tag connector.

7. The plug connector according to claim 6, wherein the surface-clamping legs in mechanical terms are connected to one another by way of the plug-fit delimitation and/or user compression portion, and the plug-fit delimitation and/or user compression portion is curved towards the inside.

8. The plug connector according to claim 1, wherein at least one of: the first surface-clamping leg and/or the second surface-clamping leg in a leg plug-fit region for the tag connector for interacting with the tag connector for elastically enlarging the leg spacing are/is molded so as to be oblique, and the first peripheral guiding blade and/or the second peripheral guiding blade in a blade plug-fit region for the tag connector for interacting with the tag connector for plastically enlarging the blade spacing are/is molded so as to be oblique and so as to have an introduction ramp/introduction ramps.

9. The plug connector according to claim 1, wherein the line receptacle portion in a tag connector receiving direction is disposed so as to be level with a leg plug-fit region of the first surface-clamping leg and/or of the second surface-clamping leg for the tag connector, or counter to the tag connector receiving direction so as to be spaced apart from the leg plug-fit region.

10. The plug connector according to claim 1, wherein the peripheral guiding blades in mechanical terms are connected directly to the first surface-clamping leg, and the second surface-clamping leg in mechanical terms is connected to the line receptacle portion by way of the first surface-clamping leg.

11. The plug connector according to claim 1, wherein the tag connector receptacle portion and the line receptacle portion in mechanical terms are connected to one another by way of a bent spring portion.

12. The plug connector according to claim 1, wherein the tag connector receptacle portion and the line receptacle portion are mutually disposed in such a manner that a line receiving direction runs so as not to be parallel to a tag connector receiving direction and so as to be parallel to a blade spacing direction.

13. The plug connector according to claim 1, wherein the line receptacle portion is configured so as to form a crimp connection to the electrical line.

14. The plug connector according to claim 1, wherein the plug connector is a stamped-and-bent part free of any welded connection.

15. A motor-driven garden and/or forestry working apparatus, comprising: a tag connector; an electrical line; and a plug connector according to claim 1, wherein the plug connector electrically connects the tag connector to the electrical line.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0064] FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of a plug connector according to an embodiment of the invention;

[0065] FIG. 2 shows a plan view of the plug connector of FIG. 1;

[0066] FIG. 3 shows a lateral view of the plug connector of FIG. 1;

[0067] FIG. 4 shows a sectional view of the plug connector of FIG. 1;

[0068] FIG. 5 shows a plan view of a stamped part prior to being bent so as to form the plug connector of FIG. 1;

[0069] FIG. 6 shows a further perspective view of the plug connector of FIG. 1, having a received tag connector of a motor-driven garden and/or forestry working apparatus;

[0070] FIG. 7 shows a further sectional view of the plug connector of FIG. 1, having the received tag connector;

[0071] FIG. 8 shows a further perspective view of the plug connector of FIG. 1, having the received tag connector of a motor control unit and a received electrical line of the motor-driven garden and/or forestry working apparatus;

[0072] FIG. 9 shows a sectional lateral view of the motor-driven garden and/or forestry working apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention;

[0073] FIG. 10 shows a perspective view of a further plug connector according to an embodiment of the invention;

[0074] FIG. 11 shows a plan view of the plug connector of FIG. 10;

[0075] FIG. 12 shows a lateral view of the plug connector of FIG. 10;

[0076] FIG. 13 shows a sectional view of the plug connector of FIG. 10; and

[0077] FIG. 14 shows a plan view of a stamped part prior to being bent so as to form the plug connector of FIG. 10.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0078] FIGS. 1 to 4, 6 to 9, and 10 to 13, show, in particular in each case, a plug connector 1 for electronically connecting a tag connector 51, as is shown in FIGS. 6 to 9, to an electrical line 52, as is shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, of a motor-driven garden and/or forestry working apparatus 50, as is shown in FIG. 9. The plug connector 1 has a tag connector receptacle portion 2 and a line receptacle portion 40. The tag connector receptacle portion 2 has a first surface-clamping leg 3, a second surface-clamping leg 4, a first peripheral guiding blade 5, and a second peripheral guiding blade 6. The surface-clamping legs 3, 4 are disposed so as to be opposite one another. The peripheral guiding blades 5, 6 are disposed so as to be opposite one another. The tag connector receptacle portion 2 is configured for elastically enlarging a leg spacing DS between the surface-clamping legs 3, 4, in particular by means of interaction between the surface-clamping legs 3, 4 and the tag connector 51, for receiving the tag connector 51 between the surface-clamping legs 3, 4. Furthermore, the tag connector receptacle portion 2 is configured for plastically enlarging a blade spacing DF between the peripheral guiding blades 5, 6 by means of interaction between the peripheral guiding blades 5, 6 and the tag connector 51 for receiving the tag connector 51 between the peripheral guiding blades 5, 6. Moreover, the tag connector receptacle portion 2 is configured for contacting and for impinging with a clamping force FK opposite surfaces 51a, 51b of the received tag connector 51 by means of the surface-clamping legs 3, 4, and for contacting opposite peripheries 51c, 51d of the received tag connector 51 by means of the peripheral guiding blades 5, 6 for securing the received tag connector 51 against being released from the connector receptacle portion 2 and for electrical contacting. The line receptacle portion 40 is electrically connected to the tag connector receptacle portion 2. Furthermore, the line receptacle portion 40 is configured for receiving the electrical line 52 and for securing the received line 52 against being released from the line receptacle portion 40 and for electrical contacting.

[0079] The plug connector 1 in FIGS. 8 and 9 electrically connects the tag connector 51 to the electrical line 52.

[0080] The leg spacing DS is elastically enlarged in FIGS. 6 to 9. The tag connector 51 is received between the surface-clamping legs 3, 4. The blade spacing DF is plastically enlarged. The tag connector 51 is received between the peripheral guiding blades 5, 6. The surface-clamping legs 3, 4 contact and by way of the clamping force FK impinge the opposite surfaces 51a, 51b of the received tag connector 51. The peripheral guiding blades 5, 6 contact the opposite peripheries 51c, 51d of the received tag connector 51. The received tag connector 51, in particular by means of the surface-clamping legs 3, 4 and the peripheral guiding blades 5, 6, is secured against being released from the tag connector receptacle portion 2. Moreover, the received tag connector 51 is electrically contacted in particular by means of the surface clamping-legs 3, 4 and the peripheral guiding blades 5, 6.

[0081] The electrical line 52 is received in particular by means of the line receptacle portion 40 in FIGS. 8 and 9. Furthermore, the received line 52, in particular by means of the line receptacle portion 40, is secured against being released from the line receptacle portion 40. Moreover, the received line 52 is electrically contacted, in particular by means of the line receptacle portion 40.

[0082] Specifically, the surface-clamping legs 3, 4 and the peripheral guiding blades 5, 6 are mutually disposed in such a manner that a blade spacing direction y runs so as not to be parallel, in particular so as to be orthogonal, to a leg spacing direction x.

[0083] Additionally, the first surface-clamping leg 3, the first peripheral guiding blade 5, the second surface-clamping leg 4 and the second peripheral guiding blade 6 are in this sequence disposed about a tag connector receiving direction z which in particular runs so as not to be parallel, in particular so as to be orthogonal, to the blade spacing direction y and the leg spacing direction x.

[0084] In the exemplary embodiments shown, the first peripheral guiding blade 5 in mechanical terms is connected directly to the first surface-clamping leg 3. The second peripheral guiding blade 6 in mechanical terms is connected directly to the first surface-clamping leg 3.

[0085] In alternative exemplary embodiments the first peripheral guiding blade in mechanical terms can be connected directly to the second surface-clamping leg. Additionally or alternatively, in alternative exemplary embodiments the second peripheral guiding blade in mechanical terms can be connected directly to the second surface-clamping leg.

[0086] Furthermore, in the exemplary embodiments shown, the peripheral guiding blades 5, 6 from the first surface-clamping leg 3 extend in the direction x, in particular in the leg spacing direction x, of the second surface-clamping leg 4, in particular up to the second surface-clamping leg 4.

[0087] Additionally, the peripheral guiding blades 5, 6 in the tag connector receiving direction z are disposed in a central region 7 of the surface-clamping legs 3, 4.

[0088] Furthermore additionally, the peripheral guiding blades 5, 6 in the tag connector receiving direction z are at most 50% of the length of the surface-clamping legs 3, 4.

[0089] Moreover, the peripheral guiding blades 5, 6 in the tag connector receiving direction z are at least 1 mm and/or at most 4 mm long, or a length L5, L6 of the peripheral guiding blades 5, 6 in the tag connector receiving direction z is at least 1 mm and/or at most 4 mm, respectively.

[0090] Additionally, the surface-clamping legs 3, 4 in the tag connector receiving direction z are at least 3 mm and/or at most 9 mm long, or a length L3, L4 of the surface-clamping legs 3, 4 in the tag connector receiving direction z is at least 3 mm and/or at most 9 mm.

[0091] Furthermore additionally, the leg spacing DS is at least 1 mm and/or at most 3 mm, in particular in the case of a received tag connector 51, and 0 mm prior to the tag connector 51 being initially received in the tag connector receptacle portion 2.

[0092] Furthermore additionally, the blade spacing DF is at least 3 mm and/or at most 7 mm, in particular in the case of a received tag connector 51.

[0093] Furthermore additionally, the leg spacing DS is at most 50% of the blade spacing DS, in particular in the case of a received tag connector 51.

[0094] Furthermore additionally, the surface-clamping legs 3, 4 and/or the peripheral guiding blades 5, 6 are at least 0.25 and/or at most 0.75 mm thick, or a thickness T of the surface-clamping legs 3, 4 and/or of the peripheral guiding blades 5, 6 is at least 0.25 and/or at most 0.75 mm, respectively.

[0095] Furthermore, the plug connector 1 in the tag connector receiving direction z in an end region 8 of the surface-clamping legs 3, 4 has a plug-fit delimitation and/or user compression portion 9. The plug-fit delimitation and/or user compression portion 9 is configured for delimiting the receptacle of the tag connector 51, in particular by means of contacting the tag connector 51, and/or for pressing the tag connector receptacle portion 2 in a user-activatable manner onto the tag connector 51.

[0096] The plug-fit delimitation and/or user compression portion 9 contacts the received tag connector 51 in FIGS. 6 to 9. Moreover, the received tag connector 51 is electrically contacted by means of the plug-fit delimitation and/or user compression portion 9.

[0097] Specifically, the surface-clamping legs 3, 4 in mechanical terms are connected to one another by means of the plug-fit delimitation and/or user compression portion 9.

[0098] Additionally, the plug-fit delimitation and/or user compression portion 9 is curved towards the inside, or counter to the tag connector receiving direction z, respectively.

[0099] Furthermore, the first surface-clamping leg 3 and/or the second surface-clamping leg 4 in a leg plug-fit region 10 for the tag connector 51 for interacting with the tag connector 51 for elastically enlarging the leg spacing DS are/is moulded in particular so as to be oblique to the tag connector receiving direction z.

[0100] In particular, a free end/free ends of the first surface-clamping leg 3 and/or of the second surface-clamping leg 4 are/is angled towards the outside.

[0101] Additionally, the first peripheral guiding blade 5 and/or the second peripheral guiding blade 6 in a blade plug-fit region 11 for the tag connector 51 for interacting with the tag connector 51 for plastically enlarging the blade spacing DF are/is moulded in particular so as to be oblique to the tag connector receiving direction z.

[0102] In particular, the first peripheral guiding blade 5 and/or the second peripheral guiding blade 6 have/has an introduction ramp 12/introduction ramps 12.

[0103] Moreover, in the exemplary embodiments shown, the line receptacle portion 40 in the tag connector receiving direction z is disposed so as to be level with the leg plug-fit region 10 of the first surface-clamping leg 3 and/or of the second surface-clamping leg 4 for the tag connector 51.

[0104] In alternative exemplary embodiments the line receptacle portion 40, counter to the tag connector receiving direction z, can be disposed so as to be spaced apart from the leg plug-fit region 10.

[0105] Furthermore, the peripheral guiding blades 5, 6 in mechanical terms are connected directly to the first surface-clamping leg 3, as described above. The second surface-clamping leg 4 in mechanical terms is connected to the line receptacle portion 40 by means of the first surface-clamping leg 3.

[0106] Moreover, in FIGS. 1 to 8 the tag connector receptacle portion 2, in the shown exemplary embodiment, the first surface-clamping leg 3, and the line receptacle portion 40 in mechanical terms are connected to one another by means of an in particular bent spring portion 13.

[0107] In particular, the line receptacle portion 40 by means of the spring portion 13 is bent away from the tag connector receptacle portion 2, in particular counter to the leg spacing direction x.

[0108] The line receptacle portion 40 is thus configured as a release aid.

[0109] Furthermore, the tag connector receptacle portion 2 and the line receptacle portion 40 are mutually disposed in such a manner that a line receiving direction y runs so as not to be parallel, in particular so as to be orthogonal, to the tag connector receiving direction z, in particular so as to be parallel to the blade spacing direction y.

[0110] Moreover, the line receptacle portion 40 is configured so as to form a crimp connection CC, in particular a B crimp connection and/or an overlapping crimp connection, to the electrical line 52.

[0111] The line receptacle portion 40 in FIGS. 8 and 9 is connected to the electrical line 52 by means of the crimp connection CC.

[0112] Furthermore, the line receptacle portion 40 has a strain relief 41 for the electrical line 52.

[0113] The electrical line in FIGS. 8 and 9 is fixed by means of the strain relief 41.

[0114] The plug connector 1 moreover has a stamped-and-bent part 14, in particular is a stamped-and-bent part, as is shown proceeding from FIGS. 5 and 14.

[0115] Furthermore, the plug connector 1 is configured in one part.

[0116] FIG. 9 shows the motor-driven garden and/or forestry working apparatus 50. The motor-driven garden and/or forestry working apparatus 50 has the tag connector 51, the electrical line 52, and the plug connector 1 as described above. The plug connector 1 electrically connects the tag connector 51 to the line 52.

[0117] In particular, the motor-driven garden and/or forestry working apparatus 50 has a motor control unit 53. The motor control unit 53 has the tag connector 51.

[0118] The motor-driven garden and/or forestry working apparatus 50 in the exemplary embodiment shown is a saw. In alternative exemplary embodiments the garden and/or forestry working apparatus can be a pole branch cutter, a brush cutter, a hedge cutter, a hedge trimmer, a blower, a leaf blower, a pair of pruning shears, an angle grinder, a sweeping apparatus, a sweeper roller, a sweeper brush, a lawn mower, a lawn scarifier, or a grass cutter.

[0119] As is highlighted by the exemplary embodiments shown and explained above, the invention provides a plug connector for electrically connecting a tag connector to an electrical line of a motor-driven garden and/or forestry working apparatus, wherein the plug connector has improved properties, and a motor-driven garden and/or forestry working apparatus having such a plug connector.

[0120] The foregoing disclosure has been set forth merely to illustrate the invention and is not intended to be limiting. Since modifications of the disclosed embodiments incorporating the spirit and substance of the invention may occur to persons skilled in the art, the invention should be construed to include everything within the scope of the appended claims and equivalents thereof.