Plug connector with securing element

Abstract

A plug connector is provided which has a base body and a slide element, wherein the base body has a plug side and a connection side, wherein the plug connector forms a plug axis which extends from the plug side to the connection side through plug the connector, wherein the slide element surrounds the base body and is arranged on the same to be movable along the plug axis. The connector additionally has a securing element, wherein the securing element is arranged between the slide element and the connection side of the plug connector, and wherein the securing element is arranged on the base body to be movable between an open position and a locked position.

Claims

1. A plug connector that comprises a base body and a sliding element, wherein the base body comprises a plugging side and a connecting side, the plugging side being configured to interface with a mating plug connector, and the connecting side being configured to receive an electrical cable; the plug connector forms a plugging axis that extends from the plugging side to the connecting side through the plug connector; the sliding element is arranged on said base body in such a manner that said sliding element is able to move along the plugging axis; the plug connector comprises a securing element, wherein the securing element is arranged between the sliding element and the connecting side of the plug connector; the securing element is arranged to move on the base body between an open position, in which the sliding element is able to move along the plugging axis in a direction toward the connecting side, and a locked position, in which the sliding element is blocked by the securing element from moving along the plugging axis in the direction toward the connecting side; and the securing element is configured to lie within an inner peripheral edge of the sliding element when the securing element is in the open position such that the sliding element is able to move past the securing element when moving in the direction toward the connecting side.

2. The plug connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein the securing element is arranged between the sliding element and a cable gland of the plug connector.

3. The plug connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein the securing element is arranged in a rotatable manner on the plug connector.

4. The plug connector as claimed in claim 3, wherein the securing element is arranged on the plug connector in such a manner that said securing element may rotate about the plugging axis.

5. The plug connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein the securing element is configured in an annular manner and surrounds the base body.

6. The plug connector as claimed in claim 5, wherein the securing element comprises at least one blocking region wherein the blocking region extends radially from the plugging axis away from the securing element.

7. The plug connector as claimed in claim 6, wherein the at least one blocking region in the open position releases the sliding element to enable the sliding element to move; and the at least one blocking region in the locked position blocks the movement of the sliding element.

8. The plug connector as claimed in claim 6, wherein the securing element comprises two blocking regions.

9. The plug connector as claimed in claim 8, wherein the blocking regions are arranged on two opposite-lying circle segments of the securing element.

10. The plug connector as claimed in claim 8, wherein the securing element comprises four blocking regions that are arranged uniformly over a periphery of the securing element.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) An exemplary embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the drawings and further explained hereinunder. In the drawings:

(2) FIG. 1 illustrates a perspective view of a plug connector in accordance with the exemplary embodiment of the invention having a securing element in the opened position;

(3) FIG. 2 illustrates a perspective view of the plug connector in accordance with the exemplary embodiment of the invention having the securing element in the locked position;

(4) FIG. 3 illustrates a perspective view of the plug connector in accordance with the exemplary embodiment of the invention having an actuated sliding element;

(5) FIG. 4 illustrates a sectional view of the plug connector in accordance with the exemplary embodiment of the invention through an opened securing element; and

(6) FIG. 5 illustrates a sectional view of the plug connector in accordance with the exemplary embodiment of the invention through a locked securing element.

(7) The figures include in part simplified schematic illustrations. In part, identical reference numerals are used for identical but where appropriate non-identical elements. Various views of identical elements may have been scaled differently.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

(8) FIG. 1 illustrates a perspective view of a plug connector in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the invention having a securing element 2 in an opened position. The plug connector includes a base body that extends along a plugging axis A. The plug has a plugging side in the rear left-hand region of FIG. 1. The plug connector has a connecting side in the opposite-lying, front right-hand region. The connecting side is formed by a cable gland according to the exemplary embodiment.

(9) The base body of the plug connector is surrounded by a sliding element 1. The sliding element 1 may be displaced along the plugging axis A around a specific region. A latch that is located in the plug connector is opened and the connection to the mating plug connector may be released by displacing the sliding element 1 in the direction of the connecting side.

(10) In accordance with the exemplary embodiment of the invention, the securing element 2 is arranged between the sliding element 1 and a cable gland 6 on the connecting side of the plug connector. The securing element 2 that is configured in an annular manner surrounds the connecting region of the plug connector and is attached in a rotatable manner to said plug connector. The securing element 2 comprises two blocking regions 3 (only one is visible in the figure). The blocking regions 3 are molded lying opposite one another on the securing element 2. In the illustrated opened position of the securing element 2 shown in FIG. 1, the blocking regions 3 lie in the corner regions of the sliding element 1. It is thus possible for the sliding element 1 to slide away over the blocking regions 3 in the direction of the connecting side of the plug connector.

(11) FIG. 2 illustrates a perspective view of the plug connector in accordance with the exemplary embodiment of the invention with the securing element 2 in a locked position. The securing element 2 is rotated on the plug connector by approximately 45 with respect to the opened position. The blocking regions 3 are located in front of the sliding element 1 by rotating the securing element 2 in such a manner that said blocking regions 3 may no longer be displaced in the direction of the connecting side. The plug connector may not be released form the mating connector and unlocked.

(12) FIG. 3 illustrates a perspective view of the plug connector in accordance with the exemplary embodiment of the invention with the sliding element 1 actuated toward the connecting side. The securing element 2 is located in the opened position, corresponding to FIG. 1. The sliding element 1 is simultaneously slid in the direction of the connecting side of the plug connector. The inner-lying latching devices or means of the plug connector are thus released. The blocking regions 3 are apparent (only one is visible) and said blocking regions 3 are accommodated in corner regions of the sliding element 1 and thus enable the sliding element 1 to move.

(13) The opened and locked positions of the securing element 2 are illustrated in FIG. 4 or FIG. 5 again, respectively, in a sectional view. The sectional view is respectively through the securing element 2 in a transverse manner with respect to the plugging axis A.

(14) It is easily apparent in FIG. 4 how the blocking regions 3 insert into the corner regions of the sliding element 1. In FIG. 5, the securing element 2 is rotated about approximately 45 with the result that the blocking regions 3 are rotated in front of the sides of the sliding element 1. A movement of the sliding element 1 is thus blocked and the plug connector is prevented from being released from the mating connector.

(15) Moreover, a detent of the securing element 2 is apparent on the base body in FIG. 4 and FIG. 5. For this purpose, the base body comprises nubs 4 that define the respective opened or locked position. The securing element 3 may latch with corresponding grooves 5 on the nubs 4 of the base body in order to alternatively latch into the two positions. The securing element 2 may thus latch in the opened and the locked positions. The sliding element 1 is thus prevented from being accidentally released or blocked.

(16) In general, in the following claims, the terms used should not be construed to limit the claims to the specific embodiments disclosed in the specification and the claims, but should be construed to include all possible embodiments along with the full scope of equivalents to which such claims are entitled.