Abstract
A connector device for connecting to at least one component has a main body, a receiver and/or transmitter device arranged on the main body for receiving and/or transmitting signals and/or data, and a shielding device. The shielding device is arranged so as to be movable relative to the base body and has a shield for electromagnetic shielding of the receiver and/or transmitter device. The shielding device further includes a latch for latching the connector device with the component to be connected in a latching position, and a lock for securing the latch in the latching position. In the latching position, the receiver and/or transmitter device is not shielded by the shield.
Claims
1.-11. (canceled)
12. A connector device for connecting to at least one component, comprising: a main body; a receiving and/or transmitting device arranged on the main body for receiving and/or transmitting signals and/or data; and a shielding device, which is arranged movably relative to the main body, the shielding device comprising: a shield for electromagnetic shielding of the receiving and/or transmitting device, a latch for latching the connector device to the component to be connected in a latching position, a lock for securing the latch in the latching position, wherein in the latching position, the receiving and/or transmitting device is free of shielding by the shield.
13. The connector device according to claim 12, further comprising: a spring element, which is designed, when the shielding device is not in the latching position, to arrange the shield such that the receiving and/or transmitting device is shielded by the shield.
14. The connector device according to claim 12, wherein the shielding device is designed in multiple parts.
15. The connector device according to claim 12, wherein the shield is a metal sleeve.
16. The connector device according to claim 12, wherein the shielding device has a receiving sleeve, which comprises the lock.
17. The connector device according to claim 16, wherein the shielding device has a clip ring, which comprises the latch.
18. The connector device according to claim 12, wherein the shielding device has a receiving sleeve, a metal sleeve and a clip ring, which are connected to one another non-rotatably.
19. The connector device according to claim 18, wherein the clip ring is axially movable relative to the receiving sleeve and/or metal sleeve.
20. The connector device according to claim 19, wherein the clip ring is arranged in an interior of the receiving sleeve and/or metal sleeve.
21. The connector device according to claim 12, wherein the main body has an unlocking device, which is designed to bring the latch out of the latching position.
22. The connector device according to claim 21, wherein the unlocking device has one or more slopes protruding from the main body.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0029] FIG. 1 is a schematic sectional diagram of a connector device according to an exemplary embodiment, in the state before latching or connecting to another component;
[0030] FIG. 2 is a perspective diagram of the connector device from FIG. 1;
[0031] FIG. 3 is an exploded diagram of the connector device from FIG. 1;
[0032] FIGS. 4 to 8 are schematic sectional diagrams of the connector device from FIG. 1 connected to a component; and
[0033] FIGS. 9 and 10 are further perspective diagrams of the connector device from FIG. 1.
[0034] In the exemplary embodiments and figures, constituents that are the same or have the same effect can each be provided with the same reference signs. The elements shown and their relative sizes should not necessarily be regarded as being to scale.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0035] FIG. 1 shows a connector device 1 in a schematic diagram according to an exemplary embodiment. The connector device 1 has a main body 3, a receiving and/or transmitting device 5 arranged on the main body 3 for receiving and/or transmitting signals and/or data, and a shielding device 4, which is movable relative to the main body 3. The shielding device 4 is designed in three parts. It has a metal sleeve as a shielding element 6 for the electromagnetic shielding of the receiving and/or transmitting device 5. Furthermore, it has a clip ring 8, which has a latch 10 for latching the connector device 1 to the component 2 to be connected (not shown in FIG. 1) in a latching position. The latch 10 is designed as latching hooks. The shielding device 4 also has a receiving sleeve 7, which is arranged in the interior of the metal sleeve 6 and is fixedly connected to the metal sleeve 6. The clip ring 8 is arranged in the interior of the receiving sleeve 7. The receiving sleeve 7 has a lock 11 for securing the latch 10 in the latching position. The shielding device 4 or the metal sleeve 6, the receiving sleeve 7 and the clip ring 8 are axially movable relative to the main body 3. The component 2 to be connected (not shown) is intended to be connected to the connector device 1 or to the main body 3 at the component connection portion 14. At the opposite end, the main body 3 has a further component connection portion 15, at which a further component, which is designed as a hose sleeve in the exemplary embodiment shown, is connected. The connector device 1 also has a spring element 12, which, when the latch 10 are not latched, presses the shielding device 4 in a direction opposite the component connection portion 14.
[0036] In FIG. 2, the connector device 1 of FIG. 1 is shown in a perspective diagram. In FIG. 3, an exploded diagram of the connector device 1 is shown. Moreover, a partial region of the main body 3 is shown in a perspective view in a detail view A. It can be seen here that the main body 3 has an unlocking device 16, which is designed as slopes protruding from the rest of the main body 3.
[0037] FIGS. 4 to 6 show the connector device 1 of FIG. 1 in different states in which the connector device 1 is connected to the component 2 to be connected. It can be seen here that the three-part shielding device 4 is moved in the direction of the component connection portion 14 or in the direction of the component 2 until the latching means 10 or latching hooks latch with a groove formed in the component 2. The shielding device 4 is then released, as a result of which the spring element or the spring 12 presses the shielding device 4 in a direction opposite the component connection portion 14 or the component 2. This means that the lock 11 presses on the latch 10, as a result of which the latching is secured.
[0038] In other words, during the assembly shown in connection with FIGS. 4 to 6, the connector device 1 is pushed, together with the shielding device 4 in which the clip ring 8 is installed, onto a correspondingly shaped counterpart of the component 2, and the shielding device 4 or the metal sleeve 6 of the shielding device 4 is pushed axially over the pipe so far that the latch 10 on the clip ring latch into the groove geometry provided on the pipe. When the shielding device 4 or the metal sleeve 6 is then released, it is pressed backward via the spring 12, as a result of which the lock 11 or securing wedges made in the receiving sleeve 7 presses the latch 10 or latching hooks of the clip ring 8 together and thus prevents opening. If the shielding device 4 or the metal sleeve 6 is released before the latches 10 are latched, the shielding device 4 including the clip ring 8 is pushed down again and again by the component 2 or by the pipe via the geometry of the shielding device 4 or of the metal sleeve 6 and of the receiving sleeve 7 and by the spring 12, as a result of which pseudo-latching cannot occur. Consequently, the shielding device 4 can remain in the displaced and correctly assembled position only when correctly assembled and when latching of the clip ring on the pipe has taken place. In all other cases, the shielding device 4 is pushed again and again into the original position, that is, over the receiving and/or transmitting device 5, so that the latter cannot be read.
[0039] Consequently, an installation of the connector device 1 can be secured without it being possible for pseudo-latching to occur. At the same time, it can be documented via the receiving and/or transmitting device 5 that the connector device 1 has been installed and also has been installed correctly.
[0040] FIGS. 7 and 8 show disassembly of the connector device 1. The shielding device 4, which comprises the metal sleeve 6, the receiving sleeve 7 and the clip ring 8, is guided axially over the main body 3 of the connector device 1, wherein an axial relative movement between the clip ring 8 and the receiving sleeve 7 is possible. A relative rotation of the clip ring 8 and the receiving sleeve 7 is not possible, i.e. when the receiving sleeve 7 is rotated, the clip ring 8 is also necessarily rotated. This is used to allow unlatching of the shielding device 4 or of the connector device 1. By means of a counterclockwise or clockwise rotation of the metal sleeve 6 and/or receiving sleeve 7, the clip ring 8 is pushed onto an oblique plane on the main body 3 of the connector device 1 and thereby causes opening of the latch 10 or latching hooks on the clip ring 8, as a result of which the latching is undone. The oblique plane or the plurality of radially arranged triangles thus form the unlocking device 16 of the main body 3. To detach the shielding device 4 or the connector device 1, the receiving sleeve 7 must first be pushed forward until the wedged connection between the receiving sleeve 7 and the latch 10 is undone and then rotated counterclockwise or clockwise relative to the main body 3 of the connector device 1. The connection can then be undone.
[0041] The disassembly or detachment of the connector device 1 is also shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, which each show a perspective diagram of the connector device 1. FIG. 10 shows the connector device 1 without the metal sleeve 6 and without the receiving sleeve 7 so that the latch 10 of the clip ring 8 and the unlocking device 16 of the main body 3 can be seen better.
[0042] The connector device 1 shown here allows a very simple assembly process for a latching mechanism, by simply pushing on a sleeve-like shielding device 4. Correct installation can be ensured by the connector device 1. Furthermore, pseudo-latching can advantageously be excluded.
[0043] Alternatively or additionally, the exemplary embodiments shown in the figures can have further features according to the embodiments of the general description.
LIST OF REFERENCE SIGNS
[0044] 1 Connector device [0045] 2 Component [0046] 3 Main body [0047] 4 Shielding device [0048] 5 Receiving and/or transmitting device [0049] 6 Shielding element (shield) [0050] 7 Receiving sleeve [0051] 8 Clip ring [0052] 9 Further component [0053] 10 Latch [0054] 11 Lock [0055] 12 Spring element [0056] 13 Sealing element [0057] 14 Component connection portion [0058] 15 Further component connection portion [0059] 16 Unlocking device [0060] A Detail view
