Global Patent Index - EP 0228522 B1

EP 0228522 B1 19891004 - CONNECTOR CATCHING DEVICE

Title (en)

CONNECTOR CATCHING DEVICE

Publication

EP 0228522 B1 19891004 (DE)

Application

EP 86114501 A 19861020

Priority

DE 3538630 A 19851030

Abstract (en)

[origin: US4722698A] A capture facilitating device is provided for a subminiature plug connector assembly comprising a plug connector and a socket connector each having a protective collar attached perpendicularly to a mounting plate and each provided at a free end with a beveled edge. The frame of the capture facilitating device has a plurality of plate-shaped resilient support elements each attached at one end to the frame and provided at an opposite end with respective wedge-shaped capturing elements. The capturing elements overlap respective portions of the beveled edge of the protective collar of the plug connector in an assembled state of the plug connector and the capture facilitating device. The frame of the capture facilitating device is braced against the mounting plate of the plug connector by means of a pair of bell-shaped leaf springs attached to the frame of the capture facilitating device and engaging the mounting plate of the plug connector. The resiliently mounted wedge-shaped capturing elements serve to guide the socket connector collar into the plug connector collar during an insertion operation and increase the capturing range of the subminiature plug connector assembly.

IPC 1-7

H01R 23/72

IPC 8 full level

H01R 12/22 (2006.01); H01R 12/71 (2011.01); H01R 13/24 (2006.01); H01R 13/631 (2006.01); H01R 13/64 (2006.01); H05K 7/12 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

H01R 12/716 (2013.01 - EP US); H01R 2107/00 (2013.01 - EP US)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH DE FR GB IT LI LU NL SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

US 4722698 A 19880202; AT E46988 T1 19891015; CA 1241399 A 19880830; DE 3538630 A1 19870507; DE 3666113 D1 19891109; EP 0228522 A1 19870715; EP 0228522 B1 19891004; IN 166128 B 19900317; JP S62103993 A 19870514

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 91508786 A 19861003; AT 86114501 T 19861020; CA 521553 A 19861028; DE 3538630 A 19851030; DE 3666113 T 19861020; EP 86114501 A 19861020; IN 752CA1986 A 19861016; JP 25552386 A 19861027