(19)
(11) EP 0 821 446 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
14.04.1999 Bulletin 1999/15

(43) Date of publication A2:
28.01.1998 Bulletin 1998/05

(21) Application number: 97201924.4

(22) Date of filing: 23.06.1997
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)6H01R 13/74
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

(30) Priority: 23.07.1996 DE 19629594

(71) Applicant: Delphi Automotive Systems Deutschland GmbH
D-42369 Wuppertal (DE)

(72) Inventor:
  • Zakrzewski, Michael
    47809 Krefeld (DE)

(74) Representative: Denton, Michael John 
Delphi Automotive Systems Centre Technique Paris 117 avenue des Nations B.P. 60059
95972 Roissy Charles de Gaulle Cedex
95972 Roissy Charles de Gaulle Cedex (FR)

   


(54) Two-part electrical coupling


(57) In an electrical coupling comprising two coupling parts 10, 20, the one housing 11 is a stationary housing which has a casing pointing in insertion direction 52 with a casing extension 36 which permits an angular coupling movement 30 of the mobile insertion housing 21, equipped with a collar 26, of the other coupling part 20. For this purpose leaf springs 18' with snap projections 19' are integrated in the casing 16, which serve to fix the stationary housing 11 in the opening 43 of a wall 40. The fixing depth is defined by axial stops 38 on the stationary housing 11. On coupling 30, a radial alignment movement 31 of the insertion housing 21 with respect to the stationary housing 11 initially takes place, until the collar 26 strikes the casing extension 36. An axial insertion movement 32 only takes place after this. The collar 26 travels into an axially open gap 17 which separates the casing 16 from a field 12 with chambers 13 for contact parts 14 arranged in the stationary coupling part 10. The casing extension 36 penetrates into an axially open channel 27 adjacent to the collar 26 of the insertion housing 21.







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