EP0273999A2 - Connector arrangement with toothed rack lever - Google Patents

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EP0273999A2
EP0273999A2 EP87104687A EP87104687A EP0273999A2 EP 0273999 A2 EP0273999 A2 EP 0273999A2 EP 87104687 A EP87104687 A EP 87104687A EP 87104687 A EP87104687 A EP 87104687A EP 0273999 A2 EP0273999 A2 EP 0273999A2
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Jürgen Hass
Gheorghe Hotea
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/62—Means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts or for holding them in engagement
    • H01R13/629—Additional means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts, e.g. aligning or guiding means, levers, gas pressure electrical locking indicators, manufacturing tolerances
    • H01R13/62977—Pivoting levers actuating linearly camming means
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/62—Means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts or for holding them in engagement
    • H01R13/629—Additional means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts, e.g. aligning or guiding means, levers, gas pressure electrical locking indicators, manufacturing tolerances
    • H01R13/62905—Additional means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts, e.g. aligning or guiding means, levers, gas pressure electrical locking indicators, manufacturing tolerances comprising a camming member
    • H01R13/62911—U-shaped sliding element
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/62—Means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts or for holding them in engagement
    • H01R13/629—Additional means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts, e.g. aligning or guiding means, levers, gas pressure electrical locking indicators, manufacturing tolerances
    • H01R13/62905—Additional means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts, e.g. aligning or guiding means, levers, gas pressure electrical locking indicators, manufacturing tolerances comprising a camming member
    • H01R13/62927—Comprising supplementary or additional locking means
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/62—Means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts or for holding them in engagement
    • H01R13/629—Additional means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts, e.g. aligning or guiding means, levers, gas pressure electrical locking indicators, manufacturing tolerances
    • H01R13/62933—Comprising exclusively pivoting lever
    • H01R13/62944—Pivoting lever comprising gear teeth

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  • the invention relates to a connector assembly according to the preamble of claim 1 and the associated connector housing and the associated socket housing.
  • the socket there is in particular thought of one which is fastened on a printed circuit board and receives a multiplicity of connecting pins fastened to the printed circuit board, which are arranged, for example, in two rows.
  • a plug housing can be inserted into the socket housing, in which a corresponding number of socket contact elements is received, into each of which one of the connecting pins is inserted when the connector arrangement is plugged together.
  • Such connector assemblies are used, for example, for motor vehicles, where they are often in poorly accessible places, for example on the back of a dashboard.
  • the plug housing in the assembled state of the connector arrangement can often only protrude from the socket housing so slightly that it can be gripped too poorly to pull it out of the socket housing comfortably. It should be noted that due to the large number of contact elements, a considerable force may have to be released to release the connector arrangement.
  • connection pins projecting freely over a large area of their length are therefore subject to the risk of bending if the plug is not pressed into the socket housing with a very exact exactitude.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a connector assembly of the type specified, which on the one hand allows the connector and socket connector to move exactly towards one another during the mating process and, on the other hand, enables the connector assembly to be easily loosened even with a compact design and a small available space.
  • a connector housing according to claim 18 and a socket housing according to claim 19 are suitable for a connector arrangement according to the invention.
  • the rack arranged on the one housing becomes transverse to the plugging direction of the connector arrangement via the pinion region postponed.
  • the cam projection arranged on the other housing is moved in the plugging direction from the inclined region of the link groove, which leads to a corresponding movement of the other housing in the plugging direction.
  • the two housings are moved towards or away from one another in the plugging direction.
  • the effort required to plug and unplug the connector assembly can be greatly reduced due to the force transmission, which can be chosen as desired by the length of the actuating pivot lever and the transmission transmission between the pinion area and the rack. This is very important when you consider that a connector assembly according to the invention, for example, has two rows of 13 pins and socket contact elements.
  • the plug housing is preferably lifted out of the socket housing by pivoting the actuating pivot lever from the closed position into the open position so that the plug contact elements and the socket contact elements of the two connector housings have completely separated from one another. If the connector housing is only inserted into the socket housing up to this insertion depth when the actuating pivot lever is in the open position, which can be achieved by noticeably locking both connector housings in this insertion position, the two connector housings are guided on the plug-in or pull-out path on which the plug-in connector elements and the socket contact elements are in engagement with one another, exclusively via the mechanism according to the invention, so that any risk to the contact elements is excluded.
  • FIG. 1 shows a longitudinal side view of a connector arrangement according to the invention with an elongated socket housing 11, which has an elongated plug receiving cavity, into which an elongated plug housing 13 is inserted.
  • connection pins which are arranged in the socket housing and protrude into the connector receptacle cavity, and socket contact elements accommodated in the plug housing 13, which receive the connection pins.
  • rack leg of an essentially U-shaped rack slide 15 Within each longitudinal side wall of the socket housing 11, but outside the plug receiving cavity, there is a rack leg of an essentially U-shaped rack slide 15, the teeth 17 of which engage the teeth of a pinion region 19 of a U-shaped actuating pivot lever 21.
  • Each rack leg of the rack slide 15 has two slot grooves 23, which extend in a plane running parallel to the plugging direction of the connector arrangement and are open on the side facing the plug housing 13. Viewed from this open end, each link groove 23 initially runs obliquely to the plugging direction over approximately one fifth of its total length, then obliquely to the plugging direction over approximately three fifths of its total length, and then transversely to the plugging direction over approximately the remaining fifth .
  • Each rack leg of the rack slide 15 has on its lower longitudinal side two spring latch arms 25, which with latching projections in latching recesses 27 to the plug Housing 13 facing bottom surface of the socket housing 11 snap resiliently, whereby the rack slide 15 can be locked in certain relative positions relative to the socket housing 11, for example in the position of the insertion of the plug housing 13 or the position of the rack slide 15 holding the plug housing 13.
  • the socket housing 11 can be attached to a printed circuit or printed circuit board, the connecting pins being connected to individual conductor tracks of the printed circuit board.
  • the rack slide valve 15 and the actuating pivot lever 21 are each shown in solid lines in a closed position and in dashed lines in an open position.
  • the plug housing In the open position, in which the actuating pivot lever 21 is pivoted clockwise to the right until it hits the socket housing 11, the plug housing can be inserted between the legs of the U-shaped actuating pivot lever 21 into the receiving cavity of the socket housing 11 and are not shown in FIG. 1 shown cam projections 29 (Fig. 13 to 15) in alignment with the open end of the slotted grooves 23.
  • the longitudinal side walls 33 of the socket housing 11 are provided on their upper side with a semicircular projection, in which there is a bearing opening 35 for the pivot bearing one each of two stub shafts 37 (FIGS. 11 and 12) of the actuating pivot lever 21.
  • each longitudinal side wall of the socket housing 11 there are a lower rack leg guide 37, which is preferably formed by the inner bottom of the socket housing 11, an upper rack leg guide 39, which protrude into the receiving cavity 31 through recesses which are open towards the bottom Guide ribs 41 are formed.
  • the end walls 43 and 45 of the socket housing 11 are provided with a U-shaped opening 47 or with slot-shaped openings 49, which correspond to the end face profile shown in FIG. 10 or the cross sections of the rack legs of the rack slide 15 and first of all pushing in and then moving allow the rack and pinion slide 15 in the socket housing 11.
  • the rack and pinion slide 15 shown in FIGS. 8 to 10 is essentially U-shaped. Its longitudinal side rack legs 51 are provided with teeth 27 on their upper side. Each rack leg 51 has on both sides of the tooth area a link groove 23, the opening of which is located on the upper rack leg edge and has the shape already explained in connection with FIG. 1. In a preferred embodiment, the slot grooves 23 are embedded on the inside of the respective rack leg 51. Another possibility, which, however, leads to somewhat less mechanical stability of the rack and pinion slide 15, is to replace the link grooves 23 by cam control slots inserted into the rack legs 51.
  • the spring latch arms 25 are formed in one piece from the rack legs 51 by latch arm slots 55.
  • the two rack legs 51 are connected at one end to a rack slide web 57, which has a lower height than the rack legs 51.
  • a bracket 57 connects two pivot lever legs 59, each of which is provided at its free ends with a pinion area 61, the pinion teeth 63 of which mesh with the teeth 27 of the rack slide 15.
  • the distance between the two pivot lever legs 59 is such that the connector housing 13 has space between them.
  • a stub shaft 37 projects outward from each pinion region 31, the axis of which coincides with the pinion axis.
  • the bracket 57 has on its inside a locking recess 65 which interacts with a locking projection 67 (FIGS. 13, 14 and 16) on the connector housing 13 when the actuating pivot lever 21 is in the closed position.
  • the connector housing 13 is shown in FIGS. 13 to 16.
  • the connector housing 13 On its longitudinal side walls 69, the connector housing 13 has connector guide ribs 71 which, when the two connector housings are plugged together, cooperate with the guide grooves 73 formed between the guide ribs 41 of the socket housing 11 in order to guide the real movement between the two connector housings exactly in the plugging direction when they are plugged or pulled apart.
  • the locking projection 67 of the connector housing 13 is resiliently designed so that it can be releasably locked into the locking recess 65 of the actuating pivot lever 21 when it is moved into its closed position.
  • a tongue 75 protrudes from the cable insertion area 73 of the plug housing 13 and has lateral tongue recesses 77, by means of which a cable clamping band which is guided around the tongue 75 and the cable can be held securely against slipping.

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A connector arrangement with a plug housing (13) and a socket housing (11), particularly a fixed mounted socket housing, one of which contains plug contact elements and the other socket contact elements, on one (11) of the two housings there being arranged at least one toothed rod (15, 51) which can move at right angles to the direction of insertion and engages with a pinion region (61) of a pivoting operating lever (21), which is pivoted such that it can rotate about the pinion axis between an open position and a closed position, the toothed rod (15, 51) is provided with at least one cranked slot (23) which runs in a plane parallel to the direction of insertion but essentially obliquely with respect to the direction of insertion and is open on the side of the toothed rod (15, 51) facing the other housing (13), and at least one cam projection (29) is provided on the other housing (13), which cam engages in the cranked slot (23) when the two housings (11, 13) are connected together. <IMAGE>

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Die Erfindung betrifft eine Verbinderanordnung gemäß Ober­begriff des Anspruchs 1 sowie das zugehörige Steckergehäuse und das zugehörige Buchsengehäuse.The invention relates to a connector assembly according to the preamble of claim 1 and the associated connector housing and the associated socket housing.

Bei dem Buchsengehäuse ist insbesondere an ein solches gedacht, das auf einer Leiterplatte befestigt ist und eine Vielzahl von an der Leiterplatte befestigten Anschlußstif­ten aufnimmt, die beispielsweise in zwei Reihen angeordnet sind. In das Buchsengehäuse ist ein Steckergehäuse ein­steckbar, in dem eine entsprechende Anzahl von Buchsenkon­taktelementen aufgenommen ist, in die beim Zusammenstecken der Verbinderanordnung je einer der Anschlußstifte einge­führt wird.In the case of the socket, there is in particular thought of one which is fastened on a printed circuit board and receives a multiplicity of connecting pins fastened to the printed circuit board, which are arranged, for example, in two rows. A plug housing can be inserted into the socket housing, in which a corresponding number of socket contact elements is received, into each of which one of the connecting pins is inserted when the connector arrangement is plugged together.

Solche Verbinderanordnungen werden beispielsweise für Kraft­fahrzeuge verwendet, wo sie sich oft an schlecht zugängli­chen Stellen befinden, beispielsweise auf der Rückseite einer Armaturentafel. Aus Platzgründen darf das Stecker­gehäuse im zusammengesteckten Zustand der Verbinderanordnung oft nur so geringfügig aus dem Buchsengehäuse herausragen, daß es zu schlecht gegriffen werden kann, um es bequem aus dem Buchsengehäuse herauszuziehen. Dabei ist zu beachten, daß aufgrund der Vielzahl der Kontaktelemente eine erheb­liche Kraft zum Lösen der Verbinderanordnung erforderlich werden kann.Such connector assemblies are used, for example, for motor vehicles, where they are often in poorly accessible places, for example on the back of a dashboard. For reasons of space, the plug housing in the assembled state of the connector arrangement can often only protrude from the socket housing so slightly that it can be gripped too poorly to pull it out of the socket housing comfortably. It should be noted that due to the large number of contact elements, a considerable force may have to be released to release the connector arrangement.

Platzmangel führt auch sehr häufig dazu, daß die vielen Anschlußstifte auf engem Raum dicht nebeneinander angeord­net werden müssen, was nur die Verwendung sehr feiner An­schlußstifte und sehr feiner Buchsenkontaktelemente zuläßt. Die über einen großen Bereich ihrer Länge frei vorstehenden Anschlußstifte unterliegen daher der Gefahr des Verbiegens bei einem nicht ganz exakten Eindrücken des Steckers in das Buchsengehäuse.Lack of space also very often leads to the fact that the many connecting pins have to be arranged closely next to one another in a narrow space, which only allows the use of very fine connecting pins and very fine socket contact elements. The connection pins projecting freely over a large area of their length are therefore subject to the risk of bending if the plug is not pressed into the socket housing with a very exact exactitude.

Der Erfindung liegt die Aufgabe zugrunde, eine Verbinder­anordnung der eingangs angegebenen Art verfügbar zu machen, die einerseits ein exaktes Aufeinanderzubewegen von Steck­verbinder und Buchsenverbinder während des Zusammensteck­vorgangs und andererseits ein leichtes Lösen der Verbinder­anordnung auch bei kompakter Bauweise und geringem verfüg­barem Raum ermöglicht.The invention has for its object to provide a connector assembly of the type specified, which on the one hand allows the connector and socket connector to move exactly towards one another during the mating process and, on the other hand, enables the connector assembly to be easily loosened even with a compact design and a small available space.

Die Lösung dieser Aufgabe ist in Anspruch 1 angegeben und kann den Ansprüchen 2 bis 17 gemäß vorteilhaft weitergebil­det werden.The solution to this problem is specified in claim 1 and can advantageously be developed according to claims 2 to 17.

Für eine erfindungsgemäße Verbinderanordnung eignen sich ein Steckergehäuse gemäß Anspruch 18 und ein Buchsengehäuse gemäß Anspruch 19.A connector housing according to claim 18 and a socket housing according to claim 19 are suitable for a connector arrangement according to the invention.

Durch Verschwenken des Betätigungsschwenkhebels wird über den Ritzelbereich die an dem einen Gehäuse angeordnete Zahnstange quer zur Steckrichtung der Verbinderanordnung verschoben. Der am anderen Gehäuse angeordnete Nockenvor­sprung wird dabei vom Schrägbereich der Kulissennut in Steckrichtung bewegt, was zu einer entsprechenden Bewegung des anderen Gehäuses in Steckrichtung führt. Je nachdem, ob der Betätigungsschwenkhebel aus der Offenstellung in die Schließstellung oder umgekehrt geschwenkt wird, werden die beiden Gehäuse in Steckrichtung aufeinander zu bzw. vonein­ander weg bewegt.By pivoting the actuating pivot lever, the rack arranged on the one housing becomes transverse to the plugging direction of the connector arrangement via the pinion region postponed. The cam projection arranged on the other housing is moved in the plugging direction from the inclined region of the link groove, which leads to a corresponding movement of the other housing in the plugging direction. Depending on whether the actuating pivot lever is pivoted from the open position into the closed position or vice versa, the two housings are moved towards or away from one another in the plugging direction.

Selbst wenn das Steckergehäuse im Verbindungszustand der Verbinderanordnung, d.h., bei in Schließstellung geschwenk­tem Betätigungsschwenkhebel, fast vollständig in das Buchsengehäuse eingetaucht ist, besteht keinerlei Schwie­rigkeit, die Verbinderanordnung wieder zu lösen. Zu diesem Zweck braucht lediglich ein Betätigungsgriff des Betäti­gungsschwenkhebels erfaßt und in die Offenstellung ge­schwenkt zu werden. Dabei wird das Steckergehäuse infolge der Zusammenwirkung von Nockenvorsprung und Kulissennut aus dem Buchsengehäuse weitestgehend herausgeschoben und kann dann bequem gefaßt und gänzlich herausgenommen werden.Even if the connector housing is almost completely immersed in the socket housing when the connector arrangement is connected, i.e. when the actuating pivot lever is pivoted in the closed position, there is no difficulty in detaching the connector arrangement again. For this purpose, only one actuating handle of the actuating pivot lever needs to be gripped and pivoted into the open position. The plug housing is largely pushed out of the socket housing as a result of the interaction of the cam projection and link groove and can then be gripped comfortably and completely removed.

Infolge des erfindungsgemäßen Mechanismus kann auch der Kraftaufwand, den man zum Zusammenstecken und zum Lösen der Verbinderanordnung benötigt, aufgrund der Kraftübersetzung, welche sich durch die Länge des Betätigungsschwenkhebels und die Getriebeübersetzung zwischen Ritzelbereich und Zahnstange beliebig wählen läßt, stark reduziert werden. Dies ist von erheblicher Bedeutung, wenn man bedenkt, daß eine erfindungsgemäße Verbinderanordnung beispielsweise zwei Reihen zu je 13 Anschlußstiften und Buchsenkontaktele­menten aufweist.As a result of the mechanism according to the invention, the effort required to plug and unplug the connector assembly can be greatly reduced due to the force transmission, which can be chosen as desired by the length of the actuating pivot lever and the transmission transmission between the pinion area and the rack. This is very important when you consider that a connector assembly according to the invention, for example, has two rows of 13 pins and socket contact elements.

Aufgrund der mechanismusgeführten Zusammensteck- und Aus­einanderziehbewegung der Verbindergehäuse wird eine die Anschlußstifte und die Buchsenkontaktelemente gefährdende, schräg zu den Achsen der Anschlußstifte gerichtete Einsetz­kraft vermieden, die bei herkömmlichen Verbinderanordnungen ohne den erfindungsgemäßen Mechanismus vom Monteur unbeab­sichtigt erzeugt werden kann. Vorzugsweise sind an beiden Gehäusen parallel zur Steckrichtung verlaufende Führungs­nuten bzw. Führungsrippen angeordnet, die eine exakte rela­tive Führung der beiden Verbindergehäuse in Steckrichtung erzwingen.Due to the mechanism-guided plug-in and pull-apart movement of the connector housing, an insertion force which jeopardizes the connecting pins and the socket contact elements and is directed obliquely to the axes of the connecting pins and which can be inadvertently generated by the installer in conventional connector arrangements without the mechanism according to the invention is avoided. Guide grooves or guide ribs running parallel to the plug-in direction are preferably arranged on both housings, which force an exact relative guidance of the two connector housings in the plug-in direction.

Vorzugsweise wird das Steckergehäuse durch Verschwenken des Betätigungsschwenkhebels von der Schließstellung in die Offenstellung so weit aus dem Buchsengehäuse herausgehoben, daß sich die Steckkontaktelemente und die Buchsenkontakt­elemente der beiden Verbindergehäuse vollständig voneinan­der getrennt haben. Wird das Steckergehäuse bei in Offen­stellung befindlichem Betätigungsschwenkhebel auch nur bis zu dieser Einstecktiefe in das Buchsengehäuse eingesteckt, was durch eine merkliche Verrastung beider Verbindergehäuse in dieser Einsteckstellung erreicht werden kann, geschieht die Führung der beiden Verbindergehäuse auf demjenigen Steck- oder Herausziehweg, auf welchem die Steckkontaktele­ mente und die Buchsenkontaktelemente in Eingriff miteinan­der sind, ausschließlich über den erfindungsgemäßen Mecha­nismus, so daß jegliche Gefährdung der Kontaktelemente ausgeschlossen ist.The plug housing is preferably lifted out of the socket housing by pivoting the actuating pivot lever from the closed position into the open position so that the plug contact elements and the socket contact elements of the two connector housings have completely separated from one another. If the connector housing is only inserted into the socket housing up to this insertion depth when the actuating pivot lever is in the open position, which can be achieved by noticeably locking both connector housings in this insertion position, the two connector housings are guided on the plug-in or pull-out path on which the plug-in connector elements and the socket contact elements are in engagement with one another, exclusively via the mechanism according to the invention, so that any risk to the contact elements is excluded.

Die Erfindung wird nun anhand einer Ausführungsform näher erläutert. In den Zeichnungen zeigen:

  • Fig. 1 eine Ausführungsform einer erfindungs­gemäßen Verbinderanordnung im zusammen­gesteckten Zustand von Buchsengehäuse und Steckergehäuse;
  • Fig. 2. eine Teil-Draufsicht auf die Verbinder­anordnung gemäß Fig. 1 von oben;
  • Fig. 4 bis 7 das Buchsengehäuse der Verbinderanord­nung nach Fig. 1 in Längsseitenansicht, Draufsicht, linker Stirnseitenansicht, rechter Stirnseitenansicht bzw. Längs­schnittansicht;
  • Fig. 8 bis 10 einen U-förmigen Zahnstangenschieber der Verbinderanordnung nach Fig. 1 in Längsseitenansicht, Draufsicht bzw. Stirnseitenansicht;
  • Fig. 11 und 12 einen U-förmigen Betätigungsschwenkhebel der Verbinderanordnung nach Fig. 1 in zwei verschiedenen Seitenansichten; und
  • Fig. 13 bis 16 das Steckergehäuse der in Fig. 1 gezeig­ten Verbinderanordnung.
The invention will now be explained in more detail using an embodiment. The drawings show:
  • Figure 1 shows an embodiment of a connector assembly according to the invention in the assembled state of the socket housing and connector housing.
  • FIG. 2 shows a partial top view of the connector arrangement according to FIG. 1 from above;
  • 4 to 7 the socket housing of the connector arrangement according to FIG. 1 in longitudinal side view, top view, left end view, right end view or longitudinal sectional view;
  • FIGS. 8 to 10 a U-shaped rack and pinion slide of the connector arrangement according to FIG. 1 in a longitudinal side view, top view and end view;
  • 11 and 12 a U-shaped actuating pivot lever of the connector arrangement according to FIG. 1 in two different side views; and
  • 13 to 16, the connector housing of the connector assembly shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 1 zeigt in Längsseitenansicht eine erfindungsgemäße Verbinderanordnung mit einem länglichen Buchsengehäuse 11, das einen länglichen Steckeraufnahmehohlraum aufweist, in den ein längliches Steckergehäuse 13 eingesteckt ist. Nicht dargestellt sind Anschlußstifte, die im Buchsengehäuse angeordnet sind und in dessen Steckeraufnahmehohlraum hin­einragen, und im Steckergehäuse 13 untergebrachte Buchsen­kontaktelemente, welche die Anschlußstifte aufnehmen. In­nerhalb jeder Längsseitenwände des Buchsengehäuses 11, aber außerhalb der Steckeraufnahmehohlraums, befindet sich je ein Zahnstangenschenkel eines im wesentlichen U-förmigen Zahnstangenschiebers 15, dessen Zähne 17 mit den Zähnen eines Ritzelbereichs 19 eines U-förmigen Betätigungs­schwenkhebels 21 in Eingriff stehen. Jeder Zahnstangen­schenkel des Zahnstangenschiebers 15 weist zwei Kulissen­nuten 23 auf, die sich in einer parallel zur Steckrichtung der Verbinderanordnung verlaufenden Ebene erstrekken und auf der zum Steckergehäuse 13 weisenden Seite offen sind. Von diesem offenen Ende aus gesehen verläuft jede Kulis­sennut 23 zunächst über etwa ein Fünftel ihrer Gesamtlänge in Steckrichtung, danach über etwa drei Fünftel ihrer Ge­samtlänge schräg zur Steckrichtung, vorzugsweise unter einem Winkel von etwa 45°, und danach über etwa das rest­liche Fünftel quer zur Steckrichtung.1 shows a longitudinal side view of a connector arrangement according to the invention with an elongated socket housing 11, which has an elongated plug receiving cavity, into which an elongated plug housing 13 is inserted. Not shown are connection pins which are arranged in the socket housing and protrude into the connector receptacle cavity, and socket contact elements accommodated in the plug housing 13, which receive the connection pins. Within each longitudinal side wall of the socket housing 11, but outside the plug receiving cavity, there is a rack leg of an essentially U-shaped rack slide 15, the teeth 17 of which engage the teeth of a pinion region 19 of a U-shaped actuating pivot lever 21. Each rack leg of the rack slide 15 has two slot grooves 23, which extend in a plane running parallel to the plugging direction of the connector arrangement and are open on the side facing the plug housing 13. Viewed from this open end, each link groove 23 initially runs obliquely to the plugging direction over approximately one fifth of its total length, then obliquely to the plugging direction over approximately three fifths of its total length, and then transversely to the plugging direction over approximately the remaining fifth .

Jeder Zahnstangenschenkel des Zahnstangenschiebers 15 weist an seiner unteren Längsseite zwei Federrastarme 25 auf, die mit Rastvorsprüngen in Rastausnehmungen 27 der zum Stecker­ gehäuse 13 weisenden Bodenfläche des Buchsengehäuses 11 federnd einrasten, wodurch sich der Zahnstangenschieber 15 in bestimmten Relativstellungen gegenüber dem Buchsengehäu­se 11 verrasten läßt, beispielsweise in der das Einsetzen des Steckergehäuses 13 erlaubenden Stellung bzw. der das Steckergehäuse 13 festhaltenden Stellung des Zahnstangen­schiebers 15.Each rack leg of the rack slide 15 has on its lower longitudinal side two spring latch arms 25, which with latching projections in latching recesses 27 to the plug Housing 13 facing bottom surface of the socket housing 11 snap resiliently, whereby the rack slide 15 can be locked in certain relative positions relative to the socket housing 11, for example in the position of the insertion of the plug housing 13 or the position of the rack slide 15 holding the plug housing 13.

Das Buchsengehäuse 11 kann auf einer gedruckten Schaltung oder Leiterplatte befestigt sein, wobei die Anschlußstifte mit einzelnen Leiterbahnen der Leiterplatte verbunden sind.The socket housing 11 can be attached to a printed circuit or printed circuit board, the connecting pins being connected to individual conductor tracks of the printed circuit board.

In Fig. 1 sind der Zahnstangenschieber 15 und der Betäti­gungsschwenkhebel 21 je mit ausgezogenen Linien in einer Schließstellung und in gestrichelten Linien in einer Offen­stellung gezeigt. In Offenstellung, bei welcher der Betäti­gungsschwenkhebel 21 im Uhrzeigersinn nach rechts bis zum Auftreffen auf das Buchsengehäuse 11 verschwenkt ist, kann das Steckergehäuse zwischen den Schenkeln des U-förmigen Betätigungsschwenkhebels 21 in den Aufnahmehohlraum des Buchsengehäuses 11 eingeschoben werden und befinden sich in Fig. 1 nicht dargestellte Nockenvorsprünge 29 (Fig. 13 bis 15) in Ausrichtung mit den offenen Ende der Kulissennuten 23. Durch Verschwenken des Betätigungsschwenkhebels entge­gen dem Uhrzeigersinn aus der Offenstellung in die Schließ­stellung wird der Zahnstangenschieber 15 aus der gestri­chelt dargestellten Position nach rechts in die mit durchgezogenen Linien dargestellte Position verschoben, wodurch die Nockenvorsprünge 29 von den oberen Schrägflä­chen der Kulissennuten 23 nach unten gedrückt werden, wo­durch das Steckergehäuse 13 in die Verbindungsstellung der Verbinderanordnung gezogen wird.In Fig. 1, the rack slide valve 15 and the actuating pivot lever 21 are each shown in solid lines in a closed position and in dashed lines in an open position. In the open position, in which the actuating pivot lever 21 is pivoted clockwise to the right until it hits the socket housing 11, the plug housing can be inserted between the legs of the U-shaped actuating pivot lever 21 into the receiving cavity of the socket housing 11 and are not shown in FIG. 1 shown cam projections 29 (Fig. 13 to 15) in alignment with the open end of the slotted grooves 23. By pivoting the actuating pivot lever counterclockwise from the open position to the closed position, the rack and pinion slide 15 is shown from the position shown in dashed lines to the right in the solid line Position shifted whereby the cam projections 29 are pressed downward from the upper inclined surfaces of the link grooves 23, whereby the connector housing 13 is pulled into the connecting position of the connector arrangement.

Wird danach der Betätigungsschwenkhebel 21 aus seiner Schließstellung in seine Offenstellung verschwenkt, wird der Zahnstangenschieber 15 nach links in die gestrichelte Stellung verschoben. Dadurch werden die Nockenvorsprünge 29 von den unteren Schrägflächen der Kulissennuten 23 hochge­drückt, was zu einem Herausdrücken des Steckergehäuses 13 aus dem Aufnahmehohlraum des Buchsengehäuses 11 führt.If the actuating pivot lever 21 is then pivoted from its closed position into its open position, the rack and pinion slide 15 is shifted to the left into the dashed position. As a result, the cam projections 29 are pushed up by the lower inclined surfaces of the link grooves 23, which leads to a pushing out of the plug housing 13 from the receiving cavity of the socket housing 11.

Eine genauere Darstellung des Buchsengehäuses 11 befindet sich in den Fig. 4 bis 7.A more detailed illustration of the socket housing 11 can be found in FIGS. 4 to 7.

Die Längsseitenwände 33 des Buchsengehäuses 11 sind auf ihrer Oberseite mit einem halbkreisförmigen Vorsprung ver­sehen, in den sich eine Lageröffnung 35 für die Schwenk­lagerung je einer von zwei Stummelwellen 37 (Fig. 11 und 12) des Betätigungsschwenkhebels 21 befindet.The longitudinal side walls 33 of the socket housing 11 are provided on their upper side with a semicircular projection, in which there is a bearing opening 35 for the pivot bearing one each of two stub shafts 37 (FIGS. 11 and 12) of the actuating pivot lever 21.

Auf der Innenseite einer jeden Längsseitenwand des Buchsen­gehäuses 11 befinden sich eine untere Zahnstangenschenkel­führung 37, die vorzugsweise durch den Innenboden des Buchsengehäuses 11 gebildet wird, eine obere Zahnstan­genschenkelführung 39, die durch zum Boden hin offene Aus­nehmungen in in den Aufnahmehohlraum 31 hineinragenden Führungsrippen 41 gebildet sind. Die Stirnwände 43 und 45 des Buchsengehäuses 11 sind mit einer U-förmigen Öffnung 47 bzw. mit schlitzförmigen Öffnungen 49 versehen, die dem in Fig. 10 gezeigten Stirnseitenprofil bzw. den Querschnitten der Zahnstangenschenkel des Zahnstangenschiebers 15 ent­sprechen und zunächst das Hineinschieben und dann das Ver­schieben des Zahnstangenschiebers 15 im Buchsengehäuse 11 erlauben.On the inside of each longitudinal side wall of the socket housing 11 there are a lower rack leg guide 37, which is preferably formed by the inner bottom of the socket housing 11, an upper rack leg guide 39, which protrude into the receiving cavity 31 through recesses which are open towards the bottom Guide ribs 41 are formed. The end walls 43 and 45 of the socket housing 11 are provided with a U-shaped opening 47 or with slot-shaped openings 49, which correspond to the end face profile shown in FIG. 10 or the cross sections of the rack legs of the rack slide 15 and first of all pushing in and then moving allow the rack and pinion slide 15 in the socket housing 11.

Der in den Fig. 8 bis 10 dargestellte Zahnstangenschieber 15 ist im wesentlichen U-förmig ausgebildet. Seine Längs­seiten-Zahnstangenschenkel 51 sind an ihrer Oberseite mit den Zähnen 27 versehen. Jeder Zahnstangenschenkel 51 weist beidseits des Zahnbereichs je eine Kulissennut 23 auf, deren Mündungsöffnung sich am oberen Zahnstangenschenkel­rand befindet und die bereits im Zusammenhang mit Fig. 1 erläuterte Form aufweist. In einer bevorzugten Ausführungs­form sind die Kulissennuten 23 auf der Innenseite des je­weiligen Zahnstangenschenkels 51 eingelassen. Eine andere Möglichkeit, die allerdings zu etwas weniger mechanischer Stabilität des Zahnstangenschiebers 15 führt, besteht da­rin, die Kulissennuten 23 durch in die Zahnstangenschenkel 51 eingelassene Nockensteuerschlitze zu ersetzen.The rack and pinion slide 15 shown in FIGS. 8 to 10 is essentially U-shaped. Its longitudinal side rack legs 51 are provided with teeth 27 on their upper side. Each rack leg 51 has on both sides of the tooth area a link groove 23, the opening of which is located on the upper rack leg edge and has the shape already explained in connection with FIG. 1. In a preferred embodiment, the slot grooves 23 are embedded on the inside of the respective rack leg 51. Another possibility, which, however, leads to somewhat less mechanical stability of the rack and pinion slide 15, is to replace the link grooves 23 by cam control slots inserted into the rack legs 51.

Die Federrastarme 25 sind durch Rastarmschlitze 55 einstük­kig aus den Zahnstangenschenkeln 51 geformt.The spring latch arms 25 are formed in one piece from the rack legs 51 by latch arm slots 55.

Die beiden Zahnstangenschenkel 51 sind an einem Ende mit einem Zahnstangenschiebersteg 57 verbunden, der eine gerin­gere Höhe aufweist als die Zahnstangenschenkel 51.The two rack legs 51 are connected at one end to a rack slide web 57, which has a lower height than the rack legs 51.

Die Fig. 11 und 12 zeigen einen U-förmigen Betätigungs­schwenkhebel 21 in Seiten- bzw. Vorderansicht. Ein Bügel 57 verbindet zwei Schwenkhebelschenkel 59, die an ihren freien Enden je mit einem Ritzelbereich 61 versehen sind, dessen Ritzelzähne 63 mit den Zähnen 27 des Zahnstangenschiebers 15 kämmen. Der Abstand zwischen den beiden Schwenkhebel­schenkeln 59 ist derart, daß das Steckergehäuse 13 dazwi­schen Platz hat. Von jedem Ritzelbereich 31 steht nach außen eine Stummelwelle 37 vor, deren Achse mit der Ritzel­achse übereinstimmt. Der Bügel 57 weist an seiner Innen­seite eine Rastausnehmung 65 auf, die mit einem Rastvor­sprung 67 (Fig. 13, 14 und 16) am Steckergehäuse 13 ver­rastend zusammenwirkt, wenn sich der Betätigungsschwenkhe­bel 21 in Schließstellung befindet.11 and 12 show a U-shaped actuating pivot lever 21 in side and front views. A bracket 57 connects two pivot lever legs 59, each of which is provided at its free ends with a pinion area 61, the pinion teeth 63 of which mesh with the teeth 27 of the rack slide 15. The distance between the two pivot lever legs 59 is such that the connector housing 13 has space between them. A stub shaft 37 projects outward from each pinion region 31, the axis of which coincides with the pinion axis. The bracket 57 has on its inside a locking recess 65 which interacts with a locking projection 67 (FIGS. 13, 14 and 16) on the connector housing 13 when the actuating pivot lever 21 is in the closed position.

Das Steckergehäuse 13 ist in den Fig. 13 bis 16 darge­stellt. An seinen Längsseitenwänden 69 weist das Stecker­gehäuse 13 Steckerführungsrippen 71 auf, die beim Zusammen­stecken der beiden Verbindergehäuse mit den zwischen den Führungsrippen 41 des Buchsengehäuses 11 gebildeten Füh­rungsnuten 73 zusammenwirken, um die Realtivbewegung zwi­schen den beiden Verbindergehäusen beim Zusammenstecken bzw. Auseinanderziehen exakt in Steckrichtung zu führen. Beidseits des Steckergehäuses 13 sind je zwei Steckerfüh­ rungsrippen 71 mit einem Nockenvorsprung 29 versehen, von denen jeder mit einer der Kulissennuten 23 des Zahn­stangenschiebers 15 zusammenwirkt.The connector housing 13 is shown in FIGS. 13 to 16. On its longitudinal side walls 69, the connector housing 13 has connector guide ribs 71 which, when the two connector housings are plugged together, cooperate with the guide grooves 73 formed between the guide ribs 41 of the socket housing 11 in order to guide the real movement between the two connector housings exactly in the plugging direction when they are plugged or pulled apart. On both sides of the connector housing 13 there are two connector guides tion ribs 71 provided with a cam projection 29, each of which cooperates with one of the link grooves 23 of the rack slide 15.

Der Rastvorsprung 67 des Steckergehäuses 13 ist federnd nachgiebig ausgebildet, so daß er lösbar in die Rastaus­nehmung 65 des Betätigungsschwenkhebels 21 einrasten kann, wenn dieser in seine Schließstellung bewegt wird.The locking projection 67 of the connector housing 13 is resiliently designed so that it can be releasably locked into the locking recess 65 of the actuating pivot lever 21 when it is moved into its closed position.

Vom Kabeleinführbereich 73 des Steckergehäuses 13 steht eine Zunge 75 ab, die seitliche Zungenausnehmungen 77 auf­weist, mittels welchen ein um die Zunge 75 und das Kabel geführtes Kabelfestklemmband abrutschsicher gehalten werden kann.A tongue 75 protrudes from the cable insertion area 73 of the plug housing 13 and has lateral tongue recesses 77, by means of which a cable clamping band which is guided around the tongue 75 and the cable can be held securely against slipping.

Claims (18)

1. Verbinderanordnung
mit einem Steckergehäuse (13) und einem Buchsengehäuse (11), insbesondere einem fest montierten Buchsengehäuse, von denen eines Steckkontaktelemente und das andere Buchsenkontaktelemente enthält,
dadurch gekennzeichnet,
daß an einem (11) der beiden Gehäuse mindestens eine senkrecht zur Steckrichtung verschiebbare Zahnstange (15, 51) angeordnet ist, die mit einem Ritzelbereich (61) eines Betätigungsschwenkhebels (21) in Eingriff steht, der zwischen einer Offenstellung und einer Schließstel­lung um die Ritzelachse schwenkbar gelagert ist, daß die Zahnstange (15, 51) mit mindestens einer Kulis­sennut (23) versehen ist, die in einer zur Steckrich­tung parallelen Ebene im wesentlichen schräg zur Steck­richtung verläuft und an der zum anderen Gehäuse (13) weisenden Seite der Zahnstange (15, 51) offen ist, und daß am anderen Gehäuse (13) mindestens ein Nocken­vorsprung (29) vorgesehen ist, der im Zusammensteck­zustand der beiden Gehäuse (11, 13) in die Kulissennut (23) eingreift.1. Connector assembly
with a plug housing (13) and a socket housing (11), in particular a fixedly mounted socket housing, one of which contains plug contact elements and the other socket contact elements,
characterized,
that on one (11) of the two housings at least one rack (15, 51) displaceable perpendicular to the plugging direction is arranged, which engages with a pinion region (61) of an actuating pivot lever (21) which is between an open position and a closed position about the pinion axis is pivoted, that the rack (15, 51) is provided with at least one link groove (23), which runs essentially obliquely to the plugging direction in a plane parallel to the plugging direction and is open on the side of the rack (15, 51) facing the other housing (13) and that at least one cam projection (29) is provided on the other housing (13), which engages in the link groove (23) when the two housings (11, 13) are plugged together. 2. Verbinderanordnung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekenn­zeichnet, daß die Zahnstange (15, 51) und der Betäti­gungsschwenkhebel (21) am Buchsengehäuse (11) und der Nockenvorsprung (29) am Steckergehäuse (13) angeordnet sind.2. Connector arrangement according to claim 1, characterized in that the rack (15, 51) and the actuating pivot lever (21) on the socket housing (11) and the cam projection (29) are arranged on the plug housing (13). 3. Verbinderanordnung nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, dadurch ge­kennzeichnet, daß das Buchsengehäuse (11) auf einer Leiterplatte befestigt ist.3. Connector arrangement according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the socket housing (11) is fixed on a circuit board. 4. Verbinderanordnung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß auf beiden parallel zur Zahnstangenverschiebungsrichtung verlaufenden Seiten des einen Gehäuses (11) je eine Zahnstange (51) vorge­sehen ist, die mit je einem Ritzelbereich (63) je eines Schwenkhebels (59) in Eingriff stehen und die minde­stens eine Kulissennut (23) aufweisen,
und daß das andere Gehäuse (13) zwischen den beiden Zahnstangen (51) einschiebbar ist und auf beiden ent­sprechenden Seiten je mindestens einen seitlich ab­stehenden Nockenvorsprung (29) aufweist, der im Zusam­mensteckzustand der beiden Gehäuse (11, 13) in die je­zugeordnete Kulissennut (23) eingreift.4. Connector arrangement according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that on both sides parallel to the rack displacement direction of the one housing (11) a rack (51) is provided, each with a pinion area (63) each having a pivot lever (59 ) are in engagement and have at least one link groove (23),
and that the other housing (13) can be inserted between the two racks (51) and has at least one laterally projecting cam projection (29) on both corresponding sides, which in the connected state of the two housings (11, 13) into the associated link groove (23 ) intervenes. 5. Verbinderanordnung nach Anspruch 4, dadurch gekennzeich­net, daß die beiden Zahnstangen (51) einen Endes mittels eines Zahnstangenschiebersteges (57) zu einem U-förmigen Zahnstangenschieber (15) verbunden sind.5. Connector arrangement according to claim 4, characterized in that the two racks (51) are connected at one end by means of a rack slide web (57) to a U-shaped rack slide (15). 6. Verbinderanordnung nach Anspruch 4 oder 5, dadurch ge­kennzeichnet, daß die beiden Schwenkhebel (59) an ih­ren von den Ritzelbereichen (63) entfernten Enden mit einem Bügel (57) zu einem U-förmigen Betätigungs­schwenkhebel (21) verbunden sind.6. A connector arrangement according to claim 4 or 5, characterized in that the two pivot levers (59) at their ends remote from the pinion regions (63) are connected to a bracket (57) to form a U-shaped actuating pivot lever (21). 7. Verbinderanordnung nach mindestens einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß jede Kulissennut (23) von ihrer Mündungsöffnung (53) aus zunächst in Steckrichtung, danach schräg zur Steckrichtung und schließlich senkrecht zur Steckrichtung verläuft.7. Connector arrangement according to at least one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that each link groove (23) from its mouth (53) first in the plug-in direction, then obliquely to the plug-in direction and finally perpendicular to the plug-in direction. 8. Verbinderanordnung nach Anspruch 7, dadurch gekennzeich­net, daß der schräg verlaufende Teil der Kulissennut (23) etwa 60 % und der in Steckrichtung und senkrecht zur Steckrichtung verlaufende Teil der Kulissennut (23) je etwa 20 % der Gesamtlänge der Kulissennut (23) aus­machen.8. Connector arrangement according to claim 7, characterized in that the inclined part of the link groove (23) about 60% and the part of the link groove (23) extending in the plugging direction and perpendicular to the plugging direction. each make up about 20% of the total length of the link groove (23). 9. Verbinderanordnung nach mindestens einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 8, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das Steckergehäuse (13) einen Rastvorsprung (67) und der Betätigungs­schwenkhebel (21) eine Rastschulter (bei 65), die in Schließstellung des Betätigungsschwenkhebels (21) den Rastvorsprung (67) elastisch verriegelnd hintergreift, aufweist.9. A connector arrangement according to at least one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the connector housing (13) has a locking projection (67) and the actuating pivot lever (21) has a locking shoulder (at 65) which, in the closed position of the actuating pivot lever (21), has the latching projection ( 67) has an elastically locking engagement. 10. Verbinderanordnung nach Anspruch 9, dadurch gekenn­zeichnet, daß die Rastschulter durch den Bügel (57) gebildet ist, der in Schließstellung das Stecker­gehäuse (13) überspannt und in Offenstellung aus dem Einsteckweg des Steckergehäuses (13) herausgeschwenkt ist.10. Connector arrangement according to claim 9, characterized in that the latching shoulder is formed by the bracket (57) which spans the plug housing (13) in the closed position and is pivoted out of the insertion path of the plug housing (13) in the open position. 11. Verbinderanordnung nach mindestens einem der Ansprüche 5 bis 10, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der U-förmige Betätigungsschwenkhebel (21) an jedem seiner beiden Ritzelbereiche (63) eine mit der Ritzelachse koaxiale, nach außen weisende Stummelwelle (37) aufweist, die in einer Lageröffnung (35) in der dem Ritzelbereich (63) gegenüberliegenden Längsseitenwand (33) des anderen Ge­häuses (11) gelagert ist.11. Connector arrangement according to at least one of claims 5 to 10, characterized in that the U-shaped actuating pivot lever (21) on each of its two pinion regions (63) has a stub shaft (37) which is coaxial with the pinion axis and points outwards and which is in a Bearing opening (35) is mounted in the longitudinal side wall (33) of the other housing (11) opposite the pinion region (63). 12. Verbinderanordnung nach mindestens einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 11, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß jede Zahnstange (51) zwischen einer Bodenfläche des mit ihr versehenen Gehäuses (11) und mindestens einer zur Bodenfläche wei­senden Führungsschulter der zugeordneten Längsseiten­wand (33) gleitend geführt ist.12. A connector arrangement according to at least one of claims 1 to 11, characterized in that each rack (51) between a bottom surface of the housing provided with it (11) and at least one guide shoulder facing the bottom surface of the associated longitudinal side wall (33) is slidably guided. 13. Verbinderanordnung nach mindestens einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 12, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß jede Zahnstange (51) auf einer Längsseite mindestens einen federnd nachgiebigen Rastvorsprung (25) oder eine Rastausneh­mung und das die Zahnstange (51) führende Gehäuse min­destens eine Rastausnehmung (27) bzw. einen federnd nachgiebigen Rastvorsprung aufweist, die in einer End­stellung der Zahnstange (51), welche der Schließstel­lung und/oder der Offenstellung des Betätigungsschwenk­hebels (21) entspricht, miteinander verrasten.13. Connector arrangement according to at least one of claims 1 to 12, characterized in that each rack (51) on a longitudinal side at least one resilient latching projection (25) or a latching recess and the rack (51) leading housing at least one latching recess (27) or has a resilient locking projection, which lock together in an end position of the rack (51), which corresponds to the closed position and / or the open position of the actuating pivot lever (21). 14. Verbinderanordnung nach mindestens einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 13, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das die Zahn­stange bzw. Zahnstangen (51) führende Gehäuse (11) an mindestens einer quer zur Zahnstangenverschiebungs­richtung verlaufenden Seitenwand (43, 45) eine dem Querschnittsprofil der Zahnstange bzw. Zahnstangen ent­sprechende Zahnstangeneinführöffnung (47 bzw. 49) auf­weist.14. Connector arrangement according to at least one of claims 1 to 13, characterized in that the rack or racks (51) leading housing (11) on at least one transverse to the rack displacement direction side wall (43, 45) a the cross-sectional profile of the rack or Racks has corresponding rack insertion opening (47 or 49). 15. Verbinderanordnung nach mindestens einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 14, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß eines (11) der beiden Gehäuse mit mindestens einer parallel zur Steck­richtung verlaufenden Führungsnut (73) und das andere (13) Gehäuse mit mindestens einer parallel zur Steck­richtung verlaufenden, im Zusammensteckzustand der bei­den Gehäuse (11, 13) in die Führungsnut (73) eingrei­fenden Führungsrippe (71) versehen ist.15. Connector arrangement according to at least one of claims 1 to 14, characterized in that one (11) of the two housings with at least one parallel to the plug-in guide groove (73) and the other (13) housing with at least one parallel to the plug-in direction in The assembled state of the two housings (11, 13) in the guide groove (73) engaging guide rib (71) is provided. 16. Verbinderanordnung nach Anspruch 15, dadurch gekenn­zeichnet, daß die Führungsnuten (73) und die Zahn­stange (15, 51) am Buchsengehäuse (11) und die Füh­rungsrippe (71) am Steckergehäuse (13) angeordnet sind und daß auf der Führungsrippe (71) mindestens ein Nockenvorsprung (29) angeordnet ist.16. Connector arrangement according to claim 15, characterized in that the guide grooves (73) and the rack (15, 51) on the socket housing (11) and the guide rib (71) on the plug housing (13) are arranged and that on the guide rib (71) at least one cam projection (29) is arranged. 17. Steckergehäuse für eine Verbinderanordnung, gekenn­zeichnet durch Merkmale nach mindestens einem der An­sprüche 1 bis 16.17. Connector housing for a connector arrangement, characterized by features according to at least one of claims 1 to 16. 18. Buchsengehäuse für eine Verbinderanordnung, gekenn­zeichnet durch Merkmale nach mindestens einem der An­sprüche 1 bis 16.18. socket housing for a connector arrangement, characterized by features according to at least one of claims 1 to 16.
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