EP2273624A3 - Plug and socket arrangement for modular network - Google Patents

Plug and socket arrangement for modular network Download PDF

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EP2273624A3
EP2273624A3 EP10251144A EP10251144A EP2273624A3 EP 2273624 A3 EP2273624 A3 EP 2273624A3 EP 10251144 A EP10251144 A EP 10251144A EP 10251144 A EP10251144 A EP 10251144A EP 2273624 A3 EP2273624 A3 EP 2273624A3
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plug
socket
interlocking members
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female
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EP2273624A2 (en
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Nick Smith
John Appleton
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Hager Engineering Ltd
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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
    • H01R13/02—Contact members
    • H01R13/20—Pins, blades, or sockets shaped, or provided with separate member, to retain co-operating parts together
    • 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
    • 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
    • H01R13/627—Snap or like fastening
    • H01R13/6271—Latching means integral with the housing

Abstract

An electrical plug and socket arrangement has a plug with first, male or female, interlocking members adapted to mate with second, female or male, interlocking members provided in a socket. The interlocking members are brought into a first mated configuration with the plug and socket engagement faces substantially mutually parallel then interlocked by movement along a second direction substantially parallel to the plug and socket engagement faces. The male interlocking members have a pillar of electrically insulating material holding a first electrical contact, and the female interlocking members have a cavity of electrically insulating material holding a second electrical contact so that the electrical contacts come together when the plug and socket are interlocked. The male interlocking members may be adapted to shield the first electrical contact from accidental contact with a human body part when the plug and socket are unengaged.
EP10251144A 2009-07-07 2010-06-24 Plug and socket arrangement for modular network Withdrawn EP2273624A3 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

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GB0911742A GB2471678A (en) 2009-07-07 2009-07-07 Plug and socket arrangement for modular network

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EP2273624A2 EP2273624A2 (en) 2011-01-12
EP2273624A3 true EP2273624A3 (en) 2011-11-30

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EP10251144A Withdrawn EP2273624A3 (en) 2009-07-07 2010-06-24 Plug and socket arrangement for modular network

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Citations (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3020513A (en) * 1958-02-03 1962-02-06 Whitney Blake Co Tamper proof electrical connector
US3601779A (en) * 1969-01-27 1971-08-24 Edmund M Waller Sr Interlocking electrical connector
US3969796A (en) * 1975-09-17 1976-07-20 General Electric Company Releasable fastening arrangement for a radio housing and a battery housing
US4538871A (en) * 1983-02-15 1985-09-03 Li Chiu Shan Set of plug with L-shaped pins and corresponding socket
US5921797A (en) * 1997-12-17 1999-07-13 The Whitaker Company Electrical connector for use with removable electronic console
US6457988B1 (en) * 2000-12-21 2002-10-01 Richard S. Eisen Electrical connector

Family Cites Families (5)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2170359A (en) * 1937-07-26 1939-08-22 Charles G Wirth Electrical connector
US3149264A (en) * 1961-02-07 1964-09-15 Ling Temco Vought Inc Electrical connector
US3414870A (en) * 1966-08-02 1968-12-03 Biszko Raymond Electrical plug
GB2170065A (en) * 1985-01-19 1986-07-23 Ranton & Co Ltd Electrical outlet connection systems
GB2380868B (en) * 2001-10-06 2005-09-14 Hager Ltd Electrical outlet sockets

Patent Citations (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3020513A (en) * 1958-02-03 1962-02-06 Whitney Blake Co Tamper proof electrical connector
US3601779A (en) * 1969-01-27 1971-08-24 Edmund M Waller Sr Interlocking electrical connector
US3969796A (en) * 1975-09-17 1976-07-20 General Electric Company Releasable fastening arrangement for a radio housing and a battery housing
US4538871A (en) * 1983-02-15 1985-09-03 Li Chiu Shan Set of plug with L-shaped pins and corresponding socket
US5921797A (en) * 1997-12-17 1999-07-13 The Whitaker Company Electrical connector for use with removable electronic console
US6457988B1 (en) * 2000-12-21 2002-10-01 Richard S. Eisen Electrical connector

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GB0911742D0 (en) 2009-08-19
EP2273624A2 (en) 2011-01-12

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