EP0255512A1 - Electric connector (adapter). - Google Patents

Electric connector (adapter).

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EP0255512A1
EP0255512A1 EP86900766A EP86900766A EP0255512A1 EP 0255512 A1 EP0255512 A1 EP 0255512A1 EP 86900766 A EP86900766 A EP 86900766A EP 86900766 A EP86900766 A EP 86900766A EP 0255512 A1 EP0255512 A1 EP 0255512A1
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plug
connector
rotating body
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Peter Flohr
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Heinrich Kopp GmbH and Co KG
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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
    • H01R31/00—Coupling parts supported only by co-operation with counterpart
    • H01R31/06—Intermediate parts for linking two coupling parts, e.g. adapter

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  • the invention relates to an electrical connection piece in the form of an adapter, so that, for example, when traveling abroad with the electrical plugs equipped in the respective home country, electrical (line) erate without protective contact in the manner of an adapter plug also present in other countries and continents To be able to use sockets.
  • the object of the invention is to develop an electrical connecting piece by means of which the plug systems which are available worldwide can be converted in a practical and hazard-safe manner to the possibility of drawing current from a specific type of socket. It should be a compact article of daily use which does not permit manual intervention in its contact system and which is completely safe to touch when in use. This object is achieved in an electrical connector according to the preamble of claim 1 by the features specified in the characterizing part.
  • the connecting piece according to the invention advantageously presents itself as a handy accessory part which, depending on the type of plug-in system available on site, can be arranged with the corresponding plug pin in one of the permanently installed sockets or possibly also in a flying coupling piece can be inserted in order to be able to use the domestic socket included in the same for connecting an electronic device after adjusting the marked rotating body in the direction of the removal parts.
  • the plug-in system selector included in the connection piece via a switch-on and switch-off effect which is useful at times, ensures that the plug connector arrangements which are in each case unused stand out from the outside absolutely free of tension.
  • the connector body for a limited area of application of the connecting piece and only three or four connector pin arrangements can be designed to be tri-or tetragonal-prismatic in its geometric space with the same advantages, or the adjustable sockets provided on its top and / or base surface be designed according to their system according to or different, without thereby coming out of the scope of the invention.
  • the feature of claim 2 is directed to the appropriate design of the movable connection and contact parts of the
  • the two contact pieces inserted underneath the respective insertion openings and molded onto the center of the web attachments on the rotating body are likewise made of an elongated, U-shaped folded sheet brass strip.
  • the parallel legs that are reduced over the web-like cross legs interconnected longitudinal legs of these socket contact pieces arched against each other and each provided with two opposite cross-cuts.
  • two other connector pairs eigen ⁇ constantly sprung into form.
  • the outer longitudinal limbs of the socket contact pieces sit over a punched-out area, each projecting obliquely forward
  • Non-contact grinding contacts continue to come into conductive contact with the fixed contact pieces of the various plug pin arrangements, which are located on the inner wall of the hollow cylindrical opening of the connector body, depending on the setting, under spring tension in the assembled state of the connector.
  • the rotating body is designed to the existing pin arrangements of To connect plug body on one or on the two plug-free sides of the connector with a socket or with two sockets of the same system or different systems.
  • the rotating body is composed of two molded parts made of insulating material which are movably guided on both sides within the plug body and which, for example, engage in a form-fitting manner by means of two supporting webs located opposite one another in the edge region between the socket contact pieces, while a third, integrally molded web is used to screw the molded parts together during assembly from the outside.
  • one of the molded parts is provided with two insertion openings for a contour or protective contact plug, while the other molded part can have four insertion openings lying in pairs for the insertion of two European flat plugs.
  • an electrical connecting piece is shown in the attached drawing, which enables the connection of an electrical device equipped with a 2-pole Konturen ⁇ or European plug without protective contact to all internationally standardized plug systems. It shows:
  • FIG. 1 shows the top view of the cover surface of the connecting piece with the socket for the contour plug
  • FIG. 2 shows the view of the base area with the sockets for two European flat plugs
  • Fig. 3 shows the connector as shown in Fig. 1 with the rotary body molding removed.
  • the connector body (1) of the connecting piece has the shape of a straight, five-sided prism and points within it Central region a cylindrical recess continuous from the top surface to the base surface.
  • one of the different plug pin arrangements (2) is permanently embedded, the pole contact connections of which run out on the inner wall of the cylindrical recess on a circular path in fixed contact pieces (3).
  • the molded part (7) of the rotating body which is provided with two insertion openings for the plug pins of a contour plug, is at the same time provided with a (arrow) marked handle border (8), under which the locking arrangement shown in partial section in FIG. 1 of the drawing ( 9) is in cooperation with the plug body (1).
  • the drawing shows without further information that the combination of the various plug and socket contact elements (2, 5) shown here only as an example can be varied depending on national requirements and the connector due to its design furthermore the inclusion of another contact element, eg of an additional contact.

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Abstract

Afin de pouvoir connecter selon les besoins des (petits) appareils électriques ayant par exemple une configuration à deux fiches ou des fiches plates européenes à tous les systèmes de connexion standardisés au niveau international, un connecteur aisé à manier ayant la forme d'un prisme pentagonal comprend sur ses surfaces latérales des agencements de broches enfichables (2) de cinq systèmes différents de connexion et contient un corps rotatif (4, 7) comprenant dans la zone des surfaces supérieure et/ou inférieure du connecteur des prises femelles pour (deux) autres systèmes de connexion. Celles-ci peuvent être manuellement mises en contact (3, 5, 6) par encliquetage (8, 9) avec l'agencement de broches (2) dont on a momentanément besoin, les broches restantes étant par là même absolument dépourvues de courant.In order to be able to connect according to the needs of (small) electrical devices having for example a configuration with two plugs or European flat plugs to all internationally standardized connection systems, an easy-to-handle connector having the shape of a pentagonal prism comprises on its lateral surfaces arrangements of plug pins (2) of five different connection systems and contains a rotary body (4, 7) comprising in the area of the upper and / or lower surfaces of the connector female sockets for (two) others connection systems. These can be manually brought into contact (3, 5, 6) by snap-fastening (8, 9) with the arrangement of pins (2) which is temporarily needed, the remaining pins being thereby absolutely devoid of current.

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Beschreibung description
Elektrisches Verbindungsstück (Adapter)Electrical connector (adapter)
Die Erfindung bezieht sich auf ein elektrisches Verbindungs stück in Form eines Adapters, um damit beispielsweise auf Auslandsreisen die mit den im jeweiligen Heimatland gebräuc lichen Netzsteckern ausgerüsteten Elektro( lein-) erate ohn Schutzkontakt nach Art eines Zwischensteckers auch an den i anderen Ländern und Erdteilen vorhandenen Steckdosen benutz zu können.The invention relates to an electrical connection piece in the form of an adapter, so that, for example, when traveling abroad with the electrical plugs equipped in the respective home country, electrical (line) erate without protective contact in the manner of an adapter plug also present in other countries and continents To be able to use sockets.
Für diesen Zweck sind sogenannte Reisesteckersets bekannt, die aus mehreren Zwischensteckern bestehen, von denen jeder einzelne nur für die Anpassung des einheimischen Stecksyste an ein bestimmtes andere geeignet ist. Da einem Benutzer häufig nicht bekannt ist, welches besondere Stecksystem in einem anderen Land verwendet wird, und er demgemäß stets mehrere Zwischenstecker lose wie leicht verlierbar mit 'sich führen muß, hat sich diese Ausführung nicht bewährt. Des weiteren hat man bereits versucht, ein und denselben Zwisch stecker mittels einer Schiebemechanik und durch Herausdrehe einzelner Steckerstifte für mehrere unterschiedliche Steck¬ systeme verwendbar auszubilden. Diese Ausführung ist jedoch reichlich kompliziert und von einem Nichtfachmann selbst unter Zuhilfenahme der Bedienungsanleitung im allgemeinen kaum sachgerecht und sicher zu handhaben.For this purpose, so-called travel plug sets are known, which consist of several intermediate plugs, each of which is only suitable for adapting the local plug system to a specific other. Since a user is often not known which specific plug-in system is used in another country, and he therefore always lose more intermediate connector must how easily from dropping lead with ', this model has not proved successful. Furthermore, attempts have already been made to design the same intermediate plug to be usable for several different plug systems by means of a sliding mechanism and by unscrewing individual plug pins. However, this version is extremely complicated and can hardly be handled properly and safely by a non-specialist, even with the aid of the operating instructions.
In Anbetracht dessen liegt der Erfindung die Aufgabe zugrun ein elektrisches Verbindungsstück zu entwickeln, durch welc sich die weltweit vorhandenen Stecksysteme praktikabel und gefährdungssicher auf die Stromentnahmemöglichkeit aus eine bestimmten Steckdosentyp umrüsten lassen. Dabei soll es sic um einen kompakten Gebrauchsgegenstand handeln, der keinerl manuellen Eingriff in sein Kontaktsystem zuläßt und bei Be¬ nutzung vollends berührungssicher dasteht. Diese Aufgabe wird bei einem elektrischen Verbindungsstück nach dem Oberbegriff des Patentanspruchs 1 durch die in dessen Kennzeichenteil angegebenen Merkmale gelöst. In einer derartigen Ausführung stellt sich das erfindungsgemäße Ver- bindungsstück vorteilhafterweise als ein handliches Zubehör¬ teil dar, welches sich je nach Art des an Ort und Stelle vorhandenen Stecksystems mit der entsprechenden Steckerstift anordnung in eine der festinstallierten Steckdosen oder ggf. auch in ein fliegendes Kupplungsstück einstecken läßt, um nach dem Verstellen des markierten Drehkörpers in Richtung der Entnahmesteile die in denselben einbezogene heimatliche Steckdose für den Anschluß eines mitgeführten Elektrogeräts benutzen zu können. Darüber hinaus bewirkt der von dem Ver¬ bindungsstück beinhaltete Stecksystemwähler über einen mit- unter nützlichen Ein- und Ausschalteffekt, daß die jeweils unbenutzt freistehenden Steckerstiftanordnungen nach außen hin absolut spannungsfrei dastehen.In view of this, the object of the invention is to develop an electrical connecting piece by means of which the plug systems which are available worldwide can be converted in a practical and hazard-safe manner to the possibility of drawing current from a specific type of socket. It should be a compact article of daily use which does not permit manual intervention in its contact system and which is completely safe to touch when in use. This object is achieved in an electrical connector according to the preamble of claim 1 by the features specified in the characterizing part. In such an embodiment, the connecting piece according to the invention advantageously presents itself as a handy accessory part which, depending on the type of plug-in system available on site, can be arranged with the corresponding plug pin in one of the permanently installed sockets or possibly also in a flying coupling piece can be inserted in order to be able to use the domestic socket included in the same for connecting an electronic device after adjusting the marked rotating body in the direction of the removal parts. In addition, the plug-in system selector included in the connection piece, via a switch-on and switch-off effect which is useful at times, ensures that the plug connector arrangements which are in each case unused stand out from the outside absolutely free of tension.
Desgleichen kann der Steckerkörper für einen begrenzte en Anwendungsbereich des Verbindungsstücks und nur drei oder vier Steckerstiftanordnungen in seiner geometrischen Raumfor mit den selben Vorteilen tri- oder tetragonal-prismatisch ausgebildet sein, bzw. die an seiner Deck- und/oder Grund¬ fläche vorgesehenen verstellbaren Steckdosen ihrem System nach übereinstimmend oder auch unterschiedlich ausgelegt werden, ohne dadurch aus dem Schutzumfang der Erfindung zu gelangen.Likewise, the connector body for a limited area of application of the connecting piece and only three or four connector pin arrangements can be designed to be tri-or tetragonal-prismatic in its geometric space with the same advantages, or the adjustable sockets provided on its top and / or base surface be designed according to their system according to or different, without thereby coming out of the scope of the invention.
Das Merkmal des Anspruchs 2 richtet sich auf die zweckmäßige Ausbildung der beweglichen Anschluß- und Kontaktteile desThe feature of claim 2 is directed to the appropriate design of the movable connection and contact parts of the
Verbindungsstücks. Demgemäß bestehen die beiden unterhalb de jeweils vorhandenen Einstecköffnungen eingesetzten und mitte angeformter Stegansätze an dem Drehkörper gehalterten Buchse kontaktstücke gleicherweise aus einem langgestreckt U-förmig gefalteten Messingblechstreifen. Dabei sind die parallel verlaufenden und über den stegartig reduzierten Querschenkel miteinander verbundenen Längsschenkel dieser Buchsenkontakt stücke gegeneinander eingewölbt und jeweils in sich mit zwe gegenüberliegenden Querschiitzungen versehen. Auf diese Wei bilden sich drei voneinander unabhängige Einsteckbereiche, die es ermöglichen, beispielsweise von der einen Seite her in der Mitte ein Steckerpaar und gleichzeitig neben diesem ■ von der anderen Seite her zwei weitere Steckerpaare eigen¬ ständig gefedert in sich aufzunehmen. Des weiteren setzen sich die äußeren Längsschenkel der Buchsenkontaktstücke übe eine Ausstanzung jeweils in schräg nach vorne vorstehendeConnector. Accordingly, the two contact pieces inserted underneath the respective insertion openings and molded onto the center of the web attachments on the rotating body are likewise made of an elongated, U-shaped folded sheet brass strip. Here are the parallel legs that are reduced over the web-like cross legs interconnected longitudinal legs of these socket contact pieces arched against each other and each provided with two opposite cross-cuts. In this Wei three independent plug-in regions that allow, for example from one side into the middle of a pair of connectors while recording in addition to this ■ from the other side, two other connector pairs eigen¬ constantly sprung into form. Furthermore, the outer longitudinal limbs of the socket contact pieces sit over a punched-out area, each projecting obliquely forward
Schleif ontaktarme fort, die im montierten Zustand des Ver¬ bindungsstücks unter Federspannung mit den an der Innen¬ wandung der hohlzylinderförmigen Durchbrechung des Stecker¬ körpers auf einer Kreisbahn gelegenen Festkontaktstücken de verschiedenen Steckerstif anordnungen je nach Einstellung in leitende Berührung gelangen.Non-contact grinding contacts continue to come into conductive contact with the fixed contact pieces of the various plug pin arrangements, which are located on the inner wall of the hollow cylindrical opening of the connector body, depending on the setting, under spring tension in the assembled state of the connector.
Um die verschiedenen Kontaktpositionen an dem Verbindungs¬ stück mechanisch sicherzustellen, ist nach dem Merkmal 'des Anspruchs 3 vorgesehen, daß der auf mindestens einer Außen¬ seite mit einer um die Steckereinführungsausnehmung hoch¬ gezogenen GriffUmrandung versehene Drehkörper innerhalb ein ringförmigen Hohlraums derselben über eine den vorhandenen Steckerstiftanordnungen entsprechende Anzahl von Rastnocken verfügt, die in jeder Kontaktposition des Drehkörpers und seiner Steckdose(n) auf Seiten des Steckerkörpers gleich¬ zeitig drei von diesem an funktionell korrespondierender Stelle hochgezogen angeformte Raststege federnd hintergreif Auf diese Weise ist gewährleistet, daß der Drehkörper deut- lieh fühlbar in der benötigten Kontaktposition einrastet, wobei dieselbe zudem durch eine auf die gewählte Stecker¬ stiftanordnung hinweisende Sichtmarke an der Griffumrandung angezeigt wird.To piece the various contact positions on the Verbindungs¬ ensure mechanical, is of claim 3 is provided according to the characteristic 'that provided on at least one Außen¬ side with a hoch¬ the Steckereinführungsausnehmung drawn handleumrandung rotary body within an annular cavity thereof through a known Has corresponding number of locking cams, which in each contact position of the rotating body and its socket (s) on the side of the plug body at the same time three locking webs molded from this at a functionally corresponding point, resiliently engaging behind it. This ensures that the rotating body is loaned out noticeably engages in the required contact position, the same being additionally indicated by a visual mark on the grip border which indicates the selected plug pin arrangement.
Gemäß dem Merkmal des Anspruchs 4 ist der Drehkörper dazu ausgebildet, die vorhandenen Steckerstiftanordnungen des Steckerkörpers auf der einen oder auf den beiden stecker¬ freien Seiten des Verbindungsstücks mit einer Steckdose bzw. mit zwei Steckdosen des gleichen Systems oder auch unter¬ schiedlicher Systeme zu verbinden. Hierfür setzt sich der Drehkörper aus zwei beiderseits innerhalb des Steckerkörpers beweglich geführten Formteilen aus Isolierstoff zusammen, die beispielsweise mittels zweier sich im Randungsbereich zwischen den Buchsenkontaktstücken gegenüberliegender Stütz¬ stege formschlüssig ineinandergreifen, während ein dritter, zentral angeformter Steg die Verschraubung der Formteile im Zuge der Montage von außen her ermöglicht. Dabei ist z.B. eines der Formteile in sich mit zwei Einstecköffnungen für einen Konturen- oder auch Schutzkontaktstecker versehen, während das andere Formteil vier paarweise dazu parallel gelegene Einstecköffnungen für das Einsetzen von zwei Europa- Flachsteckern aufweisen kann. Andererseits ist es ebenfalls möglich, eines der genannten Formteile gegen eine entspre¬ chend ausgebildete Abdeckplatte auszutauschen, wenn für eine zweite Steckdosenanordnung kein Bedarf bestehen sollte.According to the feature of claim 4, the rotating body is designed to the existing pin arrangements of To connect plug body on one or on the two plug-free sides of the connector with a socket or with two sockets of the same system or different systems. For this purpose, the rotating body is composed of two molded parts made of insulating material which are movably guided on both sides within the plug body and which, for example, engage in a form-fitting manner by means of two supporting webs located opposite one another in the edge region between the socket contact pieces, while a third, integrally molded web is used to screw the molded parts together during assembly from the outside. In this case, for example, one of the molded parts is provided with two insertion openings for a contour or protective contact plug, while the other molded part can have four insertion openings lying in pairs for the insertion of two European flat plugs. On the other hand, it is also possible to replace one of the above-mentioned molded parts with a correspondingly designed cover plate if there is no need for a second socket arrangement.
Als Ausführungsbeispiel der Erfindung ist in der anliegenden Zeichnung ein elektrisches Verbindungsstück dargestellt, welches den Anschluß eines mit einem 2-poligen Konturen¬ oder Europastecker ohne Schutzkontakt ausgerüsteten Elektro- geräts an alle international standardisierten Stecksysteme ermöglicht. Dabei zeigt:As an exemplary embodiment of the invention, an electrical connecting piece is shown in the attached drawing, which enables the connection of an electrical device equipped with a 2-pole Konturen¬ or European plug without protective contact to all internationally standardized plug systems. It shows:
Fig. 1 die Draufsicht auf die Deckfläche des Verbindungs¬ stücks mit der Steckdose für den Konturenstecker, Fig. 2 die Ansicht der Grundfläche mit den Steckdosen für zwei Europa-Flachstecker, und1 shows the top view of the cover surface of the connecting piece with the socket for the contour plug, FIG. 2 shows the view of the base area with the sockets for two European flat plugs, and
Fig. 3 das Verbindungsstück gemäß der Darstellung in Fig. 1 mit abgenommenem Drehkörper-Formteil.Fig. 3 shows the connector as shown in Fig. 1 with the rotary body molding removed.
Wie aus den Darstellungen hervorgeht, besitzt der Stecker- körper (1) des Verbindungsstücks geometrisch gesehen die Form eines geraden fünfseitigen Prismas und weist innerhalb seines Zentralbereichs eine von der Deckfläche zur Grundfläche hin durchgehende zylindrische Ausnehmung auf. In jede der fünf Seitenflächen des Steckerkörpers (1) ist eine der unterschie lichen Steckerstiftanordnungen (2) fest eingelassen, deren Polkontaktanschlüsse jeweils an der Innenwandung der zylin¬ drischen Ausnehmung auf einer Kreisbahn in Festkontaktstücke (3) auslaufen.As can be seen from the illustrations, the connector body (1) of the connecting piece has the shape of a straight, five-sided prism and points within it Central region a cylindrical recess continuous from the top surface to the base surface. In each of the five side surfaces of the plug body (1) one of the different plug pin arrangements (2) is permanently embedded, the pole contact connections of which run out on the inner wall of the cylindrical recess on a circular path in fixed contact pieces (3).
Des weiteren ist aus Fig. 3 der Zeichnung ersichtlich, daß die auf dem die Grundfläche des Verbindungsstücks bildenden Formteil (4) eines Drehkörpers an den vier Einstecköffnungen für die Steckerstifte von zwei Europasteckern mittels an¬ geformter Stegansätze gehalterten beiden Buchsenkontaktstück (5) U-förmig ausgebildet und in sich 3-fach unterteilt und hinzu an ihren äußeren Längsschenkeln mit abgewinkelt vor¬ stehenden Schleifkontaktarmen (6) versehen sind, die jeweils im gleichen Abstand mit demjenigen Paar der vorgenannten Festkontaktstücke (3) einer der Steckerstiftanordnungen (2) in leitende Berührung gelangen, auf welches der Drehkörper mit Hilfe des die Deckfläche des Verbindungsstücks bildenden für die Darstellung in Fig. 3 deutlichkeitshalber entfernten Formteils (7) von Hand eingestellt worden ist. Hierfür ist das in sich mit zwei Einstecköffnungen für die Steckerstifte eines Konturensteckers versehene Formteil (7) des Drehkörper zugleich mit einer (pfeil-)markierten GriffUmrandung (8) ver sehen, unter welcher sich die in Fig. 1 der Zeichnung im Teilschnitt dargestellte Rastvorkehrung (9) im Zusammenwirke mit dem Steckerkörper (1) befindet.Furthermore, it can be seen from FIG. 3 of the drawing that the two socket contact pieces (5), which are held on the molded part (4) of the rotating body forming the base of the connecting piece, at the four insertion openings for the plug pins of two European plugs by means of molded-on web approaches formed and divided into 3 parts and additionally provided on their outer longitudinal legs with angled protruding sliding contact arms (6), each of which comes into conductive contact with the pair of the aforementioned fixed contact pieces (3) of one of the plug pin arrangements (2) at the same distance , to which the rotating body has been set by hand with the aid of the molded part (7) which forms the cover surface of the connecting piece and is removed for the sake of clarity in FIG. 3. For this purpose, the molded part (7) of the rotating body, which is provided with two insertion openings for the plug pins of a contour plug, is at the same time provided with a (arrow) marked handle border (8), under which the locking arrangement shown in partial section in FIG. 1 of the drawing ( 9) is in cooperation with the plug body (1).
Demgemäß ist der zeichnerischen Darstellung ohne weitere Hin weise zu entnehmen, daß sich die hier nur beispielhaft dar¬ gebotene Zusammenstellung der verschiedenen Steckerstift- un Buchsenkontaktelemente (2, 5) je nach nationalem Bedarf va¬ riieren läßt und das Verbindungsstück aufgrund seiner kon- struktiven Ausbildung noch darüber hinaus die Einbeziehung eines weiteren Kontaktelements, z.B. eines zusätzlichen Schu kontakts, ermöglicht. Accordingly, the drawing shows without further information that the combination of the various plug and socket contact elements (2, 5) shown here only as an example can be varied depending on national requirements and the connector due to its design furthermore the inclusion of another contact element, eg of an additional contact.

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Patentansprüche Claims
1. Elektrisches Verbindungsstück (Adapter) zur wahlfreien Anpassung eines bestimmten Stecksystems an eine Mehrzahl von unterschiedlichen Stecksystemen, dadurch gekennzeichn daß in die Seitenflächen eines (tri- bis) pentagonal- -prismatisch ausgebildeten Steckerkörpers (1) aus Isolier stoff die zwei- (oder mehr-)poligen Steckerstiftanordnunge (2) andersartiger Stecksysteme eingelassen sind und mit ihren Polkontaktanschlüssen als Festkontaktstücke (3) auf einer Kreisbahn nach innen reichen, um jeweils paarweise von den Schleifkontaktarmen (6) der an einem zylinder- förmigen, zentral innerhalb des Steckerkörpers (1) rast¬ fähig verstellbaren Drehkörper (4, 7) gehalterten und durc Einstecköffnungen in dessen Deckfläche oder in der Deck¬ fläche und in der Grundfläche zugänglichen Buchsenkontakt¬ stücke (5) je nach-Einstellung des Drehkörpers (4, 7) kontaktschlüssig beaufschlagt zu werden.1. Electrical connector (adapter) for optional adaptation of a particular connector system to a plurality of different connector systems, characterized in that in the side surfaces of a (tri to) pentagonal-prismatic connector body (1) made of insulating material the two (or more) -) pin connector arrangements (2) of different types of plug-in systems are inserted and extend with their pole contact connections as fixed contact pieces (3) inwards on a circular path, in order in pairs from the sliding contact arms (6) to a cylindrical, central part of the connector body (1) rotatable body (4, 7) which can be adjusted in a latching manner and which can be acted upon by plug-in openings in its top surface or in the top surface and in the base surface and in the base surface accessible socket contact pieces (5) depending on the setting of the rotating body (4, 7).
2. Verbindungsstück nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die unterhalb der (beidseitigen) Einstecköffnungen mittels angeformter Stege an dem Drehkörper (4, 7) ge¬ halterten Buchsenkontaktstücke (5) jeweils aus einem U-förmig gefalteten Blechstreifen bestehen, dessen ein- gewölbten Längsschenkel für die federnde Aufnahme von eine (mittleren) und/oder zwei (daneben gelegen eingeführten) Steckerstiften in sich quergeschlitzt sind, wobei sich der äußere Längsschenkel stegförmig in den gefederten Schleif¬ kontaktarm (6) fortsetzt.2. Connector according to claim 1, characterized in that the below the (bilateral) insertion openings by means of molded webs on the rotating body (4, 7) ge-held socket contact pieces (5) each consist of a U-shaped folded sheet metal strip, the convex Longitudinal legs for the resilient reception of one (middle) and / or two (placed next to it) plug pins are transversely slotted in themselves, the outer longitudinal leg continuing in the form of a web into the sprung sliding contact arm (6).
3. Verbindungsstück nach den Ansprüchen 1 und 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Drehkörper (4, 7) außenseitig über eine um die Steckereinführungsausnehmungen hochgezogene GriffUmrandung (8) verfügt, unter welcher in entsprechende Anzahl (drei bis fünf) Nocken angeformt sind, die in der jeweiligen Position des Drehkörpers (4, 7) an funktionell korrespondierender Stelle von dem Steckerkörper (1) kreisringförmig hochgezogene Raststege (9) federnd hintergreifen.3. Connecting piece according to claims 1 and 2, characterized in that the rotating body (4, 7) has on the outside a handle rim (8) drawn up around the plug insertion recesses, under which are formed in a corresponding number (three to five) cams which are formed in the respective position of the rotating body (4, 7) on functional Reach behind the corresponding point of the plug body (1) in a ring-shaped manner raised latching webs (9).
Verbindungsstück nach den Ansprüchen 1 bis 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß sich der Drehkörper (4, 7) aus zwei innerhalb der Grund- und Deckfläche des Steckerkörpers (1 geführten Isolierstoff-Formteilen mit unterschiedlichen Steckereinführungsausnehmungen, z.B. für einen Konturen- oder Schutzkontaktstecker und für zwei Europa-Flachstecke zusammensetzt, die über mehrere Stützstege ineinander¬ greifen und zentral miteinander verschraubbar sind, wobei eines dieser Formteile gegen eine konturenschlüssig innerhalb des Steckerkörpers (1) geführte Abdeckplatte austauschbar ist. Connecting piece according to claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the rotating body (4, 7) consists of two molded-plastic parts guided within the base and top surface of the plug body (1) with different plug insertion recesses, for example for a contour or protective contact plug and for two Europe flat plug assemblies, which interlock with one another via a plurality of support webs and can be screwed together centrally, one of these molded parts being interchangeable with a cover plate guided in a contour-fitting manner within the plug body (1).
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