US 7,601,028 B2
Housing and electrical plug for transmitting electrical drive power
Markus Eckel, Bürstadt (Germany); Wolfgang Maier, Mörfelden-Walldorf (Germany); Markus Bahr, Korb (Germany); Christoph Kraemer, Weinheim (Germany); and Josef Woller, Griesheim (Germany)
Assigned to Tyco Electronics AMP GmbH, Bensheim (Germany)
Appl. No. 11/909,406
PCT Filed Mar. 21, 2006, PCT No. PCT/EP2006/002603
§ 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Sep. 21, 2007,
PCT Pub. No. WO2006/100045, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 28, 2006.
Claims priority of application No. 05006597 (EP), filed on Mar. 24, 2005.
Prior Publication US 2008/0261458 A1, Oct. 23, 2008
Int. Cl. H01R 9/05 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 439—579  [439/188; 200/51.09] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A housing for an electrical plug, comprising:
a plug tip;
a cable receiving area adapted to receive a cable;
a partition wall between the plug tip and the cable receiving area;
a partition opening in the partition wall extending between the plug tip and the cable receiving area and adapted to receive an inner conductor element that is electrically connected to a cable inner conductor of the cable; and
a gap opening in the partition wall extending between the cable receiving area and the plug tip, the gap opening being adapted to receive a shield contact element such that it extends from the cable receiving area into the plug tip, to form an electrical connection between a shield of the cable in the cable receiving area, and a shield contact element in the plug tip.