US 11,817,642 B2
Modular plug connector for a printed circuit board
Marc Böcker, Steinheim (DE); Ralf Schumacher, Lemgo (DE); Peter Stuckmann, Lage (DE); Till Schmitz, Detmold (DE); Jens Oesterhaus, Detmold (DE); Jörg Münstermann, Schlangen (DE); Holger Wehmeier, Lemgo (DE); and Volker Schröder, Lemgo (DE)
Assigned to Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. KG, Detmold (DE)
Filed by Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. KG, Detmold (DE)
Filed on Aug. 27, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/446,230.
Claims priority of application No. 102020123188.1 (DE), filed on Sep. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0077607 A1, Mar. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 13/514 (2006.01); H01R 12/51 (2011.01); H01R 12/71 (2011.01)
CPC H01R 12/515 (2013.01) [H01R 12/716 (2013.01); H01R 13/514 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A modular plug connector, comprising
(a) a plurality of plug connector modules arranged alongside one another and mechanically connected with one another directly to form a strip configuration, each plug connector module having a housing, at least one plugging surface having at least one plugging contact at least two of said plug connector modules having different mechanical connection configurations; and
(b) an adapter plug connector module arranged between and mechanically connected with said at least two plug connector modules of different configurations.