Two-part electrical plug connector for automobile applications has ventilation channel for ingress of air during connector separation

摘要

The connector has a plug (1) fitted into a seating provided in a socket housing (2), the plug and the socket housing having respective electrode structures (11,22) brought into electrical contact with one another, with an internal ventilation channel (3) provided in the plug or the socket housing between an exernal opening (32) and an internal opening (31) facing the electrode structure. One of the latter openings is closed upon insertion of the plug in the socket housing, the ventialtion channel providing a connection with the gas-tight volume containing the electrode structures for ingress of external air upon connector separation.