Patent ID: 6447320
Filing Date: 2002-09-10
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A circular plug and socket connector for producing electrical power connections comprising an insulating part as a contact carrier, at one end; a housing, at an opposite end, for receiving and gripping a cable entry with a seal and having a coupling ring for receiving a complimentarily embodied second plug and socket connect half, wherein the coupling ring is mounted rotatably on an outer periphery of the housing and is secured against being pulled off the housing in an axial direction; and a covering cap detachably fastened to the housing, wherein the coupling ring extends over a great area of an axial length of the housing, whereby the coupling ring, in an area of a free end, protrudes over the contract carrier and is supported on a cylindrical peripheral surface of the housing, and, in an area opposite the free end, is supported on a cylindrical peripheral surface of a neck continuation of the covering cap, wherein a screwed connection for connecting the covering cap with the housing comprises two screw bolts that are disposed opposite to one another with respect to a longitudinal middle plane of the housing and wherein each of a plurality of ribs protruding radially outward with respect to the outer periphery of each of the screw bolts includes one threaded borehole assigned to each of the screw bolts forming the screwed connection between the covering cap and the housing.