Patent ID: 6491531
Filing Date: 2002-12-10
Classification: H01T

Abstract:
A plug-in connector for an ignition system in a motor vehicle, comprising:a protective jacket having a first end for connecting to an ignition coil and having a second end adapted to be pushed onto an insulator of a spark plug; and a contact part situated in the protective jacket, the contact part having a first end section for connecting to the ignition coil and having a second end section for coming to rest on a terminal stud of the spark plug, the first end section having a first socket, the first socket being selectively latchable onto a coil stud of the ignition coil while the contact part is situated in the protective jacket so that the first socket can be pressed over to form a preassembly unit between the ignition coil and the plug-in connector, the second end section having a second socket, the second socket entering a latch connection on the terminal stud of the spark plug when the pre-assembly unit is set on the spark plug up to a predefined end position of the second end of the protective jacket on the insulator, the terminal stud then coming to rest on a stop of the second socket, the first socket being displaced to a press-over section on the coil stud when a set-up motion of the pre-assembly unit on the spark plug is continued while the contact part is situated in the protective jacket.