EP0367658A1 - Gehäuse für elektrische Verbindungen - Google Patents

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EP0367658A1
EP0367658A1 EP89402926A EP89402926A EP0367658A1 EP 0367658 A1 EP0367658 A1 EP 0367658A1 EP 89402926 A EP89402926 A EP 89402926A EP 89402926 A EP89402926 A EP 89402926A EP 0367658 A1 EP0367658 A1 EP 0367658A1
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José Moly
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/62—Means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts or for holding them in engagement
    • H01R13/629—Additional means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts, e.g. aligning or guiding means, levers, gas pressure electrical locking indicators, manufacturing tolerances
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/62—Means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts or for holding them in engagement
    • H01R13/629—Additional means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts, e.g. aligning or guiding means, levers, gas pressure electrical locking indicators, manufacturing tolerances
    • H01R13/631—Additional means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts, e.g. aligning or guiding means, levers, gas pressure electrical locking indicators, manufacturing tolerances for engagement only
    • H01R13/6315—Additional means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts, e.g. aligning or guiding means, levers, gas pressure electrical locking indicators, manufacturing tolerances for engagement only allowing relative movement between coupling parts, e.g. floating connection

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  • the present invention relates to electrical connection boxes comprising a male element and a corresponding female element, one of these members containing male electrical connection members and the other of the corresponding female electrical connection members.
  • one of the housing elements supports a series of male electrical connection members connected to a conductor bundle to supply various electrical devices and the other housing element supports a series of female electrical connection members corresponding to the male organs and connected to a conductor bundle to ensure the continuity of the electrical supply from the current source to the devices to be supplied.
  • the housing elements When the housing elements are assembled, it is not in principle necessary to decouple them, however, for certain applications the housing elements must be able to be separated and assembled many times, one being carried by a part. movable relative to another part carrying the other. The parts may take a certain play it may become impossible to engage the male element in the female element these being no longer aligned.
  • US Pat. No. 4,647,129 which describes a connector comprising a female housing element with conduits each having to receive a male element, the male elements being integral with a bar which has slots at each end in which are inserted from the rods of a support fixed to a wall.
  • the spacing of the rods is greater than the interval separating the bottoms of the slots so that the bar not only can slide on the rods, but also can be moved perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of said rods.
  • the bar has two elastic members folded in a hairpin and which at their free end each have a stud mounted sliding in an oblong opening of the support. To facilitate the insertion of the male elements into the conduits of the female element, the latter has guide ramps.
  • One of the aims of the present invention is to produce an electrical connection box of a much less expensive construction than that of the prior art and in which the male element can be engaged in the female element even if the defect of Alignment of these is relatively important.
  • the improvements according to the invention apply to electrical connection boxes of the type comprising a male box element intended to be engaged in the skirt of a corresponding female box element, each box element being divided into a series of channels, the channels of one of the elements being intended to receive male electrical connection members and the channels of the other element of the corresponding female connection members, at least one of the housing elements being carried by a support intended to be fixed on a holding member, so that said housing element can oscillate relative to said support and one of said housing elements comprising guide means in order to align with each other l male housing element and female housing element when inserting said male element into the skirt of the fe element melle, said improvements being characterized in that the support consists of a frame in which extends said housing element, corrugated elastic bands being inserted between the side wall of said housing element and the internal side wall of the frame.
  • the support, the housing element and the elastic bands are made in one piece from molded plastic.
  • the support comprises means for fixing it in an opening of a holding member.
  • one of the male or female housing elements has a generally rectangular shape, the support having a corresponding shape and the corrugated elastic bands extending between the external angles of said male or female housing element and the internal angles. support.
  • one of the male or female housing elements has a generally parallelepiped shape, the support having a corresponding shape and, there are provided two corrugated elastic bands extending, the first between a median intermediate point d '' a side wall of the male housing element and the corresponding internal wall of the support and the second, between a mid-point on the side wall opposite to that to which the first corrugated elastic band is connected and the corresponding internal wall of the support .
  • the corrugated elastic bands take the form of an inverted V with two wings of unequal length, the shortest wing being connected to the male or female housing element housed in the support.
  • the guide means in order to align one with respect to the other the male housing element and the housing element female, upon insertion of said male housing member into the skirt of the female housing member include a flared extension of the skirt of said female housing member.
  • the guide means in order to align one with respect to the other the male housing element and the female housing element during the insertion of said male housing element in the skirt of the female housing element comprises fingers carried by one of the housing elements and corresponding sockets carried by the other housing element.
  • the fingers are terminated by conical ends.
  • the fingers and the conical ends are formed by radial ribs with respect to an axis passing through the tip of the conical ends.
  • the housing may include stops to limit the travel of the housing element in the support.
  • the support consists of a frame, the internal surface of which comprises corrugated elastic bands connected to a plate comprising means for fixing a housing element.
  • a frame the internal surface of which comprises corrugated elastic bands connected to a plate comprising means for fixing a housing element.
  • the plate comprises fingers intended to cooperate with sockets of the corresponding housing element.
  • FIG 1 there is shown a male housing element 1 which is intended to be fixed in an opening 2 of a movable element and a female housing element 3 provided laterally with flanges 4 constituting a slide intended to engage in grooves 5 of a fixing part 6 pierced with holes 7 intended by screws to be fixed on a fixed member, this part 6 being provided with an elastic hook 8 to ensure the locking of the element 3 when it is engaged in the grooves 5.
  • part 6 is mounted on a movable member, while the element 1 is carried by a fixed part or even that the two elements 1 and 3 are carried by movable members relative to one another. to the other.
  • the female housing element 3 has a generally parallel piped shape and internally comprises three bars 10 which determine four compartments each intended to receive a case 11.
  • the cases 11 comprise the a tongue 12 intended to cooperate with grooves 13 in the compartments and pins 14 intended to engage in holes 15 in the side walls of the female element to ensure the locking of the cases 11.
  • the cases 11 are divided into a number of channels 16 each intended to receive a flat male electrical contact member 18 connected to an electrical conductor 19, said members 18 protruding at the corresponding end of the cases 11 .
  • the female housing element 3 has on the side of the introduction of the male element 1 a skirt 20 terminated by a flared part 21 which constitutes a guide means.
  • the male element 1 has a generally parallelepiped shape and internally comprises three bars 23 determining compartments each intended to receive a case provided laterally with tongues 26 intended to cooperate with grooves 28 of the male element 1, pins 27 provided laterally on the cases and being intended to engage in holes 29 of said male element 1, in order to ensure the locking of said cases 25.
  • Each case 25 comprises a series of channels corresponding to the number of channels of the cases 11 and intended to each receive a female electrical contact member 32 connected to an electrical conductor 31.
  • the male box element 1 is connected to a support 35, formed by a substantially rectangular frame, by corrugated strips 37.
  • the support 35 comprises, on two opposite faces, a ramp 38 terminated by an abrupt 39 and two legs 40 each provided with an extension 41 inclined in the direction of the abrupt 39.
  • the male housing element 1, the support 35 and the corrugated strips 37 are molded in one piece from an electrically insulating plastic material and having a certain elasticity.
  • the ramps 38 are elastically erased by means of an elastic deformation of the corresponding walls of the support, then return to their initial position when the plane of the opening is exceeded, the abrupt 39 bearing on one side of the movable element, while the extensions 41 bear against the other side.
  • Ls bands 37 extend between the outer corners of the housing member 1 and the inner corners of the support 35 and due to the corrugations they comprise the housing member 1 is mounted so as to oscillate slightly in all directions so that, when presented opposite the female element if it is slightly offset, it can, guided by the flared part 21 realign to engage the skirt 20. It is also possible to carry out the invention by mounting the female housing element 3 in a support such as the support with interposition of corrugated elastic bands 37.
  • connection box comprises a male box element 50 and a female box element 51.
  • the male housing element 50 comprises a series of channels 52 in which are housed male members 53 of electrical connections connected to conductors and, for example, of the same type as the members 18, these protruding at the end element 50.
  • the housing element 50 is integral with a plate 55 comprising two fingers 56 whose free ends are terminated by a cone 57.
  • the plate 55 is housed in a support 58 formed by a rectangular frame having two long sides 58a, 58b and two short sides 58c, 58d and having laterally, on the short sides 58c and 58d, grooves 59 enabling it to be mounted in a slot in a sheet blank, for example, one of the grooves comprising a lug 60 intended to be engaged in a hole in the sheet to ensure locking.
  • the fingers 56 are formed by ribs arranged radially with respect to an axis passing through the tip of the cone 57.
  • the plate 55 is connected to the support 58 by two elastic bands 61.
  • Each elastic band 61 has the shape of an inverted V with a wing 61a connected at a median intermediate point of the length of the plate 55 and shorter than a wing 61b connected to the corresponding side of the frame 58, the junction points of the wings 61b with the internal face of the sides 58a and 58b being offset so as to be closer to the short side 58d than to the short side 58c.
  • the plate 55 is mounted to oscillate, however, two stops 63 and 64 are provided, located at the right of the fingers 56 to limit the movement of the plate outside the plane of the frame 58, these stops being constituted by bars. extending between the sides 58a and 58b parallel to the short sides 58c and 58d.
  • the support 58, the plate 55, the elastic bands 61, the fingers 56 and the male housing element 50 are made in a single piece of molded plastic.
  • the female housing element 51 is made of molded plastic and has a body of generally parallelepiped shape with two long sides 65 and 66 and two short sides 67 and 68.
  • the rear face of the body has a series of channels 69 corresponding to the channels 52 and each intended to contain a female electrical connection member 70 connected to a flexible conductor 71, while the front face is extended by a skirt 72 intended to receive the male housing element 50.
  • the lateral sides 67 and 68 each comprise a socket 74 pierced with a cylindrical blind hole 75 opening onto the front face of the housing element 51, the blind hole 75 having a diameter making it possible to receive the finger 56.
  • the tips of the cones 57 which are projecting relative to said element 50 come to cooperate with the edge of the opening of the blind holes 75 and ensure the alignment of the two housing elements which can thus be inserted one into the other.
  • the fingers 56 are carried by the plate 55 secured to the male housing element 50 and the sockets 74 by the female housing element 51, one could perfectly provide a different mounting, for example, the sockets 74 on the element male housing 50 and the fingers on the female housing element 51 or else a finger 56 and a socket 74 on the male housing element 50 and a finger 56 and a socket 74 on the female housing element 51.
  • FIG 7 there is shown an alternative embodiment of the invention in which the male housing element 80 is constituted by an independent member with channels 81 in which are housed male members 82 of electrical connections.
  • the element 80 is intended to be fixed on a support 90 of the same type as the support 58 (FIG. 4) and which is provided with two elastic bands 91 connected to a plate 92 provided with fingers 93.
  • the plate 92 has a central opening 94 with, on two opposite sides, perforations 95 intended to receive lugs 96 corresponding to the element 80.
  • perforations 95 intended to receive lugs 96 corresponding to the element 80.

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