EP0814541B1 - Elektrischer Verbinder - Google Patents

Elektrischer Verbinder Download PDF

Info

Publication number
EP0814541B1
EP0814541B1 EP19970401204 EP97401204A EP0814541B1 EP 0814541 B1 EP0814541 B1 EP 0814541B1 EP 19970401204 EP19970401204 EP 19970401204 EP 97401204 A EP97401204 A EP 97401204A EP 0814541 B1 EP0814541 B1 EP 0814541B1
Authority
EP
European Patent Office
Prior art keywords
key
male
electrical contact
channels
skirt
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Expired - Lifetime
Application number
EP19970401204
Other languages
English (en)
French (fr)
Other versions
EP0814541A1 (de
Inventor
Marie-Pierre Mortureux
Jean-Louis Duclos
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Connecteurs Cinch SA
Original Assignee
Connecteurs Cinch SA
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Connecteurs Cinch SA filed Critical Connecteurs Cinch SA
Publication of EP0814541A1 publication Critical patent/EP0814541A1/de
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of EP0814541B1 publication Critical patent/EP0814541B1/de
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical
Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

Links

Images

Classifications

    • 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
    • H01R13/40—Securing contact members in or to a base or case; Insulating of contact members
    • H01R13/42—Securing in a demountable manner
    • H01R13/436—Securing a plurality of contact members by one locking piece or operation
    • H01R13/4361—Insertion of locking piece perpendicular to direction of contact insertion
    • H01R13/4362—Insertion of locking piece perpendicular to direction of contact insertion comprising a temporary and a final locking position

Definitions

  • the present invention relates to a electrical connector.
  • the present invention relates to connectors electrics of the type comprising a housing element male with a series of channels in which are housed female electrical contact members, said male housing element being intended to be inserted in the skirt of a female housing element comprising a series of channels in each of which is housed a male electrical contact member terminated by a tab protruding into the skirt and intended to cooperate with the corresponding female electrical contact member.
  • Such connectors offer great security because they do not allow the assembly of elements housing only if the electrical contact members females are perfectly inserted into the canals.
  • One of the aims of the invention is to remedy to this disadvantage.
  • the connector according to the invention is of the type comprising a male housing element comprising a series of channels intended to receive, each, a female electrical contact member, means being provided for locking said contact members female electrical in said channels, an element female housing with a body with a series channels each intended to receive an organ for male electrical contact terminated by a tab, said body being extended by a skirt intended to receive the male housing element and in which the tongues protrude, said body having in each channel, locking bars resiliently movable and having a hook intended to cooperate with a notch of the organ of male electrical contact, the female housing element comprising a key U-shaped lock with two wings and one core, said key comprising spikes passing through its core body openings and opening into channels for cooperating with retaining members said male electrical contact members, said locking key that can occupy two positions, a pre-locking position in which the pins are cleared of the openings to allow the setting in place of the male electrical contact members in the channels and a locking position in which the pins cooperate with the retaining members, said connector being
  • the key is located near the end of the housing element opposite the skirt and on the outside of said female housing element so that it is easily maneuverable.
  • the cleats have a length such as in the pre-lock position of the key, the male housing element abutting against said cleats, the male electrical contact members and females stay away from each other.
  • Figure 1 is a perspective view of a connector according to the invention.
  • Figure 2 is also a perspective view of the connector according to the invention.
  • Figure 3 is a front elevation view of the male housing element.
  • Figure 4 is a side elevation view of the male housing element.
  • Figure 5 is a sectional view along the line 5-5 of figure 3.
  • Figure 6 is a similar sectional view in Figure 5, the key being in the locked position.
  • Figure 7 is a sectional view along the line 7-7 of figure 4.
  • Figure 8 is a plan view of the element female housing.
  • Figure 9 is an elevational view of the element female housing.
  • Figure 10 is a sectional view along line 10-10 of figure 9.
  • Figure 11 is a sectional view along line 11-11 of figure 9.
  • Figure 12 is a view similar to the figure 11, the key being locked.
  • Figure 13 is a sectional view along line 13-13 of Figure 10.
  • Figure 14 and Figure 15 are views in section showing the assembly of the two housing elements.
  • Figure 16 and Figure 17 are views in section showing the impossibility of assembly when the keys are not locked.
  • the connector shown in the figures includes an element of male housing 1 and an element of female housing 2.
  • the male housing element 1 is formed of a insulating plastic body having two lateral faces 1a and 1b, an anterior end 1c, one posterior end 1d and two side walls 1st and 1st.
  • the body is divided into a number channels 5 intended to receive, each, an organ female electrical contact 6 comprising, at one end, an elastic clamp 4 and, at the other end, crimping lugs 3 for an electrical conductor 14.
  • Each channel 5 has an insertion end 7 by which the female electrical contact member 6 is inserted and a stop 8 in the vicinity of the anterior end 1c for retaining said member, said stop being pierced an opening 9 for the passage of a tongue male 42.
  • each channel there is a bar elastic locking 11 having a hook 12 intended to cooperate with an opening 13 of the female electrical contact member 6.
  • the female electrical contact member In the wall 1f are practiced, transversely to the body, openings 15 which open out in channels 5 at an intermediate point in their length, the female electrical contact member having a thinned profiled portion 16 coming to be located in line with opening 15 and connected by a shoulder 17 to the part coming to bear against the stop 8.
  • the side faces 1a and 1b have first projections 21 and second projections 22, a U-shaped key 20 with a core 20a and two wings 20b being mounted on the body of element 1.
  • the lateral faces 1a and 1b include, each, projecting bars 24 for guiding edges of the wings 20b, while the core is provided, on its internal face, a series of pins 26 intended to fit into the openings 15.
  • Each wing 20b on its internal face at near its free edge, has a hook 27 intended to cooperate, selectively, with the first projections 21 and the second projections 22.
  • the key 20 can thus occupy a pre-locking position in which the bars 11 can play elastically and the pins 26, separated from the channels, can well be set up.
  • the face of the element 1 comprises a member 30 to ensure the locking of the two elements of case 1 and 2 when they are engaged one in the other.
  • the female housing element 2 has a body 36 with channels 37 intended to receive, each, a male electrical contact member 38 having, at one end, crimp tabs 40 for a conductor 41 and, at the other end, a tongue 42 intended to be inserted in the clamp 4.
  • Each male electrical contact member 38 has a perforation 43 and a notch 44.
  • Channels 37 have an opening introduction 45 by which the organs are inserted male electrical contacts 38 and a reduced section end 46 to limit the engagement of said male electrical contact members 38 in said channels 37, the body 36 being extended by a skirt 35 in which extend the tabs 42.
  • the skirt 35 affects a parallelepiped shape with four walls lateral 35a, 35b, 35c and 35d.
  • the skirt 35 is shaped so as to present two conduits 52 opening, on the one hand, onto the bottom and, on the other hand, on the free edge of said skirt, each duct, along the inside walls 35a and 35b, comprising a slot 53.
  • the wall 35c has a light 55 intended to receive the member 30 of the male housing element 1.
  • the body 36 on its corresponding side walls to the side walls 35a and 35b of the skirt 35, has two guide bars 56, the corresponding edge of the skirt forms a shoulder 57.
  • the edge of the wings 61 is terminated by hooks 67 intended to cooperate, selectively, with first projections 68 and second projections 69 so that the key 60 can occupy a position of pre-locking to allow the insertion of organs male electrical contact 38 in channels 37 and a locking position to block said organs in said channels.
  • each channel 37 is formed a elastic locking bar 70 having a hook 71 intended to cooperate with the notch 44.
  • the wings 61 of the key 60, on the turned side towards the skirt 35, are each extended by a cleat 75.
  • the cleats 75 are made so, in the key pre-locking position, to do protruding into the skirt 35 through the slots 53, while that in the locked position, said tabs fit fully into conduits 51.
  • Figures 14 and 15 show that when the key 20 occupies the locked position, the housing elements 1 and 2 can be assembled. In this position, the female contact organs 6 are inserted in channels 5 so that the hooks 12 cooperate with the openings 13, the pins 26 cooperating with the profiled parts 16 and the key 60 also being in the locked position.
  • Figure 16 shows on the contrary, when key 20 is not locked and key 60 being locked, that the male element 1 cannot be engaged in the skirt 35, the core of said key abuts against the free edge of the wall 35d of said skirt.
  • the cleats have a length such that if they protrude into the skirt 35, the electrical contact members of the two elements of case can not touch, if we try to engage the male element 1 in said skirt 35.

Landscapes

  • Details Of Connecting Devices For Male And Female Coupling (AREA)
  • Connector Housings Or Holding Contact Members (AREA)

Claims (2)

  1. Elektrischer Verbinder mit einem steckerartigen Gehäuselement (1), das eine Reihe von Kanälen (5) aufweist, die jeder zur Aufnahme eines buchsenartigen elektrischen Kontaktorganes (6) vorgesehen sind, wobei Mittel (11, 20) vorgesehen sind, um die genannten buchsenartigen elektrischen Kontaktorgane in den genannten Kanälen (5) zu verriegeln, ein dosenartiges Gehäuseelement (2) einen Körper (36) mit einer Reihe von Kanälen (37) aufweist, die jeder zur Aufnahme eines stiftartigen elektrischen Kontaktorganes (38) vorgesehen sind, welches in einer Zunge (42) endigt, wobei genannter Körper (36) durch ein Hemd (35) verlängert ist, das zur Aufnahme des steckerartigen Gehäuseelementes (1) vorgesehen ist und in dem sich die Zungen (32) vorspringend erstrecken, wobei genannter Körper (36) in jedem Kanal (37) Verriegelungsleisten (70) aufweist, die federnd bewegbar sind und einen Haken (71) aufweisen, der zur Zusammenwirkung mit einer Aussparung (44) des stiftartigen elektrischen Kontaktorganes (38) vorgesehen ist, wobei das buchsenartige elektrische Kontaktorgan (6) einen Verriegelungsschlüssel (60) in Form eines U mit zwei Schenkeln (61) und einem Steg (62) aufweist, welch genannter Schlüssel an seinem Steg Zähne (64) aufweist, die Öffnungen (65) des Körpers, die in die Kanäle (37) münden, durchgreifen, um mit Rückhalteorganen (43) der genannten stiftartigen elektrischen Kontaktorgane (38) zusammen zu wirken, wobei genannter Verriegelungsschlüssel (60) zwei Stellungen einnehmen kann, eine Vorverriegelungsstellung, in der die Zähne außer Eingriff mit den Öffnungen (65) sind, um das in Stellung bringen der stiftartigen elektrischen Kontaktorgane (38) in den Kanälen (37) zu ermöglichen, und eine Verriegelungsstellung, in der die Zähne mit den Rückhalteorganen (43) zusammen wirken, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Hemd (35) seitlich an zwei zueinander entgegengesetzten Enden und längs verlaufend zwei Durchführungen (51) aufweist, die sich über einen Schlitz (53) in das Hemd (35) öffnen, und dass die Schenkel (61) des Schlüssels (60) jeder einen Zapfen (75) aufweisen, welche Zapfen so ausgebildet sind, dass in der Verriegelungsstellung des Schlüssels (60) die Zapfen in den Durchgängen (51) versenkt sind, während im Gegensatz hierzu, wenn der Schlüssel (60) in der Vorverriegelungsstellung ist, die Zapfen (75) in dem Hemd (35) durch die Schlitze (53) hindurch vorspringen.
  2. Elektrischer Verbinder nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Zapfen (75) eine solche Länge haben, dass in der Vorverriegelungsstellung des Schlüssels das steckerartige Gehäuseelement (1) sich an den genannten Zapfen (75) abstützt und die stiftartigen und die buchsenartigen elektrischen Kontaktorgane voneinander entfernt bleiben.
EP19970401204 1996-06-19 1997-05-30 Elektrischer Verbinder Expired - Lifetime EP0814541B1 (de)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
FR9607630 1996-06-19
FR9607630A FR2750263B1 (fr) 1996-06-19 1996-06-19 Connecteur electrique

Publications (2)

Publication Number Publication Date
EP0814541A1 EP0814541A1 (de) 1997-12-29
EP0814541B1 true EP0814541B1 (de) 2002-11-20

Family

ID=9493215

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
EP19970401204 Expired - Lifetime EP0814541B1 (de) 1996-06-19 1997-05-30 Elektrischer Verbinder

Country Status (4)

Country Link
EP (1) EP0814541B1 (de)
DE (1) DE69717197T2 (de)
ES (1) ES2184968T3 (de)
FR (1) FR2750263B1 (de)

Families Citing this family (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE19735168C2 (de) * 1997-08-14 2001-09-20 Amphenol Tuchel Elect Elektrischer Steckverbinder
FR2790875B1 (fr) * 1999-03-08 2005-11-04 Whitaker Corp Dispositif connecteur a fiches electrique
FR2793074A1 (fr) * 1999-04-27 2000-11-03 Whitaker Corp Dispositif connecteur a fiches electrique
DE19929672B4 (de) * 1999-06-28 2004-07-29 Tyco Electronics Logistics Ag Verbinderanordnung für Koaxialleitungen
FR2965414B1 (fr) 2010-09-24 2012-10-26 Tbi Connecteur a detection d?insertion

Family Cites Families (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
JPH07114134B2 (ja) * 1990-10-12 1995-12-06 矢崎総業株式会社 端子係止具付コネクタ
US5322456A (en) * 1991-08-14 1994-06-21 Yazaki Corporation Connector with terminal retainer
JP2567134Y2 (ja) * 1993-01-22 1998-03-30 矢崎総業株式会社 二重係止コネクタ
FR2706688B1 (fr) * 1993-06-16 1995-08-25 Cinch Connecteurs Sa Elément modulaire destiné, avec d'autres éléments identiques, à constituer un élément de boîtier de connecteur électrique.

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
FR2750263B1 (fr) 1998-07-24
DE69717197T2 (de) 2003-05-08
EP0814541A1 (de) 1997-12-29
FR2750263A1 (fr) 1997-12-26
ES2184968T3 (es) 2003-04-16
DE69717197D1 (de) 2003-01-02

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
FR2730588A1 (fr) Perfectionnements aux connecteurs electriques
FR2726402A1 (fr) Perfectionnements aux connecteurs electriques
EP0292394A1 (de) Elektrische Verbindung
EP0723314B1 (de) Elektrischer Verbinder
FR2706687A1 (fr) Elément de boîtier de connecteur électrique.
FR2702889A1 (fr) Connecteur électrique .
EP0673084B1 (de) Gehäuseteil eines elektrischen Verbinders
EP0814541B1 (de) Elektrischer Verbinder
FR2568728A1 (fr) Connecteur electrique
EP0581638B1 (de) Elektrischer Verbinder
FR2803111A1 (fr) Connecteur electrique
EP0519815A1 (de) Elektrischer Steckverbinder
EP0660447B1 (de) Verbesserungen an Gehäuseteilen von elektrischen Verbindern
FR2726403A1 (fr) Connecteur electrique
FR2729508A1 (fr) Element de boitier d'un connecteur electrique
FR2774816A1 (fr) Element de boitier de connecteur electrique
FR2497007A1 (fr) Perfectionnements aux boitiers de connexions electriques et aux organes de connexion destines a equiper de tels boitiers
FR2754943A1 (fr) Connecteur electrique a verrouillage des bornes de contact
FR2638292A1 (fr) Perfectionnements aux boitiers de connexions electriques
FR2777392A1 (fr) Connecteur electrique
FR2738081A1 (fr) Connecteur electrique
FR2706688A1 (fr) Elément modulaire destiné, avec d'autres éléments identiques, à constituer un élément de boîtier de connecteur électrique.
EP0674357B1 (de) Gehäuseteilen von elektrischen Verbindern
FR2728112A1 (fr) Connecteur electrique
FR2820245A1 (fr) Connecteur a double verrouillage

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
PUAI Public reference made under article 153(3) epc to a published international application that has entered the european phase

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009012

AK Designated contracting states

Kind code of ref document: A1

Designated state(s): DE ES IT

17P Request for examination filed

Effective date: 19980213

GRAG Despatch of communication of intention to grant

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: EPIDOS AGRA

GRAG Despatch of communication of intention to grant

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: EPIDOS AGRA

GRAH Despatch of communication of intention to grant a patent

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: EPIDOS IGRA

17Q First examination report despatched

Effective date: 20020516

GRAH Despatch of communication of intention to grant a patent

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: EPIDOS IGRA

GRAA (expected) grant

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009210

AK Designated contracting states

Kind code of ref document: B1

Designated state(s): DE ES IT

REF Corresponds to:

Ref document number: 69717197

Country of ref document: DE

Date of ref document: 20030102

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: ES

Ref legal event code: FG2A

Ref document number: 2184968

Country of ref document: ES

Kind code of ref document: T3

PLBE No opposition filed within time limit

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009261

STAA Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patent

Free format text: STATUS: NO OPPOSITION FILED WITHIN TIME LIMIT

26N No opposition filed

Effective date: 20030821

PGFP Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: DE

Payment date: 20060510

Year of fee payment: 10

PGFP Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: ES

Payment date: 20060519

Year of fee payment: 10

PGFP Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: IT

Payment date: 20060531

Year of fee payment: 10

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: DE

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20071201

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: ES

Ref legal event code: FD2A

Effective date: 20070531

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: ES

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20070531

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: IT

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20070530