EP0926770B1 - Verbindungsvorrichtung mit rechtwinkliger Zusammenfügung, abgedichteter Stecker mit gesicherter doppelter Verriegelung - Google Patents

Verbindungsvorrichtung mit rechtwinkliger Zusammenfügung, abgedichteter Stecker mit gesicherter doppelter Verriegelung Download PDF

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EP0926770B1
EP0926770B1 EP98450020A EP98450020A EP0926770B1 EP 0926770 B1 EP0926770 B1 EP 0926770B1 EP 98450020 A EP98450020 A EP 98450020A EP 98450020 A EP98450020 A EP 98450020A EP 0926770 B1 EP0926770 B1 EP 0926770B1
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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
    • H01R13/02—Contact members
    • H01R13/025—Contact members formed by the conductors of a cable end
    • 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
    • H01R13/405—Securing in non-demountable manner, e.g. moulding, riveting

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  • the present invention relates to a connection device perpendicular between two elements, as well as the waterproof connector and double locking obtained.
  • connection devices that allow establishing reliable, inexpensive and removable electrical connections, generally one of the parts forming part of a fixed network and the other being able be removed for replacement.
  • connection devices withstand vibrations without losing pressure contact that ensures electrical continuity, that they mount easily without there being any errors during the installation, whether they are waterproof and they benefit from a highly reliable mechanical interlock.
  • connection devices are frequently located in hard-to-reach places, which forces the designer to make special connection configurations.
  • connection device should preferably be waterproof when it is used in an automotive engine compartment and preferably include double locking to maintain the position, even in extreme conditions.
  • the present invention aims to overcome these drawbacks and the device connection according to the invention is reliable, at a compatible cost price especially with the prices of supplies for the automotive market, a Easy and quick assembly without possibility of error during said assembly.
  • This device also provides a reliable mechanical connection and disassembly easy.
  • the electrical connection device with socket perpendicular to a male part comprising at least one contact of electrical connection with elastic blades forming a clamp, arranged in a housing contact carrier, said male part being fitted into a closed part comprising at least one contact under blade shape, carried by a base, said elastic blades forming a clamp contact (s) placed on either side of the thickness of the corresponding blade of the contact of the female part.
  • the contact (s) consist of a zone stripped of a metal strip elongated in a direction perpendicular to the axis of nesting of the male part in the female part.
  • This band metal of the contact (s) is inserted in an insulating base which is overmolding, the bare area corresponding to a savings of said overmolding.
  • the device comprises at least two bands metallic, these two juxtaposed metal bands being separated between them by an insulating partition coming from molding with the insulating base.
  • each blade of the contact (s) of the female part includes a contact surface delimited by two folds transverse which allow an offset of said surface relative to the axis longitudinal of the base.
  • the contact-carrying case comprises first means and second means for locking the female contact (s) on each blade corresponding.
  • the invention also relates to the corresponding electrical connector, to perpendicular interlocking which comprises a matrix in which is integrated the whole of the base and the contacts of the female part, said matrix being provided with a housing with a conjugate profile of the head of the contact-carrying case and sealing means.
  • connection device comprising a female part 10 and a male part 12, provided to cooperate by latching with each other, sealing means 14 and means 16 clamping.
  • the female part 10 comprises two contacts 18, each in the form of a blade, held in an insulating base 20.
  • This blade is made in an elongated metal strip in a direction perpendicular to the axis of connection.
  • This base is advantageously made of plastic overmolded on most of the blades except for savings during overmolding, defining a stripped connection zone 21 where the contact blades 18 are released.
  • the contacts are shown twice in Figure 1, one outside the base and the other integrated in the base but only one pair of contacts is needed for the illustrated embodiment.
  • each blade of contact 18 comprises two transverse folds 22, 22 ′ which determine for each a boss or flat 24 thus defining two contact surfaces comprising on one of their common edges a thinned lip 26 facilitating the introduction of a complementary contact described later.
  • This boss or flat is offset from the longitudinal axis of the base to form a projection allowing free access to each of the surfaces thus defined.
  • the male part 12 comprises a contact-carrying case 28 with a cell 30, a front end 32 and means 34 for receiving clamping means 16.
  • FIGS. 2A and 2B To describe the elements carried by the body and the head, we refer in FIGS. 2A and 2B in which the identical elements bear the same references.
  • the cells 30 of the contact carrier 28 receive two contacts females 36, only one of them being visible in FIG. 2B, sectional view longitudinal.
  • each female contact 36 includes, at the front, elastic blades 37 forming a clamp, generally folding and intended to cooperate with the surfaces of the flat 24 of the contact 18, in the latched position as will be explained later. It can be seen that the blades 18 are well oriented perpendicular to the axis socket housing 28 contact carrier
  • Each of the contacts 36 is extended, at the rear, by a zone 38 of connection with an electric wire 40.
  • the device advantageously comprises a seal 42.
  • Each of the contacts 36 is immobilized in the cell 30 of the housing contact carrier by a first locking means 44.
  • This first locking means comprises a latch 46 which can take a first position in which it is lifted, as seen in FIG. 5, to let the contact pass and a second position in which it is straight to immobilize the contact in the socket 30.
  • a second locking means 48 is further provided which is linked in its operation with the first means 44.
  • This second means comprises a plate 50 movable in translation relative to the cell 30, between a first position, on the front, to come into abutment on the female part as well that will be explained later and a second position, on the back, after snap-fastening, to be lodged between the inner surface of the cell 30 of the contact carrier and the latch 46 so as to prohibit lifting of the latter, thus constituting a double locking of each contact.
  • the head 32 has a cylindrical profile from which the central part has been released to allow the passage of the insulating base 20.
  • the body 30 of the contact-carrying case also carries a flange 62 ring adapted to receive an O-ring type 64 which constitutes the sealing means 14 between the male and female parts.
  • the means 16 of clamping comprises two lateral pins, 66 and 68 arranged on either side of the cell 30 of the contact holder housing and a fixing flange 70.
  • the first lug 66 consists of an axis 72 around which can pivot one end of the mounting flange and the second lug 68 is consisting of a stud 74 with a conjugate profile of the free end of the flange for ensure elastic locking.
  • This fixing flange 70 comprises two ears 76 bent in a V to ensure an elastic restoring effect of the male part on the female part, by allowing the seal 64 to be crushed so that it fulfills its function.
  • the assembly of the base 20 and the blades of the female part is embedded in a matrix 75 of polymer material which has a housing 76 provided for receive the head 32 of the contact-carrying box and a range 78, peripheral to this housing, designed to receive in support the O-ring 64.
  • the male part is presented which includes the cell 30 of the contact holder box with a pair of contacts 36 inside. mounting, the contacts are pushed towards the head 32 of the contact carrier until each of the contacts raise the latch 46 projecting into the cell 30 then lock on the front thereof.
  • the latch 46 is found in the straight position as shown in Figures 2A and 2B. The first lock 44 is in place.
  • the latch 46 remains raised which puts it in the position shown on the figure 5. We note in this position that the contacts are not in abutment and can be removed or can be pushed back freely.
  • the two parties male 12 and female 10 are brought together and the head 32 of the male part penetrates in the housing 76 formed in the matrix 75 supporting the base 20. Simultaneously, the blades 37 of the contacts 36 slide on either side of the contact surface 24 of the corresponding blade 18 of the female part.
  • the head 32 provides guidance relative to the base 20.
  • Double locking is ensured during this approach movement and snap.
  • the plate 50 comes to bear on a part 51 coming from molding with the base, which has the effect of causing the translation of this same insert and push it between the latch 46 and the inner face of the cell 30 of the contact holder box, which ensures the immobilization thereof upright contact locking position.
  • Part 51 also provides the insulation of the two blades 18 by forming a partition.

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Claims (10)

  1. Elektrische Verbindungsvorrichtung mit rechtwinkliger Zusammenfügung eines Steckerteils (12) mit mindestens einem in einem Kontaktträgergehäuse (28) angeordneten elektrischen Verbindungskontakt (36) mit eine Zange bildenden elastischen Federn, in ein Buchsenteil (10), das mindestens einen Federkontakt (18) aufweist, der von einem Sockel getragen wird, wobei die zangenförmigen elastischen Federn des Kontakts oder der Kontakte sich zu beiden Seiten der Dicke der entsprechenden Feder des Buchsenkontaktes (18) anordnen.
  2. Elektrische Verbindungsvorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Kontakt oder die Kontakte (18) einen Bereich (21) aufweisen, in dem ein sich in einer Richtung senkrecht zur Steckrichtung des Steckerteils (12) in den Buchsenteil (10) erstreckender länglicher Metallstreifen freigelegt ist.
  3. Elektrische Verbindungsvorrichtung nach Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass zu beiden Seiten des freigelegten Bereichs (21) der Metallstreifen des oder der Kontakte in einen isolierenden Grundkörper (20) eingefügt ist.
  4. Elektrische Verbindungsvorrichtung nach Anspruch 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der isolierende Grundkörper (20) ein Spritzgusskörper ist, und der freigelegte Bereich (21) eine Aussparung in dem Spritzgusskörper darstellt.
  5. Elektrische Verbindungsvorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 3 oder 4, gekennzeichnet durch mindestens zwei Metallstreifen (18), wobei zwei nebeneinander angeordnete Metallstreifen voneinander durch eine isolierende Zwischenwand (51) getrennt sind, die während des Vergießens mit dem isolierenden Grundkörper (20) entstanden ist.
  6. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorstehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass jede Feder des Kontakts (18) oder der Kontakte (18) des Buchsenteils eine Kontaktoberfläche (24) aufweist, die durch zwei Querknickungen (22, 22') eingegrenzt sind, die die Kontaktflächen gegenüber der Längsachse des Grundkörpers versetzen.
  7. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorstehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Kontaktträgergehäuse erste (44) und zweite (50) Mittel zur Verriegelung des Steckkontaktes (36) oder der Steckkontakte (36) auf jeder entsprechenden Feder (18), die die Buchsenkontakte bilden, aufweist.
  8. Elektrischer Verbinder mit rechtwinkliger Zusammenfügung mit einer Vorrichtung zum Verbinden nach einem der vorstehenden Ansprüche, gekennzeichnet durch eine Aufnahme (74), in der der Grundkörper (20) und die Kontakte (18) des Buchsenteils integriert sind, wobei die Aufnahme mit einem Lager (76) in komplementärer Form zu dem Kopf (32) des Kontaktträgergehäuses versehen ist und Dichtungsmittel (14) aufweist.
  9. Elektrischer Verbinder nach Anspruch 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Dichtungsmittel (14) einen Dichtring (64) auf deren Steckerteil (12) aufweisen, der gegen eine Schulter (78) in der Halterung gepresst wird.
  10. Elektrischer Verbinder nach Anspruch 8 oder 9, gekennzeichnet durch Mittel (16) zum Anflanschen des Steckerteils (12) an den Buchsenteil (10).
EP98450020A 1997-12-17 1998-12-16 Verbindungsvorrichtung mit rechtwinkliger Zusammenfügung, abgedichteter Stecker mit gesicherter doppelter Verriegelung Expired - Lifetime EP0926770B2 (de)

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FR9716539A FR2772522B1 (fr) 1997-12-17 1997-12-17 Dispositif de connexion a emboitement perpendiculaire, connecteur etanche a double verrouillage obtenu
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US09/300,171 US6270368B1 (en) 1997-12-17 1999-04-27 Connection device with perpendicular interlocking tight connector with double locking obtained

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