EP4143926B1 - Connecteur mâle doté d'un dispositif de verrouillage - Google Patents

Connecteur mâle doté d'un dispositif de verrouillage Download PDF

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EP4143926B1
EP4143926B1 EP21720431.2A EP21720431A EP4143926B1 EP 4143926 B1 EP4143926 B1 EP 4143926B1 EP 21720431 A EP21720431 A EP 21720431A EP 4143926 B1 EP4143926 B1 EP 4143926B1
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Josef Bauer
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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
    • H01R13/62933—Comprising exclusively pivoting lever
    • H01R13/62955—Pivoting lever comprising supplementary/additional locking means
    • 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
    • H01R13/62933—Comprising exclusively pivoting lever
    • H01R13/62938—Pivoting lever comprising own camming means

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  • the invention relates to a connector with a locking device for locking the connector with a mating connector inserted as intended or a plug connection consisting of a connector and a mating connector that can be inserted into the connector.
  • the invention is therefore based on the object of overcoming the aforementioned disadvantages and providing a connector with a locking device, the locking device of which is held in a proper position or setting during the plugging process.
  • a connector with a locking device for locking the connector with a mating connector that is plugged in as intended is proposed, as defined by claim 1.
  • the connector has a housing on which the locking device is rotatably mounted.
  • the locking device forms at least one elastically deformable latching hook or has such a hook.
  • the housing Corresponding to the at least one latching hook, the housing has a latching recess for each latching hook.
  • the locking device can be locked on the housing by means of the respective locking hook being deflected into the respective associated locking recess in a predetermined rotational position relative to the housing and can thus be fixed as soon as the locking device has been actuated into a predetermined plug-in position.
  • the at least one locking hook that has been locked into the respective locking recess is accordingly in its locking position.
  • the at least one locking hook is also designed to be released from its locking position, which has been deflected into the respective locking recess, by an unlocking means of the mating connector when the plug connector is plugged into the mating connector, in that the at least one locking hook is at least partially pressed out of the respective associated locking recess by the unlocking means.
  • the locking device with the locking hook released from the locking position can be rotated from the plug position into a locking position when the mating connector is plugged into the plug connector as intended. In the locking position, the connector and the mating connector are locked or fixed to each other by the locking device.
  • the basic inventive idea is that the locking device is locked in a predetermined plug-in position by the elastic locking hook(s), so that a mating connector can be plugged into the connector as intended and the locking device does not hinder the plug-in process. Only when the mating connector is plugged in as intended, i.e. correctly, can the locking device be released from its plug-in position and brought into the locking position in which the connector and mating connector are locked or fixed to one another.
  • the locking hooks should be released or unlocked automatically during the plug-in process and should not require any additional work steps when establishing the plug connection.
  • the locking device is a bracket that at least partially surrounds the housing.
  • the bracket can be designed integrally with a lever. It is also preferably provided that the locking device has two latching hooks, which are provided on opposing bracket legs. A lever arm can extend from each bracket leg to a common lever section.
  • a variant is particularly advantageous for the assembly of the connector in which the housing has two opposing bearing pins with a coding nose and the locking device has two opposing bearing recesses that correspond to the bearing pins and the coding nose. Furthermore, the locking device can be arranged in a predetermined assembly position and preferably only in the predetermined assembly position with its bearing recesses on the bearing pins of the housing, so that the locking device is rotatably mounted on the housing.
  • bearing pins do not have a coding lug, which simplifies assembly but carries the risk that the locking device can be inadvertently dismantled from the housing.
  • the locking device has a primary lock for locking the connector to the mating connector.
  • the primary lock is designed to lock the connector and the mating connector to one another or to fix them to one another in the locking position of the locking device.
  • the primary locking device has a pre-locking position and a final locking position, wherein the primary locking device is engaged with a corresponding element, such as a locking pin mentioned below, without locking the plug connector and the mating plug connector, and only locks them together in the final locking position. It is also advantageous if the primary locking device is in the pre-locking position during the plugging process, before or when the at least one latching hook is released from its latching position, which is sprung into the respective latching recess, by the unlocking means of the mating plug connector.
  • a corresponding element such as a locking pin mentioned below
  • the primary locking is a guide recess which is designed to receive a locking pin of the mating connector that corresponds to the guide recess during the plugging process and to guide the locking pin along a predetermined joining path when the locking device is rotated from the plugging position into the locking position.
  • a guide recess can also be referred to as a guide track.
  • the locking device has a secondary locking mechanism for locking the primary locking mechanism.
  • the secondary locking mechanism is preferably designed to fix the locking device to the housing in the locking position and to secure it against rotation relative to the housing.
  • the locking device is designed, for example, as a bracket with a lever integrated therein, the secondary device can be implemented as a slider provided on the lever or on the lever section, which in the locking position can be moved or locked into a counter element of the housing, fixing the lever to the housing, wherein the counter element can be designed or arranged on an outer side of the housing.
  • the locking device has stop elements.
  • the stop elements which can also be formed integrally with or on the locking hooks or formed by the locking hooks, can be brought into contact with limiting surfaces or limiting elements formed by the housing, by which the rotation of the locking device relative to the housing is limited.
  • the rotation of the locking device is preferably limited in such a way that it can only be rotated between the plug-in position and the locking position. Any assembly position in which the locking device can be attached to and stored on the housing is provided accordingly at a rotation angle between the rotation angles of the plug-in position and the locking position.
  • the angle of rotation by which the locking device can be rotated between the plug-in position and the locking position is preferably between 120° and 60°, more preferably 90°.
  • the locking device is designed in one piece.
  • it is formed by a bent sheet metal or by injection molding, in particular plastic injection molding, wherein the elasticity of the locking hooks is provided by the locking hooks being as or at the end of elongated, springy locking arms.
  • the connector also has a plug face and a groove that runs around the plug face at least in sections, into which a projection of the mating connector that corresponds to the groove can be brought into engagement during the plugging process.
  • the groove and the projection that can be introduced through it can provide a guide function for the plugging process.
  • the groove together with the projection can seal the plug face or the plug connection from the environment, for which purpose additional sealing means can also be provided in the groove or on the projection.
  • the respective latching recess extends into the groove or is open to it and the at least one latching hook extends into the latching recess and from there into the groove as a result of the spring compression of the respective latching hook or in its latching position latched into the latching recess.
  • the at least one latching hook is designed to be released from its latching position, which is sprung into the respective latching recess, during a plugging process of the plug connector with the mating plug connector by an unlocking means formed integrally by the projection of the mating plug connector.
  • guide bevels can be provided on the at least one latching hook, which run in the groove when the respective latching hook is in the latching position and against which the unlocking means can come into contact.
  • the guide bevels can be used to specifically promote and control the pressing or pushing of the latching hooks out of the grooves or out of the latching position.
  • the connector is designed to be plugged into the mating connector along a plugging direction, wherein in a likewise advantageous embodiment it is provided that an axis of rotation for a rotation of the locking device relative to the housing is orthogonal to the plugging direction or orthogonal to the plugging axis along which the plugging direction runs.
  • the connector is designed to be plugged into the mating connector along a plugging direction, wherein the connector is preferably an angled connector in which cables of the connector can be inserted into the housing orthogonal to the plugging direction.
  • a further aspect of the invention relates to a plug connection with a connector according to the invention and a mating connector which can be plugged into the connector.
  • the figures are exemplary schematics.
  • the same reference numerals in the figures indicate the same functional and/or structural features.
  • the figures each show a connector 1 in different views and with a locking device 2 in a different position, wherein in the Figures 3 to 7 Furthermore, a mating connector 3 is shown, which does not belong to the connector 1 but to the plug connection.
  • a mating connector 3 is shown, which does not belong to the connector 1 but to the plug connection.
  • FIG 1 is a connector 1 with a locking device 2 in isometric view and in Figure 2 shown in side view.
  • the locking device 2 is designed as a bracket with an integral lever, which has two opposite legs, on each of which a bearing recess 22 is provided.
  • a lever arm extends from the opposite legs or bracket legs to a common lever section.
  • These bearing recesses 22 each correspond to a bearing pin 12 formed on the housing 10.
  • a coding lug 13 is provided on each of the bearing pins 12, which is taken into account by means of a shaping of the bearing recesses 22, so that the locking device 2 can only be pushed onto the bearing pin 12 at a predetermined angle with the bearing recesses 22 via the coding lug 13.
  • the predetermined angle is identified here as ⁇ ' by way of example and is 30° by way of example.
  • the locking device 2 is therefore in the assembly position. If the locking device 2 is rotated, the shape or outer contour of the bearing recess 22 no longer overlaps with the coding lug 13, so that the locking device 2 can no longer be removed from the housing 10.
  • the primary locking mechanism which in this case is formed by a guide recess 23, is aligned in a predetermined position so that when a mating connector 3 is plugged into the connector 1, a locking pin 33 corresponding to the guide recess 23 engages in the guide recess 23 in a predetermined manner.
  • a projection 36 which in this case acts integrally as an unlocking means 31, is guided into a groove 16 that completely surrounds a plug face 14 of the connector 1.
  • the locking recesses 11 extend into the groove 16, with the locking hooks 21 also protruding into the groove 16 in their locking position extending into the locking recesses 11.
  • the projection 36 pushes the locking hooks 21 out of the groove 16, with the locking pin 33 already engaging with the guide recess 23.
  • guide bevels 26 can also be provided on the locking hooks 21, as shown, which come into contact with the projection 36 when the mating connector 3 is inserted and are pressed outwards with the locking hook 21.
  • the locking device 2 can be moved from the plug-in position into the Figures 6 and 7 shown locking position.
  • a stop element 25 is formed on the locking device 2, which in the plug-in position rests against the housing 10 or a boundary surface 15 formed by the latter and prevents rotation away from the locking position or rotation over an angle of more than 90° between the locking device 2 and the housing 10.
  • the locking pin 33 is guided in or through the guide recess 23 from a pre-locking position to a final locking position and the mating connector 3 is thereby guided further into the connector 1 and into its final position.
  • a contact force can also be built up between the connector 1 and the mating connector 3 through the guide recess 23 or through the primary locking.
  • bracket or a lever section of the locking device 2 comes into contact with the housing 10 and the angle or angle of rotation between the locking device 2 and the housing 10 is thus 0°.
  • a secondary lock 24 is also provided in the lever section of the locking device 2, which is designed as a slider in the present case.
  • the slider can be moved with the locking device 2 in the locking position and locked to the housing 10, so that the locking device 2 can no longer be rotated out of the locking position without releasing the secondary lock 24.

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  1. Connecteur mâle (1) doté d'un dispositif de verrouillage (2) destiné à verrouiller le connecteur mâle (1) à un connecteur mâle homologue (3) enfiché de manière prévue, le connecteur mâle (1) présentant un boîtier (10) sur lequel le dispositif de verrouillage (2) est monté de manière rotative, le dispositif de verrouillage (2) formant au moins un crochet d'encliquetage (21) élastiquement déformable, le boîtier (10) comportant un évidement d'encliquetage (11) pour chaque crochet d'encliquetage (21) et le dispositif de verrouillage (2) pouvant être encliqueté et fixé sur le boîtier (10) dans une position de rotation prédéterminée par rapport au boîtier (10) au moyen d'une insertion élastique du crochet d'encliquetage (21) respectif dans l'évidement d'encliquetage (11) dès que le dispositif de verrouillage (2) a été actionné dans une position d'enfichage prédéterminée, ledit au moins un crochet d'encliquetage (21) étant conçu, lors d'une opération d'enfichage du connecteur mâle (1) dans le connecteur mâle homologue (3), pour être libéré de sa position d'encliquetage insérée élastiquement dans l'évidement d'encliquetage (11) respectif par un moyen de déverrouillage (31) du connecteur mâle homologue (3), en faisant en sorte que ledit au moins un crochet d'encliquetage (21) soit repoussé au moins partiellement hors de l'évidement d'encliquetage (11) par le moyen de déverrouillage (31), et le dispositif de verrouillage (2), avec des crochets d'encliquetage (21) libérés de la position d'encliquetage, pouvant être mis en rotation, dans le cas d'un connecteur mâle homologue (3) enfiché de manière prévue dans le connecteur mâle (1), de la position d'enfichage à une position de verrouillage à laquelle le connecteur mâle (1) et le connecteur mâle homologue (3) sont verrouillés l'un à l'autre par le dispositif de verrouillage (2), caractérisé en ce que le connecteur mâle (1) présente une face d'enfichage (14) et une rainure (16) entourant au moins par sections la face d'enfichage (14), dans laquelle, lors de l'opération d'enfichage, une saillie (36), correspondant à la rainure (16), du connecteur mâle homologue (3) peut être amenée en prise et l'évidement d'encliquetage (11) s'étend jusque dans la rainure (16) et ledit au moins un crochet d'encliquetage (21) s'étend jusque dans la rainure (16) du fait de l'insertion élastique du crochet d'encliquetage (21) respectif dans l'évidement d'encliquetage (11).
  2. Connecteur mâle (1) selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif de verrouillage (2) est un étrier qui entoure au moins partiellement le boîtier (10).
  3. Connecteur mâle (1) selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que le boîtier (10) comporte deux tourillons de palier (12) opposés l'un à l'autre avec un ergot de codage (13), le dispositif de verrouillage (2) présentant deux évidements de palier (22) opposés l'un à l'autre et correspondant respectivement aux tourillons (12) et à l'ergot de codage (13), et le dispositif de verrouillage (2) pouvant être disposé dans une position de montage prédéterminée avec ses évidements de palier (22) sur les tourillons de palier (12) du boîtier (10) et le dispositif de verrouillage (2) étant ainsi monté de manière rotative sur le boîtier (10).
  4. Connecteur mâle (1) selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif de verrouillage (2) comporte un verrouillage primaire destiné à verrouiller le connecteur mâle (1) au connecteur mâle homologue (3), qui est conçu pour verrouiller l'un à l'autre le connecteur mâle (1) et le connecteur mâle homologue (3) dans la position de verrouillage du dispositif de verrouillage (2).
  5. Connecteur mâle (1) selon la revendication précédente, caractérisé en ce que le verrouillage primaire est un évidement de guidage (23) qui est conçu pour recevoir, pendant l'opération d'enfichage, un tourillon de verrouillage (33) du connecteur mâle homologue (3) correspondant à l'évidement de guidage (23) et pour guider le tourillon de verrouillage (33) le long d'une course d'assemblage prédéterminée lors d'une rotation du dispositif de verrouillage (2) de la position d'enfichage à la position de verrouillage.
  6. Connecteur mâle (1) selon l'une des revendications 4 ou 5 précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif de verrouillage (2) comporte un verrouillage secondaire (24) destiné à verrouiller le verrouillage primaire.
  7. Connecteur mâle (1) selon la revendication précédente, caractérisé en ce que le verrouillage secondaire (24) est conçu pour fixer le dispositif de verrouillage (2) au boîtier (10) dans la position de verrouillage et pour l'empêcher de tourner par rapport au boîtier (10).
  8. Connecteur mâle (1) selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif de verrouillage (2) forme des éléments de butée (25) qui peuvent être amenés en appui sur des surfaces de délimitation (15) formées par le boîtier (10), au moyen desquelles une capacité de rotation du dispositif de verrouillage (2) par rapport au boîtier (10) est limitée.
  9. Connecteur mâle (1) selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif de verrouillage (2) est réalisé en une seule pièce.
  10. Connecteur mâle (1) selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le connecteur mâle (1) est conçu pour être enfiché dans le connecteur mâle homologue (3) le long d'une direction d'enfichage et dans lequel un axe de rotation permettant une rotation du dispositif de verrouillage (2) par rapport au boîtier (10) est orthogonal à la direction d'enfichage.
  11. Connecteur mâle (1) selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le connecteur mâle (1) est conçu pour être enfiché dans le connecteur mâle homologue (3) le long d'une direction d'enfichage et dans lequel le connecteur mâle (1) est un connecteur mâle coudé permettant d'introduire des câbles dans le boîtier (10) perpendiculairement à la direction d'enfichage.
  12. Connecteur comprenant un connecteur mâle (1) selon l'une des revendications précédentes et un connecteur mâle homologue (3).
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