CA1117196A - Plug-in unit for printed circuit boards - Google Patents
Plug-in unit for printed circuit boardsInfo
- Publication number
- CA1117196A CA1117196A CA000331713A CA331713A CA1117196A CA 1117196 A CA1117196 A CA 1117196A CA 000331713 A CA000331713 A CA 000331713A CA 331713 A CA331713 A CA 331713A CA 1117196 A CA1117196 A CA 1117196A
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- Prior art keywords
- holder
- plug
- sockets
- front plate
- socket
- 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.)
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Classifications
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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
- H01R12/00—Structural associations of a plurality of mutually-insulated electrical connecting elements, specially adapted for printed circuits, e.g. printed circuit boards [PCB], flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures, e.g. terminal strips, terminal blocks; Coupling devices specially adapted for printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures; Terminals specially adapted for contact with, or insertion into, printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures
- H01R12/70—Coupling devices
- H01R12/71—Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures
- H01R12/72—Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures coupling with the edge of the rigid printed circuits or like structures
- H01R12/722—Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures coupling with the edge of the rigid printed circuits or like structures coupling devices mounted on the edge of the printed circuits
- H01R12/727—Coupling devices presenting arrays of contacts
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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
- H01R13/40—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
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- Coupling Device And Connection With Printed Circuit (AREA)
- Mounting Of Printed Circuit Boards And The Like (AREA)
- Tests Of Electronic Circuits (AREA)
Abstract
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
An electrical socket assembly, to be mounted on a printed circuit board or similar support to form a plug-in unit, has a front plate with openings for plugs, a socket holder integral with the rear of the front plate , and electrical sockets in the holder, accessible through the openings in the front plate. The rear of the holder is open so that different socket arrangements can be inserted. It is closed in use by a snap-on cover with openings through which connection pins of the sockets extend.
An electrical socket assembly, to be mounted on a printed circuit board or similar support to form a plug-in unit, has a front plate with openings for plugs, a socket holder integral with the rear of the front plate , and electrical sockets in the holder, accessible through the openings in the front plate. The rear of the holder is open so that different socket arrangements can be inserted. It is closed in use by a snap-on cover with openings through which connection pins of the sockets extend.
Description
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This .invenl:ion relate~; to a plug-in uni-t :for prin-ted c:ircuit boarcls.
Kno-.~n p:Lug-in units consis-ts ol a system of plates and supports -to which -the front encl of a printed clrcul~
board i.s fixecl, a strip plug being fixed to the rear end of -the prin-ted circuit board. The edges of the printed circui-t board themselves ac-t as slide guides, and -this plug--in unit is slidably disposed in an appliance provided with guides, for example in ~ron-t of -the appliance switchgear cabinet. In such a case, it is known to provide such plug-in units with test connections in order to be able to carry out measurements in the rear region of the switchgear cabinet. For -this purpose, individual tes-t sockets are disposed as required on the printed circuit board, for which individual insertion openings, plug sockets and -the like are provided on the plates and supports in the fron-t region of the plug-in unit, and a perforated fron-t plate is used.
The disadvan-tage of this is -that when fitting a plug-in uni-t with -tes-t connections, -the parts have -to be construc-ted in accordance wi-th the requirements of the particular case, i.e. individual construction of the parts is necessary in practice, and assembly is difficult, because several different parts have to be exactly adap-ted to each other.
11~7196 The objec,t oL'-l,h~ present invent:ion :is -to prov:ide a plug-:Ln unl-t o:C t~lC sa:id type ~ wh:i,ch ls par1;:icular1y 5 imple to c onstruct and assemb'le.
According to the inven-tion .rl holder is moulded on-to -the rear of the front plate and in one piece there-wi-th, into wh:ich holder plug socket sets are inserted, the holder being closed by a cover provi.ded with through openings for the connection pins of the plug socke-ts.
By means of -this arrangement, a plug-in U]lit serving purely for -tes-t purposes is provided, the component parts of which can be mass produced. Assembly is simple, as the perfora-ted front pla-te is cons-tructed at -the outset in one piece with the holder for -the plug socket sets.
Required connection modifications of any type can then be obtained in a simple manner by using the various plug socket sets which are commercially available. Thus the various plug socke-t sets are inserted in-to -the holder in the required manner, and -the holder is -then closed simply by means of the cover. Particularly simple assembly is a-ttained if -the cover is made so that i-t can be snapped on.
The present invention also provides an electrical socket assembly, comprising an elonga-te housing and a plurality of elec-trical sockets in the housing, which housing comprises a ~ront pla-te, a socket holder in-tegral with the front pla-te at the rear of the la-t-ter, the fron-t : , :
' ' ~i7~L9~
pla-te h~vi~g openings al:igned w.i.th the sockets f`or i.nser-tion of plugs, the holder belng open a-t the rear for i.n,sertion of -the socke-ts .in -the housing, and a cove~r closing the ho:Lder and provicled with openings through which extend connec-ti.on pins electrica].ly connec-ted to the socket~
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The inven-t.i.on further provides an electrical plug-in assembly comprising a suppor-t member with a pa.ir of parallel edges for sliding insertion in-to receiving guides, and an electrical socket assembly extending along a further edge region of the support member between the said parallel edges, which socket assembly includes a front plate provided with holes for receiving connec-tor plugs, a socket holder formed integrally wi-th the front plate at the rear of the latter, a plurali-ty of connector sockets in the holder and aligned with respective holes :: : in the front pla-te, the holder being open at its rear for insertion of the sockets, and a cover closing the rear of -the holder and provided with through openings through which extend connection pins electrically connected to the sockets.
Embodiments of -the invention are described in greater detail hereinafter with reference to -the accompanying drawings in which:-Fig. 1 is an exploded view of a firs-t plug-in unit according to the inven-tion, ., .
r!`,ig. 2 sll~ws a detL~ o:C i~ L i.n sect:ion, Fig. i showf; a secor)cl arrang~men-t ~!obo~ying, the invcntion, and Fig. ~ shows a thir~ arrangement ernbodying the invention.
The plug-in uni-t shown in ]?igs~ 1 and 2 comprises an insula-ting plastics housing 10 wi,th a fron-t plate 1 with a handle 2 and provided with a plural,i-ty of` bores 3 through which the plugs 9 of test and measurement equipment to be connected can be plugged.
On -the rear of the fron-t plate 1 -there is integrally moulded in one piece a holder 4 in which commercially available plug socke-ts or socket sets 11 can be inser-ted in any desired number and combination, in such a manner that the socket se-ts lie behind respective pairs of bores 3. Only one socket se-t is shown in Fig. 2.
The socke-ts of the plug socket sets are provided wi-th relatively short connection pins 5 in -the illustrated embodiment. Each se-t may comprise -two (or more) sockets made from one piece of sheet me-tal.
After inserting the socket sets 11 into -the holder 4 ~ the latter is closed by a cover 6 which is pref'erably ; snapped onto the holder 4. The cover 6 is provided with ~ ~ through openings 12 for the connec-tion pins 5, ~171~6 :I:n the :i:llusl;ratc(l embodirnent, the front end 13 or a prin-ted circuit ~oar~ 7 is scre~le~ to the Cront plat~
whereas to the rear encl of -the printed circuit board 7 -there is scre~7ed a strip plug ~i which acts as the co~lec-tor to the rear part or an appliance, and in par-ticular to -the swi-tchgear cabine-t Gf the appliance.
In the illustratecl embodimen-t, -the connection pins 5 of -the socke-ts are bent at right angles and are plugged into the prin-ted circuit board 7, thus becoming electrically connec-ted thereto. The plug strip 8 is electrically connected -to the printed circuit board 7 in a corresponding manner.
The socket se-ts are located in alignment with -the openings 3 by locating partitions 14 moulded as part of the holder 4, and by the cover 6.
In use,the upper and lower edges 15, 16 of the printed circuit board 7 are slid into guides in an appliance, and the plug strip 8 makes contact with a fixed socke-t strip connected to the circuitry of -the appliance.
As an alterna-tive to the aforesaid embodiment, it is possible to make the connection pins 5 of the sockets of -the socket sets so long -tha-t they can be directly connected -to -the plugs of the plug s-trip as shown in Fig. 3. In such a case, it is not necessary to use a printed circuit board. Instead of the prin-ted circui-t 1~17196 ~ 6 ~
boar(l, :i.t :i-; s~ f.icient I.o use a corresporldingly sizeA
plastic--: plate 17 or a pls-tios frame of corresponding o1l-ter dimensions, and -to join this pla-te or frame to the front plate 1 and plug strip 8, this cornponent then -taking over the guide function of the printed circui-t board during the sliding moverrlen-ts of -the plug-in unit.
Fig. 4 shows a furth.er arrangement in which the plug strip 8 is omitted, and a plastics frame or plate 27 comprises a portion 18 for direct recep-tion of -the connection pins 5 ^orning from the f`ront, which are snapped or moulded in place, e.g. into slots therein and have projecting ends 19 for connection -to appliance circui-try.
However, in this case the plug in unit can only be pulled out ater removing the wiring from -the pins, but it is a ver ine~pensive corstr CtlO~.
' ~ . ' ~ ' .
This .invenl:ion relate~; to a plug-in uni-t :for prin-ted c:ircuit boarcls.
Kno-.~n p:Lug-in units consis-ts ol a system of plates and supports -to which -the front encl of a printed clrcul~
board i.s fixecl, a strip plug being fixed to the rear end of -the prin-ted circuit board. The edges of the printed circui-t board themselves ac-t as slide guides, and -this plug--in unit is slidably disposed in an appliance provided with guides, for example in ~ron-t of -the appliance switchgear cabinet. In such a case, it is known to provide such plug-in units with test connections in order to be able to carry out measurements in the rear region of the switchgear cabinet. For -this purpose, individual tes-t sockets are disposed as required on the printed circuit board, for which individual insertion openings, plug sockets and -the like are provided on the plates and supports in the fron-t region of the plug-in unit, and a perforated fron-t plate is used.
The disadvan-tage of this is -that when fitting a plug-in uni-t with -tes-t connections, -the parts have -to be construc-ted in accordance wi-th the requirements of the particular case, i.e. individual construction of the parts is necessary in practice, and assembly is difficult, because several different parts have to be exactly adap-ted to each other.
11~7196 The objec,t oL'-l,h~ present invent:ion :is -to prov:ide a plug-:Ln unl-t o:C t~lC sa:id type ~ wh:i,ch ls par1;:icular1y 5 imple to c onstruct and assemb'le.
According to the inven-tion .rl holder is moulded on-to -the rear of the front plate and in one piece there-wi-th, into wh:ich holder plug socket sets are inserted, the holder being closed by a cover provi.ded with through openings for the connection pins of the plug socke-ts.
By means of -this arrangement, a plug-in U]lit serving purely for -tes-t purposes is provided, the component parts of which can be mass produced. Assembly is simple, as the perfora-ted front pla-te is cons-tructed at -the outset in one piece with the holder for -the plug socket sets.
Required connection modifications of any type can then be obtained in a simple manner by using the various plug socket sets which are commercially available. Thus the various plug socke-t sets are inserted in-to -the holder in the required manner, and -the holder is -then closed simply by means of the cover. Particularly simple assembly is a-ttained if -the cover is made so that i-t can be snapped on.
The present invention also provides an electrical socket assembly, comprising an elonga-te housing and a plurality of elec-trical sockets in the housing, which housing comprises a ~ront pla-te, a socket holder in-tegral with the front pla-te at the rear of the la-t-ter, the fron-t : , :
' ' ~i7~L9~
pla-te h~vi~g openings al:igned w.i.th the sockets f`or i.nser-tion of plugs, the holder belng open a-t the rear for i.n,sertion of -the socke-ts .in -the housing, and a cove~r closing the ho:Lder and provicled with openings through which extend connec-ti.on pins electrica].ly connec-ted to the socket~
.. .
The inven-t.i.on further provides an electrical plug-in assembly comprising a suppor-t member with a pa.ir of parallel edges for sliding insertion in-to receiving guides, and an electrical socket assembly extending along a further edge region of the support member between the said parallel edges, which socket assembly includes a front plate provided with holes for receiving connec-tor plugs, a socket holder formed integrally wi-th the front plate at the rear of the latter, a plurali-ty of connector sockets in the holder and aligned with respective holes :: : in the front pla-te, the holder being open at its rear for insertion of the sockets, and a cover closing the rear of -the holder and provided with through openings through which extend connection pins electrically connected to the sockets.
Embodiments of -the invention are described in greater detail hereinafter with reference to -the accompanying drawings in which:-Fig. 1 is an exploded view of a firs-t plug-in unit according to the inven-tion, ., .
r!`,ig. 2 sll~ws a detL~ o:C i~ L i.n sect:ion, Fig. i showf; a secor)cl arrang~men-t ~!obo~ying, the invcntion, and Fig. ~ shows a thir~ arrangement ernbodying the invention.
The plug-in uni-t shown in ]?igs~ 1 and 2 comprises an insula-ting plastics housing 10 wi,th a fron-t plate 1 with a handle 2 and provided with a plural,i-ty of` bores 3 through which the plugs 9 of test and measurement equipment to be connected can be plugged.
On -the rear of the fron-t plate 1 -there is integrally moulded in one piece a holder 4 in which commercially available plug socke-ts or socket sets 11 can be inser-ted in any desired number and combination, in such a manner that the socket se-ts lie behind respective pairs of bores 3. Only one socket se-t is shown in Fig. 2.
The socke-ts of the plug socket sets are provided wi-th relatively short connection pins 5 in -the illustrated embodiment. Each se-t may comprise -two (or more) sockets made from one piece of sheet me-tal.
After inserting the socket sets 11 into -the holder 4 ~ the latter is closed by a cover 6 which is pref'erably ; snapped onto the holder 4. The cover 6 is provided with ~ ~ through openings 12 for the connec-tion pins 5, ~171~6 :I:n the :i:llusl;ratc(l embodirnent, the front end 13 or a prin-ted circuit ~oar~ 7 is scre~le~ to the Cront plat~
whereas to the rear encl of -the printed circuit board 7 -there is scre~7ed a strip plug ~i which acts as the co~lec-tor to the rear part or an appliance, and in par-ticular to -the swi-tchgear cabine-t Gf the appliance.
In the illustratecl embodimen-t, -the connection pins 5 of -the socke-ts are bent at right angles and are plugged into the prin-ted circuit board 7, thus becoming electrically connec-ted thereto. The plug strip 8 is electrically connected -to the printed circuit board 7 in a corresponding manner.
The socket se-ts are located in alignment with -the openings 3 by locating partitions 14 moulded as part of the holder 4, and by the cover 6.
In use,the upper and lower edges 15, 16 of the printed circuit board 7 are slid into guides in an appliance, and the plug strip 8 makes contact with a fixed socke-t strip connected to the circuitry of -the appliance.
As an alterna-tive to the aforesaid embodiment, it is possible to make the connection pins 5 of the sockets of -the socket sets so long -tha-t they can be directly connected -to -the plugs of the plug s-trip as shown in Fig. 3. In such a case, it is not necessary to use a printed circuit board. Instead of the prin-ted circui-t 1~17196 ~ 6 ~
boar(l, :i.t :i-; s~ f.icient I.o use a corresporldingly sizeA
plastic--: plate 17 or a pls-tios frame of corresponding o1l-ter dimensions, and -to join this pla-te or frame to the front plate 1 and plug strip 8, this cornponent then -taking over the guide function of the printed circui-t board during the sliding moverrlen-ts of -the plug-in unit.
Fig. 4 shows a furth.er arrangement in which the plug strip 8 is omitted, and a plastics frame or plate 27 comprises a portion 18 for direct recep-tion of -the connection pins 5 ^orning from the f`ront, which are snapped or moulded in place, e.g. into slots therein and have projecting ends 19 for connection -to appliance circui-try.
However, in this case the plug in unit can only be pulled out ater removing the wiring from -the pins, but it is a ver ine~pensive corstr CtlO~.
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Claims (3)
PROPERTY OR PRIVILEGE IS CLAIMED ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:
1. An electrical plug-in assembly comprising in combination a circuit board having a pair of parallel edges for sliding insertion into receiving guides and a pair of mutually opposite further edge regions each extending between the said parallel edges; a row of pins mounted on the circuit board and extending along a first of the said edge regions; and an electrical socket assembly extending along the second edge region;
which socket assembly includes a front plate provided with poles for receiving test connector plugs, a socket holder formed integrally with the front plate at the rear of the latter, the socket holder and front plate being attached to the circuit board, a plurality of connector sockets in the holder aligned with respective holes in the front plate, the holder being open at its rear for insertion of the sockets, a cover closing the rear of the holder and provided with apertures, and connection pins electrically connected to the sockets which pins extend through the said openings in the cover and are electrically connected to corresponding pins of the said row at the first edge region.
which socket assembly includes a front plate provided with poles for receiving test connector plugs, a socket holder formed integrally with the front plate at the rear of the latter, the socket holder and front plate being attached to the circuit board, a plurality of connector sockets in the holder aligned with respective holes in the front plate, the holder being open at its rear for insertion of the sockets, a cover closing the rear of the holder and provided with apertures, and connection pins electrically connected to the sockets which pins extend through the said openings in the cover and are electrically connected to corresponding pins of the said row at the first edge region.
2. A plug-in assembly as claimed in claim 1 in which the cover is a snap-on fit on the holder.
3. A plug-in assembly as claimed in claim 1 or 2, in which the connection pins of the sockets are bent and are plugged into the circuit board.
Applications Claiming Priority (2)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| DE7822788U DE7822788U1 (en) | 1978-07-29 | 1978-07-29 | Slot for printed circuit boards |
| DEG7822788.0 | 1978-07-29 |
Publications (1)
| Publication Number | Publication Date |
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| CA1117196A true CA1117196A (en) | 1982-01-26 |
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Family Applications (1)
| Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| CA000331713A Expired CA1117196A (en) | 1978-07-29 | 1979-07-12 | Plug-in unit for printed circuit boards |
Country Status (5)
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| CA (1) | CA1117196A (en) |
| CH (1) | CH643418A5 (en) |
| DE (1) | DE7822788U1 (en) |
| FR (1) | FR2433885A1 (en) |
| IT (2) | IT1124145B (en) |
Families Citing this family (3)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE3501711A1 (en) * | 1985-01-19 | 1986-10-02 | Allied Corp., Morristown, N.J. | CIRCUIT BOARD WITH INTEGRAL CONNECTOR |
| DE4107657A1 (en) * | 1991-03-09 | 1992-09-17 | Telefunken Electronic Gmbh | Circuit board plug mounting - is provided by pin engagement with through hole contacts in board |
| AU675766B3 (en) * | 1995-11-01 | 1997-02-13 | Secure Watch Australia Pty Ltd | Monitoring apparatus |
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- 1978-07-29 DE DE7822788U patent/DE7822788U1/en not_active Expired
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- 1979-07-12 CA CA000331713A patent/CA1117196A/en not_active Expired
- 1979-07-20 CH CH678179A patent/CH643418A5/en not_active IP Right Cessation
- 1979-07-26 FR FR7919743A patent/FR2433885A1/en active Granted
- 1979-07-26 IT IT12695/79A patent/IT1124145B/en active
- 1979-07-26 IT IT7915239U patent/IT7915239V0/en unknown
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| CH643418A5 (en) | 1984-05-30 |
| IT1124145B (en) | 1986-05-07 |
| IT7912695A0 (en) | 1979-07-26 |
| DE7822788U1 (en) | 1978-11-30 |
| FR2433885B3 (en) | 1981-04-30 |
| FR2433885A1 (en) | 1980-03-14 |
| IT7915239V0 (en) | 1979-07-26 |
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