CN1348621A

CN1348621A - Electrical connector

Info

Publication number: CN1348621A
Application number: CN00806706A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 理查德·德鲁尼克
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1999-04-09
Filing date: 2000-04-10
Publication date: 2002-05-08
Also published as: AU6408500A; WO2000062372A3; ATE308809T1; EP1166400B1; EP1166400A2; WO2000062372A2; DE60023671D1; GB9908097D0; HK1040573A1; HK1040573B

Abstract

An electrical connector, comprising a body (11) defining a plug or socket (13), at least one connection wire (21) leading from the plug or socket, and an electrically conductive contact member (31) having a first insulation displacement contact (51) connected to the connection wire and a second insulation displacement contact (53) for onward connection to a further wire.

Description

Electric connector

Technical field

The present invention relates to a kind of electric connector, especially relate to a kind of telephone plug or socket.

Background technology

All very familiar for telephone plug or socket, their technology of various manufacturings is also arranged.For example, the telephone socket configuration can comprise printed circuit board (PCB), and telephone socket and terminal block wherein are housed on the printed circuit board (PCB)., such socket needs a large amount of parts and plastic mould product, therefore manufactures comparison difficulty and cost costliness.

It also is known using lead rather than PCB (printed circuit board (PCB)) in the telephone adapter field.United States Patent (USP) 5,697,815 have described an example of this method.The female connector lead of prior art is bare wire normally, and these leads place the groove or the hole of the main part limitation of plug or socket.

Though plug herein or socket have used this method, also remain to have here bare wire is connected the making step of leading terminal block, this step makes plug or socket can be connected to telephone cable or coordinate, or lead is directly connected to the making step of cable.

Summary of the invention

According to the present invention, a kind of electric conductor is provided, comprise: the main body that limits plug or socket, the at least one connection lead of from plug or socket, drawing, have first insulation displacement contact and second insulation displacement contact, wherein first insulation displacement contact be connected lead and link to each other, second insulation displacement contact links to each other with other lead forward.

Insulation displacement contact is known, and it has represented the method that directly contacts with insulated conductor.The form of this contact is the sheet metal that limits narrow slit.When insulated conductor was inserted in the narrow slit, the edge slit insulator of narrow slit linked to each other with the lead of inside.Such contact is commonly used to link to each other fast with insulated cable or coordinate.

Main body comprises terminal block, and terminal block defines the hole that receives each contact.This hole of each contact can be a flute profile.

For easily manufactured, described at least one connection lead of drawing from plug or socket also can extend in plug or the socket, and uses as the contact of plug or socket.Main body can also limit the guide path that will be positioned at the lead of main body between at least one plug or socket and the contact.

When needing, main body also can limit the hole that is used for receiving other electric component (as capacitor).

In certain embodiments, electric connector can be a telephone socket.In further embodiments, electric connector can be a telephone plug.Such connector can be used as telephone adapter.Main body integrally plasticity is molded.Panel can be set to independent element.

Description of drawings

For a better understanding of the present invention, bottom will be described with reference to the drawings specific embodiment, and these embodiment only are exemplary, wherein:

Fig. 1 is the decomposition view according to telephone socket of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is the part top perspective view of telephone socket shown in Figure 1;

Fig. 3 is the detailed view of the connection of the lead in insulation displacement contact shown in Figure 2;

Fig. 4 is the sectional elevation of telephone socket shown in Figure 1;

Fig. 5 is the partial view of the cutaway view of insulation displacement contact shown in Figure 4.

Embodiment

Referring to figs. 1 to 5, main body 11 comprises socket 13, raceway groove 15, groove 17 and hole 19.

Many terminal wire 21 places raceway groove 15, and raceway groove 15 uses as the guiding device of this lead.Raceway groove 15 is on the front surface 25 of main body 11.The contact jaw 23 of each lead 21 bends the plane of front surface, extends in socket 13, makes signal lamp and use in socket.A plurality of insulation displacement contact (IDC) 31 are located in the groove 17 that limits in the main body.Capacitor 33 places hole 19.Panel 35 is on the plane of the front surface 25 of parallel and main body 11, and extends in its plane in front.The hole 37 that panel 35 limits on the socket 13 that is positioned at main body 11.Plate is provided with bullet card counterpart 39 in front.

Main body 11 and front panel 35 all are to form with the moulded parts of integral body.

In front plate 35 after be provided with the door 41.

The groove 17 that is used for insulation displacement contact dispose with front surface 25 perpendicular.Each groove 17 and a raceway groove 15 intersect.Therefore, by lead 21 is placed raceway groove 15, and the IDC contact is inserted in the groove 17 comes assembled plug.Each IDC contact has first end that has with first insulation displacement contact, this contact clamping and contact wire 21.Because of being lead 21 without any insulation when what note: term " insulation displacement contact " is meant the form of contact, whether the contact is connected with insulated conductor have no requirement.

An end relative with first insulation displacement contact of contact 31 is second insulation displacement contact 53.Second contact is bigger than first contact usually, so that it can contact bigger lead forward from telephone socket.

Because do not need the welding of element or be installed on the printed circuit board (PCB), so this socket is easy to make.

During use, other lead can be connected on second insulation displacement contact 53 easily.

That can see in Fig. 5 is the clearest: first insulation displacement contact 51 and second insulation displacement contact 53 are slightly different.Specifically, contact comprises opening 61, narrow slit 65 and the circular hole 67 near wide seam 63.The size of narrow slit 65 can receive and tightly clamp the lead 21 of telephone socket.

The invention is not restricted to as telephone socket.The lead 21 that main body 11 can limit protruding plug element and connect up along plug element is forming terminal in the position of being determined by country or other standard.Lead can extend in plug element or along plug element, and for example in groove, this depends on the form of the plug element of local phone standard needs.

And the present invention can also be used to forming telephone adapter.

Claims

1. electric connector comprises:

Limit the main body (11) of plug or socket (13);

At least one connection lead (21) of from plug or socket (13), drawing;

At least one has the conductive contact piece (31) of first insulation displacement contact (51) and second insulation displacement contact (53), wherein first insulation displacement contact (51) be connected lead and link to each other, second insulation displacement contact (53) links to each other with other lead forward.

2. electric connector according to claim 1 is characterized in that, main body (11) comprises terminal block, and terminal block limits the hole (17) that is used for receiving each contact (31).

3. electric connector according to claim 2 is characterized in that,

The hole (17) of each contact (31) is a flute profile.

4. according to each the described electric connector in the aforementioned claim, it is characterized in that main body (11) limits and to be used for and will at least one to connect lead (21) and be positioned at guide path (15) between at least one plug or socket (13) and at least one contact (31) in the main body.

5. according to each the described electric connector in the aforementioned claim, it is characterized in that main body (11) limits the hole (19) that is used for receiving other electric component.

6. according to each the described electric connector in the aforementioned claim, it is characterized in that main body (11) is integrally formed as the plastic mould product.

7. according to each the described electric connector in the aforementioned claim, it is characterized in that, described plug or socket (13) are socket, and at least one described connection lead (21) of drawing from socket (13) extends into socket (13), make at least one contact and use in socket (13).

8. according to each the described electric connector in the aforementioned claim, it is characterized in that described plug or socket (13) are plug, at least one connection lead (21) of drawing from plug extends along plug, forms at least one contact of plug.

9. according to each described electric connector of claim 1 to 7, it is characterized in that plug or socket (13) are telephone sockets.

10. electric connector according to claim 9 is characterized in that, also comprises the panel (35) of the front surface that is positioned at main body (11).

11., it is characterized in that plug or socket (13) are telephone plugs according to each or the described electric connector of claim 8 in the claim 1 to 6.

12. each the described electric connector according in the aforementioned claim is characterized in that, is arranged to telephone adapter.