EP0000623B1 - Connecteur en bordure pour circuit imprimé - Google Patents

Connecteur en bordure pour circuit imprimé Download PDF

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EP0000623B1
EP0000623B1 EP19780300098 EP78300098A EP0000623B1 EP 0000623 B1 EP0000623 B1 EP 0000623B1 EP 19780300098 EP19780300098 EP 19780300098 EP 78300098 A EP78300098 A EP 78300098A EP 0000623 B1 EP0000623 B1 EP 0000623B1
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printed circuit
passages
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circuit board
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Anthony John Hulse
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ZF International UK Ltd
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Lucas Industries Ltd
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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
    • H01R12/721—Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures coupling with the edge of the rigid printed circuits or like structures cooperating directly with the edge of the rigid printed circuits

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  • This invention relates to an electrical connector of the kind arranged to receive an edge of a printed circuit board or the like and to make a plurality of electrical connections thereto, including a body having an end face, a plurality of passages for housing terminals, said passages extending into said body from said end face, said passages being positioned with respect to one another in accordance with the printed circuit board to be received by the connector, and, a slot in each of the partitioned walls of the passages, said slot extending inwardly of the body from said end face to permit, in use, insertion of an edge of a printed circuit board sufficiently far into the body to engage the terminals housed in use in said passages.
  • An electrical connector of the kind specified is described in DE-A 2 004 420.
  • a problem which is found with electrical connectors of the kind specified is that the printed circuit board is a loose fit in the connector and can be disturbed by vibrations in use to the detriment of the electrical connections. It is an object of the present invention to provide an electrical connector wherein this problem is minimised.
  • the electrical connector includes a moulded synthetic resin body 11 having therein a plurality of passages 12 of rectangular cross-section.
  • the passages 12 are parallel and co-planar, and each open at an end face 13 of the body 1 1, the passages 12 extending at right angles to the end face 13.
  • Each of the passages receives an electrical terminal 14 having deformable tags 15, 16 whereby the terminal is electrically and physically connected to a conductive lead in use.
  • Each of the terminals 14 includes a pair of resilient arms 17 between which a planar component can be gripped, the terminal making electrical connection to the planar component.
  • Each of the terminals 14 is received in a respective passage 12 with its arms 17 extending towards the end face 13 of the body.
  • Each terminal includes a latch 18 which in use co-operates with a shoulder within the respective passage to resist movement of the terminal 14 relative to the body in a direction away from the end face 13.
  • the electrical connector is intended to make electrical connection to an edge region of a printed circuit board.
  • the printed circuit board is planar, and has a plurality of exposed contact regions adjacent one edge thereof. The contact regions are equal in number to the passages and therefore terminals 14 of the body 11.
  • the partition walls 19 of the body which define between them are formed with slots 21 of width sufficient to accommodate the thickness of the printed circuit board.
  • the positioning of the slots 21 is such that the board when accommodated by the slots 21 is engaged between the limbs 17 of the terminals 14.
  • the slots 21 a of the two end partition walls 19a are offset from the plane of the remaining slots 21.
  • the two slots 21 a are offset in the same direction from the plane of the remaining slots 21 and thus in order for the printed circuit board to be engaged in the body it is necessary for the printed circuit board to be flexed from its normal planar configuration so as to engage simultaneously in the slots 21 and 21 a.
  • the inherent resilience of the printed circuit tending to restore the printed circuit board to its planar configuration, causes the printed circuit board to bear tightly against the walls of the slots 21, 21 a so that the printed circuit board is gripped in the body.
  • the flexure necessary to introduce the printed circuit board into the slots of the partition walls could be flexure of the body or flexure of both the body and the printed circuit board.
  • the two outermost slots 21 a are displaced it is to be understood that other slots could be displaced in addition to, or instead of the outermost slots.
  • the displacement of the chosen slots is in excess of the clearance between the width of the slots and the thickness of the board.
  • the connector can be used with a flexible printed circuit supported on a panel or the like, and with arrangements of a similar nature such as boards having the bared ends of conductive leads bent around an edge thereof and boards having strip-like terminals clipped or otherwise secured at an edge thereof.
  • the body can be provided with a wall or walls which engage an edge or edges of the printed circuit board to ensure correct lateral location.

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Claims (2)

1. Connecteur électrique du genre agencé pour recevoir un bord d'une plaquette de circuit imprimé ou analogue et pour y établir des connexions, ce connecteur comprenant un corps ayant une face d'extrémité et des passages pour recevoir des bornes, ces passages s'y étendant à partir de cette face, et étant situés, relativement entre eux, selon la plaquette de circuits devant être reçue par le connecteur, et une fente dans chacune des parois de séparation des passages, ces fentes s'étendant vers l'intérieur du corps à partir de ladite face d'extrémité pour permettre, en utilisation, l'insertion d'un bord d'une plaquette de circuit imprimé suffisamment en profondeur dans le corps pour s'adapter aux bornes utilisées dans lesdits passages, ce connecteur étant caractérisé en ce que la relation, dans l'espace, d'au moins l'une desdites fentes (21 a) et l'axe du passage respectif (12) diffère de la relation qui est commune à toutes les autres fentes (21) et les axes des passages respectifs (12), de sorte qu'en utilisation, au moins l'un des deux composants constitués par la plaquette de circuits et le corps (11) doit être fléchi depuis sa forme au repos afin d'être introduit dans toutes lesdites fentes (21, 21a) de sorte qu'après cette adaptation de la plaquette et du corps (11), la résilience inhérente de l'élément fléchi amène la plaquette à être serrée dans le corps (1 1 ).
2. Connecteur électrique selon la revendication 1, destiné à l'utilisation avec une plaquette de circuit imprimé ou analogue, ce connecteur étant caractérisé en ce que les passages (12) sont coplanaires et les fentes (21 ) également coplanaires à l'exception des deux fentes extrêmes (21 a) qui sont en positions déplacées d'un même côté du plan des autres fentes (21 ).
EP19780300098 1977-07-08 1978-06-28 Connecteur en bordure pour circuit imprimé Expired EP0000623B1 (fr)

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