EP0000624B1 - Elektrischer Verbinder mit einem geschlitzten Anschlussteil - Google Patents

Elektrischer Verbinder mit einem geschlitzten Anschlussteil Download PDF

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EP0000624B1
EP0000624B1 EP78300101A EP78300101A EP0000624B1 EP 0000624 B1 EP0000624 B1 EP 0000624B1 EP 78300101 A EP78300101 A EP 78300101A EP 78300101 A EP78300101 A EP 78300101A EP 0000624 B1 EP0000624 B1 EP 0000624B1
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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
    • H01R4/00—Electrically-conductive connections between two or more conductive members in direct contact, i.e. touching one another; Means for effecting or maintaining such contact; Electrically-conductive connections having two or more spaced connecting locations for conductors and using contact members penetrating insulation
    • H01R4/24—Connections using contact members penetrating or cutting insulation or cable strands
    • H01R4/2416—Connections using contact members penetrating or cutting insulation or cable strands the contact members having insulation-cutting edges, e.g. of tuning fork type
    • H01R4/242—Connections using contact members penetrating or cutting insulation or cable strands the contact members having insulation-cutting edges, e.g. of tuning fork type the contact members being plates having a single slot
    • H01R4/2437—Curved plates

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  • This invention relates in general to the art of making electrical line connections and relates in particular to an electrical connector of the slotted plate type.
  • the wire is inserted into the slot of the terminal by moving the wire laterally of its axis and into the slot.
  • the housing must therefore be provided with an opening through which the wire can be moved laterally into the slot of the terminal, and through which it projects when the connection has been made. This requirement necessarily limits the manufacturer's freedom of design of the housing, as well as limiting the number and arrangement of the cavities where the connector is of the multiterminal kind, since lateral access for a wire to be connected to each terminal must always be provided.
  • an electrical connector comprising an insulating housing having a wire receiving face, a contact receiving cavity extending into the wire receiving face, and an electrical contact terminal in the cavity, the terminal having a wire connecting portion which is proximate to the wire receiving face, the wire connecting portion which has been bent back upon itself having a wire receiving slot for establishing electrical contact with a wire, a wire receiving opening which is adjacent to the wire receiving face, and a free end which is generally opposite to the wire receiving opening and is located inwardly of the cavity from the opening, the wire receiving slot extending inwardly from the free end, the wire connecting portion being deformable to move the free end towards a wire which has been inserted through the opening so as to extend beyond the free end; whereby the wire is received in the wire receiving slot.
  • the wire is inserted axially into the cavity in the housing and thence into the terminal, it is then necessary to retract the terminal into the cavity, in order to cause a wall portion of the cavity to act upon the wire connecting portion of the terminal to move the free end of such portion against the wire.
  • the retractile movement of the terminal also causes it to lock in the cavity.
  • the terminal Since in its unretracted position, the terminal is not locked in the cavity so that it would be impracticable for the manufacturer to supply the user with a housing with the terminal ready assembled therein, the user must first place the terminal in the housing cavity before inserting the wire and retracting the terminal.
  • a connector as defined in the fourth paragraph of this specification is characterised in that the wire connecting portion has an arcuate part comprising the free end, such free end being guidable towards and past the wire by an arcuate wall surface of the cavity which wall surface has a radius of curvature which is substantially equal to that of the arcuate part of the wire connecting portion.
  • the housing can be supplied to the user with the terminal already in its final position in the cavity.
  • all the user need do to connect the terminal to the wire is to insert the wire into the cavity and thence into the terminal and then to deform the wire connecting portion of the terminal by means of a tool inserted axially into the cavity so that the end of the tool engages the wire connecting portion.
  • the tool can be in the form of a simple tongue which need in no way be especially shaped for its purpose.
  • an electrical connector comprising an insulating housing having a cavity containing an electrical terminal provided with a wire connecting portion which has been bent back upon itself and which has a free end having a slot into which a wire, inserted axially into the cavity and across the mouth of the slot can be forced, by deforming the wire connecting portion by means of a tool also inserted axially into the cavity.
  • the wire connecting portion does not have a wire receiving opening and in order correctly to deform the terminal, the tool must be inserted between the wire connecting portion and the adjacent wall of the cavity.
  • the deformation of the wire connecting portion is controlled by virtue of the arcuate wall surface of the cavity, the tool end need only be applied in abutment against the wire connecting portion and may be of simple rectangular shape.
  • an electrical connector comprises a rectangular insulating housing 4 having a wire receiving end face 6, a mating end face 8, and lateral faces 10 and 12.
  • a pair of superposed cavities 14 for receiving electrical terminals 16 extend through the housing 4 from the face 6 to the face 8.
  • the terminals 16 are manufactured by stamping and forming, as a continuous metal progression strip 18 (Figure 5) with adjacent terminals of the strip connected by slugs 50 of the strip material.
  • Figure 5 shows the fully formed end terminal of the strip and the next adjacent terminal which has only partially been produced and is in the form of a flat stamped out blank 16'.
  • Each terminal 16 has a contact spring portion 20 at its forward or mating end, an intermediate portion 22, and a wire receiving portion 24 at its rearward end.
  • the intermediate portion 22 comprises a rectangular plate 26 from which extends a locking tongue 28 for retaining the terminal 16 in the housing 4.
  • the contact portion 20 is in the form of a contact spring extending obliquely from the plate 26 and being bent at 32 to provide a downwardly (as seen in Figures 1 and 4) bent tip portion 34.
  • the portion 20 is slightly narrower than the plate 26 to provide leftwardly (as seen in Figures 1, 4 and 5) directed shoulders 31.
  • the contact spring portion 20 is intended to establish contact, for example, with an electrical post (not shown) or a similar contact member.
  • the wire receiving portion 24 comprises a short flat base 38 which is connected to the plate 26 by an offset 36 from which a stop 37 has been struck. From the side of the base 38 remote from the offset 36, an arcuate part 40 of the wire receiving portion 24 extends over the base 38 with its concave surface facing the base 38. It will be apparent from Figure 5 that the part 40 has been produced by curling the flat stamped out blank 16' through an angle of substantially 260°, the radius of curvature of the part 40 being such that its free end portion 42 is disposed above, and in alignment with, the offset 36.
  • the length of the part 40 which is to overlie the offset 36 and base 38 is connected to the offset 36 only by a pair of straps 48' of the blank spanned by a rectilinear edge 73 at the rightward (as seen in Figure 5) of the opening 46'.
  • a wire receiving opening 46 bounded laterally by arcuate straps 48 and spanned above the base 38 by the edge 73 is thus provided in the part 40.
  • the free end portion 42 of the part 40 has a wire receiving slot 44 extending inwardly thereof, the width of the slot 44 being such that upon an insulated wire 72 being relatively moved into the slot 44, the insulation of the wire is displaced and the edges of the slot establish secure electrical contact with the electrically conductive core of the wire 72.
  • Each of the cavities 14 comprises an enlarged pocket portion 52 extending inwardly from the wire receiving face 6 and a smaller, generally rectangular, portion 62 extending inwardly from the mating face 8 and communicating with the portion 52 intermediate the ends of the cavity 14.
  • the portion 52 has (as best seen in Figure 3) parallel sidewalls 54, a top wall 56, and a floor 60.
  • the top wall 56 merges at its inner end with an arcuate wall portion 58 bridging spaced arcuate wall portions 59, at the intersection between the portions 52 and 62 of the cavity 14.
  • the wall portions 58 and 59 have substantially the same radius of curvature as the part 40 as will be apparent from the upper part of Figure 4.
  • a lip 66 provided at the inner end of the floor 60 presents oppositely directed shoulders 67 and 69 which co-operate with the locking tongue 28 and the stop 37 of the terminal to prevent movement of the terminal in either direction after insertion into the cavity 14, as will be apparent from Figure 4.
  • Grooves 68 in the sidewalls of the portion 62 of the cavity 14 receive the lateral edges of the plate 26 of the terminal, the shoulders 31 of the terminal abutting the forward ends 71 of the grooves 68 as shown in Figure 4.
  • the part of the contact spring portion 20 adjoining the plate 26 of each terminal is supported by shoulders 63 in portion 62 of the cavity 14.
  • terminals can be inserted into the cavities 14 by properly orienting the terminals relative thereto and moving the terminals through the cavities from the wire receiving face 6 towards the mating face 8, the terminals being located and retained in the cavity 14 by virtue of the co-operation between the tongue 28 and shoulder 67 and between the stop 37 and the shoulder 69.
  • a groove 64 in the floor 60 of the portion 62 of each cavity 14 permits an extraction tool (not shown) to be used to depress the tongue 28 to release the terminal so that it can be removed from the housing 4.
  • the wire receiving portions of the terminals fit snugly in the portions 52 of the cavities 14 with the free end portions 42 abutting the arcuate wall portions 58 of the cavities 14.
  • the portion 42 moves past the electrically conductive core (not shown) of the wire 72 which remains substantially stationary by abutment against the plate 26, the edges of the slot penetrating the insulation of the wire so that the core is received in the slot 44 to establish permanent electrical contact between the core and the walls of the slot 44.
  • the wire remains substantially stationary, the relative movement of the free end portion 42 with respect to the wire is substantially the same as if the wire were moved laterally of its axis and into the wire receiving slot 44.
  • the wire is supported by the plate 26 in spaced relation to the base 38, by virtue of the provision of the offset 36 thus allowing full penetration of the insulation of the wire by the free end portion 42.
  • the electrical connection between the terminal and the wire core is achieved by the progressive curling over of the part 40 of the terminal, by engagement of the parts of the free end portion 42 bounding the slot 44, with the arcuate wall portions 59, accompanied by a partial flattening of the part 40 as shown in the lower part of Figure 4, so that the final shape of the wire receiving portion 24 of the terminal is substantially that of an oval on a flat base (see the lower part of Figure 4).
  • the precise shape of the wire receiving portion of the terminal after it has been deformed in this way will depend upon several factors including the spring characteristics and thickness of the metal stock from which the terminal was made and the manner in which the deforming force is applied to the part 40 of the terminal.
  • the metal stock from which the terminal strip is manufactured must be selected with some care if the curling of the wire receiving portion of the terminal as shown in Figure 4 is to be achieved.
  • a spring hard material should be chosen since a spring material will tend to curl upon application of the force against the edge 73, and is also required to ensure the permanence of the electrical connection between the wire core and the walls of the slot 44 in the free end portion 42.
  • a suitable spring hard material for example, is a spring hard phosphor bronze or a suitable brass composition.
  • the force required to bring about the curling operation can also be controlled to some extent by appropriately choosing the dimensions of the opening 46' in the blank shown in Figure 5. Reducing the width of the straps 48' will result in a reduction in the force required to bring about the curling operation.
  • the part 40 of the terminal may spring back slightly after the tool blade 70 has been removed from the cavity 14. Such spring back will not however disturb the electrical connection between the terminal and the wire since the spring back will occur at locations remote from the free end portion 42, for example at the base 38.

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1. Elektrischer Verbinder mit einem Isoliergehäuse (4), das eine Drahtaufnahmeseite (6), einen sich in die Drahtaufnahmeseite (6) hinein erstreckenden Kontaktaufnahmehohlraum (14), sowie einen elektrischen Kontaktanschluß (16) in dem Hohlraum (14) aufweist, wobei der Anschluß (16) einen in der Nähe der Drahtaufnahmeseite (6) befindlichen Drahtverbindungs- abschnitt (24) aufweist, der zu sich selbst zurückgebogen Ist und zur Erstellung eines elektrischen Kontakts mit einem Draht (72) einen Drahtaufnahmeschlitz (44) aufweist, mit einer der Drahtaufnahmeseite (6) benachbarten Drahtaufnahmeöffnung (46), und mit einem freien Ende (42), das sich im großen und ganzen gegenüber der Drahtaufnahmeöffnung (46) befindet und von der Öffnung (46) aus in das Innere des Hohlraums (14) gehend angeordnet ist, wobei sich der Drahtaufnahmeschlitz (44) von dem freien Ende (42) aus nach innen erstreckt und der Drahtverbindungsabschnitt (24) zur Bewegung des freien Endes (42) in Richtung auf einen Draht (72) verformbar ist, der durch die Öffnung (46) derart eingeführt worden ist, daß er sich über das freie Ende (42) hinaus erstreckt, wodurch der Draht (72) in den Drahtaufnahmeschlitz (44) aufgenommen wird, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Drahtverbindungsabschnitt (24) einen bogenförmigen Teil (40) aufweist, der das freie Ende (42) umfaßt, wobei dieses freie Ende (42) mittels einer bogenförmigen Wandfläche (58,59) des Hohlraums (14) in Richtung auf den Draht (72) und an diesem vorbei führbar ist, wobei die Wandfläche (58,59) einen Krümmungsradius aufweist, der dem des bogenförmigen Teils (40) des Drahtverbindungsabschnitts (24) im wesentlichen gleich ist.
2. Verbinder nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die bogenförmige Wandfläche (58,59) so ausgebildet ist, daß der Krümmungsradius des bogenförmigen Teils (40) reduziert wird, wenn das freie Ende (42) in Richtung auf den Draht (72) bewegt wird.
3. Verbinder nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Teile des freien Endabschnitts des Drahtverbindungsabschnitts (24), die den Schlitz (44) begrenzen, mittels einzelner bogenförmiger Wandflächen (59) des Hohlraums (14) führbar sind.
4. Verbinder nach Anspruch 1, 2 oder 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Drahtaufnahmeöffnung (46) derart dimensioniert und ausgerichtet ist, daß ein axial in den Hohlraum (14) eingeführtes Werkzeug (70) zum Zweck der Verformung des Drahtverbindungsabschnitts (24) an einem Rand der Drahtaufnahmeöffnung (46) angreifen kann, wenn der Draht (72) durch diese Öffnung (46) geführt worden ist.
5. Verbinder nach einem der vorausgehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Drahtverbindungsabschnitt (24) eine flache Basis (38) aufweist, wobei sich von einem Rand derselben der bogenförmige Teil (40) des Drahtverbindungsabschnitts (24) derart erstreckt, daß er einen Überhang zur Basis (38) bildet, wobei die konkave innere Fläche des bogenförmigen Teils (40) der Basis (38) zugewendet ist und das freie Ende (42) ebenfalls der Basis (38) zugewendet ist, und daß die Basis (38) mit einer Drahtende-Trageplatte (26) des Anschlusses über einen Versatz (36) derart verbunden ist, daß sich der Draht, nachdem er durch die Drahtaufnahmeöffnung (46) eingeführt worden ist und sein Ende sich auf der Drahtende-Trageplatte (26) des Anschlusses abstützt, In einem Abstand von der Basis (38) befindet.
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