EP0038882B1 - Method of establishing an electrical connection to a conductor on a substrate - Google Patents
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- EP0038882B1 EP0038882B1 EP19800301330 EP80301330A EP0038882B1 EP 0038882 B1 EP0038882 B1 EP 0038882B1 EP 19800301330 EP19800301330 EP 19800301330 EP 80301330 A EP80301330 A EP 80301330A EP 0038882 B1 EP0038882 B1 EP 0038882B1
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- 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
- H01R12/50—Fixed connections
- H01R12/59—Fixed connections for flexible printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables or like structures
- H01R12/65—Fixed connections for flexible printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables or like structures characterised by the terminal
- H01R12/69—Fixed connections for flexible printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables or like structures characterised by the terminal deformable terminals, e.g. crimping terminals
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- H—ELECTRICITY
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- 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
- H01R12/50—Fixed connections
- H01R12/59—Fixed connections for flexible printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables or like structures
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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
- H01R43/00—Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors
- H01R43/04—Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors for forming connections by deformation, e.g. crimping tool
Description
- This invention relates to a method of establishing an electrical connection to a conductor on a substrate, and particularly to a conductor on a surface of a film of insulating material.
- Widespread use is made in the electrical and electronics industries of substrates having conductors on one or both of their surfaces. The substrates may comprise relatively thin plastics films, of, for example, polyester or polyimide material. The conductors are provided on the surfaces of the films by several different methods. Silkscreening is widely used as a low cost method of producing extremely thin conductors on the surfaces of the films. Silkscreened conductors are extremely delicate, and are often subject to damage when electrical connections are made to them. Conductors are also provided on surfaces of films by electrodeposition in selected areas and along desired conductive paths, or by depositing conductive metal over the entire surface of a film and then selectively etching the surface to leave the desired conducting paths. These electrodeposited conductors are somewhat more durable than silkscreened conductors but are still relatively fragile. It is also known to laminate thin sheets of conductive metal to a film and etch away the surface of the film to leave the desired conductors. Such laminated metal conductors are relatively durable and relatively thick, but they are also relatively costly to produce.
- Electrical connections can be made to conductors on insulating films by soldering methods, but such methods are usually highly labour intensive and therefore costly. Furthermore, care must be taken in making soldered connections to silkscreened and electrodeposited conductors that the conductors on the film are not damaged by the heating of the soldering operation.
- Several crimp-type connecting devices are known for use on laminated film/conductor assemblies; see for example U.S. Patent No. 3,395,381. However, while the conductors on such laminated assemblies will withstand the relatively high compressive forces required during the crimping operation, the more delicate electrodeposited and silkscreened conductors are liable to be damaged by these compressive forces during the crimping operation.
- According to this invention a method of establishing an electrical connection to a conductor on a substrate, comprising crimping a substantially U-shaped metal contact to embrace the substrate and conductor between the arms thereof, is characterised in that crimping is effected by compressing the contact between a pair of parallel-surface dies through a condition in which the free ends of the arms of the contact engage opposite sides of the substrate, to a condition in which plastic deformation of the bight of the contact has occurred, whereby after removal from between the dies, the arms of the contact remain inherently biased towards each other with the substrate gripped between the arms and one of the arms engaging the conductor on the substrate.
- An advantage of the method of this invention is that during the crimping operation the principle crimping forces are applied only to the bight portion of the metal member and not to the arms thereof. The conductors on the substrate are not therefore subjected to these high crimping forces, but are subjected only to much lower forces which are developed in the arms.
- This invention will now be described by way of example with reference to the drawings, in which:
- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a substrate having a conductor on its surface and a substantially U-shaped metal contact for connection to the conductor by the method of this invention;
- Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view of a pair of crimping dies for crimping the contact on to the substrate, this view showing the dies in an open position which they occupy at the beginning of the crimping operation;
- Figures 3 and 4 are views similar to Figure 2, but showing the positions of the dies at successive stages in the crimping operation;
- Figure 5 is a perspective view of the final crimped connection made by the method of this invention;
- Figure 6 is a side view of the crimped connection of Figure 5;
- Figure 7 is a diagrammatic side view illustrating the manner in which the contact is stressed in the crimped connection of Figures 5 and 6;
- Figure 8 is a perspective view of an end portion of a substrate having a plurality of conductors thereon, and a section of a continuous strip of contacts for connection to the conductors by the method of this invention;
- Figure 9 is a perspective view of the substrate of Figure 8 with the contacts crimped on to the conductors thereof;
- Figure 10 is a fragmentary perspective view of a portion of a strip of double contacts in alignment with two spaced-apart substrates having conductors on their opposed surfaces;
- Figure 11 is a sectional side view of a pair of crimping dies for crimping an individual double contact on to the two spaced-apart substrates shown in Figure 10, this view showing the position of the crimping dies at the beginning of the crimping operation;
- Figure 12 is a view similar to Figure 11 but showing the positions of the parts at the end of the crimping operation;
- Figure 13 is a sectional side view of a crimped connection illustrating the removal of a carrier strip;
- Figure 14 is a side view of an idealised contact for use in the method of this invention, which is referred to in a mathematical analysis presented below;
- Figure 15 is a view similar to Figure 14, but showing the contact at an intermediate stage in the crimping operation;
- Figures 16 and 17 are diagrams referred to in the mathematical analysis;
- Figure 18 is a curve referred to in the mathematical analysis;
- Figure 19 is a further diagram referred to in the mathematical analysis; and
- Figures 20 and 21 are additional curves referred to in the mathematical analysis.
- Figure 1 shows an uncrimped substantially
U-shaped metal contact 1 which is adapted to be crimped on to aninsulating substrate 2 having aconductor 3 on its upper (as seen in Figure 1) surface, theconductor 3 extending to an edge of thesubstrate 2. Thecontact 1 may be of any suitable conductive metal having the required spring properties, such as hardened brass. Thecontact 1 is substantially U-shaped having anarcuate bight 4 andarms integral post 7 extends from the free end of thearm 6, whichpost 7 may be connected to a further conductor (not shown), or may be mated with a complementary connecting device (not shown). - Referring now to Figures 2 to 4 also, the
contact 1 is crimped on to thesubstrate 2 by crimpingdies dies - Each
die front surface 12, a horizontally extendingcrimping surface 13, and astop surface 14 which is separated from thecrimping surface 13 by a vertically extendingshoulder 15. Theshoulder 15 is spaced from thesurface 12 by a distance such that theshoulder 15 does not engage thebight portion 4 of thecontact 1 during crimping. - To crimp the
contact 1 on to thesubstrate 2 by the method of this invention thecontact 1 is positioned as shown in Figure 2 with the free ends of thecantilever beams surfaces 12 and against thesurfaces 13. Thesubstrate 2 is positioned between the opposed surfaces of thearms substrate 2 adjacent to the centre of thebight 4. - The
dies stop surfaces 14 are against each other. Thestop surfaces 14 thus determine the final crimp height (the distance between the surfaces 13) in the crimped connection. - During crimping, the free ends of the
arms substrate 2, as shown in Figure 3. During this initial stage of the crimping operation, the position of engagement of thesurfaces 13 with the outer surfaces of thearms surfaces 13 will engage thecontact 1 at diametrically opposite positions on thebight 4. It will be noted in Figure 3, that thebight 4 retains a radius of curvature only slightly smaller than the original radius. - During the final stage of the crimping operation, and as the
dies bight portion 4 is plastically deformed, and the radius of curvature at theroot 8 is substantially reduced although the radius of curvature at positions immediately adjacent to theroot 8 will be substantially unchanged from the original radius. During this stage, thearms substrate 2, and after thedies arms deformed root 8 of thebight 4. - Figure 7 illustrates the manner in which the
arms arms arms arms substrate 2 and thearm 5 is maintained in electrical contact with theconductor 3. - The method of this invention can be used with substrates of different thickness, and the contact can be within a wide range of sizes. For example, good results have been obtained with a contact formed of 0.3048 mm thick brass having a radius of curvature in the bight of 0.508 mm and having arms 2.032 mm long. This connecting device was used with a substrate having a thickness of about 0.254 mm.
- As shown in Figures 8 and 9,
contacts 1 can be produced as a continuous strip comprising acarrier strip 20 which is integral with the free ends of thearms 5. A strip ofcontacts 1, as shown in Figure 8, can be crimped on torespective conductors 3 on amulti-conductor substrate 2 by locating the free end of the substrate between theopposed surface arms contacts 1 on to theindividual conductors 3, and severing thecarrier strip 20 from the ends of thearms 5. This mass crimping operation can be carried out by means of crimping dies of the type shown in Figure 2, and will result in an assembly as shown in Figure 9. - Figures 10 to 13 illustrate the use of the method of the invention to establish connections to
conductors 3 on the opposed surfaces of two spaced-apartparallel substrates 2. -
Double contacts 1 are produced as a continuous strip on acarrier strip 20 as in Figure 8, and are crimped en masse on to thesubstrates 2. - Each
contact 1 of the strip has the shape of a double U comprising two integrally formed substantially U-shaped portions. The upper portion comprises anarcuate bight 4 havingcantilever beam arms arm 5 is integral with thecarrier strip 20 and the end of thearm 6 is connected by a sharp reverse bend to thearm 5 of the lower portion. This lower portion has anarcuate bight 4 and a lowercantilever beam arm 6 from the free end of which acontact pin 7 extends. - The
arm 6 of the upper and thearm 5 of the lower portion are identified as cantilever beams notwithstanding the fact that their ends are connected by the sharp reverse bend. This sharp reverse bend does not appear to affect the functioning of these arms as cantilever beams, as will be described below. - The spacing between
adjacent contacts 1 on thecarrier strip 20 is the same as the spacing betweenadjacent conductors 3 on thesubstrates 2, such that when a section of the strip is positioned between thesubstrates 2, one of the arms of a contact will be in alignment with a conductor on one of the substrates. - A section of the
strip 20 is crimped on to thesubstrates 2 by crimping dies 10 and 11, as shown in Figure 11. These crimping dies 10 and 11 are mirror images of each other, and the parts thereof have the same reference numerals as used for the corresponding parts in Figures 2 to 4. - To crimp a section of the
strip 20 on to thesubstrates 2, the end portion of thesubstrates 2 is moved rightwardly from the position of Figure 11 so that the upper substrate is between thearms arms bights 4 of the portions. Thereafter, the dies 10 and 11 are moved towards each other to their closed position as shown in Figure 12. The upper portion is crimped on to the upper substrate, and the lower portion is crimped on to the lower substrate. After the dies 10 and 11 are opened, thecarrier strip 20 is removed, as shown in Figure 13. - As explained above, the
arms contacts 1 are resiliently biased against thesubstrates 2 after the crimping operation has been carried out, and have no tendency to move away from the substrates from their positions shown in Figure 13. Furthermore, the crimping operation does not result in the imposition of extremely high compressive crimping forces on thearms bight portions 4 so that the possibility of damage to theconductors 3 is minimised. - Under some circumstances it may be desirable to provide projections on the facing surfaces of the arms of a contact for the purpose of penetrating any thin oxide film which may be formed on the conductor on the substrate. Also, the facing surfaces may be provided with barbs for the purpose of penetrating insulation when the method is used for establishinbg contact with the conductors of a fully insulated flat conductor cable. The use of barbs or other projections is also beneficial in that movement of the substrate and the crimped contact relative to each other will be prevented. If such projections are provided, the contact force would nonetheless be maintained by the stressed condition of the arms of the contact device.
- In carrying out the method of the invention the parallel, spaced-apart surfaces 13 of the crimping dies 10 and 11 move towards each other along straight line paths which extend normally of the planes of these surfaces. As the
surfaces 13 move in this manner, the positions of engagement of thesurfaces 13 with thearms surfaces 13 toward each other will bring about the desired reduction of theroot 8 of thebight 4 and the development of the contact force in thearms - For a contact having a given geometry, a given initial bight radius R, and on arm length L, a material thickness t, and having given physical properties in the material, such as strength and elastic modulus, there is a crimp height which is reached in an intermediate stage of the crimping operation at which the free ends of the
arms arms substrate 2. This means that the material of the contact must be capable of undergoing a substantial amount of plastic deformation at thebight 4 while it is crimped from the position of Figure 3 to the position of Figure 4. If the material is incapable of undergoing this required amount of plastic deformation, it will fail in thebight 4 and the loading force in thearms arms - It is entirely practical to design specific contacts by using empirical methods in accordance with the considerations discussed above. For example, a connecting device having the desired arm length L and a bight radius R, and of a given material and material thickness, can be designed and crimped as shown in Figures 2 to 4. If it is found that the material fractures at the
bight 4 when the final crimp height is reached, the contact can then be duplicated with a different material which will withstand greater strain after yielding, than the original material. In other words, using a material having a lesser strength level than the original material, such as a material which was less violently cold worked during rolling than the original material. Specifically, if it is found that a relatively hard brass terminal fails in thebight 4 upon crimping, a less hardened brass material can be substituted for the original material. - The substitution of material discussed above would result in a loss in the stress levels in the
arms substrate 2. If this reduction in the contact force is not acceptable, the arm length L, or other variables, can be changed when the material is changed. Alternatively, a superior material can be used instead of the original material, which would be capable of withstanding the required amount of radius reduction in the bight without fracture. For example, a phosphor bronze material might be substituted for a brass material. - While empirical methods based on the foregoing discussion can be used to design a contact for use in the method of this invention, it is also possible to design a specific contact in accordance with the mathematical analysis of the method presented below. If this mathematical method is followed, the performance of the contact during crimping, and the contact force which will be developed in the arms can be predicted.
- In the following, it is assumed that a connecting device, in accordance with the invention, has a
semi-circular bight 4 of radius R and a length g from the centre of thebight 4 to the end of eacharm - When the dies 10 and 11 move towards each other, they flex the
arms arms surfaces 13 of the dies 10 and 11 will be separated by the touch crimp height H¿. The dies 10 and 11 are moved to a final crimp height H to establish the contact pressure at the ends of thearms arms - For purposes of the following analysis, it is assumed that the connecting device comprises two cantilever beam arms, one of which is shown in Figure 16 as a solid line and the other one of which is shown as a dotted line and is symmetrical to the solid line. The arm shown as a solid line is assumed to be fixed at 1, and the point of contact with the
die 10 is indicated at 2, while the free end of the arm is indicated at 3. Thearm 5 would be deflected under the combined loads of F1 and F2' F1 being the load imposed by the crimpingdie 10, and F2 being the reactive load imposed on the free end of the arm by theother arm 6. -
- M12 is the bending moment at any point along the section 1-2 of the beam, as a function of y, (the horizontal distance from point 3) and M23 is the bending moment at any point along the section 2-3 of the beam. These bending moments can be applied using Castigliano's theorem in the following integral form to calculate the effective
elastic defection 5 which exists at the end of the beam (at 3 in Figure 16). - In this equation E, I and ds denote the elastic modulus, the moment of inertia, and element of path length.
- In order to simplify the calculations, it is assumed that the cantilever beam of Figure 16 comprises two straight sections as an approximation as shown in Figure 17. This approximation can be justified because of the fact that the arc along the length of the section 1-2 is relatively short and the section 2-3 is substantially straight to begin with; in other words, both sections (1-2 and 2-3) have a large radius of curvature relative to their lengths.
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- In practical cases and for purposes of this discussion, the radius of curvature of section 1-2 of the
beam 5 is only slightly changed from initial radius R when the connecting device is crimped to the extent shown in Figure 16. If it is assumed that the radius of curvature of the section 1-2 is the same in Figure 16, as it is in Figure 14, then I can be eliminated as a variable by using the following equation which has been shown to be a good approximation experimentally. - Equation VI was derived by assuming that section 1-2 represents an arm having radius R which has been rotated about 1 in Figure 17 due to the plastic hinge effect at 1. It should be noted that I defines the position where the crimping dies load the bight section. Thus, using equation VI enables us to account for the change in the loading position of the dies as a function of the final crimp height H. The loading position in Figures 15 and 16 is the point of contact of the die surface with the beam. This point moves leftwardly as the connecting device is crimped to the position of Figure 16 and, during the final stages of the crimping process when the die is moved downwardly a short distance from the position of Figure 16, the point of contact moves a further distance leftwardly. The verification of equation VI is shown in Figure 19, in which the theoretical curve has been plotted over the observed data points shown as circles. H H
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- Also, the expression for the elastic deflection of the single cantilever beam 2-3, which appears as the first term in equation IV, can be related to the radius R, and the crimp heights Ho (the touch crimp height) and H (final crimp height). To do this we assume that the change in slope at the end of beam 2-3 can be calculated from the change in angle defined by the arc length from the touch point position of the dies to the position that the dies effectively move to in the final state (0 in Figure 18).
- Thus we can derive the following relationship which is used to eliminate F2 in the final equation.
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- These substitutions eliminate all variables except that given variable which is
- Equation IX enables us to calculate the effective elastic deflection at 3 in Figure 16. Since in these calculations the direction of F2 has been chosen as positive with regard to deflection, a positive value for
beams -
- If a given geometry for the connecting device is chosen,
- To carry out the calculations for the example given in Figure 21, equation VIII is used to provide data on the elastic deflection of the beam section 2-3. This beam section is elastically deflected during the initial stages of crimping but it becomes partially plastically deformed when it is crimped past the 0.3 value for X, as seen in Figure 21. Although the beam 2-3 is plastically deformed during the final stages of the crimping, the force F2 can be related to the elastic springback in the plastically deformed beam and thus can be associated with the elastic deflection that remains in beam section 2-3.
- An estimate can be made of the value of X at which beam 2-3 begins to plastically deform by replacing F2 in equation VIII, with the value that defines the beginning of yield at the point of loading, 2, as follows:
- An upper limit can be placed on F2 using the fully yielded condition for the section at 2 with the following equation:
- To summarise, a model has been provided which permits calculation of the effective elastic deflection at 3 in Figure 16 by using either equation VIII for elastic conditions in beam section 2-3 or equation XII for elastic/plastic conditions in the same beam section. From the knowledge of the effective elastic deflection at 3 in Figure 16, the final contact force which subsists after removal of the crimped connecting device from between the dies can be calculated with equation XIII. As mentioned above, the effective deflection at 3 could be positive or negative. When the calculations show that the elastic deflection is positive at 3, then the condition for an effective crimped connection is met and the 'amount of deflection at 3 is unchanged when the connecting device is removed from between the dies. It is this deflection at 3 which is used to calculate the contact force in the crimped connection, as mentioned above.
- The solid line curve of Figure 17 which represents the theoretical model analysed above, is in reasonably good agreement with the observed data points shown on this figure. It can therefore be concluded that the theoretical curve can be used to estimate important characteristics of the crimped connection and the effect of crimp height on these characteristics. For example, the theoretical curve shows that when the crimping dies are moved towards each other and the control is crimped only to the extent that the free ends of the arms touch each other, where X is 0.51, the ends of the arms will spring apart after the contact is removed from between the dies. It is necessary that the contact be crimped to an X value of 0.37 before the condition of pre-loading is achieved, that is, before the arms will remain against each other when the contact is removed from between the dies. As a practical matter, the contact will ordinarily be crimped to an X value which is significantly less than 0.37 and the precise X value of the finished crimped connection will produce predictable force in the beams which can be determined from Figure 21. Thus, if the contact is crimped to an X value of 0.2, the beams will exert a contact force of about 1.7 pounds.
- The theoretical curve shown in Figure 21 is valid only for the material constants and dimensions which were assumed in the mathematical model discussed above and if different constants were used in the mathematical analysis, a different curve would be obtained. For any assumed set of constants then, a curve of the type shown in Figure 21 can be plotted and from this curve, the behaviour of the crimped connection can be predicted. Curves of this type are thus capable of serving as a valuable design tool and their use will avoid time-consuming and wasteful experimentation in determining dimensions and material constants for a crimped connection in accordance with the invention.
- Crimped connections made by the method of this invention have several advantages over previously available crimped connections and over connections made using soldering techniques. Soldering to conductors on thin film substrates is frequently sensitive to the nature of the conductor, and soldering to some types of electrodeposited conductors can be carried out only with great difficulty and with unsatisfactory reliability. A crimped connection made by the method of this invention does not depend upon, and is not affected by, the nature of the conductor.
- As mentioned previously, the principle crimping forces are applied to the bight portion of the contact, rather than to the cantilever beam arms. These forces may be quite high, but no damage will be caused to the conductors on the substrate, since the high crimping forces are transmitted through the bight rather than through the arms and the only forces developed in the arms are the contact forces or forces slightly in excess of the contact forces.
- The final crimped connection has relatively limited thickness as is apparent from Fig'ure 6, and it is not therefore very much larger than the substrate on which it is made. Additionally, the width of the contact can be restricted, as compared with previously available crimped connections, and under many circumstances the contact need be no wider than the conductor on the substrate.
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