EP0042332A1 - Elektrischer Kontakt mit innerem hülsenförmigen Element und Verfahren zu dessen Herstellung - Google Patents

Elektrischer Kontakt mit innerem hülsenförmigen Element und Verfahren zu dessen Herstellung Download PDF

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EP0042332A1
EP0042332A1 EP81400927A EP81400927A EP0042332A1 EP 0042332 A1 EP0042332 A1 EP 0042332A1 EP 81400927 A EP81400927 A EP 81400927A EP 81400927 A EP81400927 A EP 81400927A EP 0042332 A1 EP0042332 A1 EP 0042332A1
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Donald Leo Pfendler
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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
    • H01R13/02—Contact members
    • H01R13/10—Sockets for co-operation with pins or blades
    • H01R13/11—Resilient sockets
    • H01R13/111—Resilient sockets co-operating with pins having a circular transverse section
    • 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
    • H01R13/02—Contact members
    • H01R13/15—Pins, blades or sockets having separate spring member for producing or increasing contact pressure
    • H01R13/187—Pins, blades or sockets having separate spring member for producing or increasing contact pressure with spring member in the socket
    • 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
    • H01R4/10—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 effected solely by twisting, wrapping, bending, crimping, or other permanent deformation
    • H01R4/18—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 effected solely by twisting, wrapping, bending, crimping, or other permanent deformation by crimping
    • 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
    • H01R43/01—Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors for connecting unstripped conductors to contact members having insulation cutting edges
    • H01R43/015—Handtools

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  • This invention relates to electrical connectors of the type having an outer shell or housing ; a plurality of electrical contacts, each of which are electrically a dielectric insert or insert assembly mounted to the housing for either fixedly or removably mounting the electrical contacts in the shell electrically isolated from other conductors.
  • This invention is more particularly related to an improved electrical contact assembly and a superior method of making the contact.
  • the present invention is related to and an improvement upon the invention disclosed in U.S. Patent 4,120,556, issued October 17, 1978 and entitled “Electrical Contact Assembly”.
  • This patent is hereby specifically incorporated herein by reference and is herein sometimes referred to as the "Three-Piece Contact” patent.
  • the present invention is also related to U.S. Patent 4,072,394 to C. R. Waldron et al., for "Electrical Contact Assembly".
  • This patent is also specifically incorporated herein by reference, sometimes referred to as the “Alternate Three-Piece Contact” patent.
  • the present invention is also similar to US SN 158 655 filed June 11, 1980 in the names of D. L. Pfendler, H. K. Uhlig and E. J. Bright, also hereby specifically incorporated herein by reference.
  • a variety of electrical contacts have been suggested in the prior art.
  • a variety of methods of making such contact also have been suggested in the prior art.
  • the contact will be inexpensive and simple to manufacture and assemble, having superior electrical properties, and have good mechanical characteristics (resistance to conductor "pull out” or undesirable contact disassembly).
  • the three-Piece Contact patent describes an electrical contact (and method of making it) similar to the present invention.
  • the electrical contact described therein presents possible manufacturing and assembly difficulties which could lead to quality and reliability problems in its electrical or mechanical properties.
  • the contacts in that patent are shown to have four slots.
  • the sleeve (shown therein) is crimped in place by a conventional crimping mechanism having four radially spaced crimper members. When the crimping mechanisms and the sleeve slots are aligned the resulting attachment may be subject to mechanical and/or electrical failure. It is not feasible to insure a fixed orientation between slots and crimping mechanisms in today's manufacturing processes.
  • that patent shows a flat or slick precrimping internal sleeve, so the conductor is secured merely by the crimp of an otherwise flat sleeve.
  • electrical contacts are machined from cylindrical metal stock.
  • very close manufacturing tolerances 0.05 mm or less
  • An oversized contact may not be insertable into connector apertures designed to receive the contacts.
  • an insufficient clearance caused by either an undersized or oversized part, could prevent proper electric or mechanical operation of the contact.
  • Machined contacts are also generally relatively expensive to manufacture when machine and operator costs are considered. Further, the weight of a machined contact is typically greater than the weight of a stamped and formed contact as described in present invention. While individual contact weight is generally small, an aircraft requires a very large number of contacts and every extra gram of aircraft equipment (e.g., in the contacts) displaces'a gram of potential load, since the maximum weight for equipment and load is specified for the aircraft.
  • Machined contacts are also disadvantageous in that the machines producing them are time-consuming and difficult to set up and inherently produce a parts output which have a relatively wide dimensional range.
  • This dimensional range requires a costly post-manufacture inspection, at which a significantly number of machined parts may be rejected or discarded as not meeting specifications.
  • the reject problem significantly raises the costs of good parts.
  • the invention proposes a method of making an electrical contact having a forward contacts section and a rear conductor receiving section characterized in that it comprises the steps of :
  • the invention also proposes an electrical contact stamped and formed from a sheet of metal, characterized in that it comprises a sleeve having an open seam extending the entire length of said sleeve, parallel to the axis thereof, between a forward contact section and a rear wire receiving section having a plurality of amending slots in the wall thereof, with the longitudinal axis of each of said slots extending parallel to the longitudinal axis of said sleeve and being arranged symmetrically around the axis of the sleeve said sleeve also including a plurality of parallel grooved indentations formed on the inside of the sleeve wall in the wire receiving section, each of said indentations extending around the sleeve at approximately a uniform distance from the sleeve end.
  • the present contact assembly includes an inner sleeve stamped to have a plurality of longitudinally slots in a conductor receiving rear portion and advantageously includes a plurality of internal grooved indentations extending circumferentially around the conductor-receiving portion forwardly of the slots.
  • the number of slots is chosen to be unequal to the number of radially-spaced crimping members in the crimping apparatus.
  • the number of slots and the number of crimping members is more advantageously chosen to avoid having a common factor or division. Accordingly, if four crimping members are used, five slots might be chosen, but six slots for example, would be less desirable as there would be a common factor or divisor (of 2) with the number of crimping members.
  • the electrical contact of the present invention has the advantage that it is lower weight and higher quality than that of machined contacts of prior art.
  • the present invention also has the advantage that it has better electrical and mechanical characteristics that the contact described in the Three-Piece Contact and Alternate Three-Piece Contact patents referred above.
  • the referred embodiment of the present invention is a three-piece electrical contact assembly including a sleeve that is stamped and formed from a piece of sheet metal and is characterized by a tubular inner sleeve which has an unwelded seam and five longitudinal slots spaced symmetrically about the axis of the sleeve when the sleeve is formed into a tubular shape.
  • a conductor is secured within the sleeve.
  • Figure 1 is a top view of a one-piece contact sleeve member 10 showing elements of the present invention.
  • the sleeve member 10 is shown as it is initially formed, a flat piece of sheet metal or other electrically conducting material, stamped in substantially the shape shown.
  • the sleeve member 10 includes a forward contact section 12, a medial section 14, and a rear conductor-receiving section 16.
  • the forward contact section 12 includes two (or, alternatively a plurality of) projections 13 which taper to narrower forward ends. The projections become spring fingers for receiving a male or pin-type electrical contact in both mechanical contact and an electrical circuit relationship after the sleeve member is formed into its three-dimensional cylindrical shape.
  • the medial section 14 spatially connects and electrically joins the forward contact section 12 and the rear conductor-receiving section 16.
  • the rear conductor-receiving portion 16 includes a plurality of grooved depressions or indentations 18 extending transverse to the length of the sleeve member 10 and transverse to the axis of the cylindrically-shaped sleeve member 10 (when formed). These grooves 18 are formed on the inside side of the sleeve member 10 when it is formed into its three-dimensional cylindrical shape.
  • the rear section 16 also includes five (alternatively, plurality of) elongated slots 19 extending with their length generally aligned and parallel to the length of the sleeve member 10.
  • the five slots formed as a first slot half 19a cooperates with a second slot half 19b to form a single slot.
  • These slots and slot portions are separated by a uniform lateral spacing to provide a uniform angular (radial) separation of the slots when the contact sleeve portion is formed into its cylindrical shape.
  • Figure 2 shows the contact sleeve member 10 formed into a cylidri- cal shape by forming the sleeve 10.
  • the sleeve member 10 is symmetrical about an axis which is parallel to the length of the sleeve portion and the slots.
  • the forward contact section 12 has the spring fingers 13 converging to its forward end for receiving the pin-type contact therein.
  • the grooved indentations 18 are shown in the cut-away portion extending circumferentially around the inside portion of the sleeve member 10 of Figure 2.
  • the grooves 18 are preferably located forwardly on the slots 19, but within the rear contact receiving section 16.
  • a rear end portion 21 of the contact body is flared radially outwardly for more ease in inserting an electrical conductor therein.
  • the slot halves 19a, 19b meet at a seam 22 to form a single slot, generally similar in shape to the other slots 19.
  • the contact sleeve portion 10 is crimped after a conductor is inserted into the rear end thereof to retain the conductor therein.
  • Existing crimping apparatus are well known and generally have a plurality of radially spaced crimping elements, including four elements spaced 90 degrees apart in the preferred embodiment.
  • Applicants' preferred contact structure is specifically disclosed to have a number of slots which is unequal to the number of crimping elements spaced radially about the axis of crimping for the apparatus.
  • the present invention therefore, provides arrangement in which the crimps of the sleeve made by the crimping apparatus will not coincide with and be super imposed upon a significant number slots.
  • Figures 3 and 4 illustrate the second (liner) and third (hood) members 30, 40, respectively, of the three-piece contact of the present invention.
  • These members 30, 40 are generally similar in structure and function to the members disclosed in the Three-Piece Contact Patent and Alternate Three-Piece Contact Patent.
  • the structure of the members 30, 40 are not particularly relevant to the present invention, except that the present invention has preferred and alternate embodiments as described in the Three-Piece Contact Patent and Alternate Three-Piece Contact Patent, respectively. Reference should be made thereto for a fuller understanding of the present invention and its environment.
  • Figure 5 shows an initial assembly of the contact members 10, 30 in the present invention.
  • Wall portions 11, 31 of the members 10, 30, respectively, are punched and bent inwardly to form an inspection aperture 50.
  • Figure 6 shows a cross-sectional view of the assembly of Figure 5.
  • the sleeve 10 and the member 30 are shown, and have the inspection aperture 50 and indentations 52 shown.
  • the aperture 50 allows a visual inspection of an inserted conductor to insure its proper preparation and positioning.
  • Figure 7 shows a top view of the member 30 in the vicinity of the inspection aperture 50 and better shows the preferred shape of the aperture 50.
  • Figure 8 shows a partial cross-sectional view of the entire assembly of a contact 100 showing the inner sleeve 10,.the liner 30 and the hood 40.
  • Figure 9 shows an alternate structure for the sleeve portion.
  • the alternate sleeve portion 10' has the same general configuration, to include the grooved portions 18.
  • the slots 19' are uniformly spaced but do not include a single slot which is formed along the seam, by including half on one side, half on the other. The five slots are fully formed in the material even in its flat state.
  • the number of slots is important only to the extent that it is relative to the number of crimps applied thereto to retain the conductor therein. To the extent that a different number of crimps is used to retain the conductor, it may be appropriate to chose a different number of slots. Additionally, the grooved portions need neither be continuous nor extend completely circumferentially around the body. Accordingly, it is intended that the illustrative and descriptive materials herein be used merely to illustrate the principles of the present invention and not to limit the scope thereof which is described solely by the appended claims.

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EP0652606A1 (de) * 1993-11-08 1995-05-10 Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd. Metalleinheit einer Kontaktbüchse für elektrischen Verbinder
FR2714770A1 (fr) * 1994-01-05 1995-07-07 Deutsch Connecteurs Electr Contact du type comportant un fût dans lequel doit être inséré et fixé un câble.
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EP0025366A1 (de) * 1979-08-31 1981-03-18 The Bendix Corporation Trennbarer elektrischer Steckverbinder von dem Aufbau, der erste und zweite Arten von Steckerteilen mit verbesserten Kontaktteilen enthält, die zu einer Art von Steckerteilen gehören
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EP0025366A1 (de) * 1979-08-31 1981-03-18 The Bendix Corporation Trennbarer elektrischer Steckverbinder von dem Aufbau, der erste und zweite Arten von Steckerteilen mit verbesserten Kontaktteilen enthält, die zu einer Art von Steckerteilen gehören
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EP0652606A1 (de) * 1993-11-08 1995-05-10 Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd. Metalleinheit einer Kontaktbüchse für elektrischen Verbinder
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FR2714770A1 (fr) * 1994-01-05 1995-07-07 Deutsch Connecteurs Electr Contact du type comportant un fût dans lequel doit être inséré et fixé un câble.
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