EP0080389B1 - Contact électrique et application à un connecteur - Google Patents

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EP0080389B1
EP0080389B1 EP82401926A EP82401926A EP0080389B1 EP 0080389 B1 EP0080389 B1 EP 0080389B1 EP 82401926 A EP82401926 A EP 82401926A EP 82401926 A EP82401926 A EP 82401926A EP 0080389 B1 EP0080389 B1 EP 0080389B1
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Yves Fourreau
Alain Gillet
Michel Pesson
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FCI France SA
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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
    • 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
    • H01R12/77—Coupling devices for flexible printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables or like structures
    • 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

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  • the present invention relates to electrical contacts, as well as their applications in a connector.
  • the current technique has developed a certain number of cables having particular structures and among these, we know the so-called flat laminated cables or flat cables.
  • These cables made up of a plurality of electrical conductors, are commonly used in all industries, and are generally connected to connectors in order to be able to connect or disconnect these cables.
  • this distance is not always the same for each cable; it can be less, equal or greater than the distances separating the electrical contacts in a connector.
  • the electrical contacs are made so that the offset between the two ends follows a determined progression so that all the conductors are connected to the contact connector coupling.
  • the present invention aims to overcome these drawbacks and to achieve in particular an electrical contact making it possible to obtain the offset between these two ends in a simple embodiment, easy to implement, and which, moreover, can allow '' obtain all the possible law of variation defining the distance separating these two ends.
  • the subject of the present invention is an electrical contact characterized in that it comprises two connectable parts, said first part comprising a pin for connection to an electrical conductor, along a first axis, a lug integral with said pin having a fixing direction along a second axis, said first and second axes being substantially parallel and distant from each other, by a determined value, said second part comprising, a fixing head capable of cooperating with said first part in one plurality of positions with respect to a third median axis over two distances on either side of said median axis, these two distances respectively having values substantially equal to said determined value, and a longitudinal coupling endpiece integral with said head attachment, this longitudinal coupling end being defined on a fourth axis, said fourth axis being substantially coincident with said three th median axis.
  • the present invention also relates to a connector comprising a plurality of electrical contacts defined above.
  • the part 41 comprises a connection pin 2 with an electrical conductor on an axis 3 which is defined in this embodiment by a self-cutting or self-stripping slot 4 allowing, by penetrating the conductor through the opening 5, to cut out its insulating sheath, and to position it in the bottom of this slot 4 defined along the axis 3, so that the conductive core is in contact with this pin 2 which, of course, is made of a conductive material of the 'electricity.
  • This part 41 further comprises a lug 6 integral with the spindle 2, this lug 6 is substantially constituted by an oblong part having an orientation axis 7 substantially parallel to the coupling axis of the spindle 2, but offset of it of a certain determined quantity which, for the understanding of the description, will have a value a.
  • this unitary piece 41 can be produced by cutting from relatively flat sheet metal, having a thickness sufficient to nevertheless exhibit a certain rigidity.
  • the contact also comprises, on the other hand, the part 42 which consists of a head 8 having at its end 9, a clamp 10 consisting of two edges 11 and 12 having an elasticity, for example obtained by prestressing, so that these edges 11 and 12 tend to approach each other.
  • this clamp is integral with a rigid body 13 supporting the two elements of the clamp 10.
  • the width of possibility of pinching of this clamp 10 is located in a direction perpendicular to a so-called median axis 14, so that the width of this clamp substantially perpendicular to this median axis 14 is equal to twice the determined value defined above, that is to say in fact equal to 2 a.
  • this part 42 comprises, integral with the rigid body 13, an end piece 15 called a coupling which has the function of being able to cooperate with another end piece in the manner of an electrical connection, that is to say that this tip can have a male function or a female function, in particular in any type of connector, and in particular even, connectors of the hermaphrodite type.
  • This tip generally being made of an oblong piece, is arranged so that its longitudinal axis is substantially coincident with the median axis 14 defined above.
  • the two parts 41 and 42 can be connected as illustrated in this FIG. 1, that is to say that the part 41, by means of its tab 6, is introduced into the clamp 10 so that the two elastic edges 11 and 12 bear firmly on the side wall of the tab 6, and that, due to the respective length of these two edges 11 and 12, maintain this part 41 in a relatively rigid position relative to the part 42.
  • the contact described with reference to FIG. 1 has advantages because, since the tab 6 has a relatively small width compared to the width of the clamp 10, and that the axis 14 is offset from the axis 3 , it presents a large number of positioning possibilities.
  • connection between these two parts 41 and 42 are innumerable and make it possible to obtain a connection between a conductor which is offset on either side of the coupling end piece by an amount between 0 and 2 ⁇ .
  • the pin 2 will also be offset with respect to the median axis 14, by an amount 2 a.
  • the conductor arrives in position so that it is located opposite the median axis 14 and, therefore, by positioning the tab 6 on an extreme edge of the clamp 10, but in turning the spindle 2 in the space delimited by the two edges of this clamp 10, it can be seen that the offset between the axis 3 of the spindle 2 and the axis 14 of the tab 6 is substantially equal to a , the axis 3 of the spindle 2 will be substantially coincident with the median axis 14.
  • Such an electrical contact is particularly advantageous in the case of a connector with several contacts, that is to say the connectors of the "strip" type, comprising a plurality of coupling contacts arranged one next to the other in a base made of an insulating material.
  • Figure 6 partially shows such a connector in a partially cut away view.
  • This connector therefore comprises a plurality of contacts 20 identical to that which has been described with reference to FIG. 1, these contacts 20, only one of which is shown in the figure for the purpose of simplification, are arranged in housings 21 produced in a base 22.
  • the parts 41 will be arranged in the clamp 10 of the part 42 so that for each contact disposed one beside the other the distance separating the two connection slots 4 from these contacts is distant from Y.
  • the base 22 has been shown so as to be made of an insulating material consisting of two parts 25 and 26 which fit into one another so as to maintain
  • the conductors may also be held laterally between these two faces by bosses 34 made for example on the body 30 as shown in the figure.

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EP82401926A 1981-10-23 1982-10-20 Contact électrique et application à un connecteur Expired EP0080389B1 (fr)

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FR8119899 1981-10-23
FR8119899A FR2515435A1 (fr) 1981-10-23 1981-10-23 Contact electrique et application a un connecteur

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DE3268587D1 (en) 1986-02-27
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JPS58135586A (ja) 1983-08-12
EP0080389A1 (fr) 1983-06-01
FR2515435B1 (enExample) 1984-11-16

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