EP0302777A1 - Elektrische Anschlussklemme und Herstellungsverfahren einer solchen Klemme - Google Patents

Elektrische Anschlussklemme und Herstellungsverfahren einer solchen Klemme Download PDF

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EP0302777A1
EP0302777A1 EP88401982A EP88401982A EP0302777A1 EP 0302777 A1 EP0302777 A1 EP 0302777A1 EP 88401982 A EP88401982 A EP 88401982A EP 88401982 A EP88401982 A EP 88401982A EP 0302777 A1 EP0302777 A1 EP 0302777A1
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Christian Mazelle
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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

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  • the present invention relates to electrical contact terminals used in connectors, and in particular in connectors with a large number of contacts intended for signal transmission, for example in aircraft construction.
  • the present invention aims to provide an electrical contact terminal which can be manufactured by the stamped-cut-rolled-folded technique, an economical technique and which better meets the requirements of the practice than the previously known solutions, in particular in that the barrel contact terminal is not cracked and thus guarantees an electrically reliable and safe fixing of an electrical conductor.
  • an electrical contact terminal comprising a body having a front tubular contact divided into contact fingers by slots and a rear shaft intended to receive an electrical conductor and comprising an external tube for protecting the front contact, characterized in that the barrel is continuous and in that it is separated from the body by a circumferential bulge trapped in a flared end portion of the outer tube.
  • the rear barrel Due to the fact that the rear barrel has no longitudinal slot, it allows secure and durable fixing by crimping or welding.
  • the contact terminal is in two parts only. Its manufacture is therefore particularly economical.
  • the tubular contact is separate from the barrel instead of being integral with it.
  • This solution makes it possible to use different materials for the tubular contact and for the barrel.
  • the material used for the barrel can have characteristics well suited to the production of the latter or the method of manufacturing the barrel can be adapted to the material.
  • this second solution makes it possible to optimize each material to take into account both the manufacturing process used and the specifications for using the contact (intensity, contact resistance).
  • the barrel and the tubular contact can be fixed to each other by any suitable method, such as for example welding or crimping.
  • the invention also provides a method of manufacturing a terminal of the type defined above, characterized in that the body is manufactured by cutting and rolling in a strip to form the front tubular contact and by cutting and stamping the barrel back.
  • the entire body is manufactured in the same strip, leaving the tubular contact connected to the part intended to constitute the barrel by a tongue. Finally, the tongue is bent to bring the tubular contact into alignment with the barrel before installing the external protection tube, which prevents unfolding and ensures electrical and mechanical continuity.
  • This outer tube is advantageously obtained by cold stamping.
  • the body When the body is in one piece, it will generally be made of an alloy based on ductile copper, bronze or a light alloy.
  • the external protection tube can be made of stainless steel and often will have a thickness significantly smaller than that of the strip, for example 0.1 mm instead of 0.25 mm.
  • the electrical contact terminal shown diagrammatically in FIG. 1 comprises a body 10 surrounded in its front part by an external protection tube 12.
  • the contact terminal shown is intended to be mounted in an insulating block 14 and to be retained in this block by a split elastic ring 16.
  • the ring 16 is trapped in a recess of the block and has internal fingers 17 intended to maintain a bulged part of the terminal in abutment against one of the shoulders limiting the recess.
  • the body 10 can be viewed as comprising a rear barrel 18 in the form of a continuous barrel, that is to say not split, and a front tubular contact 20 connected by a bulge 22.
  • the contact has a stepped shape and its front part is split by slots 24 into elastic fingers bearing on a male contact, not shown.
  • the body of the terminal shown in Figure 1 also has stop tabs 26 located between the slotted front part and the bulge 22, intended to limit the fully inserted position of the electrical conductor.
  • the outer protection tube 12 has a constant diameter over most of its length. It rests on the widest part of the contact and surrounds the fingers 24, the radial expansion of which it limits. It overflows from these fingers at the front. At the rear, the protective tube 12 has a bulge formed by successive folds and constituting a ring trapping the bulge 22 of the body.
  • the barrel and the contact are connected to each other by a tongue 32 constituting a hinge, in the region of the bulge.
  • This tongue is delimited by a circumferential slot 34 originating from the folding over one another of the barrel and of the contact, as will be seen below. Due to the confinement of the bulge 22 by the tube 12, the contact terminal in its final state cannot fold back, which would lead to a misalignment of the barrel and of the contact.
  • In the barrel 18 can be formed one or more holes 36 for connecting a conductor by welding.
  • the body of the contact terminal of FIG. 1 is manufactured by cutting, deep drawing and rolling of a strip according to the sequence shown diagrammatically in FIGS. 3 and 4. This sequence is given only by way of example and the distribution of operations between successive workstations could be modified.
  • a strip is cut with the press so as to leave two edge strips 38 connecting blanks having a part 40 intended to constitute the contact and an approximately circular part 42 intended to constitute the barrel (FIG. 3 ).
  • a tongue 32 remains between the parts 40 and 42 to constitute a hinge.
  • a notch 43 is cut to give birth to one of the slots 24 (the other slot resulting from the approximation of the edges of the part 40).
  • the retaining tabs 26 are cut out.
  • a first stamping pass using a punch constitutes a blank 44 of the barrel.
  • one of the edge strips 38 is cut; the part 40 is rolled to form the contact 20 and the tabs 26 are deformed inward.
  • the blank 44 is stretched to give it the final shape of the barrel 18.
  • the part 40 has two lateral tabs 46 which are finally placed side by side and serve to ensure the retention using the tube 12.
  • the tubular contact is folded around the tongue 32 until the tabs 46 rest on the terminal rim of the barrel. It is desirable to give these legs an important peripheral development to improve support.
  • the body 10 is then detached from the remaining edge strip 38, the tube 12 is put in place and one of its ends is crimped onto the bulge 22 formed by the terminal rim of the barrel, the tongue 32 forming hinge and legs 46.
  • the end of the tube 12 is not completely crimped but simply has a double bend. But the legs 46 are also folded over the end of the barrel, without a rim, instead of constituting a simple flat support.
  • the material constituting the body will generally be one of those commonly used in connectors, in particular copper alloys or light alloys sufficiently ductile to allow the drawing of the barrel 18.
  • the body once completed will be subjected to surface heat treatments or to the core, for example to a coating of ductile and non-porous nickel a few microns thick, followed by a deposit of gold of thickness less than one micron.
  • the protective tube generally two or three times thinner than the body, may be made of ferrous material and in particular stainless steel. There are indeed stainless steels with sufficient ductility to allow the tube 12 to be manufactured by cold stamping, stamping, direct or reverse spinning.
  • the front tubular contact is produced by cutting and rolling a strip of material with high mechanical characteristic.
  • the barrel is produced separately by stamping a strip of material suitable for stamping, such as copper alloys with high cold deformation.
  • the barrel and the tubular contact are positioned and then fixed to each other.
  • the assembly is maintained by the external protection tube.
  • the lugs 46 are for example replaced by a flange extending all around the contact.
  • the invention is in no way limited to the limits of female contacts described as examples. It has a much wider scope and can be applied regardless of the constitution of the front part, especially if the latter is a male contact.

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EP88401982A 1987-08-03 1988-07-29 Elektrische Anschlussklemme und Herstellungsverfahren einer solchen Klemme Expired - Lifetime EP0302777B1 (de)

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FR8711001A FR2619256B1 (fr) 1987-08-03 1987-08-03 Borne de contact electrique et procede de fabrication d'une telle borne

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