EP0327330A2 - Contact électrique surmoulé pour la fabrication de connecteurs - Google Patents

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EP0327330A2
EP0327330A2 EP89300955A EP89300955A EP0327330A2 EP 0327330 A2 EP0327330 A2 EP 0327330A2 EP 89300955 A EP89300955 A EP 89300955A EP 89300955 A EP89300955 A EP 89300955A EP 0327330 A2 EP0327330 A2 EP 0327330A2
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John S.-C/O Minnesota Mining And Manuf. Co. Burg
Hirochika -C/O Minnesota Mining And Manuf. Co Enn
Lane A.-C/O Minnesota Mining & Manuf.C Freshwater
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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
    • H01R4/2425—Flat plates, e.g. multi-layered flat plates
    • H01R4/2429—Flat plates, e.g. multi-layered flat plates mounted in an insulating base
    • H01R4/2433—Flat plates, e.g. multi-layered flat plates mounted in an insulating base one part of the base being movable to push the cable into the slot

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  • This invention relates to a connector formed with individual contact elements and in one aspect to a connector for use with electronic cable components with closely spaced conductors, where the conductors are positioned on 0.63 mm (0.025 inch) centers, to form a cable termination socket or header.
  • Cable terminations for flat cable are well known and it is typical to connect the individual wires of such a cable to individual contact elements in an insulative housing.
  • the contacts typically have an end portion formed to make electrical contact with the individual wires in the cable.
  • a cap is then placed onto the housing to maintain the wires in contact with the contact elements.
  • This construction is illustrated in U.S.A. Letters Patent Nos. 3,434,093 and 3,444,506 illustrating solderless flat cable wire connectors.
  • the junction between the wire of the flat cable and the contact element can be encapsulated by molding directly over the junctions as illustrated in U.S.A. Letters Patent Nos. 4,030,799 and 4,094,564.
  • the present invention is directed at a product which provides electrical contacts in a form which may be readily handled and which afford the manufacture of substantially any shape or style of connector to meet the customer requirements.
  • the connector may be a termination socket or header.
  • the contact of the present invention affords the manufacture of connectors having two or more rows of contact elements and for use as a termination for flat cables of 10 to 100 wires with wires or with contacts closely spaced, e.g., on 0.63 mm to 0.5 mm (0.0250 inch) to (0.02 inch) spacings.
  • the contact of the present invention is provided with the spring compression reserve contact elements disposed in rows and joined with the wire positioning surfaces spaced to afford good electrical contact and avoid cross talk, voltage breakdown and shorting.
  • the present invention provides an electrical contact adapted for insertion into or over-molding into a connector housing comprising plural electrical contact elements having opposite ends and contact means at said opposite ends for connection to a conductor and other electrical component, and an integrally molded polymeric strip joining the contacts intermediate their ends.
  • the strip has means for registration of the contacts and the strip with relationship to another strip and/or with a connector housing.
  • the electrical contact according to the present invention is provided with a molded strip which includes spaced conductor positioning elements positioned along said strip to position wires of a flat cable in relationship to the contact elements.
  • the electrical contact wire positioning elements are positioned in alternate relationship along the strip with the contact elements. Actually, there are channels formed in the strip defining lower wire supporting surfaces aligned with the wire contacting means of the contact elements and these channels are positioned between upper wire supporting surfaces positioned generally between adjacent contact elements.
  • An electrical contact according to the present invention provides a plurality of contact elements which are disposed in a row, each contact element having opposite ends with an insulation displacing wire receiving contact at one end and a strip of polymeric material molded onto the contact elements intermediate the ends.
  • the strip comprises a conductor supporting element positioned one on each side of each said wire receiving contact.
  • the conductor supporting elements have a support surface which is positioned generally on a plane with the ends of the wire receiving contacts.
  • the supporting elements are separated by channels affording insertion of wires from a flat cable into electrical contact with the wire receiving contacts.
  • Identical rows of the electrical contact elements may be placed together with two rows in face to face relationship to define an insert for a premolded housing or as a mold insert such that a socket or header for a circuit board may be provided with the desired shape, length and style.
  • the contact elements are initially formed from flat sheets of the conductive metallic material used for such elements, e.g. beryllium copper. This is usually done by stamping.
  • the elements of Figure 1 are formed for use in a cable termination connector and as illustrated comprise a plurality of contact elements 15 joined together at one end by a carrier strip 16 which is joined to the elements 15 at points which are easily broken away to remove the carrier strip 16.
  • the contact elements 15 are each provided a shape or form characteristic to increase the retention of the element in the molded on strip to be applied between the contacts of the elements.
  • the shape or form characteristic means is an offset portion 20 of the contact elements 15 formed by two generally 90° bends in the elements.
  • the contact elements 15 have been over-molded by a polymeric insulative material to define an electrical contact 33.
  • the molding of a strip 35 onto the contact elements 15 in the location of the offset portion 20 affords means for registration of the contact elements with other contacts and a housing.
  • the strip 35 is provided with registration means in the form of cooperating interference fitting projections 36 and recesses 37 spaced along the length of the strip 35.
  • the strip 35 is further provided with shoulders 38 and end members 39 which afford location means for the electrical contacts 33.
  • the strip 35 is further provided with conductor support means for aligning closely spaced conductors with the contacts or insulation displacing contact portions 40 of the contact elements 15.
  • These conductor support means comprise lower wire supporting channels 41 aligned with the contacts 40 to permit a conductor to be forced into engagement with the U-shaped contact 40.
  • the channels 41 separate upper wire supporting pillars 42 having troughs formed in the upper surface to engage and support an insulation coated conductor at a height above the contacts 40.
  • the troughs form a saddle to position the conductor along the strip 35.
  • the edges 43 on each pillar 42 will serve to separate the conductors 64 of a flat cable 65 as will hereinafter be explained.
  • Figure 3 illustrates the molded electrical contact 33 with the carrier strip 16 separated from the contact elements 15 and the alignment strip 35.
  • the electrical contact is adapted to be placed in opposed relationship with an identical second electrical contact 44 of the same construction which together with the electrical contact 33 position two rows of contact elements in opposed offset relationship.
  • Such a relationship will position the contact portions 40 in a position where the contacts on one electrical contact engage alternate wires 64 in a flat ribbon cable 65 and the contacts of the other electrical contact engage the other wires.
  • the opposed electrical contacts 33 and 44 are aligned by cooperating projections and recesses 36 and 37 respectively.
  • the housing 50 is a premolded connector housing for a socket connector and has a hollow central rectangular cavity 51 shaped to receive the pair of electrical contacts 33 and 44.
  • the housing 50 is provided with wall means forming chambers 52 having access openings 53 which chambers receive the wiping contact portions 54 of the contact elements 15.
  • the access openings 53 are adapted to receive an external electrical contact to make a suitable connection with the contact element 15.
  • the housing 50 is further provided with end walls 56 and side walls 57 which define the cavity 51.
  • the bottom of the cavity 51 is perforate to provide insertion of the contact portions 54 into the chambers 52 and forms a base 58 upon which rests the shoulders 38 of the strips 35.
  • the side walls 57 of the housing 50 are provided at their upper surfaces with channels 60 which separate posts 61 having troughs to contact an individual conductor 64 in the cable 65.
  • the posts 61 on one wall 57 are positioned in aligned relationship to the pillars 42 of an adjacent electrical contact.
  • the channels 60 are positioned to be aligned with an adjacent channel 41 in a strip 35 to afford location of a conductor with a contact 40.
  • the channels 60 on one side wall 57 are aligned transversely with a post 61 on the opposite side of the housing such that the wire adjacent to a contact 40 is spaced above the adjacent contacts 40 to restrict interference between signals carried on one wire with signals carried of the adjacent wire.
  • the assembled connector housing 50 and electrical contacts 33 and 44 are prepared to accept the ribbon cable 65.
  • the wires in the ribbon cable are positioned on 0.635 mm (0.025 inch) centers which provides a very close spacing for the contacts in the electrical contacts 33 and 44.
  • a cap 66 or a tool face (not shown) is used to separate conductors 64 in the cable and force the conductor wires of the ribbon cable 65 into contacting engagement with the insulation displacing contact portions 40 of the contact elements 15.
  • the cap 66 and or tool has a surface to mate with the posts 61 of housing 50 and the pillars 42 of the electrical contacts 33 and 44, affording means for separating the individual conductors in the cable and positioning the alternating wires in the channels and adjacent wires on the posts of one side and in the channels of the other side, as illustrated in Figure 9.
  • the cap 66, see Figure 8a is provided also with spaced conductor support surfaces 60a separated by channels 61a and support surfaces 41a separated by channels 42a.
  • the surfaces 60a and 41a are formed with arcuate troughs like the pillars 42 and posts 61.
  • the edges of these surfaces 60a and 41a cooperate with the edges on the posts 61 and pillars 42 to shear the cable insulation between the conductors 64 to drive the conductors into the contact portions 40.
  • the cap 66 has suitable locking means to lock the cap in place on the housing 50 after being positioned to afford the wire connections of the cable 65 to the contact elements.
  • the locking means illustrated comprises resilient U-shaped pawls 67 at the ends of the caps. The bight portion of the pawls 67 are received over detents 68 to fit beneath the detents and hold the cap in place.

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NL9100761A (nl) * 1991-05-02 1992-12-01 Du Pont Nederland Isolatiedoordringingscontact en een hiermee uitgeruste connector.
US5475921A (en) * 1993-08-04 1995-12-19 The Wiremold Company Method for making contact assembly
US5645445A (en) * 1992-08-20 1997-07-08 The Siemon Company Wire termination block
US7373719B2 (en) * 2004-11-09 2008-05-20 Channell Commercial Corporation Method and process for manufacturing a terminal block
US7765695B2 (en) 2007-05-29 2010-08-03 Channell Commercial Corporation Method and process for manufacturing a terminal block
EP4307486A1 (fr) * 2022-07-15 2024-01-17 Schneider Electric USA, Inc. Dispositifs, systèmes et procédés de migration de fil

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EP0718918B1 (fr) * 1994-12-20 1997-08-06 Connector Systems Technology N.V. Connecteur avec contact à ressort et des moyens de court-circuitage

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US3772635A (en) * 1971-12-22 1973-11-13 Bell Lab Inc Universal miniature connector for plural conductors
GB2097201A (en) * 1981-04-16 1982-10-27 Carpano & Pons A connecting element for use on telecommunication lines
GB2134724A (en) * 1983-02-07 1984-08-15 Amp Inc Electrical connector having terminal housing retaining member

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US4865562A (en) * 1988-02-01 1989-09-12 Minnesota Mining And Manufacturing Company Overmolded electrical contact for the manufacture of connectors

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US3772635A (en) * 1971-12-22 1973-11-13 Bell Lab Inc Universal miniature connector for plural conductors
GB2097201A (en) * 1981-04-16 1982-10-27 Carpano & Pons A connecting element for use on telecommunication lines
GB2134724A (en) * 1983-02-07 1984-08-15 Amp Inc Electrical connector having terminal housing retaining member

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NL9100761A (nl) * 1991-05-02 1992-12-01 Du Pont Nederland Isolatiedoordringingscontact en een hiermee uitgeruste connector.
US5269700A (en) * 1991-05-02 1993-12-14 E. I. Du Pont De Nemours And Company Insulation displacement contact terminal
US5645445A (en) * 1992-08-20 1997-07-08 The Siemon Company Wire termination block
US5475921A (en) * 1993-08-04 1995-12-19 The Wiremold Company Method for making contact assembly
US7373719B2 (en) * 2004-11-09 2008-05-20 Channell Commercial Corporation Method and process for manufacturing a terminal block
US7762853B2 (en) 2004-11-09 2010-07-27 Channell Commercial Corporation Injection molded terminal block
US8776365B2 (en) 2004-11-09 2014-07-15 Channell Commercial Corporation Method of manufacturing a terminal block
US9358708B2 (en) 2004-11-09 2016-06-07 Channell Commercial Corporation Method of manufacturing a terminal block
US7765695B2 (en) 2007-05-29 2010-08-03 Channell Commercial Corporation Method and process for manufacturing a terminal block
US8615873B2 (en) 2007-05-29 2013-12-31 Channell Commercial Corporation Method for manufacturing a terminal block
US9032616B2 (en) 2007-05-29 2015-05-19 Channell Commercial Corporation Method and process for manufacturing a terminal block
EP4307486A1 (fr) * 2022-07-15 2024-01-17 Schneider Electric USA, Inc. Dispositifs, systèmes et procédés de migration de fil

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KR890013836A (ko) 1989-09-26
EP0327330A3 (fr) 1990-07-11
AU604596B2 (en) 1990-12-20

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