EP0338031B1 - System zur Verbindung einer Kathodenröhre mit einer gedruckten Schaltung - Google Patents

System zur Verbindung einer Kathodenröhre mit einer gedruckten Schaltung Download PDF

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EP0338031B1
EP0338031B1 EP88907016A EP88907016A EP0338031B1 EP 0338031 B1 EP0338031 B1 EP 0338031B1 EP 88907016 A EP88907016 A EP 88907016A EP 88907016 A EP88907016 A EP 88907016A EP 0338031 B1 EP0338031 B1 EP 0338031B1
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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
    • H01R13/56—Means for preventing chafing or fracture of flexible leads at outlet from coupling part

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  • the connectors provided for ensuring the electrical connections between the various elements of a cathode-ray tube and a printed circuit are constituted according to the known technique by a support made of insulating material in which the contact means ensuring the various connections are arranged circularly.
  • the means of electrical contact with the base of the cathode-ray tube are protected by the fact that they are arranged inside the connector itself, it is different with the contact outputs intended to be connected to the printed circuit, which must be projecting outside to be able to penetrate into the corresponding precise holes made in the printed circuit.
  • These contact means consist, as we know, of conductive strips which are fragile in design, and it is essential to take very large protective measures during packaging of the connector to protect them from any deformation during storage, transport, until the connector is inserted into the printed circuit.
  • Such packages are known e.g. from US-A-4273400 and US-A- 342 3 717.
  • the present invention overcomes the drawbacks set out above by an original arrangement of the components of the connector, which can then be packaged without special precautions, stored, transported and placed on the printed circuit manually or automatically in the best possible way. conditions.
  • the connector is formed of two parts made of insulating material, one of which is constituted by a contact-carrying case the other by a part forming a sole, conforming to the general shape of the case with which it is associated.
  • Said sole comprises interior housings in a number equal to that of the contact outputs, which provide both protection and guiding of these contact outputs included in the thickness of the sole.
  • the contact-carrying box and the sole constituting the connector can be animated by a relative movement of sliding of these two parts together to cause, during insertion into the printed circuit, flushing and then going beyond the predetermined length. contact outputs out of their respective housings in the sole.
  • FIGS. 1, 2 and 3 represent a schematic partial section of an embodiment of a connector according to the invention in three different positions relative to the printed circuit
  • FIG. 4 represents a perspective view from above of a complete connector for cathode ray tube ensuring the medium and very high voltage connections between the cathode ray tube and the corresponding printed circuit.
  • the reference 1 designates the housing provided with electrical contacts (in suitable number).
  • One of the guide and latching means associated with the connector is shown in three different positions in the three figures. It comprises on the one hand a flexible tongue 5 of insulating material such as plastic, integral with the housing 1 by one of its ends, the other end being free and terminated in the form of a bevel 6.
  • the tongue 5 is provided with 'a stop 7 and a shoulder 8 recessed relative to the bevel 6.
  • It further comprises a housing 9 including a portion forming internal projections 10, 10 ′, integral with the sole 3, and in which the tongue 5 can slide.
  • Two guide and latching means, and preferably three, such as that which has just been described can be distributed in the same way at the periphery of the connector.
  • the guide and latching means could be of a different shape from those which have been given above by way of example.
  • Figure 1 shows schematically and partially the connector 1-3 as it appears at the final stage of manufacture, ready for storage, transport or handling.
  • the contact outputs 12 are included in their respective protective housings such as 11 drilled in 11 ′ provided in the sole 3.
  • the latter is snapped in by means of the stop 10 ′ associated with the shoulder 8 of the tongue 5, while the stop 7 of the tongue 5 locks the sole 3 via the projection 10 which is provided with the housing 9 secured to the sole 3.
  • a pressure exerted on the housing vertically in reaction on the printed circuit 4 causes the lateral displacement of the tongue 5 via the bevel 6 on the edge of the hole 14 made in the printed circuit 4.
  • This displacement in turn causes the lateral displacement of the stop 7 of the tongue 5 which emerges completely from the projection 10 provided in the housing 9 secured to the sole 3.
  • the sole 3 is mechanically released and can undergo a translation perpendicular to the printed circuit 4 and oriented in the direction of the housing 1.
  • FIG. 3 which represents the final phase of fitting and fixing the connector on the printed circuit 4
  • the continued pursuit of the pressure exerted on the housing perpendicular to the printed circuit 4 simultaneously determines on the one hand the snap-fastening of the tongue 5 on the printed circuit 4, on the other hand the sole 3 coming into contact with the printed circuit 4 undergoes a translation perpendicular to said printed circuit and oriented towards the housing 1 and causes the contact outputs 12 to pass through the holes 11 ′ of the sole 3 then the holes 13 of the printed circuit, causing the required overshoot of said contact outputs 12 on the printed side of the solder side in order to undergo the soldering operation which fixes them to the printed circuit 4 in the manner conventional.
  • Figure 4 shows a perspective view of a complete connector according to the invention.
  • This connector provides both medium voltage and very high voltage connections from the grid of a cathode ray tube to the printed circuit.
  • the references are identical to those of Figures 1, 2 and 3. Are visible the housing 1 and the sole 3; one of the flexible tongues 5 and one of the housings 9 integral with the sole 3.
  • the reference 15 designates the holes provided in the housing for the passage of the pins of the cathode ray tube, while the orifice 16 designates the passage provided for the very high voltage connection cable of the grid of a cathode ray tube.
  • This invention is particularly applicable to connectors intended to ensure the connections of the elements of a cathode ray tube with a printed circuit as it has been described, but it is applicable to all other connectors requiring effective protection of the contact outputs.

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  • Coupling Device And Connection With Printed Circuit (AREA)
  • Input Circuits Of Receivers And Coupling Of Receivers And Audio Equipment (AREA)
  • Details Of Television Scanning (AREA)
  • Connector Housings Or Holding Contact Members (AREA)
  • Details Of Connecting Devices For Male And Female Coupling (AREA)
  • Vessels, Lead-In Wires, Accessory Apparatuses For Cathode-Ray Tubes (AREA)

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  1. Anschlusssystem mit einem Steckverbinder für wie für das Fernsehen vorgesehene Kathodenstrahlröhren und das bestimmt ist, die elektrischen Verbindungen zwischen den verschiedenen Elementen der Röhre und einer entsprechenden gedruckten Schaltung zu gewährleisten, und das mit einem Schutzbereich für die Kontaktaustritte während der Lagerung, dem Transport und der Handhabung des Steckverbinders an der gedruckten Schaltung versehen ist, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass es aus einem Kontakthalterungsgehäuse (1) besteht, welches von einem an die Gestalt des Gehäuses angepassten, eine Fussplatte bildenden Gleitstück (3) getragen wird, welches mit bei (11′) gebohrten Aufnahmen (11) versehen ist, in welchen die Kontaktaustritte (12) eingefügt und somit in der der Lagerung und dem Transport entsprechenden Stellung geschützt sind, wobei sie in der besagten Stellung durch zwischen dem besagten Gehäuse (1) und der besagten Fussplatte (3) verteilten Führungs-, Einrast- und Verriegelungsmittel (5-7-8) (9-10-10′) gehalten werden, wobei die besagten Mittel zur Verriegelung der Fussplatte (3) an dem Gehäuse (1) forciert werden, wenn die letztere an die entsprechende gedruckte Schaltung (4) gedrückt wird, jeweils unter Veranlassung einer Längsgleitbewegung zwischen dem besagten Gehäuse (1) und der besagten Fussplatte (3), wodurch der Austritt der Kontakte (12) aus ihren besagten Aufnahmen (11) durch die Löcher (11′) der Fussplatte (3) und deren Eindringen in die gedruckte Schaltung (4) zwecks deren Verlötung durch die für diesen Zweck in der letzteren (4) gebildeten Löcher (13) verursacht wird, wobei der Steckverbinder mit der besagten gedruckten Schaltung (4) durch die auf Rückversicherungsmittel einwirkenden Verriegelungsmittel (5-7-8) fest verbunden ist.
  2. Anschlusssystem nach Anspruch 1 dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Führungs-, Einrast- und Verriegelungsmittel umfassen :
    a) eine biegsame Zunge (5) aus Isolierwerkstoff, die mit einem ihrer Enden mit dem Kontakthalterungsgehäuse (1) fest verbunden und über ihre Länge mit einem Anschlag (7) versehen ist, wobei das andere Ende frei ist und mit einer Abschrägung (6) endet, vor der eine, einen Rücksprung zu dem besagten freien Ende bildende Schulter (8) vorgeordnet ist ;
    b) eine einen einstückigen Teil mit der Fussplatte (3) bildende Aufnahme (9), in welcher die besagte biegsame Zunge gleiten kann, wobei diese Aufnahme mit innere Ansätze (10, 10′) bildenden Rasten versehen ist ;
    c) einen in der gedruckten Schaltung (4) gebohrten Durchgang (14), um das besagte freie Ende der biegsamen Zunge (5) derart aufzunehmen, dass wegen ihrer Elastizität, diese letztere (5) bei dem über den Anschlag (7) und der Schulter (8) gedrückten Ineinandergreifen von Gehäuse und Fussplatte beiderseits der inneren Ansätzen (10 und 10′) der mit der Fussplatte (3) fest verbundenen Aufnahme (9) drückt und ein Einrasten in der Schutzstellung bewirkt, in welcher die zu schützenden Kontakte in ihren jeweiligen Schutzaufnahmen (11) eingefügt sind, während bei dem Nebeneinanderstellen der besagten Steckverbindereinheit mit der gedruckten Schaltung (4), die besagte biegsame Zunge (5) in diese letztere eindringt mit der Folge, dass, wegen der Abschrägung (6), sie den besagten inneren Einrastungsansätzen (10, 10′) ausweicht, wobei die besagte Schulter (8) dann ein Rückkehr verhinderndes Mittel durch Abstützung an der entgegengesetzten Seite der gedruckten Schaltung (4) bildet, wobei dieses Nebeneinanderstellen bei dieser letzteren Bewegung die Wirkung hat, die Kontakte (12) aus ihren jeweiligen Schutzaufnahmen (11) herauszuschieben und sie in die gegenüberliegend ausgebildeten Löcher (13) der gedruckten Schaltung (4) einzuführen, zum Zweck des Verlötungsvorgangs.
  3. Anschlusssystem gemäss Ansprüchen 1 und 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass wenigstens zwei biegsame Zungen (5) und deren mit der Fussplatte (3) fest verbundene jeweilige Aufnahmen (9) am Umfang des durch die aus Gehäuse und Fussplatte bestehende Einheit gebildeten Steckverbinders verteilt sind.
  4. Anschlusssystem nach den Ansprüchen 1 und 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Führungs-und Einrastungsmittel (11) gemeinsam sein können.
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FR8710685A FR2618951B1 (fr) 1987-07-28 1987-07-28 Connecteur pour tubes cathodiques tels que prevus pour la television pourvu d'une semelle telescopique destinee a assurer la protection totale des sorties de contact durant le stockage, le transport et la manutention jusqu'a son insertion aussi bien manuelle qu'automatique dans le circuit imprime
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DE3874724T2 (de) 1993-03-25
JP2726468B2 (ja) 1998-03-11
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