EP0382482B1 - Connecteur de câble électrique à plusieurs conducteurs - Google Patents

Connecteur de câble électrique à plusieurs conducteurs Download PDF

Info

Publication number
EP0382482B1
EP0382482B1 EP90301242A EP90301242A EP0382482B1 EP 0382482 B1 EP0382482 B1 EP 0382482B1 EP 90301242 A EP90301242 A EP 90301242A EP 90301242 A EP90301242 A EP 90301242A EP 0382482 B1 EP0382482 B1 EP 0382482B1
Authority
EP
European Patent Office
Prior art keywords
compartment
press member
housing
conductor
floor
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Expired - Lifetime
Application number
EP90301242A
Other languages
German (de)
English (en)
Other versions
EP0382482A2 (fr
EP0382482A3 (fr
Inventor
Paul Lindsay Rishworth
Daniel Allen Dixon
Denis Leslie Rishworth
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Molex LLC
Original Assignee
Molex LLC
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Molex LLC filed Critical Molex LLC
Publication of EP0382482A2 publication Critical patent/EP0382482A2/fr
Publication of EP0382482A3 publication Critical patent/EP0382482A3/fr
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of EP0382482B1 publication Critical patent/EP0382482B1/fr
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical
Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

Links

Images

Classifications

    • 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
    • H01R12/50—Fixed connections
    • H01R12/59—Fixed connections for flexible printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables or like structures
    • H01R12/61—Fixed connections for flexible printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables or like structures connecting to flexible printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables or like structures
    • H01R12/613—Fixed connections for flexible printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables or like structures connecting to flexible printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables or like structures by means of interconnecting elements
    • H01R12/616—Fixed connections for flexible printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables or like structures connecting to flexible printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables or like structures by means of interconnecting elements having contacts penetrating insulation for making contact with conductors, e.g. needle points
    • 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

Definitions

  • This invention relates to an electrical connector for connecting the conductors of electrical cables to each other and more particularly to so connecting the conductors of multi-strand ribbon cables.
  • a second problem with the known connectors is that the covers for holding the conductors on the terminal carriers are components which are separate from the carriers and so easily become misplaced prior to location over conductors engaged with the carrier terminals and permit, in hostile environmental conditions such as in mines and in many industrial applications, the ingress of particulate matter and other dirt on to or into the terminal carriers with the possible consequence that the covers may be improperly located and in time become dislodged from the terminal carriers and further that the dirt may interfere with the proper electrical connection of the conductors with the terminals on those connectors in which the covers press the conductors into electrical engagement with the terminals on the terminal carriers.
  • US-A-4,778,405 discloses a connector according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • the present invention is as claimed in the claims.
  • An electrical conductor cable connector includes a housing, made from an electrical insulating material, having side walls which between them define an enclosure, a floor which extends between the side walls to define an open topped compartment in the housing on one side of the floor, a plurality of suitably spaced conductor engaging elements in and extending from the floor into the compartment with each element including a formation in the floor of the housing for electrically connecting an electrical conductor in a cable in the floor to the conductor engaging element, a press member, made from an electrical insulating material, for pressing a conductor ribbon tape cable into the compartment, and the conductors, carried by the tape, into electrical engagement with the conductor engaging elements, means for clamping the ribbon tape in the compartment between the conductor engaging elements and the/or each tape exit from the housing, and a catch arrangement for locking the press member in the compartment to hold the tape clamped in the housing.
  • each conductor engaging element includes a first blade which extends perpendicularly from the housing floor into the compartment, with the connecting formation on each conductor element being a second oppositely directed blade which is located in the floor with each blade of each conductor engaging element including a cutting edge for cutting the ribbon tape insulation on a conductor when pressed onto the blade and a slot for electrically engaging a conductor in the insulation when cut by the blade, with the press member including slots for receiving the blades which project from the housing floor when the ribbon tape is pressed by the press member into the compartment over the blades.
  • the housing floor includes, on its side opposite to that in the compartment, a recess defining a second compartment into which the second blades of the conductor engaging elements project, with the connector including a second press member having blade slots, for pressing a second conductor ribbon tape into the second compartment and the tape conductors, through the cut tape insulation, into electrical engagement with the blade slots, and a catch arrangement for locking the second press member in the second compartment.
  • the second compartment may include clamping means for clamping the ribbon tape in the floor in a position between the conductor element blades in the second compartment and the/or each tape exit from the compartment.
  • the ribbon tape clamping means may be defined by mating tape direction changing formations between the housing in each compartment and each press member between which each ribbon tape is clamped in use.
  • the catch arrangement for holding each press member in each compartment may be a resiliently deformable male formation on a surface of one of the components and a recess in an adjacent surface of the other into which the male formation is pressed to lock the components together when each press member is fully pressed into each compartment.
  • the housing includes a ribbon tape entry slot which extends through the wall of at least the first compartment above the conductor engaging elements
  • the cable connector includes in each compartment, a first catch arrangement for holding the press member in the compartment clear of the tape entry slot and a second catch arrangement for holding the press member in pressure contact with the tape when pressed into clamping contact with the tape.
  • each housing compartment may be filled with a flowable liquid sealant.
  • the housing may, for this purpose, include a cutting blade which extends from the floor or press member into each compartment for cutting and so open circuiting a preselected cable conductor when pressed by the press member into the compartment with a conductor engaging element on at least one side of the cutting blade in the path of the cut conductor through the housing for electrically engaging the conductor on one side of the blade.
  • the base of the press member and the floor in each compartment which carries a cutting blade may include mating formations in the cut conductor path through the housing on one side of the cutting blade for deforming the cut conductor to withdraw it out of electrical contact with the cutting blade.
  • the cable connector 10 of the invention is shown in Figure 1 connecting two multi-conductor ribbon tape cables 12 and 14 at right angles to each other.
  • the housing of the connector 10 of Figure 1 is shown in Figures 2 and 3 to include side walls 16 and 18, opposite end walls 20 with a compartment 22 defined between the four walls and a floor portion indicated generally at 24.
  • the floor portion of the housing is recessed to provide a second compartment 26 which is located below and separated from the first compartment by a floor 28.
  • the walls 18 and 20 of the housing compartment 22 are slotted to provide an entry slot 30 for the ribbon tape 12.
  • a plurality of conductor engaging elements 32 which are more clearly seen in Figure 4 each include two oppositely directed blades 34 which are joined at right angles to each other by a connecting strip.
  • the conductor engaging 32 are punched from a common strip of electrically concuctive sheet metal such as a suitable copper or brass alloy.
  • the upper edge of each of the blades 34 includes spaced points for piercing the insulation of a ribbon tape on either side of one of the conductors of the tape, and a V-shaped formation for guiding the conductor into a slot 36 while at the same time slicing through the insulation on either side of the conductor.
  • the width of the slot 36 is very slightly narrower than the diameter of the conductor so that the conductor in the cut insulation is in firm physical engagement with the blade 34 when fully pressed into the slot 36.
  • the edges of the cable locating V could include small ripper teeth 38 to facilitate cutting of the ribbon tape insulation as a conductor is pressed into the slot 36 of the blades 34.
  • the central portion of the conductor engaging elements 32 including the connector strip between the blades is embedded in the material of the floor 28 with only the slotted portion of the blades 34 projecting from above and below the floor into the compartments 22 and 26 as shown in Figure 2.
  • the conductor engaging elements 32 in the compartment 22, are each located across a groove in the floor which extends up and over a rounded formation 40 in the end walls 20 to the slot 30.
  • the grooves serve as locators for the conductor carrying portions of the ribbon tapes which are to be used with the connector.
  • the floor of the compartment 26 is similarly grooved with the grooves running down and over a formation 42 which forms a side wall of the compartment to a tape outlet from the compartment.
  • Figures 6 and 7 illustrate a press member 44 for use in pressing the ribbon tape 12 into the compartment 22 and into engagement with the conductor engaging elements 32 in the compartment.
  • the press member is shown in the drawings to include side walls 46 and 48, opposite end walls 50 which are joined by a central rib 52, and a base portion 54.
  • the base 54 of the press member 44 is solid material and carries on its underside and its side walls grooves which, when the press member is located in the compartment 22 of the connector housing, are in register with the locating grooves on the floor of the compartment, with the formations 40, and with slots 56, which themselves are in register with the conductor engaging elements 32 on the floor of the compartment 22 and in which the blades of the elements are fully located when the press member is fully pressed into the compartment to clamp the ribbon tape 12 in the compartment.
  • the side walls 46 and 48 of the press member are separated from the walls 50 by slots 58 which, together with the resilience of the plastics material from which the press member is made, enable the side walls to be flexed inwardly towards the vertical edges of the walls 50 when the walls are pressed inwardly in the direction of the arrows in Figure 6.
  • Catch formations 60 and 62 are positioned on the outer surfaces of the side walls 46 and 48 as shown in Figure 7.
  • the inner surfaces of the side walls 16 and 18 of the connector housing are recessed at 64, as shown in Figure 2, to receive the catches 60 and 62 of the press member.
  • Figure 8 shows a second press member 66 for location in the compartment 26 of the floor portion 24 of the Figure 2 housing.
  • conductor locating grooves extend over the upper surface of the press member 66 and onto its left hand vertical edge (a seen in Figure 8), and through the slots for receiving the blades 34 of the conductor engaging elements 32 in the compartment 26.
  • the grooves in the press member are located to be in register with grooves on the underside of the floor 28 and the inner surface of the formation 42 in the compartment 26.
  • the compartment 26 grooves, as with those on the upper surface of the floor, are in register with the slots in the blades 34 of the conductor engaging elements in the compartment.
  • the end walls of the press member 66 include outwardly projecting catch formations 68 which, when the press member is fully pressed into the compartment 26 engage in slots 70 in the end walls of the compartment 26 to lock the press member in the compartment.
  • This press member includes on one end wall two vertical grooves 72 and on the opposite end wall a single centrally located groove, not shown. The purpose of the grooves on the two press members is to ensure that the press members and the slots 56 in them for receiving the conductor engaging blades 34 are correctly oriented by keying with inwardly projecting ribs 74 on the inner surfaces of the end walls of the compartments 22 and 26.
  • the compartments 22 and 26 of the connector 10 are at least partially filled with a water resistant highly viscous grease.
  • the ribbon tape 14 is located in the compartment 26 with its free end up against the wall on the right hand side of the compartment.
  • the width of the compartment 26 conveniently corresponds to that of the ribbon tape 14 so that the raised conductor carrying portions of the ribbon tape insulation are located over the grooves and conductor engaging element blades 32 in the compartment.
  • the compartment could be wider than the tape 14 but would then include one or more stops on the underside of the floor 28 to accurately locate the tape 14.
  • the press member 66 is now located over the mouth of the recess 26 with the grooves 72 engaged with the locating ribs 74 on the inner surfaces of the end walls of the compartment.
  • the press member is now pressed, conveniently by a suitable tool, into the compartment to press the ribbon tape 14 down over the blades 34 which cut through the insulation on the sides of the conductors in the tape and press the conductors into the slots 36 in the blades.
  • the catch formations 68 on the end walls of the press member are pressed, by resilient deformation of the catch formations and/or deformation of the walls 20 over the inner surfaces of the recess end walls until they clip into the slots 70 with the upper surface of the press member bearing on the ribbon tape 14.
  • the raised conductor insulation of the tape 14 is now firmly located in the grooves in the compartment floor and in the press member.
  • the formation 42 is dimensioned to be almost a friction fit with the left hand vertical side wall of the press member so that the ribbon tape is firmly pressure clamped in the compartment between the vertical side of the press member and the formation 42 to lock the ribbon tape in the compartment against any stress applied to the ribbon tape on the outside of the cable connector 10.
  • the press member 44 is pressed into the recess 22 of the housing until its catches 60, again by resilient deformation of the material of the press member, engage in the recesses 64 in the walls 16 and 18 of the housing. With the catches 60 so engaged in the recesses, the underside of the base 54 of the press member is situated above the upper edge of the slot 30 in the housing walls as shown in Figure 10.
  • the ribbon tape 12 to which one or more of the connectors 10 are to be connected, is slid sideways into the slot 30 until its leading edge abuts the end of the slot 30 in the compartment 22.
  • the entrance to the compartment could, as shown in Figure 2, include a flared mouth which terminates in a very slightly raised projection 76 over which the ribbon tape 12 is frictionally moved into the slot 32 and which, once in the slot, engages the outer edge of the tape 12 accurately to locate the tape in the slot 30 with its raised conductor insulation over the grooves in the floor of the compartment and on the underside of the base 54 of the press member.
  • the grooves 72 in the press member which are keyed with the ribs 74 on the end walls 20 of the compartment ensure that the slots 56 in the base of the press member are located directly over the blades of the conductor engaging elements 32 in the compartment.
  • the press member 44 is now pressed downwardly into the compartment 22 with the side walls 46 and 48 hinging inwardly to permit the catches 62 to engage in the recesses 64 in the side walls of the housing to lock the press member in the housing in pressure contact with the ribbon tape 12.
  • the ribbon tape conductors, as described with reference to the compartment 26, are now firmly located in the slots 36 of the blades 34 in the compartment 22.
  • the side walls of the base 54 of the press member are rounded to correspond to the formations 40 in the compartment 22.
  • the side walls of the press member base are dimensioned, as is the case with the formation 42 of the compartment 26, to clamp the ribbon tape firmly between the press member and the vertical portions of the formations 40 against movement in the compartment by stress imposed on the ribbon tape 12 on the outside of the connector.
  • Figure 9 which more clearly illustrates the direction changing clamping formations on both the housing and press member 44.
  • the side walls of the press member 44 are pressed inwardly in the direction of the arrows in Figure 6 tc clear the catches 62 of the recesses 64 in the walls 16 and 18 of the housing and, when cleared, the press member is merely lifted in the compartment 22 until the catches 60 abut the upper edges of the recesses 64.
  • the ribbon tape 12 may then merely be tensioned to lift it from the conductor engaging element blades 34 and, when straightened, is merely slid from the slot 30 in the connector housing.
  • a blade 78 is embedded in the floor 28 of the housing to project into one of the compartments, in this case compartment 22, with its sharpened upper edge projecting into the compartment.
  • the press member 44 includes a recess for receiving the sharpened edge of the blade in use, as illustrated in Figure 12.
  • the blade 78 is located in the conductor path between two blades 34 of linearly spaced conductor engaging elements 32 with a raised formation 80 on the floor 28 extending across the conductor insulation groove between the blade 78 and one of the blades 34.
  • the underside of the press member 44 includes a complementary shaped female formation 82, as shown in Figures 2 and 6, in which the formation 80 is located in use.
  • the blade 78 severs the conductor in whose path it lies with the conductor being deformed and so shortened by the formations 80 and 82 out of electrical contact with the blade 78 to ensure a clean open circuit 84 as shown in Figure 11.
  • the open conductor on either side of the break is now connected, through the blades 34 on either side of the cutting blade 78, to conductors on the ribbon tape 14.
  • the ribbon tape 14 in this drawing includes five conductors whereas the connector, as shown in the remaining drawings, has provision only for four. This is not amiss as a connector of the invention could be designed for any reasonable width of ribbon tape having however many electrical conductors are required for a specific application.
  • the floor could include, as shown in Figure 14, an L-shaped recess into which the elements 32 are pressed on completion of the plastics moulding process.
  • One of the legs of the L extends through the floor 28 and is shaped as shown in the drawing to include a step 86.
  • the portion of the recess defining the outer leg of the L extends from the underside of the floor to terminate at 88 below the upper surface of the floor.
  • the press in conductor engaging elements 32 in this application are modified from that of Figure 4 in that they include a locking tang 90 which extends downwardly anc inwardly from the base of one of the blades 34, as shoun in Figure 13, and a dimple 92 on the remaining blade 34.
  • a locking tang 90 which extends downwardly anc inwardly from the base of one of the blades 34, as shoun in Figure 13, and a dimple 92 on the remaining blade 34.
  • conductor cutting blade 78 described with reference to Figures 11 and 12 could be fixed to the press member 44 in place of the floor 28 with the blade receiving recess located in the upper surface of the floor 28.

Landscapes

  • Multi-Conductor Connections (AREA)
  • Coupling Device And Connection With Printed Circuit (AREA)
  • Connections By Means Of Piercing Elements, Nuts, Or Screws (AREA)

Claims (10)

  1. Connecteur pour câble électrique comprenant: un boîtier (10) fait en une matière diélectrique, ayant des parois latérales (16,18 et 20) et un plateau (28) s'étendant entre lesdites parois latérales pour définir un premier compartiment (22) ouvert d'un côté sur un côté du plateau (28); une pluralité d'éléments (32) d'engrènement espacés pour conducteurs montés dans ledit premier compartiment (22) et s'étendant dans celui-ci à partir du plateau (28), chacun de la pluralité d'éléments d'engrènement pour conducteurs comprenant une formation (34) pour être relié électriquement au conducteur (14) d'un câble; un premier élément de serrage (44) fait en une matière diélectrique pour pousser un premier câble-ruban (12) dans le premier compartiment (22) et pour presser les conducteurs dans le câble-ruban (12) en contact électrique avec les éléments d'engrènement (32) pour conducteurs; un moyen (40) pour serrer le premier câble-ruban (12) dans le premier compartiment (22); et un premier arrangement d'arrêt (62,64) pour retenir le premier élément de serrage (44) dans une première position dans le premier compartiment (22);
       le connecteur de câble étant caractérisé en ce que:
       le boîtier (10) comprend en outre une entrée (30) en forme de fente pour câble-ruban s'étendant à partir d'un côté (18) du boîtier à travers les parois (20) du premier compartiment (22) au-dessus des éléments d'engrènement (32) pour conducteurs; et un second arrangement d'arrêt (60) pour retenir le premier élément de serrage (44) dans une seconde position dans le premier compartiment (22);
       le premier élément de serrage étant mobile entre la seconde position où il ne ferme pas la fente d'entrée (30) pour câble-ruban et la première position dans laquelle le premier élément d'arrêt (44) est maintenu dans le premier compartiment (22) par le premier arrangement de serrage (62,64) de sorte que le premier câble-ruban (12) est serré contre le plateau (28) du boîtier.
  2. Connecteur électrique pour câble selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que chaque élément d'engrènement pour conducteurs (32) comprend une première lame (34) qui s'étend perpendiculairement au plateau (28) du boîtier dans le premier compartiment (22) et une seconde lame (34) dirigée en direction opposée, chacun desdits éléments (32) étant en partie situé dans le plateau (28) et chaque lame (34) comprenant un bord tranchant pour couper l'isolation du câble-ruban (12) entourant le conducteur, quand il est pressé sur la lame (34) et une fente (36) pour contacter électriquement le conducteur dans l'isolation, quand celle-ci est coupée par la lame (34), et en ce que le premier élément de serrage (44) comprend des fentes (56) pour recevoir les lames (34) qui font saillies du plateau du boîtier (28), quand le câble-ruban (12) est pressé par le premier élément de serrage (44) dans le premier compartiment (22) par dessus des lames (34).
  3. Connecteur électrique pour câble selon la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que le plateau (28) du boîtier comprend sur une surface opposée à celle dans le premier compartiment (22) un creux définissant un second compartiment (26), dans lequel les secondes lames (34) des éléments d'engrènement (32) pour conducteurs font saillies et en ce qu'il comprend un second élément de serrage (66) ayant des fentes pour lames pour presser un second câble-ruban (14) dans le second compartiment (26) et pour mettre en contact les conducteurs du câble-ruban à travers l'isolation du câble-ruban en contact électrique avec les fentes (36) pour lames, et un arrangement d'arrêt (68,70) pour bloquer le second élément de serrage (66) dans le second compartiment (26).
  4. Connecteur pour câble électrique selon la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce que le plateau (28) du boîtier comprend des fentes dans lesquelles se trouvent les éléments d'engrènement (32) pour conducteurs, chacune des fentes ayant une formation d'arrêt (86) formée dans celle-ci et que chaque élément d'engrènement pour conducteurs comprend une queue (90) qui se trouve sur une de ses lames (34) pour s'engrainer dans la formation d'arrêt dans la fente pour bloquer l'élément (32) dans la fente, les lames (34) faisant saillies des surfaces opposées du plateau du boîtier (28).
  5. Connecteur pour câble électrique selon la revendication 3, caractérisé par un moyen (42) entre le boîtier et le second élément de serrage (66) pour serrer le second câble-ruban (14) dans le second compartiment (26).
  6. Connecteur pour câble électrique selon une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le moyen de serrage pour le câble-ruban (12,14) est sous forme de formations (40,42) de changement de direction du câble entre le boîtier (10) dans chaque compartiment (22,26) et chaque élément de serrage (44,46) entre lequel chaque câble-ruban (12,14) est serré.
  7. Connecteur pour câble électrique selon une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que l'arrangement d'arrêt (60,62,64,68,70) pour retenir chaque élément de serrage (44,66) dans chaque compartiment (22,26) du boîtier est constitué d'une formation mâle, élastiquement déformable (60,62,68) sur un des éléments de serrage (44,66) et le boîtier et d'un creux (64,70) dans l'autre des éléments de serrage et du boîtier, dans lequel la formation mâle (62,68) est pressée pour verrouiller l'élément de serrage (44,10,66) et le boîtier l'un avec l'autre.
  8. Connecteur pour câble électrique selon une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que chaque compartiment (22,26) est rempli d'un matériau d'étanchéité fluide liquide.
  9. Connecteur pour câble électrique selon une quelconque des revendications précédentes, qui comprend une lame de coupe (78) qui s'étend du plateau (28) dans chaque compartiment (22,26) pour couper et ouvrir le circuit d'un conducteur présélectionné du câble, quand il est pressé par l'élément de serrage (44,66) dans le compartiment (22,26), un élément d'engrènement pour conducteurs (32) se trouvant sur au moins un côté de la lame de coupe (78) dans le chemin du conducteur coupé pour contacter électriquement le conducteur sur un côté de la lame (78).
  10. Connecteur pour câble électrique selon la revendication 9, caractérisé en ce que la base de l'élément de serrage (44,66) et du plateau (28) dans chaque compartiment (22,26), qui porte une lame de coupe (78), comprend des formations adaptées (80,82) dans le boîtier dans le chemin du conducteur coupé sur un côté de la lame de coupe (78) pour déformer le conducteur coupé pour le sortir du contact électrique avec la lame de coupe (78).
EP90301242A 1989-02-06 1990-02-06 Connecteur de câble électrique à plusieurs conducteurs Expired - Lifetime EP0382482B1 (fr)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
ZA890891 1989-02-06
ZA89891 1989-02-06

Publications (3)

Publication Number Publication Date
EP0382482A2 EP0382482A2 (fr) 1990-08-16
EP0382482A3 EP0382482A3 (fr) 1991-02-27
EP0382482B1 true EP0382482B1 (fr) 1995-05-10

Family

ID=25579584

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
EP90301242A Expired - Lifetime EP0382482B1 (fr) 1989-02-06 1990-02-06 Connecteur de câble électrique à plusieurs conducteurs

Country Status (5)

Country Link
EP (1) EP0382482B1 (fr)
AU (1) AU629900B2 (fr)
BR (1) BR9000511A (fr)
CA (1) CA2009282C (fr)
DE (1) DE69019187T2 (fr)

Families Citing this family (10)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US5098313A (en) * 1990-04-24 1992-03-24 C.S.I.R. Connector for multi-conductor cables
US5338220A (en) * 1992-05-19 1994-08-16 The Whitaker Corporation Electrical connector housing assembly and an electrical terminal therefor
GB9403262D0 (en) * 1994-02-21 1994-04-13 Amp Gmbh Idc branch connector for flat flexible cable
US5820404A (en) * 1995-07-10 1998-10-13 Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd. Terminal and cramping connector
DE19714637C1 (de) * 1997-04-09 1998-10-01 Kloeckner Moeller Gmbh Interface-Baustein für den Anschluß an ein Bussystem
AU749502B2 (en) * 1997-06-26 2002-06-27 Orica Explosives Technology Pty Ltd Connector
EP2016645A1 (fr) 2006-05-09 2009-01-21 ADC GmbH Connecteur électrique
WO2008134791A1 (fr) 2007-05-04 2008-11-13 Adc Gmbh Prise de courant
PT2497154T (pt) 2009-11-03 2017-08-28 Orica Explosives Tech Pty Ltd Conector e métodos de utilização
WO2020037228A1 (fr) * 2018-08-16 2020-02-20 Spr Therapeutics, Inc. Stimulateur électrique pour stimulation périphérique

Family Cites Families (7)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
NL135886C (fr) * 1960-06-23
BE888349A (fr) * 1981-04-09 1981-10-09 Thomas & Betts Corp Adaptateur pour cable plat a conducteurs plats.
DE3203651A1 (de) * 1982-02-03 1983-08-18 Maigler, geb. Maigler, Brigitta, 7100 Heilbronn Steckverbinder und verbinder leiterplatte-kabel mit schneid-klemmkontaktanschluessen zum anschliessen von kabeln mit mehreren, mechanisch voneinander unabhaenigen, einzelleitern
US4481710A (en) * 1982-10-28 1984-11-13 Panduit Corp. Tool for applying connectors
US4552429A (en) * 1984-10-01 1985-11-12 Amp Incorporated Modular electrical connector for connecting wires in cable ends
US4778405A (en) * 1984-10-05 1988-10-18 Amp Incorporated T-tap electrical connector having opening for test probe
DE8433159U1 (de) * 1984-11-13 1985-02-07 Walter Rose Gmbh & Co Kg, 5800 Hagen Vorrichtung zur Erzeugung eines Aderspleißes

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
BR9000511A (pt) 1991-01-15
AU4918590A (en) 1990-08-09
DE69019187T2 (de) 1996-01-04
EP0382482A2 (fr) 1990-08-16
AU629900B2 (en) 1992-10-15
DE69019187D1 (de) 1995-06-14
CA2009282A1 (fr) 1990-08-06
CA2009282C (fr) 2001-01-23
EP0382482A3 (fr) 1991-02-27

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
US5009612A (en) Multi-conductor electrical cable connector
US4221458A (en) Electrical connector receptacle
US3963319A (en) Coaxial ribbon cable terminator
US4602842A (en) Electrical connector receptacle
US3234498A (en) Insulation-penetrating clip-type electrical connectors
US6328592B1 (en) Electrical connector with cable clamping means
US4865562A (en) Overmolded electrical contact for the manufacture of connectors
EP0239422A1 (fr) Connecteur électrique pour câble plat flexible
CA1039374A (fr) Terminaisons pour cables a conducteurs plats
US4508410A (en) Electrical termination system and connector member
JP3019188U (ja) 高密度リボンケ−ブル用の電気コネクタ
US10886640B2 (en) Conductive terminal and electrical connector
EP0382482B1 (fr) Connecteur de câble électrique à plusieurs conducteurs
JPH0722079A (ja) 防水型圧接コネクタ
US4475786A (en) T Bar cover latch
EP0097018A1 (fr) Borne pour verrouillage à contact perçant l'isolation
US4921439A (en) Center wire trap terminal and connector
IE56878B1 (en) Electrical plug assembly with cable guiding member
US5533910A (en) Electrical connector
US5049088A (en) Multi conductor electrical cable connector
US4109991A (en) Self-stripping electrical connector and terminal
CA1195398A (fr) Borne de raccordement sans soudure
US4090770A (en) Connector cover construction
CA1298371C (fr) Contact electrique moule facilitant les connexions
GB2028600A (en) An insulation-piercing contact for an electric connector

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
PUAI Public reference made under article 153(3) epc to a published international application that has entered the european phase

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009012

AK Designated contracting states

Kind code of ref document: A2

Designated state(s): DE GB

PUAL Search report despatched

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009013

AK Designated contracting states

Kind code of ref document: A3

Designated state(s): DE GB

17P Request for examination filed

Effective date: 19910801

17Q First examination report despatched

Effective date: 19930929

GRAA (expected) grant

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009210

AK Designated contracting states

Kind code of ref document: B1

Designated state(s): DE GB

REF Corresponds to:

Ref document number: 69019187

Country of ref document: DE

Date of ref document: 19950614

PLBE No opposition filed within time limit

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009261

STAA Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patent

Free format text: STATUS: NO OPPOSITION FILED WITHIN TIME LIMIT

26N No opposition filed
PGFP Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: GB

Payment date: 19991224

Year of fee payment: 11

PGFP Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: DE

Payment date: 19991229

Year of fee payment: 11

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: GB

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20010206

GBPC Gb: european patent ceased through non-payment of renewal fee

Effective date: 20010206

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: DE

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20011201