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EP0510808B1
EP0510808B1 EP92302442A EP92302442A EP0510808B1 EP 0510808 B1 EP0510808 B1 EP 0510808B1 EP 92302442 A EP92302442 A EP 92302442A EP 92302442 A EP92302442 A EP 92302442A EP 0510808 B1 EP0510808 B1 EP 0510808B1
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Charles Edward Dorwart, Jr.
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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
    • H01R4/10—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 effected solely by twisting, wrapping, bending, crimping, or other permanent deformation
    • H01R4/18—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 effected solely by twisting, wrapping, bending, crimping, or other permanent deformation by crimping
    • H01R4/20—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 effected solely by twisting, wrapping, bending, crimping, or other permanent deformation by crimping using a crimping sleeve
    • 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
    • H01R4/02—Soldered or welded connections

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  • This invention relates to providing solder cups on the shank of contacts for electrical connectors and in particular to providing a stamped and formed solder cup that is press fitted onto the shank of contacts for an electrical connector to reliably secure the solder cup thereto and make electrical engagement therebetween
  • a known prior art contact in a connector according to the preamble of claim 1 is disclosed in US-A-4,717,354 and has a solder cup that is stamped and formed with the solder cup integral with the mating portion of the contact.
  • prior art contacts include a solder cup that is machined then crimped onto the shank of a contact.
  • This prior art solder cup was not only expensive to manufacture, but had to be individually crimped onto the shank of a contact. This additional manufacturing step further increased the cost of utilizing a machined solder cup.
  • the present invention consists in an electrical connector as defined in claim 1.
  • FIG. 1 An electrical connector 20 having contacts 22 with press fit solder cups 24, in accordance with the present invention, secured thereto is shown in Figure 1 in an offset cross sectional view.
  • the illustrated connector is a subminiature D connector having one or more contacts 22 in the upper row of contacts 26 than in the lower row of contacts 28, and with the contacts 22 in the lower row 28 being spaced below and laterally between contacts in the upper row 26.
  • the illustration in Figure 1 shows that the present embodiment can be used with either pin or receptacle contacts, although likely all contacts in a given connector housing would be of only one type.
  • connector 20 is a shielded connector having a dielectric forward housing member 30 and a dielectric rear housing member 32 both molded of a suitable plastic material.
  • Forward housing member 30 has a shroud portion 34 in the shape of a subminiature D extending forward to a mating face 36.
  • Mating face 36 has a plurality of contact receiving apertures 38 extending therethrough which may have tapered lead-in surfaces 40 to receive terminals of a mating complementary connector (not shown).
  • Contacts 22 have a forward mating portion 42, an intermediate shank 44 and a press fit solder cup 24 secured on shank 44.
  • Contacts 22 may have filters 46 passed axially over shank 44.
  • Filters 46 are typically soldered to shank 44 at solder fillet 48 to secure filter 46 mechanically thereto as well as to complete an electrical path between a contact 22 and a first portion 50 of filter 46.
  • a second portion 52 of filter 46 is soldered to ground plate 54 at fillets 56.
  • Fillets 56 mechanically secure filters 46 to ground plate 54 and provide an electrical path to ground. Filters 46 filter out high frequency, high voltage components in the signal being conducted over contacts 22 and pass these high frequency components to ground through ground plate 54.
  • Forward housing member 30 is surrounded by forward shield member 58 having a portion shaped to surround shroud portion 34.
  • a rear shield member 62 is secured to forward shield member 58, such as by clinch tabs 60, and extends rearward therefrom.
  • Ground plate 54 engages the inner surface of rear shield member 62 at location 64 thereby being electrically commoned therewith, and through forward shield member 58 is connected to ground when a shielded complementary connector is mated with connector 20.
  • Rear housing member 32 has apertures 66 in a rear wall 68 for receiving solder cups 24. Apertures 66 are provided with tapered lead-in surfaces 70 on the inner surface 72 of rear wall 68.
  • Rear housing member 12 has a peripheral flange 74 at its forward end. Flange 74 has a forward surface 76 that engages ground plate 54. The rear surface 78 of forward housing member 10 engages ground plate 54 when the rear surface of flange 74 latches behind resilient latch members 80.
  • Latch members 80 are formed by bending a sheared portion of rear shield member 62 inwardly.
  • Figure 2 shows a stamped and formed press fit solder cup 24 in accordance with the present invention.
  • Solder cup 24 is elongate, substantially cylindrical having an axial bore 90.
  • a shank receiving first end 92 has a flared flange 94 adjacent to end surface 96 to assist in concentrically positioning shank 44 in bore 90 during assembly so as to avoid stubbing.
  • a conductor receiving second end 98 has a scalloped upper region 100 extending along solder cup 24 from end surface 102 to facilitate receiving a conductor (not shown) for soldering in bore 90.
  • stop tabs 106 At a midpoint along solder cup 24 between end surfaces 96 and 102 are inwardly extending stop tabs 106 extending into bore 90. Between stop tabs 106 and end surface 96 are inwardly extending retention features 108, also extending into bore 90. Retention features 108 retain solder cup 24 on shank 44 when pressed axially thereon, and assure electrical continuity therebetween. Outwardly extending protrusions 110 provide an anti-rotation feature to prevent solder cup 24 from rotating in the assembled electrical connector.
  • Figure 3 shows a stamped blank 112 integral with carrier strip 114 which, when completely formed will become solder cup 24. While solder cups 24 are typically stamped and formed from a phosphor bronze, the invention is not limited thereto.
  • Stop tabs 106 are defined by shear segments 116 which results in a sheared member 122 being sheared on three sides and secured to blank 112 along an edge.
  • the free end of sheared member 122 is formed at bend 118 to be out of the plane of blank 112 in the direction, when blank 112 is completely formed, to extend into bore 90.
  • Stop tabs 106 in press fit solder cup 24 extend into bore 90 to provide an effective stop diameter 120 that is less than the diameter of shank 44, as best seen in Figures 5, 9 and 13.
  • Retention features 108 are defined by a shear segment 126 transverse to what will be the axis of press fit solder cup 24.
  • Features 108 are formed to be out of the plane of blank 112 in the direction, when blank 112 is completely formed, from shear segment 126 to arcuate segment 128 such that at least a portion of the sheared surface 110 extends into bore 90.
  • Retention features 108 extend into bore 90 to provide an effective retention diameter 132 that is less than the diameter of shank 44, as best seen in Figures 6, 7-9 and 11-13.
  • Retention protrusions 110 are formed as dimples extending out the plane of blank 112 in the opposite direction to stop tabs 106 or retention features 108. In this manner, when press fit solder cup 24 is formed, the distal ends of protrusions 110, possibly along with other points on the exterior of press fit solder cup 24, provide an effective exterior diameter that is greater than the exterior diameter of solder cup 24 and greater than the diameter of the aperture 66 in which the solder cup is received.
  • solder cups 24 are shown in Figure 4 on a carrier strip 114. Solder cups 24 may be stamped on or off the centerlines spacing of contacts 22 in connector 20, as spacing and materials requirements permit. During the assembly of connector 20, solder cups 24 are sheared from carrier strip 114, such as along dotted line 140.
  • Figures 7-10 show a sequence of partial sectional views as press fit solder cup 24 is pressed axially onto the shank 44a of a receptacle contact 144.
  • Shank 44a is axially aligned with bore 90.
  • Shank 44a and solder cup 24 are moved toward, relatively, each other.
  • Shank 44a has a taper contour 146 at its leading end 148 to facilitate being received in flange 94 and bore 90 without stubbing. Since retention features 108 are formed inwardly to an effective diameter that is less than the diameter of shank 44a, features 108 will engage along the tapered contour 146 to resist further movement of shank 44a into bore 90, as shown in Figure 7.
  • shank 44a may compress slightly or cause solder cup 24 to open at the seam 118 slightly or both.
  • Edges 150 of sheared surface 110 of retention features 108 are biased into engagement with shank 44a to secure solder cup 24 on shank 44a.
  • Retention features 108 are formed inwardly into bore 90, tapering from the circumference of solder cup 24 to a smaller effective diameter from proximate end surface 96 toward end surface 102 and stop tabs 106. The edge 150 frictionally engages shank 44a and may bite into the exterior surface of shank 44a to retain solder cup 24 on shank 44a.
  • FIG. 10 is a cross section view of a solder cup 24 on the shank 44a of a receptacle contact showing how shank 44a is substantially centered in bore 90 with seam 138 opened slightly and edges 150 engaging shank 44a to retain solder cup 24 on shank 44a and provide electrical engagement therewith.
  • the retention feature used in the preferred embodiment provides a limited length along edge 150 that engages shank 44a multiple retention features enhance the retention of solder cup 24 on shank 44.
  • Figures 11-13 show a sequence of partial sectional views as press fit solder cup 24 is pressed axially onto the shank 44b of a pin contact 154.
  • a contact 22 in which the mating portion 42 is a pin, resulting in pin contact 154 is shown in the lower half of Figure 1.
  • Pin contacts may be stamped but are more economically manufactured from drawn wire. Regardless of how they are manufactured, the shank 44b thereof is a solid member and thus functions slightly differently than the hollow stamped and formed shank 44a of receptacle contact 144.
  • Shank 44b is axially aligned with bore 90. Shank 44b and solder cup 24 are moved toward each other, relatively.
  • Shank 44b has a tapered contour 156 at its leading end 158 to facilitate being received in flange 94 and bore 90 without stubbing.
  • Shank 44b has substantially the same outer diameter as does shank 44a. Since retention features 108 are formed inwardly to an effective diameter that is less than the diameter of 44b, features 108 will engage along tapered contour 156 to resist further movement of shank 44b into bore 90, as shown in Figure 11.
  • solder cup 24 may open slightly at seam 138.
  • Figure 14 is a cross section showing a solder cup on a shank 44b of a pin contact 154 wherein the shank is substantially centered in bore 90 with seam 138 opened slightly and edges 150 frictionally engaging shank 44b to retain solder cup 24 on shank 44b.
  • Connector 20 is assembled by positioning a filter 46 on the shank 44 of each contact 22 and in respective apertures of ground plate 54 and soldered. This subassembly is inserted into the open back of forward housing member 30. Ground plate 54 is soldered to rear shield member 62 at solder fillets 86. Shield member 58 is positioned over housing member 30 and secured to shield member 60. At this stage of assembly, a number of solder cups 24 required for one of rows 26 or 28 of contacts 22 are grasped while still on carrier strip 114 thence sheared from carrier strip 114. This "row" of solder cups 24 are aligned with then simultaneously pressed onto the respective shanks 44, as described above, of the selected row of contacts already in the housing.
  • solder cups required for the other row of contacts is subsequently grasped while still on carrier strip 114 thence sheared from carrier strip 114.
  • This "row" of solder cups are rotated 180°, aligned with then simultaneously pressed onto the respective shank 44 of the contacts in the selected row of contacts already in housing member 30.
  • Rear housing member 32 is then pressed over solder cups 24 with each solder cup end surface 102 first being received in a respective aperture.
  • the peripheral flange of rear housing member 32 latches under latch members 80 to secure rear housing member 32 thereto.
  • Each solder cup 24 passes into and partially through a respective aperture 66, with at least portion of second end 98 extending beyond rear face 68 of rear housing member 32 as shown in Figure 1.
  • Flange 94 is received in tapered lead-in 70, prevents solder cup 24 from passing completely through apertures 66 and may engage the tapered lead-in surface to provide a centering effect. In this manner, conductors can be easily soldered thereon. When the conductor is soldered in a solder cup 24 the retention of solder cup 24 on shank 44 may be enhanced by the solder joint.
  • Protrusion 110 typically pass beyond taper lead-in surfaces to provide an interference fit in the wall 160 forming aperture 66, as shown in Figure 15. This interference fit prevents solder cup 24 from rotating on shank 44 within aperture 66.
  • solder cup can be used for the shank of both contacts having a hollow structure and a solid cross section.
  • the solder cup was stamped and formed from .0085 inch (0.216 mm.) thick phosphor bronze to have a nominal inside diameter of .0575 inches (1.461 mm.).
  • the nominal outside diameter of the contact shank was .040 inches (1.016 mm.).
  • the retention features were formed inwardly to an effective diameter of .036 inches (0.914 mm.).
  • protrusions 110 extended .003 inches (0.076 mm.) beyond the surrounding exterior surface of solder cup 24. This increased the effective diameter of the most distant points, such that when combined with the expansion of the solder cup upon receiving a shank therein, to assure an interference fit in aperture 66 having a nominal hole diameter of .070 inches (1.78 mm).
  • Figure 16 shows a prior art solder cup 200 securable to a contact.
  • solder cups 200 that were manufactured separately from the contacts were machined from brass or phosphor bronze material.
  • Solder cups 200 had a substantially cylindrical exterior and substantially coaxial bore 202. A contact shank was received in the bore 202 of a first end 204 as far as restriction 206 would permit. Each solder cup 200 was crimped onto a contact to secure the solder cup thereto.
  • a second end of the solder cup 200 when the contact was in a connector, extended rearward of the connector housing to receive and be soldered to a conductor.
  • Aperture 208 permitted observing whether the conductor was sufficiently inserted into bore 202 as well as the solder joint.

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  1. Elektrischer Verbinder (20) mit einem Gehäuse (30, 32), der wenigstens einen in dem Gehäuse befestigten Kontakt (22) hat, wobei der Kontakt (22) einen Fügeabschnitt (42) und einen sich davon zu einem distalen Ende erstreckenden Schaft (44) und einen an dem Schaft (44) an dem distalen Ende befestigten Lötkelch (24) hat, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Lötkelch (24) einen allgemein hohlen Körper hat, der eine Bohrung (90) bildet, die zur Aufnahme des Schafts (44) bemessen ist, wobei der Lötkelch (24) ein Preßsitz-Lötkelch ist, wobei der Körper des Lötkelchs wenigstens ein nach innen gerichtetes nachgiebiges Halterungsglied (108) hat, wobei das wenigstens eine nach innen gerichtete Halterungsglied (108) sich in die Bohrung (90) erstreckt und an dem Schaft (44) angreift, um den Lötkelch an dem Schaft zu befestigen, wobei der Eingriff zwischen dem Halterungsglied (108) und dem Schaft (44) ein Festsitz ist.
  2. Elektrischer Verbinder (20) nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das wenigstens eine nach innen gerichtete Halterungsglied (108) drei unter gleichen Winkeln voneinander beabstandete Halterungsglieder (108) aufweist.
  3. Elektrischer Verbinder (20) nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, bei dem der Körper ferner durch einen Saum (138) längs seiner Länge gekennzeichnet ist, wobei der Saum geeignet ist, sich geringfügig zu öffnen, wenn der Lötkelch auf dem Schaft eines Kontakts aufgenommen ist.
  4. Elektrischer Verbinder (20) nach Anspruch 1, 2 oder 3, gekennzeichnet durch wenigstens ein nach innen gerichtetes Anschlagglied (106), das sich in die Bohrung (90) hinein erstreckt, wobei das Anschlagglied (106) längs des Körpers angeordnet ist, um die Einsetztiefe des Schafts (44) innerhalb der Bohrung (90) zu definieren.
  5. Elektrischer Verbinder (20) nach Anspruch 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das wenigstens eine nach innen gerichtete Anschlagglied (106) drei unter gleichen Winkeln voneinander beabstandete Abstandsglieder (106) aufweist.
  6. Elektrischer Verbinder (20) nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das Gehäuse (30, 32) eine hintere Wand (68) mit wenigstens einer Öffnung (66) darin hat, um einen entsprechenden des wenigstens einen Kontakts (22) aufzunehmen, wobei die wenigstens eine Öffnung (66) eine Öffnungswand bildet.
  7. Elektrischer Verbinder (20) nach Anspruch 6, bei dem die wenigstens eine Öffnung (66) ferner eine abgeschrägte Einführung (70) benachbart zu einer inneren Oberfläche der hinteren Wand (68) aufweist.
  8. Elektrischer Verbinder (20) nach Anspruch 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß ein erstes Ende (92) des Lötkelchs (24), der auf dem Schaft (44) aufgenommen ist, aufgeweitet ist, um einen Flansch (94) zu bilden, wobei der Flansch (94) größer ist als die Größe der wenigstens einen Öffnung (66), wobei der Flansch (94) in der abgeschrägten Einführung (70) aufgenommen ist, wodurch der Flansch verhindert, daß der Lötkelch durch die wenigstens eine Öffnung hindurchgehen kann.
  9. Elektrischer Verbinder (20) nach Anspruch 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Lötkelch (24) ferner wenigstens einen nach außen gerichteten, drehungsverhindernden Vorsprung (110) hat, wobei der Vorsprung (110) die Öffnungswand berührt, um eine Verdrehung des Lötkelchs (24) in der wenigstens einen Öffnung (66) zu verhindern.
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