EP0524113B1 - Connection element for a wiring harness with an electric conductor embedded in an insulating layer - Google Patents

Connection element for a wiring harness with an electric conductor embedded in an insulating layer Download PDF

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EP0524113B1
EP0524113B1 EP19920420223 EP92420223A EP0524113B1 EP 0524113 B1 EP0524113 B1 EP 0524113B1 EP 19920420223 EP19920420223 EP 19920420223 EP 92420223 A EP92420223 A EP 92420223A EP 0524113 B1 EP0524113 B1 EP 0524113B1
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Alain Vota
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    • HELECTRICITY
    • H05ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05BELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
    • H05B3/00Ohmic-resistance heating
    • H05B3/02Details
    • H05B3/06Heater elements structurally combined with coupling elements or holders
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01RELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R11/00Individual connecting elements providing two or more spaced connecting locations for conductive members which are, or may be, thereby interconnected, e.g. end pieces for wires or cables supported by the wire or cable and having means for facilitating electrical connection to some other wire, terminal, or conductive member, blocks of binding posts
    • H01R11/11End pieces or tapping pieces for wires, supported by the wire and for facilitating electrical connection to some other wire, terminal or conductive member
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01RELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R13/00Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/02Contact members
    • H01R13/04Pins or blades for co-operation with sockets
    • H01R13/05Resilient pins or blades
    • H01R13/055Resilient pins or blades co-operating with sockets having a rectangular transverse section
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01RELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R13/00Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/02Contact members
    • H01R13/10Sockets for co-operation with pins or blades
    • H01R13/11Resilient sockets
    • H01R13/113Resilient sockets co-operating with pins or blades having a rectangular transverse section
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01RELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R13/00Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/62Means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts or for holding them in engagement
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01RELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R43/00Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors
    • H01R43/20Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors for assembling or disassembling contact members with insulating base, case or sleeve
    • H01R43/24Assembling by moulding on contact members

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  • the invention relates to a new connection element intended to ensure the electrical connection between a harness connected to an electrical power source and a conductive element embedded or included in a surface, in particular a flat surface such as a windshield.
  • connection is made at the edge of the windshield by means of a strip, about one tenth of a millimeter thick, made for example of tinned copper.
  • This strip partly included between the two constituent layers of the windshield, protrudes from it, at the edge parallel to the plane of the windshield. Its free end can advantageously be pre-formed in a cylindrical shape, in order to receive the appropriate electric wire. This, coming from the power supply, is fixed by crimping or welding.
  • connection element comprising the characteristics of the preamble of claim 1 is known from document US-A-4100398.
  • the invention consists in making a connection element intended to allow connection of the connection in a single step in a simple manner. and fast and above all reliably, the maintenance of the connection being ensured on the one hand by the close cooperation between the male electrical part and female electrical part of said element, and on the other hand between the clamp made of material insulating from the female part and the surface, in particular the windshield comprising the electrically conductive element.
  • the insulating material is overmolded on the female connection.
  • the overmolding part made of insulating material is in one piece.
  • the female part of the connection element is molded in its entirety by means of an insulating material, in an appropriate shape.
  • Figure 1 is a schematic perspective representation of the male tongue according to the invention.
  • Figure 2 is a schematic perspective representation of one of the elements of the female part.
  • Figure 3 is another schematic representation of the element of the female part.
  • Figure 4 is a cross-sectional view of the connection element in place on a windshield.
  • Figure 5 is similar to Figure 4, in a longitudinal section.
  • the electrical connection element for a heated windshield is intended to allow electrical connection at the level of a fine wire (11), of tungsten for example, positioned or embedded between the two layers, generally in glass or polymethyl methacrylate, constituting a windshield.
  • This element firstly comprises a first male part, bearing the reference (1), constituted by a strip made of tinned copper 0.15 millimeter thick.
  • This strip is intended to be inserted between the two layers of glass (8) at the level of the lower edge (12) of the windshield, that is to say in the immediate vicinity of the dashboard, and this for reasons convenience of routing the wiring harness. In fact, it goes without saying that it can be positioned at any of the side edges of the windshield.
  • This male part comprises, in addition to the strip (1), a male tongue proper (2), attached to the strip (1) by any means and in particular by welding, and projecting from the plane defined by the latter.
  • This tongue (2) rigid, is for example made of tinned brass, and has a standard characteristic thickness.
  • this male part could be in one piece, and produced in one piece by molding or by machining.
  • the female part of this connection is constituted by a metal lug proper (9), connected to the electrical harness (7), overmolded by means of an insulating material, typically PVC.
  • this overmolded terminal (9) constitutes what is conventionally called a “straight clip” or a “flag clip”, depending on whether the electric wire which results therefrom is aligned or forms a right angle with said terminal.
  • this clip (6) is itself overmolded with an additional element (3), also made of insulating material, and typically forming a clamp at one of its ends (4 ).
  • This clamp (3) is intended to be fixed on the lower edge of the windshield at the level of the male strip (1).
  • the assembly constituted by the clip (6) and the clamp (3) is in one piece, it is produced during manufacture by simple overmolding.
  • the female part consists of two independent parts respectively the clamp (3) and the clip (6).
  • the total element is produced by inserting the anterior end of the clip (6) into an opening (5) formed at the rear part of the clamp (3), the external dimensions of the clip and the internal dimensions of the said opening (5) being such that the clip (6) must be inserted by applying a certain pressure, making it possible to maintain it by the clamp (3).
  • it can be positioned immediately after completion of the windshield and fitting of the male strips, so that the actual electrical connection only consists in inserting said clips into the openings (5) of the clamps ( 3).
  • connection harnesses at the level of the windshields, and in general, at the level of any flat surface incorporating an electrical element.
  • the connection harnesses there is no longer any risk of the male part breaking, the latter being stiffened by the tongue (2), and in addition, protected by the clamp (3).

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L'invention concerne un nouvel élément de connexion destiné à assurer la liaison électrique entre un faisceau relié à une source d'alimentation électrique et un élément conducteur noyé ou inclus dans une surface, notamment une surface plane telle qu'un pare-brise.The invention relates to a new connection element intended to ensure the electrical connection between a harness connected to an electrical power source and a conductive element embedded or included in a surface, in particular a flat surface such as a windshield.

S'agissant des pare-brises automobiles, on connait depuis déjà longtemps le principe de noyer ou d'inclure un fil électrique conducteur d'électricité, entre les deux couches principales constitutives du pare-brise. Ce conducteur électrique est résistif, afin d'induire, lors du passage du courant une élévation de température par simple effet Joule. De la sorte, la température du pare-brise augmente, afin soit d'éliminer la buée de la surface interne du pare-brise, soit de dégivrer la surface externe du pare-brise. Ce conducteur électrique ayant donc une certaine résistance, présente un diamètre très faible de sorte qu'il est invisible au travers du pare-brise. Il comporte de manière connue deux bornes, une borne reliée à la masse et l'autre reliée à l'alimentation électrique.Regarding automotive windshields, we have known for a long time the principle of drowning or including an electrically conductive wire between the two main layers of the windshield. This electrical conductor is resistive, in order to induce, during the passage of the current, a rise in temperature by simple Joule effect. In this way, the temperature of the windshield increases, in order either to eliminate the fogging of the internal surface of the windshield, or to defrost the external surface of the windshield. This electrical conductor therefore having a certain resistance, has a very small diameter so that it is invisible through the windshield. In known manner, it has two terminals, one terminal connected to ground and the other connected to the power supply.

La connexion proprement dite s'effectue au niveau de la tranche du pare-brise au moyen d'une lamelle, d'environ un dixième de millimètre d'épaisseur, réalisée par exemple en cuivre étamé. Cette lamelle, en partie incluse entre les deux couches constitutives du pare-brise, fait saillie hors de celui-ci, au niveau de la tranche parallèlement au plan du pare-brise. Son extrémité libre peut avantageusement être pré-formée selon une forme cylindrique, afin de recevoir le fil électrique approprié. Celui-ci, issu du faisceau d'alimentation, est fixé par sertissage ou par soudure.The actual connection is made at the edge of the windshield by means of a strip, about one tenth of a millimeter thick, made for example of tinned copper. This strip, partly included between the two constituent layers of the windshield, protrudes from it, at the edge parallel to the plane of the windshield. Its free end can advantageously be pre-formed in a cylindrical shape, in order to receive the appropriate electric wire. This, coming from the power supply, is fixed by crimping or welding.

Il n'est pas rare, lors de la mise en place du fil éléctrique et de sa fixation, d'observer des ruptures de la languette, induisant de ce fait la perte du pare-brise, celui-ci devenant impropre au chauffage compte-tenu de l'absence d'une cosse d'alimentation électrique.It is not rare, during the installation of the electric wire and its fixing, to observe ruptures of the tongue, thus inducing the loss of the windshield, this becoming unfit for heating account- due to the absence of an electrical supply terminal.

En outre, cette mise en place est consommatrice de temps et de main d'oeuvre. Enfin, ce type de connexion n'est pas fiable dans le temps.In addition, this implementation consumes time and labor. Finally, this type of connection is not reliable over time.

De la sorte, cette solution n'est pas satisfaisante ni sur le plan technique, ni sur le plan économique, notamment au point de vue de la rentabilité.In this way, this solution is not satisfactory either technically or economically, especially from the point of view of profitability.

Un élément de connexion comportant les caractéristiques du préambule de la revendication 1 est connu par le document US-A- 4100398.A connection element comprising the characteristics of the preamble of claim 1 is known from document US-A-4100398.

L'invention vise à pallier ces différents inconvénients. Elle propose un élément de connexion pour de tels pare-brises chauffants, mais également pour toute surface isolante incorporant un conducteur éléctrique. Cet élément est constitué de deux parties :

  • une partie mâle, constituée par une lamelle conductrice, connectée au conducteur électrique au niveau de ladite surface, et émergeant au niveau de sa tranche latérale, cette lamelle comportant une languette électrique destinée à jouer le rôle de connexion mâle,
  • une partie femelle, constituée par une connexion électrique destinée à coopérer avec la languette mâle ci-dessus décrite, recouverte au moyen d'un matériau isolant selon une forme de pince, destinée à venir se cliper sur ladite surface au niveau de ladite lamelle de la partie mâle.
The invention aims to overcome these various drawbacks. It offers a connection element for such heated windshields, but also for any insulating surface incorporating an electrical conductor. This element consists of two parts:
  • a male part, constituted by a conductive strip, connected to the electrical conductor at the level of said surface, and emerging at its lateral edge, this strip comprising an electrical tab intended to play the role of male connection,
  • a female part, constituted by an electrical connection intended to cooperate with the male tab described above, covered by means of an insulating material in the form of a clamp, intended to be clipped onto said surface at the level of said strip of the male part.

En d'autres termes, l'invention consiste à réaliser un élément de connexion destiné à permettre le branchement de la connexion en une seule étape de manière simple et rapide et surtout de manière fiable, le maintien de la connexion étant assuré d'une part par la coopération étroite entre la partie électrique mâle et partie électrique femelle dudit élément, et d'autre part entre la pince en matériau isolant de la partie femelle et la surface, notamment le pare-brise comportant l'élément conducteur électrique.In other words, the invention consists in making a connection element intended to allow connection of the connection in a single step in a simple manner. and fast and above all reliably, the maintenance of the connection being ensured on the one hand by the close cooperation between the male electrical part and female electrical part of said element, and on the other hand between the clamp made of material insulating from the female part and the surface, in particular the windshield comprising the electrically conductive element.

Selon une forme avantageuse de l'invention, le matériau isolant est surmoulé sur la connexion femelle.According to an advantageous form of the invention, the insulating material is overmolded on the female connection.

Selon une première forme de réalisation de l'invention, la pièce de surmoulage en matériau isolant est monobloc. En d'autres termes, la partie femelle de l'élément de connexion est surmoulée dans sa totalité au moyen d'un matériau isolant, selon une forme appropriée.According to a first embodiment of the invention, the overmolding part made of insulating material is in one piece. In other words, the female part of the connection element is molded in its entirety by means of an insulating material, in an appropriate shape.

Dans une autre forme de réalisation, la pièce de surmoulage est en fait constituée de deux organes :

  • un premier organe dit "clip" surmoulant la connexion électrique de la partie femelle, prolongé par le faisceau d'alimentation électrique ,
  • et un second organe, constituant la pince propement dite, au niveau de l'une des extrémités de laquelle, le clip peut-être inséré, ladite pince comportant au niveau de sa zone médiane une fente destinée à permettre le passage de la languette mâle, pour que celle-ci vienne se loger dans la connexion femelle, ladite pince venant se fixer par son autre extrémité sur la surface comportant le conducteur électrique.
In another embodiment, the overmolding part is in fact made up of two members:
  • a first member known as a "clip" overmolding the electrical connection of the female part, extended by the electrical supply harness,
  • and a second member, constituting the clip itself, at one end of which, the clip can be inserted, said clip comprising at its median zone a slot intended to allow the passage of the male tongue, so that it comes to lodge in the female connection, said clamp coming to be fixed by its other end on the surface comprising the electrical conductor.

La manière dont l'invention peut-être réalisée et les avantages qui en découlent ressortiront mieux de l'exemple de réalisation qui suit donné à titre indicatif et non limitatif à l'appui des figures annexées.The manner in which the invention can be carried out and the advantages which result therefrom will emerge more clearly from the example of embodiment which follows, given by way of indication and without limitation in support of the appended figures.

La figure 1 est une représentation schématique en perspective de la languette mâle conformément à l'invention.Figure 1 is a schematic perspective representation of the male tongue according to the invention.

La figure 2 est une représentation schématique en perspective de l'un des éléments de la partie femelle.Figure 2 is a schematic perspective representation of one of the elements of the female part.

La figure 3 est une autre représentation schématique de l'élément de la partie femelle.Figure 3 is another schematic representation of the element of the female part.

La figure 4 est une vue transversale en coupe de l'élément de connexion en place sur un pare-brise.Figure 4 is a cross-sectional view of the connection element in place on a windshield.

La figure 5 est similaire à la figure 4, selon une coupe longitudinale.Figure 5 is similar to Figure 4, in a longitudinal section.

Bien que plus particulièrement décrit en liaison avec un pare-brise, il va de soi que l'invention ne se limite pas à cette seule application.Although more particularly described in connection with a windshield, it goes without saying that the invention is not limited to this single application.

Selon l'invention, l'élément de connexion électrique pour pare-brise chauffant, est destiné à permettre la connexion électrique au niveau d'un fin fil (11), de tungstène par exemple, positionné ou noyé entre les deux couches, généralement en verre ou en polymétacrylate de méthyl, constitutives d'un pare-brise.According to the invention, the electrical connection element for a heated windshield is intended to allow electrical connection at the level of a fine wire (11), of tungsten for example, positioned or embedded between the two layers, generally in glass or polymethyl methacrylate, constituting a windshield.

Cet élément comprend tout d'abord une première partie mâle, portant la référence (1), constituée par une lamelle réalisée en cuivre étamé de 0,15 millimètre d'épaisseur. Cette lamelle est destinée à venir s'insérer entre les deux couches de verre (8) au niveau de la tranche inférieure (12) du pare-brise, c'est à dire au voisinage immédiat du tableau de bord, et ceci pour des raisons de commodité d'acheminement du faisceau électrique. De fait, il va de soi qu'elle peut-être positionnée au niveau de n'importe laquelle des tranches latérales du pare-brise.This element firstly comprises a first male part, bearing the reference (1), constituted by a strip made of tinned copper 0.15 millimeter thick. This strip is intended to be inserted between the two layers of glass (8) at the level of the lower edge (12) of the windshield, that is to say in the immediate vicinity of the dashboard, and this for reasons convenience of routing the wiring harness. In fact, it goes without saying that it can be positioned at any of the side edges of the windshield.

Cette partie mâle comporte outre la lamelle (1) une languette mâle proprement dite (2), rapportée sur la lamelle (1) par tous moyens et notamment par soudure, et faisant saillie par rapport au plan défini par cette dernière.This male part comprises, in addition to the strip (1), a male tongue proper (2), attached to the strip (1) by any means and in particular by welding, and projecting from the plane defined by the latter.

Cette languette (2), rigide, est par exemple réalisée en laiton étamé, et présente une épaisseur caractéristique standard.This tongue (2), rigid, is for example made of tinned brass, and has a standard characteristic thickness.

Il va de soi que sans se départir de l'esprit de l'invention, cette partie mâle pourrait être monobloc, et réalisé en une seule pièce par moulage ou par usinage.It goes without saying that without departing from the spirit of the invention, this male part could be in one piece, and produced in one piece by molding or by machining.

Selon l'invention, la partie femelle de cette connexion est constitué par une cosse métallique proprement dite (9), reliée au faisceau électrique (7), surmoulée au moyen d'un matériau isolant, typiquement en PVC. De fait, cette cosse (9) surmoulée constitue ce que l'on appelle classiquement un "clip droit" ou un "clip drapeau", selon que le fil électrique qui en est issue est aligné ou forme un angle droit avec ladite cosse.According to the invention, the female part of this connection is constituted by a metal lug proper (9), connected to the electrical harness (7), overmolded by means of an insulating material, typically PVC. In fact, this overmolded terminal (9) constitutes what is conventionally called a "straight clip" or a "flag clip", depending on whether the electric wire which results therefrom is aligned or forms a right angle with said terminal.

Dans une première forme de réalisation de l'invention, ce clip (6) est lui-même surmoulé d'un élément supplémentaire (3), également réalisé en matériau isolant, et typiquement formant une pince à l'une de ses extrémités (4). Cette pince (3) est destinée à venir se fixer sur la tranche inférieure du pare-brise au niveau de la lamelle mâle (1).In a first embodiment of the invention, this clip (6) is itself overmolded with an additional element (3), also made of insulating material, and typically forming a clamp at one of its ends (4 ). This clamp (3) is intended to be fixed on the lower edge of the windshield at the level of the male strip (1).

Plus précisément, et comme on peut mieux le voir sur les figures 4 et 5, lorsque la partie femelle est en place, la languette mâle (2) vient s'insérer dans la cosse femelle (9) après avoir traverser une fenêtre étroite (10) ménagée dans la pince (3).More precisely, and as can be better seen in Figures 4 and 5, when the female part is in place, the male tab (2) is inserted into the female terminal (9) after having passed through a narrow window (10 ) formed in the clamp (3).

De la sorte, le maintien de la connexion est assuré d'une part par la coopération ferme et étroite de la languette mâle (2) avec la cosse femelle (9), et d'autre part, par la coopération entre la pince et la tranche du pare-brise (8).In this way, the maintenance of the connection is ensured on the one hand by the firm and close cooperation of the male tongue (2) with the female terminal (9), and on the other hand, by the cooperation between the clamp and the windshield edge (8).

Dans cette première forme de réalisation, l'ensemble constitué par le clip (6) et la pince (3) est monobloc, il est réalisé lors de la fabrication par simple surmoulage.In this first embodiment, the assembly constituted by the clip (6) and the clamp (3) is in one piece, it is produced during manufacture by simple overmolding.

Dans une autre forme de réalisation, telle que représentée dans la figure 2 et 3, la partie femelle est constituée de deux parties indépendantes respectivement la pince (3) et le clip (6).In another embodiment, as shown in Figure 2 and 3, the female part consists of two independent parts respectively the clamp (3) and the clip (6).

Ainsi, l'élément total est réalisé par insertion de l'extrémité antérieure du clip (6) dans une ouverture (5) ménagée au niveau de la partie postérieure de la pince (3), les dimensions externe du clip et interne de la dite ouverture (5) étant telles que le clip (6) doit être inséré en appliquant une certaine pression, permettant d'assurer son maintien par la pince (3). De fait, celle-ci peut être positionnée immédiatement après réalisation du pare-brise et mise en place des lamelles mâles, de sorte que la connexion électrique proprement dite ne consiste plus qu'à insérer lesdits clips dans les ouvertures (5) des pinces (3).Thus, the total element is produced by inserting the anterior end of the clip (6) into an opening (5) formed at the rear part of the clamp (3), the external dimensions of the clip and the internal dimensions of the said opening (5) being such that the clip (6) must be inserted by applying a certain pressure, making it possible to maintain it by the clamp (3). In fact, it can be positioned immediately after completion of the windshield and fitting of the male strips, so that the actual electrical connection only consists in inserting said clips into the openings (5) of the clamps ( 3).

Dans un cas comme dans l'autre, on perçoit la grande simplicité de mise en place des faisceaux de connexion au niveau des pare-brise, et de manière générale, au niveau de toute surface plane intégrant un élément électrique. En outre, il faut souligner, qu'il n'y a plus de risque de rupture de la partie mâle, celle-ci étant rigidifiée par la languette (2), et en outre, protégée par la pince (3).In one case as in the other, we perceive the great simplicity of positioning the connection harnesses at the level of the windshields, and in general, at the level of any flat surface incorporating an electrical element. In addition, it should be emphasized that there is no longer any risk of the male part breaking, the latter being stiffened by the tongue (2), and in addition, protected by the clamp (3).

On conçoit de la sorte, que la connexion proprement dite des pare-brises chauffants mais également de tous types de connexion à réaliser au niveau d'une surface plane ne nécessite plus qu'un simple geste très simple à réaliser, d'où un gain de temps appréciable et une économie de main d'oeuvre non négligeable.It is thus conceived that the actual connection of the heated windshields but also of all types of connection to be made at a flat surface requires only a simple gesture very simple to perform, hence a gain appreciable time and a considerable saving of manpower.

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  1. Connection element for connecting an electrical cable group (7) to an electrical conductor (11) incorporated in an insulating surface (8), comprising a male portion constituted by a conductive blade (1) adapted to be connected to the electrical conductor (11) at the level of the said surface (8) so as to emerge at the level of the lateral cut edge (12) of the latter, this blade (1) comprising an electrical blade terminal (2) intended to play the part of a male connection, characterised in that it comprises a female portion, constituted by an electrical connection (9) intended to co-operate with the said male blade terminal (2) covered by means of an insulating material in the form of a pincer (3), intended to be clipped to the said surface (8) at the level of the said blade (1) of the male portion.
  2. Connection element according to Claim 1, characterised in that the insulating material is moulded over the female connection (9).
  3. Connection element according to Claim 2, characterised in that the moulded portion (3,6) of insulating material is a one-piece component.
  4. Connection element according to Claim 2, characterised in that the moulded portion of the female portion is constituted by two units:
    - a first unit (6), moulded over the electrical connection (9) and elongated and extended by the electrical supply group,
    - a second unit, making up the pincer (3) proper, at the level of one of the ends (5) of which the first unit (6) is inserted, the said pincer comprising at the level of its medial zone, a slot (10) intended to allow access to the male blade terminal (2) so that the latter can lodge in the female connection (9), the said pincer (3) being fixed by its other end (4) on the surface (8).
EP19920420223 1991-07-18 1992-06-30 Connection element for a wiring harness with an electric conductor embedded in an insulating layer Expired - Lifetime EP0524113B1 (en)

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FR9109315A FR2679384B1 (en) 1991-07-18 1991-07-18 ELEMENT FOR CONNECTING AN ELECTRICAL BEAM TO AN ELECTRICAL CONDUCTOR INCORPORATED IN AN INSULATING SURFACE.
FR9109315 1991-07-18

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