EP0539279B1 - Verbinderkappe für elektrische Kabelverbindung - Google Patents

Verbinderkappe für elektrische Kabelverbindung Download PDF

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EP0539279B1
EP0539279B1 EP92402860A EP92402860A EP0539279B1 EP 0539279 B1 EP0539279 B1 EP 0539279B1 EP 92402860 A EP92402860 A EP 92402860A EP 92402860 A EP92402860 A EP 92402860A EP 0539279 B1 EP0539279 B1 EP 0539279B1
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Pierre Heritier-Best
Franck Sauzedde
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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
    • H01R24/00—Two-part coupling devices, or either of their cooperating parts, characterised by their overall structure
    • H01R24/20—Coupling parts carrying sockets, clips or analogous contacts and secured only to wire or cable
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01T—SPARK GAPS; OVERVOLTAGE ARRESTERS USING SPARK GAPS; SPARKING PLUGS; CORONA DEVICES; GENERATING IONS TO BE INTRODUCED INTO NON-ENCLOSED GASES
    • H01T13/00—Sparking plugs
    • H01T13/02—Details
    • H01T13/04—Means providing electrical connection to sparking plugs
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R2101/00—One pole
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R24/00—Two-part coupling devices, or either of their cooperating parts, characterised by their overall structure
    • H01R24/28—Coupling parts carrying pins, blades or analogous contacts and secured only to wire or cable
    • 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
    • H01R4/70—Insulation of connections

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  • the present invention relates to a connector connector cap between an electric cable and a bent chimney of high voltage outlet of an ignition member.
  • This electrical circuit consists of a high voltage cable, one end of which is mounted on the spark plug and the other end of the high voltage chimney of the ignition member.
  • a disconnection of the cable from the high-voltage chimney can occur either due to a faulty installation, for example during a maintenance operation, or due to the tremors or vibrations normally occurring when the engine is used on which is mounted the ignition member.
  • GB-A-1 205 573 has also proposed, in place of the aforementioned wafer, a right angle elbow fitting, comprising a metal insert itself elbow, fixed to the cable at one of its ends and arranged to be mounted on the chimney at its other end, and fixed in place by a collar.
  • This arrangement has the same disadvantages as wafer devices.
  • the present invention aims to overcome these drawbacks.
  • the subject of the invention is a cap according to claims 1 and 7, of connector for connection between an electric cable and a bent chimney of high voltage outlet of an ignition member.
  • This cap has the advantage of being able to be produced very simply in one piece with its locking means.
  • the flap may include a recess capable of receiving a hooking roughness formed on the surface of the chimney.
  • a pull tab may be provided on the side of the cover opposite the cable outlet for the installation of the flap behind the abutment surface of the chimney.
  • the respective caps can be connected by a first web produced in one piece with said caps in the extension of their respective flaps.
  • the caps can also be connected by a second veil perpendicular to the first veil, the second veil advantageously being separated from the first veil in the spaces located between the caps.
  • Such an arrangement allows easy installation of the cap assembly on the ignition member, the user being able in particular to grasp this cap assembly by the first veil, his fingers crossing the spaces formed between the first and second veils .
  • the corrector cap of connection between an electric cable and a bent chimney of high-voltage outlet of an ignition member comprises at least one tab projecting from the side of the cap opposite to the outlet of the cable, this tab being provided at its end with hooking means with the end of the tongue of another cover situated substantially opposite the first cover with its cable outlet opposite to the cable outlet of the first cover.
  • FIG. 1 a bent chimney 1 high voltage output of an ignition member 2.
  • This high voltage output is connected to a spark plug not shown by a high voltage cable 3.
  • the cable 3 has at its end a connecting lug 4 for its connection by any known means at the end 5 of the high-voltage output conductor 6 of the chimney 1.
  • the end of the cable 3 comprises, in accordance with the invention, a cap 7 made for example of silicone rubber and forming a cavity, here substantially cylindrical, capable of adapting to the head of the high voltage chimney 1.
  • the cover 7 comprises a flap 8 opposite and substantially perpendicular to the cable 3 and capable, during the connection of the cable, to fold back behind the surface 9 of the chimney 1 at the level where the latter forms its elbow.
  • an attachment roughness 10 capable of engaging in a recess 11 of the flap 8 in order to ensure better attachment of this flap on the surface 9, and d 'consequently increase the pulling force required on the cable 3 to cause the cap 7 to be torn off from the chimney 1.
  • the flap 8 also carries a pull tab 12 making it easier to pass the flap 8 behind the surface 9 when the cap 7 is put in place.
  • the flaps 14 of these caps are in fact produced in one piece with a veil 15 formed in their extension, the flaps 14 and the veil 15 consequently forming a single wall perpendicular to the axes of the output cables 16.
  • the bodies of the caps 13 are further connected by a veil 17 parallel to the axes of the cables 16 and therefore perpendicular to the wall 14 -15.
  • Spaces 18 are provided between the veil 17 and the veil 15 so as to allow the passage of the fingers of a user.
  • FIG. 4 shows the assembly of FIG. 3 mounted on an ignition member 19 provided with bent chimneys 20. It can be seen that the flaps 14 are folded back behind the abutment surfaces 21 of the chimneys 20 opposite the cable 16.
  • FIG. 6 shows a set of caps similar to that of Figures 3 to 5, except that the flaps 22 of the individual caps 23 are no longer connected by a veil.
  • the bodies of the caps 23 are here only connected by a veil 24 parallel to the axis of the output cables 25.
  • the individual outlets 26 of the caps 23 are brought together at their end into a single sheath 27.
  • FIG. 7 shows another embodiment in which the caps 28 no longer have a flap, unlike the previous embodiments.
  • These caps 28 are here connected by three by a veil 29 parallel to the outlet cable 30, this veil 29 comprising two tongues 31 and 32 produced in one piece with it in its plane.
  • the tongue 31 is straight and the tongue 32 is bent and each of these tongues comprises at its end hooking means 33 and 34 respectively.
  • the tongues 31 and 32 protrude from the web 29 on the side opposite to the cable 30.
  • the latching members 33 and 34 are in position to cooperate with the latching members 33 ′ and 34 ′ the tongues of another set of caps mounted on the chimneys 35 ′ of another row of the same ignition member.

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  • Details Of Connecting Devices For Male And Female Coupling (AREA)
  • Ignition Installations For Internal Combustion Engines (AREA)
  • Cable Accessories (AREA)
  • Multi-Conductor Connections (AREA)
  • Connector Housings Or Holding Contact Members (AREA)
  • Laying Of Electric Cables Or Lines Outside (AREA)
  • Connections Effected By Soldering, Adhesion, Or Permanent Deformation (AREA)

Claims (9)

  1. Kappe für einen Stecker zum Herstellen einer Verbindung zwischen einem Elektrokabel und einer gebogenen Führung (1; 20; 35; 35') eines Hochspannungsausgangs einer Zündvorrichtung (2; 19), mit einer zur Achse des Kabels im wesentlichen rechtwinkligen Klappe (8; 14), die einteilig mit der Kappe an deren dem Kabelausgang gegenüberliegender Seite ausgebildet und derart angeordnet ist, daß sie eine Anschlagsfläche (9; 21) der Führung hintergreift, um die Kappe gegen eine Bewegung in einer Richtung parallel zur Kabelachse zur verriegeln.
  2. Kappe nach Anspruch 1, bei der die Klappe eine Hinterschneidung (11) zum Aufnehmen eines auf der Oberfläche der Führung ausgebildeten Verriegelungsvorsprungs (10) aufweist.
  3. Kappe nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, mit einem Zuglappen (12) an der dem Kabelausgang gegenüberliegenden Seite angeordnet ist und dazu dient, die Klappe hinter die Anschlagsfläche der Führung zu bringen.
  4. Gruppe von Kappen nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, die durch eine erste Abdeckung (15) untereinander verbunden sind, wobei die erste Abdeckung einteilig mit den Kappen in Verlängerung von deren jeweiligen Klappen (14) ausgebildet ist.
  5. Gruppe von Kappen nach Anspruch 4, bei der die Kappen außerdem durch eine zweite Abdeckung (17) miteinander verbunden sind, die rechtwinklig zur ersten Abdeckung verläuft.
  6. Gruppe von Kappen nach Anspruch 5, bei der die zweite Abdeckung in den Bereichen zwischen den Kappen von der ersten Abdeckung getrennt ist.
  7. Kappe für einen Stecker zum Herstellen einer Verbindung zwischen einem Elektrokabel und einer gebogenen Führung (1; 20; 35; 35') eines Hochspannungsausgangs einer Zündvorrichtung (2; 19), mit wenigstens einem Lappen (31; 32), der an der dem Kabelausgang gegenüberliegenden Seite vorspringt und an seinem Endabschnitt mit Mitteln (33; 34; 33'; 34') versehen ist, die zum Verriegeln mit dem Endabschnitt des Lappens einer anderen Kappe dienen, die im wesentlichen der ersten Kappe gegenüberliegt und deren Kabelausgang dem Kabelausgang der ersten Kappe entgegengerichtet ist.
  8. Gruppe von Kappen nach Anspruch 8, die durch eine parallel zur Kabelachse verlaufende Abdeckung (29) miteinander verbunden sind.
  9. Gruppe von Kappen nach einem der Ansprüche 4 bis 6 oder 8, mit individuellen Kabelausgängen, die in einer gemeinsamen Hülse (27) zusammenlaufen.
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FR9112968A FR2682822B1 (fr) 1991-10-21 1991-10-21 Coiffe de connecteur de liaison pour cable electrique.
FR9112968 1991-10-21

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