EP0545502B1 - Steckverbinderanordnung zum Verbinden eines abgeschirmten Kabels mit einer Leiterplatte - Google Patents

Steckverbinderanordnung zum Verbinden eines abgeschirmten Kabels mit einer Leiterplatte Download PDF

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EP0545502B1
EP0545502B1 EP92203735A EP92203735A EP0545502B1 EP 0545502 B1 EP0545502 B1 EP 0545502B1 EP 92203735 A EP92203735 A EP 92203735A EP 92203735 A EP92203735 A EP 92203735A EP 0545502 B1 EP0545502 B1 EP 0545502B1
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Marc Filemon Bueds
Eddy Kamiel Creelle
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/648—Protective earth or shield arrangements on coupling devices, e.g. anti-static shielding  
    • H01R13/658—High frequency shielding arrangements, e.g. against EMI [Electro-Magnetic Interference] or EMP [Electro-Magnetic Pulse]
    • H01R13/6581—Shield structure
    • H01R13/6582—Shield structure with resilient means for engaging mating connector
    • H01R13/6583—Shield structure with resilient means for engaging mating connector with separate conductive resilient members between mating shield members
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/56—Means for preventing chafing or fracture of flexible leads at outlet from coupling part

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  • the invention relates to a connector assembly for connecting a shielded cable to a printed circuit board according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • Such a connector assembly is disclosed for example in EP-A-0374307.
  • the insert of the second connector element projects beyond the metal housing and is received in the housing of the first connector element in the assembled position of the connector assembly.
  • This first connector element keeps the second connector element at a distance from the printed circuit board.
  • the shielding of the signal conductors is partially interrupted at the location of this first connector element. Due to the ever increasing requirements for the signal transmission in such connector assemblies, this interruption in the shielding is a disadvantage of this known connector assembly.
  • the invention aims to provide an improved connector assembly of the above-mentioned type.
  • the connector assembly according to the invention is characterized by the features of claim 1.
  • the walls of the metal housing are fully enclosing as a shielding the signal contacts up to the level of the printed circuit board so that there is no interruption at all in this shielding.
  • the connector assembly according to the invention has the advantage that the signal contacts are enclosed by the walls of the metal housing both in the longitudinal and transverse direction.
  • the first housing at at least one longitudinal side is provided with at least one upright, springy locking pin carrying a locking cam at its free end, while the metal housing at the corresponding longitudinal side(s) has an inwardly directed flange with a passing slot for each locking pin and a locking cam cooperating with the locking cam of the (each) locking pin in the assembled position of the contact assembly.
  • the metal housing is provided with an inlet element for the cable, said inlet element being mounted rotatably and lockable in the housing.
  • the cable can be guided into the connector element under a desired angle with respect to the insertion side of the housing.
  • the invention further provides a connector element to be used in the described connector assembly, comprising a housing formed of metal and having an insertion side, an insert of insulating material mounted in the housing, rows of female contacts received in the insert and at least one row of female ground contacts, said connector element according to the invention being characterized in that the metal housing is provided at its insertion side with a receiving space for a housing of a complementary connector element, wherein at least at one longitudinal side of the receiving space female ground contacts are provided as contact springs directed obliquely inwardly.
  • the invention also provides a connector element, comprising a housing of insulating material with a plurality of rows of openings for receiving male signal contacts, wherein said connector element is characterized in that at at least one longitudinal wall slots are provided for receiving male ground contacts.
  • Fig. 1 shows a perspective view of the connector assembly according to the invention in disengaged position, wherein the second connector element is shown in exploded view.
  • Fig. 2 is a central cross section of the connector assembly of fig. 1 in assembled position.
  • Fig. 3 is a side view of the second connector element of the connector assembly of fig. 1.
  • Fig. 4 shows the inner side of a housing half of the second connector element.
  • the connector assembly for connecting a cable 1 schematically shown in fig. 4 to a printed circuit board 2.
  • the connector assembly comprises a first connector element 3 having a first housing 4 of insulating material with upright longitudinal walls 5. Between the longitudinal walls 5 there are four rows of male signal contacts 6 fixed in a suitable manner in plated through-holes of the printed circuit board 2, for example by a press-fit connection. The signal contacts 6 pass through fitting openings in the housing 4 and protrude freely in the space between the longitudinal walls 5.
  • ground contacts 8 are made in the same manner as the signal contacts 6 and are fixed for example by a press-fit connection in openings of the printed circuit board 2. In the described embodiment a row of ground contacts 8 is therefore present at both sides of the rows of signal contacts 6.
  • a second connector element 9 is provided with a housing 10 formed of metal.
  • This housing 10 is assembled of two identical housing halves 11.
  • An insert 12 of insulating material is mounted within the housing 10, wherein a projecting edge 13 of the insert 12 engages in a slot 14 at the inner side of the housing 10.
  • Female signal contacts 16 are received in openings 15 of the insert 12, said female signal contacts 16 being schematically shown in fig. 2.
  • the signal wires of the multi-wire cable 1 indicated in fig. 4 each are connected with a female signal contact 16 in a usual manner.
  • the insert 12 lies within the housing 10, wherein a receiving space 17 is provided at the insertion side of the housing 10, in which receiving space 17 the housing 4 of the first connector element 3 can be fully received.
  • the longitudinal walls 18 and the transverse walls 19 of the housing 10 adjoin the printed circuit board 2 in the assembled position of the connector assembly according to fig. 2.
  • female ground contacts 20 are provided protruding obliquely inwardly as contact springs and contacting the male ground contacts 8 in the assembled position.
  • the cable 1 is guided into the housing 10 through an inlet element 21 formed of metal, wherein the shielding 22 of the cable 1 is connected with the inlet element 21.
  • the described connector assembly has the advantage that the shielding extends from the cable 1 upto the level of the printed circuit board 2 without any interruption. Further the signal contacts in the housing 10 are fully enclosed both at the longitudinal sides and the transverse sides by the housing 10 as a shielding. Thereby a high quality of the shielding of the connector assembly is obtained.
  • the housing 4 has at each longitudinal side two upright springy locking pins 24 carrying locking cams 25 directed towards each other.
  • the longitudinal walls 18 of the housing 10 are provided at the insertion side with inwardly directed flange edges 26 having a passing opening 27 for each locking pin 24.
  • the longitudinal walls 18 are inwardly staggered above the insert 12 through a shoulder part 28 in which a passage opening 29 is also provided for each locking pin 24.
  • a locking cam 30 is formed on the shoulder part 28, which locking cam 30 is common to both locking pins 24 of each longitudinal wall 5.
  • the locking cams 25 engage behind the locking cam 30, so that the connector element 9 is mechanically locked on the connector element 3. Thereby any undesired detaching of the connector element 9 is not possible anymore.
  • the described embodiment with the locking pins 24 shows the advantage that the connector element 9 must be aligned with the passage openings 27 to the locking pins 24 and can only be slided on the locking pins in the correct position.
  • the signal contacts 16 and ground contacts 20 of the connector element 9 are already registered with the signal contacts 6 and ground contacts 8 of the connector element 3 before a connection between the different contacts is made. Deterioration of the contacts is thereby prevented.
  • guiding edges 31 are provided on the outer side of the longitudinal walls 18, which guiding edges facilitate to align a tool for pressing the locking pins 24 away from each other.
  • These guiding edges 31 carry cams 32 at their end opposite of the shoulder part 28, at which cams a suitable tool for removing the connector element 9 can engage.
  • the inlet element 21 is provided with a cylinder section 33 with a toothing 34 schematically indicated in fig. 1.
  • the cylinder section 33 carries an inlet tube 35 through which the wires of the cable 1 are guided into the housing 10.
  • the shielding 22 of the cable 1 is located on the outer side of the inlet tube 35 and is attached to the same by a ring 36 made of metal.
  • a circle section path 37 is provided for guiding the cylinder section 33.
  • This circle path 37 is also provided with a toothing 38.
  • the inlet element 21 is rotatable with respect to the housing 10 and can be locked in any desired position by the engaging toothings 34, 38.
  • the inlet element can be mounted in two different positions in the housing 10, whereby the cable 1 can be mounted under any desired angle with respect to the housing 10.
  • the housing 10, the inlet element 21 and the ring 36 are made of metal.
  • these parts can also be made of any other suitable electrically conductive material or can be provided with an electrically conductive coating.
  • metal also comprises any suitable conductive material.

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Claims (12)

  1. Steckverbinderanordnung zum Anschließen eines abgeschirmten Kabels (1) an eine Leiterplatte (2) mit
    einem ersten Steckverbinderelement (3) mit einem ersten Gehäuse (4) aus isolierendem Material, einer Mehrzahl von Reihen von männlichen Signalkontakten (6) und wenigstens einer Reihe von männlichen Massekontakten (8), wobei die Reihen von Kontakten in Öffnungen in der Leiterplatte eingefügt und im ersten Gehäuse untergebracht sind,
    einem zweiten Steckverbinderelement (9) mit einem aus Metall gebildeten Gehäuse (10), das mit der Kabelabschirmung (22) verbunden werden kann und eine Einführseite hat, einem im Gehäuse montierten Einsatz (12) aus isolierendem Material, Reihen von im Einsatz untergebrachten weiblichen Kontakten (16), die den Reihen von männlichen Signalkontakten (6) entsprechen, und wenigstens einer Reihe von weiblichen Massekontakten (20), wobei das zweite Steckverbinderelement mit seiner Einführseite mit dem ersten Steckverbinderelement verbindbar ist, wobei entsprechende Kontakte einander kontaktieren,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß
    das erste Gehäuse (4) an wenigstens einer Längswand mit nach außen offenen Schlitzen (7) versehen ist, in denen die wenigstens eine Reihe von männlichen Massekontakten (8) untergebracht ist, und daß
    das Metallgehäuse (10) an seiner Einführseite mit einem Aufnahmehohlraum (17) versehen ist, in dem das erste Gehäuse (4) vollständig untergebracht werden kann, so daß die Wände (18, 19) des Metallgehäuses, die den Aufnahmehohlraum begrenzen, in zusammengesetzter Position an die Leiterplatte (2) angrenzen, wobei wenigstens an einer Längsseite des Aufnahmehohlraums (17) die weiblichen Massekontakte (20) als Kontaktfedern zum Kontaktieren der männlichen Massekontakte (8) in zusammengesetzter Position vorgesehen sind.
  2. Steckverbinderanordnung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß jede Reihe von Massekontaktfedern (20) mit einem gemeinsamen Kontaktstreifen (23) an der entsprechenden Innenwand (18) des Metallgehäuses (10) befestigt ist.
  3. Steckverbinderanordnung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das erste Gehäuse (4) an wenigstens einer Längsseite mit wenigstens einem aufrechten, federnden Raststift (24) versehen ist, der an seinem freien Ende einen Rastnocken (25) trägt, während das Metallgehäuse (10) an der (den) entsprechenden Längsseite(n) einen nach innen gerichteten Flansch (26) mit einem Durchgangsschlitz (27) für jeden Raststift und einen Rastnocken (30) aufweist, der mit dem (den) Rastnocken (25) des (jedes) Raststifts (24) in zusammengesetzter Position der Steckverbinderanordnung zusammenwirkt.
  4. Steckverbinderanordnung nach Anspruch 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Längswände (18) des Metallgehäuses (10) durch ein Schulterelement (28) oberhalb des Einsatzes (12) nach innen gestuft sind, wobei eine Durchgangsöffnung (29) in dem (jedem) Schulterelement für jeden Raststift (24) gebildet ist und der entsprechende Rastnocken auf dem Schulterelement gebildet ist.
  5. Steckverbinderanordnung nach Anspruch 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß ein Führungsmittel (31) an der (jeder) nach innen gestuften Längswand des Metallgehäuses (10) vorgesehen ist.
  6. Steckverbinderanordnung nach Anspruch 4 oder 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß wenigstens ein Eingreifnokken (32) zum Entfernen des zweiten Steckverbinderelements (9) an der (jeder) nach innen gestuften Längswand vorgesehen ist.
  7. Steckverbinderanordnung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das Metallgehäuse (10) mit einem Einlaßelement (21) für das Kabel (1) versehen ist, welches drehbar und verrastbar im Gehäuse montiert ist.
  8. Steckverbinderanordnung nach Anspruch 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das Einlaßelement (21) mit einem Zylinderabschnitt (33) mit einem Einlaßrohr (35) für das Kabel (1) versehen ist, und daß das Metallgehäuse (10) an seiner Innenseite mit einer Kreissektorbahn (37) zum drehbaren Führen des Zylinderabschnitts versehen ist.
  9. Steckverbinderanordnung nach Anspruch 8, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Zylinderabschnitt (33) und die Kreissektorbahn (37) mit komplementären Zahnungen (34, 38) versehen sind.
  10. Steckverbinderanordnung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das Metallgehäuse (10) aus zwei identischen Gehäusehälften (11) zusammengesetzt ist.
  11. Steckverbinderelement (9) zur Verwendung in einer Steckverbinderanordnung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, mit einem aus Metall geformten Gehäuse (10) mit einer Einführseite, einem im Gehäuse montierten Einsatz (12) aus isolierendem Material, Reihen von im Einsatz untergebrachten weiblichen Kontakten (16) und wenigstens einer Reihe von weiblichen Massekontakten (20), dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das Metallgehäuse (10) an seiner Einführseite mit einem Aufnahmehohlraum (17) für ein Gehäuse (4) eines komplementären Steckverbinderelements (3) versehen ist, wobei wenigstens an einer Längsseite (18) des Aufnahmehohlraums (17) weibliche Massekontakte (20) als schräg nach innen gerichtete Kontaktfedern vorgesehen sind.
  12. Steckverbinderelement (3) zur Verwendung in einer Steckverbinderanordnung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche 1 bis 10, mit einem Gehäuse (4) aus isolierendem Material mit einer Mehrzahl von Reihen von Öffnungen zur Aufnahme von männlichen Signalkontakten (6), dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß an wenigstens einer Längswand Schlitze (7) zum Aufnehmen von männlichen Massekontakten (8) vorgesehen sind.
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NL9102026A NL9102026A (nl) 1991-12-04 1991-12-04 Connectorsamenstel voor het aansluiten van een afgeschermde kabel op een printkaart.
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