EP0556200B1 - Connecteur multiple blinde multipolaire - Google Patents

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EP0556200B1
EP0556200B1 EP91917732A EP91917732A EP0556200B1 EP 0556200 B1 EP0556200 B1 EP 0556200B1 EP 91917732 A EP91917732 A EP 91917732A EP 91917732 A EP91917732 A EP 91917732A EP 0556200 B1 EP0556200 B1 EP 0556200B1
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plug connector
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Eduard Mair
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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
    • 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
    • H01R12/70—Coupling devices
    • H01R12/71—Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures
    • H01R12/72—Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures coupling with the edge of the rigid printed circuits or like structures
    • H01R12/73—Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures coupling with the edge of the rigid printed circuits or like structures connecting to other rigid printed circuits or like structures
    • H01R12/735—Printed circuits including an angle between each other
    • H01R12/737—Printed circuits being substantially perpendicular to each other
    • 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
    • H01R12/70—Coupling devices
    • H01R12/71—Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures
    • H01R12/712—Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures co-operating with the surface of the printed circuit or with a coupling device exclusively provided on the surface of the printed circuit
    • H01R12/716—Coupling device provided on the PCB
    • 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
    • H01R12/70—Coupling devices
    • H01R12/71—Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures
    • H01R12/72—Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures coupling with the edge of the rigid printed circuits or like structures
    • H01R12/722—Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures coupling with the edge of the rigid printed circuits or like structures coupling devices mounted on the edge of the printed circuits
    • H01R12/724—Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures coupling with the edge of the rigid printed circuits or like structures coupling devices mounted on the edge of the printed circuits containing contact members forming a right angle
    • 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

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  • the invention relates to a multi-pole connector with plug contact elements and rear connection elements for incoming lines, the connector and the connection elements being enclosed by an earthed shielding jacket with the exception of the plug side.
  • the invention has for its object to achieve a maximum shielding effect with an inexpensive shielding jacket.
  • the shielding jacket can now be produced inexpensively from a shielding sheet strip supplied as a strip material. This is cut so that not only the long side and the back, but also the end faces of the connector are enclosed. It is ensured that the ends of the shield plate overlap so that they can be contacted. Since the shield plate is now resilient in its feathered area, there is no need for counter plates which are held on the rear wall of the assembly. The shield plate can therefore be contacted resiliently with the contact pins of the rear wall. Care is taken to ensure that the bends in the shield plate lie along the side edges of the connector in the region of the transverse slots, so that the shield plate can be bent smoothly around the side edges despite the bulges. The connector is shielded to a maximum by the overlaps and their contacting.
  • the development according to claim 3 ensures that a spring tongue of the shield plate can be contacted with a grounded contact pin of the module rear wall. This results in a maximum number of contact points that improve the shielding effect.
  • the shielded connector both as a cable connector and as a module connector, in which the incoming lines lie between the outer shield layers and are thus optimally shielded.
  • the development according to claim 5 enables direct contacting of the earth potential layers of the printed circuit board with the edges of the shield plate which delimit the franking. Eg by soldering.
  • the two-part shield plate according to claim 6 can be mechanically and electrically connected to the circuit board in a cost-effective manner by pressing it into the soldering eyes. Care is again taken to ensure that the ends of the two partial sheets overlap and are contacted by laser welding, which improves the shielding effect. Contacting by laser welding can be carried out without problems after the partial sheets have been put on.
  • the development according to claim 7 ensures that a complete row of holes in the circuit board is available for the rear sides of both partial sheets, which enables a sufficient number of contacts with maximum shielding effect.
  • a multi-pin connector 1 is attached to a circuit board 2 to which, for. B. one or more cables can be connected.
  • the circuit board is kept so wide that it projects beyond the narrow end faces of the elongated connector 1.
  • the connector has a two-part pinnate shield plate 3 that largely encloses the connector 1 with the exception of its plug side.
  • the Shield plate 3 is made of strip material that is provided with a bulge extending in its longitudinal direction.
  • the bulge is provided with a plurality of closed transverse slots 5, between which the shield plate forms plate spring-like contact tongues 4 which extend essentially in the direction of insertion.
  • the contact tongues 4 are located near the plug side of the connector 1.
  • the shield plate 3 is bent around the connector 1 and its connecting element, so that the narrow end faces are shielded. Care is taken to ensure that the bending edges 6 which extend in the plugging direction lie along the side edges of the plug connector 1 in the region of one of the transverse slots 5 in each case. As a result, the bulge of the shield plate is not affected by the bend, so that the bending process can be carried out without problems.
  • the shield plate 3 is only interrupted by a clearing for the laterally protruding printed circuit board 2.
  • the resulting gap can e.g. B. can be closed by the fact that the outer layers of the circuit board 2 are designed as earth potential layers with which the shield plate 3 is contacted.
  • the connector 1 is plugged into contact pins 7 of a backplane wiring board 8.
  • the contact tongues 4 are located at the level of contact springs 9 of the connector 1 and are contacted with adjacent grounded contact pins 7 of the backplane wiring board 8. It can be seen that the shield plate 3 not only encloses the connector body, but also the rear connection elements 10 of the connector 1. These are contacted with incoming lines of the printed circuit board 2, not shown.
  • the shield plate 3 which are bent toward the printed circuit board are provided along their edges with projecting, freely stamped press-in pins 11 which extend perpendicular to the printed circuit board 2.
  • the shield plate consists of two shell-like halves which are placed onto the printed circuit board 2 from both sides, the press-in pins 11 being pressed into corresponding soldering eyes on the printed circuit board.
  • the rear sides 12 of the two shield plate parts are offset from one another by the pitch of the hole pattern of the printed circuit board 2.
  • a full row of holes in the printed circuit board 2 is available for the press-in pins 11 for both rear sides 12.
  • the shielding effect is further improved by the large number of contacts.
  • Press-fit pins 11 are also provided on the end faces 13 and are pressed into corresponding solder eyes of the protruding printed circuit board 2.
  • the two partial sheets are cut so that there is an overlap 14 on the end faces, in the area of which there is a laser welding point through which the two partial sheets are contacted.
  • the shield plate 3 On the rear side 12, the shield plate 3 has a further overlap region 16, which is created by cutting the corresponding shield plate part accordingly.

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Claims (7)

  1. Connecteur multipolaire comportant des éléments de contact à fiches (par exemple 9) et à l'arrière des éléments (10) de raccordement pour des lignes d'arrivée, le connecteur (1) et les éléments (10) de raccordement étant entourés d'une gaine de blindage à l'exception du côté d'enfichage,
    caractérisé en ce que
    la gaine de blindage est fabriquée en au moins une tôle (3) de blindage, qui a une forme de bande, qui est munie de fentes (5) transversales, qui est empennée et qui, en étant coudée, entoure avec chevauchement le connecteur (1) et les éléments (10) de raccordement, les extrémités (par exemple 14) à chevauchement de la tôle (3) de blindage sont reliées les unes aux autres en donnant un contact et des arêtes (6) correspondantes de coudage de la tôle de blindage se trouvent dans la zone des fentes (5) transversales le long des arêtes latérales du connecteur (1), qui s'étendent dans la direction de l'enfichage.
  2. Connecteur suivant la revendication 1,
    caractérisé en ce que
    la tôle (3) de blindage comporte sur le côté (12) arrière, éloigné du côté d'enfichage, du connecteur (1), des zones (16) de chevauchement.
  3. Connecteur suivant la revendication 1 ou 2,
    caractérisé en ce que la tôle (3) de blindage est munie, à l'état enfiché, d'un bombement, qui s'étend dans sa direction longitudinale et qui comporte une pluralité de fentes (5) transversales, dont le pas d'écartement est égal au pas d'écartement de ressorts (9) de contact du connecteur (1), qui peuvent être enfichés sur des tiges (7) de contact d'une plaque (8) de câblage de parois arrière.
  4. Connecteur suivant la revendication 1, 2 ou 3,
    caractérisé en ce que les lignes d'arrivée sont formées dans une plaquette (2) à circuits imprimés, qui s'étend dans la direction d'enfichage, qui est reliée mécaniquement et électriquement au connecteur (1) et dont les couches extérieures métallisées sont formées en tant que couches de potentiel de terre.
  5. Connecteur suivant la revendication 4,
    caractérisé en ce que la plaquette (2) à circuits imprimés dépasse par l'arrière et par l'avant, du connecteur (1), la tôle (3) de blindage comporte un espace dégagé pour la plaquette (2) à circuits imprimés et la tôle (3) de blindage est en contact avec les couches de potentiel de terre de la plaquette à circuits imprimés.
  6. Connecteur suivant la revendication 4 ou 5,
    caractérisé en ce que la tôle (3) de blindage est constituée de deux tôles partielles du type capuchon, qui sont fixées des deux côtés de la plaquette (2) à circuits imprimés au connecteur (1), dont les extrémités se chevauchent au moins partiellement et sont en contact l'une à l'autre de préférence par soudure au laser, et des tiges d'enfoncement, qui sont découpées le long des arêtes latérales de la tôle (3) de blindage, pénétrent dans l'espace dégagé destiné à la plaquette (2) à circuits imprimés.
  7. Connecteur suivant la revendication 6,
    caractérisé en ce que les côtés (12) arrière des deux tôles partielles sont décalés du pas d'écartement du réseau de trous de la plaquette à circuits imprimés.
EP91917732A 1990-11-06 1991-10-23 Connecteur multiple blinde multipolaire Expired - Lifetime EP0556200B1 (fr)

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DE9015255U DE9015255U1 (de) 1990-11-06 1990-11-06 Vielpoliger geschirmter Steckverbinder
DE9015255U 1990-11-06
PCT/DE1991/000828 WO1992008261A1 (fr) 1990-11-06 1991-10-23 Connecteur multiple blinde multipolaire

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EP0556200A1 EP0556200A1 (fr) 1993-08-25
EP0556200B1 true EP0556200B1 (fr) 1995-09-06

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US (1) US5316501A (fr)
EP (1) EP0556200B1 (fr)
JP (1) JPH06501591A (fr)
AT (1) ATE127625T1 (fr)
CA (1) CA2095531A1 (fr)
DE (2) DE9015255U1 (fr)
FI (1) FI932023A0 (fr)
WO (1) WO1992008261A1 (fr)

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ATE127625T1 (de) 1995-09-15
EP0556200A1 (fr) 1993-08-25
DE59106437D1 (de) 1995-10-12
JPH06501591A (ja) 1994-02-17
CA2095531A1 (fr) 1992-05-07
WO1992008261A1 (fr) 1992-05-14
US5316501A (en) 1994-05-31
DE9015255U1 (de) 1991-02-14

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