EP0731528A1 - Electrical zero insertion force connector - Google Patents

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EP0731528A1
EP0731528A1 EP96103509A EP96103509A EP0731528A1 EP 0731528 A1 EP0731528 A1 EP 0731528A1 EP 96103509 A EP96103509 A EP 96103509A EP 96103509 A EP96103509 A EP 96103509A EP 0731528 A1 EP0731528 A1 EP 0731528A1
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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
    • H01R13/02—Contact members
    • H01R13/193—Means for increasing contact pressure at the end of engagement of coupling part, e.g. zero insertion force or no friction
    • 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
    • H01R12/82—Coupling devices connected with low or zero insertion force
    • H01R12/85—Coupling devices connected with low or zero insertion force contact pressure producing means, contacts activated after insertion of printed circuits or like structures
    • H01R12/89—Coupling devices connected with low or zero insertion force contact pressure producing means, contacts activated after insertion of printed circuits or like structures acting manually by moving connector housing parts linearly, e.g. slider
    • 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
    • H01R13/62—Means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts or for holding them in engagement
    • H01R13/629—Additional means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts, e.g. aligning or guiding means, levers, gas pressure electrical locking indicators, manufacturing tolerances
    • H01R13/62905—Additional means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts, e.g. aligning or guiding means, levers, gas pressure electrical locking indicators, manufacturing tolerances comprising a camming member

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  • the invention relates to an electrical zero-force contact plug device, consisting of two complementary plug parts, of which one plug part e.g. with spring contacts as female connector and the other plug-in part e.g. is designed with knife contacts as a knife bar, and an actuating device, via which the contacts can be brought into contact contact, which has a linearly movable, cooperating with a slide guide.
  • the contact elements are each held in a row or in a plurality of rows of base bodies which are parallel to one another and can be brought into and out of contact with one another in the assembled state of the two plug parts by means of contact slides which can be displaced along the row.
  • the characteristic of such zero force contact plug devices is that the two plug parts can be brought into and out of operative connection with one another without it being necessary to overcome any pressing forces of the contact elements which come into contact with one another.
  • the contact elements are designed, for example, as so-called knife contacts, which are arranged in the fixed plug-in part;
  • the contact elements arranged in the movable plug-in part are preferably designed as spring contacts.
  • the contact plug device ensures that its two plug parts are always positively coupled to one another, as long as their contact elements are in spring-contact contact; on the other hand, it is also ensured that the two plug-in parts can only be plugged together and pulled apart if the contact contact of their contact elements is removed.
  • the spring and knife contacts are each held by base bodies in housings and / or on strips, which can be plugged together under mutual guidance and which are then actuated a slider to put the associated contact elements in and out of contact.
  • the slide guided on the contact holder has a guide channel into which protrusions of cam members protrude during the displacement, which bring the spring contacts into contact with the knife contacts in the movement end position.
  • one plug-in part is formed by a printed circuit board which can be brought with its contact elements through a longitudinal slot of the other plug-in part into the area of its contact elements (e.g. spring contacts).
  • the invention has for its object to provide an electrical zero-force contact connector device of the type mentioned, which is structurally simple and offers improved operational reliability.
  • the slide is arranged in one plug-in part and in a slider web projecting in the direction of the other plug-in part has at least one obliquely elongated hole in the direction of movement of the slider, which has a transverse bolt of a slide which is forcibly guided to and fro on the slider web records.
  • the actuating device lying outside the nested plug-in parts e.g. a hand lever or a kind of rack and pinion drive, via which the force for the slide adjustment is introduced, an encapsulation of the entire movement mechanics can be achieved in this way, namely in the space between the nested ones Plug-in parts.
  • the slide bar is advantageously formed with two obliquely extending oblong holes, one behind the other, each receiving a transverse bolt of the link.
  • the two-point guidance thus achieved stabilizes the sequence of movements and causes a uniform pushing up or pushing away of the slide that can be moved in the elongated holes on the slide bar.
  • the slide has a T-shaped cross section and is guided with its slide foot extending transversely to the slide web in a longitudinal groove in the bottom or base of the plug-in part. While the slide foot protrudes tongue-like out of the longitudinal groove on the side of the contact plug arrangement facing away from the actuation side in the out-of-contact position, the slide web remains unchanged in its position enclosed between the plug parts; together with the slider foot, it only protrudes from the connector arrangement in a lever-like manner on the actuating side.
  • the spring contacts of the female connector part be assigned guide slots in the link, which are formed on their slot wall adjacent the spring contacts with a slope increasing in the direction of contact movement. Due to the increasing course of this slope, an angled spring bar of the eyelet-shaped head of the spring contacts is increasingly pressed against the corresponding knife contacts, a slight frictional movement between the spring and knife contacts being advantageous in the case of corrosive surfaces; as soon as the spring contact has overcome the slope, it is in contact with the corresponding knife contact, whereby the contact is closed.
  • the end position and thus the desired good and reliable contact closure can be achieved independently of, for example, oscillations or vibrations.
  • One embodiment of the invention provides that the lower end of the knife contacts extend as far as possible to the lower edge of the housing of the male connector part.
  • a zero-force contact plug device 1 consists of a plug part 3 designed as a female connector, provided with spring contacts 2, and a plug part (male connector) 5 equipped with knife contacts 4 (see FIGS. 2, 4 and 6).
  • the elongated, rectangular, cross-sectionally U-shaped plug-in part 5 is inserted with its open side into the shape-matching, i.e. in cross section U-shaped female connector part 3 inserted so that there is an outwardly closed contact connector device 1.
  • a longitudinal groove 7 Arranged in the base or bottom 6 of the female connector 3 is a longitudinal groove 7 which extends in the longitudinal direction over the entire length of the female connector 3 and has a through slot 8 which runs at right angles to it and is open in situ to the male connector 5.
  • the slider foot 9 of a slider 10 with a T-shaped cross section is guided, which with its slider web 11 penetrates the through slot 8 and projects in the direction of the male connector part 5.
  • the slide bar 11 is formed with two obliquely extending oblong holes 12 and 13, which each accommodate transverse bolts 14 of a link 15. This is provided with guide slots 16 distributed over its length in accordance with the number of spring and knife contacts 2.4 (see FIG. 5) into which the spring contacts 2 are immersed.
  • the head ends of the spring contacts 2 dipping into the guide slots 16 of the link 15 are designed like eyes; they lie with their angled, free spring bars 17 against the slot wall 18 of the guide slots facing them 16 of the backdrop 15.
  • the slit walls 18 are formed with a slope 20 (cf. FIG. 4) rising in the contact movement direction 19 (cf. arrows 19 in FIGS. 2, 4 and 6), which defines the contact contact end position at some distance Wall recess or trough 21 (see FIGS. 2 and 6) connects.
  • the spring contacts 102 are turned through 180 ° in relation to the embodiment according to the above-described figures, so that in this case the free, eyelet-like angled spring bars 117 rest against the knife contacts 4, which here also come close to the lower edge 25 of the housing of the male connector 5, and end shortly before and press them against the inner wall of the male connector 5.
  • the spring contact plug-in part 3 and knife contact plug-in part (male connector) 5 are plugged into one another, the spring contacts 102 in the guide slots 16 of the link 115 into the contact position, the bevels 120 are formed on the link 115.
  • the zero-force contact plug device 1 which is arranged in a housing 22, for example the instrument display of a motor vehicle, is inaccessible from the outside in accordance with the exemplary embodiment shown in FIG Operator to be taken actuating lever 23 in the operating position.
  • the slider 10 in the longitudinal groove 7 is adjusted so that it moves in the direction of movement to the left out of the nested housings of the contact plug device 1, the Relocate the cross bolt 14 of the link 15 in the associated elongated holes 12, 13 downward, as shown in FIG. 3; the cross bolts 14 are located here in a straight end section of the elongated holes 12, 13, which otherwise take an oblique course.
  • the link 15 is moved downward with a movement course perpendicular to the slide movement (cf. FIG. 4) or, starting from the installation position according to FIG. 6, to the left.
  • the spring bars 17 of the spring contacts 2 shift relative to the bevels 20 of the slot walls 18 of the guide slots 16, and as soon as the bevel 20 has been overcome, they snap with their free ends into the troughs 21 defining the end position (cf. FIG. 4). In this position, the full contact between the spring contacts 2 and the knife contacts 4 is made. Only when the actuating lever 23 is acted on in the direction of the tip of the double arrow 24 pointing to the right in FIGS. 1 and 3 are the contacts removed from one another again.

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The contact plug device has complementary halves (3,5), respectively provided with spring contacts (2) for a spring rail and knife contacts (4) for a knife rail. An operating device, used to bring the spring contacts and knife contacts together, has a linearly displaced slider (10) incorporated in one half and a slider projection (11) fitting into the other half with a slot at an angle to the slider displacement direction, receiving a transverse pin (14).

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Die Erfindung betrifft eine elektrische Nullkraft-Kontaktsteckervorrichtung, bestehend aus zwei komplementären Steckteilen, von denen das eine Steckteil z.B. mit Federkontakten als Federleiste und das andere Steckteil z.B. mit Messerkontakten als Messerleiste ausgebildet ist, und einer Betätigungseinrichtung, über die sich die Kontakte in eine Kontaktberührung bringen lassen, die einen linearbeweglichen, mit einer Kulissenführung zusammenwirkenden Schieber aufweist.The invention relates to an electrical zero-force contact plug device, consisting of two complementary plug parts, of which one plug part e.g. with spring contacts as female connector and the other plug-in part e.g. is designed with knife contacts as a knife bar, and an actuating device, via which the contacts can be brought into contact contact, which has a linearly movable, cooperating with a slide guide.

Bei bekannten elektrischen Kontaktsteckvorrichtungen dieser Art sind die Kontaktelemente jeweils in einer Reihe oder in mehreren zueinander parallelen Reihen von Sockelkörpern gehalten und lassen sich im zusammengesteckten Zustand der beiden Steckteile durch entlang der Reihe verlagerbare Kontaktschieber miteinander in und außer Kontaktberührung bringen. Das Charakteristikum solcher Nullkraft-Kontaktstecker-Vorrichtungen besteht darin, daß die beiden Steckteile miteinander in und außer Wirkverbindung gebracht werden können, ohne daß es dazu notwendig ist, irgendwelche Andruckkräfte der miteinander in Kontaktberührung tretenden Kontaktelemente zu überwinden. Die Kontaktelemente sind dabei beispielsweise als sogenannte Messerkontakte ausgeführt, welche im ortsfesten Anbau-Steckteil angeordnet sind; demgegenüber sind die im beweglichen Steckteil angeordneten Kontaktelemente vorzugsweise als Federkontakte ausgebildet. Die Kontaktsteckvorrichtung stellt einerseits sicher, daß ihre beiden Steckteile immer formschlüssig miteinander gekuppelt sind, solange ihre Kontaktelemente miteinander in federschlüssiger Kontaktberührung stehen; andererseits wird auch sichergestellt, daß die beiden Steckteile nur zusammengesteckt und auseinandergezogen werden können, sofern die Kontaktberührung ihrer Kontaktelemente aufgehoben ist.In known electrical contact plug devices of this type, the contact elements are each held in a row or in a plurality of rows of base bodies which are parallel to one another and can be brought into and out of contact with one another in the assembled state of the two plug parts by means of contact slides which can be displaced along the row. The characteristic of such zero force contact plug devices is that the two plug parts can be brought into and out of operative connection with one another without it being necessary to overcome any pressing forces of the contact elements which come into contact with one another. The contact elements are designed, for example, as so-called knife contacts, which are arranged in the fixed plug-in part; In contrast, the contact elements arranged in the movable plug-in part are preferably designed as spring contacts. On the one hand, the contact plug device ensures that its two plug parts are always positively coupled to one another, as long as their contact elements are in spring-contact contact; on the other hand, it is also ensured that the two plug-in parts can only be plugged together and pulled apart if the contact contact of their contact elements is removed.

Bei einem durch die DE-C 27 07 122 bekanntgewordenen Nullkraft-Kontaktstecker der eingangs genannten Art sind die Feder- und Messerkontakte jeweils von Sockelkörpern in Gehäusen und/oder auf Leisten gehalten, die unter gegenseitiger Führung zusammengesteckt werden können und bei denen sich dann durch Betätigung eines Schiebers die zusammengehörenden Kontaktelemente in und außer Kontaktberührung stellen lassen. Der an der Kontakthalterung geführte Schieber weist zu diesem Zweck einen Führungskanal auf, in den beim Verschieben Vorsprünge von Nockengliedern hineinragen, die in der Bewegungs-Endposition die Federkontakte mit den Messerkontakten in Berührung bringen. Weiterhin ist es bekannt, daß das eine Steckteil von einer Leiterplatte gebildet wird, die sich mit ihren Kontaktelementen durch einen Längsschlitz des anderen Steckteils in den Bereich von dessen Kontaktelementen (z.B. Federkontakten) bringen läßt.In a known from DE-C 27 07 122 zero force contact plug of the type mentioned, the spring and knife contacts are each held by base bodies in housings and / or on strips, which can be plugged together under mutual guidance and which are then actuated a slider to put the associated contact elements in and out of contact. For this purpose, the slide guided on the contact holder has a guide channel into which protrusions of cam members protrude during the displacement, which bring the spring contacts into contact with the knife contacts in the movement end position. Furthermore, it is known that one plug-in part is formed by a printed circuit board which can be brought with its contact elements through a longitudinal slot of the other plug-in part into the area of its contact elements (e.g. spring contacts).

Der Erfindung liegt die Aufgabe zugrunde, eine elektrische Nullkraft-Kontaktsteckervorrichtung der eingangs genannten Art zu schaffen, die konstruktiv einfach ist und eine verbesserte Betriebssicherheit bietet.The invention has for its object to provide an electrical zero-force contact connector device of the type mentioned, which is structurally simple and offers improved operational reliability.

Diese Aufgabe wird erfindungsgemäß dadurch gelöst, daß der Schieber in dem einen Steckteil angeordnet ist und in einem in Richtung auf das andere Steckteil vorragenden Schiebersteg mindestens ein in Bewegungsrichtung des Schiebers schrägverlaufendes Langloch aufweist, das einnen Querbolzen einer auf dem Schiebersteg zwangsgeführt hin- und herbeweglichen Kulisse aufnimmt. Abgesehen von der außerhalb der ineinandergesteckten Steckteile liegenden Betätigungseinrichtung, z.B. ein Handhebel oder eine Art Zahnstangen-Antrieb, über die die Kraft zur Schieberverstellung eingeleitet wird, läßt sich auf diese Weise eine Einkapselung der gesamten Bewegungsmechanik erreichen, die sich nämlich in dem Raum zwischen den ineinandergesteckten Steckteilen befindet. Beim Verstellen des sich über die gesamte Länge der Steckerverbindung erstreckenden, in dem als Messerleiste ausgebildeten Steckteil geführten Schiebers wird dessen lineare Bewegung in eine - je nach Steckeranordnung - vertikale bzw. auf jeden Fall rechtwinklig zur Schieberbewegung verlaufennde Bewegung umgesetzt. Hierfür sorgt das in dem vorragenden Schiebersteg mindestens eine schrägverlaufende Langloch, das dem Schieber über den Querbolzen-Eingriff eine entsprechende Bewegung zwangsweise auferlegt. In der Endposition der Kulisse ist der Kontaktschluß zwischen den Feder- und den Messerkontakten hergestellt.This object is achieved in that the slide is arranged in one plug-in part and in a slider web projecting in the direction of the other plug-in part has at least one obliquely elongated hole in the direction of movement of the slider, which has a transverse bolt of a slide which is forcibly guided to and fro on the slider web records. Apart from the actuating device lying outside the nested plug-in parts, e.g. a hand lever or a kind of rack and pinion drive, via which the force for the slide adjustment is introduced, an encapsulation of the entire movement mechanics can be achieved in this way, namely in the space between the nested ones Plug-in parts. When the slide, which extends over the entire length of the plug connection and is guided in the plug part designed as a male connector, is adjusted, its linear movement becomes vertical or, depending on the plug arrangement, vertical or in any case rectangular implemented movement moving slide. This is ensured by the at least one oblique elongated hole in the projecting slide bar, which forcibly imposes a corresponding movement on the slide via the transverse pin engagement. In the end position of the backdrop, the contact between the spring and knife contacts is made.

Der Schiebersteg ist vorteilhaft mit zwei im Abstand hintereinanderliegenden, schrägverlaufenden Langlöchern ausgebildet, die jeweils einen Querbolzen der Kulisse aufnehmen. Die damit erreichte Zweipunktführung stabilisiert den Bewegungsablauf und bewirkt ein gleichmäßiges Hoch- bzw. Wegdrücken der in den Langlöchern auf dem Schiebersteg verschiebbaren Kulisse.The slide bar is advantageously formed with two obliquely extending oblong holes, one behind the other, each receiving a transverse bolt of the link. The two-point guidance thus achieved stabilizes the sequence of movements and causes a uniform pushing up or pushing away of the slide that can be moved in the elongated holes on the slide bar.

Nach einem Vorschlag der Erfindung weist der Schieber einen T-förmigen Querschnitt auf und ist mit seinem sich quer zum Schiebersteg erstreckenden Schieberfuß in einer Längsnut des Bodens bzw. Sockels des Steckteils geführt. Während der Schieberfuß an der von der Betätigungsseite abgewandten Seite der Kontaktsteckeranordnung in der Außer-Kontaktposition zungenartig aus der Längsnut hervorragt, bleibt der Schiebersteg unverändert in seiner zwischen den Steckteilen eingeschlossenen Position; zusammen mit dem Schieberfuß ragt er lediglich an der Betätigungsseite hebelartig aus der Steckeranordnung hervor.According to a proposal of the invention, the slide has a T-shaped cross section and is guided with its slide foot extending transversely to the slide web in a longitudinal groove in the bottom or base of the plug-in part. While the slide foot protrudes tongue-like out of the longitudinal groove on the side of the contact plug arrangement facing away from the actuation side in the out-of-contact position, the slide web remains unchanged in its position enclosed between the plug parts; together with the slider foot, it only protrudes from the connector arrangement in a lever-like manner on the actuating side.

Es wird vorgeschlagen, daß den Federkontakten des Federleisten-Steckteils in der Kulisse Führungsschlitze zugeordnet sind, die an ihrer den Federkontakten anliegenden Schlitzwandung mit einer in der Kontakt-Bewegungsrichtung ansteigenden Schräge ausgebildet sind. Aufgrund des ansteigenden Verlaufs dieser Schräge wird ein abgewinkelter Federsteg des ösenartig ausgebildeten Kopfes der Federkontakte zunehmend an die korrespondierenden Messerkontakte angedrückt, wobei eine geringe Reibbewegung zwischen den Feder- und den Messerkontakten bei korrosiven Oberflächen von Vorteil ist; sobald der Federkontakt die Schräge überwunden hat, liegt er dem entsprechenden Messerkontakt an, womit der Kontakt geschlossen ist.It is proposed that the spring contacts of the female connector part be assigned guide slots in the link, which are formed on their slot wall adjacent the spring contacts with a slope increasing in the direction of contact movement. Due to the increasing course of this slope, an angled spring bar of the eyelet-shaped head of the spring contacts is increasingly pressed against the corresponding knife contacts, a slight frictional movement between the spring and knife contacts being advantageous in the case of corrosive surfaces; as soon as the spring contact has overcome the slope, it is in contact with the corresponding knife contact, whereby the contact is closed.

Wenn vorzugsweise der Schräge eine in der Endposition den Federkontakt arretierende Mulde nachgeordnet ist, läßt sich eine von beispielsweise Schwingungen bzw. Vibrationen unabhängige Festlegung der Endposition und damit der gewünscht gute und sichere Kontaktschluß erreichen.If preferably the slope is followed by a trough which locks the spring contact in the end position, the end position and thus the desired good and reliable contact closure can be achieved independently of, for example, oscillations or vibrations.

Eine Ausgestaltung der Erfindung sieht vor, daß die Messerkontakte mit ihrem unteren Ende bis weitestgehend zur Unterkante des Gehäuses des Messerleisten-Steckteils reichen. Beim Zusammenfügen von Federleisten- und Messerleisten-Steckteil wird damit die Gefahr der Deformation der Messerkontakte verringert bzw. sogar beseitigt, weil sich die Messerkontakte aufgrund ihrer bis nahe zur Gehäuseunterkante reichenden Länge über eine entsprechend lange Strecke an der Innenwandung des Messerleisten-Steckteils bzw. -Kontaktgehäuses abstützen können.One embodiment of the invention provides that the lower end of the knife contacts extend as far as possible to the lower edge of the housing of the male connector part. When the female connector and male connector plug are joined together, the risk of deformation of the male contacts is reduced or even eliminated, because the male contacts extend over a correspondingly long distance on the inner wall of the male connector part or - due to their length that extends almost to the bottom edge of the housing. Can support contact housing.

Weitere Einzelheiten und Vorteile der Erfindung ergeben sich aus den Ansprüchen und der nachfolgenden Beschreibung, in der ein Ausführungsbeispiel des Gegenstandes der Erfindung näher erläutert ist. Es zeigen:

Fig. 1
als Teilschnitt eine Längsansicht einer Nullkraft-Kontaktsteckervorrichtung mit ineinandergesteckten Steckteilen in der kontaktlosen Position dargestellt;
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in vergrößertem Maßstab einen Schnitt entlang der Linie II-II von Fig. 1;
Fig. 3
die Nullkraft-Kontaktsteckervorrichtung nach Fig. 1 in der Kontaktberührungsposition;
Fig. 4
in vergrößertem Maßstab ein Schnitt entlang der Linie IV-IV von Fig. 3;
Fig. 5
einen Schnitt entlang der Linie V-V nach Fig. 6;
Fig. 6
eine gegenüber der Ausführung nach Fig. 1 um 90o nach rechts gedrehte Nullkraft-Kontaktsteckervorrichtung, in gegenüber der Fig. 5 vergrößertem Maßstab gezeigt;
Fig. 7
im Querschnitt eine konstruktive Abwandlung der in Fig. 1 gezeigten Nullkraft-Kontaktsteckvorrichtung; und
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ein Einbaubeispiel für eine Nullkraft-Kontaktsteckervorrichtung, schematisch dargestellt.
Further details and advantages of the invention result from the claims and the following description, in which an embodiment of the subject of the invention is explained in more detail. Show it:
Fig. 1
shown as a partial section a longitudinal view of a zero force contact plug device with nested plug parts in the contactless position;
Fig. 2
on an enlarged scale a section along the line II-II of Fig. 1;
Fig. 3
the zero force contact connector device of Figure 1 in the contact contact position.
Fig. 4
on a larger scale a section along the line IV-IV of Fig. 3;
Fig. 5
a section along the line VV of Fig. 6;
Fig. 6
1 compared to the embodiment according to FIG. 1 rotated by 90 o to the right, zero force contact plug device, shown on an enlarged scale compared to FIG. 5;
Fig. 7
in cross section a constructive modification of the zero force contact plug device shown in Fig. 1; and
Fig. 8
an installation example for a zero force contact plug device, shown schematically.

Eine Nullkraft-Kontaktsteckervorrichtung 1 besteht aus einem als Federleiste ausgebildeten, mit Federkontakten 2 versehenen Steckteil 3 und einem mit Messerkontakten 4 bestückten Steckteil (Messerleiste) 5 (vgl. die Figuren 2, 4 und 6). Das längliche, rechteckige, im Querschnitt U-förmige Steckteil 5 wird mit seiner offenen Seite in das ihm zugewandte, formangepaßte, d.h. im Querschnitt U-förmige Federleisten-Steckteil 3 eingesteckt, so daß eine nach außen geschlossene Kontaktsteckervorrichtung 1 vorliegt.A zero-force contact plug device 1 consists of a plug part 3 designed as a female connector, provided with spring contacts 2, and a plug part (male connector) 5 equipped with knife contacts 4 (see FIGS. 2, 4 and 6). The elongated, rectangular, cross-sectionally U-shaped plug-in part 5 is inserted with its open side into the shape-matching, i.e. in cross section U-shaped female connector part 3 inserted so that there is an outwardly closed contact connector device 1.

Im Sockel bzw. Boden 6 des Federleisten-Steckteils 3 ist eine sich in Längsrichtung über die gesamte Länge des Federleisten-Steckteils 3 erstreckende Längsnut 7 mit einem rechtwinklig dazu verlaufenden, in situ zum Messerleisten-Steckteil 5 hin offenen Durchgangsschlitz 8 angeordnet. In der Längsnut 7 wird der Schieberfuß 9 eines im Querschnitt T-förmigen Schiebers 10 geführt, der mit seinem Schiebersteg 11 den Durchgangsschlitz 8 durchdringt und in Richtung auf das Messerleisten-Steckteil 5 vorspringt. Der Schiebersteg 11 ist mit zwei im Abstand hintereinanderliegenden, schrägverlaufenden Langlöchern 12 bzw. 13 ausgebildet, die jeweils Querbolzen 14 einer Kulisse 15 aufnehmen. Diese ist mit entsprechend der vorhandenen Zahl von Feder- und Messerkontakten 2,4 über ihre Länge verteilten Führungsschlitzen 16 versehen (vgl. Fig. 5), in die die Federkontakte 2 eintauchen.Arranged in the base or bottom 6 of the female connector 3 is a longitudinal groove 7 which extends in the longitudinal direction over the entire length of the female connector 3 and has a through slot 8 which runs at right angles to it and is open in situ to the male connector 5. In the longitudinal groove 7, the slider foot 9 of a slider 10 with a T-shaped cross section is guided, which with its slider web 11 penetrates the through slot 8 and projects in the direction of the male connector part 5. The slide bar 11 is formed with two obliquely extending oblong holes 12 and 13, which each accommodate transverse bolts 14 of a link 15. This is provided with guide slots 16 distributed over its length in accordance with the number of spring and knife contacts 2.4 (see FIG. 5) into which the spring contacts 2 are immersed.

Die in die Führungsschlitze 16 der Kulisse 15 eintauchenden Kopfenden der Federkontakte 2 sind ösenartig ausgebildet; sie legen sich mit ihren abgewinkelten, freien Federstegen 17 an die ihnen zugewandte Schlitzwandung 18 der Führungsschlitze 16 der Kulisse 15 an. Die Schlitzwandungen 18 sind mit einer in der Kontakt-Bewegungsrichtung 19 (vgl. in den Figuren 2, 4 und 6 die Pfeile 19) ansteigenden Schräge 20 (vgl. Fig. 4) ausgebildet, der sich mit etwas Abstand eine die Kontaktberührungs-Endposition definierende Wandvertiefung bzw. Mulde 21 (vgl. die Figuren 2 und 6) anschließt.The head ends of the spring contacts 2 dipping into the guide slots 16 of the link 15 are designed like eyes; they lie with their angled, free spring bars 17 against the slot wall 18 of the guide slots facing them 16 of the backdrop 15. The slit walls 18 are formed with a slope 20 (cf. FIG. 4) rising in the contact movement direction 19 (cf. arrows 19 in FIGS. 2, 4 and 6), which defines the contact contact end position at some distance Wall recess or trough 21 (see FIGS. 2 and 6) connects.

Bei der wie die Fig. 4 die Kontakt-Berührungsposition zeigenden, konstruktiv allerdings abgewandelten Ausführung einer Nullkraft-Kontaktsteckervorrichtung gemäß Fig. 7 sind die Federkontakte 102 gegenüber der Ausführung nach den vorbeschriebenen Figuren um 180° gewendet, so daß in diesem Fall die freien, ösenartig abgewinkelten Federstege 117 an den auch hier bis nahe an die Unterkante 25 des Gehäuses des Messerleisten-Steckteils 5 reichenden bzw. kurz davor endenden Messer-Kontakten 4 anliegen und diese gegen die Gehäuse-Innenwandung des Messerleisten-Steckteils 5 drücken. Die beim Ineinanderstecken von Federkontakt-Steckteil 3 und Messerkontakt-Steckteil (Messerleiste) 5 die Federkontakte 102 in den Führungsschlitzen 16 der Kulisse 115 in die Kontaktposition leitenden Schrägen 120 sind an der Kulisse 115 ausgebildet.In the embodiment of a zero-force contact plug device according to FIG. 7, which shows the contact-contact position, but which is modified in a constructive manner, as shown in FIG. 7, the spring contacts 102 are turned through 180 ° in relation to the embodiment according to the above-described figures, so that in this case the free, eyelet-like angled spring bars 117 rest against the knife contacts 4, which here also come close to the lower edge 25 of the housing of the male connector 5, and end shortly before and press them against the inner wall of the male connector 5. When the spring contact plug-in part 3 and knife contact plug-in part (male connector) 5 are plugged into one another, the spring contacts 102 in the guide slots 16 of the link 115 into the contact position, the bevels 120 are formed on the link 115.

In der in den Figuren 1 und 2 bzw. 5 und 6 - die letzteren unterscheiden sich von den Figuren 1/2 lediglich durch eine um 90o gedrehte Einbaulage von Federleisten-Steckteil 3 und Messerleisten-Steckteil 5 - gezeigten Lage haben die Messerkontakte 4 keine Berührung mit den Federkontakten 2; die Federstege 17 der Federkontakte 2 liegen der Schräge 20 der ihnen zugeordneten Schlitzwandungen 18 der Führungsschlitze 16 in der Kulisse 15 an. Die in den Langlöchern 12, 13 des Schiebersteges 12 aufgenommenen Querbolzen 14 der Kulisse 15 nehmen hierbei die in Fig. 1 gezeigte Position im linken, oberen Ende der Langlöcher 12, 13 ein.In the in Figures 1 and 2 or 5 and 6 - the latter differ from the figures 1/2 only by a 90 o rotated installation position of the spring strips plug part 3 and male connector plug-in part 5 - illustrated position, the blade contacts 4 have no Contact with the spring contacts 2; the spring bars 17 of the spring contacts 2 lie against the bevel 20 of the slot walls 18 of the guide slots 16 assigned to them in the link 15. The transverse bolts 14 of the link 15 received in the elongated holes 12, 13 of the slide web 12 assume the position shown in FIG. 1 in the left, upper end of the elongated holes 12, 13.

Zum Herstellen der Kontaktberührung wird die gemäß dem in Fig. 8gezeigten Ausführungsbeispiel in einem von außen unzugänglich in einem Gehäuse 22, z.B. die Instrumentenanzeige eines Kraftfahrzeuges, angeordnete Nullkraft-Kontaktsteckervorrichtung 1 über einen an den Schieber 10 angelenkten, von einer Bedienungsperson zu ergreifenden Betätigungshebel 23 in die Betriebsposition gebracht. Durch Verschwenken des Betätigungshebels 23 in die nach links weisende Richtung des in Fig. 1 dargestellten Doppelpfeiles 24 wird der Schieber 10 in der Längsnut 7 so verstellt, daß er sich in Bewegungsrichtung nach links aus den ineinandergesteckten Gehäusen der Kontaktsteckervorrichtung 1 heraus bewegt, wobei sich die Querbolzen 14 der Kulisse 15 in den dazugehörigen Langlöchern 12, 13 zwangsgeführt nach unten verlagern, wie in Fig. 3 gezeigt; die Querbolzen 14 befinden sich hier in einem geraden Endabschnitt der ansonsten einen schrägen Verlauf einnehmenden Langlöcher 12, 13.To produce the contact contact, the zero-force contact plug device 1, which is arranged in a housing 22, for example the instrument display of a motor vehicle, is inaccessible from the outside in accordance with the exemplary embodiment shown in FIG Operator to be taken actuating lever 23 in the operating position. By pivoting the actuating lever 23 in the left-facing direction of the double arrow 24 shown in Fig. 1, the slider 10 in the longitudinal groove 7 is adjusted so that it moves in the direction of movement to the left out of the nested housings of the contact plug device 1, the Relocate the cross bolt 14 of the link 15 in the associated elongated holes 12, 13 downward, as shown in FIG. 3; the cross bolts 14 are located here in a straight end section of the elongated holes 12, 13, which otherwise take an oblique course.

Einhergehend mit dieser linearen Bewegung des Schiebers 10 wird die Kulisse 15 mit einem zu der Schieberbewegung rechtwinkligen Bewegungsverlauf nach unten (vgl. Fig. 4) bzw. ausgehend von der Einbaulage nach Fig. 6 nach links bewegt. Die Federstege 17 der Federkontakte 2 verschieben sich dabei gegenüber den Schrägen 20 der Schlitzwandungen 18 der Führungsschlitze 16, und sobald die Schräge 20 überwunden ist, rasten sie mit ihren freien Enden in die die Endposition definierenden Mulden 21 ein (vgl. Fig. 4). In dieser Position ist der volle Kontaktschluß zwischen den Federkontakten 2 und den Messerkontakten 4 hergestellt. Erst wenn der Betätigungshebel 23 in Richtung der in den Figuren 1 und 3 nach rechts weisenden Spitze des Doppelpfeiles 24 beaufschlagt wird, werden die Kontakte wieder voneinander entfernt. Indem sich die Kulisse 15 in dem zwischen dem Federleisten-Steckteil 3 und dem Messerleisten-Steckteil 5 eingeschlossenen Freiraum durch die Zwangsführung in den Langlöchern 12,13 auf dem Schiebersteg 11 auf und ab bzw. hin und her bewegt läßt sich folglich bei Betätigung des linearbeweglichen Schiebers 10 der Kontaktschluß herstellen oder wieder aufheben.Along with this linear movement of the slide 10, the link 15 is moved downward with a movement course perpendicular to the slide movement (cf. FIG. 4) or, starting from the installation position according to FIG. 6, to the left. The spring bars 17 of the spring contacts 2 shift relative to the bevels 20 of the slot walls 18 of the guide slots 16, and as soon as the bevel 20 has been overcome, they snap with their free ends into the troughs 21 defining the end position (cf. FIG. 4). In this position, the full contact between the spring contacts 2 and the knife contacts 4 is made. Only when the actuating lever 23 is acted on in the direction of the tip of the double arrow 24 pointing to the right in FIGS. 1 and 3 are the contacts removed from one another again. By moving the link 15 in the free space enclosed between the female connector 3 and the male connector 5 by the positive guidance in the elongated holes 12, 13 on the slide bar 11, it can consequently be moved back and forth upon actuation of the linearly movable Make slide 10 of the contact closure or cancel again.

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Elektrische Nullkraft-Kontaktsteckervorrichtung, bestehend aus zwei komplementären Steckteilen, von denen das eine Steckteil z.B. mit Federkontakten als Federleiste und das andere Steckteil z.B. mit Messerkontakten als Messerleiste ausgebildet ist, und einer Betätigungseinrichtung, über die sich die Kontakte in eine Kontaktberührung bringen lassen, die einen linearbeweglichen, mit einer Kulissenführung zusammenwirkenden Schieber aufweist,
dadurch gekennzeichnet,
daß der Schieber (10) in dem einen Steckteil (3) angeordnet ist und in einem in Richtung auf das andere Steckteil (5) vorragenden Schiebersteg (11) mindestens ein in Bewegungsrichtung (24) des Schiebers schrägverlaufendes Langloch (12; 13) aufweist, das einen Querbolzen (14) einer auf dem Schiebersteg (11) zwangsgeführt hin und her beweglichen Kulisse (15) aufnimmt.Electrical zero-force contact plug device, consisting of two complementary plug-in parts, of which one plug-in part is designed, for example, with spring contacts as a female connector and the other plug-in part is configured, for example, with knife contacts as a male connector, and an actuating device, via which the contacts can be brought into contact with one another has linearly movable, interacting with a slide guide,
characterized by
that the slide (10) is arranged in the one plug-in part (3) and has at least one oblong hole (12; 13) extending obliquely in the direction of movement (24) of the slide in a slide bar (11) projecting in the direction of the other plug-in part (5), which receives a transverse pin (14) of a link (15) which is forcibly guided back and forth on the slide web (11). Nullkraft-Kontaktsteckervorrichtung nach Anspruch 1,
dadurch gekennzeichnet,
daß der Schiebersteg (12) mit zwei im Abstand hintereinanderliegenden, schrägverlaufenden Langlöchern (12, 13) ausgebildet ist, die jeweils einen Querbolzen (14) der Kulisse (15) aufnehmen.Zero force contact plug device according to claim 1,
characterized by
that the slide web (12) is formed with two obliquely extending oblong holes (12, 13), which each hold a transverse bolt (14) of the link (15). Nullkraft-Kontaktsteckervorrichtung nach Anspruch 1 oder 2,
dadurch gekennzeichnet,
daß der Schieber (10) einen T-förmigen Querschnitt aufweist und mit seinem sich quer zu dem Schiebersteg (11) erstreckenden Schieberfuß (9) in einer Längsnut (7) des Bodens (6) des Steckteils (3) geführt ist.Zero force contact plug device according to claim 1 or 2,
characterized by
that the slide (10) has a T-shaped cross section and is guided with its slide foot (9) extending transversely to the slide web (11) in a longitudinal groove (7) of the bottom (6) of the plug-in part (3). Nullkraft-Kontaktsteckervorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3,
dadurch gekennzeichnet,
daß den Federkontakten (2, 102) des Federleisten-Steckteils (3) in der Kulisse (15, 115) Führungsschlitze (16) zugeordnet und an ihrer den Federkontakten (2, 102) anliegenden Schlitzwandung (18) mit einer in der Kontakt-Bewegungsrichtung (19) ansteigenden Schräge (20, 120) ausgebildet sind.Zero force contact plug device according to one of the claims 1 to 3,
characterized by
that the spring contacts (2, 102) of the female connector (3) in the link (15, 115) are assigned guide slots (16) and on their spring contacts (2, 102) adjacent slot wall (18) with a in the contact direction of movement (19) rising slope (20, 120) are formed. Nullkraft-Kontaktsteckervorrichtung nach Anspruch 4,
dadurch gekennzeichnet,
daß der Schräge (20) eine in der Endposition den Federkontakt (2) arretierende Mulde (21) nachgeordnet ist.Zero force contact plug device according to claim 4,
characterized by
that the slope (20) is arranged in the end position of the spring contact (2) arresting trough (21). Nullkraft-Kontaktsteckervorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 5,
dadurch gekennzeichnet,
daß die Messerkontakte (4) mit ihrem unteren Ende bis weitestgehend zur Unterkante (25) des Gehäuses des Messerleisten-Steckteils (5) reichen.Zero force contact plug device according to one of claims 1 to 5,
characterized by
that the knife contacts (4) extend with their lower end as far as possible to the lower edge (25) of the housing of the male connector part (5).
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