EP0820647B1 - Modularer elektrischer steckverbinder - Google Patents

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EP0820647B1
EP0820647B1 EP96907621A EP96907621A EP0820647B1 EP 0820647 B1 EP0820647 B1 EP 0820647B1 EP 96907621 A EP96907621 A EP 96907621A EP 96907621 A EP96907621 A EP 96907621A EP 0820647 B1 EP0820647 B1 EP 0820647B1
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Oscare Canuto
Paolo Massola
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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
    • H01R13/62—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
    • H01R13/62977—Pivoting levers actuating linearly camming means
    • 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
    • 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
    • H01R13/46—Bases; Cases
    • H01R13/516—Means for holding or embracing insulating body, e.g. casing, hoods
    • 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
    • H01R13/62922—Pair of camming plates
    • 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
    • H01R13/62933—Comprising exclusively pivoting lever
    • H01R13/62955—Pivoting lever comprising supplementary/additional locking means

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  • This invention relates to a modular electrical connecting unit, in particular for use as a central connecting unit in the automotive industry.
  • DE 43 36 711 discloses a connector assembly for joining a plurality of connectors to a base unit.
  • the connectors are received in a frame that can be hooked onto the base unit and pivoted to provide mechanical advantage to mate the plurality of connector with the base unit.
  • EP-A-0 549 371 an electrical connecting unit having a first holding member for holding a plurality of connectors and a second holding member for holding a plurality of complementary connectors.
  • the holding members may be mated to join the complementary connectors by way of a lever that is rotatably mounted on the first holding member that serves to bring the two holding members and therefore the complementary connectors therein together.
  • an electrical connecting unit comprising an elongate frame for receiving matable electrical connectors, a pair of slides slidable lengthwise of the frame along opposed elongate side walls of the frame, the slides having camming surfaces for engagement by projections on a first connector, and an actuating lever connected to the frame and the slides for movement from an open to a closed position to drive the slides in a first direction to mate the connectors and from the closed to the open position to drive the slides in a second and opposite direction to unmate the connectors.
  • This known connecting unit contains only one pair of mating connectors both of which extend for the full length of the frame.
  • the end user of such a unit may from time to time alter from one model to the next the number of lines, that is to say connector positions, the end user requires the connecting unit to provide with the result that the connecting unit must be frequently redesigned.
  • an electrical connecting unit as defined in the fourth paragraph of this specification is characterized in that the frame is divided into a series of compartments by partitions extending across the elongate frame, and in that each slide has a series of camming surfaces each associated with an individual one of the compartments, for engagement by a respective projection on an individual first connector, each compartment having means for retaining an individual second connector therein, whereby the connecting unit can be used for mating 1 to n pairs of matable connectors where n is the number of the compartments.
  • each connector has eighteen positions.
  • the frame may have a mounting device for securing it to a support, for example, an interconnection box, when the connection unit is in situ.
  • the lever may be dimensioned so that when it is in its closed position it acts as a partial cover for the compartments thereby allowing leads extending from the first connectors to extend outwardly from the connecting unit.
  • the lever may comprise a pivot portion connected to the frame and a free ended lever arm projecting from the pivot portion and being substantially narrower than the pivot portion.
  • the lever arm is preferably of honeycomb construction in the interest of strength with economy of material.
  • EP-A-O 363 804 the frame and lever assembly for an electrical connecting unit where the lever having a rear end pivoted to the frame for movement of the lever between an open position in which the lever is raised from the frame and a closed position in which the lever is adjacent to the frame, wherein the lever has at its forward end a latch arm having a rear portion connected to the lever and a forward portion connected to the rear portion by a bight, the forward portion having a forwardly projecting latching shoulder for engaging an abutment to latch the lever in its closed position, the latching shoulder being releasable from the abutment by pressing the forward portion of the latch arm rearwardly.
  • the frame has therein a first electrical connector and the lever is actuable to cause a second electrical connector to be cammed into mating relationship in the frame with the first electrical connector.
  • the second electrical connector has a cover with a trunk for marshalling leads connected to terminals of the second connector.
  • an electrical connector assembly having a frame and lever as discussed above is characterized in that the forward portion of the latch arm upstands from the latching shoulder between forward side wall portions of the lever, and in that a front end wall of the lever, spanning the side wall portions, has a cut-out allowing access to the forward portion of the latch arm.
  • the forward portion of the latch arm is thus fully protected by the side wall portions of the lever and the front wall thereof, but the forward portion of the latch arm is readily actuable by finger pressure by way of the cut-out.
  • a free end of the forward portion preferably extends to a position substantially level with a top wall of the lever, the cut-out also extending to that level.
  • the latch arm is formed with reinforcing corrugations and the forward portion of the latch arm is stiffly resiliently deflectable about the bight.
  • Means are preferably provided for releasably retaining the lever in its open position, as well as means for accurately guiding the lever between its open and its closed positions.
  • the connectors will normally be colour coded so that polarizing means should be provided to ensure that the compartments can receive connectors of the correct colour code.
  • means are provided for retaining the first connectors in a pre-mating position in the compartments, the retaining means being overcome when the slides' camming surfaces acting on the projections of the first connectors, force them into the second connectors.
  • US-A-5 178 553 discloses a lever operated connector assembly in which a row of rigidly connected plug connectors are mated with respective sockets connectors. An actuating lever has camming surfaces engaged by projections on the socket connectors to draw them into the plug connectors.
  • modular central electrical connecting unit 2 comprises a connector receiving frame 4, an actuating lever 6 and camming slides 8, each moulded from an insulating material.
  • the frame 4 which is elongate and is of generally rectangular shape has a forward end wall 10, a rear end wall 12 and elongate side walls 14. Spanning the side walls 14 are spaced, transverse partitions 16, defining in the present example, a row of six connector receiving compartments 18 each having an upper open end 20 and a lower open end 22.
  • There projects upwardly from the upper edge 24 of each partition 16 two connector guide wings 26 spaced transversely of the length of the frame 4, and each having inclined surfaces 28 sloping downwardly to the upper edge 24 to define a V-shaped opening 25'.
  • each side wall 14 of the frame 4 is formed with downwardly directed latch arms 34 each having a latching barb 36 directed inwardly of a respective one of the compartments 18.
  • the upper margin of each side wall 14 is formed with a longitudinally extending slide way 40 receiving a respective one of the camming slides 8 between upper and lower gibs 41 and 43, respectively ( Figures 16 and 18).
  • the inner side of each slide way 40 opens into each compartment 18 between the gibs 41 and 43.
  • the lower edge of each side way 40 is substantially level with the upper edges 24 of the partitions 16.
  • the outer wall of the slide way 40 on one side of the frame 4 is formed with a mounting device 43 comprising an outwardly open channel 42 defined by said outer wall and upper and lower gibs 44 extending longitudinally of the frame 4.
  • said outer wall is formed at the rear end of the channel 42 with a rearwardly directed latch arm 46 having a rearwardly facing latching shoulder 48 from which extends rearwardly cam follower tip portion 50.
  • the outer wall of each slide way 40 is formed at the rear end thereof with a lever guide rail 52 which is stood off outwardly from the remainder of said outer wall.
  • a bifurcated lug 54 defining aligned bearing holes 56.
  • the lugs 54 are spanned by cruciform reinforcing struts 58 as shown in Figure 4.
  • the side walls 14 are spanned rearwardly of the frame 4 by a platform 60 which aids in supporting the flanges 54.
  • Rearward reinforcing struts 62 are formed integrally with the end wall 12 of the frame 4 and the under side of the platform 60. As best seen in Figure 6, there upstands from the base of a notch 64 in the upper margin of the rearmost partition 16, a lever open position latch arm 66 having a rearwardly directed latching nose 68. At one side of the forward end part of the frame 4 is a housing 70 having cavities 72 each for latchingly receiving a respective male power terminal 73. A secondary locking clip 74 is provided for ensuring that the terminals 73 are secured in the cavities 72 against the action of vibration. On the other side of the forward end part of the frame 4 and located above the housing 70 is a lever latch receptacle 76 having a lever latch receiving socket 78 and a lever latching abutment in the form of a top wall 80.
  • Each camming slide 8 comprises an elongate, substantially flat, plate, the inner face of which is formed with a camming slot 82 for each compartment 18 of the frame 4.
  • the slots 82 are arranged in succession lengthwise of the slide 8.
  • Each slot 82 has an open upper end 84, which, in a retracted, connector loading position of the slide 8 communicates with a through opening 86 in the respective upper gib 41 of the slideway 40 as best seen in Figure 16.
  • Each slot 82 has a forwardly directed, blind, arcuate lower end 88 spaced from the gib 41 towards the gib 43.
  • each slot 82 has an upper section 90 which makes a first acute angle with respect to the gib 41, and a lower section 92 which makes a second acute angle with respect to the gib 41.
  • the second angle is greater than the first, that is to say the section 90 is steeper than the section 92.
  • Each slide 8 has, at its rear end, an elongate transverse opening 94 for providing a lost motion connection to the lever 6 as described below, and a transverse lever stop lug 96.
  • the slots 82 are defined by depressions 98 in the outer face of the slide 8. The lugs 96 ensure that each slide 8 can only be positioned in its correct slideway 40.
  • the lever 6 comprises a rear pivot portion 100 from one side of which extends forwardly, a forwardly tapered lever arm 102.
  • the portion 100 is thus substantially wider than the arm 102.
  • the pivot portion 100 comprises a transverse tubular shaft 103 extending between the lugs 54 of the frame 4. Outside the lugs 54 are opposed cheeks 106 having aligned holes 108 therethrough.
  • a pivot pin 104 extends through the holes 108, the holes 56 in the lugs 54 and through the tubular shaft 103.
  • the pivot pin 104 has an enlarged end 110 engaging the outer face of one of the lugs 54.
  • the lever 6 is thus pivotable about the pin 104.
  • Each of the cheeks 106 has an inwardly projecting boss 112 below the pin 104 and which engages in the elongate opening 94 of the respective slide 8. A lost motion connection is thereby provided between the lever 6 and each slide 8.
  • Each cheek 106 engages slideably between a respective guide rail 52 and a rearward extension of the lower gib 43 of the respective slide way 40.
  • the tubular shaft 103 has a notch 114 therein ( Figures 6 and 7) for engagement by the latching nose 68 of the latch arm 66, releasably to retain the lever 6 in a raised open position with the slides 8, therefore, each in a retracted position.
  • the lever arm 102 is, in the interest of economy of material, and at the same time in the interest of mechanical strength, of honeycomb construction.
  • the arm 102 thus has a thin top wall 116 having on its inner face, intersecting transverse and longitudinal ribs 118 and 120 respectively.
  • the arm 106 has, at its free end, a latching device which is generally referenced 122 and which is best seen in Figures 8 to 11.
  • the latching device 122 which is for releasably retaining the lever 6 in its closed position, comprises a latch arm 124 having a downwardly depending rear portion 126 formed integrally with, and extending from, the top wall 116 of the lever arm 102.
  • the arm 124 further comprises a forward portion 128 connected to the rear portion 126 by a bight 130 about which the portion 128 is stiffly resiliently deflectable.
  • the forward portion 128 extends upwardly into a forward cavity 132 of the lever arm 102 and has a free end 134 level with the top wall 116.
  • the cavity 132 is bounded rearwardly by the rear portion 126, laterally by forwardly projecting side wall portions 136 of the level arm 102, and forwardly by a front wall 138 spanning the side wall portions 136.
  • the front wall 138 has a cut-out 140 to allow finger access to the upper part of the forward latch arm portion 128.
  • the cut-out 140 has an arcuate base bowed towards the bight 130 and extends to the level of the top wall 116.
  • the portion 128 of the latch arm 124 has a forward latching shoulder 142 which is engageable under the top wall 80 of the receptacle 76.
  • the latch arm 124 does not extend across the full width of the forward end of the lever arm 102, thereby leaving a forward lower shoulder 144 of the arm 102, free to engage the top gib 41 of the adjacent slide way 40 in the closed position of the lever 6.
  • the latch arm 124 has longitudinal reinforcing corrugations 146.
  • the upper part of the rear portion 126 has enhanced height corrugations 147 to provide anti-overstress for the latch arm 124.
  • Each compartment 18 of the frame 4 is adapted to receive a plug connector 148 and a mating socket connector 150 (Figures 1, 13 and 15) having male terminals 151 secured in an insulating housing 153.
  • each plug connector 148 comprises an insulating housing 152 containing female terminals 154 ( Figure 15).
  • Each plug connector 148 has a mating face 156 and opposite thereto a terminal receiving face 157.
  • the housing 152 has long side faces 158 and 159 and much shorter end faces 160.
  • each connector 148 has a latch arm 164 having a latching nose 166 for latching engagement under a latching lip 25 of a respective mating socket connector 150, as best seen in Figure 13, to latch the connector 148 in a pre-mating raised position to prevent its withdrawal from the frame 4.
  • the side face 158 has at least one key way 168 for receiving a respective key 33 in the connector 150 and the side face 159 has at least one key way 170 for receiving a respective key 32 in the connector 150.
  • the latch arm 164 is surmounted by a projecting stop 172 for engaging the upper edge 173 of the mating connector 150, in the mating position of the connector 148.
  • each connector 148 is loaded into its respective compartment 18 in the direction of the arrow B after the female terminals 154 of the connector 148 have been terminated to insulated leads L.
  • the socket connectors 150 ( Figures 1, 13 and 15) are loaded into their respective compartments 18 after the male terminals 151 have been terminated to leads L2.
  • the barbs 36 of the latch arms 34 snap behind the housings 153 of the connectors 150 thereby latching them in their compartments 18.
  • the power terminals 73 are latched into the cavities 72 after leads L3 have been terminated to the terminals 73 and are locked securely in their cavities by means of the secondary locking clip 74.
  • the gibs 44 and the latch arm 46 are used in securing the connecting unit 2 in situ, for example, in an automotive vehicle, by fixing the unit 2 to an interconnection box 174.
  • the box 174 comprises lugs 176 by which it is secured to a fire wall, for example.
  • a free end face 178 of the box 174 has a longitudinal rib 180 defining in cooperation with the face 178 opposed grooves 182 opening into one end 184 of the rib 180 and terminating at stop shoulders 188 at a position just back from the other end 186 of the rib 180.
  • the rib 180 is thus T-shaped cross section for nearly all of its length.
  • a latch member 190 on the face 178 of the interconnection box 174 is spaced from the end 184 of the rib 80 and presents a shoulder 192 facing the end 184 of the rib 180 and an inclined cam surface 193 facing away therefrom.
  • the forward ends of the gibs 44 of the mounting device 43 are inserted into the grooves 182 of the rib 180 until the forward ends of the gibs 44 abut the stop shoulders 188.
  • the lip portion 50 of the latch arm 46 of the device 43 has been cammed over the cam surface 193 of the latch member 190 so that the latching shoulder 48 of the arm 46 snaps down behind the shoulder 92 of the latch member 190.
  • the socket connectors 150 are loaded into the lower portions of the compartments 18 in the manner described above so as to be latched therein.
  • the lever 6 is retained in its open position by means of the latch arm 66 as described above.
  • the plug connectors 148 are loaded into the upper portions of the socket connectors 150, in their premating positions as shown in Figure 13.
  • the slides 8 are in their retracted positions so that the upper end 64 of each camming slot 82 communicates with a respective opening 86 ( Figure 16).
  • the leads L1 extending from the connectors 148 extend upwardly from the frame 4 as shown in broken lines in Figure 18 by virtue of the fact that the lever arm 102 is substantially narrower than the width of the frame 4 thereby allowing egress space for the leads L1.
  • the leads L2 of the connectors 150 extend from the bottom of the frame 4.
  • the plug connectors 148 can be removed from the frame by first releasing the latching shoulder 142 of the latch arm portion 128, from the abutment top wall 80, by rearward finger pressure on the portion 128 by way of the cut-out 140 to retract the shoulder 142 rearwardly and then returning the lever 6 to its open position and pressing the stops 172 of the connectors 148 inwardly to deflect the latch arms 164 to permit the connectors 148 to be removed from the frame 4.
  • the latching device 122 for latching the lever 6 in its closed position has the particular advantage that the free end 134 of the latch arm 124 is protected by the lever 6 against tangling with the leads L1, and also against accidental actuation of the latch arm 124. By virtue of the cut-out 140 the latching device 122 is very easy to operate.
  • the connectors 150 may have side keys 20G for engaging in keyways 202 in the partitions 16 and the connectors 148 may have end keys 204 for engaging in end keyways 206 of respective connectors 150.
  • the connectors of all mating pairs are mated simultaneously by moving the lever 6 from its open to its closed position, whereby all circuits connected to the leads L1 and L2 are simultaneously made. Conversely, by moving the lever 6 from its closed to its open position all the circuits are simultaneously broken.
  • each compartment 18 can only accept connectors of a particular code colour.
  • an electrical connector provides a connector modular with the ability to receive modular connectors as required in a central location.
  • a lever structure is provided for mechanical advantage and the lever structure includes an integrally moulded latch arm that is protected in a shroud to prevent wire tangling or inadvertent disengagement.

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  1. Elektrische Verbindungseinheit (2) , die folgendes umfaßt: einen länglichen Rahmen (4) zum Aufnehmen erster und zweiter koppelbarer elektrischer Verbinder (148, 150), ein Paar längs des Rahmens (4) entlang gegenüberliegenden länglichen Seitenwänden (14) des Rahmens (4) gleitende, beabstandete Gleitstücke (8), wobei die Gleitstücke bewegungssteuernde Flächen (82) zum Eingriff durch Vorsprünge (162) an dem ersten Verbinder (148) aufweisen, und einen mit dem Rahmen (4) und den Gleitstücken (8) verbundenen Betätigungshebel (6) zur Bewegung von einer offenen in eine geschlossene Position zum Antreiben der Gleitstücke (8) in eine erste Richtung zum Koppeln der Verbinder (148, 150) und von der geschlossenen in die offene Position zum Antreiben der Gleitstücke (8) in eine zweite und entgegengesetzte Richtung zum Entkoppeln der Verbinder (148, 150); dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Rahmen (4) durch Trennwände (16), die sich über den länglichen Rahmen (4) erstrecken, in eine Reihe von Fächern (18) unterteilt ist, und daß jedes Gleitstück (8) eine Reihe von jeweils einem einzelnen der Fächer (18) zugeordneten bewegungssteuernden Flächen (82) zum Eingriff durch einen jeweiligen Vorsprung (162) an einem einzelnen ersten Verbinder (148) aufweist, wobei jedes Fach Mittel (34, 36) zum Halten eines einzelnen zweiten Verbinders (150) darin aufweist, wobei die Verbindungseinheit (2) zum Koppeln von 1 bis n Paaren koppelbarer Verbinder (148, 150) verwendet werden kann, wobei n die Anzahl der Fächer (18) ist.
  2. Verbindungseinheit (2) nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß eines oder mehrere der Fächer (18) den einzelnen ersten und zweiten Verbinder (148, 150) enthält bzw. enthalten, wobei jeder dieser Verbinder längere Seitenflächen (158, 159) und kürzere Endflächen (160) aufweist, wobei die Vorsprünge (162) des ersten Verbinders (148) sich an den kürzeren Endflächen (160) davon befinden, wobei die Fächer quer zu dem Rahmen (4) länglich sind.
  3. Verbindungseinheit (2) nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß eine Seitenwand (14) des Rahmens (4) mit einer Montageeinrichtung (43) zum Sichern des Rahmens (4) an einer Stütze (174) versehen ist, wobei die Montageeinrichtung eine Gleitbahn (40) umfaßt, die einen nach außen weisenden Kanal (42) präsentiert, der durch Führungsleisten (44) definiert wird, die sich längs des Rahmens erstrecken, und einen Rastarm (46) an der Seitenwand (14), wobei der Rastarm (46) von einem Ende des Kanals (42) beabstandet und zu diesem ausgerichtet ist und eine von dem einen Ende wegweisende Schulter (48) aufweist, und einen Lippenteil (50), der sich in einer Richtung weg von dem einem Ende des Kanals (42) von der Schulter (48) aus erstreckt.
  4. Verbindungseinheit nach Anspruch 1, 2 oder 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Hebel (6) einen Drehteil (100) an einem Ende des Rahmens (4) und einen Hebelarm (102) mit freiem Ende, der sich von dem Drehteil (100) erstreckt und wesentlich schmaler ist als der Drehteil in der Querrichtung des Rahmens (4), umfaßt, wobei der Hebelarm (102) in der geschlossenen Position des Hebels (6) lediglich einen Teil jedes Fachs (18) abdeckt, damit von dem bzw. jedem ersten Verbinder (148) verlaufende Leitungen (L1) aus der Verbindungseinheit (2) entweichen können.
  5. Verbindungseinheit (2) nach Anspruch 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Hebelarm (102) einen Wabenaufbau aufweist, da er eine obere dünne Längswand (116) eine schneidende Quer- und Längsrippen (118, 120) an der Innenfläche der dünnen Wand (116) umfaßt.
  6. Verbindungseinheit (2) nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß ein Rastarm (66) an dem Rahmen (4) in eine Öffnung (114) in einer Achszapfenwelle des Hebels (6) eingreifen kann, um den Hebel (6) in seiner offenen Position lösbar einzurasten.
  7. Verbindungseinheit (2) nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß von jeder Seitenwand (14) des Rahmens (4) aus eine Hebelführungsschiene (52) hochsteht, wobei gegenüberliegende Backen (106) an dem Hebel (6) jeweils eine der Führungsschienen (52) gleitend in Eingriff nehmen, um den Hebel (6) zwischen seiner offenen Position und seiner geschlossenen Position zu führen.
  8. Verbindungseinheit (2) nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, gekennzeichnet durch Keilmittel, um sicherzustellen, daß in jedem Fach nur vorbestimmte Verbinder aufgenommen werden können.
  9. Verbindungseinheit (2) nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß jeder zweite Verbinder (150) eine Rastlippe (25) zur Eingriffnahme einer Rastnase (88) eines jeweiligen ersten Verbinders (148) aufweist, um ihn in einer angehobenen Vorkopplungsposition zu halten.
  10. Verbindungseinheit nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß jedes Fach (18) ein oberes offenes Ende (20) zum Aufnehmen eines jeweiligen ersten Verbinders (148) und ein unteres offenes Ende (22) zum Aufnehmen eines jeweiligen zweiten Verbinders (150) und einen Rastarm (34) mit einem Rasthaken (36) in der Nähe des unteren Endes (22) zum Halten des zweiten Verbinders (150) in dem Fach (18) aufweist.
  11. Verbindungseinheit (2) nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Hebel (6) ein hinteres Ende (100) aufweist, das an dem Rahmen zur Bewegung des Hebels zwischen einer offenen Position, in der der Hebel (6) von dem Rahmen (4) abgehoben ist, und einer geschlossenen Position, in der sich der Hebel (6) neben dem Rahmen (4) befindet, angelenkt ist, wobei der Hebel (6) an seinem vorderen Ende einen Rastarm (124) mit einem mit dem Hebel (6) verbundenen hinteren Teil (126) und einem über eine Ausbuchtung (130) mit dem hinteren Teil (126) verbundenen vorderen Teil aufweist, der vordere Teil (128) eine nach vorne vorstehende Rastschulter (142) zur Ineingriffnahme mit einem Anschlag (80) zum Einrasten des Hebels (6) in seiner geschlossenen Position aufweist, die Rastschulter (142) durch Drücken des vorderen Teils (128) des Rastarms nach hinten aus dem Anschlag (80) gelöst werden kann; der vordere Teil (128) des Rastarms (124) von der Rastschulter (142) zwischen vorderen Seitenwandteilen (136) des Hebels (6) hochsteht und eine sich zwischen den Seitenwandteilen (136) erstreckende vordere Endwand (138) des Hebels (6) eine Aussparung (140) aufweist, die Zugang zu dem vorderen Teil (128) des Rastarms (124) gestattet.
  12. Anordnung nach Anspruch 11, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der vordere Teil (128) des Rastarms (124) ein freies Ende (134) aufweist, das sich im wesentlichen auf gleicher Höhe mit einer oberen Wand (116) des Hebels (6) befindet.
  13. Anordnung nach Anspruch 11, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Aussparung einen in Richtung der Rastschulter (142) gebogenen bogenförmigen Boden aufweist und die Aussparung (140) sich von dem bogenförmigen Boden bis zur Höhe einer oberen Wand (116) des Hebels (6) erstreckt.
  14. Anordnung nach Anspruch 11, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß eine obere Wand (116) des Hebels (6) von dem hinteren Ende (100) des Hebels (6) bis zu den vorderen Seitenwandteilen (136) des Hebels (6) nach vorne verjüngt ist.
  15. Anordnung nach Anspruch 11, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Anschlag durch eine obere Wand (80) eines Rastarmsockels (76) in dem Rahmen (4) gebildet wird und daß der Rastarm (124) sich nur teilweise zwischen den vorderen Seitenwandteilen (136) des Hebels (6) erstreckt, wodurch eine vordere untere Schulter (144) des Hebels (56) an dem Rahmen (4) anschlagen kann.
  16. Anordnung nach Anspruch 11, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Rastarm (124) mit in Längsrichtung verlaufenden verstärkenden Rillen (146) ausgebildet ist.
  17. Anordnung nach Anspruch 11, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der vordere Teil (128) des Rastarms (124) um die Ausbuchtung (130) steif-elastisch flexibel ist.
  18. Anordnung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Hebel (6) so dimensioniert ist, daß er in der geschlossenen Position des Hebels (6) den Rahmen (4) nur teilweise abdeckt.
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