EP0845160B1 - Connecteur electrique - Google Patents

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EP0845160B1
EP0845160B1 EP96925930A EP96925930A EP0845160B1 EP 0845160 B1 EP0845160 B1 EP 0845160B1 EP 96925930 A EP96925930 A EP 96925930A EP 96925930 A EP96925930 A EP 96925930A EP 0845160 B1 EP0845160 B1 EP 0845160B1
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insulation displacement
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electrical connector
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Robert Neuhauser
Rudolf Krämer
Werner Tille
Martin Franz Felix Maluche
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Lisa Draexlmaier GmbH
Whitaker LLC
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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
    • H01R4/00—Electrically-conductive connections between two or more conductive members in direct contact, i.e. touching one another; Means for effecting or maintaining such contact; Electrically-conductive connections having two or more spaced connecting locations for conductors and using contact members penetrating insulation
    • H01R4/24—Connections using contact members penetrating or cutting insulation or cable strands
    • H01R4/2416—Connections using contact members penetrating or cutting insulation or cable strands the contact members having insulation-cutting edges, e.g. of tuning fork type
    • H01R4/2445—Connections using contact members penetrating or cutting insulation or cable strands the contact members having insulation-cutting edges, e.g. of tuning fork type the contact members having additional means acting on the insulation or the wire, e.g. additional insulation penetrating means, strain relief means or wire cutting knives
    • H01R4/245—Connections using contact members penetrating or cutting insulation or cable strands the contact members having insulation-cutting edges, e.g. of tuning fork type the contact members having additional means acting on the insulation or the wire, e.g. additional insulation penetrating means, strain relief means or wire cutting knives the additional means having two or more slotted flat portions
    • H01R4/2454—Connections using contact members penetrating or cutting insulation or cable strands the contact members having insulation-cutting edges, e.g. of tuning fork type the contact members having additional means acting on the insulation or the wire, e.g. additional insulation penetrating means, strain relief means or wire cutting knives the additional means having two or more slotted flat portions forming a U-shape with slotted branches
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R4/00—Electrically-conductive connections between two or more conductive members in direct contact, i.e. touching one another; Means for effecting or maintaining such contact; Electrically-conductive connections having two or more spaced connecting locations for conductors and using contact members penetrating insulation
    • H01R4/24—Connections using contact members penetrating or cutting insulation or cable strands
    • H01R4/2416—Connections using contact members penetrating or cutting insulation or cable strands the contact members having insulation-cutting edges, e.g. of tuning fork type
    • H01R4/2445—Connections using contact members penetrating or cutting insulation or cable strands the contact members having insulation-cutting edges, e.g. of tuning fork type the contact members having additional means acting on the insulation or the wire, e.g. additional insulation penetrating means, strain relief means or wire cutting knives
    • H01R4/2462—Connections using contact members penetrating or cutting insulation or cable strands the contact members having insulation-cutting edges, e.g. of tuning fork type the contact members having additional means acting on the insulation or the wire, e.g. additional insulation penetrating means, strain relief means or wire cutting knives the contact members being in a slotted bent configuration, e.g. slotted bight
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R4/00—Electrically-conductive connections between two or more conductive members in direct contact, i.e. touching one another; Means for effecting or maintaining such contact; Electrically-conductive connections having two or more spaced connecting locations for conductors and using contact members penetrating insulation
    • H01R4/70—Insulation of connections

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  • the invention relates to an electrical connector a housing made of insulation material and one in the housing arrangable metallic contact element with a Insulation displacement contact area and a crimp contact area, which is in the direction of the longitudinal axis of a insertable cable to the insulation displacement contact area connects and is conductively connected to it.
  • insulation displacement technique is that the contacts very sensitive to the diameter of the contacting insulated conductors. But since normally It can be assumed that you will not be a priori knows which cable size with an insulation displacement contact this technique is often not to be connected applicable. The reason why insulation displacement structures are like this are sensitive to fluctuations in diameter, that the cutting edge that is to cut through the insulation must reach the inner leader.
  • DE 43 24 841 A1 describes one method and one Device for power supply optional, electrical powered special equipment, for example in a motor vehicle.
  • This is a cable a standard basic cable set using a electrical connector with a cable to one Optional equipment connected.
  • the connector has a housing made of insulation material.
  • In the housing is a contact element formed from sheet metal arranged with an insulation displacement contact area for a electrical cable and in one piece with at least one further electrical connection area for the Contacting at least one other electrical Cable.
  • the housing is divided into two chambers, from which the one the insulation displacement contact area and the other takes up the further connection area.
  • the two chambers are connected to one another by a passage connected by a connecting bridge between the Insulation displacement contact area and the additional connection area is enforced. It comes from this citation not highlighting how to make an insulation displacement structure use for cables with different diameters can.
  • the electrical connector has pairs of Insulation clamps for cables with a smaller diameter and for cables with a larger diameter.
  • the couples opposing insulation displacement tabs for Cables with the larger diameter are outside and the pairs for insulation displacement tabs for cables with smaller ones Diameter arranged inside. Will a cable from larger diameter inserted into the insulation displacement tabs, so the contacting from the outside Insulation clamps carried out.
  • In terms of the inner ID clamps are different options conceivable. Either cut the inner ID clamps not just the outer insulation sleeve of the cable one, but also the inner conductor. This partially However, cutting does not lead to further problems, because the cable is held by the strain relief areas and contacting the two cable parts each other through the outer insulation displacement contacts and the this connecting base plate of the metallic contact element is guaranteed.
  • the inner insulation displacement tabs are plastically deformed because, for example easier to deform because it is thinner than the outer ones There are cutting clamps, and the thicker cable is from does not affect the inner insulation displacement tab. It is also possible that the real solution between these both extremes.
  • the contact element is in a housing in the direction of the longitudinal axis of a penetrable cable can be inserted. It is from Advantage if two locking positions are provided and in a first pre-locking position one cable end in the Crimp contact area can be introduced and in a second End position a cable from above through the housing in the Insulation displacement contact area can be introduced. So it will Crimp contact area protected against external influences and also the entire contact element is through the housing stabilized and protected.
  • insulation displacement area and the crimp area are arranged such that the two cables to be connected together align and in the housing with respect to the housing base are arranged one above the other. This ensures that the arrangement is very compact and in The course of the continuous cable does not bother because the cable end to be connected with the continuous cable flees.
  • the contact element and the housing a stop for the pre-locking position and the end position exhibit.
  • the electrical connector is suitably continuous Cables of different sizes with one cable end too connect or two cable ends facing each other and are of larger diameter with a third To connect the cable end.
  • the use of the electrical Connector works as follows: First, a Cable end inserted in the crimp contact area and the Crimp connection is closed. Then the contact element with the first cable end in the housing inserted. Then the second cable, one through Cable, from above through the opening of the housing inserted the insulation displacement contact area. Depending on size of the cable diameter only the two inner cut Pairs of insulation clamps by isolating the Cables and contact the conductor or the two outer ones Pairs of IDCs and the two inner ones Pairs of IDCs cut through the Insulation of the cable and the external contacts Ladder. The inner insulation displacement tabs then cut also partially through the conductor. After the cable the strain relief elements of the Strain relief areas are still closed. This can for example through the opening of the housing, ie done from above.
  • FIG 1 an electrical connector is shown.
  • the housing 1 is essentially U-shaped. The opening the U's is in the drawing above, the bottom of the housing 16 is shown in section below. It is one Level 15 in the housing bottom 16 recognizable. On the lower one The level of the housing base 16 is the metallic one Contact element 2. In Figure 1, it is only partially inserted. The position shown in Figure 1 is called Indented position designated. A stop 13 on one shoulder of the housing prevents this further insertion of the contact element 2 in the housing 1. Pulling the contact element 2 out of the housing is resilient by two opposite Elements 17 and corresponding widenings in the housing cross section 18, on which the resilient elements 17th lock, prevented.
  • the metallic one Contact element In order to build up the metallic contact, the metallic one Contact element an insulation displacement contact area 3 and a crimp contact area 4. In the pre-locked position of the contact element 2 is in the housing 1 the insulation displacement contact area 3 already in the housing while the crimp contact area 4 outside the housing is accessible. Crimp contact area 4 and insulation displacement contact area 3 are conductively interconnected.
  • the crimp contact area consists of two in a row arranged pairs of crimp tabs, one of which those further away from the insulation displacement contact area 3 19 for fixing a cable end 11 with a cable jacket serves and closer to the insulation displacement contact area 3 Arranged crimp tabs 20 for fixing the stripped Head of the cable end 11 is used.
  • the insulation displacement contact area closes at the crimp contact area 3 on. Both areas are like this designed that cables fixed in it are aligned with each other are aligned. Here are the connected Cables in relation to the housing base 16 one above the other. Of the Insulation displacement contact area 3 consists of the actual ones Insulation clamps 7 to 10 and two strain relief areas 5 and 6.
  • a strain relief area are arranged one behind the other 5 with, for example, a pair of opposite tongues, crimped for strain relief a pair of opposing insulation displacement tabs 7, for cables of larger diameter are suitable two pairs of side-by-side insulation displacement tabs 8 and 9 which are suitable for cables of smaller diameter and a pair of IDCs arranged side by side 10, which in turn for cables of larger size Diameters are suitable.
  • the last element is again a strain relief area 6, for example can consist of two opposite lobes that crimped to fix the cable.
  • the actual Insulation displacement contact area 3 consists of a W profile with four levels, each one opposite Have pair of insulation displacement tabs 7 to 10.
  • FIG. 2 shows an arrangement according to FIG. 1 in an installation situation shown.
  • a cable end 11 is Crimp contact area 4 fixed.
  • the conductors of the cable end 21 are clearly visible. You will be off the crimp tab 20 held.
  • the Stop 13 can no longer be seen for the pre-locking position are. This results from the crimping process at the same time the stops are bent so that Inserting the contact element 2 into the housing 1 for To enable reaching the end position. After this The metal contact element 2 was crimped the housing 1 inserted.
  • the spring elements 17 are of a first taper in cross section of the housing 18 to a second taper in cross section of the housing 18 'pushed.
  • On the contact element 2, a stop 14 ' is provided for the end position.
  • the stop strikes stage 15 in the housing 1 on. In a recess visible in Figure 1 in the housing wall 22 a projection 14 occurs. This backup is to prevent the arrangement by pulling on the Figure left cable end is affected. In the end position can then also a second cable 12 in the insulation displacement contact area be introduced. The cable 12 is then conductively connected to the cable end 11.

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  • Connections By Means Of Piercing Elements, Nuts, Or Screws (AREA)
  • Coupling Device And Connection With Printed Circuit (AREA)

Claims (6)

  1. Connecteur électrique comportant un boítier (1) composé d'un matériau isolant, et un élément de contact métallique (2) pouvant être agencé dans le boítier (1), avec une zone de contact à autodénudation (3), deux paires de pattes autodénudantes opposées par paires (7, 10) étant prévues pour des câbles de diamètre réduit (8, 9) et pour des câbles de diamètre accru, de sorte que les paires de pattes autodénudantes (8, 9) pour des câbles de diamètre réduit sont agencées entre celles (7, 10) destinées aux câbles de diamètre accru, caractérisé en ce que la zone de contact à autodénudation (3) comporte deux zones de décharge de traction (5, 6), les pattes autodénudantes (7, 8, 9, 10) étant agencées entre celles-ci, et en ce que l'élément de contact (2) comporte une zone de contact de sertissage (4), reliée à la zone de contact à autodénudation (3) dans la direction de l'axe longitudinal d'un câble d'insertion et connectée de manière conductrice à celle-ci.
  2. Connecteur électrique selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que l'élément de contact (2) peut être inséré dans la boítier (1) dans la direction de l'axe longitudinal d'un câble d'insertion, de sorte que dans la position de pré-encliquetage une extrémité de câble (11) peut être connectée avec la zone de contact de sertissage (4), au moins un câble (12) pouvant être inséré d'en haut dans le boítier (1) dans la zone de contact à autodénudation (3) dans une position d'extrémité.
  3. Connecteur électrique selon l'une des revendications 1 ou 2, caractérisée ce que le dispositif composé de la zone à autodénudation (3) et de la zone de sertissage (4) est conçu de sorte que les deux câbles sont alignés et agencés l'un au-dessus de l'autre dans le boítier (1) par rapport au fond du boítier.
  4. Connecteur électrique selon l'une des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisé en ce que l'élément de contact (2) et le boítier (1) comportent une butée (13, 14) pour la position de pré-encliquetage et la position d'extrémité.
  5. Connecteur électrique selon l'une des revendications précédentes. caractérisé en ce que le contact autodénudant de la zone de contact à autodénudation (3) est composé d'un profil en W, avec quatre plans, comportant chacun une paire opposée de pattes autodénudantes (7, 8, 9, 10).
  6. Connecteur électrique selon l'une des revendications 1 à 5, caractérisé en ce que les pattes autodénudantes médianes (8, 9) sont soumises à une déformation plastique par l'intermédiaire d'un câble épais.
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DE19529893 1995-08-14
DE19529893A DE19529893A1 (de) 1995-08-14 1995-08-14 Elektrischer Verbinder
PCT/IB1996/000796 WO1997007562A1 (fr) 1995-08-14 1996-08-13 Connecteur electrique

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WO1997007562A1 (fr) 1997-02-27
DE59603299D1 (de) 1999-11-11

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