EP0954066B1 - Positionier- und Verriegelungsverfahren und Anordnung für Ein-/Ausgangsverbinder sowie einschlägige Verbinder - Google Patents

Positionier- und Verriegelungsverfahren und Anordnung für Ein-/Ausgangsverbinder sowie einschlägige Verbinder Download PDF

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EP0954066B1
EP0954066B1 EP99106286A EP99106286A EP0954066B1 EP 0954066 B1 EP0954066 B1 EP 0954066B1 EP 99106286 A EP99106286 A EP 99106286A EP 99106286 A EP99106286 A EP 99106286A EP 0954066 B1 EP0954066 B1 EP 0954066B1
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Hervé Le Gallic
Pascal Ribeau
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R12/00—Structural associations of a plurality of mutually-insulated electrical connecting elements, specially adapted for printed circuits, e.g. printed circuit boards [PCB], flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures, e.g. terminal strips, terminal blocks; Coupling devices specially adapted for printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures; Terminals specially adapted for contact with, or insertion into, printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures
    • H01R12/70—Coupling devices
    • H01R12/7005—Guiding, mounting, polarizing or locking means; Extractors
    • 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
    • H01R12/7005—Guiding, mounting, polarizing or locking means; Extractors
    • H01R12/7011—Locking or fixing a connector to a PCB
    • H01R12/707—Soldering or welding
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R12/00—Structural associations of a plurality of mutually-insulated electrical connecting elements, specially adapted for printed circuits, e.g. printed circuit boards [PCB], flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures, e.g. terminal strips, terminal blocks; Coupling devices specially adapted for printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures; Terminals specially adapted for contact with, or insertion into, printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures
    • H01R12/70—Coupling devices
    • H01R12/71—Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures
    • H01R12/72—Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures coupling with the edge of the rigid printed circuits or like structures
    • H01R12/722—Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures coupling with the edge of the rigid printed circuits or like structures coupling devices mounted on the edge of the printed circuits
    • H01R12/725—Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures coupling with the edge of the rigid printed circuits or like structures coupling devices mounted on the edge of the printed circuits containing contact members presenting a contact carrying strip, e.g. edge-like strip

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  • the present invention relates to a positioning and locking method and to a positioning and locking device for an input/output connector, according to the preamble portions of patent claims 1 and 2, respectively.
  • the invention relates particularly to a positioning and locking method and to a positioning and locking device for an input/output connector used in a mobile telephone, the said device being fixed in the housing of the connector which is intended to be surface-mounted, for example on a printed-circuit board.
  • the bearing plane of the contacts of the connector must be coincident or at least almost coincident with the plane of the printed-circuit board (PCB).
  • this coplanarity allows a so-called coplanarity requirement, necessary for implementation of the surface-mounting process, to be effectively met, which requirement means that any one of the contacts must lie within a maximum tolerance range relative to the bearing plane of the contacts of the connector on the printed circuit, this bearing plane thus defining the reference plane for the coplanarity.
  • the object of the invention is to alleviate the drawbacks of the prior art that are described above.
  • the positioning devices position themselves relative to the known reference plane consisting of the surface on which these devices rest in their respective slots.
  • the bearing plane of the pins of the connector is thus accurately and reproducibly defined.
  • Figures 1 and 2 show an input/output connector 2 for a mobile telephone, intended to be surface-mounted on a printed-circuit board 6 shown partially in Figure 5.
  • the said connector 2 has contacts 8 intended for making an electrical connection with the printed circuit 6.
  • a positioning device 12 having a projecting part 16 which is intended to rest on and be soldered to the plane of the printed circuit 6 is forcibly inserted into a first slot 10 and into a second slot 11, these slots lying on either side of the housing 4 of the connector 2.
  • the projecting part 16 may have either a flat shape, as may be seen in Figure 5, or the shape of a sinusoidal having at least two lobes 22, 24, as illustrated in Figure 6.
  • the positioning device includes a locking means 26 which makes it possible for a plug to be fixed to the connector 2.
  • the device according to the invention because of its design, allows two functions - positioning and locking - to be carried out, which functions are normally fulfilled independently by two independent devices.
  • the projecting parts 16 has the shape of a sinusoid having two lobes 22 and 24.
  • the mid-axis ⁇ of the two lobes 22 and 24 is in alignment with the plane of the printed-circuit board 6 which forms the reference plane for positioning the connector.
  • the device according to the invention is reversible so that, by turning it through an angle of 180°, it is possible to insert it just as well in the left side slot 10 as in the right side slot 11. This makes it possible to simplify the mass production of the positioning and locking device, in order to meet the growth in the use of increasingly miniaturized portable telephones.
  • the lobes 22, 24 intended to be soldered to the pads on the printed circuit help to form, during soldering, a meniscus which ensures excellent retention.
  • the device according to the invention is not limited to this application and can be used with any smart-card reader connector having contacts intended to be surface-mounted on a printed-circuit board and in which quasi-coplanarity of the bearing plane of the said contacts with the plane of the printed-circuit board is necessary.

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Claims (9)

  1. Verfahren zur Positionierung und Verriegelung eines Verbinders (2), der dazu bestimmt ist, auf der Oberfläche einer Schaltkreisplatine (6) montiert zu werden, bei dem eine Positionierungsvorrichtung (12) mit einem vorstehenden Teil (16), welches dazu bestimmt ist, in der Ebene der gedruckten Schaltungsplatine (6) zu bleiben, mit Kraft in einen ersten Schlitz (10) bzw. einen zweiten Schlitz (11) eingefügt wird, wobei diese Schlitze zu beiden Seiten des Gehäuses (4) des Verbinders (2) liegen, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Positionierungsvorrichtung (12) einen ebenen Teil (14) aufweist, der dazu bestimmt ist, mit Kraft in die Schlitze (10, 11) eingefügt zu werden, die seitlich in dem Gehäuse (4) des Verbinders (2) angeordnet sind, wobei die vorstehenden Teile (16) aus den Schlitzen (10, 11) heraus vorstehen und dazu bestimmt sind, auf der Seite der gedruckten Schaltungsplatine (6) zu verbleiben und dort verlötet zu werden.
  2. Positionierungs- und Verriegelungsvorrichtung für einen Verbinder (2), der dazu bestimmt ist, auf der Oberfläche einer gedruckten Schaltungsplatine (6) montiert zu werden, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Vorrichtung einen ebenen Teil (14) aufweist, der dazu bestimmt ist, mit Kraft in ein seitlich in das Gehäuse (4) des Verbinders (2) angeordneten Schlitz (10, 11) eingefügt zu werden, und ein Teil (16) aufweist, das aus dem Schlitz (10, 11) heraus vorsteht und dazu bestimmt ist, auf der Seite der gedruckten Schaltungsplatine (6) zu verbleiben und dort verlötet zu werden.
  3. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der vorstehende Teil (16) flach ist.
  4. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der vorstehende Teil (16) eine sinusoide Form mit mindestens zwei Bäuchen (22, 24) aufweist.
  5. Vorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 2 bis 4, gekennzeichnet durch eine Verriegelungsvorrichtung (26), die es ermöglicht, einen Stecker am Verbinder (2) zu befestigen.
  6. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Sinusoid zwei Bäuche (22, 24) aufweist, deren Mittelachse Δ parallel zu der Ebene der gedruckten Schaltungsplatine (6) verläuft, die eine Referenzebene für die Koplanarität bildet.
  7. Vorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 2 bis 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sie reversibel ist, derart, dass durch Umdrehen um einen Winkel von 180° die Vorrichtung in die jeweiligen seitlichen Schlitze (10, 11) einsteckbar ist.
  8. Ein-/Ausgangsverbinder (2) für ein Mobiltelefon, mit Kontakten (8), die auf der Oberfläche einer gedruckten Schaltungsplatine (6) montiert werden sollen, gekennzeichnet durch eine Positionierungs- und Verriegelungsvorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 7.
  9. Mobiltelefon, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass es einen Verbinder nach Anspruch 6 aufweist.
EP99106286A 1998-04-29 1999-04-16 Positionier- und Verriegelungsverfahren und Anordnung für Ein-/Ausgangsverbinder sowie einschlägige Verbinder Expired - Lifetime EP0954066B1 (de)

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FR9805410A FR2778274B1 (fr) 1998-04-29 1998-04-29 Procede et dispositif de positionnement et de verrouillage pour connecteur d'entree/sortie et connecteur comportant un tel dispositif
FR9805410 1998-04-29

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