EP0963008B1 - Un connecteur et un couvercle associé - Google Patents

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EP0963008B1
EP0963008B1 EP99109391A EP99109391A EP0963008B1 EP 0963008 B1 EP0963008 B1 EP 0963008B1 EP 99109391 A EP99109391 A EP 99109391A EP 99109391 A EP99109391 A EP 99109391A EP 0963008 B1 EP0963008 B1 EP 0963008B1
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Osamu Ito
Mitsuru Ito
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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
    • H01R13/46—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
    • H01R13/44—Means for preventing access to live contacts
    • H01R13/447—Shutter or cover plate
    • 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
    • H01R13/40—Securing contact members in or to a base or case; Insulating of contact members
    • H01R13/42—Securing in a demountable manner
    • H01R13/436—Securing a plurality of contact members by one locking piece or operation
    • H01R13/4361—Insertion of locking piece perpendicular to direction of contact insertion

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  • the present invention relates to a connector and to a use of a cap for protecting of fitting projecting portions provided at the leading end of terminal fittings of a connector.
  • FIGS. 16 and 17 show a connector 100 disclosed in Japanese Unexamined Utility Model Publication No. 7-32868 .
  • This connector 100 is a male connector for accommodating male terminal fittings (not shown) therein and is provided at its front part with a hood 101 for surrounding tabs of the male terminal fittings.
  • a dust preventing cap 102 is provided at a front opening of the hood 101.
  • the prior art male connector 100 is normally provided with the hood 101, which makes the male connector 100 larger in vertical and transverse directions. Depending upon a place where the male connector 100 is used, the male connector 100 may be forced to be smaller by omitting the hood 101. In the case of a module connector to be accommodated in a block connector, it needs not have a hood after being accommodated in a main housing if a main connector is provided with a hood.
  • US-A-5 556 288 discloses a protective cover mounted on a connector.
  • US-A-5 145 385 discloses an electrical connector device providing interconnection between a male connector piece and a female connector plug.
  • US-A-5 730 627 discloses a terminal retaining structure for a connector to securely hold a terminal fitting within a connector housing.
  • US-A-3 990 759 discloses a connector housing to accommodate a terminal fitting.
  • the connector is provided with a plurality of connector housings inserted in a main housing.
  • the main housing comprises engaging portions to be engaged with respective engaging portions of the connector housings to hold the connector housings so as not to come out of the main housing.
  • the terminal fitting is a male terminal fitting and the fitting projecting portions are tabs.
  • a cap male connector cap for a male connector (hoodless or receptacleless male connector) comprising a connector housing and male terminal fittings which are inserted into cavities formed in the connector housing such that tabs provided at the leading ends thereof project from the front end surface of the connector housing without being surrounded, comprising:
  • the tabs projecting from the front end surface of the connector housing without being surrounded are protected by the cap. Accordingly, the deformation and breakage of the tabs can be prevented even if the male connector is left unconnected with its mating connector. Further, since the detection opening is formed in the front surface of the cap main body, the cap needs not be detached from the connector housing when the detection probe is brought into contact with the male terminal fittings for an electrical connection check.
  • the connector comprises at least one retainer which is mounted in a side wall portion of the connector housing such that it can be pushed from a standby position to a locking position, and locks the male terminal fittings when reaching the locking position
  • the cap main body comprises a retainer protecting rib which projects in vicinity of the retainer in the standby position to prevent the retainer from (inadvertently) shifting to the locking position.
  • the retainer protecting rib projecting in vicinity of the retainer prevents the retainer from inadvertently shifting from the standby position to the locking position.
  • the connector comprises at least one retainer which is mounted in a side wall portion of the connector housing such that it can be pushed from a standby position to a locking position, and locks the (male) terminal fittings when reaching the locking position
  • the cap main body comprises a retainer protecting portion for substantially covering the retainer in the standby position, thereby preventing the retainer from shifting to the locking position.
  • the retainer protecting portion covering the retainer prevents the retainer from inadvertently shifting from the standby position to the locking position.
  • the cap comprises connecting portions interconnecting a plurality of caps being integrally or unitarily formed or produced, wherein the connecting portions preferably comprise perforations for separating adjacent caps from each other.
  • the detachably assembled cap prevents the deformation and breakage of the tabs if the male connector having no hood is left unconnected with its mating connector. Further, by providing no hood, the male connector can be made smaller by the hood.
  • a plurality of male connectors form a main connector by being accommodated in a main housing, and the housing side engaging portion acts also as an engaging portion for engaging the main housing and the male connector with each other.
  • the housing side engaging portion provided on the connector housing can be engaged with both the cap and the main housing.
  • the male connector needs not have two engaging portions and is, therefore, allowed to have a simpler construction.
  • the cap substantially covers the entire connector from its front end to its rear end.
  • the connector is a male connector
  • the terminal fitting is a male terminal fitting
  • the fitting projecting portions are tabs.
  • FIG. 1 is a side view of a connector housing 1 of a male connector 17.
  • the male connector 17 is a so-called module connector.
  • a main housing 20 capable of accommodating a plurality of male connectors 17 is provided, and a main connector 21 is assembled by mounting the male connectors 17 in the main housing 20.
  • the male connector 17 is provided with a connector housing 1 and male terminal fittings 2 substantially accommodated or accommodatable in the connector housing 1.
  • a tab 5 connectable with a mating female terminal fitting extends at a front part of each male terminal fitting 2 (see particularly FIG. 5 ).
  • the connector housing 1 is so made e.g. of a synthetic resin as to have a substantially parallelepipedic shape and is connectable with a mating female connector housing (not shown) while substantially accommodating the male terminal fittings 2 therein.
  • cavities 4 for at least partially accommodating the male terminal fittings 2 (see FIG. 2 ).
  • the cavities 4 penetrate the connector housing 1 along forward and backward directions; and openings left at the rear side of the connector housing 1 serve as terminal insertion openings 4A through which the male terminal fittings 2 are inserted or insertable. Further, openings left at the front side of the connector housing 1 serve as tab insertion openings 4B through which the tabs 5 of the male terminal fittings 2 are inserted.
  • a front end surface 18 of the connector housing 1 is substantially in alignment with the positions of the tab insertion openings 4B.
  • the tabs 5 are exposed from the front end surface 18 of the connector housing 1 substantially without being surrounded.
  • a pair of housing side engaging portions 10 project preferably backward (as seen in a mating direction MD ( FIG. 7 ) of the male connector 17 with the cap 3).
  • the housing side engaging portions 10 are elastically deformable inward and are engageable with cap side engaging portions 11 provided in the cap 3 to be described later.
  • retainer mounting openings 7 which communicate with the cavities 4.
  • a retainer 8 is mounted in each retainer mounting opening 7.
  • the retainers 8 are integrally or unitarily formed with the connector housing 1 via hinges 9, and are rotatable or pivotable about the hinges 9. Further, a terminal engaging portion 8A projects from a surface of each retainer 8, which surface faces inward of the connector housing 1.
  • the retainer 8 has two insertion positions where its depth of insertion into the retainer mount openings 7 differs. One insertion position where the retainer 8 is lightly inserted is a standby position where the insertion of the male terminal fittings 2 into the cavities 4 is permitted.
  • Another insertion position where the retainer 8 is pushed deeper than in the standby position is a locking position.
  • the outer surfaces of the retainers 8 are substantially in flush with the outer wall surfaces of the connector housing 1 when the retainers 8 reach their locking positions, whereas they project from the outer wall surfaces of the connector housing 1 when the retainers 8 are in the standby positions.
  • FIG. 3 shows the cap 3.
  • This cap 3 is integrally or unitarily made e.g. of a synthetic resin and is provided with a hollow cap main body 12 from its front part to its middle part and the cap side engaging portion 11 which is provided behind the cap main body 12 to engage the cap 3 with the connector housing 1.
  • the cap main body 12 has substantially the same outer dimensions as the connector housing 1 and is longer than the length of the tabs projecting from the front end surface 18 of the connector housing 1.
  • the cap main body 12 substantially surrounds a projection space where the tabs 5 project.
  • a detection opening 13 is open in the front end surface of the cap main body 12. With the cap 3 and the connector housing 1 assembled with each other, the detection opening 13 permits the insertion of a detection probe 14 for an electrical conduction check when the male terminal fittings 2 are mounted in the cavities 4.
  • a pair of grips 15 project from the left and right side wall surfaces of the cap main body 12. The cap 3 and the connector housing 1 can be smoothly assembled and detached by manoeuvring the grips 15.
  • the cap side engaging portion 11 is formed at a rear end of the cap main body 12 and is comprised of a substantially tubular portion 11 A for substantially covering a front end portion of the connector housing 1 and elastic pieces 11 B extending backward from the left and right side walls of the tubular portion 11A.
  • the tubular portion 11A is formed slightly larger than the cap main body 12, and the connector housing 1 is insertable thereinto.
  • the elastic pieces 11B are elastically deformable sideways. At the leading end of each elastic piece 11B, a claw 11C projects inward.
  • the connector housing 1 and the cap 3 are substantially engaged by the engagement of the claws 11C and the housing side engaging portions 10 of the connector housing 1.
  • Retainer protecting ribs 16 project at rear end portions of the tubular portion A covering the upper and lower parts of the connector housing 1.
  • the vertical projecting length of the retainer protecting ribs 16 is so set as to be equal to or slightly longer than the projecting length of the retainers 8 in the standby position from the connector housing 1 when the cap 3 is mounted on the connector 1 (see FIG. 5 ).
  • the retainers 8 of the connector housing 1 are rotated or pivoted about the hinges 9 to the respective standby positions in the retainer mounting openings 7.
  • the cap 3 is mounted on the front portion of the connector housing 1.
  • the elastic pieces 11 B are slightly elastically deformed outward and the claws 11C are engaged with the housing side engaging portions 10 after moving over them (It should be noted that the engagement of the claws 11C and the housing side engaging portions 10 is shown in FIG. 7 ).
  • the cap side engaging portion 11 and the housing side engaging portions 10 are engaged to hold the connector housing 1 and the cap 3 locked.
  • the retainer protecting ribs 16 of the cap 3 project in vicinity of or adjacent to the retainers 8. This prevents the retainers 8 from inadvertently shifting from the standby positions to the locking positions.
  • the male terminal fittings 2 are inserted into the cavities 4 of the connector housing 1.
  • the locking portions 6 engage the male terminal fittings 2, thereby partly locking the male terminal fittings 2 in the cavities 4 (see FIG. 5 ).
  • the tabs 5 projecting from the front end surface 18 of the connector housing 1 without being surrounded are substantially protected by the cap 3. Accordingly, the deformation and breakage of the tabs 5 can be prevented even when the male connector 17 is left unconnected with a mating connector.
  • the detection probe 14 can be substantially inserted through the detection opening 13 formed in the front surface of the cap main body 12 when an electrical conduction check for the male terminal fittings 2 is performed.
  • the electrical conduction check can be efficiently performed without making it necessary to detach the cap 3 from the male connector 17.
  • the male connector 17 having no hood or receptacle (hood-less or receptacle-less connector) is left unconnected with its mating connector, the deformation and breakage of the tabs 5 are prevented by the cap 3 detachably assembled. Further, by omitting the hood, the male connector 17 can be made smaller by the hood.
  • the male connector 17 can be assembled into the main housing 20 after the cap 3 is detached therefrom (see FIG. 9 ).
  • the main housing 20 is integrally made e.g. of a synthetic resin and can accommodate a plurality of male connectors 17 therein. As shown in FIGS. 10-12 , a plurality of connector accommodating chambers 22 in which the male connectors 17 are mountable are provided in the main housing 20.
  • the connector accommodating chambers 22 penetrate the main housing 20 along forward and backward directions (a connecting direction of the main connector 21 with an unillustrated mating connector is assumed to be a forward direction).
  • a hood or receptacle 23 capable of at least partially accommodating the mating connector is formed at a front part of the main housing 20. When the male connectors 17 are mounted in the main housing 20, the hood 23 substantially surrounds the tabs 5.
  • each connector accommodating chamber 22 On one of the inner wall surfaces defining each connector accommodating chamber 22 which faces the housing side engaging portions 10 of the male connector 17 are provided connector engaging portions 24. These connector engaging portions 24 are engageable with the housing side engaging portions 10 and hold the male connector 17 so as not to come out of the main housing 20.
  • Each male connector 17 is mounted in the main housing 21 as follows. First, the male connector 17 is inserted into the corresponding connector accommodating chamber 22 from front. When the engaging portions 10, 24 are brought into contact with each other, the housing side engaging portions 10 are elastically deformed inward. When the male connector 17 is further pushed into the connector accommodating chamber 22, the housing side engaging portions 10 restore their original shapes after moving over the connector engaging portions 24, with the result that the engaging portions 10, 24 are substantially engaged with each other (see FIGS. 11 and 12 ). In this way, the assembling of the main connector 21 is completed.
  • the housing side engaging portions 10 provided on the male connector housing 17 are engageable with the engaging portions 11, 24 of the cap 3 and the main housing 20.
  • the male connector 17 needs not have two kinds of engaging portions and, therefore, is allowed to have a simpler construction.
  • the second embodiment differs from the first embodiment only in the shape of a cap 30. Accordingly, no description is given on the same or similar construction as the first embodiment by identifying it by the same or similar reference numerals.
  • FIG. 13 shows a plurality of caps 30 which are formed while being interconnected with each other. Such an assembly of the caps 30 is formed by, e.g. vacuum forming. Perforations 31 are formed in connecting portions of the respective caps 30. Depending on a necessary number of the caps 30, the caps 30 can be cut off along the perforations 31.
  • Each cap 30 is comprised of a cap main body 32 for substantially surrounding a projection space of the tabs 5 at a front side of the male connector 17 and a retainer protecting portion 33 provided at a rear part of the cap main body 32.
  • the inner configuration of the cap main body 32 is slightly larger than the outer configuration of the outer diameter of the connector housing 1, so that the cap 30 can be so assembled as to cover the outer wall surfaces of the connector housing 1, Further, contact portions 34 project from inner wall surfaces of the cap main body 32.
  • the front end of the connector housing 1 is positioned in the cap 30 by the front end surface 18 of the connector housing 1 coming into contact with the contact portions 34 (see FIG. 15 ).
  • a length between the contact portions 34 and the front end of the cap main body 32 is substantially longer than a projecting length of the tabs 5 from the front end surface 18 of the connector housing 1. Further, the front end surface of the cap main body 32 is formed with a detection opening 35 for permitting the insertion of the detection probe 14.
  • the retainer protecting portion 33 has upper, lower, left and right walls and substantially covers the retainers 8 in the assembled state of the cap 30.
  • the position of the retainer protecting portion 33 is before the retainers 8 in their standby positions when the cap 30 is assembled with the male connector 17.
  • the left and right side wall surfaces of the retainer protecting portion 33 extend along the left and right surfaces of the cap main body 32, whereas the upper and lower wall surfaces thereof are located above and below the cap main body 32.
  • a distance between the upper and lower inner wall surfaces of the retainer protecting portion 33 and the upper and lower outer wall surfaces of the cap main body 32 is slightly longer than a projecting distance of the retainers 8 in their standby positions.
  • the rear end of the retainer protecting portion 33 is located slightly behind the rear end position of the male connector 17 when the cap 30 is assembled with the male connector 17 (see FIG. 15 ).
  • claws or connector engaging portions project on the inner wall surfaces of the retainer protecting portion 33 in positions corresponding to the housing side engaging portions 10 of the connector housing 1, and are adapted to engage the connector housing 1 and the cap 30 with each other.
  • the retainers 8 in the standby positions are prevented from shifting to the locking positions by being covered by the retainer protecting portions 33 when the cap 30 is assembled with the connector housing 1.
  • the retainer shift preventing function is further improved.
  • the cap 30 substantially covers the entire male connector 17 from its front end to its rear end, it has a function of protecting the entire male connector 17.
  • a plurality of caps 30 are integrally formed and interconnected via the perforations 31.
  • a necessary number of caps 30 can be cut off to be used.
  • a production cost is lower as compared to a case where the caps 30 are individually formed.

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  1. Connecteur, comprenant :
    une pluralité de boîtiers de connecteur (1),
    des armatures de borne (2) qui sont au moins partiellement insérées ou insérables dans des cavités (4) formées dans le boîtier de connecteur (1) de sorte que des parties d'accouplement en saillie (5) prévues aux extrémités de tête des dites armatures de borne (2) s'étendent à partir d'une surface d'extrémité avant (18) du boîtier de connecteur (1) sans être entourées, et
    un boîtier principal (20) ayant des chambres de réception (22) prévues à l'intérieur pour recevoir la dite pluralité de boîtiers de connecteur (1), dans lequel un capuchon (23) du dit boîtier principal (20) entoure sensiblement les dites parties d'accouplement en saillie (5) lorsque le dit boîtier de connecteur (1) dans lequel sont insérées les dites armatures de borne (2) est monté dans le dit boîtier principal (20), dans lequel
    le dit boîtier principal (20) comprend au moins une partie d'enclenchement de connecteur (24) qui est prévue sur une surface de paroi intérieure définissant une chambre de réception (22) et qui s'étend dans la chambre de réception (22), la dite partie d'enclenchement (24) venant en prise avec une partie d'enclenchement côté boîtier élastiquement déformable (10) du dit boîtier de connecteur (1) pour maintenir le boîtier de connecteur (1) afin qu'il ne sorte pas du boîtier principal (20).
  2. Connecteur selon la revendication 1, dans lequel l'armature de borne (2) est une armature de borne mâle (2) et les parties d'accouplement en saillie (5) sont des broches (5).
  3. Connecteur selon la revendication 1 ou 2, dans lequel le boîtier de connecteur (1) comprend au moins un élément de retenue (8) qui est monté dans une paroi latérale du boîtier de connecteur (1) de sorte qu'il peut être poussé à partir d'une position d'attente (figures 2 et 5) à une position de verrouillage (figure 8), et verrouille les armatures de borne (2) lorsqu'il atteint la position de verrouillage (figure 8).
  4. Utilisation d'un capuchon (3 ; 30) pour protéger les parties d'accouplement en saillie prévues à l'extrémité de tête des armatures de borne d'un connecteur selon une des revendications 1 à 3, comprenant :
    un corps principal de capuchon (12 ; 32) pour entourer sensiblement un espace de projection des parties d'accouplement en saillie (5) des dites armatures de borne (2) lorsque le dit boîtier de connecteur (1) est débranché du dit boîtier principal (20),
    une partie d'enclenchement de capuchon (11) prévue sur le corps principal de capuchon (12 ; 32) de façon à pouvoir venir en prise avec des parties d'enclenchement (10) prévues sur le boîtier de connecteur (1), et
    un orifice de détection (13 ; 35) formé dans la surface avant du corps principal de capuchon (12 ; 32) de façon à permettre l'insertion d'une sonde de détection (14).
  5. Utilisation d'un capuchon selon la revendication 4, dans laquelle le corps principal de capuchon (12) comprend une nervure de protection d'élément de retenue (16) qui fait saillie au voisinage de l'élément de retenue (8) dans la position d'attente (figure 5) pour empêcher l'élément de retenue (8) de se déplacer vers la position de verrouillage (figure 8).
  6. Utilisation d'un capuchon selon la revendication 4 ou 5, dans laquelle le corps principal de capuchon (32) comprend une partie de protection d'élément de retenue (33) pour couvrir sensiblement l'élément de retenue (8) dans la position d'attente (figure 15), afin d'empêcher l'élément de retenue (8) de se déplacer vers la position de verrouillage.
  7. Utilisation d'un capuchon selon une ou plusieurs des revendications précédentes, comprenant des parties de liaison qui interconnectent une pluralité de capuchons (30) formés intégralement ou solidairement, dans laquelle les parties de liaison comprennent de préférence des perforations (31) pour séparer des capuchons adjacents (30) les uns des autres.
  8. Utilisation d'un capuchon selon une des revendications 4 à 7, dans laquelle le capuchon (30) couvre sensiblement tout le boîtier de connecteur (1) de son extrémité avant à son extrémité arrière.
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