EP0977314B1 - Connecteur à fiche ayant des contacts à angle droit - Google Patents

Connecteur à fiche ayant des contacts à angle droit Download PDF

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EP0977314B1
EP0977314B1 EP99113110A EP99113110A EP0977314B1 EP 0977314 B1 EP0977314 B1 EP 0977314B1 EP 99113110 A EP99113110 A EP 99113110A EP 99113110 A EP99113110 A EP 99113110A EP 0977314 B1 EP0977314 B1 EP 0977314B1
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Fred Weller
Wolfgang Drichelt
Detlef Dr. Pantring
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ITT Manufacturing Enterprises 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
    • H01R31/00—Coupling parts supported only by co-operation with counterpart
    • H01R31/06—Intermediate parts for linking two coupling parts, e.g. adapter
    • 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
    • H01R12/712—Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures co-operating with the surface of the printed circuit or with a coupling device exclusively provided on the surface of the printed circuit
    • H01R12/716—Coupling device provided on the PCB
    • 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
    • H01R12/724—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 forming a right angle

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  • the present invention relates to a connector according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • a connector of the type mentioned is from the US-A-4,702,707 have become known in which the adapter part has a plurality of second terminal ends, which are rectangular in cross-section and penetrate through holes and are soldered at their protruding ends with the plated-through hole.
  • Object of the present invention is to provide a connector of the type mentioned, which claimed for pluggable connection to a circuit board less space above the circuit board and yet leads to a secure connection to the circuit board.
  • the supply movement of the connector to the printed circuit board necessary for the connection can be parallel in one direction and slightly above the surface of the printed circuit board, so that the connector protrudes less far beyond the surface of the printed circuit board.
  • the provided on the housing or the printed circuit board Wegbegrenzungselement leads to a secure connection and to small distances between the housing of the connector and the circuit board.
  • a contact angle is provided on the housing according to the features of claim 2 as Wegbegrenzungselement, which lays down on the relevant surface of the circuit board and thus ensures accurate and secure contact, as well as acting on the connector forces when inserting the plug occur, can record.
  • the plugging of the connector or its contact elements in the holes of the circuit board without a connection possibly adversely affecting tipping moment can be made to the connector.
  • the contact element may be in one piece according to the feature of claim 4, which is possible up to a certain minimum distance between the connector and circuit board, since then the contact element still by simply bending can be designed according to an angle.
  • attack area according to the features of claim 3 can be realized in many ways, for example.
  • a transverse bore with or without pin by a circumferential groove with or without ring, by a conical collar on Circumference, by surfaces parallel to the circuit board surface and the like.
  • the device 10 shown in Figures 1 and 2 has a connector 15 which is provided with one or more parts shown in one or more parts contact elements 11, 11 ', 11' ', 12 and 13 and the one end with the connection of a printed circuit board 14th and on the other hand, the one with an external connector, not shown, is used.
  • the connector 15 extends in a direction parallel to the surface 16 of the printed circuit board 14 and is connected via the angled formed contact elements 11, 11 ', 11' ', 12 and 13 to the circuit board 14 connectable.
  • the several, in the embodiment three juxtaposed similar contact elements 11, 11 ', 11'', 12th or 13 of the connector 15 have horizontally, ie parallel to the circuit board surface 16 aligned or extending plug-side terminal ends 18 and by means of adapters 20, 20 ', 20'', 30 and 40 at 90 ° angled, ie perpendicular to these extending board-side terminal ends 19th , which plug and detachably fit over a Pressfititati in plated-through holes 17 of the circuit board 14.
  • the connector 15 has a housing 21 in which the plug-side terminal ends 18 of the contact elements 11, 11 ', 11'', 12 and 13 are held in the axial direction and against rotation.
  • the plug-side terminal ends 18, which may be pin-like or bush-like, are in this case fixed in a housing part 25 retaining, not shown molding material.
  • the housing 21 is arranged in a recess 22 of the printed circuit board 14 and held by means of two angle 23 in holes 24 of the circuit board 14 plug lockable.
  • the connection of connector 15 and printed circuit board 14 takes place in a direction perpendicular to the circuit board surface 16 movement for inserting the circuit board side terminal ends 19 in the plated-through holes 17 to the impact or insertion of the respective ends of the two angular Wegbegrenzungsetti 23. After placing a rivet o .ae.
  • FIG. 2 shows in this case that in the inserted state, the height of the connector 15 above the circuit board surface 16 is very low due to the utilization of the printed circuit board thickness and the necessary projection to the other side.
  • FIG. 3 shows the contact element 11 used in the connector 2 in FIG. 2 in an exploded view.
  • the contact element 11 is in two parts, ie, in this embodiment, the circuit board-side terminal end 19 is integral with the adapter 20 and the plug-side terminal end 18 is a separate connected to the adapter 20 component.
  • the adapter 20 has a transverse to the axial direction of the printed circuit board side terminal end 19 transverse bore 29 into which a pin 31 in game or Press fit possibly with additional riveting, soldering or comparable mechanical electrical connection can be inserted.
  • the plug-side terminal end 18 has approximately longitudinally two spaced-apart annular collars 32, over which this component is mounted axially secured in the said molded part body held in the housing part 25.
  • the rotation can, as shown in Figure 6, be designed as a flattening 50 on one of the annular collar 32, so that the contact element 13 can not rotate in the molding material body.
  • the printed circuit board-side terminal end 19 is slotted twice in the insertion, so that several, here four radially elastically movable fingers 33 result.
  • these fingers 33 are provided at the front free end with a chamfer, at the rear end with a waist 35 and centrally with a contact belly 44.
  • the interference fit of the printed circuit board-side connection end 19 in the plated-through bore 17 is such that the fingers 33 in the region 44 of their largest diameter make a radially biased contact centrally in the bore 17.
  • FIGS. 4A and 4B also show two-part contact elements 11 'and 11 ", respectively, wherein the difference of Contact element 11 'according to Figure 4A to the contact element 11 according to Figure 3 only consists in that the adapter 20' is not cylindrical but parallelepiped-shaped and provided at the free end with an axial slot 36, so that the resulting leg 37 of the adapter 20 'at mating insertion of the pin 31 of the connector-side terminal end 18 areadeddrhackbar.
  • a pin 31" is provided on the adapter 20 ", while the corresponding transverse bore 29" is provided on a flattened end of the plug-side terminal 18 ".
  • the contact element 12 shown in Figure 5 is formed in three parts, ie it is in verdrotungser plug-in Pressfit- or pushfit connection from the plug-side terminal end 18, the angle-shaped adapter 30 and the circuit board-side end 19 '' composed.
  • the illustrated embodiment has the angular (90 °) adapter 30 end-side passage or blind holes 38 and 39, in which the pin 31 of the plug-side terminal end 18 and the pin 31 '' of the printed circuit board side terminal end 19 is inserted twist resistant.
  • the angle-shaped adapter 30 can also be replaced by a cuboidal element with corresponding holes.
  • Figure 6 shows the one-piece molded contact element 13, the adapter 40 is formed by the 90 ° bend between stecker workedem terminal end 18 '' 'and the circuit board side terminal end 19' ''.
  • the contact elements 11, 11 ', 11' ', 12 and 13 are provided with functional surfaces for introducing a mounting force substantially perpendicular to the circuit board surface 16.
  • This functional surface is intended in particular to provide an attack surface for an assembly tool.
  • the contact elements 11 and 11 'with an end face 41, 41' at the upper end of the adapter 20, 20 'and the contact element 11' 'with a flat surface 41' 'at the flattened end of the plug-side terminal end 18' ' provided.
  • the contact element 12, whose adapter 30 is provided with an upper surface 42.
  • a shoulder 43 is provided between the adapter 40 and the printed circuit board-side connection end 19. It is understood that these functional surfaces can also be formed in another form.
  • the Wegbegrenzungselement 23 is provided on the housing 21 of the connector 15. It is understood that it is also possible to provide one or more Wegbegrenzungs institute on the circuit board 14.
  • the Wegbegrenzungs strive to prevent over a guide also that the connector 15 can be exposed to a tilting moment when mounting or bringing on or in the circuit board 14.
  • contact elements may be obtuse instead of rectangular at right angles.

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Claims (12)

  1. Connecteur à fiche (15) comprenant plusieurs éléments de contact (11, 12, 13) qui sont pourvus d'une première extrémité de raccordement (18) par exemple pour une fiche, à l'intérieur d'un boîtier (21) du connecteur à fiche (15), et d'une seconde extrémité de raccordement (19) détournée du boîtier (21), pour la liaison à enfichage avec des perçages (17) métallisés dans une carte à circuits imprimés (14) ou similaire, la seconde extrémité de raccordement (19) côté carte à circuits imprimés de l'élément de contact (11, 12, 13) étant agencée sous un angle, de préférence à angle droit par rapport à la première extrémité de raccordement (18) côté fiche via un élément adaptateur (20, 30, 40), caractérisé en ce que la seconde extrémité de raccordement (19) est axialement fendue pour former des doigts (33) radialement élastiques qui sont susceptibles d'être logés en ajustement serré dans le perçage (17) métallisé, et en ce qu'un élément de limitation de course (23) susceptible d'être fixé sur la carte à circuits imprimés (14) est prévu sur le boîtier (21) dans la direction d'enfichage des secondes extrémités de raccordement (19) dans les perçages (17) métallisés.
  2. Connecteur à fiche selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que l'élément de limitation de course est réalisé de préférence sur les deux côtés du boîtier (21) sous la forme d'une équerre d'appui (23) pour la carte à circuits imprimés (14).
  3. Connecteur à fiche selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que l'élément adaptateur (20, 30, 40) est pourvu d'une zone d'attaque pour une force agissant en direction d'enfichage.
  4. Connecteur à fiche selon l'une au moins des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisé en ce que l'élément de contact (13) est réalisé d'un seul tenant.
  5. Connecteur à fiche selon l'une au moins des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisé en ce que l'élément de contact (11, 12) est réalisé en plusieurs parties.
  6. Connecteur à fiche selon la revendication 5, caractérisé en ce que la seconde extrémité de raccordement (19) et l'adaptateur (20) sont d'un seul tenant.
  7. Connecteur à fiche selon la revendication 5 ou 6, caractérisé en ce que l'adaptateur (20, 30) est relié à la première et/ou à la seconde extrémité de raccordement (18, 19) via un agencement à tenon/perçage.
  8. Connecteur à fiche selon les revendications 6 et 7, caractérisé en ce que l'adaptateur (20) présente un perçage transversal (29) dans lequel peut venir s'enficher la première extrémité de raccordement (18) par un tenon axial.
  9. Connecteur à fiche selon l'une au moins des revendications 6 à 8, caractérisé en ce que l'adaptateur (20) comprend un tenon axial (31) et la zone tournée vers celui-ci de la première extrémité de raccordement (18) présente un perçage transversal (29).
  10. Connecteur à fiche selon la revendication 8 ou 9, caractérisé en ce que le perçage transversal (29) est fendu.
  11. Connecteur à fiche selon la revendication 7, caractérisé en ce que l'adaptateur (30) est un composant individuel en forme d'équerre ou de parallélépipède qui est pourvu du côté extrémité de perçages (38, 39) ou de tenons pour la liaison avec la première ou la seconde extrémité de raccordement (18, 19) de l'élément de contact (12).
  12. Connecteur à fiche selon l'une au moins des revendications 1 à 11, caractérisé en ce que les éléments de contact (11, 12, 13) sont pourvus d'un blocage antirotation.
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