EP0992081B1 - Organe de contact pour connexions electriques par enfichage - Google Patents

Organe de contact pour connexions electriques par enfichage Download PDF

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EP0992081B1
EP0992081B1 EP98936198A EP98936198A EP0992081B1 EP 0992081 B1 EP0992081 B1 EP 0992081B1 EP 98936198 A EP98936198 A EP 98936198A EP 98936198 A EP98936198 A EP 98936198A EP 0992081 B1 EP0992081 B1 EP 0992081B1
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Richard Flieger
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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
    • H01R13/02—Contact members
    • H01R13/04—Pins or blades for co-operation with sockets

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  • the invention relates to a flat plug contact element for electrical Plug connections, consisting of a stamped and bent part with a line connection element at one end of the contact element, with one following the line connection element, to an intermediate area bent into a rectangular box with two side walls, one connecting them Bottom wall and a roof wall, and with one of the intermediate area protruding, thicker than the other areas and two halves of contact blades on the other End of the contact organ.
  • Such contact organs are often used as flat plugs Automotive connectors are used where they are tough operating conditions are exposed.
  • Such contact organs are often with for example a contact knife of 2.8 x 0.63 mm or 5.2 x 0.63 mm and must, for example, because of the required Sure-footedness and high mechanical stability.
  • the intermediate range is one Contact element, i.e. the area between the contact knife and the line connection element, often as a rectangular, closed box trained. Even the contact knife itself must have a certain one for mechanical and electrical reasons Have stability; therefore it is usually double Material thickness of the other areas of the contact element educated.
  • DE 195 39 714 C1 is also a tab connector contact element of the type mentioned, in which the Initial stamped and bent part initially a uniform thickness, which corresponds to the final thickness of the contact knife, has in the connection area and in the intermediate area z. B. through a milling tool to about half the material thickness of the Starting material is reduced.
  • This contact body is that is, for the manufacture of those provided in the individual areas Material thickness an additional machining process intended.
  • the contact knife is here on the base wall of the Intermediate area connected, which in addition to the base wall has both side walls and the ceiling wall.
  • the invention is primarily based on the object Flat plug contact organ of the type mentioned with box-shaped Intermediate area and one versus the rest Areas of thicker contact knives other than the usual requirements to such contact organs, especially with regard to mechanical ones Stability, a more rational production of the contact organ from a stamped and bent part.
  • This object is achieved according to the invention in that the processing of the stamped and bent part in the first half of the knife Longitudinally aligned on the bottom wall of the intermediate area is tied to that in the development of the stamped and bent part, the second half of the knife Lengthwise aligned with the first half of the knife, that the roof wall is aligned in the longitudinal direction to the second knife half connects that the second knife half at the junction of the two knife halves by a Folding across the longitudinal direction of the knife halves by 180 ° bent back over the first half of the knife and folded Condition a contact knife with double material thickness is formed and that the roof wall to form the box-shaped Intermediate area between the two side walls arrives.
  • the run Contact knife halves aligned in the longitudinal direction, the complete contact knife with double material thickness by folding transversely to the longitudinal direction and bending back the second half of the knife by 180 ° over the first half of the knife is formed.
  • Flat plug contact organs of the type mentioned still the Roof wall of the intermediate area aligned in the longitudinal direction the second half of the knife is provided, so that one opposite known contact bodies overall longer, but significantly narrower starting part for the manufacture of the contact element results in a stamping and bending process and therefore despite the formation of the contact element with a box shape less Divisions can be achieved on a sheet metal strip. All in all can therefore be used despite a wider sheet metal strip achieve better material utilization.
  • the box shape of the intermediate area is also easier Form way, so that overall a more rational production the contact member is made from a stamped and bent part.
  • the inventive design of the contact element is due the direct connection between the roof wall of the intermediate area and the contact knife and that between the Side walls of the intermediate area and the roof wall resulting Connection options also with regard to the achievable mechanical stability of the contact member is an advantage.
  • Another advantage of the contact element according to the invention can be seen in that the two knife halves through their arrangement in the longitudinal direction one behind the other so are connected to each other so that they can also be folded stay connected at the tip of the contact knife, so that this z. B. not be disconnected during the plugging process can.
  • the length of each is chosen such that after a cranking of the first Intermediate piece from the bottom wall and the second intermediate piece from the second half of the knife the fully folded one Contact knife centered in relation to the height of the box-shaped Intermediate area is located.
  • the contact element 1 shown in FIGS. 1 to 4 is from a stamped and bent part 2, for example from a highly conductive one Cu alloy manufactured that - like the settlement two stamped and bent parts 2 hanging on a sheet metal strip 18 best shown in Figure 5 - a connection area A on one End, an intermediate area following the connection area Z and a contact area K protruding therefrom at the other end having.
  • the stamped and bent part 2 has a uniform thickness, z. B. from about 0.3 mm to about 0.4 mm.
  • connection area A a line connecting element is formed by bending, which z. B. is designed as a crimp element 4, but instead also consist of at least one insulation displacement element can.
  • the on the side incisions 5 of the connection area A following intermediate area Z has a bottom wall 6, two side walls 7 and 8, which on the bending lines B1 and B2 too a channel which is initially U-shaped in cross section is bent, and a roof wall 9, which will be discussed in more detail later becomes.
  • This roof wall is arranged so that the intermediate area Z is a closed, rectangular cross section Has box shape.
  • the contact element of the flat plug contact element provided in the contact area K. is one of two halves 10a, 10b existing contact knife 10 and has - as below is described - in the final state twice the material thickness, for example a thickness of 0.63 mm or 0.8 mm.
  • FIG. 5 shows the first half 10a of the contact knife 10 over a short first intermediate piece 3a with a width of z. B. 2.8 or 5.2 mm tied to the bottom wall 6 of the intermediate area Z.
  • the knife half 10a extends in the longitudinal direction up to one Bending or folding line B3, in front of which the side edges of the Half of the knife with bevels 11 are formed.
  • first knife half 10a closes in alignment in the longitudinal direction the second half of the knife 10b, wherein it in the Bending line B3 outgoing area on the side edges like that first half of the knife, that is mirror image in relation to the bending line B3 has corresponding bevels 11.
  • the second knife half 10b is of course as long as the first half of the knife 10a.
  • At the end of the second half of the knife 10b closes via a first intermediate piece 3a in FIG Length corresponding second intermediate piece 3b the previously mentioned Roof wall 9 of the intermediate area Z on.
  • This roof wall 9 is somewhat wider than the knife halves 10a and 10b and with a cut-out, resilient locking hook 22 for locking or primary fuse in the arrangement of the contact element formed in a housing.
  • the following is the production of the complete contact knife 10 as well as the final formation of the box-shaped Intermediate area Z described.
  • First is the first Knife half over a crank 12 of the first intermediate piece 3a bent from the bottom wall 6.
  • the complete contact knife 10 is then at the junction of the two knife halves 10a and 10b, i.e. on the bending line B3, by a Fold across and across the length of the knife halves bending the second knife half 10b back over 180 ° formed the first knife half 10a, d. H.
  • the two knife halves 10a and 10b are now folded together for cover brought, the bevels 11 form the knife tip.
  • the Roof wall 9 bent back in the direction of the intermediate area Z.
  • the intermediate area Z now has the shape of an im Cross section of rectangular box on which the fully folded Contact knife 10 due to a corresponding, d. H. in each case the same length of the intermediate pieces 3a and 3b in the center Stands out in relation to the height h of the intermediate area.
  • the side of the locking hook 22nd located roof wall parts 9a and 9b in the area of the middle Tabs 15b and 16b of the side walls 7, 8 each with one Indentation 9c and 9d formed.
  • Roof wall 9 with regard to the required surefootedness such contact organs and with a view to better power transmission properties in the area of the support tabs 15a, 15c and 16a, 16c with the side walls 7, 8 of the intermediate area Z permanently connected, e.g. B. welded to a possible closed box shape with high mechanical stability to achieve with high power portability.
  • at least one of the support tabs, e.g. B. the flap 15c in Figure 2 is designed so that it in the area of the locking hook 22 extends.
  • the illustrated preferred embodiment of an inventive Contact organ forms a flat plug with a stable, almost completely closed in the intermediate area Box shape with the smallest possible division, has a high one Electricity portability, a snap hook for primary fuse and Locking in an insulating housing, contact surfaces for one Secondary protection as well as polarization against incorrect insertion and overbend protection for the locking hook.
  • This embodiment thus currently fulfills all such contact organs in hard use demands in particular advantageously.

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  1. Organe de contact à fiche plate (1) pour des connexions électriques par enfichage, comportant un élément plié et estampé (2) avec un élément de raccordement de ligne (4) au niveau d'une extrémité de l'organe de contact, un secteur intermédiaire (Z) agencé derrière l'élément de raccordement de ligne, plié en une caisse à section transversale rectangulaire, et comportant deux parois latérales (7, 8), une paroi inférieure (6) reliant celles-ci et une paroi supérieure (9), et une lame de contact (10) débordant du secteur intermédiaire (Z), ayant une épaisseur supérieure à celle des autres secteurs, et composée de deux moitiés (10a, 10b) au niveau de l'autre extrémité de l'organe de contact (1), caractérisé en ce que lors du déroulement de l'élément plié estampé (2) la première moitié de la lame (10a) est raccordée à la paroi inférieure (6) du secteur intermédiaire (Z), avec un alignement dans la direction longitudinale, en ce que la deuxième moitié de la lame (10b) est raccordée lors du déroulement de l'élément plié estampé (2) à la première moitié de la lame (10a), avec un alignement dans la direction longitudinale, la paroi supérieure (9) étant raccordée à la deuxième moitié de la lame (10b), avec un alignement dans la direction longitudinale, la deuxième moitié de la lame (10b), au niveau de la pointe de connexion (B3) des deux moitiés de la lame (10a, 10b), étant repliée de 180° vers l'arrière au-dessus de la première moitié de la lame (10a) par pliage transversal à la direction longitudinale des moitiés de la lame, formant à l'état plié une lame de contact (10) ayant une épaisseur de matériau double, la paroi supérieure (9) pénétrant ainsi entre les deux parois latérales (7, 8) en vue de la formation du secteur intermédiaire (Z) en forme de caisse.
  2. Organe de contact à fiche plate selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que la première moitié de la lame (10a) est reliée au niveau de la paroi inférieure (6) et de la paroi supérieure (9) à la deuxième moitié de la lame (10b) par un raccord (3a et 3b), dont la longueur est choisie de sorte qu'après une coudure (12) du premier raccord (3a) par rapport à la paroi inférieure (6) et du deuxième raccord (3b) par rapport à la deuxième moitié de la lame (10b), la lame de contact entièrement pliée (10) est centrée par rapport à la hauteur (h) du secteur intermédiaire (Z) en forme de caisse.
  3. Organe de contact à fiche plate selon les revendications 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que les deux moitiés de la lame (10a, 10b) sont en outre reliées mécaniquement dans l'état complètement plié de la lame de contact (10).
  4. Organe de contact à fiche plate selon la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce que le raccordement (24, 25) des deux moitiés de la lame (10a, 10b) est assuré dans le secteur des deux extrémités de la lame de contact (10).
  5. Organe de contact à fiche plate selon l'une des revendications 1 à 4, caractérisé en ce que les deux parois latérales (7, 8) du secteur intermédiaire (Z) comportent au niveau des bords longitudinaux libres (13, 14) des pattes (15a-16c et 16a-16c) en vue du support et/ou du raccordement de la paroi supérieure (9).
  6. Organe de contact à fiche plate selon la revendication 5, caractérisé en ce que les parois latérales (7, 8) du secteur intermédiaire (Z) comportent respectivement trois pattes (15a, 15b, 15c ou 16a, 16b, 16c), les deux pattes externes (15a, 15c ou 16a, 16c) servant respectivement au support du côté inférieur de la paroi supérieure (9), la patte centrale (15b ou 16b) étant fixée à la paroi supérieure (9) au niveau du côté externe supérieur correspondant.
  7. Organe de contact à fiche plate selon la revendication 6, caractérisé en ce que la paroi supérieure (9) est raccordée de manière inamovible, par exemple par soudage, aux parois latérales (7, 8) du secteur intermédiaire (Z) dans le secteur des pattes de support (15a, 15c ou 16a, 16c).
  8. Organe de contact à fiche plate selon les revendications 6 ou 7, caractérisé en ce que les parties de la paroi supérieure (9a, 9b) comportent une cavité (9c, 9d) dans le secteur des pattes centrales (15b, 16b) des parois latérales (7, 8) du secteur intermédiaire (Z) en vue de la fixation aux pattes centrales.
  9. Organe de contact à fiche plate selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que la paroi supérieure (9) du secteur intermédiaire (Z) comporte un crochet de verrouillage élastique dégagé (22).
  10. Organe de contact à fiche plate selon l'une des revendications 5 à 9, caractérisé en ce qu'au moins une des pattes de support (p.ex. 15c) pour la paroi supérieure (9) est configurée de sorte à pénétrer dans le secteur du crochet de verrouillage (22) pour servir de protection contre un pliage excessif du crochet de verrouillage.
  11. Organe de contact à fiche plate selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le secteur intermédiaire (Z) comporte une traverse de polarisation (21) arrachée à 90° de la paroi inférieure (6).
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