EP1037332B1 - Schwachstromstecker mit einem Adapter und Adapter für einen solchen Stecker - Google Patents

Schwachstromstecker mit einem Adapter und Adapter für einen solchen Stecker Download PDF

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EP1037332B1
EP1037332B1 EP00400704A EP00400704A EP1037332B1 EP 1037332 B1 EP1037332 B1 EP 1037332B1 EP 00400704 A EP00400704 A EP 00400704A EP 00400704 A EP00400704 A EP 00400704A EP 1037332 B1 EP1037332 B1 EP 1037332B1
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Dominique Masse
Jacques Nozick
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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
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  • the present invention relates to a low voltage connector and more particularly to a low voltage connector belonging to a specific category called category 7 having low levels of crosstalk due to the insulation of the pins arranged in pairs.
  • this type of low voltage connector comprises a generally metallic or metallized body defining electromagnetically isolated compartments in which the pins of the connector are arranged in pairs so that there is practically no inductive coupling between the different pairs of pins. pin. It is therefore a type of low voltage connector particularly suitable for high speeds in opposition to a connector type RJ 45 which has far less efficient crosstalk characteristics.
  • connection means are in the form of insulation displacement contacts defining a slot in which the individual conductor wires are inserted so as to incise their protective sheath to the core.
  • such a low voltage connector can be associated with another connector of the same type: this is indeed possible because of the hermaphroditic nature of this type of low voltage connector.
  • the rear part of the connector having the insulation displacement contacts is adapted to the wiring of a cord of four pairs of conductive wires while the front part is adapted to the plugging of a connector of the same type.
  • This particular type of voltage base connector (category 7) can be used in distribution cabinets, for example integrated in rack strips, or inside an electronic device, mounted on a printed circuit board.
  • the connector to be mounted in a rack strip and the connector to be mounted in an electronic circuit board are not exactly the same type, and require specific tools that lead to additional cost. Indeed, a specific tool set necessary for the connection of the connection cables in the case of a connector installed in a rack strip and other specific tools is necessary for mounting on a printed circuit board.
  • the present invention aims to overcome these disadvantages of the prior art by defining a low voltage connector for connecting on its rear part another type of connector (RJ 45 or BNC) or other or the direct mounting of the connector on a printed circuit board.
  • the present invention proposes a low-voltage connector comprising a plurality of pins arranged in pairs, each pin comprising, on the front of the connector, a contact zone adapted to come into electrical contact during the insertion of a associated connector and, on the back of the connector, a connection zone normally adapted to establish an electrical connection with a respective conductor wire, an adapter having cooperating connection means, in place of said conductive son, with the connection areas of pins and contact means adapted to come into electrical contact with an insert component, said connection areas comprising slot-type insulation displacement contacts and the adapter connection means comprise pins inserted into the slots of the insulation-displacement contacts.
  • the insulation displacement contacts with slots are directly accessible from the rear of the connector and oriented so that the pins are inserted into the slots of the insulation displacement contacts by a translational insertion movement.
  • the adapter is simply plugged into the slots of the insulation displacement contacts, which is not possible with a plug type RJ 45 where the electrical connection of the wires requires the opening of the plug.
  • the adapter When the connector is intended to be fixed directly on a printed circuit board, the adapter may comprise pads cooperating directly with contact holes formed in the printed circuit.
  • the printed circuit is therefore the reported component so that the connector can be mounted on the printed circuit of an electronic device via the adapter.
  • the adapter can integrate a printed circuit part which then defines the contact means intended to come into electrical contact with a RJ 45 or BNC type connector or others.
  • the pins may each be formed with a stud inserted in a respective contact hole in a printed circuit defining the contact means.
  • the present invention also relates to an adapter as defined above advantageously having fixing means for mounting on the low voltage connector.
  • the low-voltage connector on which the adapter according to the invention is mounted is designated as a whole by the reference numeral 1. It is, as mentioned above, a low voltage connector of a particular type comprising a housing 10 which is generally metallic or metallized which is subdivided into four compartments for each to receive a pair of pins, making a total of eight pins for the connector. Each pair of pins is held in its particular compartment by a core which is made of a plastic material. This kernel is not shown in the drawings.
  • the pins extend through the housing 10 of the connector 1 so as to define an input and an output of the connector. On the input side, which is clearly visible in FIG. 2, the pins designated by the numerical references 11 define a connection end portion for example made in the form of insulation displacement contacts 13.
  • These insulation displacement contacts 13 are intended for receiving the pairs of wires of a low-voltage cable (not shown). Each wire of the cable is individually inserted through the slot of its respective insulation displacement contact so as to cut its protective sheath to the core and thus define an electrical contact. Normally, the four pairs of conductive wires forming the low-voltage cable are inserted through a room which acts as a spatial organizer making it possible to bring each individual wire into the slot of its respective insulation-displacement contact. It is then sufficient to press or push the spatial organization piece in the connector 1 so as to establish the contact of the eight son simultaneously with the pins of the connector.
  • the connector On the output side, the connector defines two contact stages 15 which each comprise four pins 11. At this point, the pins define a contact area intended to come into electrical contact with a connector of the same type.
  • the associated connector may also be a hermaphrodite type male connector.
  • the four pairs of pins 11 are arranged in two planes each comprising two pairs defining one side of the insulation contacts for conductive son and the other side of the contact areas for an associated connector.
  • the adapter according to the invention which has been designated by the reference numeral 2 in the drawings cooperates with the connector 1 on its input side, that is to say on the side of the insulation displacement contacts 13 instead of the wires of the cable low voltage (not shown).
  • the adapter 2 is substantially identical in the embodiments 1 and 2 shown in Figures 1 and 2.
  • the adapter comprises a body 20 generally made of molded plastic, eight pins 21 arranged according to a geometry identical to that of the insulation displacement contacts 13 of the pins 11 of the connector 1, and a printed circuit board 23.
  • Figure 2 which is an exploded view, also of the adapter 2, we see that the body 20 of the adapter 2 is formed on its rear face with a housing 202 adapted to receive the printed circuit board 23.
  • the bottom of the housing 202 is pierced with eight openings 203.
  • the pins 21 are made with heads 22 whose dimension is adapted to pass through the openings 203 formed in the bottom of the housing 202 of the body 20 of the adapter 2.
  • the printed circuit board 23 is also formed with connection holes 231 whose dimensions are adapted to receive the heads 22 of the pins 21 with a tight contact so that the heads 22 of the pins 21 are held within the contact holes 231 of the circuit board printed 23 holding the body 20 between them.
  • the printed circuit board 23 is provided with eight contact zones (not shown) which respectively connect eight heads 22 of the pins 21 via conductive tracks extending into the 23. These eight contact zones (not shown) are intended to come into electrical contact with eight respective pins 31 forming part of a female connector 3 of the RJ 45 type.
  • the RJ 45 3 female connector comprises means for cooperating with the connector 1 so as to apply the end of the contact pins 31 to the contact areas of the printed circuit 23. It is therefore possible to plug a male connector type RJ 45 4 in the corresponding housing formed in the female connector RJ 45 3.
  • the adapter 2 it is possible thanks to the adapter 2 according to the invention to connect a male connector of the RJ 45 type 4 to the low voltage connector 1 category 7 thanks to the adapter 2.
  • the mounting of the adapter 2 on the connector 1 is extremely simple since the spatial arrangement of the pins 21 is identical to that of the insulation displacement contacts 13 of the pins 11 of the connector 1.
  • the pins 21 are inserted automatically into the insulation displacement contacts 13 of the pins 11 which establishes the electrical contact (see enlarged detail of Figure 2b).
  • the attachment of the adapter 2 to the connector 1 can for example be made by snapping it by means of snap-fastening studs 201 cooperating with a corresponding profile of the housing 10 of the connector 1 .
  • FIGS. 1a and 1b we see another use of the adapter 2: instead of the female connector RJ 45 3, this time we use a coaxial connector BNC type or other 3a whose pins of 3 are inserted into respective plug holes 232 formed on the printed circuit board 23 as can be seen clearly in FIG. 2. Therefore, the only difference with the adapter of FIGS. 1a and 1b is the connection mode of the connector, since we do not use here contact areas but plug holes 232, which perform a strictly identical function. To complete the wiring, it is installed on the coaxial connector 3a a cover 5a having a tongue 51a adapted to snap cooperating with latching lugs 14 (3b and 3a) formed on the housing 10 of the connector 1 so as to protect the connection assembly. Finally, one can come to connect with a female coaxial connector 4a on the connector 3a.
  • a BNC-type coaxial connector can be connected to a category 7 connector.
  • FIGS. 3a and 3b show the third embodiment of the adapter according to the invention.
  • the adapter simply comprises a body 20 on which are mounted eight connecting pins 21 provided with plug-in heads 22 intended to be inserted into plug holes 71 made on the printed circuit board 7.
  • the attachment of the adapter 2 to the connector 1 can be made (as in FIG.
  • the connector 1 is fully integrated with the the interior of the electronic apparatus and these contact areas 12 are accessible through a port formed in the wall 8 of the apparatus which may advantageously be provided with a suppo rt 81 to maintain the connector 1 in position inside the device.
  • a connector 6 of the same type preferably hermaphrodite.
  • the invention lies in the fact of being able to connect a low-voltage connector, for example category 7, to a connector of another category or on a printed circuit board by using an adapter installed in place of the conductive wires of the connecting cable. , said adapter using a printed circuit board to make the connection.

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  1. Niederspannungsstecker (1), aufweisend ein Gehäuse (10) mit einer Vielzahl von paarweise angeordneten Stiften (11), wobei jeder Stift am vorderen Teil des Steckers einen Kontaktbereich (12), der dazu geeignet ist, beim Einstecken eines zugehörigen Steckers (6) in elektrischen Kontakt zu kommen, und am hinteren Teil des Steckers einen Verbindungsbereich (13) aufweist, der normalerweise dazu geeignet ist, eine elektrische Verbindung mit einem jeweiligen Leitungsdraht herzustellen, und einen Adapter (2), der mit Verbindungsmitteln (21), die - anstelle der Leitungsdrähte - mit den Verbindungsbereichen (13) der Stifte (11) zusammenwirken, und mit Kontaktmitteln (23, 22) versehen ist, die dazu geeignet sind, mit einem aufgesetzten Bauteil (3, 3a, 7) in elektrischen Kontakt zu kommen, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Verbindungsbereiche selbst reinigende Schlitzkontakte (13) aufweisen und die Verbindungsmittel des Adapters Stifte (21) aufweisen, die in den Schlitzen der selbst reinigenden Kontakte eingeführt sind.
  2. Stecker nach Anspruch 1, wobei die selbst reinigenden Schlitzkontakte (13) unmittelbar vom hinteren Teil des Steckers zugänglich und so ausgerichtet sind, dass die Stifte durch eine translative Einsteckbewegung in die selbst reinigenden Schlitzkontakte eingefügt werden.
  3. Niederspannungsstecker nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, wobei der Adapter Kontakte (22) aufweist, die in Kontaktlöchern (231, 71) zusammenwirken, die in einer gedruckten Schaltung (23, 7) vorgesehen sind.
  4. Niederspannungsstecker nach Anspruch 3, wobei die gedruckte Schaltung das aufgesetzte Bauteil derart bildet, dass der Stecker mittels des Adapters auf eine gedruckte Schaltung eines Geräts montiert werden kann.
  5. Niederspannungsstecker nach Anspruch 1, wobei die gedruckte Schaltung (23) Grundbestandteil des Adapters (2) ist.
  6. Niederspannungsstecker nach Anspruch 1, wobei die Kontaktmittel eine gedruckte Schaltung (23) aufweisen, die mit den Verbindungsmitteln (21) verbunden ist.
  7. Niederspannungsstecker nach Anspruch 1, wobei die Stifte (21) jeweils mit einem Kontakt (22) gebildet sind, der in ein jeweiliges Kontaktloch (231) eingefügt ist, das in einer gedruckten Schaltung (23) vorgesehen ist, die die Kontaktmittel begrenzt.
  8. Niederspannungsstecker nach Anspruch 6 oder 7, wobei die gedruckte Schaltung (23) mehrere Kontaktbereiche aufweist, die dazu geeignet sind, mit einem aufgesetzten Stecker (3, 3a) eines anderen Typs in elektrischen Kontakt zu kommen.
  9. Niederspannungsstecker nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, wobei der Adapter (2) Befestigungsmittel (201) auf dem Gehäuse (10) aufweist.
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