EP1122833B1 - Vorrichtung für den Zusammenbau eines Verbindungsgehäuses und eines Abdeckungsteiles zum Halten und zum Schutz der am Verbinder angeschlossenen Leiter - Google Patents

Vorrichtung für den Zusammenbau eines Verbindungsgehäuses und eines Abdeckungsteiles zum Halten und zum Schutz der am Verbinder angeschlossenen Leiter Download PDF

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EP1122833B1
EP1122833B1 EP01400259A EP01400259A EP1122833B1 EP 1122833 B1 EP1122833 B1 EP 1122833B1 EP 01400259 A EP01400259 A EP 01400259A EP 01400259 A EP01400259 A EP 01400259A EP 1122833 B1 EP1122833 B1 EP 1122833B1
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Lucien Blanchet
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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
    • H01R13/502—Bases; Cases composed of different pieces
    • H01R13/508—Bases; Cases composed of different pieces assembled by a separate clip or spring
    • 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
    • H01R13/62—Means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts or for holding them in engagement
    • H01R13/627—Snap or like fastening
    • H01R13/6275—Latching arms not integral with the housing

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  • the present invention relates to a device for assembling a connector housing and a cover for holding and protecting the wires connected to said connector.
  • the hood body is provided with an interlocking portion that fits into a rear opening of the connector housing.
  • various solutions have been used up to now, such as, for example, screw systems, the main disadvantages of which are their cost, the difficulty of actuating said systems and the risks of damage by said systems to the son surrounded by the covers or components located in the vicinity of the latter.
  • these connectors which are used mainly for aeronautical applications, are implanted under conditions such that the body of the cover is positioned at the rear of the connector housing already before that the wires are connected from the back to the connector, the cover cover being placed on the body of the cover after all the wires are connected to the connector. This is the reason why the maneuvering of the assembly systems must be able to be done under a very restricted space, therefore in relatively difficult conditions.
  • the present invention is directed to a device for assembling a connector housing and a cover for holding the wires connected to said connector, which device is simple to manufacture and has a reduced cost and which allows a simpler and faster assembly than the known devices, without risk of damage.
  • the assembly, object of the invention comprises a connector housing and a cover for holding the wires connected to said connector, said cover consisting of a body provided with an interlocking portion fitting into a rear opening of the connector housing, and an attached cover and fixed on said body, for the closure of the cover, assembly means being provided on said housing and said cover for holding the cover on the housing.
  • Said connecting means comprise two first locking elements provided in opposite positions at said opening of the housing, and two second locking elements which are complementary to said first elements and which are provided in opposite positions on said interlocking part. at least one of said second locking elements being elastically deformable, so that it can be brought, by elastic deformation, from an active locking position to an inactive unlocking position.
  • the assembly means further comprise locking means provided on the hood cover for locking in active position said second deformable locking element when the lid is attached and fixed on the hood body.
  • the first locking means are constituted by recesses formed in opposite faces of said opening of the connector housing, and said second locking means comprise projections, at least one of which is disposed on an elastically deformable portion.
  • said elastically deformable portion includes a cantilever leg, bending elastic.
  • said flexible bending tab can be constituted by a tab made in one piece with the bonnet body, but according to a preferred embodiment, said tab is a tab attached to the bonnet body .
  • the hood body may advantageously comprise a housing for anchoring said tab, which housing may be molded with the body or be machined therein, depending on whether the hood body is molded or made by machining.
  • said tab may be constituted by a metal blade shaped by folding.
  • the locking means provided on the cover for locking in the active position the second locking element may advantageously be constituted by an element disposed projecting on the inner face of the cover, so as to immobilize said tab in the active position when the cover is reported on the hood body.
  • Figures 1 and 2 illustrate an assembly comprising a connector housing 1 and a cover 2 for holding and protecting unrepresented son connected to the connector.
  • the connector housing 1 is intended to receive one or more connector modules not shown, including modules of the "SIM" type as marketed by the AIR LB group.
  • the connector housing 1 is shown (see also for example FIGS. 8, 9 and 11) in the form of a parallelepipedal housing having two opposite openings, namely a rear opening 3 of rectangular shape and a front opening not visible on the drawings.
  • the front opening gives access to the contacts of the modules mounted in the housing, for the purpose of coupling these contacts with the complementary contacts of the modules contained in another not shown connector housing.
  • the rear opening 3 makes it possible to insert, in the modules contained in the housing 1, the ends of conductors not shown intended to be connected to said modules, these conductors preferably each having, at its end, a contact and locking tip as is well known.
  • the housing 1 comprises two locking elements 4 provided in opposite positions in said rear opening 3, in the form of two parallel grooves formed internally in two opposite walls defining said opening .
  • the cover 2 comprises a body 5 shown in detail in FIG. 3, and a cover 6 shown in detail in FIG. 4, the cover 6 being fixed on the body 5, for example by means of two screws 7 which appear on Figures 1 and 10. These screws 7 are screwed through through holes 8 of the cover 6 ( Figure 4) in tapped holes 9 of the cover body 5 ( Figure 3).
  • the body 2 comprises, for the passage of the conductors connected to the connector disposed in the housing 1, two openings 10 and 11 are here in two side walls contiguous at right angles to each other.
  • the opening 11 is defined approximately half by the body 5 and the cover 6, while the opening 10 on the connector side is defined mainly by the body 5.
  • the body 5 of the cover comprises an interlocking portion 12 defining at least one long side and a first small side of the rectangular opening 10, the cover 6 having an interlocking portion 13 which defines the second major side of the opening 10.
  • the nesting portion 12 has, at the location of said first small side delimiting the opening 10, a locking element 14 constituted by an outer projection on said side in the form of a rib 14 whose shape and size are adapted to the shape and size of one of the grooves 4 of the rear opening 3 of the connector housing 1.
  • the element 15 is constituted by a metal blade 16, one end of which is bent in a U-shape to form an anchoring part 17 and the other end of which is bent at 18, so as to form an external projection having a shape and a size adapted to said inner groove 4 of the rear opening 3 of the connector housing 1.
  • the hood body 5 has on its side a housing 19 shaped so that the anchoring end 17 of the blade 16 can be nested therein the cover side and be held there in such a way that the blade 16 constitutes a cantilever lug urged elastically outwards, bearing against an abutment 20 which limits the bending of the blade 16 towards the outside, but allows against the blade to bend elastically inward.
  • the free end 18 of the blade 16 is bent less than 90 ° so that when the blade 16 is in support against the stop 20, the end 18 makes with the axis of the opening 10 an angle less than 90 °, for example an angle between 45 and 60 °.
  • the hood body 5 alone can be temporarily assembled with the housing 1, by engaging its interlocking portion 12 in the rear opening 3.
  • the interlocking portion 12 of the hood body 5, without the cover 6, is inserted on the side of the locking rib 14 into the rear opening 3, so that the rib 14 is engaged in the groove 4.
  • the opposite side of the hood body 5 of the housing 1 is brought together until the bent end 18 of the blade 16 bears against the rear end of the housing 1, and then pushes, with the aid of a tool not shown, the blade 16 elastically inwards (FIG.
  • the cover 6 When all the conductors have been connected to the connector, the cover 6 is placed on the body 2, in the manner visible in FIGS. 8 and 9, by inserting first the interlocking portion 13 of the cover 6 in the rear opening. 3 of the housing 1, in an oblique position according to FIGS. 8 and 9, and then pivoting the cover 6 downwards on the body 5, before fixing it with the screws 7.
  • These locking means are constituted by a locking nose 21 projecting on the inner face of the cover 6, in such a way when the cover 6 is placed on the cover body 5 (see FIGS. 8 and 9 and especially FIGS. 10 and 11), said nose 21 is placed facing the inner face of the blade 16 whose free end 18 is snapped into the groove 4, so that after fixing the cover 6 on the body 5 by means of the screws 7, the blade 16 is locked in the locking position by the nose 21.
  • Unlocking the cover body 5, after removal of the cover 6, can be done without the use of any tool, by a simple traction exerted on the body 5 on the side of the elastic blade 16, traction under the effect of which thanks to its bent end 18, the blade 16 bends inwards to allow its end 18 to disengage from the groove 4.
  • the bending elastic locking element instead of being constituted by a metal blade 16 attached to the body 5, could be constituted by a cantilever leg made in one piece with the body 5.
  • the use of the metal blade 16 reported has the particular advantage of allowing a simpler embodiment of the hood body 5, insofar as it is sufficient to provide, on the latter, a housing ( 19) for the anchoring end 17 of the blade 16.
  • cover 2 instead of being a bent hood 90 (openings 10 and 11 in walls at right angles to each other), could of course also be a different cover, for example rectilinear or at any angle.
  • the cover may be a plug cover as well as a base cover, the cover body may be provided, as required, fastening means, not shown as not falling within the scope of the present invention.
  • the hood provided with the assembly means according to the invention may be a metal hood as well as a hood made of plastic or composite material, optionally metallized for the protection against electromagnetic radiation.
  • the body and hood cover can be either machined or molded. In both cases, the metal blade 16 reported simplifies the manufacture of the hood body.
  • the locking nose 21 may preferably be made in one piece with the cover 6.

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  1. Anordnung mit einem Verbindergehäuse (1) und einer Kappe (2) zur Halterung und zum Schutz von an den Verbinder angeschlossenen Drähten, wobei die Kappe durch einen Körper (5), der mit einem Einsteckteil (12) versehen ist, der in eine hintere Öffnung (3) des Verbindergehäuses hineinpasst, und durch einen Deckel (6) gebildet ist, der zum Verschließen der Kappe an dem Körper angebracht und fixiert ist, wobei Verbindungsmittel an dem Gehäuse und der Kappe zur Halterung der Kappe an dem Gehäuse vorgesehen sind, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Verbindungsmittel aufweisen:
    - zwei erste Verriegelungselemente (4), die an gegenüberliegenden Stellen in Höhe der hinteren Öffnung (3) des Gehäuses (1) vorgesehen sind;
    - zwei zweite Verriegelungselemente (14, 15), die komplementär zu den ersten Verriegelungselementen ausgebildet und an gegenüberliegenden Stellen an dem Einsteckteil (12) vorgesehen sind, wobei wenigstens eines der zweiten Verriegelungselemente in einer Weise elastisch verformbar ist, um unter elastischer Verformung von einer wirksamen Verriegelungsstellung in eine unwirksame Entriegelungsstellung überführt werden zu können; und
    - Sperrmittel (21), die an dem Deckel (6) vorgesehen sind, um das verformbare zweite Verriegelungselement (15) in einer wirksamen Stellung zu blockieren, wenn der Deckel (6) an dem Kappenkörper (5) angebracht und fixiert ist.
  2. Anordnung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die ersten Verriegelungsmittel in Form von zwei Ausnehmungen (4) ausgebildet sind, die in einander gegenüberliegenden Flächen der Öffnung (3) eingerichtet sind, und dass die zweiten Verriegelungsmittel Vorsprünge (14, 18) aufweisen, von denen wenigstens einer auf einem elastisch verformbaren Teil (16) angeordnet ist.
  3. Anordnung nach Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das elastisch verformbare zweite Verriegelungselement (15) in Form einer elastisch biegbaren auskragenden Klaue ausgebildet ist.
  4. Anordnung nach Anspruch 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Klaue (15) durch eine an dem Kappenkörper (5) angebrachte Klaue gebildet ist.
  5. Anordnung nach Anspruch 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Kappenkörper (5) eine Aufnahme (19) zur Verankerung der Klaue aufweist.
  6. Anordnung nach Anspruch 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Klaue (15) durch einen Metallstreifen (16) gebildet ist, der durch Biegen passend gestaltet ist.
  7. Anordnung nach einem beliebigen der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Sperrmittel ein Element (21) aufweisen, das auf der inneren Fläche des Deckels (6) in einer Weise vorstehend angeordnet ist, um die Klaue (15) in einer wirksamen Stellung zu blockieren.
  8. Anordnung nach Anspruch 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Element durch eine Nase (21) gebildet ist, die in einem Stück gemeinsam mit dem Deckel (6) ausgebildet ist.
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