EP1148589A2 - Steckverbinderelement und damit versehener Steckverbinder - Google Patents

Steckverbinderelement und damit versehener Steckverbinder Download PDF

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EP1148589A2
EP1148589A2 EP01400536A EP01400536A EP1148589A2 EP 1148589 A2 EP1148589 A2 EP 1148589A2 EP 01400536 A EP01400536 A EP 01400536A EP 01400536 A EP01400536 A EP 01400536A EP 1148589 A2 EP1148589 A2 EP 1148589A2
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Cyril Ginet
Jérôme Stéphane Carrier
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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
    • H01R13/10—Sockets for co-operation with pins or blades
    • H01R13/11—Resilient sockets
    • H01R13/113—Resilient sockets co-operating with pins or blades having a rectangular transverse section

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  • the present invention relates to a female connection element, produced by cutting and folding a strip of conductive metal, of the type comprising a contact cage intended for establishing a connection electric and mechanical detachable, by plugging in, with a strip of contact of a male connection element, a connection part intended to be crimped onto one end of a conductive wire, and part of transition between the contact cage and the connection part, said cage contact comprising a basic rectangular part connected in one piece by a first side to said transition part, two rectangular flaps which are connected in one piece to second and third respectively mutually opposite sides of the base portion which extend perpendicular to said base part, at least one flap which is connected in one piece with one of the two flaps and which extends perpendicularly said flap and parallel to said base part, to form with it and with the two flaps a substantially parallelepiped cage closed on four sides, and two flexible contact blades which are connected in one holding one end each to one of the two flaps on one edge of the corresponding flap which is perpendicular to
  • the invention applies generally to female connectors intended to cooperate with male connectors or other components electric having at least one contact strip pluggable in the cage contact of the connector of the female connector.
  • Such connectors are commonly used especially in the field of the automotive industry or in the household appliance sector.
  • connection female offers the advantage of providing a pressure of significant contact, surface against surface, between the two contact blades, on the one hand, and the contact strip of the male connection element, on the other go. This provides a significant clamping force, ensuring the maintenance over time of the mechanical connection between the elements of connection, even if these two elements are subject in service to vibrations.
  • the high contact pressure it is possible to pass a relatively large current between the male elements and connection female.
  • the aforementioned known female connection elements are relatively expensive to manufacture, both because they require relatively large amount of conductive metal, with a rate relatively poor use of the base material (metal strip driver).
  • the object of the present invention is therefore to at least partially remedy to the disadvantages of the female connection elements described above, in providing a female connection element, in which the contact cage less likely to heat up in service due to effect losses Joule.
  • the present invention also aims to provide a female element connection, which can be manufactured with a better utilization rate of the base material (conductive metal strip).
  • each contact cage further comprises a third blade which is folded over the part of base of the contact cage and which is fixed to this base part, the third blade and base part together form two conductive paths parallels which have an equivalent resistance substantially equal to half resistance of the base part alone.
  • losses by Joule effect due to the passage of current in parallel in the base part and in the third blade are significantly cut in half compared to the known connection element, the cage of which has no third blade.
  • the heating of the contact cage is reduced.
  • the third blade and the base part of the contact cage have together a mass and a thermal conductivity greater than the basic part only. As a result, the calories generated by effect Joule in the two contact blades can be more easily and more quickly evacuated by conduction to the outside.
  • the third blade contact cage is taken from part of the metal strip conductor which constitutes a metal scrap not used in the process for manufacturing the known female connection elements described above. Consequently, the invention makes it possible to improve the rate of use of the conductive metal strip from which the elements are formed connection females according to the invention.
  • each contact blade of the contact cage is maintained side by one of the two wings of the retaining clip and, on the opposite side, by the male contact strip, the two contact blades are less likely to vibrate and are therefore less prone to wear by small deflections.
  • the middle part of the retaining clip which is located in a plane perpendicular to the base part and to the two flaps of the cage contact, can advantageously be dimensioned in such a way that it practically completely closes the end of the contact cage which is opposite to that through which the male contact strip is introduced between the two contact blades of said cage. Penetration risks foreign bodies in the contact cage are therefore reduced.
  • the invention also relates to a female connector comprising a housing of insulating material, which has at least one cell in which is disposed a female connection element according to the invention.
  • connection element 10 comprises a contact part 2, a connection part 3, and a transition part 4 between parts 2 and 3 (see also Figures 5 to 7).
  • the strip 1 for example of copper or of a copper-based alloy, having possibly undergone a surface treatment against oxidation, has passed in a cutting station so as to form a succession connecting elements developed flat like element 10 in the figure 1, which are regularly spaced along the strip 1 and which are attached to an edge strip 5, each by a material bridge 5a.
  • the edge strip 5 shows a series of holes 5b, which are punched at regular intervals in band 1, preferably each time halfway between two connection elements, which can be used for step-by-step training strip 1 in the cutting station and in the successive post (s) of folding located after the cutting station.
  • each contact part 2 has a rectangular part of base 6, two rectangular flaps 7 and 8, two contact blades 9 and 11, a third blade 12, a T-shaped part 13 and two flaps rectangular 14 and 15.
  • the base part 6 is connected in one piece by a first side 6a to the transition part 4 which has the shape of an isosceles trapezoid.
  • the two components 7 and 8 are connected in one piece respectively to a second side 6b and a third side 6c of the base part 6.
  • Each of the two flaps 7 and 8 has a side 7a or 8a which is aligned with the first side 6a of the base part 6 and which is connected in one piece over part of its length, preferably about half its length, to the great base of the transition part 4 in the shape of a trapezoid.
  • Each of the two flaps 7 and 8 further has a side 7b or 8b which is aligned with a fourth side 6d of the base part 6, and a side 7c or 8c which is parallel to side 6b or 6c of said base portion.
  • the flaps 14 and 15 are connected in one piece respectively to the sides 7c and 8c from parts 7 and 8.
  • Each window 16 or 17 preferably has a rectangular shape and its long sides extend from side 6b or 6c of base part 6 to the side 7c or 8c of the corresponding flap 7 or 8, that is to say until flap 14 or 15.
  • the two contact blades 9 and 11 extend perpendicular to the flaps 7 and 8 and are connected in one piece respectively to the sides 7b and 8b of said components.
  • the third blade 12 is connected in one piece to the fourth side 6d of the base part 6 and it extends parallel to the two contact blades 9 and 11, between them.
  • the blade 12 has a width and a length which are substantially equal to the length of the 6d side and to the length of the sides 6b and 6c of the base part 6.
  • two pins 18 and 19 are formed so as to protrude respectively on the longitudinal edges of the blade 12 near its end furthest from base part 6, and two holes 21 and 22 are formed respectively in the connection zones between said part of base and each of the two flaps 7 and 8, near side 6a of the base part.
  • the pins 18 and 19, on the one hand, and the holes 21 and 22 on the other hand, are located at equal distances from the 6d side of the base part 6 and their function will be explained later.
  • the T-shaped part 13 has a middle part 13a which extends the blade 12, and two lateral wings 13b and 13c which extend respectively into direction of the contact blades 9 and 11.
  • the wingspan of the wings 13b and 13c is greater than the distance between the two contact blades 9 and 11. This is made possible by the fact that the two blades 9 and 11 and the two wings 13b and 13c are beveled where they are closest to one of the other, as is clearly visible in Figure 1. This allows reduce the width of the strip 1 which should be used if the wings 13b and 13c had to pass beyond the free ends of blades 9 and 11.
  • the width of the strip of metal 1 is defined by the distance between the two lines 1a and 1b in lines mixed.
  • the blade 12 and the T-shaped part 13 are not provided, and the material of the strip 1 which is between each pair of blades of contact 9 and 11 constitutes a fall which is lost.
  • the blade 12 and the part 13 are taken from parts of tape 1 that would otherwise have been lost. The invention allows therefore to obtain a better utilization rate of the material of the strip 1.
  • connection part 3 of the connection element 10 comprises a part base 23, of substantially rectangular shape, which is connected in a single holding by a small side 23a at the small base of the transition part 4 in trapezoid shape, as well as two pairs of crimping claws 24, 25 and 26, 27, which protrude laterally on the long sides of the base part 23.
  • the trapezoidal transition part 4 of the connection element 10 comprises a base portion 28, substantially rectangular, which connects the side 6a of the base part 6 of the contact part 2 to the side 23a of the base part 23 of the connection part 3, as well as two parts lateral 29 and 31, substantially trapezoidal, which are connected in a single holding with the base portion 28 respectively on either side thereof.
  • the lateral part 29 connects the flap 7 of the contact part 2 to the claw 24 of the connection part 3, while the side part 31 connects the flap 8 from the contact part 2 to the claw 25 of the connection part 3.
  • a window 32 is formed in the base part or middle part 28 of the transition part 4.
  • the window 32 has the shape of a isosceles trapezium, the large base of which is substantially coincident with the side 6a of the base part 6 of the contact part 2 and has substantially the same length as this side 6a, preferably a slightly longer length small.
  • the small base of the isosceles trapezoid forming window 32 is located preferably substantially halfway between side 6a of the base part 6 and side 23a of the base part 23.
  • strip 1 After strip 1 has been cut as shown in figure 1, it is passes through at least one workstation in which the following folding, shaping and / or bending operations.
  • the flaps 14 and 15 are folded upwards at right angles, i.e. above from the plane of strip 1, by folding around fold lines substantially coincident with the sides 7c and 8c of the flaps 7 and 8, as shown in Figure 2.
  • the two wings 13b and 13c of the T-shaped part 13 are folded down at right angles, i.e. below the plane of strip 1, by folding around fold lines parallel and aligned respectively with the longitudinal sides of the blade 12 as indicated by the arrows F in FIG. 2 and as shown in Figure 3.
  • the middle part 13a of the shaped part 13 of T is folded obliquely downwards, for example at 45 °, around a fold line 33 parallel to side 6d of the base part, as shown in figure 3.
  • the two contact blades 9 and 11 are shaped so to be presented successively, from their end connected to flaps 7 and 8 towards their opposite end, first flat contact parts 9a, 11a, then second parts 9b, 11b which extend obliquely by with respect to the parts 9a, 11a, and finally of the third flat parts 9c, 11c, which are in a plane parallel to that of the first plane parts 9a, 11a (figure 2).
  • the two contact blades 9 and 11 are folded back in a pin hair respectively over flaps 7 and 8, by bending around a fold line parallel to the sides 7b and 8b of the flaps 7 and 8, as shown in Figures 2 and 3.
  • the blade 12 is folded back 180 ° over the base part 6 around a fold line substantially coincident with side 6d of base part 6, as indicated by arrow G in figure 3.
  • the blade 12 comes into contact, face against face, with the base part 6 and the pins 18 and 19 are placed respectively in correspondence with holes 21 and 22.
  • the middle part 13a of the part 13 extends in an inclined plane which makes an angle of approximately 135 ° relative to in the plane of the base part 6, and the two wings 13b and 13c of the part 13 extend perpendicular to this inclined plane.
  • connection part 3 and the transition part 4 are put in the form of a chute whose axis longitudinal is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the strip 1, the claws crimping 24, 25, 26 and 27 standing on the edges of the chute as well formed, as shown in Figure 3.
  • each of the two flaps 7 and 8 of the contact part 2 is folded down right angle to base part 6, by folding respectively around fold lines substantially coincident with the sides 6b and 6c of the base part 6, as shown in Figures 3 and 4.
  • a contact cage 34 is obtained at closed rectangular cross section (flaps 14 and 15 meet edge to edge - Figures 4 to 6), inside which the flat parts 9a and 11a of the two contact blades 9 and 11 extend substantially parallel to each other, while parts 9b and 11b of the blades diverge from each other and parts 9c and 11c of said blades are substantially parallel to each other as can be seen in the Figure 4.
  • the two pins 18 and 19 penetrate respectively into the holes 21 and 22 (more precisely it is the outer edges of holes 21 and 22 which come over the pins 18 and 19, as shown in Figure 7 for lug 19 and hole 22).
  • the blade 12 is also connected mechanically and electrically at the base part 6 and at the two flaps 7 and 8 by the pins 18 and 19 respectively engaged in the holes 21 and 22.
  • the two contact blades 9 and 11 are pressed elastically towards each other, for example using a clip not shown acting at through windows 16 and 17, then the middle part 13a of part 13 is folded back at right angles to blade 12, by folding additional around fold line 33. After this last operation bending, the pressure on the two contact blades 9 and 11 is released so that their flat end portions 9c and 11c come elastically bearing respectively against the mutually opposite internal faces lateral wings 13b and 13c of the part 13, which thus forms a stirrup of retainer for contact blades 9 and 11 as shown in figure 4.
  • the contact blades 9 and 11 can be shaped so that their flat parts 9a and 11a converge towards each other in the direction of their divergent parts 9b and 11b and have said predefined spacing only in the transition region between the converging parts and the divergent parts of said blades.
  • each female connection element 10 manufactured in the manner described above can be attached a conductive wire sheathed 35 as shown in Figure 8.
  • the stripped portion 36 of the conductive wire 35 is fixed by crimping to the connection part 3 by means of the two claws 24 and 25 of this, while the sheath 37 of the conductive wire 35 is fixed by crimping to the connection part 3 by means of the two claws 26 and 27.
  • connection element 10 As also shown in Figure 8, after the wire sheathed conductor 35 has been fixed to connection element 10, the latter can be placed in a cell 39 of a housing 41 of insulating material.
  • the alveolus 39 has a rectangular cross section and has a first pair opposite walls 39a and 39b which face flaps 7 and 8 respectively of the contact cage 34 of the connection element 10, as well as another pair of opposite walls, which are perpendicular to walls 39a and 39b and which respectively face the base part 6 (not visible in the Figure 8) and the two flaps 14 and 15 of the contact cage 34.
  • At least one of the two walls 39a and 39b carries a primary lock 42 which cooperates with one or the other of the two windows 16 and 17 formed in the flaps 7 and 8 of the contact cage 34 to retain the connection element 10 in the socket 39.
  • Each lock primary 42 may for example be constituted by a flexible strip 42a, which is formed in one piece with the housing 41 in its wall 39a or 39b and which carries a retaining finger 42b which engages by snap-fastening in the window 16 or 17 of the contact cage 34 when the connection element 10 is fully inserted into the socket 39, as shown in FIG. 8.
  • At least one of the other two walls of the socket 39 of the housing 41 can also wear a secondary lock (not shown) able to cooperate either with the edge 43 of the contact cage 34 (this edge 43 is formed by an edge of the two flaps 14 and 15), either with the edge 44 of the window 32 in the shape of a trapezoid isosceles (large base of the isosceles trapezoid).
  • This secondary lock when it is provided, makes it possible to obtain in combination with the primary lock (s) 42, greater retention force of the connection element 10 in the socket 39 of the housing 41.
  • connection element 10 described above is reversible. That is to say that it can be introduced into the socket 39 of the housing 41 either with the two flaps 14 and 15 of the contact cage 34 oriented to the side upper case 41 as shown in Figure 8, either with the two flaps 14 and 15 oriented towards the bottom of the housing 41.
  • connection element 10 according to the invention also has the advantages following.
  • the width of the middle part 13a of the retaining clip formed by the part 13 is preferably chosen in such a way that it is a little smaller than the sum of the widths of the two flaps 14 and 15 so that, after folding the different parts of the connection element 10, there remains, between each wing 13b or 13c of the retaining clip 13 and the corresponding flap 7 or 8 of the contact cage 34, sufficient space for there to be no contact between said wings and said flaps.
  • the blade 12 instead of being fixed to the cage contact 34 by the pins 18 and 19 engaged in the holes 21 and 22, or in more of this fixing, could be fixed to the base part 6 by clinching, welding, riveting or other suitable means.
  • housing 41 shown in Figure 8 has only one single cell 39, it could have several, each cell then containing a female connection element such as element 10, of so as to form a multipoint female connector.

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US5269712A (en) * 1992-11-06 1993-12-14 The Whitaker Corporation Low-force receptacle contact and method of making same
US5630733A (en) * 1994-02-16 1997-05-20 Yazaki Corporation Female terminal
DE19818279A1 (de) * 1997-04-25 1998-10-29 Whitaker Corp Elektrische Verbinderanordnung mit reduziertem Verschleiß und reduzierten Steckverbindungskräften sowie elektrischer Anschluß dafür

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EP0037995A2 (de) * 1980-04-14 1981-10-21 Grote & Hartmann GmbH & Co. KG Flachsteckhülse
US5269712A (en) * 1992-11-06 1993-12-14 The Whitaker Corporation Low-force receptacle contact and method of making same
US5630733A (en) * 1994-02-16 1997-05-20 Yazaki Corporation Female terminal
DE19818279A1 (de) * 1997-04-25 1998-10-29 Whitaker Corp Elektrische Verbinderanordnung mit reduziertem Verschleiß und reduzierten Steckverbindungskräften sowie elektrischer Anschluß dafür

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