EP1225658B1 - Werkzeug und Anordnung zum Crimpen von flexiblen Schaltungen sowie Crimpstation mit einer solchen Anordnung - Google Patents

Werkzeug und Anordnung zum Crimpen von flexiblen Schaltungen sowie Crimpstation mit einer solchen Anordnung Download PDF

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EP1225658B1
EP1225658B1 EP02001086A EP02001086A EP1225658B1 EP 1225658 B1 EP1225658 B1 EP 1225658B1 EP 02001086 A EP02001086 A EP 02001086A EP 02001086 A EP02001086 A EP 02001086A EP 1225658 B1 EP1225658 B1 EP 1225658B1
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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
    • 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
    • H01R12/50—Fixed connections
    • H01R12/59—Fixed connections for flexible printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables or like structures
    • H01R12/65—Fixed connections for flexible printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables or like structures characterised by the terminal
    • H01R12/67—Fixed connections for flexible printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables or like structures characterised by the terminal insulation penetrating terminals
    • H01R12/68—Fixed connections for flexible printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables or like structures characterised by the terminal insulation penetrating terminals comprising deformable portions
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R43/00—Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors
    • H01R43/01—Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors for connecting unstripped conductors to contact members having insulation cutting edges
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R4/00—Electrically-conductive connections between two or more conductive members in direct contact, i.e. touching one another; Means for effecting or maintaining such contact; Electrically-conductive connections having two or more spaced connecting locations for conductors and using contact members penetrating insulation
    • H01R4/24—Connections using contact members penetrating or cutting insulation or cable strands
    • H01R4/2495—Insulation penetration combined with permanent deformation of the contact member, e.g. crimping
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T29/00—Metal working
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    • Y10T29/49002—Electrical device making
    • Y10T29/49117—Conductor or circuit manufacturing
    • Y10T29/49194—Assembling elongated conductors, e.g., splicing, etc.
    • Y10T29/49195—Assembling elongated conductors, e.g., splicing, etc. with end-to-end orienting
    • Y10T29/49199—Assembling elongated conductors, e.g., splicing, etc. with end-to-end orienting including deforming of joining bridge
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10T29/49204—Contact or terminal manufacturing
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
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    • Y10T29/49117—Conductor or circuit manufacturing
    • Y10T29/49204—Contact or terminal manufacturing
    • Y10T29/49208—Contact or terminal manufacturing by assembling plural parts
    • Y10T29/49218—Contact or terminal manufacturing by assembling plural parts with deforming
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T29/00—Metal working
    • Y10T29/53—Means to assemble or disassemble
    • Y10T29/53709—Overedge assembling means
    • Y10T29/53717—Annular work
    • Y10T29/53722—Annular work with radially acting tool inside annular work

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  • the invention relates to a tool and a device for crimping contacts on flexible circuits and a crimping station particularly suitable for assembling and producing beams with connectors on flexible circuits.
  • the flexible circuits are electrical circuits comprising an insulating sheet on which conductive tracks are deposited, these tracks themselves being optionally covered with a second insulating protective sheet.
  • connection of such circuits to electrical contacts is done in particular by a technique of piercing insulation and crimping and it is known to use for this purpose contacts provided with a crimping end having spikes arranged in a ring and oriented perpendicular to the flexible circuit to be connected.
  • the document US 4,749,368 describes in particular the production of contact elements and component connection provided with connection points arranged in a ring.
  • the crimping of the contacts on the flexible circuit is carried out traditionally by arranging the contacts under the flexible circuit facing the conductive tracks of the flexible circuit and then crimping the contacts on the flexible circuit using crimping dies formed at the end of the pins.
  • cylindrical mounted in a frame a press device coming to apply the cylindrical pins on the flexible circuit of the opposite side to the crowns, this in the center of the rings, an anvil surface being disposed under the contacts to apply against pressure.
  • the result of the crimping operation is a piercing of the insulator by the tips, the tips being then folded into petals.
  • the diameter of the crowns is of the order of one millimeter for circuits and contacts intended to convey currents of the order of a few amperes.
  • Such an embodiment is expensive and, even if the pins have a long life of the order of 800 000 crimps, risk of rupture exist and the operation of replacing a pin is complex, the pins being each maintained in the frame by rods mounted perpendicular to the pins in the frame.
  • the pins during crimping, it is possible for the pins to strike along an axis different from the perpendicular axis passing through the center of the ring.
  • the crimping imprint will have irregularities in the shape of the petals and in a particularly unfavorable case a tip may not be folded or remain trapped in the insulation thus leading to degradation of the electrical and mechanical characteristics of the crimping .
  • the present invention proposes in particular a simplified and inexpensive crimping die structure which makes it possible to very precisely control the pitch between the crimping dies, the coplanarity of the dies and to minimize the defects obtained during crimping. performing simultaneous controlled deformation of all spikes.
  • the invention is based primarily on the production of a tool for crimping pallets of electrical contacts on conductive tracks of a flexible circuit, this tool comprising a multipoint network of crimping dies constituted from a solid block having at least one flat surface on which a network of polygonal and flared base blocks is machined, the blocks constituting the dies.
  • the blocks may in particular have a profile forming on each of their lateral faces a curve flaring from the terminal section of the block to the base of the pavement zone of the block and the block.
  • the block constituting the multipoint matrix may comprise an array of blocks on each of the two surfaces.
  • the polygonal end section of the blocks is oriented so that the lateral faces of the blocks come into contact with the crimping tips during the crimping operation so as to push the tips and conform them into petals.
  • the invention further relates to a simultaneous crimping device on a flexible circuit of electrical contact elements aligned in a plane.
  • This device is adapted for crimping a connector provided with a plurality of contacts.
  • the contacts comprise, on the one hand, a termination of connection to a flexible circuit, this termination comprising a pallet provided with points arranged in a ring, the tips being constituted by a cross punching of the pallet and then a stamping of the pallet folding the tips and releasing a circular hole forming the crown.
  • the contacts further comprise a connection termination with a complementary contact, the contacts and the flexible circuit being received in an insulating housing provided with an open area releasing the crimping area of the contacts on the flexible circuit above and below crimping area.
  • the device comprises on the one hand an anvil forming a lower bearing surface for the electrical contact elements, the crimping device comprising on the other hand a device movable press with a solid block whose surface parallel to the contact alignment plane comprises a plurality of crimping dies constituted by blocks of polygonal end section.
  • the anvil disposed beneath the pallets may comprise at least one positioning element and advantageously two positioning elements arranged opposite crowns of two contacts disposed at each end of the flexible circuit, each positioning element being introduced into one of the circular holes. crowns.
  • the flexible circuit is then positioned on the pallets and the block applied by the press on the flexible circuit, each of the matrices strongly locally applying the flexible circuit on the tips so as to pierce the flexible circuit and then arching the tips which thus crimp the pallets on the flexible circuit and make the electrical connection between the contacts and the tracks of the flexible circuit.
  • the anvil and press assembly provided with the crimping block according to the invention thus constitutes an optimized crimping device allowing precision crimping with a high reproducibility of the crimps and producing a crimping imprint able to be controlled by a camera device with a rate minimized error.
  • the implantation of the blocks constituting the crimping dies will be carried out according to the number of contacts per connector and the number and disposition of the crimping crowns.
  • a device for which the blocks will have a different polygonal section depending on the diameter of the crowns is of course possible.
  • a crimping tool according to a first aspect of the invention is shown. This tool is based mainly on the realization of a multipoint network of crimping dies constituted from a massive block 1.
  • This network can be made by an electroerosion process in order to obtain a high precision and a very smooth surface state.
  • the network is made on a flat surface 2 of the block and the array of dies comprises a network of pavers 3 of polygonal section and flared base, the blocks constituting the dies.
  • the blocks In order to bend the crimping tips visible in FIG. 4A, the blocks have a profile forming on each of their lateral faces a curve flaring from the terminal section of the block towards the root of the block. The side faces are applied against the tips and force them to conform in petals.
  • the block constituting the multipoint matrix may comprise an array of blocks on two opposite parallel surfaces 2, 4 of the block. This allows when a first array of arrays is used, to minimize downtime of the machine by returning the block.
  • Crimp contacts usable with the crimp matrix pads of the invention are shown in Figures 2A and 2B. These contacts 10 are provided with crimping tips 11 arranged in rings 12.
  • the contacts shown comprise, on the one hand, a connection termination to a flexible circuit 40, this termination comprising a pallet 13 provided with spikes 11 arranged in a ring 12, the tips being constituted by a cross punching of the pallet then a stamping of the pallet folding the tips and releasing a circular hole 14 forming the crown 12.
  • the contacts shown also comprise a connection termination with a complementary contact.
  • the contacts and the flexible circuit are received in an insulating housing 21 of a connector module 20, the housing 21 being provided with an open zone 22 clearing the crimping zone of the contacts on the flexible circuit above and below the crimping area.
  • the polygonal terminal section of the blocks is oriented so that the side faces of the blocks come into contact with the crimping tips during the crimping operation so to push the tips and to conform them to petals 141, the imprints of the matrices 201, 202, 203, 204 visible on the flexible circuit in FIG. 7B are of square section unlike the circular impressions 211, 212, 213, 214 resulting from the application of the pins of the prior art visible in Figure 7A.
  • the comparison of FIGS. 7A and 7B shows the result of applying the faces of the blocks against the tips.
  • the pressure is applied by a straight segment of the block against the lateral edges of the tips and leads to a flattening of the tip section and a uniform deformation of the tip, the area of contact widening along the descent of the pavement.
  • the pins being of conical type, the pressure generated by the pins applies to the point of contact between the pin and the tip, this point of contact moving on the vertical central axis of the tip, it n There is no flattening of the petal but warping of the petal and deformation not correctly controlled petal.
  • the petals obtained by the application of the pavers 3 have been folded up more regularly and have a larger folded surface than according to the prior art.
  • the base 142 of the petals is straight which facilitates the measurement of the size and position of the petals by a device for measuring by computer-assisted camera.
  • the tool consisting of the block forming the machined matrix must be secured to a press 9.
  • the block shown has holes 5, 6 parallel to the two opposing facing surfaces carrying the pavers, the holes being arranged in a median plane to these two surfaces so as to use both sides of the block.
  • the block may include pins or rails for holding in the support, the essential being that the block is precisely guided by the press during the crimping operation.
  • the crimping device or station adapted for crimping a connector 20 provided with a plurality of contacts 10 has an anvil 50 forming a lower bearing surface for the electrical contact elements 10. This anvil is more particularly visible in Figure 6B.
  • the anvil 50 is intended to be disposed under the pallets 13 of the contacts 10 when - the connector modules 20 are brought to the level of the crimping station.
  • This anvil as described in FIG. 6B comprises at least one positioning element 51 and advantageously two positioning elements.
  • the connector modules as well as the flexible circuits are moved until the anvil 50 is under the pallets 13 of the contacts 10.
  • the positioning elements are then arranged opposite the rings of two contacts arranged at each end of the flexible circuit 40, each positioning element being then introduced into a circular hole of a crown either by vertical displacement of the anvil or by vertical displacement of the module.
  • a holding device 126 of the connector module during crimping is also provided, this device being mounted in parallel with the block on the press 9
  • the positioning elements comprise a piston device consisting of a tube 52 embedded in the anvil, the tube receiving a rod 53 mounted in the tube with a spring 54 for sliding the rod in the tube.
  • the flexible circuit 40 is then positioned on the pallets 13 and the block is applied by the press to the flexible circuit, each of the blocks 3 strongly locally applying the flexible circuit 40 to the tips 11 so as to pierce the circuit flexible and tracks 41 and then arching the tips that come and crimp the pallets on the flexible circuit and make the electrical connection between the contacts 10 and the tracks conductive 41 of the flexible circuit.
  • the crimping operation is visible schematically in FIG. 4B.
  • the rods 53 of the positioning device fade down under the action of the dies.
  • FIG. 5 An example of a complete automatic crimping station comprising a crimping station according to the invention is visible in FIG. 5.
  • This station may comprise an automated device for feeding 100 of these connectors with their pre-assembled contacts.
  • the connectors can be arranged and snapped onto a carrier strip 60 and supplied in rolls, a supply device for the crimping station then comprising a continuous unwinding station 121 of a type known per se.
  • the station will comprise, after the unwinding station, a device 100 for disconnecting the connectors from the carrier strip and supplying the unitary connectors to the crimping station.
  • the connectors can be provided with a window of clearance of the crimping zone and further provided with a flap 28 for retention of the flexible circuit.
  • the flap may comprise a frame connected by a hinge 23 to the connector housing receiving the contacts.
  • the frame makes it possible to carry out the crimping operation through the flap 28, the shutter being closed again after the crimping operation, this flap 28 comprising a rear branch provided with one or more support and setting bosses 25. pressure of the flexible circuit to isolate and protect the crimping area from possible stresses applied to the flexible circuit outside the connector.
  • the implantation of the blocks constituting the crimping matrices will be carried out according to the number of contacts per connector, the pitch between the contacts and the number and disposition of crimping rings on the contacts.
  • a device for which the blocks will have a different section depending on the diameter of the rings is of course possible as well as the production of blocks for which the faces carrying the crimping dies have different configurations to allow to change matrices according to the configurations of flexible circuits and crimp connectors.

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  1. Crimpwerkzeug für Paletten (13) elektrischer Kontakte (10) auf Leiterbahnen (41) einer flexiblen Schaltung (40), wobei das Crimpwerkzeug ein Mehrpunktnetzwerk aus Crimpmatrizen umfasst, das einen festen Block (1) aufweist, der mindestens eine ebene Oberfläche (2) aufweist, auf der ein Netzwerk von Blocksätzen (3) mit ausgeweiteter Basis fabriziert ist, wobei die Blocksätze Matrizen aufweisen, wobei das Crimpwerkzeug dadurch gekennzeichnet ist, dass die Blocksätze einen polygonalen Abschnitt aufweisen.
  2. Werkzeug nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Blocksätze (3) ein Profil aufweisen, das auf jeder ihrer lateralen Flächen eine Krümmung bildet, welche sich von dem Endabschnitt des Blocksatzes zu der Basis des Blocksatzes hin ausweitet.
  3. Werkzeug nach einem der Ansprüche 1 oder 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Block, der die Mehrpunktmatrize aufweist, auf zwei parallelen Oberflächen (2, 4), die dem Block entgegengesetzt sind, ein Blocksatznetzwerk umfasst.
  4. Werkzeug nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, das an Kontakte (10) angepasst ist, die mit Crimpspitzen (11) bereitgestellt sind, welche in Kronen (12) angeordnet sind, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der polygonale Endabschnitt der Blocksätze derart ausgerichtet ist, dass die lateralen Flächen der Blocksätze mit den Crimpspitzen in Kontakt kommen, wenn die Crimpen betätigt werden, um die Spitzen zurückzustoßen und sie zu Blumenblättern zu formen.
  5. Werkzeug nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Block, der die fabrizierte Matrize aufweist, Löcher (5, 6) umfasst, die parallel zu zwei Oberflächen auf einer medianen Ebene zu den zwei Oberflächen liegt, wobei diese Löcher Stifte (7, 8) zum Aufrechterhalten und Führen des Blocks aufnehmen, wobei die Stifte den Block mit einer Stütze verbinden, der selbst mit einem Kolben einer Crimppresse (9) verbunden ist.
  6. Werkzeug nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Block Bolzen oder Schienen zur Aufrechterhaltung in einer Stütze, die selbst mit einem Kolben einer Crimppresse (9) verbunden ist, umfasst.
  7. Crimpvorrichtung für Kontakte auf flexibler Schaltung, wobei die Crimpvorrichtung einen Amboss (50) umfasst, der eine untere Stützoberfläche für die elektrischen Kontaktelemente (10) bildet, wobei eine mobile Pressvorrichtung (9) gegenüber dem Amboss angeordnet ist, wobei die Crimpvorrichtung dadurch gekennzeichnet ist, dass die mobile Pressvorrichtung mit einem festen Block (1) bereitgestellt ist, dessen Oberfläche, die parallel zur Ausrichtungsebene der Kontakte liegt, mehrere Crimpmatrizen umfasst, die Blocksätze (3) mit polygonalem Endabschnitt aufweisen.
  8. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Amboss (50), der unter den Paletten (13) angeordnet ist, mindestens ein Positionierelement (51) umfasst, das gegenüber einer Krone (12) mit Crimpspitzen angeordnet ist.
  9. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 8, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass zwei Positionierelemente gegenüber Kronen von zwei Kontakten angeordnet sind, die jeweils an einem Ende der flexiblen Schaltung (40) angeordnet sind, wobei jedes Positionierelement in ein kreisförmiges Loch einer Krone eingeführt wird.
  10. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 9, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Positionierelemente eine Kolbenvorrichtung umfassen, die ein Rohr (52) aufweist, welches in den Amboss eingepasst ist, wobei das Rohr einen Stift (53) aufnimmt, der mit einer Feder (54) in dem Rohr montiert ist, was das Gleiten des Stifts in dem Rohr erlaubt.
  11. Crimpstelle für elektrische Kontakte auf flexibler Schaltung, wobei die Kontakte und die flexible Schaltung in einem elektrischen Verbindermodul empfangen werden, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sie eine Crimpvorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 7 bis 10 umfasst, und dass die Verbindermodule (20) mit einem hinteren Fenster (22) und einem Verschlussschieber (28) zur Aufrechterhaltung der flexiblen Schaltung, welche einen Rahmen aufweist, versehen sind, wobei der Crimpblock durch den Rahmen (28) und der Amboss durch das Fenster (22) empfangen wird.
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