EP1251606B1 - Contact connector - Google Patents

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EP1251606B1
EP1251606B1 EP02004072A EP02004072A EP1251606B1 EP 1251606 B1 EP1251606 B1 EP 1251606B1 EP 02004072 A EP02004072 A EP 02004072A EP 02004072 A EP02004072 A EP 02004072A EP 1251606 B1 EP1251606 B1 EP 1251606B1
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Thorsten Lau
Gert Krah
Heinz Sonntag
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    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01RELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R43/00Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors
    • H01R43/20Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors for assembling or disassembling contact members with insulating base, case or sleeve
    • H01R43/24Assembling by moulding on contact members

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The connector has contact segments (1) with diametrically projecting seats (8,9). The seats may be provided at at least four points (4,5,6,7) of the segment (1). The seats comprise centering devices (11) provided with complementary opposing openings.

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Die Erfindung betrifft einen Kontaktstecker, der in einem durch Spritzgießen hergestellten Gehäuse in nebeneinander liegender Anordnung mit mehreren Kontaktelementen bzw. Stiften oder dergleichen bereitstellenden Gittern ausgebildet ist, die mit einem Kunststoffmantel bereichsweise zu einem Kontaktsegment umspritzt sind, wobei die Kontaktsegmente mit diametral vorkragenden Auflagen ausgebildet sind, wie durch die US-A-6.093.061 bekanntgeworden.The invention relates to a contact plug, which is formed in a housing produced by injection molding in juxtaposed arrangement with a plurality of contact elements or pins or the like providing lattices, which are partially encapsulated with a plastic sheath to a contact segment, wherein the contact segments are formed with diametrically projecting supports as disclosed by US-A-6,093,061.

Bei der Herstellung solcher Kontaktstecker ist es bekannt, daß zunächst mehrere nebeneinander bzw. übereinander liegende Kontakte in Form eines Gitters, leiterbahnähnlich aus beispielsweise einem Kupferblech gestanzt werden. Anschließend werden die Kontaktgitter galvanisiert oder bleiben blank und danach bereichsweise, d.h. ihre leitfähigen Kontaktenden bleiben hierbei freiliegend, mit Kunststoff umspritzt, so daß sich ein die einzelnen Kontaktbahnen arretierendes und gegeneinander isolierendes Segment ergibt.In the production of such contact plug it is known that initially several juxtaposed or superimposed contacts in the form of a grid, similar to a track, for example, a copper sheet are punched. Subsequently, the contact gratings are galvanized or remain bright and then in regions, i. E. Their conductive contact ends remain exposed, overmolded with plastic, so that there is a single contact tracks arretierendes and mutually insulating segment.

Zur spritzgießtechnischen Herstellung eines Kontaktsteckers werden mehrere dieser mit einem Segment umspritzten Kontakte in einem Spritzgießwerkzeug nebeneinandergestellt und anschließend ein die Segmente umfassendes Steckergehäuse angespritzt. Hierbei kommt es in der Praxis insbesondere dann zu Problemen, wenn ein großes Gesamtgehäuse oder ein aus mehreren Modulen bestehendes Gehäuse gespritzt wird. Die dabei auftretenden großen Spritzdrücke wirken direkt auf die als Paketstapel angeordneten Kontaktsegmente, wodurch diese ihre vorher festgelegte Ausrichtung bzw. Orientierung verlassen. Aufgrund der veränderten Ausrichtung bzw. der Positionsverschiebung der Kontakte, läßt sich der Kontaktstecker oftmals nicht mehr mit einem beispielsweise komplementären Kupplungsstecker zusammenstecken bzw. mit diesem verrasten.For injection molding production of a contact plug several of these molded with a segment contacts in an injection mold juxtaposed and then molded a segment comprising the connector housing. In practice, problems arise in particular when a large overall housing or a housing consisting of several modules is injected. The occurring large injection pressures act directly on the arranged as a package stack contact segments, causing them to leave their predetermined orientation or orientation. Due to the changed orientation or the position shift of the contacts, can be the contact plug often no longer mate with a, for example, complementary coupling plug or lock with this.

Der Erfindung liegt die Aufgabe zugrunde, einen gattungsgemäßen Kontaktstecker der eingangs genannten Art ohne die erwähnten Nachteile zu schaffen.The invention has for its object to provide a generic contact plug of the type mentioned without the mentioned disadvantages.

Diese Aufgabe wird erfindungsgemäß dadurch gelöst, daß die Kontaktsegmente mit in den Eckbereichen diametral vorkragenden Auflageflächen ausgebildet sind und wobei das Gehäuse an den Kontaktsegmenten angespritzt ist. Die Auflagen respektive Erhöhungen sind auf den Außenflächen der die Kontaktgitter bereichsweise umschließenden Kunststoffsegmente so angeordnet, daß die in einem Spritzwerkzeug nebeneinander liegenden, einen Paketstapel bildenden einzelnen Kontaktsegmente eine Abstützung gegeneinander erfahren, womit eine Stabilisierung ihrer Einbaulage erreicht wird, wenn das Steckergehäuse angespritzt wird. Hierbei kann das gesamte Kontaktpaket zusätzlich durch einen zumindest an einem Paketende während des Spritzvorganges vorgesehenen Werkzeugkem von außen abgestützt werden.This object is achieved in that the contact segments are formed with in the corner regions diametrically projecting bearing surfaces and wherein the housing is molded onto the contact segments. The conditions and elevations are arranged on the outer surfaces of the contact grid area enclosing plastic segments so that the juxtaposed in an injection molding, a package stack forming individual contact segments experience a support against each other, whereby a stabilization of their installation position is achieved when the connector housing is molded. In this case, the entire contact package can be additionally supported by a provided at least at one end of the package during the injection process Werkzeugkem from the outside.

Des weiteren ermöglichen die mit vorkragenden Auflagen versehenen Segmente auch eine selektive, variable Bestückung eines Kontaktsteckers mit Kontakten. Es können nämlich in einfacher Weise ohne Verlust der gegenseitigen Abstützung entsprechend dem gewünschten kontaktlosen Bereich zwischen mit Kontakten bestückten Segmenten den Abstand überbrückende Leer-Segmente, die kein Gitter mit Kontakten besitzen, eingesetzt werden. Bei Segmenten mit Kontaktgitter können die Kontaktbereiche auch abgetrennt werden, so daß sich diese Segmente als Leer-Segmente einsetzen lassen.Furthermore, the segments provided with cantilevered supports also enable a selective, variable assembly of a contact plug with contacts. Namely, in a simple manner without loss of mutual support corresponding to the desired contactless area between segments equipped with contacts, the space bridging empty segments which have no grid with contacts can be used. For segments with contact grid, the contact areas can also be separated, so that these segments can be used as empty segments.

Die Auflagen können beispielsweise entweder als flächig durchgehende Stege ausgebildet sein, die sich in horizontaler oder vertikaler Richtung vorzugsweise bis zu denThe pads may be formed, for example, either as a flat continuous webs, which preferably in the horizontal or vertical direction up to the

Eckbereichen über die Segmentflächen erstrecken. Oder es können auch nur punktuelle Auflageflächen in Form von rechteckigen oder quadratischen Erhöhungen in den Eckbereichen der Segmente bzw. eine Kombination aus stegartigen und punktuellen, vorkragenden Auflagen angespritzt sein. Durch die lediglich stegartigen und/oder punktuellen Auflagen läßt sich auf jeden Fall stets ein Hohlraum zwischen den einzelnen Segmenten erreichen, so daß diese beim Spritzgießen allseitig von dem Kunststoff umflossen werden können und somit einen starren Verbund bilden.Corner regions extend over the segment surfaces. Or it may also be molded only punctual bearing surfaces in the form of rectangular or square elevations in the corner regions of the segments or a combination of web-like and punctual, cantilevered pads. By only web-like and / or punctual constraints can always be achieved in each case a cavity between the individual segments, so that they can be encased in the injection molding all sides of the plastic and thus form a rigid composite.

Weiterhin sieht die Erfindung vor, daß die Auflagen vorstehende Zentriermittel aufweisen, denen in situ Auflagen mit gegenüberliegenden, komplementären Ausnehmungen zugeordnet sind. Dies hat den Vorteil, daß die Kontaktsegmente bereits beim Einlegen in das Spritzgußwerkzeug einerseits zentriert und andererseits bewegungssicher gegeneinander arretiert werden. Als Zentriermittel lassen sich hierbei z.B. eine Stift/Buchsen-Kombination oder dergleichen formschlüssigen Nut/Feder-Wirkverbindungen vorsehen.Furthermore, the invention provides that the pads have projecting centering, which are assigned in situ pads with opposite, complementary recesses. This has the advantage that the contact segments are already centered on the one hand during insertion into the injection molding tool and on the other hand locked against movement with respect to one another. As centering agent, this can be e.g. provide a pin / socket combination or the like form-fitting tongue and groove joints.

Weitere Merkmale und Vorteile der Erfindung ergeben sich aus den Ansprüchen und der nachfolgenden Beschreibung eines in den Zeichnungen dargestellten Ausführungsbeispiels der Erfindung. Es zeigen:

Fig. 1
in der Draufsicht eine in einem Stanzgitter ausgebildete Kontaktsegment-Anordnung; und
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die Kontaktsegment-Anordnung gemäß Fig. 1 in einer Seitenansicht.
Further features and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the claims and the following description of an embodiment of the invention shown in the drawings. Show it:
Fig. 1
in plan view, formed in a stamped grid contact segment arrangement; and
Fig. 2
the contact segment arrangement of FIG. 1 in a side view.

Im Ausführungsbeispiel nach Fig. 1 sind in einem aus einem Vorfertigungsprozeß entnommenem Stanzgitter zwei Kontaktsegmente 1 dargestellt, bei denen die Kontakte 2 leiterbahnähnlich ausgebildet und bereichsweise in Form einer Scheibe bzw. eines Segmentes (vgl. die dick strich-punktierte Einrahmung) mit einem Kunststoffmantel 3 umspritzt sind. Der Verlauf der Kontakt-Leiterbahnen innerhalb der Kunststoffummantelung ist gestrichelt dargestellt.In the embodiment of FIG. 1, two contact segments 1 are shown in a taken from a prefabrication lead frame two, in which the contacts 2 ladder similar formed and partially in the form of a disc or a segment (see, the thick dash-dotted framing) with a Plastic jacket 3 are encapsulated. The course of the contact tracks within the plastic sheath is shown in dashed lines.

Die Kontaktsegmente 1 sind an ihren beiden Außenflächen in zumindest den Eckbereichen 4, 5, 6, 7 mit vorkragenden Auflagen bzw. Erhöhungen in Form von - im Ausführungsbeispiel - vertikalen Stegen 8 und quadratischen Sockeln 9 ausgebildet. Nachdem die Kontaktsegmente 1 von den dargestellten Trägerstreifen 10 des Stanzgitters abgetrennt sind, wird zur Herstellung eines Kontaktsteckers (nicht gezeigt) eine gewünschte, beliebige Anzahl solcher aus dem Stanzgitter herausgetrennten Kontaktsegmente 1 nebeneinander stehend in ein Spritzgießwerkzeug eingesetzt, d.h. die Stege 8 und/oder Sockel 9 benachbarter Kontaktsegmente 1 befinden sich in Deckungslage. Die einzelnen Kontaktsegmente 1 erfahren darüber eine Abstützung gegeneinander und damit eine Stabilisierung in der Montage bei auftretendem Spritzdruck, wenn ein die Kontaktsegmente 1 umfassendes Steckergehäuse angespritzt wird. Diese gezielte Nebeneinander-Anordnung des aus mehreren Kontaktsegmenten 1 zusammengestellten quasi Kontaktsegment-Paketes wird aufgrund der gegenseitigen Abstützung und Stabilisierung durch die vorkragenden Auflagen 8, 9 selbst dann aufrechterhalten, wenn ein großbauendes Gesamtgehäuse mit entsprechend großen Spritzdrücken, deren Druckrichtung nicht einfach zu bestimmen ist, hergestellt wird. Durch die Beabstandung der einzelnen Kontaktsegmente 1 voneinander, werden diese beim Spritzgießen zudem allseitig vom Kunststoff umflossen und somit in gleichbleibendem Abstand zueinander zentriert.The contact segments 1 are formed at their two outer surfaces in at least the corner regions 4, 5, 6, 7 with projecting supports or elevations in the form of - in the embodiment - vertical webs 8 and square sockets 9. After the contact segments 1 are separated from the illustrated carrier strips 10 of the stamped grid, for producing a contact plug (not shown), a desired, any number of such cut out of the stamped grid contact segments 1 are used side by side in an injection mold, i. the webs 8 and / or socket 9 adjacent contact segments 1 are in cover position. The individual contact segments 1 learn about a support against each other and thus a stabilization in the assembly at the occurring injection pressure when a contact segments 1 comprehensive connector housing is molded. This targeted juxtaposition of composed of several contact segments 1 quasi contact segment package is maintained due to the mutual support and stabilization by the projecting supports 8, 9 even if a large-sized overall housing with correspondingly large injection pressures whose pressure direction is not easy to determine will be produced. Due to the spacing of the individual contact segments 1 from each other, these are also encapsulated in the injection molding on all sides of the plastic and thus centered at a constant distance from each other.

In Fig. 2 wird am Beispiel der dort rechten Auflage 8 eine Ausgestaltungsmaßnahme dargestellt. Demnach ist zusätzlich ein Zentriermittel in Form einerseits eines Kegels 11 vorgesehen, während andererseits in der dazu diametral vorspringenden Auflage 8 eine komplementäre Kegelausnehmung 12 ausgebildet ist. Beim Einlegen baugleicher Kontaktsegmente 1 in das Spritzgießwerkzeug mit jeweils Eingriff des Kegels 11 des einen Kontaktsegmentes 1 in die Ausnehmung 12 des benachbarten Kontaktsegmentes 1 werden diese durch die komplementären, kegelartig ineinander laufenden Zentrierungen im Werkzeug positionsgenau fixiert und bewegungssicher gegeneinander arretiert.In Fig. 2, a design measure is shown using the example of the right there edition 8. Accordingly, in addition a centering means in the form of a cone 11 is provided on the one hand, while on the other hand in the diametrically projecting support 8, a complementary conical recess 12 is formed. When inserting identical contact segments 1 in the injection mold with each engagement of the cone 11 of a contact segment 1 in the recess 12th of the adjacent contact segment 1, these are fixed by the complementary, conically running into each other centering in the tool positionally accurate and secure against movement locked against each other.

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  1. An electrical connector that is realized in an injection-moulded housing in the form of an adjacently positioned arrangement with several grids of contact elements or pins (2) or the like that are regionally provided with an injection-moulded plastic coating (3) such that respective contact segments (1) are formed, wherein the contact segments (1) are provided with diametrically projecting supports (8, 9),
    characterized in
    that the contact segments (1) are provided with diametrically projecting supports (8, 9) in the corner regions (4, 5, 6, 7), wherein the housing is injection-moulded on the contact segments (1).
  2. The electrical connector according to Claim 1,
    characterized in
    that the supports (8, 9) contain projecting centering means (11), to which in-situ supports (8, 9) with oppositely positioned complementary recesses (12) are assigned.
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