EP1280242A2 - Dispositif de connexion d'un connecteur à fiche à une douille - Google Patents

Dispositif de connexion d'un connecteur à fiche à une douille Download PDF

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EP1280242A2
EP1280242A2 EP02015152A EP02015152A EP1280242A2 EP 1280242 A2 EP1280242 A2 EP 1280242A2 EP 02015152 A EP02015152 A EP 02015152A EP 02015152 A EP02015152 A EP 02015152A EP 1280242 A2 EP1280242 A2 EP 1280242A2
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Ranko Resman
Dalibor Krivohlavec
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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
    • H01R13/64—Means for preventing incorrect coupling
    • H01R13/641—Means for preventing incorrect coupling by indicating incorrect coupling; by indicating correct or full engagement
    • 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
    • H01R13/6271—Latching means integral with the housing
    • H01R13/6272—Latching means integral with the housing comprising a single latching arm

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  • EP 0 896 396 A2 describes a plug connector which comprises a plug socket and a plug.
  • the socket has a female connector housing and a receiving space enclosed by a wall. This is open to an end face of the socket housing and closed at its end remote from it by a bottom.
  • the socket has a first longitudinal axis which defines a connection direction.
  • the socket housing first contacts are assigned. These are aligned parallel to the first longitudinal axis and project from the ground into the receiving space.
  • On the outer surface of the receiving space enclosing wall a locking lug is arranged projecting.
  • the plug is associated with an elastically deflectable locking arm, which locks via a slide can be when it is in the locking position, thereby preventing a deflection of the locking arm from the relaxed position.
  • the slide are associated with compression springs, which are connected at their not supported on the slider end together via a crossbar.
  • the locking arm has an inclined surface which runs when inserting the plug into the socket against the locking lug.
  • the slider is in a position in which its locking surface is not in contact with the locking arm.
  • the locking arm is held over retaining means in a temporary position. If the plug is inserted into the socket, then not only the locking arm with its hook-like projection against the locking lug, but also the traverse, which connects the two compression springs together, comes to rest against the end face of the socket. If the plug continues to be inserted, the springs are pretensioned.
  • the hook-shaped locking element of the locking arm slides over the latching lug.
  • the locking arm has reached a position in which its locking surface can engage behind the locking lug.
  • the compression springs are released in their effect, ie, the holding means release the slider, so that it is moved away from the detent due to the action of the springs, whereby the locking surface of the slide over the locking arm and secure this in its engaged position against deflection ,
  • the retaining means are also returned to their original position, so that the springs are relieved again.
  • the slide To release, the slide must be moved in the opposite direction to the release direction of the plug on the socket, so that the locking arm is released.
  • ribs are provided on the socket housing, which are arranged in extension of the course of the compression springs, ie extend parallel to each other in the connecting direction and go out from the end face of the socket and to reach to the latch.
  • the slider For release, the slider is first moved so far in the direction of the socket, that the locking arm is released.
  • the compression springs are partially biased and the holding means set the slide in this position. In this position, an unlocking portion of the slider can be acted upon, i. pressed on this, this section acts on an underlying projection of the locking arm. Since the locking arm is hung rocker-like, so that the hook-like projection is moved out of engagement with the latch on the socket. If now pulled on the plug, it can be separated from the socket.
  • the handling is cumbersome and requires, in particular, when safe operation is required, additional measures in the form of the ribs on the socket to achieve a secure support for the compression springs that act on the slide.
  • the handling is unfavorable in that when releasing the connector, i. the plug from the socket of the slide initially against the release direction must be moved to transfer the lock into a position in which the associated actuating portion of a force on the locking arm in the sense of releasing the same of the locking lug of the socket is possible. At the same time then must be pulled on the plug to release it from the socket.
  • DE 198 28 968 A1 relates to a connector with a socket and a plug, wherein the socket is associated with a leaf spring-like retaining element, which also serves as a shorting bridge for the contacts of the socket.
  • the holding element has two locking legs, which each come into contact with a projection of the plug and experienced a deformation during connection, so that the projections can each run over a kink in the locking leg and then allow re-rebound, so that the plug is secured in the socket.
  • two in the unconnected state of the plug and socket with the contacts of the socket in contact passing leg contact are present, which are part of the holding element, which is made of metal and thus is electrically conductive. In the unconnected state, therefore, a short-circuit contact is established between the contacts via the contact legs. These are brought when inserting the plug out of contact with the contacts of the socket.
  • a connector comprising a socket and a plug
  • the plug is associated with a slider which is integrally formed with a compression spring and is initially biased during connection and generates a Ausschiebekraft, as long as the final Connection state is not reached.
  • This slider also serves as a holding element in the connected state.
  • the designed as a compression spring resilient portion comprises a serpentine curved leaf spring-like portion.
  • EP 1 089 393 A1 comprises a socket with a receiving space enclosed by a wall into which a plug can be inserted.
  • the plug on the entering into the receiving space of the socket has a seal which comes into contact with the inner surface of the receiving space.
  • the portion of the plug, which enters the receiving space of the socket, is formed with respect to the recessed portion of the plug tapered cross-sectionally.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a plug for a conventional socket, i. such, in which only one locking lug is provided to propose, which is easy to handle and as long as no final connection has been achieved, causes a force that dissolves the plug from the socket.
  • An advantage of this design is that the plug can be used in conjunction with conventional sockets, which have only one locking lug, so that is guaranteed without change to the same that the plug from the socket is disconnected, as long as no final locking position has been reached. Furthermore, the handling is simplified by the fact that when connecting is acted only on the connector housing by this relative to the socket housing, that is moved to the bottom. The release of the slide for the final securing of the locking arm is done automatically depending on the position of the plug housing to the socket housing by the leaf spring-like retaining element out of operative engagement with the end face of the socket housing and thus the force of effective between the plug housing and the slide springs is released. The slider is moved relative to the receptacle housing and the connector housing so that the locking arm is secured against displacement into the unlocked position. This position can be reversed simply by acting in the release direction for releasing the plug from the socket to the slider.
  • the locking arm is designed like a frame and the holding element between the two longitudinal struts of the locking arm is arranged, and that the locking means is part of a transverse and the free ends of the longitudinal struts connecting locking strut.
  • the slide has at least one release projection which acts in the sense of releasing the locking means of the locking lug on the locking arm when releasing the plug from the plug by adjusting the slide ,
  • the attachment portion of the holding element is bent to the spring leg, in particular U-shaped, and has a locking leg.
  • the retaining element can be inserted with the attachment portion and the associated locking leg in a retaining recess of the slider and is guided in this laterally and secured by the locking leg, which is supported with its end face against a support surface in the recess of the slider against pulling.
  • the free end of the spring leg forms a holding surface and a footprint.
  • the free end of the spring leg by multiple angulation forms the support surface and the footprint.
  • the free end of the spring leg by a rolled-up portion forms the support surface and the footprint.
  • first housing portion to the intermediate portion, with which the locking arm is integrally connected is provided with a reduced cross section seat portion for receiving a seal.
  • the socket 1 comprises a socket housing 2, which has a first longitudinal axis 3. It also has a wall 4 which encloses an approximately rectangular receiving space 5 in the opening cross-section. This is open to the end face 6 and closed at the opposite end by the bottom 8. From the bottom 8 are first terminal contacts 7 in the form of pins. They are aligned parallel to the first longitudinal axis 3.
  • a latching lug 10 is arranged, which has in the direction of the end face 6 an inclined contact surface 11, the end facing away from the end face 6 toward the bottom 8 from the outer surface 9, i. rising, runs.
  • This contact surface 11 is followed by a latching surface 12 which extends in the direction of the outer surface 9, i. preferably perpendicular to this extends or optionally even has an undercut.
  • the plug housing 14 of the plug 13 (see also Figures 7 et seq.) Is shown.
  • the first housing portion 16 extends from an end face 17 in which there are openings communicating with contact receiving chambers in which second contacts 18 are received in the form of female terminals and secured by a locking member 29.
  • an intermediate portion 19 connects to the first housing portion 16.
  • the cross section of the first housing portion 16 is substantially adapted to that of the receiving space of the female housing of the socket, d. H. he approaches a rounded rectangle.
  • a locking arm 22 is arranged, which is designed like a frame and comprises two longitudinal struts 24, which are arranged at a parallel distance from one another and with an end at the intermediate portion 19, away from the end face 17, integral with the plug housing 14th are formed.
  • the end surface 17 near the ends of the two longitudinal struts 24 are connected by a transverse locking strut 23 with each other, which serves as a latching means for latching with the locking lug 10 socket 1.
  • first two spring support bearings 28 are arranged in this area laterally to the longitudinal struts 24 of the locking arm, which support the Pressure springs 37 serve at one end.
  • the locking strut 23 has on its underside away from the first spring support bearings 28 away from the second longitudinal axis 15 footprint 25 (see Figure 7).
  • locking element 29 which is transversely in the housing portion, away from the end face 17 is inserted (see also Figure 7), serves to secure the recorded in this first housing portion 16 second contacts 18 against extension.
  • an arm with a movement stop 21, which has a hook shape, is provided on the surface of the plug housing 14 facing away from the locking arm 22.
  • FIGS. 4 and 5 The design of the slider 30 is shown in FIGS. 4 and 5. It can be seen that the slider 30 is of tubular design and has two second spring support bearings 31 in its interior towards an end face against which the compression springs 37 are supported by their other end , In the second spring support bearings 31 opposite surface a Stellaus originallyung 32 is present, which cooperates in the mounted state of the slider 30 on the connector housing 14 with the movement stop 21. Furthermore, in Figure 7 bolt stops 33 can be seen that secure the locking arm 22 on the socket housing 2 against displacement in the final connected state of the socket 1 with the plug 13, i. cooperate with the bolt lugs 26.
  • the slider 30 are assigned to the second spring support bearing 31 end having two release projections 34, which serve to release the locking arm 22 when releasing the plug 13 from the socket 1. This is moved when pulling action on the slide in the release direction out of operative connection to the locking projection of the socket before the connector housing can be pulled out of the socket housing.
  • a holding member 38 made of stainless steel is seen, which is designed like a leaf spring and has a multi-angled shape, so that the or the two spring leg 40 forms a U-shape with the mounting portion 39, wherein the fastening portion 39 is associated with a locking leg 42 , which is punched out of this and serves to secure against withdrawal in a holding recess 35 of the slider 30 according to Figures 4 and 5.
  • the mounted seal 20 can be seen. Furthermore, the arrangement of the holding element 38 is also recognizable with the mounting portion 39 in the retaining recess 35 of the slider 30, wherein the locking leg 42 is supported with its end face against the support surface 36 of the holding recess 35. The holding element 38 rests with its holding surface 41 against the end face 6 of the socket 1. The spring legs 40 are in the relaxed state.
  • the locking arm 22 is still with the locking strut 23 close to the outer surface 9 of the receiving space 5 bounding wall 4 of the socket 1 and is secured against deflection from this position transverse to the second longitudinal axis 15 by the bolt lugs 26 opposing bolt stops 33.
  • the release surface 27 of the plug housing 14 of the footprint 43 of the support member 38 has approximated, so that this further insertion of the plug housing 14 in the receiving space 5 and approaching the end surface 17 to the bottom 8 of the socket 1, the position shown in Figure 10 of the contact is achieved, with further insertion, the holding element 38 is deflected so that its retaining surface 41 out of contact with the end face 6 of the socket 1, so that the biased upon insertion of the plug housing 14 in the socket 1 compression springs 37 are effective and the slider 30 relative is moved towards the plug housing 14 in the direction of the bottom 8, wherein the holding element 38 slides on the outer surface 9 of the socket 1. In this position, the compression springs 37 are relaxed and the slider 30 takes in relation to the connector housing 14, the position shown in Figure 7 again, in which the locking arm 22 is secured against displacement from the second longitudinal axis 15 away.
  • Figures 12 and 13 show in perspective view and side view an alternative design of a holding element 138 in relation to the holding element 38 according to FIG 6. It is also made of stainless steel. It also has a mounting portion 139 with a punched and angled locking leg 142 for fixing in the recess 35 of the slider 30. However, it has only a single continuous and thus in relation to the holding element 38 stiffer spring leg 140. At the free end of the spring leg 140 is a rolled-up portion of the holding surface 141 and at the same time at this axesver sets the footprint 143 forms.

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DE10136862A DE10136862C1 (de) 2001-07-28 2001-07-28 Stecker zum Verbinden mit einer Steckbuchse

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EP1280242B1 (fr) 2008-02-13
ATE386353T1 (de) 2008-03-15
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