EP1543589A1 - Raccordement electrique pour circuit souple et procede de fabrication - Google Patents
Raccordement electrique pour circuit souple et procede de fabricationInfo
- Publication number
- EP1543589A1 EP1543589A1 EP03775494A EP03775494A EP1543589A1 EP 1543589 A1 EP1543589 A1 EP 1543589A1 EP 03775494 A EP03775494 A EP 03775494A EP 03775494 A EP03775494 A EP 03775494A EP 1543589 A1 EP1543589 A1 EP 1543589A1
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- Prior art keywords
- teeth
- crown
- flexible circuit
- strip
- piercing
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Classifications
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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
- H01R43/00—Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors
- H01R43/16—Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors for manufacturing contact members, e.g. by punching and by bending
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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
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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
- H01R12/69—Fixed connections for flexible printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables or like structures characterised by the terminal deformable terminals, e.g. crimping terminals
Definitions
- the invention relates to an electrical connection contact for a thick flexible circuit. It also relates to a method of manufacturing a connection plate used in such a contact.
- the invention finds applications in the field of connectors and, in particular, automotive connectors.
- Flexible circuits also called flexible circuits, are circuits generally consisting of a first sheet of flexible insulating material, on which are arranged conductive tracks, for example copper. These conductive tracks are themselves covered, either by a second sheet of insulating material or by an insulating varnish.
- Such flexible circuits are commonly used in the electrical industry and, in particular, in the electrical industry dedicated to the automobile.
- connection techniques intended to connect these flexible circuits to electrical contacts or to electronic components.
- One of these techniques consists in using connection plates provided with piercing teeth forming one or more crown (s).
- connection is made by means of clips piercing the flexible circuit. These clips are distributed on a connection plate above which the flexible circuit to be connected is placed. Each of these clips has a ring of piercing teeth which pass through the flexible circuit and are then crimped onto the flexible circuit.
- connection device for flexible circuit shown in FIG. 1.
- This connection device comprises a connection contact 1 comprising a connection plate 2 connected to a terminal 6 for connection to a complementary contact to which the electrical or electronic component is itself connected.
- This connection terminal 6 is placed inside a box 5 closed by a cover 4.
- the box 5 comprises several contact receiving cells intended for each receive a connection contact.
- the cover 4 is intended to receive the complementary contacts which are associated with the terminals 6 to ensure the electrical connections together.
- the connection contact of FIG. 1 comprises a plate provided with two crowns of piercing teeth 3 and 3 ′.
- piercing teeth are intended to pierce the flexible circuit and then to be crimped onto this flexible circuit by means of a punch so that the teeth fold back towards the outside of the crown.
- the teeth cross the conduction tracks, which ensures electrical conduction between the tracks of the flexible circuit and the connection plate.
- connection plate the teeth of a crown are an integral part of the connection plate.
- connection plate and the teeth are produced in one piece, by a specific cut which allows, on the one hand, to cut the plate to the desired width and length and, on the other hand, to cut a cross. Cutting the cross provides four triangles which, when folded perpendicular to the plate, each form a tooth.
- piercing teeth thus obtained must be long enough to pass through the flexible circuit right through and be crimped onto the flexible circuit.
- the height of the teeth is dependent on the width of the plate.
- a plate width includes two heights of teeth and a border on each side of these two teeth.
- This circuit has a copper thickness of 200 micrometers and a total thickness, that is to say copper and insulators, of 400 micrometers.
- teeth of about 800 micrometers are required.
- the conventional width of a wafer is approximately 2000 micrometers, comprising two borders of approximately 300 micrometers each. There therefore remains a width of around 1400 micrometers for the teeth, while 1600 micrometers are required for two teeth of 800 micrometers facing each other.
- connection plates can therefore be used for conventional flexible circuits whose thickness is of the order of 70 to 80 micrometers.
- thickness is of the order of 70 to 80 micrometers.
- inserts with longer teeth a height of at least 800 micrometers.
- width of the plates must be increased.
- the flexible circuit comprises several conduction tracks
- Another flexible circuit connection technique proposes making connection plates provided with teeth aligned on each side of the plate.
- Document US-A-4,082,402 describes a connector for a flexible circuit comprising a connection plate provided with two rows of teeth. These teeth pass through the flexible circuit and are crimped onto said flexible circuit. With such a connector, the teeth are aligned and, therefore, they pierce the flexible circuit along piercing lines. The flexible circuit is thus weakened over the entire line (s) connecting the teeth together, that is to say on the piercing lines. The flexible circuit then has a high risk of tearing along these lines of holes. Disclosure of the invention The object of the invention is precisely to solve the problems of the techniques described above.
- connection plate of a flexible circuit in two parts, namely an electrical conduction band pierced with an orifice and a crown of teeth attached under the conduction band. More specifically, the invention relates to an electrical connection contact for a flexible circuit comprising a terminal for connection to a complementary contact and a connection plate by piercing the flexible circuit, provided with a crown of piercing teeth projecting from one face of the plate for piercing the flexible circuit and being crimped onto said flexible circuit, characterized in that the connection plate comprises an electrical conduction strip pierced with an orifice, and in that the ring of piercing teeth passes through this orifice.
- connection plate also relates to the method of manufacturing the connection plate. This process is characterized by the fact that it includes the operations following:
- a hole is cut from a first strip of electrically conductive material
- a star shape is cut from a second strip of electrically conductive material having a central part and branches;
- Figure 1 already described, shows an example of contact for connecting a flexible circuit with an electronic or electrical component of the prior art.
- FIG. 2 represents an exploded view of a connection plate of the invention, before connection of a flexible circuit.
- FIG. 3 represents a connection plate according to the invention, when the flexible circuit is connected to the plate.
- FIG. 4A represents an electrical conduction strip pierced with orifices.
- FIG. 4B represents an example of a crown of teeth according to the invention.
- Figure 4C shows a connection plate made with the conduction strip of Figure 4A and crowns of teeth of Figure 4B.
- connection contact between a flexible circuit and an electrical or electronic component.
- This connection contact comprises a connection plate by drilling, made in two parts.
- Figure 2 there is shown an exploded view of a connection plate of a flexible circuit according to the invention.
- This connection plate 2 comprises an electrical conduction band 7 pierced with an orifice 8.
- the electrical conduction band 7 is made of an electrically conductive material, such as copper.
- the connection plate 2 also includes a crown 9 of teeth of piercing, reported under the conduction band 7.
- the crown of piercing teeth 9 has four teeth, referenced 10a, 10b, 10c and 10d.
- This ring of piercing teeth is made of an electrically conductive material, which can be identical to that of the conduction strip.
- the piercing teeth 10a to 10d, gathered in a crown 9, pass through the orifice 8 of the conduction band 7 so as to protrude on a face 7b of the conduction band.
- This face 7b is, in the example of FIG. 2, the upper face of the conduction strip, the lower face being referenced 7a. It is understood that the piercing teeth 10a to 10d can protrude from the underside of the conduction strip 7.
- the crown of teeth 9 is introduced into the orifice 8 so that the base 13 of the crown is just under the underside 7a of the conduction band 7.
- the teeth of the crown 9 therefore protrude from the upper face 7b of the conduction strip.
- each tooth 10a to 10d of the crown 9 is in abutment against one of the walls 8a to 8d of the orifice 8.
- the electrical contact between the crown of teeth 9 and the conduction band is ensured and, consequently, the electrical contact between the conduction tracks of the flexible circuit and the complementary contact.
- the crown of teeth 9 comprises lugs 11 b to 11 d. These pins are each placed between two teeth of the crown 9.
- the crown of teeth 9 therefore comprises as many pins as there are piercing teeth.
- Each of these lugs 11b to 11d is located in the same plane as the base 13 of the crown or on a parallel plane less than the base of the crown 9.
- Each lug is therefore substantially perpendicular to the piercing teeth between which it is placed . In this way, when the crown of teeth 9 is introduced into the orifice 8 of the conduction band 7, then the pins are in abutment against the lower face 7a of the band of conduction.
- These lugs can be made of the same conductive material as the piercing teeth or else of an electrically non-conductive material. In the case where they are made of an electrically conductive material, they make it possible to further increase the contact surface between the conduction band 7 and the ring 9 of piercing teeth.
- FIG. 3 shows the crown 9 of piercing teeth, when it is introduced into the orifice 8 of the conduction band 7 and when it pierces a flexible circuit 12.
- a flexible circuit 12 can be placed on the conduction plate and pierced by the piercing teeth 10a to 10d.
- the piercing teeth 10a to 10d are crimped onto the flexible circuit.
- the teeth 10a to 10d have been shown after crimping on the flexible circuit 12.
- the teeth have a triangular shape. They can also have a flattened triangular shape, that is to say the tip of the triangle intended for piercing the flexible circuit is flattened.
- the teeth have the shape of a pentagon whose tip (opposite the side forming the base 13 of the crown) can be flattened (case of Figure 5) or not (case of figure 2).
- the teeth have substantially the shape of a petal.
- the shapes with flattened points have the advantage of allowing the use, as a crimping tool, of a square punch, easier to handle than a conical punch, generally used.
- connection plate is described as comprising a conduction band with a single orifice and a single ring of piercing teeth. It is understood that the conduction strip may have several orifices, a crown of teeth being introduced into each hole.
- the hole can be square.
- the crown of teeth has 4 teeth.
- the opening can also be triangular, hexagonal, octagonal, etc.
- the crown of teeth then has as many teeth as the orifice has sides.
- Each crown of piercing teeth is produced by cutting, in a strip of electrically conductive material, a shape resembling a star.
- This star has a central part intended to form the base 13 of the crown and branches intended to form the piercing teeth 10a to 10d of the crown. After cutting this star, the branches of the star are bent until forming an angle of about 90 degrees with the central part of the star.
- FIGS. 4A, 4B and 4C represent an exemplary embodiment of a connection plate according to the invention.
- This connection plate is multi-contact, that is to say that it comprises several rings of piercing teeth.
- FIG. 4A shows a conduction strip 7 comprising two orifices 8 and 8 ′, of square shape.
- the hatched part shows the strip of electrically conductive material.
- the arrow pointing to the reference 6 shows that this conduction band is connected to a connection terminal with a complementary contact.
- the connection terminal can be terminal 6 in FIG. 1 or any other terminal known in the field of flexible circuit connectors.
- FIG. 4B represents a crown of teeth which can be introduced into one of the orifices 8 and 8 ′ of the conduction band 7 of FIG. 4A.
- the orifices 8 and 8 ' are squares. Consequently, the crown of teeth 9, also called star 9, has four teeth, also called branches, 10a, 10b, 10c and 10d. These teeth may also have a substantially triangular shape, the base of each triangle forming one side of the base 13 of the crown 9.
- Such a tooth shape has the advantage of being more solid and therefore of better piercing the flexible circuit, in particular when the teeth are long relative to the base of the crown of teeth.
- each side of the base the crown must have a size of n micrometers minus twice the thickness of the strip of material from which the crown is cut.
- the length of one side of the base of the crown must be substantially less than the length of the side of the orifice so that, when the piercing teeth are folded back after crimping, the total length of one side of the crown is just equal to the length of one side of the orifice.
- FIG. 4B shows a top view of the connection plate as a whole, that is to say once the crowns of teeth mounted with the conduction band and before placement and crimping of the flexible circuit. More specifically, FIG. 4C shows the conduction band 7 of FIG.
- FIG. 4A crossed by two crowns of teeth 9 and 9 ′ of the type of that shown in FIG. 4B. These two crowns 9 and 9 'being identical, only the crown 9 is described.
- This ring 9 is introduced into the orifice 8 of the conduction band 7 through the underside of said conduction band.
- the piercing teeth 10a - 10d therefore exit from the orifice 8 through the upper face of the conduction strip.
- the solid lines of the crown represent the top of the piercing teeth 10a - 10d, these being perpendicular to the conduction band 7.
- the dotted lines represent the position of the piercing teeth, after crimping.
- the lugs 11a - 11d are also shown in dotted lines because they are located against the underside of the conduction strip, that is to say against the non-visible face of said conduction strip 7. These lugs maintain the crown 9 in the orifice 8. In other words, these lugs prevent the crown 9 from passing entirely through the orifice.
- the conduction band, flexible circuit and crown of teeth assembly is not fully fixed until the crimping has been carried out. Indeed, as long as the teeth of the crown are not crimped on the circuit flexible, the crown can be removed from the underside of the conduction band.
- connection plate By making the connection plate in two parts, as explained above, this makes it possible to obtain a crown of teeth whose height of the teeth is independent of the width of the conduction band. It is thus possible to obtain teeth of a very great height with respect to the width of the conduction band, which makes it possible to connect relatively thick flexible circuits, while having a relatively narrow conduction band.
- the invention also relates to the method of manufacturing the connection plate described above. This process includes the following operations:
- orifices in a first strip of conductive material, orifices, for example of square shape whose sides have a size of n micrometers;
- - Stars are cut from a second strip of electrically conductive material, for example with four branches, the central part of which has sides of size substantially less than n micrometers and whose branches have the desired length and the shape chosen; - the branches of the star are folded towards the central part so that each branch is perpendicular to the central part of the star;
- the crown of teeth thus formed is introduced into the orifice of the first conduction band, until the base of the crown is at the level of the lower face of the conduction band, that is to say until the pins are in contact with the underside of the conduction strip;
- the flexible circuit to be connected is positioned above the connection plate thus produced and it is pierced so that each tooth of the crown passes through the flexible circuit; - The teeth of the crown of teeth are folded down using a punch or an anvil and matrix device so that the teeth are crimped onto the flexible circuit.
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Applications Claiming Priority (3)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| FR0210638 | 2002-08-27 | ||
| FR0210638A FR2844100B1 (fr) | 2002-08-27 | 2002-08-27 | Contact de raccordement electrique pour circuit souple epais et procede de fabrication d'une plaquette de connexion pour ce contact |
| PCT/FR2003/050039 WO2004021517A1 (fr) | 2002-08-27 | 2003-08-26 | Raccordement electrique pour circuit souple et procede de fabrication |
Publications (2)
| Publication Number | Publication Date |
|---|---|
| EP1543589A1 true EP1543589A1 (fr) | 2005-06-22 |
| EP1543589B1 EP1543589B1 (fr) | 2016-07-06 |
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| Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
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| EP03775494.2A Expired - Lifetime EP1543589B1 (fr) | 2002-08-27 | 2003-08-26 | Raccordement électrique pour circuit souple et procédé de fabrication |
Country Status (4)
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| EP (1) | EP1543589B1 (fr) |
| AU (1) | AU2003283520A1 (fr) |
| FR (1) | FR2844100B1 (fr) |
| WO (1) | WO2004021517A1 (fr) |
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| DE202004012418U1 (de) * | 2004-08-06 | 2005-12-15 | Lear Corp., Southfield | Elektrisches Kontaktelement für Flachleiterbahnen aufweisende, flexible Folienleiter |
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| FR87739E (fr) * | 1965-04-22 | 1966-07-22 | Amp Inc | Connecteurs électriques |
| DE20115931U1 (de) * | 2000-10-02 | 2001-12-13 | Fci Tour Framatome, Courbevoie | Elektrischer Steckverbindermodul mit Aufnahmesitzen für von vorne einzuführende Kontakthülsen |
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- 2003-08-26 WO PCT/FR2003/050039 patent/WO2004021517A1/fr not_active Ceased
- 2003-08-26 AU AU2003283520A patent/AU2003283520A1/en not_active Abandoned
- 2003-08-26 EP EP03775494.2A patent/EP1543589B1/fr not_active Expired - Lifetime
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| FR2844100A1 (fr) | 2004-03-05 |
| EP1543589B1 (fr) | 2016-07-06 |
| AU2003283520A1 (en) | 2004-03-19 |
| WO2004021517A1 (fr) | 2004-03-11 |
| FR2844100B1 (fr) | 2005-07-29 |
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