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EP1656717B1
EP1656717B1 EP04763067A EP04763067A EP1656717B1 EP 1656717 B1 EP1656717 B1 EP 1656717B1 EP 04763067 A EP04763067 A EP 04763067A EP 04763067 A EP04763067 A EP 04763067A EP 1656717 B1 EP1656717 B1 EP 1656717B1
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  • the present invention relates to a flat cable connector assembly according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • Such flat cable connector assemblies are used when it comes to protecting a signal conductor from external electromagnetic influences.
  • round cross-section coaxial cables it is common to spirally wind a narrow strip of aluminum foil around the isolated signal conductor to form the shield.
  • Flex ribbon cables the cable is sandwiched between two strips of a conductor foil, z. As an aluminum foil, laid and the films by crimping or gluing together with a conductive paste.
  • a flat cable connector assembly comprising a flexible flat cable having at least one signal conductor, at least one ground conductor and a shield surrounding the conductors, and a metal housing or housing connector of metallized or other conductive material and a contact element connected to the signal conductor.
  • US Pat. No. 4,500,157 (FIGS. 1, 3, 4, 6-8) shows a connector arrangement with a shielded flat cable, in which an outer shielding and a grounding conductor can be connected to a grounding clip without insulation by means of penetration technology.
  • the present invention has for its object to provide a flat cable connector assembly of the generic type, in which a good electrical connection is ensured, on the one hand between different parts of the shield with each other, the shield and ground conductors, and the connector housing, the shield and the ground conductor.
  • the present invention is based on the general idea of making use of multiple electrical crimp connections.
  • an electrical connection between these is made by a ground bridge whose contact blades pierce both the shield and the ground conductor.
  • the shielding is at ground potential.
  • the connector housing made of metal or other electrically conductive material is crimped onto the ground bridge, so that in this way also this housing is at ground potential.
  • the arrangement according to the invention has the additional advantage that is ensured by crimping the ground bridge, which in turn is crimped onto the flat conductor, a fuse of the flat cable in the connector in the housing.
  • the top view in Fig. 1 shows a flat cable connector assembly 1 with a view of the mating face of the connector 3. This has a contact element 8 which is mounted in a dielectric insert 10 which is inserted into the connector housing 4 with little clearance.
  • the flat cable 2 shows how best 1, a signal conductor 5, on the two sides of which are also embodied as a flat conductor grounding conductor 6 are shed in a flexible plastic material, around which an electrically conductive foil, such as aluminum foil, is attached as a shield 7, wherein shielding and Conductor assembly are cast together again in flexible plastic, which gives the flat cable its outer shape.
  • a ground bridge 9 at the cable end of the connector housing 4, which will be explained in more detail below with reference to FIG.
  • the metal housing 4 or a housing made of another electrically conductive material at the height of the ground bridge 9 is crimped on this and the flat cable 2.
  • the housing may, for. Example of a metallized material (eg filled with steel fibers plastic) or have a metal coating on its surface.
  • Fig. 2 shows two partial perspective views through the arrangement of the ground bridge 9 on the flat cable 2.
  • the ground bridge 9 has a base plate 14, at the parallel to the conductors 5, 6 extending edges relative to the base plate 14 by 90 ° angled contact blades 15 are formed ,
  • the base plate 14 is so wide that the contact blades 15 when crimping the ground bridge 9 on the flat cable 2 pierce both the shield 7 and the ground conductor 6.
  • an electrical contact is made between the shield 7 and the ground conductors 6, so that the shield 7 is safe to ground potential.
  • the two ground conductors 6 are short-circuited to both sides of the signal conductor 5 by the ground bridge 14, that is kept at the same potential.
  • the Crimputtonmesser can be arranged obliquely to the base plate edge in its transverse extent. This ensures that in case of dimensional tolerances of the individual elements nevertheless a secure via is achieved.
  • the base plate 14 of the ground bridge 9 has at its four ends in each case a tongue 16, which is also bent over 90 ° relative to the extension of the base plate 14, to surround the flat cable 2 on its side walls and wherein the tongues 16 are sufficiently long in order to be able to be bent on the underside of the flat cable 2 again by 90 °, whereby the ground bridge 9 is firmly anchored on the flat cable 2.
  • the ground bridge 9 is attached to the foremost unstripped end of the flat cable 2.
  • the stripped signal conductor 5 on the other hand is so far that a contact element 8 to him, for. by crimping or soldering, can be attached.
  • Fig. 3 shows the arrangement of the flat cable 2 with the contact element connected thereto mounted in the connector housing 4.
  • the contact element 8 is mounted in the dielectric insert 10 including its connection end to the signal conductor 5.
  • This is as well as the connector housing 4 rotationally symmetrical and forms in its front part a cylinder with a reduced diameter relative to its rear part, whose diameter corresponds with some play the inner diameter of the substantially cylindrical connector housing.
  • the diameter of the connector housing 4 is reduced by a constriction 11, so that the inner diameter of the connector housing 4 in the region of the front part of the insert 10 substantially with some play corresponds to the diameter of the insert 10 at this point.
  • the connector housing 4 is deformed by crimping so that the housing inner wall is at this point in mechanical and electrical contact with the ground bridge 9.
  • the contact is made both on the side of the base plate 14, as well as on the opposite side, on which, as shown in Fig. 2, the cutting blades from the flat cable 2, and at the height of the bent tabs 16.
  • the crimping region 19 simultaneously ensures that the dielectric insert 10 is fixed in the opposite direction. This is done via the flanks 20, which forms in the transition region between the crimp 19 and the back of the dielectric insert 10.
  • flanks on both sides of the crimp 19 also form spaces in which the bent tongues 16 are located, so that the housing deformation by crimping on the base plate 14 opposite side can go up to the surface of the flat cable 2. As a result, a cable fuse is simultaneously effected, which prevents the flat cable 2 can be pulled out of the connector 3.
  • the assembly of the flat cable connector assembly shown in Fig. 3 can be done fully by machine and the result is a mechanically robust and very well shielded electrical connector, with a very effective cable security.

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The plug-in connector for a flat ribbon cable (2) has at least one signal conductor (5) connected to a contact pin (8). A metal housing (4) surrounds a dielectric sleeve (10) and at least one conductor connected to earth. A typical cable may have two earth connectors, one on either side of the signal conductor and has a crimped (19) earth bridge (9) connection with fine pins piercing earth conductor.

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Die vorliegende Erfindung betrifft eine Flachkabel-Steckverbinderanordnung nach dem Oberbegriff des Patentanspruchs 1.The present invention relates to a flat cable connector assembly according to the preamble of claim 1.

Solche Flachkabel-Steckverbinderanordnungen werden eingesetzt, wenn es darauf ankommt, einen Signalleiter vor äußeren elektromagnetischen Einflüssen zu schützen. Zu diesem Zweck umhüllt man den isolierten Signalleiter mit einer elektrisch leitenden Hülle, die mit einer Masse verbunden ist. Bei Koaxkabeln mit rundem Querschnitt ist es üblich, einen schmalen Streifen aus Aluminiumfolie spiralförmig um den isolierten Signalleiter zu wickeln, um so die Abschirmung herzustellen. Bei Flex-Flachbandkabeln wird das Kabel in Sandwichtechnik zwischen zwei Streifen aus einer Leiterfolie, z. B. einer Aluminiumfolie, gelegt und die Folien durch Umbördeln oder Verkleben mit einer leitenden Paste miteinander verbunden.Such flat cable connector assemblies are used when it comes to protecting a signal conductor from external electromagnetic influences. For this purpose, one wraps the insulated signal conductor with an electrically conductive sheath, which is connected to a ground. With round cross-section coaxial cables, it is common to spirally wind a narrow strip of aluminum foil around the isolated signal conductor to form the shield. In Flex ribbon cables, the cable is sandwiched between two strips of a conductor foil, z. As an aluminum foil, laid and the films by crimping or gluing together with a conductive paste.

In der US 2001/0040043 A1 (Fig. 1-4) ist eine Flachkabel-Steckverbinderanordnung gezeigt, mit einem flexiblen Flachkabel, das mindestens einen Signalleiter, mindestens einen Masseleiter und eine die Leiter umgebende Schirmung aufweist, und einem Steckverbinder mit Metallgehäuse oder einem Gehäuse aus metallisiertem oder anderem leitfähigen Material und einem mit dem Signalleiter verbundenen Kontaktelement.In US 2001/0040043 A1 (Figures 1-4) there is shown a flat cable connector assembly comprising a flexible flat cable having at least one signal conductor, at least one ground conductor and a shield surrounding the conductors, and a metal housing or housing connector of metallized or other conductive material and a contact element connected to the signal conductor.

Weiterhin ist es aus der US 5 021 007 (Fig. 1, 2, 4-6) entnehmbar, bei einem geschirmten Flachkabel Signalleiter und einen Masseleiter jeweils durch Crimpung mit Kontaktelementen zu verbinden.Furthermore, it can be inferred from US Pat. No. 5,021,007 (FIGS. 1, 2, 4-6), in the case of a shielded flat cable, to connect a signal conductor and a ground conductor in each case by crimping with contact elements.

Die US 4 500 157 (Fig. 1, 3, 4, 6-8) zeigt eine Verbinderanordnung mit einem geschirmten Flachkabel, bei dem eine äußere Schirmung und ein Masseleiter an einen Erdungsclip abisolationsfrei mittels Durchdringungstechnik anschließbar ist.US Pat. No. 4,500,157 (FIGS. 1, 3, 4, 6-8) shows a connector arrangement with a shielded flat cable, in which an outer shielding and a grounding conductor can be connected to a grounding clip without insulation by means of penetration technology.

In der DE 2 259 858 A (Fig. 1-3) wird bei einem abgeschirmten Flachbandkabel die Schirmung und ein Masseleiter mittels eines klauenförmigen Klemmstücks ebenfalls abisolationsfrei kontaktiert (Fig. 1). Alternativ ist noch für einen Steckverbinder die gemeinsame Kontaktierung von Schirmung und Masseleiter des Flachkabels mittels dessen Isolierung durchdringender Kontaktspitzen oder -schrauben angegeben.In DE 2 259 858 A (FIGS. 1-3), in the case of a shielded flat-ribbon cable, the shielding and a ground conductor are also contacted by means of a claw-shaped clamping piece, likewise free of stripping (FIG. 1). Alternatively, the common contacting of the shield and ground conductor of the flat cable by means of its insulation penetrating contact tips or screws is still specified for a connector.

Bei letzterer Technik ist nicht immer sicher gewährleistet, daß die beiden Folien in gutem elektrischen Kontakt miteinander stehen. Ferner ist es für eine gute Abschirmung wichtig, daß am Übergang zwischen dem Flachbandkabel und dem Steckverbinder eine gute elektrische Leitung hergestellt wird und die Abschirmung sowie das Steckergehäuse sicher auf dem Massepotential liegen.In the latter technique is not always guaranteed that the two films are in good electrical contact with each other. Furthermore, it is important for good shielding that at the junction between the ribbon cable and the connector good electrical conduction is made and the shield and the connector housing are safe to ground potential.

Der vorliegenden Erfindung liegt die Aufgabe zugrunde, eine Flachkabel-Steckverbinderanordnung der gattungsgemäßen Art anzugeben, bei der eine gute elektrische Verbindung gewährleistet ist, einerseits zwischen verschiedenen Teilen der Abschirmung untereinander, der Abschirmung und Masseleitern, sowie dem Steckverbindergehäuse, der Abschirmung und dem Masseleiter.The present invention has for its object to provide a flat cable connector assembly of the generic type, in which a good electrical connection is ensured, on the one hand between different parts of the shield with each other, the shield and ground conductors, and the connector housing, the shield and the ground conductor.

Diese Aufgabe wird anspruchsgemäß gelöst. In den Unteransprüchen sind Merkmale bevorzugter Ausführungsformen der vorliegenden Erfindung gekennzeichnet.This task is solved according to the claims. In the subclaims features of preferred embodiments of the present invention are characterized.

Der vorliegenden Erfindung liegt die allgemeine Idee zugrunde, sich mehrfach elektrische Crimpverbindungen zunutze zu machen. So wird einerseits durch eine Massebrücke, deren Kontaktmesser sowohl die Schirmung als auch den Masseleiter durchstechen, eine elektrische Verbindung zwischen diesen hergestellt. Somit liegt die Schirmung auf Massepotential. Gleichzeitig wird das Steckverbindergehäuse aus Metall oder einem anderen elektrisch leitenden Material auf die Massebrücke gecrimpt, so daß auf diesem Wege auch dieses Gehäuse auf Massepotential liegt.The present invention is based on the general idea of making use of multiple electrical crimp connections. On the one hand, an electrical connection between these is made by a ground bridge whose contact blades pierce both the shield and the ground conductor. Thus, the shielding is at ground potential. At the same time the connector housing made of metal or other electrically conductive material is crimped onto the ground bridge, so that in this way also this housing is at ground potential.

Die erfindungsgemäße Anordnung hat darüber hinaus den Vorteil, daß durch das Vercrimpen der Massebrücke, die wiederum auf den Flachleiter gecrimpt ist, im Gehäuse eine Sicherung des Flachkabels im Steckverbinder gewährleistet ist.The arrangement according to the invention has the additional advantage that is ensured by crimping the ground bridge, which in turn is crimped onto the flat conductor, a fuse of the flat cable in the connector in the housing.

Im folgenden wird die Erfindung anhand der Beschreibung eines Ausführungsbeispiels unter Bezugnahme auf die Zeichnung näher erläutert. Darin zeigen:

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perspektivische Ansichten einer Ausführungsform der erfindungsgemäßen Flachkabel-Steckverbinderanordnung;
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perspektivische Teilschnitte durch ein Flachkabel mit Massebrücke; und
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eine perspektivische Ansicht eines Längsteilschnitts durch eine erfindungsgemäße Flachkabel-Steckverbinderanordnung.
In the following the invention will be explained in more detail with reference to the description of an embodiment with reference to the drawing. Show:
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perspective views of an embodiment of the flat cable connector assembly according to the invention;
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partial perspective views through a flat cable with ground bridge; and
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a perspective view of a longitudinal section through a flat cable connector assembly according to the invention.

Die obere Ansicht in Fig. 1 zeigt eine Flachkabel-Steckverbinderanordnung 1 mit Blick auf das Steckgesicht des Steckverbinders 3. Dieser weist-ein Kontaktelement 8 auf, das in einem dielektrischen Einsatz 10 gelagert ist, welcher in das Steckverbindergehäuse 4 mit geringem Spiel eingefügt ist. Das Flachkabel 2 weist, wie man am besten rechts unten in Fig. 1 erkennt, einen Signalleiter 5 auf, zu dessen beiden Seiten ebenfalls als Flachleiter ausgeführte Masseleiter 6 in einem flexiblen Kunststoffmaterial vergossen sind, um das herum eine elektrisch leitende Folie, z.B. Alufolie, als Schirmung 7 angebracht ist, wobei Schirmung und Leiteranordnung zusammen wiederum in flexiblem Kunststoff vergossen sind, der dem Flachkabel seine äußere Form gibt. In dieser Darstellung erkennt man ebenfalls eine Massebrücke 9 am kabelseitigen Ende des Verbindergehäuses 4, das im folgenden unter Bezugnahme auf Fig. 2 näher erläutert wird. Man erkennt ferner in Fig. 1, daß das Metallgehäuse 4 oder ein Gehäuse aus einem anderen elektrisch leitenden Material auf der Höhe der Massebrücke 9 auf diese und das Flachkabel 2 gecrimpt ist. Das Gehäuse kann z. B. aus einem metallisierten Werkstoff bestehen (z.B. mit Stahlfasern gefüllter Kunststoff) oder eine Metallbeschichtung auf seiner Oberfläche aufweisen.The top view in Fig. 1 shows a flat cable connector assembly 1 with a view of the mating face of the connector 3. This has a contact element 8 which is mounted in a dielectric insert 10 which is inserted into the connector housing 4 with little clearance. The flat cable 2 shows how best 1, a signal conductor 5, on the two sides of which are also embodied as a flat conductor grounding conductor 6 are shed in a flexible plastic material, around which an electrically conductive foil, such as aluminum foil, is attached as a shield 7, wherein shielding and Conductor assembly are cast together again in flexible plastic, which gives the flat cable its outer shape. In this illustration, one also recognizes a ground bridge 9 at the cable end of the connector housing 4, which will be explained in more detail below with reference to FIG. It can also be seen in Fig. 1 that the metal housing 4 or a housing made of another electrically conductive material at the height of the ground bridge 9 is crimped on this and the flat cable 2. The housing may, for. Example of a metallized material (eg filled with steel fibers plastic) or have a metal coating on its surface.

Fig. 2 zeigt zwei perspektivische Teilschnitte durch die Anordnung der Massebrücke 9 auf dem Flachkabel 2. Die Massebrücke 9 weist eine Grundplatte 14 auf, an deren parallel zu den Leitern 5, 6 verlaufenden Kanten gegenüber der Grundplatte 14 um 90° abgewinkelt Kontaktmesser 15 angeformt sind. Die Grundplatte 14 ist so breit, daß die Kontaktmesser 15 beim Aufcrimpen der Massebrücke 9 auf das Flachkabel 2 sowohl die Abschirmung 7 als auch die Masseleiter 6 durchstechen. Dadurch wird einerseits ein elektrischer Kontakt zwischen dem unteren Teil der Abschirmung und dem oberen Teil der Abschirmung 7 hergestellt, der je nach Fertigungsmethode der Abschirmung 7 nicht mit 100-prozentiger Sicherheit gewährleistet ist. Ferner wird ein elektrischer Kontakt hergestellt zwischen der Abschirmung 7 und den Masseleitern 6, so daß die Abschirmung 7 sicher auf Massepotential liegt. Ferner sind durch die Massebrücke 14 die beiden Masseleiter 6 zu beiden Seiten des Signalleiters 5 kurzgeschlossen, also auf gleichem Potential gehalten.Fig. 2 shows two partial perspective views through the arrangement of the ground bridge 9 on the flat cable 2. The ground bridge 9 has a base plate 14, at the parallel to the conductors 5, 6 extending edges relative to the base plate 14 by 90 ° angled contact blades 15 are formed , The base plate 14 is so wide that the contact blades 15 when crimping the ground bridge 9 on the flat cable 2 pierce both the shield 7 and the ground conductor 6. As a result, on the one hand an electrical contact between the lower part of the shield and the upper part of the shield 7 is made, which is not guaranteed with 100 percent certainty depending on the manufacturing method of the shield 7. Further, an electrical contact is made between the shield 7 and the ground conductors 6, so that the shield 7 is safe to ground potential. Furthermore, the two ground conductors 6 are short-circuited to both sides of the signal conductor 5 by the ground bridge 14, that is kept at the same potential.

Die Crimpkontaktmesser können in ihrer Quererstreckung schräg zum Grundplattenrand angeordnet sein. Dadurch wird erreicht, daß bei Maßtoleranzen der einzelnen Elemente trotzdem eine sichere Durchkontaktierung erzielt wird.The Crimpkontaktmesser can be arranged obliquely to the base plate edge in its transverse extent. This ensures that in case of dimensional tolerances of the individual elements nevertheless a secure via is achieved.

Die Grundplatte 14 der Massebrücke 9 weist an ihren vier Enden jeweils eine Zunge 16 auf, die ebenfalls um 90° gegenüber der Erstreckung der Grundplatte 14 umgebogen ist, und zwar um das Flachkabel 2 an seinen Seitenwänden zu umgreifen und wobei die Zungen 16 ausreichend lang sind, um auf der Unterseite des Flachkabels 2 noch einmal um 90° umgebogen werden zu können, wodurch die Massebrücke 9 fest auf dem Flachkabel 2 verankert ist.The base plate 14 of the ground bridge 9 has at its four ends in each case a tongue 16, which is also bent over 90 ° relative to the extension of the base plate 14, to surround the flat cable 2 on its side walls and wherein the tongues 16 are sufficiently long in order to be able to be bent on the underside of the flat cable 2 again by 90 °, whereby the ground bridge 9 is firmly anchored on the flat cable 2.

Die Massebrücke 9 wird am vordersten, nicht abisolierten Ende des Flachkabels 2 angebracht. Der abisolierte Signalleiter 5 steht demgegenüber so weit vor, daß ein Kontaktelement 8 an ihm, z.B. durch Crimpen oder Löten, befestigt werden kann.The ground bridge 9 is attached to the foremost unstripped end of the flat cable 2. The stripped signal conductor 5 on the other hand is so far that a contact element 8 to him, for. by crimping or soldering, can be attached.

Fig. 3 zeigt die Anordnung des Flachkabels 2 mit dem daran angeschlossenen Kontaktelement in dem Steckverbindergehäuse 4 montiert. Das Kontaktelement 8 ist einschließlich seines Verbindungsendes mit dem Signalleiter 5 in dem dielektrischen Einsatz 10 gelagert. Dieser ist ebenso wie das Verbindergehäuse 4 rotationssymmetrisch und bildet in seinem vorderen Teil einen Zylinder mit reduziertem Durchmesser gegenüber seinem hinteren Teil, dessen Durchmesser mit etwas Spiel dem Innendurchmesser des im wesentlichen zylinderförmigen Steckverbindergehäuses entspricht. Auf der Höhe des vorderen Teils des dielektrischen Einsatzes 10 ist der Durchmesser des Steckverbindergehäuses 4 durch eine Einschnürung 11 verringert, so daß der Innendurchmesser des Steckverbindergehäuses 4 im Bereich des vorderen Teils des Einsatzes 10 im wesentlichen mit etwas Spiel dem Durchmesser des Einsatzes 10 an dieser Stelle entspricht. Dadurch bildet sich eine Schulter 17 an der Steckgehäuseinnenwand, gegen die die Schulter 18 des Einsatzes 10 stößt.Fig. 3 shows the arrangement of the flat cable 2 with the contact element connected thereto mounted in the connector housing 4. The contact element 8 is mounted in the dielectric insert 10 including its connection end to the signal conductor 5. This is as well as the connector housing 4 rotationally symmetrical and forms in its front part a cylinder with a reduced diameter relative to its rear part, whose diameter corresponds with some play the inner diameter of the substantially cylindrical connector housing. At the level of the front part of the dielectric insert 10, the diameter of the connector housing 4 is reduced by a constriction 11, so that the inner diameter of the connector housing 4 in the region of the front part of the insert 10 substantially with some play corresponds to the diameter of the insert 10 at this point. This forms a shoulder 17 on the plug housing inner wall, against which the shoulder 18 of the insert 10 abuts.

Die Massebrücke 9 befindet sich im hinteren Ende des Steckverbindergehäuses 4. Auf der Höhe der Massebrücke 9 wird das Steckverbindergehäuse 4 durch Crimpen so deformiert, daß die Gehäuseinnenwand an dieser Stelle in mechanischem und elektrischem Kontakt mit der Massebrücke 9 steht. Der Kontakt wird sowohl auf der Seite der Grundplatte 14, als auch auf der gegenüberliegenden Seite, an der, wie in Fig. 2 gezeigt, die Schneidmesser aus dem Flachkabel 2 vorstehen, sowie auf der Höhe der umgebogenen Zungen 16 hergestellt. Der Crimpbereich 19 sorgt gleichzeitig dafür, daß der dielektrische Einsatz 10 in Gegensteckrichtung fixiert ist. Dies geschieht über die Flanken 20, die sich im Übergangsbereich zwischen dem Crimpbereich 19 und der Rückseite des dielektrischen Einsatzes 10 bildet. Die Flanken zu beiden Seiten des Crimpbereichs 19 bilden ferner Räume, in denen sich die umgebogenen Zungen 16 befinden, so daß die Gehäuseverformung durch das Crimpen auf der der Grundplatte 14 gegenüberliegenden Seite bis auf die Oberfläche des Flachkabels 2 gehen kann. Dadurch wird gleichzeitig eine Kabelsicherung bewirkt, die verhindert, daß das Flachkabel 2 aus dem Steckverbinder 3 herausgezogen werden kann.At the height of the ground bridge 9, the connector housing 4 is deformed by crimping so that the housing inner wall is at this point in mechanical and electrical contact with the ground bridge 9. The contact is made both on the side of the base plate 14, as well as on the opposite side, on which, as shown in Fig. 2, the cutting blades from the flat cable 2, and at the height of the bent tabs 16. The crimping region 19 simultaneously ensures that the dielectric insert 10 is fixed in the opposite direction. This is done via the flanks 20, which forms in the transition region between the crimp 19 and the back of the dielectric insert 10. The flanks on both sides of the crimp 19 also form spaces in which the bent tongues 16 are located, so that the housing deformation by crimping on the base plate 14 opposite side can go up to the surface of the flat cable 2. As a result, a cable fuse is simultaneously effected, which prevents the flat cable 2 can be pulled out of the connector 3.

Die Montage der in Fig. 3 gezeigten Flachkabel-Steckverbinderanordnung kann voll maschinell erfolgen und das Ergebnis ist ein mechanisch robuster und elektrisch sehr gut abgeschirmter Steckverbinder, mit einer sehr wirksamen Kabelsicherung.The assembly of the flat cable connector assembly shown in Fig. 3 can be done fully by machine and the result is a mechanically robust and very well shielded electrical connector, with a very effective cable security.

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  1. A flat cable plug connector arrangement (1) with
    - a flat cable (2) that has at least one signal conductor (5), at least one ground conductor (6), and a shield (7) surrounding the conductors and
    - with a plug connector (3) having a metal housing (4) or a housing made of metallized or other conductive material and a contact element (8) connected to the signal conductor (5),
    characterized in that
    a grounding jumper (9) that is crimped onto the flat cable (2) and penetrates the shield (7) and the at least one ground conductor (6) is brought into electrical contact with the conductor-side part of the housing (4) by crimping (19) the latter onto the grounding jumper (9).
  2. The flat cable plug connector arrangement according to claim 1, further characterized in that the flat cable (2) is constructed as a flat conductor having a flat signal conductor (5) that is encapsulated between two flat ground conductors (6) running at a spacing parallel to it and arranged in a flexible plastic body (12), which is surrounded by metal foils, which are in turn encapsulated together with the body (12) in an outwardly flexible plastic sheath (13).
  3. The flat cable plug connector arrangement according to claim 1 or claim 2, further characterized in that the grounding jumper (9) has an essentially rectangular base plate (14), the width of which transverse to the longitudinal direction of the conductor is narrower than the width of the flat cable (2), in such a way that crimping contact blades (15), bent by 90° from the side edges with respect to the base plate (14), bite into the shield (7) and into the ground conductor (6), and tabs (16) are arranged at the four corners of the base plate (14) that embrace the flat cable (2) up to its side lying opposite the base plate (14).
  4. The flat cable plug connector arrangement according to claim 3, further characterized in that the crimping contact blades (15) are arranged at an angle to the edge of the base plate in their crosswise extension.
  5. The flat cable plug connector arrangement according to one of the preceding claims, further characterized in that the housing (4) has a dielectric insert (10), in which the contact element (8), including its crimping end, is guided.
  6. The flat cable plug connector arrangement according to claim 5, further characterized in that the housing (4) and the insert (10) are essentially cylindrical in shape, the front end of the insert (10), viewed in the plugging direction, having a reduced diameter so as to form a shoulder (18), which abuts against a contraction in the diameter of the metal housing (4, 9), the insert (10) being secured on the cable side by the crimping constriction of the metal housing (4, 9) over the grounding jumper (9).
  7. The flat cable plug connector arrangement according to claim 3, further characterized in that the crimping of the housing (4, 9) over the grounding jumper (9) has an extension in the plugging direction that is smaller than or essentially equal to the spacing between the front and back tabs (16), so that a securing of the cable is effected.
  8. The flat cable plug connector arrangement according to claim 3 or 4, further characterized in that the tabs (16) are longer than the thickness of the flat cable (2), so that their ends can be bent around the bottom side of the conductor and the crimping contact blades become pointed at their free ends, their length being slightly greater than the thickness of the flat cable.
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