EP1698209B1 - Dispositif de verrouillage de contacts pour connecteur électrique et connecteur électrique le comprenant - Google Patents

Dispositif de verrouillage de contacts pour connecteur électrique et connecteur électrique le comprenant Download PDF

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EP1698209B1
EP1698209B1 EP04803415A EP04803415A EP1698209B1 EP 1698209 B1 EP1698209 B1 EP 1698209B1 EP 04803415 A EP04803415 A EP 04803415A EP 04803415 A EP04803415 A EP 04803415A EP 1698209 B1 EP1698209 B1 EP 1698209B1
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contacts
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Philippe Daudin
Gilles Schmitt
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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
    • H01R13/40—Securing contact members in or to a base or case; Insulating of contact members
    • H01R13/42—Securing in a demountable manner
    • H01R13/436—Securing a plurality of contact members by one locking piece or operation
    • 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
    • H01R13/40—Securing contact members in or to a base or case; Insulating of contact members
    • H01R13/42—Securing in a demountable manner
    • H01R13/436—Securing a plurality of contact members by one locking piece or operation
    • H01R13/4361—Insertion of locking piece perpendicular to direction of contact insertion
    • 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
    • H01R13/40—Securing contact members in or to a base or case; Insulating of contact members
    • H01R13/42—Securing in a demountable manner
    • H01R13/436—Securing a plurality of contact members by one locking piece or operation
    • H01R13/4364—Insertion of locking piece from the front
    • 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
    • H01R13/44—Means for preventing access to live contacts
    • 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
    • H01R13/44—Means for preventing access to live contacts
    • H01R13/447—Shutter or cover plate
    • H01R13/453—Shutter or cover plate opened by engagement of counterpart
    • 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
    • H01R13/44—Means for preventing access to live contacts
    • H01R13/447—Shutter or cover plate
    • H01R13/453—Shutter or cover plate opened by engagement of counterpart
    • H01R13/4538—Covers sliding or withdrawing in the direction of engagement

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  • the present invention relates to a contact locking device for electrical connector.
  • These locking systems may be primary locking systems when they provide the snap and retention of the contact in a socket of the connector or secondary locking systems when they complement a first locking means and provide a additional locking safety or additional resistance to tearing of the contact in the cell.
  • the locking devices are required to provide additional security which is the detection of incorrectly inserted or unclamped contacts and in particular to prevent the coupling of complementary connectors in the event of incorrect insertion of contacts and / or non-locking of the contacts. locking device.
  • the present invention aims to improve the devices for locking electrical contacts in the connector housings and in particular proposes a device for locking contacts in a contact holder box with different locking devices, the locking device having to further enable detection of contacts. badly locked.
  • the invention mainly relates to an electrical connector element comprising a first and second contacts receiving housing, provided with a first first contact locking device, movable between a release position and a locking position of said first contacts. , a second device for locking the second contacts, movable between a release position and a locking position of said second contacts, the electrical connector element comprising means for prohibiting operation of the second locking device as long as the first locking device is not in the locking position of the first contacts.
  • the connector element may in particular be such that the first locking and retention device of the first contacts comprises a rotary flap provided with fingers transverse to a direction of insertion of the first contacts in the housing, the second locking device comprising a grid front provided with retention elements of the second contacts directed towards the rear.
  • the prohibition means may comprise at least one stop element, integral with the housing, arranged on the path of an arm part of the second locking device and opposing the operation of the second locking device. from the release position to the locking position of the second contacts.
  • the arm may advantageously be a flexible arm provided with a lug provided with a first locking profile with a complementary profile of the abutment element and a second profile forming, after flexion of the arm, sliding exhaust profile against the stop element.
  • the first locking device in the contact locking position, may comprise a shoulder positioned at least partially in front of the abutment element or positioned in front of at least a portion of the abutment element and allowing the operation of the second device of FIG. locking towards its locking position by flexing the arm.
  • the arm and the abutment element comprise inclined rear surfaces such that once the gate in its retracted position for locking the second contacts, the arm and the stop element hold the grid in retracted position by the cooperation of the inclined rear surface of the arm and the inclined rear surface of the stop element.
  • the second locking device in the locking position comprises a locking element for actuating the first locking device from its locking position to its position of release of the first contacts.
  • the maneuver prohibition device may in particular consist of a pin carried by the second locking device and received in a housing forming part of the first locking device.
  • the housing may in particular be part of a resilient snap element.
  • the figure 1a represents an element 1 of electrical connector provided with a grid 11 for restoring and locking pin contacts.
  • the figure 1b represents the connector element in front of a complementary connector element.
  • the element 1 of electrical connector shown in section at the figure 2 comprises a housing 2 provided with cavities 21, 22 for receiving first contact 3 and second contacts 4.
  • the first contacts 3 are, according to the example, contacts provided with a metal locking lance 23 abutting against a partition 24 of the housing and retaining the contact 3 in the direction of its extraction from the housing.
  • the housing is provided with a first device 5 for locking the first contacts 3.
  • This first locking device is according to the example in the form of a rotating shutter 9, connected to the housing by a hinge 25, and movable between a position release and a locking position of said first contacts 3.
  • the flap is provided with fingers 10, retention and locking of the first contacts in the cells 22, transverse to a direction of insertion of the first contacts 3 in the housing, and bearing against a shoulder 26 of the contacts 3.
  • the housing receives second contacts 4, here contacts having windows 27 in which snap latches 28 locking the second contacts 4 in the direction of extraction of these contacts from the housing.
  • the first and second contacts are pin contacts.
  • the connector element 1 comprises a second device 6 for locking the second contacts 4, movable between a release position and a locking position of said second contacts 4.
  • This second device for locking and retaining the second contacts 4 is constituted by elements 12 in the form of rods directed rearwardly and intended to lock the latches 28 to lock the second contacts.
  • the rods are integral with a grid 11 before the points of the contact pins 3, 4 pass through, the grid being able to move between an advanced position of protection of the tips and release of the latches and a retracted position discovering the points of the pins of contact and, for which, the retention elements 12 that form the rods block the latches 28 and thus lock the second contacts 4.
  • the locking device of the invention aims to ensure the correct locking of the contacts.
  • the grid 11 is made such that if one of the contacts it must lock is only partially inserted into its cell, the rod 12 abuts against the latch 28 corresponding which prohibits the recoil of the grid.
  • the flap 9 can not be pushed into the locking position.
  • an additional security which is to allow the backward movement of the gate 11 in the locking position of the second contacts only if the flap 9 is itself in the locking position.
  • the invention provides means 7, 8 for preventing operation of the second locking device 6, constituted by the pins 10 of the shutter 9, as long as the first locking device constituted by the rods 12 of the grid 11 is not in the locking position of the first contacts 3.
  • the means of prohibition of maneuver represented in Figures 3a, 3b, 3c comprise on the one hand at least one abutment element 7 made in the housing 2 and on the other hand an arm 8 integral with the grid 11 and directed towards the rear of the grid along the axis of the cells 21, 22.
  • the stop member is disposed on the path of the arm 8 and opposes the operation of the second locking device 6, the release position to the locking position of the second contacts 4, preventing the backward movement of the gate.
  • the arm 8 and the abutment element comprise profiles 14, 29 facing parallel to each other and perpendicular to the direction of movement of the gate 11.
  • the arm 8 is flexible and provided with a lug 13 provided with the first locking profile 14 with the profile 29 complementary to the stop element.
  • the first locking device 5 comprises a shoulder 16 which, when the first locking device 5 is in the locking position of the first contacts 3, is positioned in front of at least a part of the stop element 7 and pushes the arm in a direction perpendicular to the direction of operation of the gate 11.
  • the shoulder 16 shifts the profile 14 and away from the stop element.
  • the locking profile on the lug 13 is followed by a sloping profile 15 which, when the arm 8 is flexed and pushed by the shoulder 16 can slide against the stop element 7.
  • the arm 8 resumes its position parallel to the axis of the cells and retains the grid in the retracted position by the cooperation of an inclined rear surface 31 of the lug 13 and an inclined rear surface 30 of the abutment element 7.
  • the locking of the gate 11 can only be done when the flap is in its locking position.
  • the invention provides for allowing the unlocking of the first device only when the second device is itself unlocked.
  • the gate comprising the second locking device 6, in the locked position, is provided with a locking element for actuating the first device 5 to lock its locking position towards its position of release of the first contacts 3 .
  • This maneuver prohibition element is in the example consisting of a pin 17 carried by the grid 11 and received in a housing 18 forming part of the flap 9 having first locking device 5.
  • the housing 18 is part of a resilient snap-fastening element 19 ensuring effective retention of the shutter.
  • the invention is not limited to the example described and may in particular be used for a connector element receiving female contacts or comprising locking devices acting in other directions.

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FR0315047A FR2864357A1 (fr) 2003-12-19 2003-12-19 Dispositif de verrouillage de contacts pour connecteur electrique et connecteur electrique le comprenant
PCT/EP2004/013653 WO2005069686A1 (fr) 2003-12-19 2004-11-30 Dispositif de verrouillage de contacts pour connecteur electrique et connecteur electrique le comprenant

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