EP1744408A1 - Connexion enfichable électrique - Google Patents

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EP1744408A1
EP1744408A1 EP06012472A EP06012472A EP1744408A1 EP 1744408 A1 EP1744408 A1 EP 1744408A1 EP 06012472 A EP06012472 A EP 06012472A EP 06012472 A EP06012472 A EP 06012472A EP 1744408 A1 EP1744408 A1 EP 1744408A1
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Bernhard Dipl.-Ing. Weingartner
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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
    • H01R13/62—Means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts or for holding them in engagement
    • H01R13/627—Snap or like fastening
    • H01R13/6275—Latching arms not integral with the housing
    • 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
    • H01R13/629—Additional means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts, e.g. aligning or guiding means, levers, gas pressure electrical locking indicators, manufacturing tolerances
    • H01R13/62905—Additional means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts, e.g. aligning or guiding means, levers, gas pressure electrical locking indicators, manufacturing tolerances comprising a camming member
    • 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
    • H01R13/629—Additional means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts, e.g. aligning or guiding means, levers, gas pressure electrical locking indicators, manufacturing tolerances
    • H01R13/633—Additional means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts, e.g. aligning or guiding means, levers, gas pressure electrical locking indicators, manufacturing tolerances for disengagement only

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  • the invention relates to an electrical connector comprising a cable connector having a connector housing, which has a male relative to the insertion direction insertion portion, and a mating connector having a connector housing having an insertion into which the insertion of the cable connector for contacting electrical contact elements of the cable connector electrical mating contact elements of the mating connector can be inserted, wherein the cable connector for locking the cable connector with the mating connector in the assembled state of the two connectors has a locking part which has a latching lug, which is held in a detent position in which it is resilient, outwardly over the circumference of Plug housing of the cable connector protrudes and in a recess in the connector housing of the plugged together with the cable connector mating connector ei engages and which is adjustable for unlocking the latching between the cable connector and the mating connector by means of an actuating element in a release position in which the latching lug and the latching recess of the plug housing of the mating connector are disengaged.
  • Such an electrical connector is known, in particular according to the XLR standard, in which the contact elements of the cable connector in the form of contact sockets and the mating contact elements of the mating connector are formed in the form of contact pins which can be plugged together in the axial direction.
  • XLR plugs are especially popular for audio applications.
  • the latching part is biased by a leaf spring of the insert part in its outwardly pivoted position in which the latching lug of the locking part over the circumference of the plug housing protrudes outwardly and engages in the assembled state of the connector in a recess of the mating connector, which from a window opening in the plug housing of Mating connector is formed.
  • an electrical connector with quick lock is known.
  • the plug has a cranked outer sleeve, which releases the quick lock by axial displacement.
  • the sleeve is not under spring tension.
  • US 5 637 010 A shows a male coupling with locking mechanism.
  • the plug has an outer sleeve which is spring biased and holds the latch upright. By axial movement of the sleeve, the connection can be solved.
  • US 2004/137778 A1 shows a snap connection of a male coupling with an outer sleeve, which can solve the lock by axial displacement.
  • the plug is coaxial.
  • the sleeve is not spring loaded.
  • the object of the invention is to provide an improved electrical connector of the type mentioned, in which a mutual wobbling of the nested connector is counteracted and in which a good and reliable annular contact between the connector housings of the two connectors can be achieved. According to the invention, this is achieved by an electrical plug connection with the features of claim 1.
  • the sliding sleeve allows also a simple release of the latching and opening of the electrical connector, wherein when moving the sliding sleeve in its rear open position, the latching lug is moved inwardly so that it comes out of engagement with the latching recess.
  • a plug connection according to the invention can advantageously also be made dustproof.
  • the latching part itself is resilient, wherein the latching nose passes through the spring elasticity of the locking part, starting from its release position into its locking position when the sliding sleeve is moved starting from its rearward shifted open position to the front.
  • the locking part is formed as a bent metal strip.
  • the cable connector and the mating connector of the connector according to the invention are in particular designed according to the XLR standard. Such connectors are preferably used for audio applications and thus form audio connectors.
  • the cables to be connected to such connectors are to avoid interference, z. B. shielded by particularly high-frequency electromagnetic fields (GSM networks). Within the cable shield run two or more cable cores.
  • front and rear this means the position with respect to the direction of insertion of the respective connector (in the region of the sliding sleeve), ie. a further forward part is closer to the male side end of the connector than a further backward part.
  • inside and outside refers to the position with respect to the central longitudinal axis of the respective connector, i. a further inner part has a smaller distance from the central longitudinal axis of the connector than a further outward part.
  • the cable connector 1 shown schematically in longitudinal section in Fig. 1, wherein a connected to the cable connector 1 cable 2 is also shown schematically, has a plug housing 3, which is formed in two parts in the illustrated embodiment.
  • the front plug housing part 4 has in its rear end portion on an external thread on which a rear plug housing part 5 is screwed with a arranged in the region of its front end portion internal thread.
  • the front plug housing part 4 consists in the illustrated embodiment of metal, as is preferred.
  • the rear plug housing part 5 may for example consist of plastic.
  • the connector housing 3 receives an insert 6 made of an insulating material, are held by the electrical contact elements 7.
  • the electrical contact elements 7 are designed in the form of contact bushes which extend into bores of the insert part, which lie parallel to the central longitudinal axis 8 of the cable connector 1.
  • the electrical conductors 9 of cable wires 10 of the cable 2 can be connected, for example, be soldered.
  • a conventional collet 11 may be provided. Their clamping tongues are pressed by an inner inclined surface 12 of the rear connector housing part 5 when screwing the rear connector housing part 5 on the front connector housing part 4 against the cable sheath.
  • the collet 11 is supported here at the rear end of the front plug housing part 4 in the axial direction of the cable connector 1 from.
  • the cable connector 1 further has a locking part 13. This has a detent 14. In the free state of the cable connector 1 and without an operation of the sliding sleeve 26 described below, the detent 14 projects beyond the circumference of the plug housing 3 to the outside, as can be seen from Fig. 1.
  • the locking part 13 is resilient in the embodiment shown. It is formed here by a bent sheet metal strip. An inner arm 16 and an outer arm 17, each extending forwardly from their free ends, are interconnected by a forward bend 18. The inner arm 16 has in the region of its rear end a connecting portion 19 for connection to the cable shield 20 of the cable 2, wherein the cable shield 20 is soldered, for example, at the connecting portion 19.
  • a portion of the outer arm 17 has the latching lug 14 and forms this.
  • the outer arm 17 further has a portion 21 at the rear end portion of the outer arm 17 which extends obliquely to the insertion direction 22 indicated in FIG. 1 by an arrow (which is parallel to the central longitudinal axis 8).
  • the remote from the central longitudinal axis 8 Outside of the portion 21 forms an obliquely to the insertion direction 22 and the central longitudinal axis 8 standing inclined surface 23, which approaches from rear to front of the central longitudinal axis 8, that extends inwardly.
  • the latching part 13 extends through a lateral opening 24 in the plug housing 3, which is formed in the embodiment shown as a window opening in the manner of an extending in the direction of the longitudinal axis 8 long hole, as shown in FIG. 4 can be seen.
  • the inner arm 16 is in this case in a groove-like recess 25 (which extends in the direction of the longitudinal axis 8) in the lateral surface of the insert part 6.
  • this groove-like recess 25 the locking member 13 may be attached, for example, be pressed.
  • a sliding sleeve 26 which surrounds the plug housing 3 over a portion of its longitudinal extension is displaceably mounted on the plug housing 3 in the direction of the longitudinal axis 8 between a front end position shown in FIG. 1 and a rear opening position (see FIG. In the free state of the cable connector 1 and in the unactuated state of the sliding sleeve 26, this is moved by the spring 27 in its front end position.
  • the preferably formed as a helical spring spring 27 is disposed in the region between the sliding sleeve 26 and the front plug housing part 4 and is supported on the one hand to a perpendicular to the insertion 22 stop 28 of the plug housing 3, which is formed by the front end face of the rear plug housing part 5, on the other at a right angle to the insertion 22 lying stop 29 of the sliding sleeve 26 from.
  • the sliding sleeve 26 further has an inner inclined surface 30, which cooperates with the inclined surface 23 of the locking part 13 and approaches from rear to front of the longitudinal axis 8, i. runs inwards.
  • an inner inclined surface 30 which cooperates with the inclined surface 23 of the locking part 13 and approaches from rear to front of the longitudinal axis 8, i. runs inwards.
  • a recess 31 (cf., Fig. 2) in a thickened front portion of the sliding sleeve 26 is present in the exemplary embodiment shown.
  • the front end position of the sliding sleeve 26 is limited by the locking lug 14. Instead, a corresponding stop on the connector housing 3 could be present.
  • the mating connector 32 may be formed in a conventional manner and of this mating connector 32 is shown schematically in the figures, only a front end portion.
  • the insertion direction for the mating connector is opposite to the insertion direction 22 for the cable connector.
  • the mating connector has a plug housing 33, which has a front insertion opening, through which a front plug-in portion 15 of the plug housing 3 of the cable connector 1 in a Einsteckraum 34 of the plug housing 33 of the mating connector 32 in the axial direction of the mating connector 32 can be inserted.
  • the central longitudinal axis the mating connector 32 coincides in the mated state of the two connectors with the central longitudinal axis 8 of the cable connector 1 together.
  • an insert member 36 is disposed of insulating material, which holds electrical mating contact elements 37, which are formed corresponding to the contact elements 7 of the cable connector 1. These are formed in the embodiment shown as arranged parallel to the longitudinal axis of the mating connector 32 contact pins.
  • the plug housing 33 further has a latching recess 38 for cooperation with the latching lug 14 of the latching part 13 of the cable connector 1.
  • This latching recess 38 is formed in the embodiment shown as a side window opening in the plug housing 33 near the front end of the plug housing 33, as shown in FIG is. Conceivable and possible, for example, would be a formation in the form of a depression on the inner circumferential surface of the plug housing 33 in the vicinity of the front end of the plug housing 33rd
  • the mating connector 32 may also be formed as a cable connector for connecting a cable.
  • a training as a chassis connector that can be installed in a device housing is conceivable and possible.
  • the cable connector 1 and the mating connector 32 are formed in the embodiment shown according to the XLR standard, as is preferred.
  • the insertion section 15 of the plug housing 3 of the cable connector 1 is inserted into the insertion opening of the plug housing 33 of the mating connector 32.
  • the electrical contact elements 7 of the cable connector 1 and the electrical mating contact elements 37 of the mating connector 32 are thereby brought into electrical connection.
  • the run-up slope 41 of the detent 14 runs against the front end of the plug housing 33, whereby it is pressed against the spring force due to the elasticity of the locking member 13 inside, so that it passes into the insertion opening of the plug housing 33 of the mating connector 32.
  • the front end face of the sliding sleeve 26 runs against the front end face 40 of the plug housing 33, whereupon the sliding sleeve 26 is displaced to the rear. This until the locking lug 14 reaches the locking recess 38 and snaps into it, whereby the connectors 1, 32 are locked together.
  • the sliding sleeve 26 is in its intermediate position shown in FIG. 2 and is pressed by the spring 27 against the end face 40 of the plug housing 33 of the mating connector 32.
  • the inclined surface 30 of the sliding sleeve 26 abuts against the inclined surface 23 of the locking part 13.
  • the outer arm 17 of the locking part 13 is thereby pressed inwards and in this case the locking lug 14 is entrained inwardly.
  • the bending of the locking member 13 takes place at least substantially in the region of the bend 18, the outer arm 17 is reinforced relative to the region of the bend 18, for example by lateral flanged edges of the latching part 13 forming sheet metal strip or by a greater material thickness.
  • the latching lug 14 is displaced so far inwards that it comes out of engagement with the latching recess 38, whereupon the cable connector can be pulled out of the mating connector 32.
  • the entire decoupling process of the cable connector 1 from the mating connector 32 can thus be done by a train on the sliding sleeve 26.
  • a stop 35 is advantageously present on the rear plug housing part 5.
  • the sliding sleeve 26 is electrically conductive, preferably metallic, and by its pressing on the end face 40 of the likewise metallic connector housing 33 in the assembled and locked state of the connector 1, 32 is an electrically conductive connection between the sliding sleeve 26 and the connector housing 33 over the entire Scope of the sliding sleeve 26 and the plug housing 33 made.
  • the sliding sleeve 26 may be electrically connected to the cable shield 20, for example, by abutment with the section 21 of the locking part 13.
  • an electrical connection may also be effected in that the latching part 13 is electrically connected to the plug housing 3 and is in electrical connection with the sliding sleeve 26, for example also via the spring 27.
  • a circumferential, coaxial connection between the cable plug connector 1 and the mating connector 32 can thus be made.
  • This coaxial connection between the connectors 1, 32, the connector is also suitable for the transmission of high data rates, such as those required for the transmission of digital audio signals.
  • the locking part 13 could also be designed in the manner of a one-armed lever, which is mounted pivotably about a pivot axis in the region of its front end.
  • the spring which moves the sliding sleeve 26 in its front end position is formed by the resiliently formed locking part itself (ie no separate spring member is present) or is formed by the spring element, which Locking part 13 pivoted in its locked position.

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