EP1953875B1 - Dispositif de protection pour une connexion enfichable - Google Patents

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EP1953875B1
EP1953875B1 EP20080001733 EP08001733A EP1953875B1 EP 1953875 B1 EP1953875 B1 EP 1953875B1 EP 20080001733 EP20080001733 EP 20080001733 EP 08001733 A EP08001733 A EP 08001733A EP 1953875 B1 EP1953875 B1 EP 1953875B1
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Michael Quiter
Savvas Valsamakis
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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
    • H01R13/46—Bases; Cases
    • H01R13/52—Dustproof, splashproof, drip-proof, waterproof, or flameproof cases
    • H01R13/5205—Sealing means between cable and housing, e.g. grommet
    • 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
    • H01R13/46—Bases; Cases
    • H01R13/516—Means for holding or embracing insulating body, e.g. casing, hoods
    • 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
    • H01R13/58—Means for relieving strain on wire connection, e.g. cord grip, for avoiding loosening of connections between wires and terminals within a coupling device terminating a cable
    • H01R13/5837—Means for relieving strain on wire connection, e.g. cord grip, for avoiding loosening of connections between wires and terminals within a coupling device terminating a cable specially adapted for accommodating various sized cables
    • 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
    • H01R13/58—Means for relieving strain on wire connection, e.g. cord grip, for avoiding loosening of connections between wires and terminals within a coupling device terminating a cable
    • H01R13/59—Threaded ferrule or bolt operating in a direction parallel to the cable or wire
    • 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
    • H01R13/46—Bases; Cases
    • H01R13/52—Dustproof, splashproof, drip-proof, waterproof, or flameproof cases
    • H01R13/5219—Sealing means between coupling parts, e.g. interfacial seal
    • 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
    • H01R24/00—Two-part coupling devices, or either of their cooperating parts, characterised by their overall structure
    • H01R24/60—Contacts spaced along planar side wall transverse to longitudinal axis of engagement
    • H01R24/62—Sliding engagements with one side only, e.g. modular jack coupling devices
    • H01R24/64—Sliding engagements with one side only, e.g. modular jack coupling devices for high frequency, e.g. RJ 45

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  • the present description relates to a protection device for a connector.
  • Such a protection device serves to prevent damage to a (standard) plug or a socket or a printed circuit board, to which one of the connector elements is soldered, for example, when inadvertently pulled on a cable.
  • the protection device prevents the penetration of solid and liquid bodies, so that even in a dusty or humid environment contacting errors or short circuits can be prevented within the standard connector.
  • Such a protection device provides complete protection against contact.
  • a protective device is for example in the DE 101 10 470 C2 described. This device has a receiving part and a female part, which are each sealed to increase the degree of protection to IP 67.
  • WO 01/20729 A1 a screwed protective sleeve, which is screwed after insertion of the plug to a counter-element to envelop the plug.
  • DE 203 17 623 U1 discloses a connector for electrical connections for connection to a complementary connector part and a peripheral seal, which comprises a contact carrier and is intended to rest against the corresponding connector part.
  • US 5 567 174 discloses a watertight grease-filled connector with a strain relief having an elastic cable grommet.
  • the cable is held by the cable grommet fürspeits and on the other hand closely sealed.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a miniaturized protection device for a connector, which can be used for a variety of different connectors and / or cables and / or can be adapted by simple means to different connectors and / or cables.
  • a protective device for a connector with a pair of couplable housing elements or sheaths or sleeves for receiving the connector each of the housing elements each a connector or plug or socket of the connector is assigned, so that the connector through Uncoupling or separating the housing elements is separable, while the connector is protected in the connected or mated state by the pair of housing elements by the connector in the coupled housing elements at least partially recorded, wherein one of the first and second housing members has a receptacle into which at least a front portion of the other of the first and second housing members is at least partially insertable, and engagement means are provided to engage the first housing member in the coupled state to fix the second housing element, wherein at least one of the first and second housing members is configured to partially receive a cable of the connector, wherein the at least one of the first and second housing members has clamping means for fixing the cable, wherein the clamp means comprise a tapered sleeve of deformable material and a substantially rigid cone.
  • the receptacle of the one housing element is sealed relative to the front portion of the other housing element.
  • the Klemmitttel a conical sleeve made of a deformable material and a substantially rigid cone.
  • the deformable sleeve serves both as a clamping means and as a seal. Due to the deformability of the sleeve within the cone, the sleeve can create cables of different outer diameter or clamp / seal the cable.
  • the conical sleeve on at least one of a rubber, an elastomer, FKM, HNBR or TPE.
  • the deformable sleeve is pressed by a screw body against the cone to reduce an inner diameter of the sleeve so that the cable is sealed and clamped by the sleeve.
  • a Torque By specifying a Torque thus the clamping force can be determined.
  • the sleeve and the cone can be easily replaced with other components to adapt the protection device to cables of different diameters.
  • a cable outlet of the housing member is designed substantially conical and has sealing lips on an inner periphery.
  • each one of the two housing elements can be assigned to a connector of the connector, the connector can be separated by decoupling the housing elements, wherein each one of the two housing elements remains united with one of the connectors.
  • a seal of the connector is created against the environment. In this way a dust protection or water protection according to IP 67 standard is created.
  • a complete contact protection is provided.
  • the housing element 1 has a front portion 12 or collar with a first engagement element 14, preferably a pair of engagement elements 14 on opposite sides of the collar 12 and front Section are arranged as in FIG. 3 is shown.
  • the second housing element 2 has a bush-shaped receptacle 24, as in FIGS FIGS. 1 and 2 is shown, in which the front portion 12 of the first housing member 2 is receivable when the two housing elements 1, 2 are connected or coupled together.
  • the housing elements 1, 2 protect the connector 3, 4 both against a violent pulling out of the plug 4 from the socket 3 and against environmental influences such as water, dust, etc.
  • a complete protection against contact of the connector by the casing of the housing elements 1, 2 is provided ,
  • the second housing element 2 has, as in FIG. 1 is shown, a lever 5 which is formed as a spring tongue and is made of a metal sheet.
  • This lever 5 has substantially in a central portion a tab 56 which is insertable into a corresponding slot of the housing member 2, to fix the lever 5 on an outer periphery of the housing member 2. Since the lever 5 is made of a resilient metal sheet, a spring-loaded lever 5 is created in this way. For example, when pressure is applied to grip members 54, an engagement portion 59 becomes raised.
  • the engagement portion 59 has a second engagement member 52 having a cutout 52, as in FIG FIG. 6 is shown.
  • This cutout 52 is preferably rectangular.
  • the first housing element 1 has, as in FIG. 3 is shown, a pair of first engaging elements 14 which are formed as locking lugs with a slope 14a.
  • a seal 25 is arranged to provide a substantially watertight seal between the two housing elements 1, 2, which meets in particular the requirements of the standard IP 67.
  • This seal 25 is preferably made of Viton, silicone rubber or other suitable material and preferably has a plurality of radial sealing lips.
  • the seal may also be formed as an axial seal (not shown) disposed on an end face of the front portion 12 and correspondingly resilient to ensure a secure seal when the resilient lever 5 is clipped to the detents 14.
  • the lever 5 can be disengaged from the engagement with the latch 14 by the operation handles 54 when the operation handles 54 are depressed to raise the engagement portion 59.
  • the tab 56 serves both as a hinge and as the corresponding spring, because the entire lever is made in one piece from a resilient metal sheet.
  • the rotary ring 8 is used for operating or depressing the lever 5.
  • the rotary ring 8 is rotatably mounted on the second housing member 2 and has on an inner circumference a curve for depressing the lever 5. This curve may, for example, be formed as a projection 88 with a slope 88a, as in FIG FIG. 9 is shown.
  • the curve can however also spiral over a portion of the circumference of the cam 8 or over the entire circumference of the cam 8 extend (although not shown in the figures).
  • a cable 6 of the second housing element 2 is sealed and clamped within the second housing element 2 by a cone-shaped seal 28 in conjunction with a sealing cone 29.
  • a screw 26 is screwed into the housing element 2, so that a front sealing lip 282 of the seal 28 is pressed by the sealing cone 29 against an outer periphery of the cable 6 when an axial pressure on the seal 28 by screwing the screw body 26 is applied.
  • the gasket 28 performs two functions. First, the cable 6 is clamped by the gasket 28 to provide strain relief or to prevent forcible extraction of the connector 4 by pulling on the cable 6. Second, the cable 6 is sealed at the outer periphery by the seal 28, so that the connector of the connector 3, 4 is sealed against environmental influences such as dust and water.
  • seal 28 is made of an elastic material, pressing the seal 28 into the seal cone 29 reduces an inner diameter of the seal lip 282 to fix the cable 6 and provide a seal between the cable 6 and the seal 28. Due to the elasticity of the seal 28 and cable 6 different outer diameter can be clamped and sealed with the same housing element 2 ..
  • seal 28 and the seal cone 29 are inserted into a cylindrical portion of the housing 21 of the second housing member 2 and fixed by the screw body 26, the seal 28 and the seal cone 29 can also be easily exchanged to adapt the housing member 2 to a different cable diameter ,
  • the cam 8 has a pair of diametrically opposed actuators 82, as in FIG. 9 is shown at which For example, with two fingers, a rotational force on the rotary ring 8 for rotating the same and operating the lever 5 can be exercised. Furthermore, a plurality of gripping elements 84 are arranged, as in FIG FIG. 8 is shown, so that the rotary ring 8 can be taken anywhere on the outer circumference, for example with a screwdriver or other suitable tool to exert a rotational force on the handle members 84 on the rotary ring 8.
  • the rotary ring 8 has a plurality of tongues 89 which extend in an axial direction at its rear side and have radial projections, not shown, at the end to clip the rotary ring 8 onto a guide projection 261 of the screw body 26. In this way, the rotary ring 8 is held axially to the screw body 26 and the second housing member 2 and can be rotated simultaneously in one direction of rotation.
  • the screw body has a plurality of tongues 262, on which the cam 8 can be clipped to provide axial guidance of the cam 8 via projections 263 of the tongues 262, as in Fig. 10 is shown.
  • the rotary ring 8 has a plurality of actuating openings 86. These actuating openings 86 can be used, for example, to exert a rotational force on the rotary ring 8 with a pin-shaped tool from an end face 85 of the rotary ring 8. This is particularly advantageous if the mounting position is designed so that an outer periphery of the rotary ring 8 is not accessible.
  • the second housing body 2 has a cone-shaped or cable-shaped cable outlet 22, in particular in FIG FIG. 6 is shown.
  • the second housing member 2 When the second housing member 2 is installed so that the cable outlet 22 is disposed on an upper side, water draining from the cable 6 can be discharged via the conical cable outlet 22 to an outer side of the second housing member 2. In this way, penetration of water, dust, etc. into the second housing member becomes safe prevents, even if the second housing member 2 is arranged so that the cable outlet 22 is directed upward or obliquely upward.
  • the cam 8 and a housing 21 of the second housing member 2 are preferably made of metal such as zinc die-cast.
  • the cable guide 22 and the seals 25, 28 are preferably made of a rubber or elastomer such as FKM, HNBR, TPE, etc.
  • the screw body 26 and the sealing cone 29 are preferably made of plastic such as PBT.
  • levers 5 may instead of a pair of levers 5, which are arranged on diametrically opposite sides of the second housing member 2, only a single lever 5 with corresponding engaging member 52 for engaging with the detent 14 of the first housing member 1 are arranged.
  • it can also be any other number of levers 5, for example, three levers or four levers 5 are used.
  • the advantage of the cam 8 is that a plurality of levers 5 can be operated simultaneously when a corresponding number of curves or projections 88 are provided on the inside of the cam 8.
  • lever 5 may also have a separate spring and a separate joint and need not be formed in one piece.
  • a sleeve can be used, which is attached via a locking ring at the proper position within the second housing member 2 to pressure on the seal 28 in an axial To exercise direction.
  • the first housing element 1 need not be formed as a separate socket, but may be part of a housing of a module housing.
  • the housing member 1 may also be an element with a cable outlet in which a cable is clamped, as is the case with the housing member 2.

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  1. Dispositif de protection pour une connexion enfichable (3) comprenant une paire d'éléments de boîtier (1, 2) pouvant être couplés pour la réception de la connexion enfichable, chacun des éléments de boîtier (1, 2) pouvant être attribué respectivement à un connecteur (3, 4) de la connexion enfichable, de sorte que la connexion enfichable est séparable par découplage des éléments de boîtier (1, 2), tandis que la connexion enfichable à l'état connecté est protégée par la paire d'éléments de boîtier (1, 2), dans la mesure où la connexion enfichable est reçue au moins en partie dans les éléments de boîtier (1, 2) couplés,
    des moyens de prise (14, 52) étant présents pour fixer le premier élément de boîtier (1) à l'état couplé contre le second élément de boîtier (2),
    au moins un du premier et du second élément de boîtier (2) étant configuré pour la réception partielle d'un câble (6) du connecteur (4), et
    ledit au moins un du premier et du second élément de boîtier (2) présentant des moyens de serrage (26, 28, 29) pour fixer le câble (6),
    caractérisé en ce que
    un du premier et du second élément de boîtier (2) présente un logement (24) dans lequel peut être introduit au moins partiellement au moins un segment avant (12) de l'autre élément du premier et du second élément de boîtier (1),
    les moyens de serrage comportant un manchon (28) conique constitué d'un matériau déformable et un cône essentiellement rigide (29), de sorte qu'une lèvre d'étanchéité (282) du manchon conique (28) peut être pressée contre une circonférence externe du câble (6), et
    le manchon conique (28) et le cône (29) étant introduits dans un segment cylindrique d'un boîtier (21) du second élément de boîtier (2) et étant fixés à travers un corps vissé (26).
  2. Dispositif de protection pour une connexion enfichable selon la revendication 1, le logement d'un élément de boîtier (2) étant étanchéifié vis-à-vis du segment avant (12) de l'autre élément de boîtier (1).
  3. Dispositif de protection pour une connexion enfichable selon une des revendications précédentes, le manchon conique (28) étant formé d'au moins un caoutchouc, un élastomère, un caoutchouc fluorocarboné (FKM), un caoutchouc nitrile hydrogéné (HNBR) ou un caoutchouc TPE.
  4. Dispositif de protection pour une connexion enfichable selon une des revendications précédentes, les moyens de serrage (26, 28, 29) étant conçus de telle sorte que des câbles (6) de différent diamètre peuvent être serrés et étanchéifiés.
  5. Dispositif de protection pour une connexion enfichable selon une des revendications précédentes, le manchon déformable (28) étant pressé à travers un corps vissé (26) contre le cône (29) pour réduire un diamètre interne du manchon (28), de telle sorte que le câble (6) est étanchéifié et serré à travers le manchon (28).
  6. Dispositif de protection pour une connexion enfichable selon une des revendications précédentes, une sortie de câble (22) de l'élément de boîtier étant conçue essentiellement en forme de cône et présentant des lèvres d'étanchéité (22a) sur une circonférence interne.
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