EP2115825B1 - Connecteur électrique à fiches - Google Patents

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EP2115825B1
EP2115825B1 EP08706852A EP08706852A EP2115825B1 EP 2115825 B1 EP2115825 B1 EP 2115825B1 EP 08706852 A EP08706852 A EP 08706852A EP 08706852 A EP08706852 A EP 08706852A EP 2115825 B1 EP2115825 B1 EP 2115825B1
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Johann Scholler
Sonja Fredl
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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
    • H01R13/622—Screw-ring or screw-casing
    • 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
    • H01R13/64—Means for preventing incorrect coupling

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  • the invention relates to an electrical connector, comprising a plug part and a mating connector part which can be plugged together with the plug part, and a coupling nut carried by the plug part for screwing the plug part to a threaded sleeve of the mating plug part, according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • Such connectors are well known and are preferably used for electrical connections that should be easy and quick to manufacture and solvable.
  • the union nut By the union nut the plug part and the mating connector part of the connector are secured after plugging against accidental disconnection.
  • the union nut which has an internal thread, turned on a mutual external thread of the mating connector part up to an axial stop and then tightened, so that the screw can not solve.
  • a disadvantage of such known connectors with standard thread is the time required for attaching or detaching such a connector.
  • connectors are still known in which the external thread of the mating connector part and the internal thread of the union nut Have thread-free and threaded portions provided in the insertion direction, which are designed and arranged such that when connecting the plug part with the mating plug part, the threaded portions are inserted into the respective unthreaded portions of the plug part and the mating plug part.
  • Such a connector is in the DE 102 33 075 B4 disclosed.
  • the patent teaches an electrical connector with a threaded sleeve forming a plug part for screwing a nut of a mating with the plug mating connector part, wherein the external thread of the threaded sleeve has at least one provided in male or screw thread-free area at its outer diameter, and wherein the thread-free area of the external thread an adapted in its circumference internal thread of the nut can be inserted and fixedly rotatable.
  • a disadvantage of the described connector is considered that it is possible to turn the nut even if not completely mated connector. In such a case, although the plug part and the mating connector part can be tightened by repeatedly turning the nut and thus securely locked together, the advantage of quick assembly and disassembly is not guaranteed.
  • the invention is therefore the object of providing an electrical connector, in which rotation of the nut is prevented, as long as the plug part and the mating connector part are not completely mated.
  • At least one raised annular collar portion is arranged in the insertion direction in front of at least one threaded portion of the union nut.
  • the collar portion engages when mating the male part with the mating connector part in the unthreaded region of the external thread of the threaded sleeve of the mating connector part and allows rotation of the nut until the collar portion has passed the unthreaded region.
  • the union nut can be rotated to lock the connector, so that the internal thread of the union nut and the external thread of the threaded sleeve come into engagement with each other, wherein the collar portion in the insertion direction engages behind one, preferably the last thread of the external thread of the threaded sleeve.
  • a maximum of half a turn of the union nut is required to lock the connector, whereby a rapid establishment and release of the electrical connection is ensured.
  • annular collar portion and the threaded portion of the internal thread in the circumferential direction of the union nut on an identical length and are aligned with each other. This ensures that the threads of the internal thread of the union nut and the external thread of the threaded sleeve during mating of the connector part with the mating connector part can not accidentally engage slightly laterally and prevent rapid mating. The same applies to the disconnection of the connector.
  • the annular collar portion and the threaded portion of the union nut in the insertion direction on an identical contour. This has a favorable effect on the process time during the production of the threaded nut and thus reduces the corresponding unit costs.
  • a receiving space for the annular collar portion of the union nut is provided in the insertion direction behind a thread of the threaded portion of the mating connector part.
  • the receiving space can be arranged in the thread-carrying area between the threads or after the threads. Depending on its arrangement, it is bounded on one or both sides by a thread.
  • the receiving space is formed following the last thread in the insertion direction of the threaded sleeve, wherein it may be bounded by a circumferential annular collar on a side facing away from the external thread side.
  • the receiving space must have a width which is greater than the thickness of the annular collar portion in the insertion direction, wherein the thickness of the collar portion is determined substantially by the thread pitch of the threads of the nut or the threaded sleeve and at least a 1, preferably 2 times a thread turn (thread pitch, thread pitch ) corresponds.
  • the annular collar portion is arranged parallel to the threads of the internal thread and formed as a thread section.
  • the thread portion may be formed corresponding to the shape of a pointed thread, flat thread or a trapezoidal thread and provided for engagement in a corresponding threaded portion of the receiving space. It is important that the formed as a thread collar portion has an identical with the threads of the threaded sleeve and the union pitch or pitch, with different cross-sectional shape.
  • a circumferentially measured length of the threaded portion of the external thread of the threaded sleeve is a multiple of the threaded portion of the internal thread of the union nut.
  • the threaded portion of the nut is formed significantly shorter than the threaded portion of the threaded sleeve, which has an optimal coverage in the circumferential direction when turning the nut. In this way are at Turning the union nut, the female thread and the male thread engage over a large circumferential area with each other before the threaded portions are disengaged again.
  • thread-carrying and thread-free areas wherein the thread-carrying areas have an aspect ratio in the circumferential direction of at least 3: 1. With more than two unthreaded areas, and / or a much smaller aspect ratio optimal coverage over a wide peripheral area when turning the nut is not guaranteed.
  • the plug-in connector according to the invention has at least one thread-free region provided in the plug-in direction and at least one thread-carrying region adjoining it in the circumferential direction, which are designed and arranged such that when the plug part is mated with the mating plug part, the respective thread-carrying regions are inserted into the associated unthreaded regions of the plug connector. or mating connector part can be inserted in the insertion direction.
  • two thread-free and threaded portions for the internal thread of the nut or the external thread of the threaded sleeve may be provided on the plug part and the mating plug part, so that the nut does not tilt when screwed onto the threaded sleeve.
  • the mating connector part may have a cut or a cast thread.
  • a cast thread the two production-related flattened thread surfaces are understood as thread-free areas in the context of the invention.
  • the thread-carrying areas of the external thread each extend over 135 ° and its thread-free areas over 45 °.
  • 75% of the circumference of the external thread is formed as a thread-carrying area and 25% as a thread-free area.
  • the ratio in the circumference of the internal thread of the union nut correspondingly reversed.
  • the union nut for locking by about 135 °, with complete coverage of the threaded portions of the nut of the male part and the threaded sleeve of the mating connector part, rotated.
  • a rubber-elastic ring element is arranged between a nut carrying the fastening sleeve of the plug part and the union nut.
  • the ring element is overlapped and pressed by the union nut and acts as a friction brake.
  • the friction brake acts on the union nut in any position with respect to the fastening sleeve.
  • the inhibition of the rotational movement is thus independent of the overlap in the insertion direction of the internal thread of the union nut with the external thread of the threaded sleeve of the mating connector part. This causes after the rotating locking of the electrical connector, even with not tightened union nut, i.
  • the rubber-elastic ring element prevents unwanted loosening of the union nut by vibrations and shocks and can also seal the Steckerver-binder against environmental influences.
  • electrical connector 1 comprises an elongated plug part 2 with a union nut 3 and a mating connector part 4, which is formed in the embodiment as an angle flange.
  • the union nut 3 is rotatably mounted on the plug part 2 and is used for screwing on a threaded sleeve 5 of the mating connector part 4.
  • the plug part 2 can only in the in FIG. 1 shown position of the union nut 3 with respect to the body 6 of the male part 2 are mated with the mating connector part 4.
  • the plug part 2 and the mating connector part 4 by turning the nut 3, by a maximum of 135 °, are locked together.
  • the mating plug part 4 has a contact carrier 7 with contact elements 8 and an encoder 9, which are provided complementary to the plug part 2, but not shown in the drawing.
  • a connection of the plug part 2 with the mating connector part 4 of the connector 1 is only possible with mutually aligned coding devices, however, when mating the Connector 1 are covered by the union nut 3.
  • corresponding marks 10, 10 ' are respectively provided on the outer periphery of the plug part 2 and the mating plug part 4.
  • an external thread 11 and on the union nut 3 to the external thread 11 adapted internal thread 12 are provided on the threaded sleeve 5.
  • the external thread 11 and the internal thread 12 each have two unthreaded regions 13 and 14 and two threaded portions 15 and 16, respectively.
  • the circumferentially measured length of the threaded portion 15 of the threaded sleeve 5 substantially corresponds to the also measured in the circumferential direction length of the unthreaded portion 14 of the union nut 3.
  • the lengths of the threaded portions 12 of the union nut 3 and the unthreaded portions 13 of the threaded sleeve 5 are formed to each other , This allows that when mating the plug part 2 with the mating connector part 4, the threaded portions 15, 16 in the respective associated thread-free areas 13, 14 of the threaded sleeve 5 and the nut 3 in the insertion direction with little play are inserted into each other.
  • a mating of the plug part 2 with the mating connector part 4 is only possible if the unthreaded areas 13, 14 are aligned with the corresponding threaded portions 15, 16.
  • the union nut has a Einstellmark ist 17, for the mating, as in FIG. 2 shown, the markers 10, 10 'of the plug part 2 and the counter plug part 4 must be opposite and is determined by a stop.
  • the internal thread 12 and the external thread 11 are executed in the embodiment of the connector according to the invention shown in the drawing as a pointed thread with four threads 18 and 19 respectively.
  • the threads 11, 12 each have two threaded portions 15 and 16 and two thread-free portions 13 and 14, which are arranged symmetrically in the circumferential direction of the union nut 3 and the threaded sleeve 5.
  • the circumferentially measured length of the threaded portion 16 of the internal thread 12 is approximately 1/3 of the length of the associated threaded portion 15 of the external thread 11. Accordingly, the unthreaded portions 13, 14 of the threaded sleeve 5 and the union nut 3 are formed.
  • a raised collar portion 20 is arranged in the insertion direction in front of the threaded portion of the union nut 3, seen in the insertion direction has an identical to the threads 18 contour.
  • the annular collar portion 20 extends in the insertion direction by about two threads 18 and prevents rotation of the union nut 3 during the mating of the male part 2 with the mating connector part 4, as long as the annular collar portion 20 in the unthreaded region 13 of the external thread 11 of the threaded sleeve 5, ie between the two threaded portions 15, engages.
  • annular receiving space 21 is subsequently formed on the external thread 11 on the threaded sleeve 5, which is bounded in the insertion direction by a collar 22.
  • the width of the receiving space 21 is approximately 2.5 times the pitch of the external thread 11.
  • an O-ring is arranged as rubber-elastic ring element 24 in the insertion direction behind the internal winds 12 of the union nut 3.
  • the inset in a groove O-ring 24 is, as shown in Figure 4, overlapped and pressed by the union nut 3.
  • the elastic of the union nut 3 deformed O-ring 24 acts as Wilsontel- or vibration brake for the connector 1 and prevents accidental release of the connector part 2 of the mating connector part 4 and thus disconnecting the electrical connector 1 by frictional force.

Abstract

L'invention concerne un connecteur électrique à fiches, comprenant une partie mâle et une partie femelle dans laquelle la partie mâle peut être enfichée, ainsi qu'un écrou de raccordement porté par la partie mâle, prévu pour visser la partie mâle avec la douille filetée de la partie femelle. A cet effet, un filet extérieur de la douille filetée et un taraudage de l'écrou de raccordement, conçu de manière correspondante, présentent au moins dans chaque cas une zone non filetée prévue dans un sens d'enfichage. Les zones non filetées et les zones filetées respectives de l'écrou de raccordement et de la douille filetée peuvent être introduites dans les zones non filetées respectives de l'autre partie du connecteur à fiches, pour assembler par enfichage, partie mâle et partie femelle. Il est prévu pour le connecteur à fiches selon l'invention, dans le sens d'enfichage, au moins une section à collet annulaire surélevée, avant la zone non filetée de l'écrou de raccordement, qui ne permet une rotation de l'écrou de raccordement, à l'état assemblé du connecteur à fiches, que lorsque la section à collet annulaire a passé la zone non filetée du filet de la douille filetée.

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  1. Connecteur électrique (1), comprenant une partie de connecteur (2) et une partie de connecteur complémentaire (4) qui peut être accouplée avec la partie de connecteur (2), et un écrou-raccord (3) porté par la partie de connecteur (2) et servant à visser la partie de connecteur (2) avec une douille filetée (5) de la partie de connecteur complémentaire (4), un filetage extérieur (11) de la douille filetée (5) et un filetage intérieur (12) adapté de l'écrou-raccord (3), qui sont associés l'un à l'autre, présentant chacun au moins une zone sans filetage (13, 14) prévue dans la direction d'enfichage et au moins une zone avec filetage (15, 16) lui faisant suite en direction circonférentielle, les zones sans filetage et avec filetage (13, 14, 15, 16) respectives étant conçues et disposées de telle manière que lors de l'accouplement de la partie de connecteur (2) avec la partie de connecteur complémentaire (4), les zones avec filetage (16, 15) puissent être introduites dans les zones sans filetage (14, 13) respectives de la partie de connecteur (2), respectivement de la partie de connecteur complémentaire (4), caractérisé en ce qu'au moins une section de collet annulaire (20) en relief est disposée avant ladite au moins une zone avec filetage (16) de l'écrou-raccord (3) dans la direction d'enfichage.
  2. Connecteur selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que la section de collet annulaire (20) et la zone avec filetage (16) présentent une longueur identique en direction circonférentielle de l'écrou-raccord (3) et sont alignées l'une avec l'autre.
  3. Connecteur selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que la section de collet annulaire (20) et la zone avec filetage (16) de l'écrou-raccord (3) présentent un contour identique dans la direction d'enfichage.
  4. Connecteur selon une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'une chambre de réception (21) pour la section de collet annulaire (20) est prévue derrière un pas de filetage (19) de la zone avec filetage (15) de la partie de connecteur complémentaire (4) dans la direction d'enfichage.
  5. Connecteur selon une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que la section de collet annulaire (20) est disposée parallèlement aux pas de filetage (18) du filetage intérieur (12) et réalisée sous la forme de section de pas de filetage.
  6. Connecteur selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce qu'une longueur en direction circonférentielle de la zone avec filetage (15) du filetage extérieur (11) de la douille filetée (5) est égale à un multiple de la zone avec filetage (16) du filetage intérieur (12) de l'écrou-raccord (3).
  7. Connecteur selon une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'un élément annulaire (24) à élasticité caoutchoutique, qui est recouvert et comprimé par l'écrou-raccord (3) est disposé en tant que frein à friction entre la douille de fixation (23) portant l'écrou-raccord (3) de la partie de connecteur (2) et l'écrou-raccord (3).
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