EP2144336B1 - Connecteur électrique multipolaire ou bipolaire hermétique - Google Patents

Connecteur électrique multipolaire ou bipolaire hermétique Download PDF

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EP2144336B1
EP2144336B1 EP09163994A EP09163994A EP2144336B1 EP 2144336 B1 EP2144336 B1 EP 2144336B1 EP 09163994 A EP09163994 A EP 09163994A EP 09163994 A EP09163994 A EP 09163994A EP 2144336 B1 EP2144336 B1 EP 2144336B1
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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
    • H01R13/50—Bases; Cases formed as an integral body
    • H01R13/501—Bases; Cases formed as an integral body comprising an integral hinge or a frangible part
    • 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
    • H01R13/5202—Sealing means between parts of housing or between housing part and a wall, e.g. sealing rings
    • 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
    • H01R13/527—Flameproof cases
    • 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
    • H01R24/84—Hermaphroditic coupling devices

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  • the present invention relates to a hermetic two-pole or multipole electrical connector.
  • Hermetic connection devices designed to provide electrical contacts in particularly damp or even wet areas as may occur in a refrigerator or in a heat exchange machine (climate control unit and the like,) are currently known and widespread.
  • the electrical cables are inserted easily in holes that have a larger cross-section than such cables; instead, in hermetic connection devices and in general in hermetic connectors, in order to provide tightness with respect to water and moisture, the spaces provided between the cables and at least the regions for feeding such cables into the respective insertion holes must be obstructed by means of suitably contoured sealing elements.
  • connection devices A comprise two connectors, a first male connector B and a second female connector C, with two or more poles, the first male connector B having tubular parts D that extend from a central body E to surround corresponding male terminals F inserted in such central body.
  • a central body G of the second female connector C has tubular seats H which accommodate female terminals F' for coupling with the male terminals F of the first connector B, which are shaped complementarily with respect to the tubular parts D of the first connector B.
  • the two connectors B and C are joined by snap engagement tabs L.
  • connection device A The tightness of the connection device A is provided by
  • a first limitation lies in the need to provide separately and to assemble manually the described sealing elements, with significant costs in terms of molding equipment, assembly time and therefore labour.
  • a second limitation is that it is necessary to provide two different connectors, a male one and a female one, each of which requires the preparation of a dedicated mold.
  • first and second connectors being long known and in use, are not structured to ensure the anti-flammability safety distances from a hot body in contact that are imposed by applicable national and international statutory provisions.
  • EP 0 549 269 A1 discloses a waterproof electrical connector according to the preamble of claim 1 having a main body with a terminal accommodating chamber and a pair of covers integrally formed through a membrane hinge on both sides of the rear portion of the main body, whereby when closed together the covers define an opening thgrough which electric wires extend into the chamber.
  • a rubber seal is mounted on the inner face of each cover to adhere on the electric wire and locking means are provided to lock the covers together in the closed condition.
  • the aim of the present invention is to provide a hermetic two-pole or multipole electrical connector that is capable of obviating the above-mentioned drawbacks of known devices.
  • an object of the present invention is to provide a hermetic connector that is simpler and quicker to install with respect to known connectors and equally quick to mate in order to provide a hermetic connection device.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide a connector whose installation requires less labour than known connectors.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide a hermetic connector that is less expensive in terms of equipment for providing its components.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide a hermetic connector whose mechanical performance is not inferior to that of known connectors and which is safer in terms of anti-flammability, in accordance with applicable statutory provisions at the national and international level.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide a hermetic two-pole or multipole electrical connector that can be manufactured with known equipment and technologies.
  • a hermetic two-pole or multipole electrical connector is designated generally by the reference numeral 10.
  • the hermetic electrical connector 10 comprises a central engagement portion 11 for at least two electrical terminals.
  • the portion 11 is for the engagement of two electrical terminals, respectively 12 and 13, which are shown in Figure 9 .
  • Each one of the tubular parts 14 and 15 is designed to mate with a corresponding female tubular part 15a and male tubular part 14a of an associated similar electrical connection element and in particular of an identical additional second connector 10a according to the invention, as shown in Figures 6 , 7 and 8 .
  • the connector 10 holds, in the illustrated example of embodiment, two terminals 12 and 13, which are of a male cylindrical type, while the second connector 10a bears female cylindrical terminals 12a and 13a.
  • a hermetic closure and containment portion 16 for segments 17 and 18 for crimping the terminals 12 and 13 to respective electrical cables 19 and 20 extends from the central portion 11, opposite with respect to the tubular parts 14 and 15.
  • the hermetic containment portion 16 is formed by two half-shells 21 and 22 designed to close onto each other.
  • the two half-shells 21 and 22 are articulated to the central portion 11 by way of hinge means.
  • Such hinge means are constituted, for each half-shell, by a bridge-like hinge 23 and 24, which is provided simultaneously with the monolithic molding of the central portion 11 with the tubular parts 14 and 15 and of the half-shells 21 and 22, with such half-shells in the open configuration.
  • the hermetic electrical connector 10 also comprises reversible extraction-preventing means for quick coupling to a similar corresponding associated electrical connection element, described better hereinafter.
  • the electrical connector 10 is also characterized in that it comprises a series of spacing ribs, designated by the reference numerals 25 and 26, which are designed to ensure a predefined safety distance for a body in contact.
  • the hermetic sealing elements for the half-shells 21 and 22 are constituted by:
  • Such first and second gaskets are both overmolded on the open half-shells 21 and 22 and on the central portion 11, respectively.
  • the two half-shells 21 and 22 are retained in the closed configuration on each other by snap-acting interlocking means, which are constituted by a pair of opposite engagement teeth 31 that protrude laterally from the second half-shell 22 and are adapted to each enter by snap action a corresponding opening 32 formed on a shoulder 33 that extends from the corresponding side of the first half-shell 21.
  • the extraction-preventing means for quick coupling with a similar corresponding associated electrical connection element exemplified here as an identical second hermetic electrical connector 10a according to the invention, are provided by a snap-acting engagement tab 34, which protrudes from the central portion 11 and cantilevers out laterally with respect to the male tubular part 14.
  • the tab 34 has, at the end that lies on the side of the tubular parts 14 and 15, a first tooth 35 for snap-acting engagement with a corresponding second tooth 36a formed on an associated connection element, or at the end of the female tubular part 15a of the second connector 10a according to the invention, and at the opposite end a maneuvering tail 37 for manual disengagement of the tab 34.
  • a bridge 38 for connecting the tab 34 to the central portion 11 is elastically deformable.
  • the quick engagement means also comprise a second tooth 36, which protrudes at the end of the female tubular part 15 and is available for engagement with a first tooth 35a of a tab 34a for the snap engagement of the second associated identical electrical connector 10a.
  • the spacing ribs 25 and 26, as well as 25a and 26a of the second connector 10a, are defined so as to protrude from the outer surfaces of the half-shells 21 and 22.
  • the connector 10 according to the invention is completed by a third gasket 40, which is molded on the central portion 11 around the inlets of engagement seats 41 for the male terminals 12 and 13, as shown in Figures 2 and 5 .
  • One of the features of the electrical connector 10 according to the invention is indeed that it is designed for quick and reversible engagement with another second identical electrical connector 10a provided with male and/or female terminals designed for mating with the corresponding female and/or male terminals of the first electrical connector 10.
  • the present invention provides a hermetic connector that is simpler and quicker to install and equally quick to mate for the provision of a hermetic connection device.
  • the connector 10 according to the invention in fact has overmolded gaskets 28, 29, 30 and 40, with advantages in terms of production of a smaller number of components and therefore in terms of labor and assembly times.
  • the present invention provides a hermetic connector that is less expensive in terms of equipment for providing its components, since it is not necessary to provide molds dedicated to the production of the seals to be assembled at a later time.
  • the present invention provides a hermetic connector that is safer in terms of anti-flammability, in accordance with applicable statutory provisions at the national and international level, by way of the ribs 25 and 26, which are sized and positioned so as to meet the applicable statutory provisions related to the minimum distance at which an electrical connection (understood as the mating between two terminals) must be located with respect to a body in contact that might potentially generate an amount of heat that is dangerous for the integrity of such connector and of the electrical connection.
  • the present invention provides a hermetic two-pole or multipole electrical connector that can be manufactured with known systems and technologies.

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  1. Connecteur électrique hermétique bipolaire ou multipolaire (10), comprenant une partie centrale d'engagement (11) pour au moins deux bornes électriques (12, 13) à partir desquelles un nombre correspondant de pièces tubulaires latéralement adjacentes(14, 15), au moins une première pièce tubulaire mâle (14) et au moins une première pièce tubulaire femelle (15), font saillie de manière à entourer lesdites bornes (12, 13), chacune desdites pièces tubulaires (14, 15) étant conçue pour s'apparier avec une pièce tubulaire mâle ou femelle correspondant (14a, 15a) d'un élément de connexion électrique similaire associé (10a), une partie de confinement et de fermeture hermétique (16) s'étendant depuis ladite parti centrale (11), à l'opposé par rapport auxdites pièces tubulaires (14, 15), pour des segments (17, 18) adaptées pour sertir lesdites bornes (12, 13) à des câbles électriques (19, 20) respectifs, ladite partie de confinement hermétique (16) étant formée par deux demi-coques (21, 22) conçues pour se fermer l'une sur l'autre, au moins une desdites deux demi-coques (21, 22) étant articulée sur ladite partie centrale (11) par des moyens de charnière (23, 24), ledit connecteur électriques (10) comprenant aussi des moyens empêchant une extraction réversible pour un couplage rapide à un élément de connexion électrique similaire associé correspondant (10a), ledit connecteur électrique (10) étant caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend en outre une série de nervures d'espacement (25, 26) conçues pour garantir une distance de sécurité prédéfinie pour un corps en contact, et en ce que les moyens d'étanchéité hermétiques pour lesdites demi-coques (21, 22) sont fournis
    - par une première garniture (28, 29), qui est surmoulée sur au moins une première demi-coque (21, 22) sur les zones où lesdites demi-coques (21, 22) entourent les câbles électriques (19, 20) à proximité des parties de sertissage (17, 18) et sur les surfaces d'au moines une des deux demi-coques (21, 22) qui sont adaptées pour venir en butée contre les surfaces correspondantes de l'autre demi-coque dans la configuration fermée,
    - par une deuxième garniture (30), qui est surmoulée sur ladite partie centrale (11) et agencée dans au moins une zone entre la base de la pièce tubulaire mâle (14) et la tête de la pièce tubulaire femelle (15).
  2. Connecteur électrique selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que lesdites deux demi-coques (21, 22) sont toutes les deux articulées sur ladite partie centrale (11) par une charnière analogue à un pont (23, 24) et venues simultanément du moulage monolithique de ladite partie centrale (11) avec lesdites pièces tubulaires (14, 15) et desdits demi-coques (21, 22) avec ces dernières dans la configuration ouverte.
  3. Connecteur électrique selon les revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend une troisième garniture (40) qui est moulée sur la partie centrale (11) autour des entrées de sièges d'engagement (41) pour les bornes (12, 13).
  4. Connecteur électrique selon les revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que lesdites deux demi-coques (21, 22) sont retenues dans un état mutuellement fermé par des moyens de verrouillage mutuel par encliquetage.
  5. Connecteur selon la revendication 4, caractérisé en ce que lesdits moyens de verrouillage mutuel par encliquetage sont fournis par une plaire de dents d'engagement (31) qui font saillie latéralement et dans un agencement mutuellement opposé par rapport à la seconde demi-coque (22) et sont adaptées pour pénétrer chacune par une action d'encliquetage dans une ouverture correspondante (32) formée sur un épaulement (33) qui s'étend à partir du côté correspondant de la première demi-coque (21).
  6. Connecteur électrique selon les revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que lesdits moyens empêchant l'extraction pour un couplage rapide avec un élément de connexion électrique similaire associé correspondant (10a) sont formés par une languette d'engagement par encliquetage (34) qui fait saillie depuis ladite partie centrale (11) et s'étend latéralement en porte-à-faux par rapport à ladite pièce tubulaire mâle (14), ladite languette (34) ayant, à l'extrémité qui s'étend sur le côté desdites pièce tubulaires (14, 15), une première dent (35) pour un engagement par encliquetage avec une seconde dent correspondante (36a) formée sur un élément de connexion associé et, sur l'extrémité opposée, une queue de manoeuvre (37) pour la libération manuelle de la languette (34), dont le pont (38) de connexion à ladite partie centrale (11) est élastiquement déformable, lesdits moyens de couplage rapide comprenant en outre une seconde dent (36) qui fait saillie à l'extrémité de ladite pièce tubulaire femelle (15) disponible pour un engagement avec la première dent (35a) d'une languette d'engagement par encliquetage (34a) d'un autre connecteur électrique identique associé (10a).
  7. Connecteur électrique selon les revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que ladite partie centrale (11) est profilée pour recevoir des bornes cylindriques (12, 13), du type mâle ou du type femelle ou mâle et femelle à la fois.
  8. Connecteur électrique selon les revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'un premier connecteur électrique (10) est conçu pour un couplage rapide et réversible avec un autre second connecteur électrique identique (10a) muni de bornes mâles et/ou femelles conçues pour un appariement avec les bornes femelles et/ou mâles correspondantes du premier connecteur électrique (10).
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