EP2332221A2 - Douille de connecteur pour la technique de données et de communication - Google Patents

Douille de connecteur pour la technique de données et de communication

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Publication number
EP2332221A2
EP2332221A2 EP09778730A EP09778730A EP2332221A2 EP 2332221 A2 EP2332221 A2 EP 2332221A2 EP 09778730 A EP09778730 A EP 09778730A EP 09778730 A EP09778730 A EP 09778730A EP 2332221 A2 EP2332221 A2 EP 2332221A2
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Prior art keywords
socket
circuit board
insulating body
connector
connector socket
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EP09778730A
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German (de)
English (en)
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EP2332221B1 (fr
Inventor
Rolf Sticker
Werner Rösch
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MC Technology GmbH
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MC Technology GmbH
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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
    • H01R13/66—Structural association with built-in electrical component
    • H01R13/665—Structural association with built-in electrical component with built-in electronic circuit
    • H01R13/6658—Structural association with built-in electrical component with built-in electronic circuit on printed circuit board
    • 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
    • H01R13/648—Protective earth or shield arrangements on coupling devices, e.g. anti-static shielding  
    • H01R13/658—High frequency shielding arrangements, e.g. against EMI [Electro-Magnetic Interference] or EMP [Electro-Magnetic Pulse]
    • H01R13/6581—Shield structure
    • H01R13/6582—Shield structure with resilient means for engaging mating connector
    • H01R13/6583—Shield structure with resilient means for engaging mating connector with separate conductive resilient members between mating shield members
    • H01R13/6584—Shield structure with resilient means for engaging mating connector with separate conductive resilient members between mating shield members formed by conductive elastomeric members, e.g. flat gaskets or O-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
    • H01R13/73—Means for mounting coupling parts to apparatus or structures, e.g. to a wall
    • H01R13/74—Means for mounting coupling parts in openings of a panel
    • H01R13/746—Means for mounting coupling parts in openings of a panel using a screw ring
    • 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

Definitions

  • the invention relates to a connector socket for data and communication technology according to the preamble of patent claim 1.
  • connector sockets are used as an interface, whereby these sockets are today generally standardized RJ sockets.
  • These jacks are often soldered directly to a printed circuit board to allow a cost-effective interconnection. If the socket "exposed as a result of frequent plugging severe wear, so that replacement of the bushing is expensive.
  • a further problem arises for example when used in harsh industrial environments, e.g., in connection with industrial Ethernet, when the jacks Since the positioning of the sockets in the protective housing must be very precise, tolerance problems can arise if the socket is connected directly to the printed circuit board for the electronics.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a connector socket for the data and communication available, the position tolerances between the positioned in a device wall built-in jack and a device circuit board, with which this socket is connected, can compensate and a simple Replacing the socket allows.
  • plug connector socket or “socket” for short refers to all sockets of plug connector systems which are used as separable interfaces in data and communication technology. As current version, these are in particular RJ sockets, z. B. RJ45 sockets.
  • the connector socket is positioned and connected to the device board the socket electrically conductive, are understood in the context of the invention, all devices to which a data or communication cable can be connected via the connector socket Such devices may be transmitting and receiving devices and also junction boxes or the like.
  • the connector socket is arranged in a socket housing and connected to a likewise arranged in this socket housing circuit board.
  • the printed circuit board has at its edge facing away from the socket PCB edge plug contacts and is plugged with these edge plug contacts in a PCB edge connector socket of the device circuit board.
  • the socket is thus electrically connected via the circuit board and the edge connector directly to the device circuit board and interconnected.
  • the edge plug connection between the printed circuit board of the socket and the device circuit board has a mechanical positional tolerance in the insertion direction of this edge connector, whereby can compensate for positional tolerances between the installation position of the socket and the installation position of the device circuit board. Even small positional tolerances in the axes perpendicular to the plug-in direction can be compensated.
  • additional electronic components for interconnecting the socket can also be arranged on the printed circuit board of the socket.
  • filters and / or transformers can be arranged on the printed circuit board, as described, for example, in US Pat. B. to adapt the interface for Ethernet needed.
  • the socket housing has a front part and an insulating body adjoining it.
  • the front part is preferably made of metal, in particular die-cast zinc.
  • the insulating body takes on the socket contacts.
  • the metallic front part and the insulating body surrounding shroud jacket form a shield of the entire socket.
  • the metallic front part facilitates precise mounting of the socket in a protective housing, as required for use in industrial environments.
  • Plastic injection molded part is produced, wherein the bottom is pivotally connected to the insulating body via a film hinge.
  • Fig. 7 shows the insertion of the circuit board in the insulating body
  • FIG. 8 shows the fixing of the printed circuit board in the insulating body in a cutaway view.
  • a typical installation situation of a connector socket according to the invention is shown in an exploded view.
  • the socket is in this case installed in a device, of which in FIG. 1 only a section of the device wall 10 is shown.
  • a device circuit board 12 z. B. installed parallel to the device wall 10.
  • the connector socket is positioned on the one hand in a breakthrough of the device wall 10 positio- nier and on the other hand electrically connected to the device circuit board 12.
  • the connector socket 14 is formed in the illustrated embodiment as an RJ socket.
  • a protective housing 16 is inserted in the wall opening of the device wall 10 in a conventional manner, which is sealed by a seal 18 against the device wall 10 and screwed by a nut 20 with the device wall 10 is.
  • the connector socket 14 is inserted in the illustrated embodiment of the device interior in the protective housing 16 and fixed there exact position. Also an insertion from the outside conceivable.
  • the protective housing 16 is used for attaching a connector housing, which encloses the plug-in connector 14 to be inserted in the connector plug connector. Since the plug housing is fitted accurately and sealed onto the protective housing 16, an exact positioning of the socket 14 in the protective housing 16 is necessary.
  • the exact positioning of the socket 14 in the protective housing 16 and thus in the device wall 10 has the consequence that dimensional tolerances affect the installation of the device circuit board 12 with respect to the device wall 10 on the connection of the socket 14 to the device circuit board 12.
  • These position tolerances are compensated according to the invention in that the connector socket 14 is arranged in a socket housing 22 and is connected to a printed circuit board 24, which is also arranged fixed in position in the socket housing 22.
  • the printed circuit board 24 protrudes from the socket housing 22 at the end facing away from the socket 14. At the free edge of the printed circuit board 24 protruding from the socket housing 22, opposite the socket 14, printed circuit board edge plug contacts 26 are formed.
  • edge plug contacts 26 is the Printed circuit board 24 is inserted into a printed circuit board edge connector socket 28 which is arranged on the device circuit board 12.
  • the plug-in direction of the printed circuit board 24 with its edge plug contacts 26 in the edge connector socket 28 coincides with the plug-in direction of the connector socket 14.
  • the contact length of the edge plug contacts 26 and the edge socket 28 in the plug allows for a tolerance in the insertion of the circuit board 24 in the edge connector 28 and thus a distance tolerance between the housing 16 fixed in the protective housing 16 and the connector socket 14 and the in Even in the direction perpendicular to the insertion axis, ie in the plane of the device circuit board 12, low installation tolerances can be compensated.
  • the structure of the female housing 22 will be explained below with reference to FIGS 2 to 4.
  • the socket housing 22 has a front part 30, which preferably consists of metal and in particular of zinc die casting.
  • the front part 30 forms the receiving space for the male connector 14 to be inserted into the connector plug. Due to the metallic material, the front part 30 also forms a shield of the connector. Outside on the side walls of the front part 30 locking grooves 32 are formed, which serve for securing the front part 30 and thus the entire female housing 22 in the protective housing 16.
  • the front part 30 is followed by an insulating body 34 made of plastic.
  • the insulating body 34 is attached from behind to the front part 30 and closes with its front end wall, the back of the front part 30.
  • a projecting over this front end wall bottom plate of the insulating body pers 34 forms the bottom of the receiving space of the front part 30.
  • guide slots 36 are formed, which serve to receive the socket contacts 38.
  • the socket contacts 38 are arranged in the manner known for RJ sockets and resilient. The socket contacts 38 engage through the guide slots 36 in the receiving space of the socket and are insulated by the insulating body 34.
  • the circuit board 24 is inserted from the rear and fixed to the bottom side in the insulating body 34.
  • the printed circuit board 24 carries on its front edge inserted into the insulating body 34, the female contacts 38.
  • the female contacts 38 are connected to the edge connector contacts 26, which are arranged on the opposite rear edge of the printed circuit board 24. Since the printed circuit board 24 lies parallel to the bottom of the insulating body 34, the plugging direction of the socket 14 with the socket contacts 38 runs in the same direction as the plug-in direction of the edge plug contacts 26.
  • the insulating body 34 is enclosed by a shroud jacket 40.
  • the shroud jacket 40 abuts the four side surfaces of the insulating body 34 and closes the rear surface of the insulating body 34 facing away from the socket 14 except for an entry slot for the printed circuit board 24.
  • In the bottom 42 of the insulating body 34 is in the area in which the Circuit board 24 adjacent to the bottom 42, an opening 44 recessed, through which a from the shroud coat 40 inwardly bent contact spring 46 engages to contact a corresponding conductor track of the circuit board 24.
  • the contact spring 46 can be soldered to this conductor.
  • At the top and at the bottom side engages the shroud jacket 40 on the insulating body 34 and on the front part 30.
  • End wall of the insulating body 34 pass into the receiving space of the socket 14.
  • the spring tongues 52 contact the shield of a plugged into the socket 14 connector.
  • 40 contact springs 56 are formed on the lateral edges of the forwardly projecting underside of the shroud shell, which lie in grooves of the front part 30 and are arched over the outer surface, to optionally contact a metallic protective housing or the like.
  • the shroud jacket 40 of the female housing 22 is contacted by a shield plate 54 which on the Device circuit board 12 is arranged and the edge connector socket 28 of the circuit board 12 encloses.
  • a side surface of this shielding plate 54 is removed to make the edge connector connection visible.
  • the connector between the socket 14 and a plugged into this plug is thus completely shielded by the front part 30 and the shroud jacket 40.
  • the shield is also passed over the contact spring 46 to the circuit board 24.
  • FIG. 5 shows the printed circuit board 24 in a detail view. It can be seen that in this embodiment the resilient socket contacts 38 are manufactured in an injection-molded part
  • Carrier element 58 are embedded, whereby their exact positioning is facilitated.
  • the support member 58 is attached to the front end edge of the circuit board 24 to connect the socket contacts 38 with the tracks of the circuit board 24 and to solder.
  • further electronic circuit components 60 can be arranged and interconnected on the printed circuit board 24. These can be, for example, transformers, capacitors, resistors and the like, which are then preferably likewise accommodated in the insulation body 34 and shielded by the shroud jacket 40. Such electronic components are used, for example, to adapt the interface to the transmission path of the data network.
  • FIG. 6 shows a detailed view of the insulating body 34.
  • the insulating body 34 is produced as a one-piece plastic injection-molded part.
  • the bottom 42 can be swiveled downwards in the rear region, for which purpose the bottom 42 is connected to the remaining insulation body 34 via a film hinge 62.
  • Insulating body 34 is produced by injection molding with base 42 pivoted downwards at right angles. This arrangement of the bottom 42 enables an undercut-free design of the injection molding tools.
  • the bottom 42 remains during assembly initially in the downwardly pivoted position, as shown in Figure 7.
  • the circuit board 24 is used, wherein the support member 58 is inserted into a molded under the guide slots 36 and in front of the film hinge 62 in the insulating body 34 bottom pocket 72 and the circuit board 24 is guided in grooves 66, the inside of the side walls of the insulating body 34 are formed.
  • the socket contacts 38 pass through the guide slots 36, as shown in FIG.
  • the bottom 42 is pivoted up, so that it applies from below to the circuit board 24.
  • the bottom 42 has at its two free rear corners each upwardly directed corner projections 64 which engage around the printed circuit board 24 formed corners, so that the circuit board 24 is fixed against displacement in its plane.
  • the circuit board 24 is fixed in the insulating body 34 against movement perpendicular to the plane of the circuit board.
  • the bottom 42 is locked in the insulating body 34.
  • molded resilient locking lugs 68 which engage in lateral recesses of the circuit board 24 and engage behind latching edges 70 which are integrally formed on the side walls of the insulating body 34.

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  • Microelectronics & Electronic Packaging (AREA)
  • Details Of Connecting Devices For Male And Female Coupling (AREA)
  • Coupling Device And Connection With Printed Circuit (AREA)

Abstract

L'invention concerne une douille de connecteur pour la technique de données et de communication qui est disposée en position fixe dans un boîtier de douille (22). Une carte de circuits imprimés (24) à laquelle la douille (14) est reliée est en outre disposée dans ce boîtier de douille (22). Pour compenser les tolérances d'encastrement, la carte de circuits imprimés (24) est réalisée avec des contacts de bord enfichables (26) et peut être insérée avec ceux-ci dans une douille d'enfichage (28) d'une carte de circuits imprimés (12) d'appareil.
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