EP2434582B1 - Borne de connexion - Google Patents

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EP2434582B1
EP2434582B1 EP11182481.9A EP11182481A EP2434582B1 EP 2434582 B1 EP2434582 B1 EP 2434582B1 EP 11182481 A EP11182481 A EP 11182481A EP 2434582 B1 EP2434582 B1 EP 2434582B1
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Joachim Borst
Eduard Betz
Hermann Stadler
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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
    • H01R9/00—Structural associations of a plurality of mutually-insulated electrical connecting elements, e.g. terminal strips or terminal blocks; Terminals or binding posts mounted upon a base or in a case; Bases therefor
    • H01R9/22—Bases, e.g. strip, block, panel
    • H01R9/24—Terminal blocks
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R12/00—Structural associations of a plurality of mutually-insulated electrical connecting elements, specially adapted for printed circuits, e.g. printed circuit boards [PCB], flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures, e.g. terminal strips, terminal blocks; Coupling devices specially adapted for printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures; Terminals specially adapted for contact with, or insertion into, printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures
    • H01R12/50—Fixed connections
    • H01R12/51—Fixed connections for rigid printed circuits or like structures
    • H01R12/55—Fixed connections for rigid printed circuits or like structures characterised by the terminals
    • H01R12/58—Fixed connections for rigid printed circuits or like structures characterised by the terminals terminals for insertion into holes
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R12/00—Structural associations of a plurality of mutually-insulated electrical connecting elements, specially adapted for printed circuits, e.g. printed circuit boards [PCB], flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures, e.g. terminal strips, terminal blocks; Coupling devices specially adapted for printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures; Terminals specially adapted for contact with, or insertion into, printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures
    • H01R12/70—Coupling devices
    • H01R12/7005—Guiding, mounting, polarizing or locking means; Extractors
    • H01R12/7011—Locking or fixing a connector to a PCB
    • H01R12/7064—Press fitting
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R4/00—Electrically-conductive connections between two or more conductive members in direct contact, i.e. touching one another; Means for effecting or maintaining such contact; Electrically-conductive connections having two or more spaced connecting locations for conductors and using contact members penetrating insulation
    • H01R4/28—Clamped connections, spring connections
    • H01R4/30—Clamped connections, spring connections utilising a screw or nut clamping member
    • H01R4/36—Conductive members located under tip of screw
    • H01R4/363—Conductive members located under tip of screw with intermediate part between tip and conductive member

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  • the invention relates to a terminal-printed circuit board assembly according to the preamble of patent claim 1.
  • terminals with an insulating terminal housing and at least one arranged in the terminal housing clamping contact for connecting an electrical conductor known, wherein a contact element, which is in the terminal housing with one of the terminal contacts in electrically conductive connection through a first opening of the terminal housing on the outside of the Terminal housing is guided and comes to make an electrical contact between a circuit board and the terminal contact or the terminal contacts when placing the terminal on the circuit board with a contact surface of the circuit board in contact.
  • a contact element which is in the terminal housing with one of the terminal contacts in electrically conductive connection through a first opening of the terminal housing on the outside of the Terminal housing is guided and comes to make an electrical contact between a circuit board and the terminal contact or the terminal contacts when placing the terminal on the circuit board with a contact surface of the circuit board in contact.
  • a contact spring which presses on a arranged on the surface of the printed circuit board flat contact surface. This has the disadvantage that no accurate relative positioning between the terminal and the circuit board is guaranteed. In addition, the spring contacts are not protected against mechanical damage.
  • a terminal with an insulating terminal housing and at least one or at least two disposed in the terminal housing contacts for connecting an electrical conductor is known in which a contact element, which is in the terminal housing with one of the contacts in electrically conductive connection, through a first opening of the terminal housing on the outside of the terminal housing is guided and comes to make an electrical contact between the circuit board and the contact when placing the terminal on the circuit board with a contact surface of the circuit board in contact, wherein the contact element comprises two leaf spring-like spring elements, which are suitable, a contact surface , Which is arranged on the inside of a contact opening of the circuit board to contact and which at least partially away from each other and then running towards each other running sin d, wherein the distance of the free ends of the spring elements is smaller than the diameter of the contact opening and the spring elements are then formed extending away from each other, so that a break-in phase is formed, wherein the largest distance of the spring elements outside the terminal housing is arranged and wherein the largest distance of Spring elements is
  • Spring elements which are formed at least in sections as counter-shaped arc segment-shaped elements are made of US 3,717,841 A and the US 4,384,757 A known. Spring elements, which have a distance in the region of the first opening, which is greater than the diameter of the first opening, on the one hand from the above-appreciated prior art, but also from the US 7,399,187 B1 known.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a cost-effective plug-in terminal board assembly, which ensures a reliable contact with a circuit board and an exact relative positioning of the terminal in a contact opening of a circuit board and provides protection against mechanical damage.
  • the terminal board circuit board assembly comprises a printed circuit board and a terminal with an insulating terminal housing and at least one or at least two arranged in the terminal housing terminal contacts for connecting an electrical conductor, wherein a contact element which in the terminal housing with one of the terminal contacts or two terminal contacts in electrically conductive connection is passed through a first opening of the terminal housing on the outside of the terminal housing and for establishing an electrical contact between the circuit board and the terminal contact or the terminal contacts when placing the terminal on the circuit board with a contact surface of the circuit board comes into contact, wherein the contact surface is arranged on the inside of a contact opening of the printed circuit board and wherein the contact element comprises two leaf spring-like spring elements, which are at least partially away from each other and then running towards each other, wherein the distance between the free ends of the spring elements is smaller than that Diameter of the contact opening, when the terminal is not mounted on the circuit board, and the spring elements are then formed extending away from each other, so that an inlet chamfer is formed, wherein the largest distance of the spring elements
  • Such a terminal board assembly is characterized by the fact that it creates the possibility of a simple secure electrical contacting of the circuit board via the terminal by the geometric configuration of the leaf spring-like spring elements in combination with a disposed within a contact opening of a circuit board inner contact.
  • the sections the spring elements, via which the contact with the inner contact is made conditionally pressed by their geometric design, provided by spring action contact pressure against the inner contact thus ensuring a good electrical contact.
  • the terminal can be easily removed if necessary and simply plugged in, so it is a pluggable terminal.
  • the contact element does not spring in, but the two leaf spring-like spring elements each spring as a whole, which in particular a reliable contact between the contact element and the contact surface is guaranteed.
  • the contact surface is arranged on the inside of a contact opening of the circuit board, by attaching the terminal with the contact element in the contact opening already a relative positioning between the terminal and the circuit board can be made.
  • Characterized in that the distance between the free ends of the spring elements is smaller than the diameter of the contact opening and the spring elements are then formed extending away from each other, an inlet chamfer is formed, by which a simple insertion of the leaf spring-like spring elements is made possible in the contact opening.
  • the spring elements are at least partially formed as a counter-shaped arc segment-shaped elements, which are particularly inexpensive to manufacture.
  • the spring elements in the region of the first opening at a distance which is greater than the diameter of the first opening. Characterized the spring elements are biased by the first opening of the terminal housing, which causes a better contact force between the contact element and the contact surface.
  • the spring elements are curved in cross-section to allow a larger contact surface between the leaf spring-like spring elements and the contact surface on the inside of the contact opening.
  • terminal contacts are arranged in the terminal housing per contact element and each of the spring elements of the contact element is connected to exactly one terminal contact in electrically conductive connection. This makes it possible to connect to a contact surface in a simple manner two electrical conductors via the two terminal contacts.
  • the contact opening of the circuit board on its inside two electrically mutually insulated contact surfaces, so that in a small space in a contact opening electrically isolated from each other via the terminal two electrical conductors can be connected.
  • the first opening on the outside of the terminal housing has a sectionally circumferential Edge on which protects the protruding from the first opening free ends of the spring elements against mechanical damage.
  • a particularly effective protection against mechanical damage to the free ends of the leaf-spring-like spring elements is achieved if preferably on the outside of the terminal housing adjacent to the first opening a sleeve closed on one side is arranged, which has two openings in a side wall through which the free ends of the spring elements and in particular the area of greatest distance of the two spring elements are accessible, wherein the sleeve is insertable into the contact opening.
  • a positioning of the connection terminal relative to the printed circuit board is made possible by the sleeve, in particular if the sleeve can be inserted into the contact opening substantially accurately.
  • FIGS. 1 to 3 show a first embodiment of a terminal 10 with a terminal housing 12 made of an insulating material.
  • the terminal housing 12 has in particular a housing cover 19, which makes it possible that the interior of the terminal housing 12 is accessible in a simple manner.
  • three clamping contacts 20 are arranged, which are formed substantially identical to each other. Of course, more or less clamping contacts 20, in particular only one clamping contact 20, can be arranged in the terminal housing 12.
  • the terminal contacts 20 are designed as fferklemmtempo, wherein an electrical conductor can be inserted into the terminal contact 20 through a second opening 16, where it can be fixed with a clamping screw 25 which is accessible through a third opening 18 of the terminal housing 12.
  • a spring terminal contact or the like can be used.
  • a contact element 30 is arranged, which is in particular arranged integrally on the clamping contact 20 and which is formed by a first spring element 32 and a second spring element 34.
  • the two spring elements 32, 34 are designed as leaf spring-like spring elements 32, 34.
  • the two spring elements 32, 34 have a free end 32a, 34a, thereafter a first region 32b, 34b, subsequently a second region 32c, 34c and subsequently a third region 32d, 34d.
  • the two spring elements 32, 34 extend substantially parallel (cf. FIG. 3 ).
  • the third region 32 d, 34 d of both spring elements 32, 34 is connected to the contact element 20.
  • the two spring elements 32, 34 extend away from each other in the first region 32b, 34b and towards each other in the second region 32c, 34c.
  • the spring elements 32, 34 may be formed in the first region 32b, 34b and the second region 32c, 34c as counter-arc segments. Between the first region 32b, 34b and the second region 32c, 34c, the spring elements 32, 34 have a greatest distance a, which is arranged outside the terminal housing 12 on the outside of the first opening 14.
  • the first region 32b, 34b of the spring elements 32, 34 forms in particular an inlet chamfer, which simplifies the insertion of the contact element 30 into a contact opening of a printed circuit board.
  • the largest distance a of the spring elements 32, 34 is greater than the diameter of the contact opening, the distance d between the free ends 32a, 34a of the spring elements 32, 34 smaller than the diameter of the contact opening of the circuit board. This ensures a reliable contacting of the spring elements 32, 34 in the contact opening of the circuit board.
  • the break-off spark is formed in the area of the free end 32a, 34a of the spring elements 23, 34 and not in the area between the first area 32b, 34b and the second area 32c, 34c. which represents the contact region of the spring elements 32, 34 with the contact surface of the contact opening of the printed circuit board, so that damage to the spring elements 32, 34, which may be caused by the Abrasive sparks, in a region of the spring elements 32, 34 are caused, which is not for the preparation of electrically conductive contact between the terminal contact 20 and the circuit board is needed. Due to the configuration of the contact element 30 by two independent spring elements 32, 34 a larger spring travel of the contact element 30 in the contact opening and thus a better contact force is possible.
  • the spring elements 32, 34 are preferably additionally curved in cross section.
  • the edge 40 has a first section 41 and a second section 42, which are arranged on the edge of the first opening 14 and adjoin the spring elements 32, 34, respectively.
  • the sections 41, 42 of the edge 40 additionally ensure an exact relative positioning of the connection terminal 10 in the contact opening of the printed circuit board.
  • FIGS. 4 to 6c show a second embodiment of a terminal 10 'according to the invention, wherein like reference numerals the same or similar parts as in the first Designate embodiment of the terminal 10 and not all reference numerals are given in all figures for clarity.
  • the terminal 10 In the terminal 10 according to the first embodiment, exactly one terminal contact 20 is provided per contact element 30. In this case, any number of clamping contacts 20 can be arranged, each with a contact element 20 in the terminal housing 12.
  • the terminal 10 'according to the second embodiment differs from the first embodiment of the terminal 10 on the one hand, that per contact element 30 two terminal contacts 20a, 20b are present, the first spring element 32 via the third region 32d in electrically conductive connection with the one terminal contact 20a and in particular integrally formed on this, while the second spring element 34 is in electrical conduction connection with the clamping contact 20b over the third region 34d and in particular integrally formed thereon. This makes it possible to connect two electrical conductors to a contact opening of a printed circuit board via two terminal contacts 20a, 20b.
  • any number of contact elements 30 can be arranged in the terminal housing 12, each with two terminal contacts 20a, 20b. In principle, it is of course also possible to arrange in a terminal housing 12 both contact elements 30, which are connected to only one clamping contact 20, and contact elements 30, which are connected to two terminal contacts 20a, 20b in combination.
  • a circumferential contact surface may be formed in the contact opening, so that the two electrical conductors connected to the terminal contacts 20a, 20b are led to the same electrical potential.
  • Another difference of the second embodiment of the terminal 10 'over the first embodiment of the terminal 10 is the way in which the out of the terminal housing 12 led out spring elements 32, 34 are protected against mechanical damage.
  • the second embodiment of the terminal 10 ' is provided on one side by a lid 51 closed sleeve 50 which is placed on the first opening 14 on the outside of the terminal housing 12, which has two openings 54 in its side wall 52, in particular arranged diametrically opposite one another are, and through which the contact areas of the spring elements 32, 34 are accessible.
  • the sleeve 50 which is in particular substantially accurately fit into the contact opening of the circuit board, a reliable relative positioning of the terminal 10 'relative to the circuit board is possible.
  • FIGS. 6a to 6c showing a terminal board assembly 70 with a terminal according to the second embodiment of the invention in different representations and as an enlargement, it can be seen particularly well how the contact of a terminal according to the invention with a circuit board is made.
  • FIG. 6a shows an exemplary terminal board assembly 70 with a circuit board 60 with traces 61, which are interrupted by arranged in the circuit board 60 contact openings 62 respectively.
  • a terminal 10 ' according to the second embodiment of the invention, as shown in the FIGS. 4 and 5 is shown in not plugged state and has been described above, so that through the contact openings 62 through the lid 51 can be seen.
  • FIG. 6c shows detail enlargement of the area A of the sectional view according to FIG. 6b detects, the contact openings 62 of the circuit board 60 respectively on the inner contacts 63a and 63b, which are electrically connected to associated portions 61a and 61b of a conductor 61.
  • the contact surface formed by the inner contacts 63a and 63b is thus arranged within the contact opening 62, more precisely at its inner edge.
  • the spring elements 32,34 By inserting the terminal 10 ', which is facilitated by the fact that the first region 32b, 34b of the spring elements 32, 34 forms an inlet chamfer, the spring elements 32,34, the largest distance in the in the FIGS. 4 and 5 shown, not plugged or not on the circuit board 60 asssuffed state greater than the diameter of the contact opening 62 is compressed and under a mechanical tension. In other words, the distances a and d are reduced in the inserted state. This ensures a reliable contacting of the spring elements 32, 34 to the inner contacts 63a, 63b in the contact opening 62 of the printed circuit board 60.
  • the contact is thereby produced, in particular, on and in the immediate vicinity of the transition point between the first region 32b, 34b and the second region 32c, 34c, ie approximately at the point at which the spring element 32, in the non-inserted state of the connecting terminal 10 ', 34 have the greatest distance from each other.
  • the embodiment of the electrical contact with the inner contact 63a, 63b discussed by way of example using the example of the second embodiment is determined by the shape of the spring elements 32, 34 in the regions 32b, 32c, 34b, 34c and the distance of these regions from one another, and is thus different between the terminals 10 and 10 'independently.
  • Both in the terminal 10 according to the first embodiment of the invention and in the terminal 10 'according to the second embodiment of the invention are thus pluggable terminals 10,10', which can be plugged onto a circuit board 60 and withdrawn and in which in particular, the electrical contact does not have to be made by soldering to the printed circuit board 60 first.

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  1. Ensemble plaquette de circuit imprimé (60) et borne de connexion (10, 10') ayant un boîtier de borne de connexion (12) isolant et au moins un ou au moins deux contact (s) de serrage (20, 20a, 20b) monté(s) dans le boîtier de borne de connexion (12) pour permettre la connexion d'un conducteur électrique, un élément de contact (30) qui est en liaison électriquement conductrice dans le boîtier de borne de connexion (12) avec l'un des contacts de serrage (20) ou avec deux contacts de serrage (20a, 20b) passant au travers d'une première ouverture (14) du boîtier de borne de connexion (12) située sur le côté externe du boîtier de borne de connexion (12), et, pour permettre d'obtenir un contact électrique entre la plaquette de circuit imprimé (60) et le contact de serrage (20) ou les contacts de serrage (20a, 20b), vient lors du positionnement de la borne de connexion (10) sur la plaquette de circuit imprimé (60) en contact avec une surface de contact de cette plaquette de circuit imprimé (60),
    la surface de contact étant située sur la face interne d'une ouverture de contact (62) de la plaquette de circuit imprimé (60), et l'élément de contact (30) comportant deux éléments élastiques (32, 34) en forme de ressorts-lames qui sont réalisés au moins par sections pour s'écarter l'un de l'autre puis s'étendre l'un vers l'autre, la distance (d) entre les extrémités libres (32a, 34a) des éléments élastiques (32, 34) étant inférieure au diamètre de l'ouverture de contact (62) lorsque la borne de contact (10, 10') n'est pas positionnée sur la plaquette de circuit imprimé (60), puis, les éléments élastiques (32, 34) étant réalisés de façon à s'écarter l'un de l'autre de façon à former biseau d'introduction, la plus grande distance (a) entre les éléments élastiques (32, 34) étant située à l'extérieur du boîtier de borne de connexion (12) et la plus grande distance (a) entre les éléments élastiques (32, 34) lorsque la borne de connexion (10, 10') n'est pas positionnée sur la plaquette de circuit imprimé (60) étant supérieure au diamètre de l'ouverture de contact (62) de façon à permettre une mise en contact fiable entre l'élément de contact et la surface de contact sur la face interne de l'ouverture de contact (62),
    caractérisé en ce que
    la première ouverture (14) comporte, par sections sur la face externe du boîtier de borne de connexion (12) un bord périphérique (40) qui comporte un premier segment (41) et un second segment (42) qui sont situés au bord de la première ouverture (14) et limitent respectivement les éléments élastiques (32, 34).
  2. Ensemble borne de connexion et plaquette de circuit imprimé (70) conforme à la revendication précédente,
    caractérisé en ce que
    les éléments élastiques (32, 34) sont réalisés au moins par sections sous la forme d'éléments en forme de segments courbes opposés.
  3. Ensemble borne de connexion et plaquette de circuit imprimé (70) conforme à l'une des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisé en ce que
    dans la zone de la première ouverture (14), les éléments élastiques (32, 34) ont un écartement supérieur au diamètre de la première ouverture (14).
  4. Ensemble borne de connexion et plaquette de circuit imprimé (70) conforme à l'une des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisé en ce que
    les éléments élastiques (32, 34) ont une section courbe.
  5. Ensemble borne de connexion et plaquette de circuit imprimé (70) conforme à l'une des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisé en ce que
    sur la face externe du boîtier de borne de connexion (12), au voisinage de la première ouverture (14) est monté un manchon (50) fermé d'un côté, comportant dans sa paroi latérale (52) deux ouvertures (54) par lesquelles les extrémités libres (32a, 34a) des éléments élastiques (32, 34) et en particulier la zone de plus grand écartement des deux éléments élastiques (32, 34) sont accessibles, le manchon (50) pouvant être introduit dans l'ouverture de contact (62) .
  6. Ensemble borne de connexion et plaquette de circuit imprimé (70) conforme à la revendication 1,
    caractérisé en ce que
    l'ouverture de contact (62) de la plaquette de circuit imprimé (60) comporte sur sa face interne deux surfaces de contact électriquement isolées l'une par rapport à l'autre.
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