EP2697869B1 - Connecteur enfichable doté d'un élément de contact - Google Patents

Connecteur enfichable doté d'un élément de contact Download PDF

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EP2697869B1
EP2697869B1 EP12702187.1A EP12702187A EP2697869B1 EP 2697869 B1 EP2697869 B1 EP 2697869B1 EP 12702187 A EP12702187 A EP 12702187A EP 2697869 B1 EP2697869 B1 EP 2697869B1
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Christian Eckart
Martin Zebhauser
Christian Maier
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Rosenberger Hochfrequenztechnik GmbH and Co KG
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    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01RELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R13/00Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/44Means for preventing access to live contacts
    • H01R13/447Shutter or cover plate
    • H01R13/453Shutter or cover plate opened by engagement of counterpart
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01RELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R13/00Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/44Means for preventing access to live contacts
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01RELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R13/00Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/44Means for preventing access to live contacts
    • H01R13/447Shutter or cover plate
    • H01R13/453Shutter or cover plate opened by engagement of counterpart
    • H01R13/4538Covers sliding or withdrawing in the direction of engagement
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01RELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R13/00Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/02Contact members
    • H01R13/22Contacts for co-operating by abutting
    • H01R13/24Contacts for co-operating by abutting resilient; resiliently-mounted
    • H01R13/2407Contacts for co-operating by abutting resilient; resiliently-mounted characterized by the resilient means
    • H01R13/2421Contacts for co-operating by abutting resilient; resiliently-mounted characterized by the resilient means using coil springs

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  • the present invention relates to a connector for producing at least one electrical contact, in particular charging plug or high-current plug, with a housing and at least one disposed in the housing first contact element, wherein the housing has a plug-side end, which is designed for plug-in connection with a complementary connector and wherein the at least one first contact element has a free end which faces the plug-side end, wherein at least a first contact element of the connector and at least a part of the housing between a first position, in which the first contact element is retracted into the housing, and a second position, in which the free end of the first contact element is exposed, are movable relative to each other, wherein at least one second contact element is provided, which fixed with respect to the part of the housing and the first contact element angeor dnet, wherein the second contact element is electrically connected to the movable first contact element via an electrical sliding contact "according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • a high current connector for transmitting electrical currents has a housing made of electrically conductive material, which is designed for mechanical and electrical connection to a cable and an open side for insertion of a Having mating connector made of an electrically conductive material. Furthermore, a contact element is provided, which is arranged and formed in the housing such that it produces an electrical contact with contact surface and contact pressure between the housing and the mating plug connector inserted therein.
  • the contact element has at least one annular coil spring.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a connector of o.g. To design a type such that the security is improved for an operator using this plug, so that the connector is also suitable for applications in the field of high electrical currents and voltages.
  • the sliding contact comprises at least one coil spring which electrically contacts the first and the second contact element with a respective contact pressure of a respective contact surface with opposite radial outer sides of helical turns.
  • the connector is also suitable for applications in which an electrical voltage is applied to the first contact element or elements even in the unplugged state.
  • the good electrical contact is not adversely affected by the relative movement between the first and second contact element.
  • the at least one first contact element for electrically contacting a complementary contact element in the complementary connector, when the connector is plugged into the complementary connector is formed.
  • a coupler or female connector of the connector For connection to a coupler or female connector of the connector is designed as a male connector and at least a first contact element as a contact pin.
  • a linear connector is achieved in that the first contact element and / or the part of the housing in the direction parallel to a plug-in direction of the connector in the complementary connector is movable.
  • a particularly good contact protection of the first contact element or elements is achieved in that the housing has at the plug-side end a cover made of an electrically insulating material, wherein the at least one first contact element in the first position within a space defined by the housing and the cover is arranged and extends in the second position through the cover and out of this outstanding.
  • a particularly reliable and functionally reliable contact protection is achieved in that the cover and the housing are integrally formed with each other.
  • a further improvement of the contact protection is achieved in that at the free end of at least one first contact element, an end cap made of an electrically insulating material is arranged, which completely covers the free end.
  • An improvement in the reliability of the electrical contact between the first and second contact element is achieved in that the at least one coil spring is fixedly attached to the first contact element.
  • the in the Fig. 1 to 8 illustrated, preferred embodiment of a connector according to the invention comprises a housing 10 made of an electrically insulating material in which seven first contact elements 12 are arranged.
  • the holder and bearing of the first contact elements 12 relative to the housing 10 is not shown for reasons of clarity in all figures.
  • the first contact elements 12 are plate-shaped and arranged substantially parallel to each other, so that respective wide sides 22 of adjacent first contact elements 12 face each other.
  • the housing 10 has a male end 14 for mating engagement with a complementary connector (not shown) and a cable end 16 for electrical and mechanical connection to an electrically conductive cable (not shown).
  • the connector is shown to the plug-side end 14 and the cable end 16 is cut off.
  • the cable-side end 16 and the plug-side end 14 of the housing 10 is cut off.
  • the first contact elements 12 each have a free end 18, which faces the plug-side end 14. On the free end 18, an end cap 20 made of an electrically insulating material is applied to each end face. Otherwise, the first contact elements 12 are made of an electrically conductive material and destined to an electrical contact corresponding contact elements in a complementary, mating with the connector according to the invention complementary connector (not shown) produce.
  • the housing 10 has a cover 24, which has openings 26 which are designed and arranged such that in each case a first contact element 12 engages through an opening 26.
  • the first contact elements 12 are movable relative to the housing 10 between a first position, as in FIG Fig. 1 and 2 represented, and a second position, as in Fig. 5 and 6 represented movably arranged.
  • the Fig. 3 and 4 branch an intermediate position of the first contact elements 12 between the first and second position.
  • a mechanism for moving the first contact elements 12 for reasons of clarity is not shown.
  • the first position the first contact elements 12 are retracted into a space bounded by the housing 10 and the cover 24.
  • the first contact elements 12 are pushed out of the housing 10 through the apertures 26 and accordingly project beyond the cover 24 or the housing 10 in the direction of the plug-side end 14.
  • the first contact elements 12 are extended from the first position through the cover 24 through to the second position, so that the first contact elements 12 electrically contact corresponding contact elements in the complementary connector. Conversely, before pulling back again from the connector according to the invention and the complementary connector, the first contact elements 12 are withdrawn from the second position back to the first position.
  • a corresponding first securing mechanism is provided, which only allows a movement of the first contact elements 12 from the first position to the second position when the connector according to the invention is fully inserted into the complementary connector.
  • a second securing mechanism is preferably provided, which prevents disassembly of the connector according to the invention and the complementary connector, as long as the first contact elements are outside the first position.
  • the connector according to the invention is connected at its cable end 16 with at least one electrically conductive cable.
  • a second contact element 28 fixed relative to the housing 10 is provided for each movable first contact element 12, as in FIG Fig. 7 and 8th shown. In the Fig. 7 and 8th For reasons of better clarity, only one pair of first and second contact elements 12, 28 is shown.
  • the second contact elements 28 are plate-shaped and in each case a pair of first and second contact element 12, 28 are arranged parallel to each other such that respective wide sides of the first and second contact element 12, 28 facing each other. Furthermore, in an overlap region 30 between the plate-shaped contact elements 12, 28 of a pair of first and second contact elements 12, 28, at least one helical spring 32 made of an electrically conductive and spring-elastic material is arranged.
  • a diameter the helical spring 32 and a distance of the plate-shaped contact elements 12, 28 and the wide sides 22 of a pair of first and second contact element 12,28 in the overlap region 30 is selected such that respective helical coils of the coil spring 32 having a first radial outside at the first Contact element 12 and with one of the first radial outer side opposite second outer side abut the second contact element 28, so that there is an electrical contact point with contact surface and contact pressure between the turns of the coil spring 32 and the respective contact element 12, 28.
  • the contact pressure adjusts itself in that the turns of the helical spring 32 are deflected out of a respective rest position relative to a longitudinal axis of the helical spring 32 or are tilted relative to the longitudinal axis of the helical spring 32. This is achieved in that a distance of the plate-shaped contact elements 12, 28 of a pair of first and second contact element 12, 28 is smaller than an outer diameter of the coil spring 32nd
  • the coil spring 32 is attached to the first contact element 12, so that the coil spring 32 moves with the first contact element 12. Accordingly, the turns of the coil spring 32 upon movement of the first contact element 12 along the second contact element 28 and thereby maintain a sufficient electrical connection between the two contact elements 12, 28 upright.
  • the second contact elements 28 each have a free end with an end face 34 on the front side, this free end facing the cable end 16 of the connector according to the invention.
  • the front end face 34 serves, for example, for electrical contacting with a wire or electrical line of a cable to be connected to the connector according to the invention.
  • the helical spring 32 is preferably annular and defines within this ring an area space. This surface is aligned at the boundaries of the coil spring 32 parallel to a longitudinal axis of the coil spring 32 at the appropriate location. Due to the annular formation of the Coil spring 32 forms this in principle a torus in space, which has two opposite axial end sides. According to the invention, the helical spring 32 is arranged in the overlapping region 30 between the two contact elements 12, 28 such that the helical spring 32 strikes the second contact element 28 with turns at one axial end on the first contact element 12 and with turns on the other, opposite axial end , like out Fig. 7 . 8th seen.
  • the contact elements 12,28 engages through the surface in the ring of the annular coil spring 32, but the electrical contact between the coil spring 32 and the contact elements 12, 28 takes place on axial end sides of the annular coil spring 32.
  • the area enclosed in the ring of the helical spring 32 partially surrounds the first contact element 12. This additionally assists in fixing the helical spring 32 not only at the location of the first contact element 12 but also against deformation of the annular arrangement of the helical spring 32 between the contact elements 12. 28th

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  1. Connecteur enfichable pour établir au moins un contact électrique, en particulier connecteur de charge ou connecteur pour courants forts, comprenant un boîtier (10) et comprenant au moins un premier élément de contact (12) agencé dans le boîtier (10), ledit boîtier (10) comportant une extrémité côté enfichage (14) qui est réalisée pour une liaison par enfichage avec un connecteur enfichable complémentaire, et dans lequel ledit au moins un premier élément de contact (12) présente une extrémité libre (18) qui est tournée vers l'extrémité côté enfichage (14), dans lequel au moins un premier élément de contact (12) du connecteur enfichable et au moins une partie du boîtier (10) sont déplaçables l'un par rapport à l'autre entre une première position dans laquelle le premier élément de contact (12) est rétracté dans le boîtier (10) et une seconde position dans laquelle l'extrémité libre (18) du premier élément de contact (12) est dégagée, et il est prévu au moins un second élément de contact (28) qui est agencé de manière stationnaire par rapport à la partie de boîtier (10) et par rapport au premier élément de contact (12), ledit second élément de contact (28) étant relié électriquement au premier élément de contact déplaçable (12) via un contact électrique frottant,
    caractérisé en ce que
    le contact frottant comprend au moins un ressort à boudin (32) qui met en contact électriquement le premier et le second élément de contact (12, 28), au moyen des côtés extérieurs radiaux opposés de spires du boudin, avec une pression de contact respective d'une surface de contact respective.
  2. Connecteur enfichable selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que ledit au moins un premier élément de contact (12) est réalisé pour venir en contact électrique avec un élément de contact complémentaire dans le connecteur enfichable complémentaire quand le connecteur enfichable et enfiché dans le connecteur enfichable complémentaire
  3. Connecteur enfichable selon l'une au moins des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le connecteur enfichable est réalisé sous forme de connecteur mâle et au moins un premier élément de contact (12) est réalisé sous forme de tige de contact.
  4. Connecteur enfichable selon l'une au moins des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le premier élément de contact (12) et/ou la partie du boîtier (10) est déplaçable dans une direction parallèle à une direction d'enfichage du connecteur enfichable dans le connecteur enfichable complémentaire.
  5. Connecteur enfichable selon l'une au moins des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le boîtier (10) comprend, à l'extrémité côté enfichage (14), un recouvrement (24) en un matériau électriquement isolant, et ledit au moins un premier élément de contact (12) est agencé, dans la première position, à l'intérieur d'un espace défini par le boîtier (10) et par le recouvrement (24), et dans la seconde position, il s'étend à travers le recouvrement (24) de manière à dépasser hors de celui-ci.
  6. Connecteur enfichable selon la revendication 5, caractérisé en ce que le recouvrement (24) et le boîtier (10) sont réalisés d'un seul tenant l'un avec l'autre.
  7. Connecteur enfichable selon l'une au moins des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'à l'extrémité libre (18) d'au moins un premier élément de contact (12) est agencé un capuchon terminal (20) en un matériau électriquement isolant qui recouvre entièrement l'extrémité libre (18).
  8. Connecteur enfichable selon l'une au moins des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que ledit au moins un ressort à boudin (32) est fixé de manière immobilisée sur le premier élément de contact (12).
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