EP2709212B1 - Agencement destiné à relier des plaquettes - Google Patents

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EP2709212B1
EP2709212B1 EP12184174.6A EP12184174A EP2709212B1 EP 2709212 B1 EP2709212 B1 EP 2709212B1 EP 12184174 A EP12184174 A EP 12184174A EP 2709212 B1 EP2709212 B1 EP 2709212B1
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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
    • 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
    • H01R12/71—Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures
    • H01R12/712—Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures co-operating with the surface of the printed circuit or with a coupling device exclusively provided on the surface of the printed circuit
    • H01R12/716—Coupling device provided on the PCB
    • H01R12/718—Contact members provided on the PCB without an insulating housing
    • 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
    • H01R12/71—Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures
    • H01R12/72—Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures coupling with the edge of the rigid printed circuits or like structures
    • H01R12/721—Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures coupling with the edge of the rigid printed circuits or like structures cooperating directly with the edge of the rigid printed circuits

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  • the invention relates to an arrangement for connecting printed circuit boards by means of plug-in connections, comprising a first printed circuit board with at least one blade receptacle attached thereto and a second printed circuit board with at least one contact element which can be inserted into the blade receptacle.
  • a printed circuit board (circuit board, board) is a support for electronic components and serves their mechanical attachment and electrical connection.
  • Circuit boards are made of electrically insulating material with adhering, conductive connections (conductors). As insulating material fiber reinforced plastic is common.
  • the tracks are usually etched from a thin layer of copper. The components are soldered to pads or pads. So they are simultaneously mechanically held and electrically connected.
  • printed circuit boards are standardized, the usual thicknesses of the printed circuit boards are between 1 and 3 mm, for the present invention, in particular printed circuit boards with a thickness of 1.0 - 2.0 mm are used.
  • Plug-in connections for example, plug-in sleeves made of metal, in particular flat plug-in sleeves, can be used.
  • a blade receptacle has a conductor connection region for connecting the blade receptacle to an electrical conductor and a box-shaped receiving space for receiving and contacting a complementary contact blade.
  • the receiving space usually has a running as a bottom plate first contact zone and two arranged on the longitudinal edges of the bottom plate side walls, the free edges above the Base plate are bent inwards. On the side walls further contact zones between the receiving space and contact blades may be provided.
  • Blade receptacles are used in straight and angled design for a variety of types of electrical connectors.
  • the DE 103 04 906 A1 describes a tab with contact blades for printed circuit boards, which is soldered to a circuit board and can then be plugged into tabs.
  • the DE 200 19 485 U1 discloses an arrangement of two printed circuit boards which have contact bodies on a respective main surface. A connection of the two printed circuit boards takes place in that a spring element in the form of a double blade receptacle is pushed onto the contact body.
  • the US2012 / 0264326 A1 discloses a connector for contacting an LED substrate with a network card.
  • an arrangement comprising a first printed circuit board with at least one attached flat blade receptacle and a second printed circuit board with at least one contact element, which is inserted into the blade receptacle, wherein the second circuit board has a contact blade as a contact element, formed from the printed circuit board material of the second circuit board as a tab, which is positively inserted into the blade receptacle of the first circuit board for electrical contact between the tab and blade receptacle.
  • each circuit board may have a plurality of tabs or tabs, so that a plurality of electrical lines can be performed separately from each other from one circuit board to the other circuit board.
  • one and the same circuit board have both tabs and tabs and another circuit board corresponding complementary tabs and tabs to connect the two circuit boards together.
  • a printed circuit board can also have tabs on several of its normally four edges, so that other printed circuit boards can be connected with their flat receptacles at several edges.
  • the blade receptacle has a receiving space for the tab, which is formed from a bottom plate with two side walls whose free edges are bent over the bottom plate inwards.
  • the blade receptacle encloses an angle with the plane of the first circuit board to which it is attached.
  • first and second printed circuit boards can be arranged not only in one plane but also at an angle to one another, which saves space in the plane of the first printed circuit board.
  • the angle can be 90 °, the two circuit boards are then arranged normal to each other. This has the advantage that the blade receptacle can then be attached particularly easily to the first circuit board.
  • the tabs are preferably provided with one or more extensions which engage in corresponding holes in the first circuit board.
  • an extension can be provided which consists in a planar extension of the bottom plate (or a part thereof) of the flat receptacle.
  • the blade receptacle could then be supported with the lower edges of the side walls on the first circuit board and protrude at right angles from the circuit board.
  • the extension could also be bent relative to the bottom plate (and the side walls preferably bevelled accordingly), so that there is a sharp or obtuse angle between the blade receptacle and the first circuit board.
  • a contact region projecting into the interior of the tab receptacle can be provided in the bottom plate of the receptacle. This contact region may be approximately an embossing of the bottom plate or a spring tongue cut out of this bottom plate.
  • tab and blade receptacle can be connected to each other only by positive engagement without further attachment, it can be provided that the distance between the free edge of the side plates and the bottom plate of the receptacle corresponds at most to the thickness of the tab.
  • the thickness of the tab corresponds to the thickness of the remaining second printed circuit board. So only the contour of the PCB has to be cut accordingly. However, it would also be conceivable that the thickness of the tab is reduced compared to the circuit board in order to use about standard flat receptacles.
  • the width of the tab is smaller than the width of the receiving space of the blade receptacle. If the tab were as wide as the receiving space, but this would contribute to the positive connection between the tab and blade receptacle.
  • the length of the tab may correspond to or exceed the length of the receiving space of the blade receptacle. If the tab is longer than the receiving space, then the tab would in any case abut the front side of the first printed circuit board and could support itself and the second printed circuit board on the first printed circuit board. If the tab is the same length as the recording room, then the Support second circuit board at the free end of the blade receptacle.
  • a blade receptacle 3 which can be used for the present invention. It has an approximately rectangular bottom plate 6, in the middle of which the inwardly into the receiving space 5 curved contact area 11 can be seen.
  • the bottom plate 6 merges into side walls 7 on both sides.
  • the bottom plate 6 and the two side walls 7 form the receiving space 5 for the tab.
  • the receiving space 5 has the same length (in the drawing plane from top to bottom measured) as the side walls 7.
  • the extension 9 is formed by an extension of the bottom plate 6, wherein the extension is less wide (measured horizontally in the plane of the drawing) than that Base plate 6. The lateral edges of the extension 9 are bent in the same direction as the side walls 7.
  • Fig. 2 the same blade receptacle 3 is shown from the other side, so that in the interior of the receiving space 5 can be seen.
  • FIG. 3 shows two tabs 3 before plugging into the holes 10 of the first circuit board 1.
  • the two holes 10 are formed as slots and lie on a straight line.
  • the dimensions of the holes 10 are selected so that the extension 9 can be inserted through the hole 10 in each case.
  • the length of the extensions 9 are chosen so that they protrude on the other side of the first circuit board 1 on the circuit board, so that they can be fixed there by soldering to the circuit board.
  • With the underside of the side walls 7 are the tabs 3 on the first circuit board 1 and form a right angle with this.
  • the two tabs 3 are already firmly connected to the first circuit board 1.
  • a second printed circuit board 2 is approximated with two tabs 4 at right angles to the first circuit board 1. These are adapted to the shape of the receiving space 5 of the blade receptacle 3 and have an approximately rectangular shape, wherein the two free corners are rounded.
  • the tabs 4 have the same thickness as the second circuit board 2.
  • the tabs 4 are provided at least on that side with a conductive layer, with which they rest on the contact portion 11 of the tab 3, so here on the back.
  • conductive layer is for example a laminated copper layer in question.
  • FIG. 5 are the two circuit boards 1, 2 already connected to each other by the tabs 4 of the circuit board 2 are pushed up to the stop in the tabs of the circuit board 1.
  • the tab 4 is supported with its end face on the first circuit board 1, the second circuit board 2 is supported by the edge regions located next to the tabs 4 on the upper side of the flat receptacle 3, more precisely on its side walls 7.
  • the compound of the invention can thus be readily separated and also restored by the tabs 4 are pulled out of the tabs 3 and inserted again.
  • the material for the flat receptacles must be suitable for the production of electrical contacts, so must well have a good electrical conductivity, it can e.g. Be spring bronze.
  • the width of the blade receptacle should be a multiple of the thickness of the second circuit board 2 or the tab 4, for example at least three times. If the thickness of the second Printed circuit board 2 here in the example 1.6 mm, then the width of the blade receptacle 3 and the tab 4 should be at least about 4.8 mm.

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  1. Agencement pour la liaison de plaquettes de circuits imprimés au moyen de connexions par enfichage, comprenant un premier circuit imprimé (1) muni d'au moins un clip pour languette (3) qui y est fixé, ainsi qu'un deuxième circuit imprimé (2) muni d'au moins un élément faisant office de contact qui peut venir s'insérer par glissement dans le clip pour languette ; dans lequel la deuxième plaquette de circuits imprimés (2) présente, à titre d'élément faisant office de contact, une lame de contact façonnée à partir de la matière de circuit imprimé du deuxième circuit imprimé (2) sous la forme d'une fiche plate (4), qui peut venir s'insérer par glissement, à des fins de mise en contact électrique entre la fiche plate (4) et le clip pour languette (3), via une liaison par complémentarité de forme dans le clip pour languette (3) de la première plaquette de circuits imprimés (1), caractérisé en ce que le clip pour languette (3) est réalisé en une seule pièce ; dans lequel on prévoit, dans une plaque de base (6) du clip pour languette (3) une zone de contact (11) qui fait saillie vers l'intérieur du clip pour languette.
  2. Agencement selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que le clip pour languette (3) présente un espace de réception (5) pour la fiche plate (4) qui est formé, à partir de la plaque de base (6) avec deux parois latérales (7) dont les bords libres (8) sont recourbés vers l'intérieur par-dessus la plaque de base (6).
  3. Agencement selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que le clip pour languette (3) forme un angle avec le plan de la première plaquette de circuits imprimés (1).
  4. Agencement selon la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce que l'angle s'élève à 90°.
  5. Agencement selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 4, caractérisé en ce qu'une ou plusieurs saillies (9) du clip pour languette (3) viennent s'engrener dans des trous correspondants (10) dans la première plaquette de circuits imprimés (1).
  6. Agencement selon l'une quelconque des revendications 2 à 5, caractérisé en ce que la distance entre le bord libre (8) des parois latérales (7) et la plaque de base (6) du clip pour languette (3) correspond au maximum à l'épaisseur de la fiche plate (4).
  7. Agencement selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 6, caractérisé en ce que l'épaisseur de la fiche plate (4) correspond à l'épaisseur du deuxième circuit imprimé restant (2) .
  8. Agencement selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 7, caractérisé en ce que la largeur de la fiche plate (4) est inférieure à la largeur de l'espace de réception (5) du clip pour languette (3).
  9. Agencement selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 8, caractérisé en ce que la longueur de la fiche plate (4) correspond à la longueur de l'espace de réception (5) du clip pour languette (3) ou est supérieure à celle-ci.
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