EP2795733B1 - Ensemble de connecteurs à mécanisme de blocage - Google Patents

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EP2795733B1
EP2795733B1 EP12798264.3A EP12798264A EP2795733B1 EP 2795733 B1 EP2795733 B1 EP 2795733B1 EP 12798264 A EP12798264 A EP 12798264A EP 2795733 B1 EP2795733 B1 EP 2795733B1
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Frédéric MENEZ
Sébastien DEUBEL
Erwan Guillanton
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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
    • H01R13/40—Securing contact members in or to a base or case; Insulating of contact members
    • H01R13/42—Securing in a demountable manner
    • H01R13/436—Securing a plurality of contact members by one locking piece or operation
    • H01R13/4364—Insertion of locking piece from the front
    • H01R13/4365—Insertion of locking piece from the front comprising a temporary and a final locking position
    • 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
    • H01R13/64—Means for preventing incorrect coupling

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  • the instant invention relates to connectors and assemblies.
  • the instant invention is related to connectors such as electrical or optical connectors i.e. found in FR2731559 and DE19543497 .
  • Such connectors usually comprise a housing which defines a plurality of pathways. Electrical wires of a cable, terminated with terminals (contacts), are assembled in each pathway, to be placed in electrical with a corresponding contact of a mating connector.
  • EP 2115821 (A2 ) already describes a connector comprising a housing for the electrical contacts and a front grid to be mounted onto the plugging face of the housing.
  • the front grid ensures that the connector can not be plugged if the contacts are not locked in the housing. Therefore the plugging is rendered impossible if the connector is not correctly wired.
  • the front grid is often considered as providing an indicative function of the correct state of a connector. Therefore, when the front grid is not in its lock position, it should be understood as default.
  • improper forceful mating of a connector assembly having a connector with a front grid in its pre-lock position is still possible if the personnel is untrained. This would likely result in a mis-correction, and ought to be avoided.
  • each front grid is mounted onto the plugging face of the housing of each connector.
  • each front grid is movable with respect to the respective housing, along a moving path, from a pre-lock position to a final lock position, along the longitudinal direction.
  • the assembly comprises a blocking mechanism that prevents the first connector and the second connector from mating with each other when either one of the front grids is not in its final position.
  • Figures 1 and 2 show an electrical connector assembly 1 comprising a first electrical connector 2 and a second electrical connector 3 adapted to mate with each other along a longitudinal direction, referred as X-axis on Figures.
  • the connector assembly 1 may further comprise other features, which are not necessarily shown on the drawings, such as a Connector Position Assurance (CPA) system comprising a part borne by one of the electrical connectors and movable with respect to it, only once the two connectors are locked in mated state.
  • CPA Connector Position Assurance
  • Each connector comprises a housing 22, 32 adapted to receive wires.
  • the housings 22, 32 may be formed by molding in an electrically insulator material and preferably in a plastic material.
  • the housings 22, 32 may have a general sectional parallelepipedic shape with an external shell 24, which surrounds at least partly the housing 22, 32.
  • the first connector 2 also has a plugging face 21.
  • the external shell 24 is separated from the central casing of the housings by a gap.
  • the second connector 3 further comprises an external shell 34 comprising at least a locking arm, as shown.
  • the shell 24 of the first connector 1 comprises a rib 241 formed for interfitting engagement with an opening 341 provided on the shell 34 of the second connector 3.
  • the rib 241 and the opening 341 form a locking system adapted to lock the first connector 2 and the second connector 3 when they mate with each other.
  • the electrical connector assembly 1 comprises a front grid 4 adapted to be mounted on the first connector 2.
  • the front grid 4 comprises a mounting arrangement and is adapted to be mounted onto the housing 22 and more precisely, onto the plugging face 21 of the housing 22 of the first connector 2.
  • the front grid 4 may be formed in a single piece by molding and, preferably, in an electrically insulator material, such as plastic material.
  • the front grid 4 preferably comprises a front face 41 parallel to the plugging face 21 of the connector housing 22.
  • the front grid 4 further comprises peripheral walls 42.
  • the front grid 4 and the housing 22 comprises a locking system that enables the locking of the front grid 4 and the housing 22 to each other.
  • the front grid 4 comprises at least an opening 43 on its peripheral walls 42, adapted to cooperate with at least one rib 23 provided on the housing 22 of the first connector 1. In a locked position of the front grid 4 with the housing 22 of the first connector 1, the opening 43 cooperates with the rib 23 which is provided on the housing 22 of the first connector 1 to secure the front grid 4 to the housing 22.
  • the electrical connector assembly 1 further comprises a front grid 5 adapted to be mounted on the second connector 3.
  • the front grid 5 comprises a mounting arrangement and is adapted to be mounted onto the housing 32 and more precisely, onto a plugging face 31 of the housing 32 of the second connector 3.
  • the front grid 5 may be formed in a single piece by molding and preferably in an electrically insulator material, such as plastic material.
  • the front grid 5 preferably comprises a front face 51 parallel to the plugging face 31 of the housing 32 of the second connector 3.
  • the front grid 5 comprises further peripheral walls 52.
  • the front grid 5 and the housing 32 comprise a locking system that enables the locking of the front grid 5 and the housing 32 to each other.
  • the front grid 5 comprises at least an opening 53 on its peripheral walls 52, adapted to cooperate with at least one rib 33 provided on the housing 32 of the second connector 3. In the locked position of the front grid 5 with the housing 32 of the second connector 3, the opening 53 cooperate with the rib 33, which is provided on the housing 32 of the second connector 3 to secure the front grids to the housing 32.
  • the front grid 5 further comprises a front shell which extends forward of the front face 51, whereas the opening extends backward.
  • the front shell for example comprises portions of the peripheral walls 52.
  • the electrical connector assembly 1 further comprises a locking system allowing to lock the the first connector 1 and the second connector 3 to each other, once mated.
  • This locking system is provided by at least the rib 241 on the external shell 24 of the first connector 2 and a retaining element for abutting the rib 241.
  • the retaining element is the opening 341 on the external shell 34 of the second connector 3. The rib 241 and the opening 341 form an interfitting engagement.
  • the peripheral walls 52 of the front grid 5 of the second connector 3 cover at least a section of the peripheral walls 42 of the front grid 4 of the first connector 2 and prevent the front grid 4 from being separated from the housing 22 of the first connector 2.
  • the peripheral walls 52 of the front grid 5 prevent the peripheral walls 42 of the front grid 4 of the first connector 2 from being deflected in an outwardly direction and to be disengaged from the rib 23.
  • the external shell 24 of the first connector 2 covers the peripheral walls 52 of the front grid 5 and prevents said peripheral walls 52 from being deflected and from disengaging from the ribs 33 of the housing 32 of the second connector 3.
  • the electrical connector assembly 1 may further comprise other features, which are not necessarily shown on the drawings, such as a Connector Position Assurance (CPA) system comprising a part borne by one of the first connector 2 and/or of the second connector 3 and movable with respect to it, only once the first connector 2 and the second connector 3 are locked in the mated position.
  • CPA Connector Position Assurance
  • Figure 3 shows an embodiment of the external shell 34 of the second connector 3.
  • a double latching of the front grids 4, 5 is provided when the front grids 4, 5 are in a final lock position.
  • the gap which separates the external shell 24 from a central casing of the housing 22 of the first connector 2, is able to receive the peripheral walls 52 of the front grid 5.
  • the gap which separates the external shell 24 from the central casing of the housing 22 of the first connector 2 is able to receive both peripheral walls 42, 52 of the front grids 4, 5, when the peripheral wall 52 of the front grid 5 covers the peripheral wall 42 of the front grid 4.
  • the gap which separates the external shell 34 from a central casing of the housing 32 the second connector 3, is able to receive the external shell 24 and the peripheral walls 52 of the front grid 5.
  • the front grid 5 of the second connector 3 can be in a pre-locked and in a locked position.
  • the rib 33 of the housing 32 makes contact with a portion of the peripheral wall 52 of the front grid 5.
  • Said portion of the peripheral wall 52 forms a mechanical stop surface for the front grid 5.
  • the opening 53 does not cooperate with the rib 33.
  • the front surface of the front grid 5 is offset with respect to the plugging surface 31.
  • the peripheral wall 52 of the front grid 5 is being deflected in an outwardly direction until the rib 33 provided on the housing 32 makes an interfitting engagement with the opening 53 provided on the front grid 5.
  • a force is exerted by pushing the front grid 5 along the longitudinal direction toward the housing 32 until the deflection of the peripheral wall 52 up to the rib 53. At least one portion of the peripheral wall 52 is adapted to be deflected in an outwardly direction to latch and unlatch the front grid 5.
  • peripheral wall 52 can be deflected when the front grid 5 is made with a suitable elastic material. Moreover no surface should prevent the deflection of the peripheral wall 52.
  • the peripheral wall 52 of the front grid 5 is flexible.
  • the front grid 4 of the first connector 2 is in a locked position with said first connector 2 and the front grid 5 of the second connector 3 is in a pre-locked position with said second connector 3.
  • the front grid 5 being inserted in the external shell 24 of the first connector 2, the external shell 24 forms a mechanical stop surface for the peripheral wall 52 of the front grid 5, which can not be deflected, even through assembly force urges the front grids 4, 5 toward its lock position, this force being applied by the front grid 4.
  • the portion of the peripheral wall 52 forms a mechanical stop surface for the front grid 5 and prevents the first connector 2 and the second connector 3 from mating with each other.
  • the front grid 4 of the first connector 2 can be in a pre-locked and in a locked position.
  • the rib 23 of the housing 22 makes contact with a portion of the peripheral wall 42 of the front grid 4.
  • Said portion of the peripheral wall 42 forms a mechanical stop surface for the front grid 4.
  • the opening 43 does not cooperate with the rib 23.
  • the front surface of the front grid 4 is offset with respect to the plugging surface 21.
  • the peripheral wall 42 of the front grid 4 is being deflected in an outwardly direction until the rib 23 provided on the housing 22 makes an interfitting engagement with the opening 43 provided on the front grid 4.
  • a force is exerted by pushing the front grid 4 along the longitudinal direction toward the housing 22 until the deflection of the peripheral wall 42 up to the rib 43. At least one portion of the peripheral wall 42 is adapted to be deflected in an outwardly direction to latch and unlatch the front grid 4.
  • peripheral wall 42 can be deflected when the front grid 4 is made with a suitable elastic material. Moreover no surface should prevent the deflection of the peripheral wall 42. Profitably the peripheral wall 42 of the front grid 4 is flexible.
  • Figure 5 shows a mounting arrangement in which the front grid 5 of the second connector 3 is in the locked position with said second connector 3 and the front grid 4 of the first connector 2 is in a pre-locked position with said first connector 2.
  • the front grid 4 is inserted in the front grid 5 of the second connector 3, and more precisely the peripheral walls 42 are inserted in the peripheral walls 52, the peripheral walls 52 of the front grid 5 form a mechanical stop surface for the peripheral wall 42 of the front grid 4, which cannot be deflected.
  • the portion of the peripheral wall 42 forms a mechanical stop surface for the front grid 4 and prevents the first first connector 2 and the second connector 3 from mating with each other.
  • Such features form a simple blocking mechanism. Said blocking mechanism is efficient in a mating front direction of the first connector 2 and the second connector 3, which corresponds to the mounting direction of the front grids 4, 5.
  • the front grid can be a Terminal Position Assurance (TPA) member.
  • TPA Terminal Position Assurance
  • the front grid of a given connector is prevented from moving from the pre-lock position to the lock position if a wired terminal is not correctly inserted, before any mating with the counterpart connector. This is achieved, for example, when a mis-inserted terminal pushes a locking lance of the housing out of its rest position, in an outer position in which it is provided as an abutment on the way of the front grid from the pre-lock position to the lock position.
  • the invention as described here would also operate if the front grid does not fulfil a TPA function.
  • said first connector 2 is a female part and said second connector 3 is a male part.
  • front grids 4, 5 may have another shape than the aforementioned.

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  1. Ensemble de connecteurs électriques (1) comprenant un premier et un second connecteur (2, 3) adaptés à s'accoupler l'un avec l'autre le long d'une direction longitudinale (X),
    dans lequel le premier et le second connecteur (2, 3) comprennent chacun un boîtier (22, 32), adapté pour recevoir des fils et des bornes, et une grille frontale (4, 5), ledit boîtier ayant une face d'embrochage (21, 31);
    dans lequel chaque grille frontale (4, 5) est montée sur la face d'embrochage (21, 31) du boîtier de chaque connecteur (2, 3) ; dans lequel chaque grille frontale (4, 5) est déplaçable par rapport au boîtier respectif (22, 32), le long d'un trajet de déplacement, depuis une position de préblocage jusqu'à une position de blocage finale, le long de la direction longitudinale (X) ;
    dans lequel l'ensemble comprend un mécanisme de blocage qui empêche que le premier et le second connecteur (2, 3) s'accouplent l'un avec l'autre lorsque l'une ou l'autre des grilles frontales (4, 5) n'est pas dans sa position finale
    dans lequel chaque grille frontale (4, 5) comprend une face frontale (41, 51) et des parois périphériques (42, 52) avec un agencement de montage pour permettre le montage de la grille frontale (4, 5) sur le boîtier (22, 32) de chaque connecteur ; et
    dans lequel chaque boîtier (22, 32) a une coque (24, 34) ;
    dans lequel le mécanisme de blocage comprend ladite coque (24, 34) ; caractérisé en ce qu'au moins une portion de la paroi périphérique (42, 52) est adaptée pour être défléchie dans une direction vers l'extérieur pour verrouiller et déverrouiller la grille frontale (4, 5) par rapport au boîtier de connecteur ;
    dans lequel, dans une position de préblocage de la grille frontale (4, 5) du second connecteur, l'autre grille frontale (5, 4) étant dans une position de blocage, la coque (24) du premier connecteur (2) couvre la première grille frontale (4, 5) de telle façon que la portion de la paroi périphérique de ladite grille frontale (4, 5) est empêchée d'être défléchie dans une direction vers l'extérieur ;
    dans lequel la grille frontale (5) du second connecteur (3) a une coque (34) ;
    dans lequel le mécanisme de blocage comprend ladite coque (34) ;
    dans lequel, dans une position de préblocage de la grille frontale (4) du premier connecteur (2), l'autre grille frontale (5) étant dans une position de blocage, la paroi périphérique de la grille frontale (5) du second connecteur couvre la grille frontale (4) du premier connecteur (2), de telle façon que la portion de la paroi périphérique de ladite grille frontale (4) est empêchée d'être défléchie dans une direction vers l'extérieur.
  2. Ensemble de connecteurs électriques selon la revendication 1, dans lequel la portion adaptée pour être défléchie dans une direction vers l'extérieur comprend au moins une ouverture (43, 53) adapté pour coopérer avec des nervures (23, 33) appartenant au boîtier de connecteur pour verrouiller la grille frontale (4, 5) sur le boîtier de connecteur.
  3. Ensemble de connexions électriques selon la revendication 2, dans lequel, dans la position de préblocage de la grille frontale (4, 5), les ouvertures (43, 53) de ladite grille (4, 5) ne coopèrent pas avec les nervures (23, 33), et la face frontale (41, 51) est décalée par rapport à la face d'embrochage le long de la direction longitudinale.
  4. Ensemble de connecteurs électriques selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 3, dans lequel, dans une position de préblocage de l'une au moins des grilles frontales (4, 5), des surfaces d'arrêt mécaniques (S1, S2) empêchent que le premier et le second connecteur (2, 3) soient accouplés l'un avec l'autre.
  5. Ensemble de connecteurs électriques selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 4,
    dans lequel le premier connecteur (2) est une partie femelle et le second connecteur est une partie mâle (3).
  6. Ensemble de connecteurs électriques selon la revendication 5 et 2, dans lequel la grille frontale (4) de la partie femelle (2) étant dans une position de préblocage et la grille frontale (5) de la partie mâle (3) étant dans une position de blocage, la coque (24) de la partie femelle couvre les deux grilles frontales (4, 5) et bloque la déflexion des parois périphériques de la grille (4, 5), de telle façon que la nervure (23) appartenant au boîtier de la partie femelle prend la forme d'une surface d'arrêt mécanique (S2) pour sa grille frontale (4).
  7. Ensemble de connecteurs électriques selon la revendication 5 et 2,
    dans lequel la grille frontale (4) de la partie femelle étant dans une position de blocage et la grille frontale (5) de la partie mâle étant dans une position de préblocage, la coque (24) de la partie femelle couvre les deux grilles frontales (4, 5) et bloque la déflexion des parois périphériques de la grille mâle (52), de telle façon que la nervure (33) appartenant au boîtier de la partie mâle (3) prend la forme d'une surface d'arrêt mécanique (S1) pour sa grille frontale (5).
  8. Ensemble de connecteurs électriques selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 7,
    dans lequel la coque extérieure (24, 34) du boîtier comprend des moyens (241, 341) adaptés pour accoupler le premier et le second connecteur (2, 3) l'un avec l'autre.
  9. Ensemble de connecteurs électriques selon la revendication 8,
    dans lequel les moyens (241, 341) adaptés pour accoupler le premier et le second connecteur l'un avec l'autre, prévus sur la coque extérieure (24, 34) comprennent une nervure (241) et une ouverture (341) ;
    dans lequel ladite nervure (241) est formée pour un engagement de coopération dans ladite ouverture (341).
  10. Ensemble de connecteurs électriques selon la revendication 9, dans lequel l'ouverture (341) est prévue sur une coque (34) du second connecteur (3) et la nervure (241) est prévue sur une coque (24) du premier connecteur (2).
  11. Ensemble de connecteurs électriques selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 10,
    dans lequel la grille frontale (4, 5) est un élément d'assurance de position de bornes (TPA).
  12. Ensemble de connecteurs électriques selon la revendication 2 et l'une quelconque des revendications 9 à 11,
    dans lequel les moyens (241, 341), ladite au moins une ouverture (43, 53) et les nervures (23, 33) permettent un double verrouillage des grilles frontales, assuré quand les grilles frontales (4, 5) sont dans une position de blocage final et que le premier et le second connecteur sont accouplés l'un avec l'autre.
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