EP2810341B1 - Hülsenkontakt für einen elektrischen nullkraftsteckverbinder - Google Patents

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EP2810341B1
EP2810341B1 EP13704566.2A EP13704566A EP2810341B1 EP 2810341 B1 EP2810341 B1 EP 2810341B1 EP 13704566 A EP13704566 A EP 13704566A EP 2810341 B1 EP2810341 B1 EP 2810341B1
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Herbert Plate
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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
    • 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
    • H01R4/48—Clamped connections, spring connections utilising a spring, clip, or other resilient member
    • H01R4/4854—Clamped connections, spring connections utilising a spring, clip, or other resilient member using a wire spring
    • 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
    • H01R13/02—Contact members
    • H01R13/15—Pins, blades or sockets having separate spring member for producing or increasing contact pressure
    • H01R13/187—Pins, blades or sockets having separate spring member for producing or increasing contact pressure with spring member in the socket
    • 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
    • H01R13/02—Contact members
    • H01R13/193—Means for increasing contact pressure at the end of engagement of coupling part, e.g. zero insertion force or no friction
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R2201/00—Connectors or connections adapted for particular applications
    • H01R2201/26—Connectors or connections adapted for particular applications for vehicles
    • 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
    • H01R4/10—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 effected solely by twisting, wrapping, bending, crimping, or other permanent deformation
    • H01R4/18—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 effected solely by twisting, wrapping, bending, crimping, or other permanent deformation by crimping
    • H01R4/183—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 effected solely by twisting, wrapping, bending, crimping, or other permanent deformation by crimping for cylindrical elongated bodies, e.g. cables having circular cross-section
    • H01R4/184—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 effected solely by twisting, wrapping, bending, crimping, or other permanent deformation by crimping for cylindrical elongated bodies, e.g. cables having circular cross-section comprising a U-shaped wire-receiving portion
    • H01R4/185—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 effected solely by twisting, wrapping, bending, crimping, or other permanent deformation by crimping for cylindrical elongated bodies, e.g. cables having circular cross-section comprising a U-shaped wire-receiving portion combined with a U-shaped insulation-receiving portion

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  • the invention relates to a sleeve contact for an electrical zero-force connector, which has a base body which forms a receiving area for insertion of a complementary electrical plug contact, and which has a base body arranged and displaceable against the main body clamping sleeve which in a sliding position for contacting the in the sleeve contact insertable plug contact generates a contact force on the receiving area of the sleeve contact.
  • Connectors as used in modern devices and in particular in the automotive sector, for example for contacting control units or for connecting the dashboard integrated electrical / electronic assemblies to the electrical system, often have due to the increasing complexity of such assemblies on a high number of poles.
  • the force required to bring together conventional multi-pole connector parts is not insignificant. This is due to the fact that the intended contact a relatively high contact force of one sleeve contact must be exercised on the plug-in contact inserted therein, so that a secure contact is ensured even in different environmental conditions. This contact force increases with the number of contacts to be connected accordingly.
  • so-called zero force connectors have been developed that can be assembled with little effort and build the contact forces only at the end of the joining path.
  • German patent application DE 10 2004 015 344 A1 is a zero-force connector described in the sleeve contacts with power pin-shaped mating contacts of a second connector part are joined together. Only in the final phase of assembling the two connector parts does an activating element bring the contact force onto the receiving region of a sleeve contact by displacing a positioning tab.
  • the European patent EP 1 760 837 B1 describes inter alia a sleeve contact as part of an electrical zero force connector.
  • This sleeve contact has contact blades, which are formed as part of a base body.
  • This prior art sleeve contacts are in the present document in the FIGS. 3 and 4 shown and will be explained in more detail with reference to the description of the figures.
  • an electrical zero-force connector which has a plurality of sleeve contacts with contact blades and with sliding clamping sleeves, which press the contact blades to the plug pins of an attachable mating connector in a sliding position.
  • the clamping sleeves are displaceable by means of a connector housing of the zero force connector, perpendicular to the direction of actuation slide against the sleeve contacts.
  • a displaceable clamping sleeve causes, in a first sliding position of the clamping sleeve, a pin-shaped plug contact, which can be designed as a round or flat contact, to be pushed into a receiving opening of the basic body almost without force.
  • the clamping sleeve presses contact points and / or contact blades of the main body against the inserted plug-in contact and thus provides the for a good conductive electrical connection required contact force ago.
  • the strength of the contact force which can be achieved in this case is essentially determined and also limited by properties such as the type of material, material thickness and shape of the base body.
  • clamping sleeve acts on an introduced as an additional part in the body spring, which has an S-shaped profile and is mounted on one of its end portions on the base body and thereby forms a one-sided lever, with a shorter lever arm between the end portion and a first S-curve portion, which comes to the insertable plug contact to the plant, and a comparison longer lever arm from the end portion to a second S-curve portion which bears against a bulge of the clamping sleeve.
  • the idea underlying the invention was to design a contact force producing spring as a separate item. Since the spring is manufactured independently of the main body, it can have optimized properties for contact force generation.
  • the s-shaped spring is mounted with one of its end portions as a one-sided lever on the base body. Due to the leverage of the spring can exert a large contact force on the plug contact, which is advantageous firstly for producing a good electrical connection and secondly also allows a particularly good mechanical attachment of an insertable into the sleeve contact plug contact.
  • the spring as a simple S-shaped curved metal strip is very easy and inexpensive to produce.
  • the spring may consist of a different material than the main body and may be made for example of a spring steel. It is particularly advantageous to produce the spring from a stainless steel, whereby a high corrosion resistance and thus long-lasting good electrical contact properties can be achieved.
  • the spring has a greater material thickness than the main body.
  • the spring can be so high Have spring constant through which even a small spring deflection, a relatively high spring force can be generated.
  • the sleeve contact 1 consists of a base body 2 made of metal, which can be mechanically and electrically connected to an integrally formed crimping section 8 with a connecting line, not shown here.
  • the base body 2 contact blade 4 At the input-side portion of the sleeve contact 1 is integrally formed on the base body 2 contact blade 4, which forms a receiving area 11 for a plug-in contact 5 together with a base 9 of the base body 2.
  • a plurality of contact points 6 projecting in the direction of the receiving region 11 are integrally formed on the base surface 9.
  • sleeve contact shown instead of the integrally molded contact blade 4 a manufactured as a single item s-shaped spring 7.
  • An end portion 10 of the spring 7 is movably mounted on a bearing point 12 within the base body 2.
  • the s-shaped spring 7 forms a first S-curve section 13, whose convex side extends in the direction of the receiving region 11 of the sleeve contact 1, and a second S-curve section 14, which rests against the clamping sleeve 3.
  • the spring 7 Since the spring 7 is mounted only at its end portion 10 on the base body 2, it forms a one-sided lever with a short lever arm between the end portion 10 and the first S-curve portion 13 which abuts the plug contact 5 and a comparatively long Lever arm from End portion 10 to the second S-curve portion 14 of the spring 7, which bears against the bulge 15 of the clamping sleeve 3.
  • the spring 7 can exercise a large contact force on the inserted plug contact 5 due to the leverage, which is firstly advantageous for producing a good electrical connection and secondly also allows a secure mechanical attachment of the plug contact 5 within the sleeve contact 1.
  • the spring 7 is made as an independent of the main body 2 item and therefore may have a higher material thickness and may consist of a particularly suitable spring material.
  • the spring 7 may be made of a spring steel and have a much higher spring constant than the integrally formed with the main body contact blade 4 in a prior art connector, as in the Figures 1 and 2 outlined.
  • FIGS. 5 and 6 clarify in enlarged partial views of Figures 1 and 2 a particularly advantageous possibility for the design of contact points 6a, 6b.
  • the sleeve contact according to the invention has a plurality of formed on its base 9 contact points, which provide two successive support points a stable support of the insertable pin 5 and at the same time defined electrical contact points.
  • the contact points 6a, 6b of the sleeve contact according to the invention are designed differently.
  • a first contact point 6a is hereby shaped as a conventionally formed contact tip.
  • a second contact point 6b has the shape of an inclined plane, which forms a sharp edge 16 at its end.
  • This sharp edge 16 expresses itself, supported by the leverage of the spring 7, which acts above the two contact points 6a, 6b on the pin 5, a little way into the material of the connector pin 5 and thus stabilizes the pin 5 within the sleeve contact.
  • a lateral displacement, twisting or pulling out of the connector pin 5 from the sleeve contact by the sharp-edged contact point 6b considerably more difficult.

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