EP2816673A1 - Elektrischer Steckverbinder und elektrische Steckeranordnung - Google Patents

Elektrischer Steckverbinder und elektrische Steckeranordnung Download PDF

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EP2816673A1
EP2816673A1 EP13173113.5A EP13173113A EP2816673A1 EP 2816673 A1 EP2816673 A1 EP 2816673A1 EP 13173113 A EP13173113 A EP 13173113A EP 2816673 A1 EP2816673 A1 EP 2816673A1
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Jacky Lebreton
Mélanie GUILLANTON
Olivier GOLETTO
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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
    • H01R13/62—Means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts or for holding them in engagement
    • H01R13/627—Snap or like fastening
    • H01R13/6271—Latching means integral with the housing
    • H01R13/6272—Latching means integral with the housing comprising a single latching arm
    • 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
    • H01R13/62—Means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts or for holding them in engagement
    • H01R13/629—Additional means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts, e.g. aligning or guiding means, levers, gas pressure electrical locking indicators, manufacturing tolerances
    • H01R13/62905—Additional means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts, e.g. aligning or guiding means, levers, gas pressure electrical locking indicators, manufacturing tolerances comprising a camming member
    • H01R13/62927—Comprising supplementary or additional locking means
    • 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
    • H01R13/62—Means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts or for holding them in engagement
    • H01R13/629—Additional means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts, e.g. aligning or guiding means, levers, gas pressure electrical locking indicators, manufacturing tolerances
    • H01R13/62933—Comprising exclusively pivoting lever
    • 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
    • H01R13/62—Means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts or for holding them in engagement
    • H01R13/629—Additional means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts, e.g. aligning or guiding means, levers, gas pressure electrical locking indicators, manufacturing tolerances
    • H01R13/62933—Comprising exclusively pivoting lever
    • H01R13/62944—Pivoting lever comprising gear teeth

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  • the instant invention relates to electrical connectors and electrical connection assemblies comprising such connectors.
  • the instant invention is related to an electrical connector assembly having an electrical connector with a carrier, a mating connector, and a mate assist system adapted to assist the mating of the electrical connector to the mating connector.
  • the mate assist system has a pivotable lever mounted on the carrier and has a teeth portion.
  • the mate assist system further has a complementary teeth facing portion on the mating connector. A rotating movement of the lever, with the teeth portion cooperating with the complementary teeth facing portion on the mating connector, causes a mating movement of the carrier and the mating connector along a mating direction with respect to one another.
  • a locking system of the mate assist system comprising a locking element on the carrier and a flexible leg portion of the lever, wherein the flexible leg portion is lockably engageable with the locking element and, in a pre-locked position, the rotation of the lever with respect to the carrier is prevented.
  • the flexible leg is able to cooperate with an actuating component upon mating together the carrier and the mating connector to disengage the flexible leg portion from the locking element.
  • the pivotable lever is adapted to pivot with respect to the carrier at a pivot connection between the pre-locked position and a locked position supporting the connection between the carrier and the mating connector.
  • the pivotable lever comprises lengthwise and transverse actuating arm portions, wherein the lengthwise arm portions are pivotable along the two opposite sides of the carrier with respect to a pivot connection and the two lengthwise arm portions are connected with the transverse actuating arm portion.
  • the transverse actuating arm portion is actuable by a user and it is movable with respect to the pivot connection from a locked position to a prelocked position and vice versa.
  • the locked position corresponds to an upper boundary level of the transverse actuating arm portion, said upper boundary level being further away from the mating connector; and the pre-locked position corresponds to a lower boundary level of the lever arm portion, said lower boundary level being closer to the mating connector.
  • the flexible leg of the pivotable lever is lockably engageable with a locking element on the carrier, thereby keeping the pivotable lever in a pre-locked position.
  • the actuating component of the mating connector disengages the flexible leg portion of the pivotable lever from the locking element of the carrier, thereby terminating the locking in pre-locked position.
  • the pivotable lever is able to move from a lower boundary level to an upper boundary level, thereby a teeth portion of the pivotable lever is able to mesh with a complementary teeth facing portion of a mating connector and thereby the carrier and the mating connector can be fixed to each other.
  • the pivotable lever in an upper boundary level can be locked by a locking mechanism and by this the mating connector element can be firmly fixed to the carrier. This way, the assembling of the carrier and the mating connector element can be facilitated.
  • a firm assembly of a carrier and a mating connector is desirable. While rotating the pivotable lever of the carrier from a lower boundary level to an upper boundary level, a mating connector element is fixed to the carrier. For assembling the two parts, the pivotable lever is in pre-locked position. The actuating component portion on the side of the mating connector cooperates with the flexible leg of the pivotable lever and, upon the assembling movement, the actuating component deflects the flexible locking leg from the locking element and the pivotable lever is unlocked from the pre-locked position, thus it can be pivoted to an upper boundary level.
  • the pivotable lever approaches the upper boundary level, the teeth portion of the aforementioned pivotable lever meshes with a complementary teeth facing portion of the mating connector and by this the carrier drags along the mating connector element with it.
  • the pivotable lever can be locked by a locking mechanism and, by this, ensures the mating of the carrier and the mating connector.
  • the flexible leg is inserted between the locking element of the carrier and a side face of the carrier so as to prevent the locking leg from being broken or unlocked from the locking element during transportation or handling as long as the electrical connector and the mating connector are not mated.
  • the connector assembly 1 comprises:
  • the carrier 2 defines a plastic housing holding a plurality of electrical contacts to be mated with complementary contacts of the mating connector 3.
  • the mating connector 3, itself has a plastic housing holding complementary contacts.
  • the numbers, types, arrangements of the contacts can be according to any requirement compatible with the connector assembly.
  • the connector assembly 1 is a lever type connector assembly, having a lever 4 which itself comprises parallel lengthwise arms 4a along two opposite lateral sides 2e of the carrier 2 and a transverse actuating arm portion 4b, thus forming a U-shaped lever.
  • the two lengthwise arms 4a are connected to the ends of the transverse actuating arm 4b, and both lengthwise arms are pivotally mounted on the carrier 2, e.g. by pivots 10 serving as pivoting points and forming pivoting connection.
  • the pivots 10 are extensions from the lateral sides 2e of the carrier forming a fulcrum for the pivoting lever 4, and define the rotation axis of the pivoting lever.
  • the pivoting lever 4 also comprises a teeth portion 7, which is an extension from the pivoting lever, in a lateral plane, in the proximity of the pivoting point 10 of the pivotable lever 4.
  • the teeth portion 7 follows an arcuate path, centered on the pivot axis of the lever 4.
  • the teeth portion 7 of the pivotable lever is adapted to cooperate with a facing complementary teeth portion 3t of the mating connector 3, more visible from Fig. 3 , and by this forming with the pivotable lever a mate assist system.
  • the pivoting movement of the pivotable lever 4, from a lower boundary level to an upper boundary level, enables the teeth portion 7 to cooperate with the complementary teeth portion 3t of the carrier 3 and by this to displace the carrier 2 and the mating connector 3 with respect to each another along the mating direction and to interconnect the carrier 2 and the mating connector 3.
  • the rotation movement of the pivotable lever 4 which can be effected by a user by pushing the pivotable lever 4 by its transverse actuating arm portion 4b towards the upper boundary level of the lever, results in a mating movement of the carrier 2 and the mating connector 3 toward each other along the mating direction.
  • the actuatable portion of the lever is the portion with the largest lever arm.
  • the pivotable lever 4 further comprises flexible locking legs 5. These legs can be symmetric to one another, and only one will be described.
  • the flexible locking leg comprises an elongated portion 5e, which extends from the lengthwise arm 4a, and is connected to a hook portion 5a.
  • the hook portion 5a has an inner face 5b, which faces toward the carrier side wall 2e and an outer face 5c, which faces away from said side wall of the carrier.
  • Said inner and outer faces 5b, 5c are tapered toward the free end 5f of the flexible locking leg 5 and the outer face 5c is extended by a step portion 5d which is substantially perpendicular to the side faces of the flexible leg portion 5.
  • the carrier 2 further comprises locking elements 8 on both lateral side walls 2e of the carrier 2, which are vertical extensions for instance in the form of vertical ribs protruding from the side walls 2e of the carrier, starting from the base of the carrier 2 up to the level of the pivot 10.
  • Each locking element 8 further comprises a locking knob 8k, more visible from Fig. 2 and 4 , which orthogonally extends from a vertical section of the locking element 8 at the height of the pivot 10, thus forming an opened gap 12 between the side wall of the carrier 2 and the locking knob 8k.
  • the gap 12 is sufficiently broad to allow the hook portion 5a to pass through.
  • the lever 4 When manufacturing or cabling the carrier 2, the lever 4 may not be in its pre-locked condition. In this case, before shipment, the pivotable lever 4 is rotated to its lower boundary level.
  • the pre-locked position of the pivotable lever 4 corresponds to a lower boundary level of the lever arm position, wherein the pivotable lever 4, especially the transverse actuating arm portion 4b, is proximal or closer to the mating connector 3. In this position, the lever 4 may abut against a suitable abutment 13 of the carrier 2 to prevent any further movement of the lever in this direction.
  • the locking leg 5 extends, on the one hand, between the locking knob 8b and the side wall 2e and on the other hand, between two ribs 8a, 13b extending substantially along and parallel to the flexible leg 5.
  • One 8a of these ribs supports the locking knob 8k.
  • the other rib 13b supports at one of its ends the abutment 13. Consequently, the flexible leg is well protected in the volume defined by the ribs, the side wall 2e and the knob 8b. This prevents the locking leg 5 from being broken or unlocked from the knob 8 during transportation or handling as long as the electrical connector and the mating connector are not mated.
  • the hook portion 5a of the leg 5 is broader than the locking element 8, so that a first portion of the step portion 5d cooperates with the locking element 8 to prevent any movement of the lever 4 toward its locked position, and another portion is laterally offset.
  • the carrier 2, with the lever in pre-locked position is able to mate a mating connector 3.
  • the mating connector 3 is adapted to encompass a lower area of the carrier 2, which can extend from the base plane of the carrier to an upper level of the carrier 2.
  • the mating connector also comprises an actuating component 9, more visible from Fig. 3 .
  • the actuating component 9 is a vertical extension from the inner side of the mating connector, which also comprises an inclined portion 9i, extending from the top of the mating connector 3 to the inner wall of the actuating component. As seen also on Fig 5a , when the carrier 2 and the mating connector 3 are facing each other ready for assembly, the actuating component 9 is laterally offset from the locking element 8. It is facing the offset portion of the hook portion 5a of the locking leg 5.
  • the actuating component 9 is adapted to cooperate with the flexible locking leg 5 of the pivotable lever 4.
  • the inclined portion of the actuating component 9i is formed to cooperate with the outer inclined portion of the hook portion 5a of the flexible locking leg 5.
  • the inclined portion of the actuating component 9i and the outer inclined plane of the hook portion 5a faces and gets toeach other and since the hook portion 5a is connected to the flexible locking leg 5, the hook portion 5a can slide on the inclined portion of the actuating component 9i, while pushing the flexible locking leg towards the side wall 2e of the carrier 2.
  • the snap-fit connection of the flexible locking leg 5 and the locking element 8 is disengaged and the pivotable lever is unlocked from its pre-locked position. This condition is shown on Figs. 6a and 6b .
  • the pivotable lever can be rotated from the lower boundary level to an upper boundary level, which was prevented before the cooperation of the actuating component 9 with the flexible locking leg 5.
  • the mate assist system comprising a teeth portion 7 on the pivotable lever 4 of the carrier 2 and the complementary teeth portion 3t of the carrier 3 can cooperate, to engage the carrier 2 and the mating connector 3. This condition is shown on Fig. 7a and 7b , where the locking leg 5 is not seen anymore, further to the rotation of the lever 4.
  • the transverse actuating arm portion 4b While approaching the upper boundary level of the lever, the transverse actuating arm portion 4b is able to cooperate with a flexible latch 6 of the carrier.
  • the flexible latch 6 is connected to the carrier and it comprises a bulging section facing against the transverse actuating arm portion 4b. While rotating the pivotable lever 4 to the upper boundary level of the lever, the bulging section of the flexible latch 6 flexes towards the carrier and slides on a locking peg of the transverse actuating arm portion 4b, and as the pivotable lever reaches the upper boundary level of the lever, the sliding faces of the locking peg and the flexible latch run out, enabling the flexible latch 6 to get back to its initial position and lock the pivotable lever 4 in the upper boundary level of the lever, by snap-fitting.
  • the upper boundary level of the lever corresponds to the locked position of the pivotable lever 4, wherein the aforementioned lever 4, especially the transverse actuating arm portion 4b, is in a distal position or further away from the mating connector 3. Due to the mating system, which firmly interlocks the mating connector 3 with the carrier 2, and the locking latch 6, which locks the pivotable lever 4 in the upper boundary level of the lever, the connector assembly 1 is securely and firmly connected. To uncouple the carrier 2 and the mating connector 3 the user has to push the flexible latch 6 towards to the carrier 3, to uncouple it from the locking peg and to enable the pivoting of the pivotable lever 4 from the upper boundary level of the lever to the lower boundary level of the lever.

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