EP2824773A1 - Steckverbinderanordnung mit integriertem Hebelverriegelungssystem - Google Patents

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EP2824773A1
EP2824773A1 EP13176416.9A EP13176416A EP2824773A1 EP 2824773 A1 EP2824773 A1 EP 2824773A1 EP 13176416 A EP13176416 A EP 13176416A EP 2824773 A1 EP2824773 A1 EP 2824773A1
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Michal Grudzewski
Lukasz Kot
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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
    • H01R13/629—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
    • H01R13/62955—Pivoting lever comprising supplementary/additional locking means

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  • the present invention relates to an electrical connector assembly comprising a mate assist lever, which can be locked in a preliminary mating position.
  • mate assist mechanisms in the form of mate assist levers or sliders to facilitate mating of connector and counter connector.
  • mate assist mechanisms usually are provided linearly moveable or pivotably on a connector housing.
  • a typical example of a lever mated connector assembly is for example described in WO 2007/098253 .
  • an electrical connector assembly comprising a mate assist lever, which serves to facilitate the mating of the connector assembly, is described.
  • the mate assist lever is pivotably mounted to a first connector and can be moved from a preliminary mating position to a fully mated position.
  • a cam element provided on the pivotable lever engages a corresponding cam mechanism of the counter connector, whereby the two connectors are pulled towards each other upon movement of the lever.
  • a portion of the lever snaps behind a latch member on the connector housing to lock the mate assist lever in said position, thereby also locking the mating of the two connectors.
  • mate assist lever disclosed in this document is provided pivotably on a connector housing and has generally a u-shape form with two lever arms connected by a common web. Each lever arm has a pivot axis that passes through the lever arm.
  • the lever arms are provided, such that from the preliminary mating position they can only be rotated into the fully mated position, but not in the opposite direction.
  • this prior art construction it is possible that the lever moves unintentionally from the preliminary mating position half way to the fully mated position when no counter connector is present. In such an intermediate position, it is not possible to mate the two connectors, so that an operator has to manually displace the lever back into the preliminary mating position to start the mating process. This requires an additional working step and is undesirable.
  • an electrical connector assembly which comprises a housing and a mate assist mechanism in form of a lever pivotably arranged on or assigned to the housing.
  • the mate assist lever is moveable from a preliminary mating position to a fully mated position. In the preliminary mating position, it is possible to initiate a mating process of the connector housing with a corresponding counter connector housing. In the fully mated position, both housings are fully mated with each other.
  • suitable cam means on lever, connector housing and counter connector housing interact with each other, to pull the two connector parts towards each other in the desired mating position.
  • the connector assembly comprises holding means to releasably hold the lever in said preliminary mating position.
  • the lever is held in the preliminary mating position, so that it does not unintentionally move to a position, where it is not possible to initiate the mating process between the connector housing and a corresponding counter connector.
  • the inventive connector can be shipped to the customers with the lever in the preliminary mating position, so that upon assembly, in for example a vehicle, the operator does not have to align the lever into a position, which allows to initiate the mating process, but the levers always is in the correct position, i.e. the preliminary mating position.
  • the connector housing can be inserted into a corresponding counter connector (or vice versa) and the mating process can be finished by rotating the lever into the fully mated position.
  • the holding means comprise at least one locking protrusion, which is adapted to be flexibly moveable in one direction and a corresponding locking reception, which receives said locking protrusion when the lever is in the preliminary mating position.
  • the locking reception has first and second locking walls being arranged on opposite sides of the protrusion.
  • the second wall of the reception is shaped, such that it will engage the protrusion and prevent a rotation in said opposite rotating direction.
  • the inventive holding means allows a release in one direction if sufficient force is applied, but will in any case block any movement in the opposite direction.
  • the holding means advantageously comprises a cavity arranged in close proximity to the locking protrusion and in a position, so that the locking protrusion is moved towards said cavity when displaced by the first locking wall.
  • the locking protrusion is provided on the connector housing and the reception on the lever.
  • This allows a particular compact design.
  • the protrusion is very rigid and does not easily move in any other direction.
  • a protrusion and corresponding reception is provided on both lever arms of the lever, when the same is of the type having a generally u-shape configuration with two lever arms connected by a common web.
  • the holding means are adapted, such that a predetermined threshold force of at least 10 N, more preferred 40 N, and maximum 50 N has to be applied by an operator to rotate the lever and the housing relatively from preliminary mating to fully mated position.
  • the locking reception is adapted such that the contact surfaces of the first locking wall and the locking protrusion are oriented in a plane inclined to the rotating direction, such that a force component is directed onto the locking protrusion to displace the same in order to release the lever upon the relative rotation of the lever and the housing from the preliminary mating position to the fully mated position.
  • the contact surfaces of second locking wall and locking protrusion i.e.
  • the two respective surfaces of wall and protrusion, which come into contact are oriented in a plane essentially perpendicular to the rotating direction and/or such that contact surfaces of the second locking wall and the locking protrusion are oriented such that no force component is directed onto the locking protrusion which would displace the protrusion in a direction to release the lever, upon said relative rotation of lever and housing from the preliminary mating position in the opposite rotating direction, i.e. away from the fully mated position.
  • very high holding or locking forces can be realized in this opposite direction, so that the lever can only be released in the rotating direction from preliminary mating position to fully mated position.
  • Fig. 1 shows a connector assembly 10 in a schematic exploded view.
  • the connector assembly comprises a housing 200 made up of a main part and a housing module 28, which is part of housing 200.
  • a wire shroud 30 is shown as well as a mate assist lever 100, which serves to facilitate a mating process between housing 200 and a corresponding counter connector 40.
  • the working principle of such mate assist mechanisms is in general well known to the skilled person, so that it is refrained herein from giving a more detailed explanation thereof.
  • a mat seal 22 can be arranged, which is fixed in position by a mat seal retainer 24.
  • the assembly 10 further comprises a connector seal 26.
  • the connector assembly 10 is shown in Fig. 2 in a three dimensional schematic view in assembled condition.
  • the lever 100 is pivotably arranged on housing 200 and is adapted to be pivotable around a pivot axis 110.
  • the lever 100 has a general u-shape configuration with two lever arms 102, 103 connected by a common web 105, and in the embodiment shown, each lever arm 102, 103 has a pivot axis 110 that passes through the lever arm.
  • Figure 3 shows connector assembly 10 in two side views. In the side view on the left hand of Fig. 3 , the lever 100 is shown in the preliminary mating position. In the position shown, it is now possible to plug connector housing 200 onto the counter connector 40 to initiate the mating process. On the right hand side of Fig.
  • lever 100 in the fully mated position.
  • suitable cam means provided on lever and counter connector interact so that connector housing 200 and counter connector 40 are pulled towards each other to achieve a full mating of the connectors.
  • the functioning of the mate assist mechanism itself is not relevant for the present invention and for the details it is referred to the above described prior art, the teaching of which is included herein by reference.
  • Figs. 4a to 4c the holding means of the present invention are explained in more detail.
  • Fig. 4a shows the same illustration as Fig. 3 , with lever 100 in the open or preliminary mating position.
  • the connector assembly comprises altogether four holding means, two on each lever arm and each pair being arranged on opposite sides of the pivot axis 110.
  • Fig. 4b and 4c details of first holding means 120 are shown in Fig. 4c and details of the second holding means 130 are shown in Fig. 4b .
  • the lever arm 103 which is not visible in Fig. 4a due to the perspective, comprises symmetrically arranged identical holding means.
  • Fig. 4b shows details of second holding means 130 as seen from a direction x indicated by the corresponding arrow in Fig. 4a .
  • Fig. 4b is not a cut view, in contrast to Fig. 4c .
  • the downward directed arrow indicates the direction of movement the lever arm 102 will follow, when lever 100 is moved from the preliminary mating position to the fully mated position, i.e. in direction "F" indicated in Fig. 4a .
  • housing 200 is provided with a locking protrusion 131 and the lever arm 102 is provided with a corresponding locking reception 132 receiving the locking protrusion 131 therein, in the preliminary mating position (cf. Fig. 4a ).
  • the locking reception 132 has a first wall 133 and a second locking wall 134 being arranged on opposite sides of protrusion 131.
  • first wall 133 is oriented in a plane suitably inclined to the rotating direction, a force component is directed from first wall 133 onto the locking protrusion 131, which will displace the protrusion in direction of cavity 135, i.e. to the left in Fig. 4b . Thereby, the locking protrusion 131 is displaced to release the lever.
  • second wall 134 of reception 132 will likewise engage the lower contact surface of locking protrusion 131.
  • FIG. 4c shows a cut view along plane A-A in Fig. 4a .
  • the holding means 120 are similar to holding means 130. Since the first holding means 120 are arranged on the opposite side of pivot axis 110 as the second holding means 130, the direction from the preliminary mating position to the fully mated position in Fig. 4c is indicated by the upward arrow in Fig. 4c .
  • Also holding means 120 comprise a locking protrusion 121 and a corresponding locking reception 122, which is formed by two walls 123 and 124 arranged on opposite sides of protrusion 121.
  • a cavity 125 is arranged in close proximity to locking protrusion 121 to enhance the flexibility of the locking protrusion towards the cavity 125.
  • protrusion 120 can easily be bent or flexed in a direction towards said cavity, i.e. in a direction to the right in Fig. 4c , and thus in a direction to release the lever.
  • the first wall 123 is suitably inclined to generate a force component directed onto the locking protrusion 121, to displace the protrusion 121 towards said cavity 125 to release the lever.
  • first wall 124 is inclined in such a manner, that it will not generate any force component in the direction of cavity 125 (release direction) but that it will rather generate a force component onto protrusion 121 away from cavity 125, so that protrusion 121 is not displaced or displaced in the wrong direction and cannot release the lever.
  • Fig. 5 shows lever 100 in a three dimensional perspective view.
  • each lever arm 102, 103 comprises holding means 120 and 130, being arranged on opposite sides of the pivot axis 110.
  • Figs. 6a and 6b show details of the locking protrusion 131 (locking protrusion 121 may have the identical arrangement).
  • locking protrusion 131 is arranged on an edge of housing 200, and on face 202 of housing 200.
  • the protrusion 131 has essentially cubic shape.
  • locking protrusion 131 can be moved towards cavity 135, so that it can be displaced by the first locking wall of locking reception 132 (cf. to Fig. 4b ).
  • Fig. 6b shows the same arrangement as Fig.

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US5172998A (en) * 1990-12-15 1992-12-22 Yazaki Corporation Connector with a lever
US20030017026A1 (en) * 2001-07-23 2003-01-23 Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd. Lever-type connector
US20050026484A1 (en) * 2003-04-16 2005-02-03 Ulrich Demuth Plug connector arrangement
US20060089031A1 (en) 2003-03-28 2006-04-27 Flowers Robert J Lever type electrical connector with CPA member
WO2007098253A2 (en) 2006-02-21 2007-08-30 Tyco Electronics Corporation Lever mated connector assembly

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US5172998A (en) * 1990-12-15 1992-12-22 Yazaki Corporation Connector with a lever
US20030017026A1 (en) * 2001-07-23 2003-01-23 Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd. Lever-type connector
US20060089031A1 (en) 2003-03-28 2006-04-27 Flowers Robert J Lever type electrical connector with CPA member
US20050026484A1 (en) * 2003-04-16 2005-02-03 Ulrich Demuth Plug connector arrangement
WO2007098253A2 (en) 2006-02-21 2007-08-30 Tyco Electronics Corporation Lever mated connector assembly

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