EP2940797B1 - Connecteur pour cartes de circuits imprimés - Google Patents

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EP2940797B1
EP2940797B1 EP15158661.7A EP15158661A EP2940797B1 EP 2940797 B1 EP2940797 B1 EP 2940797B1 EP 15158661 A EP15158661 A EP 15158661A EP 2940797 B1 EP2940797 B1 EP 2940797B1
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Massimo Bevar
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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
    • H01R12/7005—Guiding, mounting, polarizing or locking means; Extractors
    • H01R12/7011—Locking or fixing a connector to a PCB
    • H01R12/7058—Locking or fixing a connector to a PCB characterised by the movement, e.g. pivoting, camming or translating parallel to the PCB
    • 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
    • H01R4/16—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 bending
    • 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
    • H01R12/50—Fixed connections
    • H01R12/51—Fixed connections for rigid printed circuits or like structures
    • H01R12/55—Fixed connections for rigid printed circuits or like structures characterised by the terminals
    • H01R12/58—Fixed connections for rigid printed circuits or like structures characterised by the terminals terminals for insertion into holes
    • 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
    • H01R13/405—Securing in non-demountable manner, e.g. moulding, riveting
    • H01R13/415—Securing in non-demountable manner, e.g. moulding, riveting by permanent deformation of contact member
    • 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
    • H01R13/46—Bases; Cases
    • H01R13/502—Bases; Cases composed of different pieces
    • H01R13/506—Bases; Cases composed of different pieces assembled by snap action of the parts
    • 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
    • H01R13/62983—Linear camming means or pivoting lever for connectors for flexible or rigid printed circuit boards, flat or ribbon cables

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  • the present invention relates to an electrical circuit comprising a printed-circuit board having a first series of holes, and a connector comprising:
  • the object of the present invention is hence to provide a system for connection between the printed-circuit board and the connector that will not require any soldering operation.
  • the present invention regards a connector for printed-circuit boards, in particular a signal connector, which can be connected to a printed-circuit board without any need to carry out any soldering operation.
  • the connector in question designated in the figures by the reference number 100, comprises a casing 2 having a closed side wall 2A, preferably characterized by a parallelepipedal geometry, which identifies inside it a seat 2B of corresponding shape, designed to receive the further elements of the connector.
  • the casing 2 is designed to be coupled directly on the printed-circuit board, designated in the figures by the reference number 200, and has, for this purpose, one or more pins 21 projecting at the bottom and configured for fitting into corresponding holes 201 made in the printed-circuit board 200 so as to define a correct and precise reference position of the casing on the printed-circuit board.
  • the connector 100 further comprises a body 4, which is designed to fit into the seat 2B and carries a set of electrical terminals 14. These have respective portions 14B' that project underneath said body so as to be received in a series of holes 202 provided with electrical contacts (not illustrated), made in the printed-circuit board 200.
  • electrical connection of the connector to the printed-circuit board is established by coupling of the portions 14B' with the electrical contacts present within the holes 202.
  • these contacts may be constituted by metallized portions of the walls of the holes 202.
  • the metallization is constituted by a gold plating.
  • the same type of metallization is preferably used also for the portions 14B' of the terminals 14.
  • the body 4 has a shape substantially corresponding to the seat 2B of the casing 2 - in the example illustrated, a generic parallelepipedal shape -, and made thereon are a series of through holes in which the terminals 14 are fixed.
  • the aforesaid terminals each have an electrical-contact portion 14a set within a first hole 41 made in the body 4, and a pin portion 14B, which starts from the portion 14A and traverses a further hole 43, of smaller diameter, made once again in the body 4, and projects, with a part thereof corresponding to the aforesaid portion 14B', underneath the body 4.
  • portion 14A may be either of a female type, as in the example illustrated, where it is constituted by a bushing, or of a male type.
  • the electrical wires for transmission of the signal to/from the printed-circuit board are then fixed in the portions 14A.
  • the connector 100 moreover comprises a clamping element 6 configured for engaging the portions 14B' of the terminals 14 within the casing 2.
  • the element 6 has, in particular, a plate-like portion 6A having a series of through holes 61, preferably flared at the ends, which are each traversed by a corresponding portion 14B' of the terminals 14.
  • the holes 61 made in the clamping element must be substantially aligned to the holes 202 made in the printed-circuit board 200 so as to enable the two sets of holes to be traversed by the portions 14B'.
  • the element 6 moreover has one or more hook-shaped elements 63, which project underneath from the portion 6A and are designed to engage corresponding openings 205 made in the printed-circuit board.
  • the element 6 operates within the connector in order to establish both a mechanical fixing and an electrical connection of the connector to the printed-circuit board. Activation of the above element is obtained in a simple and fast way via its interaction with the body 4.
  • the body 4 and the element 6 are configured for interacting with one another, within the casing 2 already mounted on the printed-circuit board, so as to move from a first free condition in which both of them are mobile with respect to the casing, to a condition in which they, and the connector as a whole, are fixed to the printed-circuit board.
  • the body 4 is axially mobile within the seat 2B, i.e., mobile in a direction (designated by Z in the figures) that is substantially parallel to the respective directions of extension of the terminals 14.
  • Guide means - such as the rectilinear grooves 45 and the ribbings 2B' of the example illustrated - may be provided on the mutually coupled sides of the seat 2B and of the body 4 for guiding the body 4 in said movement.
  • the axial movement of the body 4 has the function of determining insertion of the portions 14B' of the terminals in the holes 202 of the printed-circuit board.
  • clamping element 6 it is, instead, mobile in a direction (designated by Y) contained in a plane orthogonal to the direction of movement of the body 4.
  • the connector 100 comprises cam means provided on the body 4 and on the element 6, which are configured for inducing a displacement of the element 6 in the direction Y, as a result of the axial movement of the body 4 in the direction Z.
  • the displacement of the element 6 induced by the cam means is of an extension such as to bring the holes 61 into a condition slightly out of line with respect to the holes 202 of the printed-circuit board, such that the portions 14B' of the terminals come to be imprisoned between the opposed and immediately adjacent edges of the two sets of holes.
  • each portion 14B' comes to be gripped between the left-hand bottom edge 61' of the corresponding hole 61, and the right-hand top edge 202' of the hole 202. This causes the portions 14B' to be constrained to the printed-circuit board and to the casing 2 and come perfectly into contact with the electrical contacts present in the holes 202.
  • the displacement in question brings the hook-shaped portions 63 of the element 6 into engagement with the corresponding parts of the underside of the printed-circuit board that are rendered accessible through the openings 205, this determining fixing of the casing 2 to the printed-circuit board.
  • the cam means in question may be obtained according to different configurations.
  • the aforesaid means comprise a wall 6B, which is carried by the plate-like portion 6A of the clamping element and on which one or more cam tracks 64 are provided.
  • the body 4 has, on its side facing the element 6, a slit 44, which is designed to receive the wall 6B and has, on one or both of its opposite sides, pins 44' that come to engage the cam tracks 64.
  • each path 64 has, with respect to the direction in which it is traversed by the corresponding pin 44', when the body 4 and the element 6 pass from their free condition to the clamping condition, a first rectilinear stretch 64A, configured for not inducing any displacement of the element 6, and a subsequent curvilinear stretch 64B, configured, instead, for inducing the displacement described above of the clamping element 6.
  • the length of the rectilinear stretch 64A is to be such as to guarantee a given degree of insertion of the portions 14B' of the terminals within the holes 202 before the clamping element comes to grip them against the edges of the latter.
  • Figures 3A-C and the corresponding Figures 4A-C illustrate three different subsequent steps of the process for clamping the body 4 and the element 6 on the printed-circuit board 200.
  • Figures 3A and 4A illustrate an initial step, in which the body 4 and the element 6 are in their free condition referred to above.
  • the portions 14B' are still above the printed-circuit board 200, out of the holes 202, and the pins 44' are at the start of the rectilinear stretch 64A of the cam tracks.
  • Figures 3B and 4B represent a second step in which the body 4 has been displaced, with respect to the position of Figures 3A and 4a , by a stretch corresponding to the rectilinear stretch 64A of the cam track, and the pins 44' are in effect located at the end of this stretch and at the start of the curvilinear stretch 64B.
  • the portions 14b' are already inserted in the holes 202.
  • the pins 44' enter the curvilinear stretch 64B, and the interaction between the pins and the path determines displacement of the clamping element 6 in the direction Y, until the clamping condition illustrated in Figures 3C and 4C is reached, where the portions 14B' of the terminals are gripped between the two sets of holes 61 and 202, and the hook-shaped portions 63 engage the underside of the printed-circuit board 200.
  • the connector 100 has clamping means provided on the casing 2 and designed to engage the body 4.
  • these clamping means comprise at least one pair of opposed flexible tabs 22, which are provided on the wall 2A of the casing and project above the top edge thereof.
  • a projection 24 is provided, which identifies an inclined surface 24A, which faces the outside of the casing, and a contrast surface 24B, which faces the inside and is designed to engage a top edge 4' of the body 4.
  • the body 4 presses on the surfaces 24A and keeps the two tabs 22 bent outwards. Once the clamping condition is reached, the body 4 passes beyond the projections 24, and the two tabs snap shut, bringing the surfaces 24B up against the edge 4' of the body 4. In this condition, the surfaces 24B act on the edge 4' to prevent the body 4 from returning into its raised position under the elastic action exerted by the portions 14B'.
  • the simple snap-action insertion of the body 4 into the casing 2 determines, on the one hand, fixing of the casing 2 to the printed-circuit board, by way of the hook-shaped portions 63 of the element 6, and on the other hand, electrical and mechanical connection between the terminals 14 and the holes 202 of the circuit, by way of the plate-like portion 6A once again of the clamping element 6.
  • the printed-circuit board then envisages the usual paths (not illustrated) configured for distribution of the signals from the connector 100 to the other electronic components mounted on the circuit.
  • the casing 2, the body 4, and the clamping element 6 must clearly be made of an electrically insulating material, preferably a plastic or polymeric material, for example polybutylene terephthalate (PBT).
  • PBT polybutylene terephthalate
  • they may present some portions made of metal, such as, for example, the hook-shaped portions 63, the pins 21, etc., with the advantage that these portions may also be of smaller dimensions than in the case where they are made of plastic material.

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  1. Circuit électrique comprenant :
    une carte de circuits imprimés (200) pourvue d'une première série de trous (202), et
    un connecteur (100) comprenant:
    - un boîtier (2) conçu pour être couplé directement sur la carte de circuits imprimés (200) ; et
    - un ensemble de bornes électriques (14) insérées dans ledit boîtier (2) et conçues pour être couplées à ladite première série de trous (202) formés dans ladite carte de circuits imprimés (200),
    ledit circuit étant caractérisé en ce que ledit connecteur (100) comprend :
    - un corps (4) conçu pour se déplacer à l'intérieur dudit boîtier (2) et sur lequel est fixé ledit ensemble de bornes (14), lesdites bornes présentant des parties en saillie (14B') qui dépassent d'un côté dudit corps (4) et sont conçues pour être couplées auxdits trous (202) de ladite carte de circuits imprimés, ladite première série de trous (202) de ladite carte de circuits imprimés (200) recevant les parties en saillie (14B') des bornes électriques dudit connecteur ;
    - un élément de serrage (6) monté à l'intérieur dudit boîtier (2) pour serrer lesdites parties (14B') desdites bornes contre des bords desdits trous (202) de ladite carte de circuits imprimés ; et
    - des moyens de came (64, 44, 44') prévus sur ledit corps (4) et sur ledit élément de serrage, qui sont configurés pour activer ledit élément de serrage (6) en conséquence d'un mouvement dudit corps (4) à l'intérieur dudit boîtier (2).
  2. Circuit selon la revendication 1, dans lequel lesdits moyens de came (64, 44, 44') sont configurés pour induire un déplacement dudit élément de serrage (6) vers une position permettant le serrage desdites parties de bornes en conséquence d'un déplacement dudit corps (4) dans une première direction (Z), sensiblement parallèle à la direction d'extension desdites bornes à l'intérieur dudit corps, dans lequel ledit déplacement dudit élément de serrage (6) s'effectue dans une seconde direction (Y), contenue dans un plan sensiblement orthogonal à la première direction (Z).
  3. Circuit selon la revendication 2, dans lequel ledit élément de serrage (6) comprend une ou plusieurs parties en forme de crochet (63) configurées pour s'insérer dans des ouvertures correspondantes (205) formées dans ladite carte de circuits imprimés et pour s'engager dans la face inférieure de ladite carte de circuits imprimés, qui est rendue accessible à travers lesdites ouvertures lorsque ledit élément de serrage est dans ladite position de serrage.
  4. Circuit selon la revendication 3, dans lequel lesdits moyens de came (64, 44, 44') sont configurés pour induire ledit déplacement dudit élément de serrage (6) en conséquence du déplacement dudit corps (4), par rapport audit boîtier (2), d'une position sortie à une position rétractée.
  5. Circuit selon la revendication 4, dans lequel ledit boîtier (2) comporte des moyens pour empêcher le retour dudit corps de ladite position rétractée vers ladite position sortie.
  6. Circuit selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel ledit élément de serrage (6) présente une partie en forme de plaque (6A) pourvue d'une série de trous traversants (61) qui sont chacun traversés par une partie correspondante desdites parties en saillie (14B') desdites bornes.
  7. Circuit selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel lesdits moyens de came comprennent un chemin de came (64) et une tige (44') qui coulisse dans ledit chemin de came en conséquence dudit déplacement dudit corps (4).
  8. Circuit selon la revendication 6, dans lequel lesdits moyens de came comprennent une paroi (6B) portée par ladite partie en forme de plaque (6A) dudit élément de serrage (6), et une fente (44) qui est formée dans ledit corps, sur un côté de celui-ci situé en regard dudit élément de serrage (6), et est conçue pour recevoir ladite paroi, dans lequel un chemin de came (64) est prévu, d'une part, entre ladite paroi (6B) et un côté qui délimite ladite fente (44), et dans lequel d'autre part est prévue, entre ladite paroi (6B) et ledit côté qui délimite ladite fente (44), une tige (44') qui coulisse dans ledit chemin de came en conséquence du mouvement dudit corps (4).
  9. Circuit selon la revendication 2, dans lequel ledit élément de serrage (6) est configuré pour pousser lesdites parties (14B') desdites bornes latéralement pendant ledit déplacement dans ladite position de serrage.
  10. Circuit selon la revendication 1, dans lequel ladite carte de circuits imprimés comporte une ouverture (205) conçue pour recevoir la partie en forme de crochet (63) dudit connecteur (100), dans lequel ladite ouverture a une dimension permettant le mouvement de ladite partie en forme de crochet (63) de façon que celle-ci s'engage dans une partie correspondante de la face inférieure de la carte de circuits imprimés accessible à travers ladite ouverture (205).
  11. Circuit selon la revendication 1 ou 10, dans lequel ladite carte de circuits imprimés comporte une seconde série de trous (201) conçus pour recevoir des tiges correspondantes (21) prévues sur la face inférieure dudit boîtier.
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