EP3078082B1 - Steckverbinder mit steckkraftbegrenzung - Google Patents

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EP3078082B1
EP3078082B1 EP14830503.0A EP14830503A EP3078082B1 EP 3078082 B1 EP3078082 B1 EP 3078082B1 EP 14830503 A EP14830503 A EP 14830503A EP 3078082 B1 EP3078082 B1 EP 3078082B1
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Martin LÜCKEMEIER
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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
    • H01R13/6275—Latching arms not integral with the housing
    • 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
    • H01R13/633—Additional means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts, e.g. aligning or guiding means, levers, gas pressure electrical locking indicators, manufacturing tolerances for disengagement only
    • H01R13/6335—Additional means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts, e.g. aligning or guiding means, levers, gas pressure electrical locking indicators, manufacturing tolerances for disengagement only comprising a handle
    • 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
    • H01R13/641—Means for preventing incorrect coupling by indicating incorrect coupling; by indicating correct or full engagement

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  • the invention relates to a connector according to the preamble of the independent claim 1.
  • Such connectors are needed to connect lines for signals or power.
  • the present invention relates to connectors for preferably electrical or optical lines.
  • signals and information, as well as power in the form of, for example, electrical voltage or pneumatic pressure, can be transmitted via such plug connectors and lines.
  • the invention preferably relates to a so-called push-pull connector.
  • This type of connectors is contacted by simply plugging the plug on a mating connector and locked with this automatically. By pulling on the connector, the latching with the mating connector is released and a decontacting is possible. Due to the simple handling by plugging and unplugging the connector, these are known as push-pull connectors.
  • the publication DE 20 2006 005 177 U1 shows a metallic connector which can latch by means of locking plates with connecting hooks located in a mating connector. By a sliding, captive sleeve on the connector, the locking plates can be raised and the connecting hooks are lifted from the mating connector, whereby the locking of the connector is released.
  • the object of the invention is to design a connector so that damage and impairment of the contact means and components of the connector is avoided during the insertion process. In addition, an over-insertion of the contact means should be prevented. It should be ensured that power-regulating devices of the connector in the unplugged state of the connector can not be manipulated intentionally or unintentionally.
  • the invention is a connector of the type described above, which are known as so-called push-pull connector.
  • the invention relates to such connectors, which have more than one latching step or a detent point.
  • connectors makes it possible to provide a length compensation between the contact means of connector and to be contacted mating connector. Depending on how the tolerances of the components of the connectors fail - which can vary greatly from manufacturer to manufacturer - the difference can be compensated by a variable locking of the connector.
  • the connector has a force limitation, which allows the user to contact the connector only with a defined force with the mating connector.
  • a length compensation between the connector and mating connector can be made possible while ensuring that no components are damaged by a too large contacting force.
  • the connector has a second actuating means by means of which the user can push the connector on the mating connector and contact.
  • the force exerted by the user on the second actuating means is transmitted by means of drivers on the second actuating means and body to the connector.
  • the driver on the second actuating means and the base body of the connector are formed so that they engage in one another and transmit the force from the second actuating means to the base body. Due to a special design of the driver as ramps, the power transmission to a certain value - due to the slope of the ramps - limited.
  • Damage to or impairment of the contact means, as well as other components of the connector and mating connector, can be prevented.
  • the connector according to the invention has all other components that are already known from similar connectors of the prior art.
  • the connector has a first actuating element, which is axially displaceable against the insertion direction of the connector.
  • This first actuating means lifts by means of corresponding, already known on or molding the latching means of the connector from the detents of the mating connector. Thus, a release of the latch between the connectors is possible.
  • the two actuating means are the already known first actuating means for unlocking the lock and the second actuating means for locking the connector - integrally formed.
  • the connector only has an actuating means which serves for contacting and decontacting the connector.
  • the second actuating means sleeve-like surrounds the connector, that the connector can be gripped by the user only on the second actuating means. The supply of too high insertion force on connector and mating connector is not possible.
  • the connector according to the invention also has a blocking element which prevents a triggering of the force limit of the second actuating means is unintentionally in the unmated state possible.
  • the blocking element blocks the movement of the second actuating means in the insertion direction and releases them only when a mating connector is connected to the connector.
  • the advantages achieved by the invention consist essentially in the fact that a connector system consisting of connectors and mating connector with variable insertion depth, can no longer be plugged. Damage to contacts or components of the connector can be prevented. Furthermore, minimum, required insertion forces can be ensured. By inserting the connector "until the force limit triggers" a minimum insertion force can be ensured with suitably selected force values, at the same time, not exceeding maximum insertion force.
  • FIG. 1 shows a connector 1 according to the present invention in an exploded view. Shown are the most important components of the connector 1: a base body 2, here two locking means 3, and the first actuating means 4 and the second actuating means 4a, which in this particular embodiment are made in one piece. In addition, a mating connector 5 is shown.
  • the receiving flange is shown by the mating connector 5.
  • the remaining components are inventively not relevant and can be neglected here.
  • the illustrated receiving flange is referred to as a mating connector 5 representative.
  • the main body 2 has a plug side and a connection side.
  • the plug-in direction S facing plug side corresponds to the male receptacle of the mating connector 5.
  • the main body 2 and the mating connector 5 are proceeding to receive contact elements that are contactable with each other.
  • the representation of the contact elements has been omitted in the figures. These are not dependent on the present invention and may vary according to the prior art. It is only said so much that the contact elements can be both electrical, pneumatic, optical or hydraulic type.
  • two locking means 3 are provided, which are to be fastened to the base body 2.
  • the locking means 3 shown here right and left of the main body 2 have resilient latching arms, at the ends of each latching hooks 3.1 and 3.2 Entrastungsnasen are provided.
  • the locking hooks 3.1 of the latching means 3 are provided to latch into locking receptacles 5.1 in the mating connector 5.
  • the mating connector 5 has a plurality of latching regions formed from a plurality of latching receptacles 5.1. Depending on the insertion depth of the connector 1 in the mating connector 5, the locking hooks 3.1 engage in more forward or rearward detent recesses 5.1.
  • Entrastungsnasen 3.2 are provided for unlocking connector 1 and mating connector 5. They are raised by corresponding Entrastungsschrägen 4.2 on the inside of the first actuating means 4 when the first actuating means 4 is actuated against the insertion direction S.
  • the first actuating means 4 and the second actuating means 4a are made in one piece.
  • the force limitation according to the invention in the insertion process is possible. This principle is in the sectional views of Fig. 2 to Fig. 4 better recognizable and represented.
  • the Fig. 2 to Fig. 4 each show the connector 1 of Fig. 1 in a cutaway view.
  • the views are the Fig. 2a . 3a and 4a each cut in the plane of the driver 2.1 / 4.1 and the views of Fig. 2b . 3b and 4b respectively in the plane of the latching hook 3.1 and Entrastungsnasen 3.2, and the Entrastungsschrägen 4.2 and the locking receptacles 5.1.
  • Fig. 2a and Fig. 2b the connector is shown in a locked ground state.
  • the snap hooks 3.1 engage in recesses 5.1 of the mating connector 5. A release of the connector is prevented.
  • the drivers 4.1 and 2.1 slide over one another by elastic deformation of the second actuation means 4a and of the base body 2. A further power transmission to the base body 2 is prevented. This condition is in the Fig. 3a and Fig. 3b shown.
  • the drivers 4.1 and 2.1 have slid over each other and a power transmission to the base body 2, and thus further plugging connector 1 and mating connector 5 is prevented.
  • the second actuating means 4a can maximally up to the mating connector 5 - as in the Fig. 3a and Fig. 3b shown - to be pushed.
  • the main body 2 of the connector 1 is locked in this state, regardless of insertion forces of the second actuating means 4 a with the mating connector 5.
  • the first actuating means 4 In order to effect unlocking of connector 1 and mating connector 5, the first actuating means 4 must be moved counter to the insertion direction S. In this case, a certain force must be applied to the driver 4.1 / 2.1 back to the starting position Fig. 2a / 2b bring to.
  • the first actuating means 4 can be moved even further against the insertion direction S ( Fig. 4a and Fig. 4b ) until the Entrastungsschrägen 4.2 engage under the Entrastungsnasen 3.2 of the locking means 3 and lift them radially outward.
  • the locking hooks 3.1 are lifted out of the recesses 5.1 and thus release the lock between connector 1 and mating connector 5. A removal of the connector 1 from the mating connector 5 is possible.
  • the FIG. 5 shows a further connector according to the invention in the ground state - as the FIGS. 2a and 2b -
  • the driver 2.1 is formed by a spring clip.
  • the spring clip is fixed to a pin on the base body 2.
  • the driver 4.1 is designed as a pin. This runs in one eye of trained as a spring clamp driver 2.1. As a result, the unlocking between connector 1 and mating connector 5 can be realized.
  • FIGS. 7 and 8 In each case the function according to the invention of a blocking element 6 is shown in a sectional view of the connector 1. This is what the FIG. 7 The plug-in element 1 is in a non-plugged state.
  • a first region of the blocking element 6 is provided as a blocking region 6.1, while the second region of the blocking element 6 forms a lever region 6.2.
  • the lever area 6.2 lies in the plug-in area of the mating connector 5.
  • the blocking area 6.1 is located in the path of movement of the second actuating means 4a. A movement of the second actuating means 4a in the insertion direction is not possible.

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