EP3190668A1 - Stecker, der resistent gegen teilentladungen ist - Google Patents

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EP3190668A1
EP3190668A1 EP16207484.3A EP16207484A EP3190668A1 EP 3190668 A1 EP3190668 A1 EP 3190668A1 EP 16207484 A EP16207484 A EP 16207484A EP 3190668 A1 EP3190668 A1 EP 3190668A1
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Gaspard Cayzac
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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
    • H01R13/46—Bases; Cases
    • H01R13/52—Dustproof, splashproof, drip-proof, waterproof, or flameproof cases
    • H01R13/5219—Sealing means between coupling parts, e.g. interfacial seal
    • H01R13/5221—Sealing means between coupling parts, e.g. interfacial seal having cable sealing 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
    • H01R13/02—Contact members
    • H01R13/04—Pins or blades for co-operation with sockets
    • H01R13/05—Resilient pins or blades
    • H01R13/052—Resilient pins or blades co-operating with sockets having a circular transverse section
    • 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
    • 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
    • H01R13/50—Bases; Cases formed as an integral body
    • 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
    • H01R13/504—Bases; Cases composed of different pieces different pieces being moulded, cemented, welded, e.g. ultrasonic, or swaged together
    • 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
    • H01R13/53—Bases or cases for heavy duty; Bases or cases for high voltage with means for preventing corona or arcing
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R24/00—Two-part coupling devices, or either of their cooperating parts, characterised by their overall structure
    • H01R24/20—Coupling parts carrying sockets, clips or analogous contacts and secured only to wire or cable
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    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R24/00—Two-part coupling devices, or either of their cooperating parts, characterised by their overall structure
    • H01R24/28—Coupling parts carrying pins, blades or analogous contacts and secured only to wire or cable
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    • H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/648—Protective earth or shield arrangements on coupling devices, e.g. anti-static shielding  
    • H01R13/6485—Electrostatic discharge protection
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    • H01R2107/00—Four or more poles
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    • H01R2201/00—Connectors or connections adapted for particular applications
    • H01R2201/26—Connectors or connections adapted for particular applications for vehicles

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  • the present invention relates to connectors for the electrical connection of conductors comprising at their ends to connect a contact tip.
  • a particularly interesting but non-limiting application of the invention relates to connectors providing electrical connection of conductors for aeronautical applications subjected to an intense vibratory environment.
  • such a connector comprises a male part 1 and a female part 2.
  • the male part 1 comprises a body 3 made of rigid insulating material, of parallelepipedal or other general shape.
  • the body 3 comprises a set of housings or cylindrical cavities 4 each receiving a finned sleeve 5 for locking, in the body 3, a contact element 6 having a front pin 7 which passes through a hole 8 provided in the front face 9 of the body 3, in alignment with each housing 4.
  • the contact element further comprises a central locking collar 10 and a rear section 11 for receiving a contact tip (not shown) attached to the end of a conductor to be connected.
  • the sockets 5 are retained in the housings 4 by a retaining element 13 having holes 14 aligned with the housings 4 and held in the body 3 by a closure element and sealing 15 of flexible insulating material which is directly molded into the open rear end of the body 3.
  • the element 15 has through holes 16 for the conductors, which are aligned with the housings 4 and which have an alternation of section 17 of small diameter and section 18 of larger diameter.
  • the body 3 externally comprises a set of nipples 19 which surround, by enclosing them, the pins 7 to seal against front of the connector.
  • the female part As regards the female part, it has a shape similar to that of the male part.
  • the contact elements 22 comprise at the front a socket 23 instead of a pin.
  • the body 24 is deeper than the body of the male part so as to accommodate the sockets 23.
  • the body has recesses 25 extending the housing 4, and through holes 26 to allow insertion 7 male pins in the sockets 23.
  • the female part is also devoid of nipple provided on the male part 1.
  • Such a connector is advantageous insofar as it makes it possible to obtain an effective seal as well as a play-free holding of each part of the connector.
  • the connectors may be subject to partial discharges, which may appear for example when connecting or disconnecting pins and sockets. Such electrical discharges are likely to alter the insulating material of the body and, in the long run, to alter its electrical insulation properties.
  • the object of the invention is therefore to overcome this drawback and to provide a connector in which the electrical insulation properties of the elements involved in its constitution are guaranteed in the long term.
  • the invention therefore relates to a connector for the connection of electrical conductors comprising a contact tip at their end to be connected, comprising two parts conjugates, respectively male and female, each comprising a body of insulating material provided with housings in which are mounted respectively male and female contacts adapted to receive the contact tips of the conductors.
  • At least one of said male and female parts internally comprises zones forming partitions placed between said housings and made from a material capable of withstanding electrical discharges.
  • the material of the partitions is a thermosetting polymer having a CTI index greater than or equal to 600.
  • a silicone or an epoxy resin may be used.
  • the partition extends in the body along at least part of the length of the housing.
  • the partitioning zones are formed by overmolding said material capable of withstanding electrical discharges on the insulating material of the body.
  • the insulating material of the body is thermoplastic.
  • the body of the male and female parts is closed on the rear side by which the conductors are introduced into the connector by a closure portion of flexible insulating material having passages for said conductors.
  • it advantageously comprises, on the front side, through which the male contacts extend projecting sealing nipples overmoulded flexible insulating material.
  • the nipples are overmolded with the closing part.
  • the connector according to the invention designated by the general reference numeral 30, comprises two parts, namely a male part 31 and a female part 32.
  • the male part 31 is intended to receive a male contact element (not shown) in pin-shaped while the female part 32 is intended to receive a socket-shaped female contact element.
  • the male and female parts each comprise a body 33 and 34 ( Figures 4 and 5 ) in which are provided a set of housings such as 36 extending over the entire height of the body to receive a pin 37, with respect to the male part, and a sleeve 38, with respect to the female part.
  • the body comprises four housings 36 intended to receive four corresponding contact elements.
  • the body of the connector comprises any number of such housing for receiving a corresponding number of male or female contact elements.
  • each male or female contact element 37 or 38 has a medial flange 39 on which a generally frustoconical and elastically deformable retaining element 40, molded with the body and formed for example by a set of tongues elastically deformable to ensure the maintenance of the snap contact element in the body.
  • each contact element comprises a rear section such as 41 having a blind hole 42 for receiving a contact tip (not shown) attached to the end of a conductor to be connected.
  • the height of the male part is such that the pins protrude beyond the body while the height of the female part is greater than that of the male part and is such that the sleeves are fully housed in the part female.
  • the pins fit into the sockets to ensure the mechanical attachment and the electrical connection of the conductors provided with the contact tips inserted in the blind holes 42 of the pins and sockets.
  • the rear face of the male and female parts that is to say the faces located opposite the connection area of the contact elements, comprise a closure portion 43 of flexible insulating material, for example silicone.
  • This closing portion 43 is provided with longitudinal passages 44 aligned with the housings 36, and comprises for example a succession of small diameter sections and larger diameter sections to ensure sealing with the electrical conductors inserted in the longitudinal passages 44 .
  • the front face has teats 45 made of a flexible insulating material, preferably consisting of the same flexible insulating material as the rear closure part 43.
  • the teats 45 are made from the same molded part and are each formed by conical sections which surround by enclosing the male ends of the pins to ensure sealing between the pins and the male part and between the male and female parts. female.
  • the teats 45 can be made simultaneously with the rear closure part 43 during an overmolding operation of the body 33.
  • one or the other of the male and female parts preferably the two male and female parts, are provided internally with partitions 46 and 47 which extend between the housings 36 over at least a portion of the height of the male parts and female.
  • partitions are made from a material capable of withstanding electrical discharges likely to occur especially during connection and disconnections of the contact elements and which would, otherwise, likely to alter the electrical insulation properties of the material constituent of the body.
  • the material constituting the partitions is a thermosetting polymer having a CTI index greater than or equal to 600. It is advantageously a silicone or an epoxy resin.
  • the partition 47 provided in the female part extends at least over the height of the electrical connection zone between the pins and the sockets and thus makes it possible to protect the body against partial discharges and to guarantee electrical insulation of the body of the male and female parts in the long run.
  • the partitions 46 and 47 are advantageously made during a overmolding step of the body.
  • the partitions, the rear part 43 and the teats 45 are made from the same material resistant to partial discharges, during the same overmolding operation.
  • the partitions are made of a thermosetting polymer such as a silicone or an epoxy resin and are therefore made of a material different from that of the rear closure part 43 and the teats 45.

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