EP3204988A1 - Procédé pour surveiller l'état d'une surface de contact d'un contact à fiche - Google Patents

Procédé pour surveiller l'état d'une surface de contact d'un contact à fiche

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EP3204988A1
EP3204988A1 EP15812938.7A EP15812938A EP3204988A1 EP 3204988 A1 EP3204988 A1 EP 3204988A1 EP 15812938 A EP15812938 A EP 15812938A EP 3204988 A1 EP3204988 A1 EP 3204988A1
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contact
contact surface
sensors
surface coating
intermediate layer
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Stefanie DAMSCH
Lutz TRÖGER
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Harting Electric Stiftung and Co KG
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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
    • H01R13/66—Structural association with built-in electrical component
    • H01R13/665—Structural association with built-in electrical component with built-in electronic circuit
    • H01R13/6683—Structural association with built-in electrical component with built-in electronic circuit with built-in sensor
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01B—CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR CONDUCTIVE, INSULATING OR DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES
    • H01B1/00—Conductors or conductive bodies characterised by the conductive materials; Selection of materials as conductors
    • H01B1/02—Conductors or conductive bodies characterised by the conductive materials; Selection of materials as conductors mainly consisting of metals or alloys
    • 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
    • H01R13/03—Contact members characterised by the material, e.g. plating, or coating materials
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H1/00—Contacts
    • H01H1/02—Contacts characterised by the material thereof
    • H01H1/021—Composite material
    • H01H1/027—Composite material containing carbon particles or fibres
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R2201/00—Connectors or connections adapted for particular applications
    • H01R2201/20—Connectors or connections adapted for particular applications for testing or measuring purposes

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  • the invention relates to a method for monitoring the state of a contact surface according to the preamble of independent main claim 1.
  • Such contact surfaces comprise a contact surface coating comprising at least one intermediate layer, which may be formed at least for the most part of nickel, and further comprising a surface layer arranged thereon, which may consist of a noble metal, for example of silver or gold, or also of an organic layer.
  • the contact surface coating, and more particularly its surface layer typically serves to enhance the conduction of an electrical connector contact to which it is applied and to protect that connector contact from oxidation.
  • the documents DE 10 2008 001 000 A1 and DE 10 2009 002 178 A1 disclose the production and use of embedded in a matrix carbon nanostructures as a material for electrodes with improved performance and as a strand-shaped composite conductor material.
  • the publication DE 10 2009 054 427 A1 likewise discloses a method for electronic applications in which the contact surface coating containing carbon and noble metal is applied to a substrate as a paste or in powder form.
  • the object of the invention is therefore to enable such a continuous condition monitoring of a contact surface of a connector contact with the least possible effort.
  • the contact surface comprises a contact surface coating comprising at least one intermediate layer and a surface layer disposed thereon.
  • the contact surface coating can be applied to a contact base material in several steps by first applying the interlayer to the contact base material and then applying the surface layer to the interlayer.
  • the intermediate layer may be at least largely made of nickel.
  • the surface layer may consist at least largely of a noble metal such as silver or gold or also of an organic layer.
  • the contact surface coating and in particular its surface layer can advantageously serve to improve the conductance of the electrical contact. Furthermore, the contact surface coating and especially the surface layer can protect the contact from oxidation.
  • the method according to the invention serves to monitor the wear of a connector contact during its operation in real time.
  • the connector contact may, for example, be a pin contact or a jack contact, which is arranged in an insulating body of the connector or intended to be arranged in such an insulating body.
  • the connector contact has at least the base material and the contact surface coating disposed thereon.
  • the said monitoring of the wear is particularly advantageous in order to avoid a so-called “over-engineering", that is, for example, in order not to unnecessarily make the contact surface coating unnecessarily strong due to uncertainty, because it is known with sufficient supply is, or at least can be, extrapolated from when a contact is expected to fail.
  • the invention makes it unnecessary to overdimension the contact surface coating which takes place due to uncertainty. Instead, it can be measured and further extrapolated from the measurements taken when a connector or its connector contacts are likely to fail. Thus, it is possible, if necessary, to replace the respective connector in good time, which is sufficient in many cases. This can save in some cases particularly valuable finishing material, possibly even silver or gold.
  • Another advantage is that maintenance and repair work can be planned ahead, so that the economic damage, which may be due to the failure of a connector, remains manageable. It is therefore particularly advantageous during the production in the contact surface, in particular in the intermediate layer, sensors, in particular to introduce sensor structures. In particular, it is advantageous if these sensors can be evaluated electronically with little effort, for example with a simple resistance measurement.
  • the intermediate layer has a matrix and if certain structures are incorporated as sensors in this matrix, which in particular influence the conductivity of the matrix.
  • nanostructures in particular nanofibers and / or nanotubes, can be introduced into the intermediate layer, wherein these nanostructures have a higher specific electrical conductance than the further intermediate layer.
  • optical fibers can be used as sensors.
  • the sensors are at least partially damaged.
  • At least one significant measure of the wear of the contact surface coating can be obtained from the resulting change in the electrical conductance via a resistance measurement / conductivity measurement.
  • a significant measure of the abrasion of the contact surface coating can be obtained from photometric variables, ie optical measurement variables.
  • Fig. 1 a a Steckverinderstance with an undamaged
  • Fig. 1b shows the connector contact with the contact surface coating already subject to abrasion
  • Figure 2a shows the undamaged connector contact with sensors in the contact surface coating
  • FIG. 2b shows the connector contact, with the sensors already partly destroyed, in the partially already abraded contact surface coating
  • 3a shows an indicated possible geometric course of a nanostructure in an intermediate layer
  • 3b shows the undamaged connector contact with sensors and a measuring device
  • 4a shows a possible embodiment of a profile of a sensor in the intermediate layer of a connector contact
  • 4b shows a second possible embodiment of a course of several
  • 4c shows a three-dimensional representation of a connector contact in whose contact surface coating an indicated network of sensors surrounds the contact base material.
  • Figures 1a and 1b respectively show an arrangement known from the prior art, namely a contact which is in particular a connector contact, i. is an electrical contact of a connector, e.g. to a pin or socket contact, which is arranged in an insulating body of the connector or is intended to be arranged in such an insulating body.
  • a contact which is in particular a connector contact, i. is an electrical contact of a connector, e.g. to a pin or socket contact, which is arranged in an insulating body of the connector or is intended to be arranged in such an insulating body.
  • the connector contact has a contact base material 1 onto which e.g. For corrosion protection and / or to improve the electrical conductivity of a contact surface coating 2 is applied, wherein the contact surface coating 2, in this case by a Jacobkon- taktzunge 3, undergoes abrasion and thereby initially abraded and destroyed long term.
  • the contact surface coating 2 consists of an intermediate layer 21 and a surface layer 22.
  • FIG. 1 a shows the connector contact with a contact base material 1 and the contact surface coating 2 applied thereto and a counter contact tongue 3.
  • Fig. 1 b shows the connector contact in a state in which the contact surface coating 2 is already partially rubbed off. The surface layer 22 is only present in fragments. Also, the intermediate layer 21 is already at least partially rubbed off in one area. It can easily be seen that the abrasion originates from the interaction of the contact with the counter-contact tongue 3.
  • sensors 4, 4 ' , 4 " show comparable arrangements in which, however, a plurality of sensors 4, 4 ' , 4 " are additionally incorporated in the contact surface coating, in particular in the intermediate layer 21.
  • These sensors 4, 4 ' , 4 " can be characterized in particular by this in that they have a higher specific electrical conductivity than the intermediate layer 21 into which they are optionally incorporated.
  • the sensors 4, 4 ' , 4 " could, for example, also be optical waveguides, eg glass fiber cables.
  • Fig. 2a introduced into the still undamaged contact surface coating 2 sensors 4, 4 ', "shown. It is understood that the sensors shown three 4,4 4', 4" representative of an existing in the intermediate layer 21 plurality of Sensors stand.
  • the sensors 4, 4 ' , 4 can be nanostructures which are introduced into the contact surface coating 2, in particular into the matrix of the intermediate layer 21.
  • FIG. 2b shows how the contact surface coating 2 has undergone such a strong abrasion that the sensors 4, 4 ' which are arranged in the outer region of the intermediate layer 21 and are representative of a first part of the sensors are at least partially destroyed, whereby their compared with the contact surface coating particularly good electrically conductive function is at least significantly reduced.
  • Another sensor 4 " which is arranged closer to the contact base material and is representative of a second part of the sensors, however, is undestroyed and thus maintains, for example, its high conductance.
  • FIG. 3 a indicates a more realistic profile of a nanostructure in the matrix of a contact surface coating 2.
  • a connected thereto measuring device 5 is shown. This includes in the present example means for electrical resistance measurement. Due to the significantly higher conductance, by which the sensor 4 differs from the contact surface coating 2, despite the comparatively long length of the sensor 4, a statement can be made by the measuring device 5 as to whether the sensor 4 is damaged or if the sensor 4 is undamaged is and thus represents an electrically conductive connection with the typical for him high conductance.
  • 3 b shows a schematic representation of an embodiment in which a plurality of sensors 4, 4 ' , 4 " are guided into the contact at different distances via the contact base material 1. From there, the sensors 4, 4 ' , 4 " penetrate. also different depths in the contact surface coating 2 a. In this way, they run over a relatively long range through the contact base material 1, whose conductance is once again significantly lower than the conductance of the contact surface coating 2, which improves the measurability.
  • the sensors could of course also be used exclusively in the context of Taktoberfestbe Anlagenung lie without the contact base material to happen.
  • the counter-contact tongue 3 is additionally shown, through which a part of the contact surface coating 2 is abraded. Accordingly, at least a first part of the sensors 4, 4 'is partially destroyed, ie interrupted, and thus has, compared to its original state, at least reduced electrical conductivity, while a further part of the sensors, represented here by the further sensor 4 " , is still intact and maintains its original conductivity.
  • sensors 4,4 ' , 4 " when using nanostructures such as nanofibers and / or nanotubes as sensors 4,4 ' , 4 " , with which the contact surface is interspersed, it can be easily understood that the sensors 4, 4 ' , 4 " shown are each exemplary for a large number of sensors Sensors show that their geometric distribution is also of a statistical nature, and that statistical measurements on the state of the totality of these sensors 4, 4 ' , 4 " are thus obtained during the measurements Simulations were found, significant conclusions about the state of the contact surface coating 2 to.
  • FIG. 4 a shows by way of example a sensor 4 in the indicated form of a nanostructure which essentially extends in the plugging direction within the contact surface coating 2 on two opposite sides of the contact and thus extends from one side of the contact to the other side of the contact and at the foot of the connector on each of the two sides for evaluation electrically conductively connected to the measuring device 5.
  • This embodiment has the advantage that the abrasion of the contact surface coating 2 over the entire contact length automatically with the same weighting is valued.
  • 4b exemplarily shows three such sensors 4, 4 ' , 4 " which are each connected to the measuring device 5 only on one side of the contact and therefore extend differently far in the direction of insertion according to their length
  • Abrasion at the top of the contact in the statistical evaluation is less weighted than abrasion at the area where the sensors 4, 4 ' , 4 "are connected to the measuring device 5. It is therefore advisable to increase the concentration of the sensors at those points where high frictional wear is to be expected. This presentation primarily serves the basic understanding of this process.
  • Fig. 4c shows a connector contact in a three-dimensional representation.
  • the contact base material is surrounded by a network of sensors.
  • the concentration of the sensors remains constant over the surface of the connector contact, apart from slight statistical fluctuations.

Abstract

Dans l'état de la technique, il est impossible de réaliser une surveillance d'état continue du revêtement de surface de contact de contacts individuels. L'invention vise à permettre une telle surveillance d'état continue du revêtement de surface de contact avec des moyens les plus faibles possibles. A cet effet, des capteurs (4, 4', 4'') sont introduits dans un revêtement de surface de contact (2) appliqué sur un matériau de base de contact (1). Les capteurs (4, 4', 4'') sont notamment des nanostructures dont la conductance est nettement supérieure à celle du revêtement de surface de contact (2). Si le revêtement de surface de contact (2) est enlevé par usure, par exemple sous l'effet d'une languette de contact complémentaire (3), au moins certains capteurs (4, 4', 4'') sont détruits. Les résultats d'une mesure de conductivité correspondante par le dispositif de mesure (5) donnent une indication significative de l'état du revêtement de surface de contact (2).
EP15812938.7A 2014-10-10 2015-10-08 Procédé de surveillance d'un état d'une surface de contact d'un connecteur électrique Active EP3204988B1 (fr)

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DE102014114721.9A DE102014114721B4 (de) 2014-10-10 2014-10-10 Elektrischer Steckverbinder und Verfahren zur Überwachung des Zustands einer Kontaktoberfläche eines elektrischen Steckverbinder-kontaktes
PCT/DE2015/100417 WO2016055056A1 (fr) 2014-10-10 2015-10-08 Procédé pour surveiller l'état d'une surface de contact d'un contact à fiche

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