EP3226354B1 - Connecteur cylindrique et son procédé de montage - Google Patents

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EP3226354B1
EP3226354B1 EP17000544.1A EP17000544A EP3226354B1 EP 3226354 B1 EP3226354 B1 EP 3226354B1 EP 17000544 A EP17000544 A EP 17000544A EP 3226354 B1 EP3226354 B1 EP 3226354B1
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Michael Quiter
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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
    • H01R13/648—Protective earth or shield arrangements on coupling devices, e.g. anti-static shielding  
    • H01R13/658—High frequency shielding arrangements, e.g. against EMI [Electro-Magnetic Interference] or EMP [Electro-Magnetic Pulse]
    • H01R13/6581—Shield structure
    • H01R13/6582—Shield structure with resilient means for engaging mating connector
    • H01R13/6583—Shield structure with resilient means for engaging mating connector with separate conductive resilient members between mating shield members
    • 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
    • H01R13/648—Protective earth or shield arrangements on coupling devices, e.g. anti-static shielding  
    • H01R13/658—High frequency shielding arrangements, e.g. against EMI [Electro-Magnetic Interference] or EMP [Electro-Magnetic Pulse]
    • H01R13/6591—Specific features or arrangements of connection of shield to conductive members
    • H01R13/65912—Specific features or arrangements of connection of shield to conductive members for shielded multiconductor cable
    • H01R13/65917—Connection to shield by means of resilient members
    • 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
    • H01R13/622—Screw-ring or screw-casing

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  • the invention relates to a circular connector and a method for assembling a circular connector.
  • the invention is in the field of connector technology, in particular in the field of circular connectors, i.e. connectors with e.g. an M12, M8, M23 or a 7/8 "thread.
  • Such circular connectors in particular M12 circular connectors, are used, for example, for electrical contacting and / or connection of industrial Ethernet.
  • such circular connectors are often subjected to mechanical stresses such as e.g. vibrations due to connected machines, which is why these circular connectors should be designed for mechanical loads and in particular may have a thread with which the plug connection can be screwed and secured.
  • Circular connectors are usually arranged on one cable end and are used to contact a complementary circular connector and / or a complementary circular connector socket.
  • Circular connectors can have several functions. For example, circular connectors enable electrical contacting, mechanical securing, isolation and / or shielding of the circular connector. In order to enable this multitude of functionalities, circular connectors are usually constructed in several parts. Therefore, the component expense for circular connectors is high and the assembly of circular connectors is complex.
  • document EP 1 126 548 A2 relates to a shielded connector in which a cable shield is coupled to the shield of a connector via an elastically deformable, metallic connecting piece.
  • the document DE 10 2014 109 040 B4 relates to a cable connection component for the electrical connection of a shielded multi-core cable with a union nut, a splice part made of insulating material and a shielding element.
  • the shielding element has spring arms which are bent radially inward during assembly.
  • the document DE 10 2011 018 993 A1 relates to a shield contact spring with a contact spring for contacting a shield of a cable to be connected and a fixing spring for fixing the shield contact spring in a position in which the contact spring rests on the shield of the cable to be connected.
  • the contact spring has a first end and a second end and the fixing spring has a first end and a second end.
  • the contact spring and the fixing spring are connected to each other at their respective first ends via a U-shaped connection area, the shield contact spring having a support spring for pressing the contact spring out of the insertion region of the cable to be connected when the shield contact spring is inserted into a housing.
  • the invention has for its object to simplify the assembly of a circular connector.
  • a first aspect relates to a circular connector as defined in claim 1.
  • the circular connector can be designed as one of the connectors mentioned at the beginning, for example with an M12, M8, M23 or a 7/8 inch thread.
  • the circular connector can be designed in particular for connecting industrial Ethernet.
  • the cable end can in particular be designed as the cable end of a network cable.
  • the cable end can be at least partially stripped and have a plurality of wires which can be designed to transmit electrical signals.
  • the cable cap can be designed for electrical and / or mechanical contacting of the cable end, in particular for mechanical and / or electrical contacting of the individual wires of the cable end.
  • the cable itself is designed as a shielded cable and has the cable shield.
  • the cable shield can, for example, be designed as a metallic foil which is arranged around the wires of the cable and electrically insulated from them
  • the plug head has plug elements with which the round plug connector can be plugged into a complementary round plug connector socket or a complementary round plug connector.
  • the circular connector is thus designed to enter into a plug connection with a complementary counterpart.
  • the plug head can have screwing means for producing a screw connection, with which the circular connector can be screwed to its complementary counterpart and thus secured.
  • the screw means can be designed, for example, as a screw nut and / or a screw ring.
  • the circular connector is constructed at least in two parts and has both the cable cap and the plug head. These are assembled when the plug head is installed. When assembling the circular connector, the cable cap is placed at the end of the cable, and then the plug head on the cable cap.
  • the movable shield contact When the plug head is mounted on the cable cap, the movable shield contact is moved into its shield position.
  • the shield contact assumes its shield position when the circular connector is assembled and assembled. In this fully assembled state of the circular connector, the shield contact can be immobile.
  • the shield contact can thus only be designed to be freely movable as long as it is not yet arranged in its shield position.
  • the shield contact can thus be moved, in particular when the circular connector is not installed.
  • the shield contact can e.g. be designed to be movable relative to the cable cap.
  • the movement which the shield contact can carry out at least in the unmounted state can be a pivoting movement, a translatory movement, a rotational movement and / or an elastic movement.
  • the shield contact can be mounted so long as long as the plug head is not yet attached to the cable cap.
  • the shield contact can move. It is moved to its umbrella position.
  • the movement of the shield contact can be caused in particular by a movement of the plug head relative to the cable cap, which may be necessary for mounting the circular connector.
  • the shield contact is automatically moved into its shield position when the plug head is mounted on the cable cap.
  • the necessary assembly movement of the plug head relative to the cable cap causes the Movement of the shield contact into its shield position.
  • the shield contact is designed as a metallic conductor and, when it comes into mechanical contact with the cable shield and the plug head shield, causes these two shields to make electrical contact.
  • the shield contact In its shield position, the shield contact is arranged in such a way that it electrically and / or mechanically connects the cable shield of the cable cap to the plug head shield of the plug head.
  • the plug head shield can be formed from an at least partially electrically conductive housing element of the plug head.
  • the plug head can have an electrically conductive grip area which a person touches when the circular connector is inserted into its complementary counterpart.
  • the grip area can be designed as a component of the plug head shield and / or electrically conductively connected to the plug head shield. A static charge of a user can thus be dissipated via the plug head shield, the shield contact and finally the cable shield.
  • the cable shield is connected to the plug head shield via the shield contact.
  • the shielding of the circular connector is coupled to the cable shield, which overall improves the electrical shielding of the circular connector coupled to the cable without complicating the assembly of the circular connector.
  • the movable shield contact can improve and / or simplify the assembly and thus the assembly of the circular connector.
  • the shield contact is designed as a pivotable contact rocker.
  • the contact rocker has a rocker wing assigned to the plug head for electrically contacting the plug head shield and a rocker wing assigned to the cable end for electrical contacting the cable shield.
  • the shield contact is thus in particular designed to carry out a pivoting movement about a pivoting axis, and thus a rocking movement about a rocker bearing (also called rocker axis).
  • the contact rocker has the two rocker wings, which are arranged on opposite sides of the rocker bearing. The contact rocker can be pivoted with respect to the rocker bearing, in particular around the rocker bearing.
  • the contact rocker In the case of the contact rocker, an action of force on and / or a movement of one of the two seesaw blades causes an action of force on and / or a movement of the other seesaw wing.
  • the two rocker wings of the contact rocker need not be arranged essentially in a straight line to one another. Rather, the contact rocker can be curved, in particular the first of the two rocker wings can be arranged bent relative to the second of the two rocker wings.
  • a cable-side plug head end acts on the rocker wing assigned to the plug head in such a way that the rocker wing assigned to the cable end swivels on the cable shielding of the cable end.
  • the cable-side plug head end is formed on the side of the plug head, which is arranged in the assembled state of the circular connector on the plug head end adjacent to the cable end.
  • This cable-side plug head end is in particular arranged at the end of the plug head which is arranged opposite an insertion end of the plug head.
  • the cable-side plug head end can be formed as part of the plug head shield and thus as an electrical conductor.
  • the movable and pivotable contact rocker is arranged such that when the plug head is mounted on the cable cap, it mechanically contacts and / or touches the cable end plug head with the rocker wing assigned to the plug head.
  • the cable-side plug head end can in particular move the rocker wing assigned to the plug head, as a result of which the rocker wing assigned to the cable end is also moved.
  • a force is exerted from the cable end of the plug head on the rocker wing assigned to the plug head.
  • This causes a pivoting movement of the contact rocker, which the The rocker wing assigned to the cable end moves, swivels, presses and / or presses on the cable shield of the cable end. This results in a particularly efficient coupling of the cable shield to the plug head shield via the contact rocker.
  • the contact rocker is curved on its rocker bearing such that the rocker wing assigned to the plug head is arranged radially spaced from the rocker wing assigned to the cable end with respect to a cable axis of the cable end.
  • the cable axis of the cable end coincides with the direction of current conduction through the cable at least at the cable end.
  • the cable axis can also coincide with a central axis of the circular connector, which in the case of a straight circular connector can coincide with an insertion direction of the circular connector.
  • the two rocker wings are arranged radially spaced apart.
  • the contact rocker is bent so far on its rocker bearing that the two rocker wings are formed almost parallel to each other, similar to a U.
  • the contact rocker When viewed in the direction of the cable axis, the contact rocker thus essentially has a U-shaped cross section.
  • a first leg of the U that is to say a first of the rocker wings, is arranged radially on the inside, that is to say closer to the cable axis, while the second of the two rocker wings is arranged radially further to the outside, that is to say spaced further from the cable axis.
  • the rocker wing assigned to the plug head can be spaced radially further from the cable axis than the rocker wing assigned to the cable end.
  • the rocker wing assigned to the cable end can in particular be spaced approximately radially as far from the cable axis as the cable shielding of the cable.
  • an action of the plug head on the radially outer rocker wing can cause the radially inner rocker wing (in particular, more firmly than before) to be pressed and / or pressed onto the cable shield.
  • the contact rocker is pivotally mounted about a rocker bearing of the cable cap.
  • the contact rocker can in particular as a be movably mounted part of the cable cap.
  • the rocker bearing can also be formed as part of the cable cap.
  • the rocker bearing can in particular be designed as an immovable part of the cable cap.
  • the contact rocker is arranged on the rocker bearing in such a way that it can be pivoted about the rocker bearing.
  • the contact rocker can be designed as a separate component or as a component of the plug head.
  • the assembly of the circular connector is particularly simple due to the reduced number of components.
  • the shield contact is movably arranged on the cable cap. As described above, a separate component is no longer necessary, which simplifies the assembly of the circular connector.
  • the shield contact is designed as an elastically deformable contact spring.
  • the shield contact can be elastically deformed, at least one area of the shield contact being moved onto the cable shield and another part of the shield contact against the plug head shield.
  • the elastically deformable design of the screen contact can in particular be combined with the design described above as a pivotable contact rocker. This combination of an elastically deformable design with a pivotable design of the shield contact is particularly well suited to contacting and / or contacting the two shields of the cable and plug head.
  • the circular connector has at least two movable shield contacts arranged essentially symmetrically with respect to a cable axis of the cable end.
  • two shield contacts can connect the cable shield to each other with respect to the cable axis Contact opposite sides.
  • the use of a plurality of movable shield contacts improves the electrical contacting of the shields of the individual components of the circular connector.
  • the shield contact contacts the cable shield flat in the shield position.
  • the shield contact can in particular have a concave contact surface for the cable shield.
  • the cable shield is usually designed as a metallic foil in the vicinity of the cable jacket.
  • the cable shield usually has a convex shape (when viewed radially from the outside).
  • the contact surface of the shield contact assigned to the cable shield can be designed to be concave to complement it and thus enable particularly good and extensive contacting of the cable shield.
  • the shield contact for the cable shield has a contact area that can be at least approximately 10 mm 2 in size, preferably at least approximately 20 mm 2 . This contact area can in particular be made large from approximately 20 mm 2 to approximately 40 mm 2 , preferably from approximately 25 mm 2 to approximately 35 mm 2 .
  • the cable cap has a plug head receptacle for a plug head end on the cable side.
  • the cable end plug head is inserted into the plug head receptacle of the cable cap.
  • the cable-side plug head end is arranged in the plug head receptacle and can in particular be non-positively, positively and / or materially attached there.
  • the cable-side plug head end is arranged in the plug head receptacle in such a way that the cable-side plug head end is pressed against the shield contact from radially outside.
  • radial refers to a radial direction to the cable axis of the cable end, that is to say to the cable axis of that piece of cable which is fastened to the cable cap.
  • the cable axis is parallel to the direction of current flow through the cable end.
  • the cable end is arranged so firmly in the plug head receptacle that it is pressed against the shield contact from radially outside.
  • the plug head receptacle can have at least one component (e.g. a jacket lip) that holds and / or presses the cable end of the plug head from the radially outside in the direction of the cable axis.
  • This component of the plug head receptacle can in particular be designed so rigid that it prevents and / or prevents the cable-side plug head end from moving out of the plug head receptacle in the radial direction.
  • the cable-side plug head end can act, in particular, on a radially outer rocker wing of the shield contact if the shield contact is designed as a contact rocker as described above.
  • the cable-side plug head end is arranged unscrewed in a press fit in the plug head receptacle. It is therefore not necessary to screw and / or rivet to mount the plug head on the cable cap. A sufficiently firm and / or deep insertion of the cable-side end of the plug head into the plug head receptacle alone is sufficient for mounting the circular connector. In this embodiment, no locking means are still required to attach the plug head to the cable cap.
  • the plug head can thus be arranged in a position that is not completely predetermined and / or defined relative to the cable cap. The plug head is therefore held on the cable cap only by the clamp connection. Furthermore, the plug head can still be cast on the cable cap.
  • plug-in slide surfaces are formed on the cable-side plug head end, which cooperate with cable-cap slide surfaces that are formed on a cable cap end of the cable cap facing the plug head, such that when the circular connector is assembled, the cable-side plug head end into the Plug head receptacle is guided.
  • the sliding surfaces can in particular be designed as inclined surfaces complementary to the radial direction.
  • the angle to the radial direction can be made large, in particular between 20 and 70 °, preferably between 40 and 50 °.
  • the respective complementary sliding surfaces can be formed at a counter angle to this, so that the cable cap sliding surfaces and the plug head sliding surfaces essentially contact one another when the circular connector is assembled.
  • the respective sliding surfaces are designed in such a way that the cable end of the plug head is moved in the direction of the plug receptacle, in particular into the plug head receptacle.
  • the cable cap sliding surfaces can be formed on the movable shield contact, in particular on a plug-side end of the shield contact. Contacting the sliding surfaces can thus also cause the pivoting movement of the shield contact into its shield position.
  • a second aspect relates to a method for assembling a circular connector with the steps defined in claim 13.
  • the method according to the second aspect can in particular be carried out on the circular connector according to the first aspect. Therefore, all statements made about the circular connector according to the first aspect also apply to the method according to the second aspect and vice versa.
  • the electrical connection between the cable shield of the cable end and the plug head shield of the plug head is provided by pivoting the shield contact, which is designed as a pivotable contact rocker and moves into the shield position.
  • the plug head shield can be electrically contacted with a rocker wing of the shield contact assigned to the plug head and the cable shield can be electrically contacted with a rocker wing of the shield contact assigned to the cable end.
  • Figure 1 shows a perspective view of a plug head 10 of a circular connector.
  • the plug head 10 is part of a circular connector 1, which in an assembled, assembled and assembled state in Figure 9 is shown.
  • the plug head 10 is of essentially cylindrical design and is designed to be inserted with its insertion end 11 first into a complementary circular connector or a complementary circular connector socket.
  • the insertion movement to be carried out takes place in a plugging direction which is in Figure 1 is identified with the reference symbol S and with an associated arrow.
  • the insertion end 11 is formed on a cylinder end of the plug head 10, which is inserted first and first into the complementary counterpart when the circular connector 1 is inserted.
  • the plug direction S is formed parallel to the "cylinder axis" of the plug head 10 in the plug head 10.
  • the plug head 10 also has a cable-side plug head end 12 which is formed on the other cylinder end of the plug head 10.
  • the cable-side plug head end 12 is arranged opposite the plug end 11, these two ends are thus formed on the two opposite cylinder ends of the plug head 10.
  • the cable-side plug head end 12 is formed at the end of the plug head 10 which faces the cable, at the end thereof Cable end of the circular connector 10 is arranged.
  • the plug head 10 Adjacent to the insertion end 11, the plug head 10 has a thread 16, with which the circular connector 1 can be screwed to its complementary counterpart. At the insertion end 11, the plug head 10 also has a plug opening 14 which is designed as a cavity and into which a complementary element of the complementary circular connector or the complementary circular connector socket can be inserted. Furthermore, one or more electrical contact pins are arranged in the interior of the plug opening 14 Figure 1 are not shown.
  • the plug head 10 also has a screw ring 15 which is rotatably mounted around the plug head 10.
  • the screw ring 15 is rotatable about the cylinder axis of the plug head 10, that is to say in particular rotatable about the plug direction S.
  • the thread 16 can be formed as a component of the screw ring 15, which can have both a grip area and the thread 16.
  • the plug head 10 also has a plug head shield 13, which is formed from a metallic conductor, that is to say, for example, is made of metal, and which electrically insulates the inside of the plug head 10 from the outer region of the plug head 10. This means that signals transmitted from inside the plug head 10 can external field effects are protected.
  • the plug head shield 13 thus improves the quality of the signal transmission through the circular connector 1.
  • the plug head shield 13 is formed in particular on the cable-side plug head end 12 and can penetrate the plug head 10 from the cable-side plug head end 12 to the insertion end 11.
  • the cable shield 13 can in particular be designed as a metallic housing of the plug head 10, which itself is essentially cylindrical.
  • FIG. 2 shows a perspective view of a cable cap 20 of the circular connector 1.
  • the cable cap 20 is designed and intended to be mounted on both a cable and the plug head 10.
  • the cable cap 20 has both a plug-side cable cap end 21 and a cable-side cable cap end 22.
  • the two cable cap ends 21 and 22 are formed on opposite ends of the cable cap 20.
  • the cable cap 20 is essentially cylindrical.
  • the "cylinder axis" of the cable cap 20 is essentially parallel to the plug-in direction S.
  • the two cable cap ends 21 and 22 are formed on the cylinder ends of the cable cap 20 opposite one another.
  • the cable cap 20 has a cavity.
  • the cable cap 20 can be essentially in the form of a hollow tube.
  • the cable cap 20 can be threaded over a cable end of a cable, so that the wires of the cable can be arranged in a contact holder 24 on the plug-side cable cap end 21.
  • the cable cap 20 is thus designed to be at least completely penetrated by the wires of a cable from the cable-side cable cap end 22 to the plug-side cable cap end 21.
  • the cable cap 20 has a holder 23 on the inside.
  • the holder 23 can form a base body of the cable cap 20.
  • Both the contact holder 24 is formed on the holder 23 and a sheath 25 of the cable cap 20 is arranged.
  • the holder 24 has a receptacle for each wire of the cable, into which a wire of the cable together with its associated insulation can be inserted.
  • the casing 25 is tubular and forms part of an outer housing of the circular connector 1.
  • the casing 25 surrounds both the cable end and the holder 23 of the cable cap 20 in the assembled state of the circular connector 1.
  • a shield contact 30 is mounted on the holder 23 such that it is movable, in particular pivotable, relative to the rest of the cable cap 20.
  • a Embodiment of the shield contact 30 is closer to the Figures 7A and 7B shown, to which reference is made below.
  • Figure 3A shows a cable 40, in particular a cable end 41 of the cable 40.
  • the cable 40 is formed in at least two different stages, that is to say it is free of its electrically insulating sheathing. While the base body of the cable 40 is insulated from the outside, as is generally the case with cables, the radially outermost sheathing of the cable 40 is stripped at the cable end 41. In a first stage, the cable end 41 is stripped except for a cable shield 42 of the cable 40.
  • the cable shield 42 can be formed, for example, from an electrically conductive film which is wound around the individual wires 43 of the cable 40 and electrically shields these wires 43 from the radially outside.
  • the cable shield 42 is also stripped, and only the individual wires 43 with their individual insulation protrude from the cable 40.
  • the cable 40 has eight wires 43 which are guided through the cable 40 in four pairs.
  • the cable 40 can in particular be designed as a network cable.
  • Figure 3B shows in a perspective view an insertion of the cable 40 with the stripped cable end 41 first into the cable cap 20.
  • the cable end 41 is inserted with the wires 43 first into the cable end 22 of the cable cap.
  • the cable cap 20 is first arranged relative to the cable end 41 in such a way that the plug-in direction S is arranged parallel to the cable axis K.
  • the cable axis K is the central axis of the cable 40, in particular at the cable end 41.
  • the cable axis K is arranged parallel to the direction of current flow through the cable 40.
  • the cable end 41 is inserted into the cavity of the cable cap 20, at least so deep that the ends of the wires 43 are arranged at the level of the contact holder 24 on the plug-in cable cap end 21.
  • Figure 3C shows a perspective view of how the individual wires 43 of the cable 40 are introduced into the respective receptacles of the holder 24.
  • the wires 43 are bent at their ends so that they are parallel to one another Cable axis K arranged orientation are bent radially outwards. In this case, the ends of the wires 43 are bent essentially through 90 ° from the alignment arranged parallel to the cable axis K.
  • the wires 43 can be inserted into the receptacles of the contact holder 24 in the insulated state.
  • the receptacles of the contact holder 24 are essentially formed as depressions and / or slots perpendicular to the cable axis K, into which the wires 43 of the cable 40 are pressed.
  • Figure 4A shows a perspective view of the cable cap 20 to which the cable 40 is attached.
  • the plug-side cable cap end 21 is shown cut off, so that neither the contact holder 24 nor the ends of the individual wires 43 are shown.
  • the sheath 25 is retracted towards the cable 40 so that a large part of the shield contact 30 is exposed radially outwards.
  • Such a pulling back of the sheathing 25 in the direction of the cable-side cable cap end 22 can facilitate threading the cable end 41 into the cable cap 20, as can bending the wires 43 into the receptacles of the contact holder 24.
  • Figure 4B shows a perspective view of the cable cap 20, in which the sheath 25 is moved back to the plug end 21 of the cable cap.
  • the casing 25 can be locked on the bracket 23.
  • the casing 25 can be movable relative to the holder 23 of the cable cap 20, that is to say in and against the plug-in direction S.
  • the casing 25 can first be pushed back, that is in the direction of the cable-side cable cap end 22 (cf. Figure 4A ), and then advanced to the plug end of the cable cap 21 (cf. Figure 4b ) there.
  • the casing 25 can finally relative to the holder 23 in the in Figure 4B lock position shown, in which the sheath 25 covers the shield contact 30 almost completely when viewed radially from the outside.
  • Figures 5A and 5B show once in a perspective view and once in a longitudinal section shown in perspective, how the plug head 10 is attached to the cable cap 20.
  • the plug head 10 is moved with the plug end 12 on the cable side toward the plug end 21 of the cable cap 20.
  • the plug head 10 and the cable cap 20 can be aligned with respect to one another in such a way that the two central axes of the plug head 10 and the cable cap 20 (ie their cylinder axes) essentially coincide.
  • the plug head 10 has at its cable-side plug head end 12 a cavity into which the plug-end cable cap end 21 can be inserted.
  • a contact core 17 is also arranged, which can contact the wires 43 of the cable 40 when the plug-side cable cap end 21 is inserted into the cavity at the cable-side plug head end 12 of the plug head 10.
  • the contact core 17 also has contact pins 19, which are arranged in the interior of the plug opening 14 for electrical contacting of the complementary counterpart of the circular connector 1. These contact pins 19 are closer to Figure 8 shown and described below.
  • Figure 6A shows a longitudinal section through the circular connector 1 in a not yet fully assembled state. This shows how the plug head 10 is plugged onto the cable cap 20.
  • the cable cap 20 is inserted with the plug-side cable cap end 21 first into the cavity of the plug head 10 enclosed by the cable-side plug head end 12.
  • further elements of the circular connector 1 are shown, such as a sealing ring 28 between the casing 25 and the holder 23 of the cable cap 20.
  • the sealing ring 28 ensures both dust and moisture protection of the circular connector 1.
  • the circular connector 1 can in particular be moisture-proof. and dustproof according to protection class IP67.
  • Figure 6B shows a section of the in Figure 6A shown longitudinal section. It shows Figure 6B in particular a cutout at the transition between the plug head 10 and the cable cap 20.
  • the plug head shield 13 has plug head sliding surfaces 18 on the cable-side plug head end 12.
  • the plug head sliding surfaces 18 are inclined at approximately 45 ° to the plug direction S.
  • the plug head sliding surface 18 is designed such that a radially inner end of the cable-side plug head end 12 is shorter than a radially outer end.
  • the cable cap 20 is inserted so far into the plug head 10 that the shield contact 30 touches the cable-side plug head end 12.
  • the shield contact 30 has at its plug-side end, which faces the plug head 10, a cable cap sliding surface 33.
  • the cable cap slide surface 33 is complementary and thus counter-angular to the plug head slide surface 18.
  • the cable cap slipping surface 33 is also inclined at approximately 45 ° to the plug-in direction S.
  • the radially inner end of the shield contact 30 is longer than the radially outer end of the shield contact 30.
  • the cable cap slide surface 33 and the plug head slide surface 18 cooperate when the cable cap 20 is inserted into the plug head 10 in such a way that the shield contact 30 is pressed radially inward, so that the cable end plug head 12 is inserted past the shield contact 30 into a plug head receptacle 26.
  • the plug head receptacle 26 is designed as an essentially annular cavity of the cable cap 20.
  • the plug head receptacle 26 is designed and provided to receive the plug end 12 on the cable side.
  • the shield contact 30 is at least partially inside the plug head receptacle 26 is arranged.
  • the shield contact 30 is at least partially pressed out of the plug head receptacle 26 into a position which is displaced radially inwards.
  • the shield contact 30 is displaced from the cable-side plug head end 12, which is inserted past the shield contact 30 into the plug head receptacle 26.
  • the shield contact 30 is moved.
  • the shield contact 30 carries out a pivoting movement, in particular a pivoting movement relative to the cable cap 20.
  • the casing 25 has a jacket lip 27 at a radially outer position of the plug head receptacle 26.
  • the jacket lip 27 is designed as a radially outer boundary of the cable cap 20. Furthermore, the jacket lip 27 delimits the plug head receptacle 26 and thus a space into which the cable-side plug head end 12 can be bent radially outward in the assembled state. The jacket lip 27 can thus exert a pressure from the outside on the cable-side plug head end 12 in order to hold the cable-side plug head end 12 in its desired position inside the plug head receptacle 26.
  • the jacket lip 27 is in particular stiff and can be formed, for example, from an electrically insulating material.
  • the jacket lip 27 can fix the cable-side plug head end 12 in the plug head receptacle 26 in such a way that the cable-side plug head end 12 maintains a holding pressure on the pivotable shield contact 30 (in particular on a plug head contact region 36 from the outside) - cf. Figure 7B ) can exercise to hold the shield contact 30 in its shield position. In its shield position, the shield contact 30 provides a connection between the cable shield 42 and the plug head shield 13. The electrical shielding of the cable 40 is thus coupled to the electrical shielding of the plug head 10 via the shield contact 30.
  • the cable cap 20 has two shield contacts 30 which are mounted on the holder 23 such that they are arranged opposite one another with respect to the cable axis K.
  • Figures 7A and 7B show the shield contact 30 from two different perspectives.
  • Figure 7A shows the shield contact 30 from a perspective view obliquely to the plug direction S
  • Figure 7B shows the shield contact 30 in a view against the plug direction S.
  • the shield contact 30 is designed as a pivotable contact rocker.
  • the shield contact 30 has a first rocker wing 31 and a second rocker wing 32.
  • the first rocker wing 31 is assigned to the plug head 10 and is used for electrical contacting of the plug head shield 13.
  • the first rocker wing 31 has a plug head contact area 36 which is arranged as a thickening adjacent to a wing end of the first rocker wing 31.
  • the plug head contact area 36 is designed as a thickening of the first rocker wing 31 and serves both for mechanical and electrical contacting of the cable-side plug head end 12.
  • the shield contact 30 also has a curved rocker axis 34.
  • the rocker axis 34 is designed as a transition between the first rocker wing 31 and the second rocker wing 32.
  • the shield contact 30 is pivotally mounted on the rocker axis 34 about a rocker bearing of the holder 23 (not shown in detail).
  • the holder 23 is designed such that the shield contact 30 can be pivoted relative to the holder 23 about its rocker axis 34.
  • the rocker bearing of the holder 23 can have a convex curve, e.g. be essentially rod-shaped, the rod axis e.g. can be arranged approximately parallel to the cable axis K.
  • the curved rocker axis 34 can be arranged around the curvature of the holder 23 and thereby allow the shield contact to pivot about the rocker bearing and thus relative to the holder 23 of the cable cap 20.
  • the second rocker wing 32 is assigned to the cable end 41 and serves to make electrical contact with the cable shield 42. As in particular in FIG Figure 5B is shown, the second rocker wing 32 is approximately as far from the cable axis K spaced apart like the cable shield 42.
  • the shield contact 30 has a cable contact surface 35 on the second rocker wing 32. This cable contact surface 35 is concave on its side facing the cable end 41. This is particularly evident in the Figure 7B shown view shown.
  • the concave surface of the cable contact surface 35 is essentially complementary to the convex surface of the cable shield 42.
  • the plug head sliding surface 18 can also cooperate with the plug head contact area 36 such that the first rocker wing 31 is pressed further radially inward.
  • the plug head contact area 36 can have a further contact area slide surface 37, in particular at one end facing the plug head 10, which is designed essentially complementary to the plug head slide surface 18.
  • the shield contact 30 tilts about its curved rocker axis 34 (more precisely around the rocker bearing of the holder 23), so that the second rocker wing 32 is pressed onto the cable shield 42.
  • the shield contact 30 is bent on its rocker axis 34 by approximately 180 ° ⁇ 10 °, so that the first rocker wing 31 is arranged radially spaced from the second rocker wing 32.
  • the second rocker wing 32 is arranged radially further inward than the first rocker wing 31.
  • the second rocker wing 32 is closer to the cable 40, in particular closer to Cable end 41, arranged as the first rocker wing 31, which is arranged on a radially outer region of the circular connector 1.
  • Figure 8 shows a perspective view of mounting the contact core 17 on the cable cap 20.
  • the contact core 17 has a plurality of contact pins 19. In the in Figure 8 only four contact pins 19 are shown. Overall, the contact core 17 can have as many contact pins 19 as the cable 40 has 43 wires. In the case of network cables, the cable 40 can have eight wires 43, for example. For this reason, the contact core 17 can also have eight contact pins 19.
  • the contact pins 19 are designed as electrically conductive contact pins, which are arranged in the interior of the contact core 17 in an electrically insulated manner from one another.
  • Each contact pin 19 has a plug-side contact pin end 19S, which is arranged inside the plug opening 14 when the round plug 1 is fully assembled and assembled (cf. also Figure 9 ). Inside the plug opening 14, the plug-side contact pin end 19S can be contacted electrically and mechanically by the complementary round plug connector or by the complementary round plug connector socket.
  • each of the contact pins 19 has a cable-side contact pin end 19K.
  • each of the contact pins 19 can have at least one cut surface which, when the contact core 17 is coupled to the cable cap 20, leads to the stripping of the wires 43 of the cable 40 held in the contact holder 24. In this case, the individual wires 43 are automatically electrically contacted by the respective cable-side contact pin ends 19K.
  • the contact core 17 can be arranged in the interior of the plug head 10 such that it automatically carries out the electrical contacting of the wires 43 when the cable cap 20 is coupled to the plug head 10.
  • Figure 9 shows the completely assembled and assembled circular connector 1 with a piece of the coupled cable 40. As in Figure 9 the is shown The outer circumference of the plug head 10 is adapted to the outer circumference of the cable cap 20, so that there is a circular connector 1 of approximately the same size throughout.
  • the circular connector 1 can be coupled in a known manner to a complementary circular connector or a complementary circular connector socket.

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  1. Un connecteur circulaire (1) présentant
    - un capuchon de câble (20) pour contacter une extrémité de câble (41) ;
    - une tête enfichable (10) pour établir une connexion enfichable avec un connecteur circulaire complémentaire et/ou un réceptacle de connecteur circulaire complémentaire ; et
    - un contact de blindage mobile (30), qui est automatiquement déplaçable dans une position de blindage lorsque la tête enfichable (10) est montée au capuchon de câble (20), dans laquelle le contact de blindage (30) fournit une connexion électrique entre un blindage de câble (42) de l'extrémité de câble (41) et un blindage de tête enfichable (13) de la tête enfichable (10) ;
    sachant que le contact de blindage (30) est formé sous la forme d'une bascule de contact à pivotement présentant
    - une ailette de bascule (31) associée à la tête enfichable (10) pour contacter électriquement le blindage de tête enfichable (13), et
    - une ailette de bascule (32) associée à l'extrémité de câble (41) pour contacter électriquement le blindage de câble (42).
  2. Le connecteur circulaire d'après la revendication 1, sachant qu'une extrémité de tête enfichable côté câble (12) agit sur l'ailette de bascule (31) associée à la tête enfichable (10) de manière que l'ailette de bascule (32) associée à l'extrémité de câble (41) pivote sur le blindage de câble (42) de l'extrémité de câble (41).
  3. Le connecteur circulaire d'après la revendication 1 ou 2, sachant que la bascule de contact est formée de façon pliée à son palier de bascule de manière que, relativement à un axe de câble (K) de l'extrémité de câble (41), l'ailette de bascule (31) associée à la tête enfichable (10) soit disposée de manière radialement espacée par rapport à l'ailette de bascule (32) associée à l'extrémité de câble (41).
  4. Le connecteur circulaire d'après l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes,
    sachant que la bascule de contact est logée de manière à pouvoir pivoter autour d'un palier de bascule du capuchon de câble (20).
  5. Le connecteur circulaire d'après l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, sachant que le contact de blindage (30) est disposé de manière mobile auprès du capuchon de câble (20).
  6. Le connecteur circulaire d'après l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, sachant que le contact de blindage (30) est formé comme un ressort de contact déformable élastiquement.
  7. Le connecteur circulaire d'après l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, comportant au moins deux contacts de blindage mobiles (30) disposés de manière essentiellement symétrique par rapport à un axe de câble (K) de l'extrémité de câble (41).
  8. Le connecteur circulaire d'après l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, sachant que le contact de blindage (30) est en contact plat avec le blindage de câble (42) dans la position de blindage.
  9. Le connecteur circulaire d'après l'une des revendications précédentes, sachant que le capuchon de câble (20) présente un logement de tête enfichable (26) pour une extrémité de tête enfichable côté câble (12).
  10. Le connecteur circulaire d'après la revendication 9, sachant que l'extrémité de tête enfichable côté câble (12) est disposée dans le logement de tête enfichable (26) de telle manière que l'extrémité de tête enfichable côté câble (12) est pressée radialement depuis l'extérieur contre le contact de blindage (30).
  11. Le connecteur circulaire d'après la revendication 9 ou 10, sachant que l'extrémité de tête enfichable côté câble (12) dévissée est disposée en ajustement serré dans le logement de tête enfichable (26).
  12. Le connecteur circulaire d'après l'une des revendications de 9 à 11, sachant que sur l'extrémité de tête enfichable côté câble (12) sont formées des surfaces de glissement de tête enfichable (18) qui coopèrent avec des surfaces de glissement de couvercle de câble (33) formées sur une extrémité de couvercle de câble (21) du couvercle de câble (20) tournée vers la tête enfichable (10), de manière que, lors du montage du connecteur circulaire (1), l'extrémité de tête enfichable côté câble (12) est guidée dans le logement de tête enfichable (26).
  13. Un procédé pour monter un connecteur circulaire (1), comprenant les étapes consistant à :
    - prévoir une tête enfichable (10) pour réaliser une connexion enfichable avec un connecteur circulaire complémentaire et/ou un réceptacle de connecteur circulaire complémentaire ;
    - mettre en contact une extrémité de câble (41) au moyen d'un capuchon de câble (20) ;
    - monter ladite tête enfichable (10) audit capuchon de câble (20), sachant qu'un contact de blindage mobile (30) est automatiquement déplacé dans une position de blindage ; et à
    - fournir une connexion électrique entre un blindage de câble (42) de l'extrémité de câble (41) et un blindage de tête enfichable (13) de la tête enfichable (10) au moyen du contact de blindage (30) déplacé dans la position de blindage,
    sachant que
    - la connexion électrique entre le blindage de câble (42) de l'extrémité de câble (41) et le blindage de tête enfichable (13) de la tête enfichable (10) est fournie en pivotant le contact de blindage (30) qui est réalisé sous la forme d'une bascule de contact pivotante et déplacé dans la position de blindage,
    - le blindage de tête enfichable (13) est mis en contact électriquement par une ailette de bascule (31) du contact de blindage (30) associée à la tête enfichable (10), et que
    - le blindage de câble (42) est mis en contact électriquement par une ailette de bascule (32) du contact de blindage (30) associée à l'extrémité de câble (41).
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