EP3259808B1 - Ensemble comprenant un boîtier et une cosse de câble - Google Patents

Ensemble comprenant un boîtier et une cosse de câble Download PDF

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EP3259808B1
EP3259808B1 EP15801456.3A EP15801456A EP3259808B1 EP 3259808 B1 EP3259808 B1 EP 3259808B1 EP 15801456 A EP15801456 A EP 15801456A EP 3259808 B1 EP3259808 B1 EP 3259808B1
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housing
cable
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Christian Maier
Klaus Halbedl
Johann Gerstorfer
Marek Skowron
Manfred Steinhögl
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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
    • H01R13/40—Securing contact members in or to a base or case; Insulating of contact members
    • H01R13/42—Securing in a demountable manner
    • H01R13/422—Securing in resilient one-piece base or case, e.g. by friction; One-piece base or case formed with resilient locking means
    • H01R13/4223—Securing in resilient one-piece base or case, e.g. by friction; One-piece base or case formed with resilient locking means comprising integral flexible contact retaining fingers
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R11/00—Individual connecting elements providing two or more spaced connecting locations for conductive members which are, or may be, thereby interconnected, e.g. end pieces for wires or cables supported by the wire or cable and having means for facilitating electrical connection to some other wire, terminal, or conductive member, blocks of binding posts
    • H01R11/11—End pieces or tapping pieces for wires, supported by the wire and for facilitating electrical connection to some other wire, terminal or conductive member
    • H01R11/12—End pieces terminating in an eye, hook, or fork

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  • the invention relates to an assembly comprising a housing and a cable lug and a system comprising the assembly and a fastening bolt.
  • the EP 1 133 022 A2 shows a shielded connector by means of which a connection cable can be connected to an electric motor.
  • a connection cable can be connected to an electric motor.
  • two cable pieces are electrically connected to each other, each ending in a cable lug.
  • Both cable lugs are attached to a housing part by a screw penetrates the lugs of both cable lugs at the same time.
  • the housing can be fixed via mounting holes by means of further screw on the engine.
  • the generic JP 2010 272243 A shows a plug which is screwed to a component, wherein the electrical connection pieces of both connector parts are screwed by means of a fastening bolt within the plug.
  • the object of the invention is to simplify the attachment of a housing and, for example, an associated grounding cable.
  • an assembly with a housing and with a cable lug with the features of claim 1, is used.
  • a pre-assembly of the cable lug in the housing is possible.
  • the provision of a positioning device makes it possible to insert the cable lug during pre-assembly in the recording, that during the subsequent final assembly on the mounting bolt, the positioning of the cable lug with respect to the mounting opening of the housing is maintained.
  • the cable lug is always located in the receptacle in a position in which an overlapping of the holding opening is ensured with the mounting opening, so that the fastening bolt penetrates simultaneously the mounting opening of the housing and the holding opening of the cable lug.
  • the housing is a cable duct housing which can be fixed in a vehicle and which is intended to receive a part of a cable harness.
  • the cable duct housing is preferably attached to a motor housing, which also forms the ground for the grounding of the entire wiring harness.
  • the attachment opening in the housing is formed for example in an electrically conductive socket, which simplifies the production of an electrically conductive connection between the cable lug and the fastening bolt.
  • the mounting bolt may be about a bolt on the vehicle or a separate screw, such as an M6 or M8 screw. This can for example engage in a mounting dome, which is formed on the engine block.
  • the rest of the housing, apart from the mounting bush, is preferably made of a suitable plastic. It should be ensured that the housing including the receptacle is formed so that the individual parts of the housing can be produced with as little effort and preferably without the use of slides in injection molds.
  • the housing may for example be formed in two parts, which also facilitates the insertion of, for example, a harness section.
  • the attachment opening in the housing may, for example, be provided on a housing projection, wherein the attachment opening is parallel or may be aligned at an angle to a through opening of the housing.
  • the passage opening can run, for example, along the extension direction of the cable harness section accommodated in the housing.
  • the holding opening of the cable lug can be easily overlapping aligned with the mounting opening in the housing.
  • the positioning device may comprise a first latching element in the housing, which engages with a second latching element on the cable lug when it is fully inserted into the receptacle.
  • the latching connection thus produced holds on the one hand the cable lug in its final assembly position and on the other hand, for example, by an audible detent noise, in the pre-assembly a means of control when inserting the cable lug in the recording.
  • the first locking element is, for example, a detent spring and the second detent element a detent opening in a mounting plate of the cable lug, in which engages the detent spring of the cable lug.
  • the retaining opening is preferably formed in the mounting plate of the cable lug. Holding opening and latching opening may be arranged one behind the other with respect to the insertion direction of the cable lug in the receptacle to a slim design of the To enable cable lug.
  • the detent opening and the retaining opening can be slightly offset from each other to allow a pre-assembly of the cable lug only in the correct orientation.
  • the positioning device may comprise a stop on the housing, which defines a fully inserted position of the cable lug. This stop can be realized for example by an integrally formed with the housing projection.
  • the cable lug may be rectilinear, so that the cable protrudes in extension of the mounting plate of the cable lug, or may have an angled end.
  • two openings are preferably provided in the housing, via which the cable lug at its angled end in a simple manner can be fixed to the housing.
  • a ratchet strap or cable tie is pulled through the two openings and fixed around the angled end of the cable lug.
  • the breakthroughs can be shaped, for example, during the injection molding process of the housing parts.
  • the recording guide elements for the mounting plate of the cable lug are preferably provided, for example, in the housing parts molded grooves and / or ribs as guides and bearing surfaces. These guide elements prevent unwanted twisting and tilting of the cable lug when inserted into the receptacle. At the insertion end of the recording bevels may be provided, which can also serve as demolding aids for demolding of the housing parts of an injection mold at the same time.
  • FIG. 1 shows an assembly 10 with a housing 12 having a receptacle 14 for a cable lug 16.
  • the cable lug 16 is preassembled in the receptacle 14.
  • a fastening bolt 18, here in the form of a hexagon socket screw the housing 12 and the cable lug 16 are fastened together to a vehicle part 20, which is formed in this example by an engine block.
  • the housing 12 is closer in FIG. 2 shown. It consists of two composite shell parts 22, 24, which enclose a cavity which forms a through-opening 25, which extends axially through the entire housing 12.
  • the two shell parts 22, 24 of the housing 12 are connected to each other here via a plurality of latching connections.
  • the receptacle 14 extends here substantially perpendicular to the passage opening 25.
  • the housing 12 is formed in the example shown here as a cable duct housing and serves to receive a portion of a wiring harness of a vehicle and to attach it to the vehicle (not shown).
  • a projection 26 is formed on a shell part, here the shell part 24, in which the receptacle 14 is formed for the cable lug 16.
  • a fastening opening 28 extends through the projection 26, through which the in FIG. 1 shown fastening bolts 18 engages when the housing 12 is mounted on the vehicle.
  • the shape of the housing 12 may of course be adapted to the particular application of the housing 12 and is not limited to the shape shown here.
  • the two shell parts 22, 24 of the housing 12 consist at least largely of plastic and are each made separately as an injection molded part. However, the attachment opening 28 is formed in a metallic, electrically conductive socket 30 inserted in the projection 26.
  • the cable lug 16 (see FIG. 4 ) has a cable holding portion 32 which continues integrally into a mounting plate 34. The entire cable lug 16 is formed from a metal sheet.
  • the formed in a known manner cable holding portion 32 serves to receive a cable end and electrically connected to the mounting plate 34.
  • the cable (not shown) is here a ground cable and is part of the wiring harness which is accommodated in the housing 12 (not shown).
  • the mounting plate 34 is substantially flat here, in the mounting plate 34 has a holding opening 36 is formed. In addition, the mounting plate 34 has a small projection 40 at its free end.
  • FIG. 5 When the housing 12 is mounted around the harness, the ground wire is connected to the lug 16, and the lug 16 is inserted into the receptacle 14 on the housing 12 for pre-assembly.
  • This situation (without cable and wiring harness) is in FIG. 5 shown.
  • guide elements which facilitate an exact alignment of the mounting plate 34 in the receptacle 14.
  • a plurality of support surfaces 42 for the mounting plate 34 and two lateral guide grooves 44 are formed on the housing 12.
  • the insertion surfaces at the insertion end of the receptacle 14 are chamfered. These details are also in the FIGS. 7 to 9 shown.
  • the positioning device comprises a plurality of separate elements, which may be implemented together or separately.
  • a first element of the positioning device is formed by a stop 46 on a projection at the free end of the receptacle 14 in the housing 12 is formed. If the cable lug 16 is completely inserted into the receptacle 14, then an edge portion 48 of the mounting plate 34 adjoining the end projection 40 rests against the inwardly directed abutment surface 50 of the abutment 46. An inwardly directed extension on the stop 46 prevents axial lifting of the mounting plate 34 from the receptacle 14th
  • the second element of the positioning device is here formed by a latching device which comprises two latching elements 52, 54 which engage in one another when the mounting plate 34 of the cable lug 16 has been correctly inserted into the receptacle 14.
  • the first locking element 52 is formed by a protruding into the receptacle 14 detent spring on the housing 12.
  • the second latching element 54 is realized by a latching opening in the mounting plate 34.
  • the detent spring may either be integrally formed as a plastic part with the housing 12, or may be a separate, inserted into the housing 12 component.
  • the detent spring engages with an audible noise in the detent opening 38 a.
  • the latching opening is offset relative to the insertion direction E a piece relative to the holding opening 36, to allow a locking of the detent spring in the latching opening only in a unique mounting position of the cable lug 16.
  • This correct preassembly corresponds to a fully inserted into the receptacle 14 position of the cable lug 16.
  • the holding opening 36 of the lug 16 is above the mounting hole 28 of the receptacle 14 of the housing 12, so that the two openings 28, 36 overlap and in this example also exactly aligned.
  • the detent spring holds the cable lug 16 in the preassembly position.
  • FIGS. 6 and 9 show a variant in which the cable holding portion 32 of the cable lug 16 extends rectilinearly in extension of the mounting plate 34, and is not angled. Both versions are interchangeable.
  • a cable lug 16 is used with an angled cable holding section 32, two apertures 58 in the housing 12 allow a simple fixation of the cable holding section 32 by means of a cable tie (not shown).
  • the prefabricated assembly 10 with the housing 12 and the cable lug 16 preassembled thereon is positioned on the vehicle at the desired location and by means of the fastening bolt 18, which simultaneously passes through the fastening opening 28 of the housing 12 and the overlapping retaining opening 36 of the cable lug 16. firmly and definitively fixed to the vehicle.

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  1. Ensemble (10) comprenant un boîtier (12) constitué par un boîtier de passage de câble qui peut être fixé dans un véhicule et est adapté pour recevoir une partie d'un faisceau de câbles, ainsi qu'une cosse de câble (16) prévue pour permettre une liaison avec un câble de mise à la terre, ayant une ouverture de retenue (36), le boîtier (12) comprenant une ouverture de fixation (28) avec laquelle il peut être installé sur un boulon de fixation (18) pour sa fixation dans le véhicule, et un logement de réception (14) de la cosse de câble (16), le logement de réception (14) comprenant un dispositif de positionnement de la cosse de câble (16), et la cosse de câble (16) étant montée dans le logement de réception (14) de façon que l'ouverture de retenue (36) chevauche l'ouverture de fixation (28), chevauche permettre la fixation du boîtier (12), le boulon de fixation (18) pouvant venir en prise au travers de l'ouverture de fixation (28) et de l'ouverture de retenue (36).
  2. Ensemble conforme à l'une des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisé en ce que
    le boîtier (12) peut être fixé à un carter moteur.
  3. Ensemble conforme à l'une des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisé en ce que
    l'ouverture de fixation (28) située dans le boîtier (12) est réalisée dans une douille (30) électriquement conductrice.
  4. Ensemble conforme à l'une des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisé en ce que
    le logement de réception (14) de la cosse de câble (16) s'étend essentiellement perpendiculairement à une ouverture de passage (25) du boîtier (12).
  5. Ensemble conforme à l'une des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisé en ce que
    le dispositif de positionnement comporte un premier élément d'encliquetage (52) situé dans le boîtier (12) qui vient en prise avec un second élément d'encliquetage (54) situé sur la cosse de câble (16) lorsque celle-ci est totalement insérée dans le logement de réception (14).
  6. Ensemble conforme à la revendication 5,
    caractérisé en ce que
    le premier élément d'encliquetage (52) est un ressort d'encliquetage et le second élément d'encliquetage (54) est une ouverture d'encliquetage située dans une plaque de montage (34) de la cosse de câble (16) dans laquelle vient en prise le ressort d'encliquetage.
  7. Ensemble conforme à l'une des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisé en ce que
    le dispositif de positionnement comporte une butée (46) située sur le boîtier (12) qui définit la position totalement insérée de la cosse de câble (16).
  8. Ensemble conforme à l'une des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisé en ce que
    la cosse de câble (16) comporte un segment de retenue de câble coudé (32), et, dans le boîtier (12) il est prévu deux évidements (58) par l'intermédiaire desquels la cosse de câble (16) peut être fixée sur le boîtier (12) au niveau de son segment coudé (32).
  9. Système comprenant un boulon de fixation (18) et un ensemble conforme à l'une des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisé en ce que
    le boulon de fixation (18) est un boulon fileté situé sur le véhicule ou une vis.
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