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EP3270469A1
EP3270469A1 EP17179681.6A EP17179681A EP3270469A1 EP 3270469 A1 EP3270469 A1 EP 3270469A1 EP 17179681 A EP17179681 A EP 17179681A EP 3270469 A1 EP3270469 A1 EP 3270469A1
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Cui LI
Guoqiang Li
Xiang Xu
Yong Yang
Wenbo LV
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Tyco Electronics Shanghai Co Ltd
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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
    • H01R13/73—Means for mounting coupling parts to apparatus or structures, e.g. to a wall
    • H01R13/74—Means for mounting coupling parts in openings of a panel
    • H01R13/748—Means for mounting coupling parts in openings of a panel using one or more screws
    • 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
    • H01R13/516—Means for holding or embracing insulating body, e.g. casing, hoods
    • H01R13/518—Means for holding or embracing insulating body, e.g. casing, hoods for holding or embracing several coupling parts, e.g. frames
    • 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
    • H01R13/506—Bases; Cases composed of different pieces assembled by snap action of the parts
    • 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
    • H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/64—Means for preventing incorrect coupling

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  • Embodiments of the disclosure relate to a connector, and in particular, to a heavy duty connector.
  • a heavy duty connector generally comprises a metal housing, a metal frame mounted within the metal housing and a plurality of plug modules mounted within the metal frame.
  • Each plug module comprises a plastic frame and a conductive terminal held in the plastic housing.
  • the metal frame is used to support the plurality of plug modules mounted therein.
  • the metal frame are directly connected to the metal housing by bolts on both ends thereof and supported on the metal housing through the both ends thereof. Since each plug module of the heavy duty connector has a larger insert and drawn force (or referred as a retention force), the metal frame mounted with the plurality of plug modules must have enough support strength.
  • the metal frame is generally made of zinc alloy material. Since the zinc alloy material has higher stiffness, a pair of longitudinal beams of the metal frame may have a cantilever structure, which may satisfy the strength requirement. However, the metal frame with higher stiffness will increase the weight of the connector and manufacture cost.
  • the disclosure is made to solve at least one of the above issues and defects existing in the prior art.
  • a connector comprising: a plastic frame adapted to be positioned within an opening of a support base plate and mounted on the support base plate; and a plurality of plug modules mounted in the plastic frame.
  • the plastic frame comprises a pair of opposite end walls and a pair of opposite longitudinal beams connected between the pair of end walls.
  • Each of the longitudinal beams comprises an outer sidewall, an inner sidewall opposite to the outer sidewall and a plurality of partition walls connected between the inner sidewall and the outer sidewall.
  • the plurality of partition walls are constructed to separate an internal space between the inner sidewall and the outer sidewall into a plurality of box-shaped cavities.
  • each longitudinal beam further comprises a bottom wall connected to the inner sidewall, the outer sidewall and bottoms of the partition walls.
  • the bottom wall of each longitudinal beam is formed with a plurality of protruding support ribs. The support ribs on the longitudinal beams are supported on a surface of the support base plate when the plastic frame is mounted onto the support base plate.
  • the plurality of partition walls are uniformly distributed at a predetermined interval along a length direction of the longitudinal beams.
  • the plurality of protruding support ribs are uniformly distributed at a predetermined interval along the length direction of the longitudinal beams.
  • the support ribs are arranged parallel with the partition walls.
  • each support rib is positioned at a middle position between a corresponding pair of partition walls.
  • the plastic frame further comprises a pair of end mount plates extending outwardly from the pair of end walls horizontally, and the pair of end mount plates are connected and supported on a surface of the support base plate.
  • each end mount plate is connected to the surface of the support base plate through a pair of thread connectors.
  • the plastic frame is formed with a solid plug extending uprightly on one of the pair of end mount plates thereof and a hollow plug extending uprightly on the other of the pair of end mount plates thereof.
  • the solid plug on the connector is inserted into a center hole of a hollow plug of the mating connector, and a solid plug on the mating connector is inserted into a center hole of the hollow plug of the connector.
  • the plastic frame further comprises a plurality of positioning plates extending uprightly from bottoms of the inner sidewalls of the longitudinal beams.
  • the plurality of positioning plates on the plastic frame are inserted into the opening of the support base plate to position the plastic frame in the opening of the support base plate.
  • each position plate is formed with a protruding rib extending uprightly on an inner surface thereof.
  • Each plug module is adapted to be clamped and positioned between the protruding ribs of two adjacent positioning plates.
  • the support ribs are perpendicular to the positioning plates and connected to the positioning plates at an outside thereof, respectively.
  • each plug module comprises a plastic housing and a conductive terminal held in the plastic housing.
  • the plug modules on the connector are connected with plug modules on the mating connector so as to electrically connect the conductive terminal on the connector with a conductive terminal on the mating connector.
  • each of the connector and the mating connector comprises a heavy duty connector, and a retention force between each pair of plug modules connected with each other is greater than 300N.
  • the longitudinal beams are configured with box-shaped cavities, which increases the overall stiffness of the longitudinal beams and the ability of the longitudinal beams to resist lateral deformation.
  • the plastic frame has advantageous of light weight, convenient processing, low cost and the like.
  • each longitudinal beam is formed with the plurality of protruding support ribs, and the plurality of protruding support ribs are supported on the surface of the support base plate, which further improves the support strength of the longitudinal beams, satisfying the requirement of large retention force on the plug modules.
  • a connector comprising a plastic frame adapted to be positioned within an opening in a support base plate and mounted on the support base plate, and a plurality of plug modules mounted in the plastic frame.
  • the plastic frame comprises a pair of opposite end walls and a pair of opposite longitudinal beams connected between the pair of end walls.
  • the longitudinal beams each comprises an outer sidewall, an inner sidewall opposite to the outer sidewall and a plurality of partition walls connected between the inner sidewall and the outer sidewall.
  • the plurality of partition walls are constructed to separate an internal space between the inner sidewall and the outer sidewall into a plurality of box-shaped cavities.
  • Figure 1 shows a schematic assembly view of a connector according to an exemplary embodiment of the disclosure
  • Figure 2 shows a schematic exploded view of a connector according to an exemplary embodiment of the disclosure.
  • the connector mainly comprises a plastic frame 100 and a plurality of plug modules 300.
  • the connector according to the disclosure is adapted to be mounted onto a support base plate 200.
  • the support base plate 200 is formed with an opening 201 therein.
  • the plastic frame 100 is adapted to be positioned within the opening 201 in the support base plate 200 and mounted onto the support base plate 200.
  • the plurality of plug modules 300 are mounted into the plastic frame 100.
  • Figure 3 shows a schematic perspective view of a plastic frame 100 of the connector shown in Figure 1 when seen from a top view
  • Figure 4 shows a schematic perspective view of the plastic frame 100 of the connector shown in Figure 1 when seen from a bottom view.
  • the plastic frame 100 comprises a pair of opposite end walls 120, 120 and a pair of opposite longitudinal beams 110, 110 connected between the pair of opposite end walls 120, 120.
  • each longitudinal beam 110 comprises an outer sidewall 1101, an inner sidewall 1102 opposite to the outer sidewall 1101, and a plurality of upright partition walls 1103 connected between the outer sidewall 1101 and the inner sidewall 1102.
  • the plurality of upright partition walls 1103 are constructed to separate an internal space between the inner sidewall 1102 and the outer sidewall 1101 into a plurality of box-shaped cavities 1100.
  • the longitudinal beams 110 are configured with box-shaped cavities, which increases the overall stiffness of the longitudinal beams 110 and the ability of the longitudinal beams 110 to resist lateral deformation.
  • the plastic frame made of plastic material has advantageous of light weight, convenient processing, low cost and the like.
  • each longitudinal beam 110 further comprises a bottom wall 111 connected to the inner sidewall 1102, the outer sidewall 1101 and bottoms of the partition walls 1103.
  • the bottom wall 111 of each longitudinal beam 110 is formed with a plurality of protruding support ribs 112.
  • the support ribs 112 on the longitudinal beams 110 are supported on a surface of the support base plate 200. In this way, it is possible to further improve the support strength of the longitudinal beams 110, satisfying the requirement of large retention force on the plug modules 300.
  • the plurality of upright partition walls 1103 are uniformly distributed at a predetermined interval along a length direction of the longitudinal beams 110.
  • the plurality of protruding support ribs 112 are uniformly distributed at a predetermined interval along the length direction of the longitudinal beams 110.
  • the support ribs 112 are arranged parallel with the partition walls 1103.
  • a spacing between two adjacent partition walls 1103 may be determined according to the stiffness and strength of the longitudinal beams 110.
  • a spacing between two adjacent support ribs 112 may be determined according to a width dimension of the plug modules 300 to be mounted. Therefore, in an exemplary embodiment, the spacing between the two adjacent partition walls 1103 may be equal to or not equal to that between the two adjacent support ribs 112.
  • Each support rib 112 is positioned at a middle position between a corresponding pair of partition walls 1103. In this way, it is possible to further improve the support strength of the longitudinal beams 110.
  • the plastic frame 100 further comprises a pair of end mount plates 121 extending outwardly from the pair of end walls 120, 120 horizontally.
  • the pair of end mount plates 121 are connected and supported on the surface of the support base plate 200.
  • each end mount plate 121 is connected to the surface of the support base plate 200 through a pair of thread connectors 1210.
  • the plastic frame 100 is formed with a solid plug 1211 extending uprightly on one of the pair of end mount plates 121 thereof, and a hollow plug 1212 extending uprightly on the other of the pair of end mount plates 121 thereof.
  • the plastic frame 100 further comprises a plurality of positioning plates 113 extending uprightly from bottoms of the inner sidewalls 1102 of the longitudinal beams 110.
  • the plurality of positioning plates 113 on the plastic frame 100 are inserted into the opening 201 of the support base plate 200 to position the plastic frame 100 in the opening 201 of the support base plate 200.
  • each position plate 113 is formed with a protruding rib 1131 extending uprightly on an inner surface thereof.
  • Each plug module 300 is adapted to be clamped and positioned between the protruding ribs 1131 of two adjacent positioning plates 113. In this way, each plug module 300 may be inserted and held between the two adjacent positioning plates 113.
  • the plug module 300 is engaged with two lateral protrusions 1132 on the position plates 113 so as to provide a retention force to the plug module 300 through the two lateral protrusions 1132 on the position plates 113.
  • the positioning plates 113 are configured to be mated with inserting ends of the plug modules 300, thus has foolproof function to prevent the plug modules 300 are inversely inserted into the plastic frame 100.
  • the support ribs 112 are perpendicular to the positioning plates 113 and connected to the positioning plates 113 at an outside thereof, respectively. In this way, it is possible to further improve the support stiffness and strength of the longitudinal beams 110.
  • each plug module 300 comprises a plastic housing and a conductive terminal held in the plastic housing.
  • the plug modules 300 on the connector are connected with plug modules on the mating connector so as to electrically connect the conductive terminal on the connector with a conductive terminal on the mating connector.
  • the connector and the mating connector each is constructed as a heavy duty connector, and a retention force between each pair of plug modules connected with each other is greater than 300N.
  • phase “comprise” or “include” does not exclude other elements or steps, and the phrase “a” or “an” does not exclude multiple.
  • any reference numerals in claims should not be construed as limiting the scope of the disclosure.

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US20070155252A1 (en) * 2005-12-22 2007-07-05 Albert Ferderer Holding frame for connector modules
CA2930052A1 (en) * 2013-12-12 2015-06-18 Harting Electric Gmbh & Co. Kg Holding frame for a plug-type connector

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EP3613107B1 (de) * 2017-04-20 2023-05-10 Harting Electric GmbH & Co. KG Halterahmen für einen steckverbinder und verfahren zur bestückung
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