EP3316407B1 - Connecteur et procédé pour tester un connecteur - Google Patents

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EP3316407B1
EP3316407B1 EP17198767.0A EP17198767A EP3316407B1 EP 3316407 B1 EP3316407 B1 EP 3316407B1 EP 17198767 A EP17198767 A EP 17198767A EP 3316407 B1 EP3316407 B1 EP 3316407B1
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Thomas Bürk
Antonio Pérez Jiménez
Alfonso Fernández Cardenosa
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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
    • H01R13/436—Securing a plurality of contact members by one locking piece or operation
    • H01R13/4361—Insertion of locking piece perpendicular to direction of contact insertion
    • 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
    • H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/46—Bases; Cases
    • H01R13/50—Bases; Cases formed as an integral body
    • H01R13/501—Bases; Cases formed as an integral body comprising an integral hinge or a frangible part
    • 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
    • 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
    • H01R2201/26—Connectors or connections adapted for particular applications for vehicles

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  • the invention relates to a connector and a method for testing a connector for a plug connection.
  • the invention relates to the testability of the secondary locking tab in the final locking position of a plug connection.
  • a secondary locking is provided which forms an additional locking in addition to the primary locking in order to permanently fix and hold the contact partner in its contact chamber.
  • a connector for a plug connection having a contact carrier with at least one contact chamber accommodating a contact partner, wherein the contact partner is inserted in its contact chamber in a primary locked manner, wherein a locking tab is arranged with its fastening end pivotably on the contact carrier and forms a secondary locking for the at least one contact partner when the latter is inserted in its contact chamber in a primary locked manner, wherein the locking tab has a crossbar at its end facing away from the fastening end which forms the secondary locking together with the contact carrier, as well as a corresponding test method for this disclosed connector.
  • a connector is already known from this which has a locking tab which is arranged pivotably with its fastening end on the contact carrier and which forms a secondary locking for the at least one contact partner when the latter is inserted in its contact chamber in a primary locking manner.
  • the invention is based on the object of providing a connector and a method for testing such a connector, with which it is possible to check whether the locking tab has been pivoted into the position in which it effectively realizes the secondary locking.
  • a free space which makes it possible to insert and remove a test pin in this free space, whereby the test pin can be influenced by the projection in such a way that it limits the insertion path of the test pin if the locking tab has not been fully brought into its position forming the secondary locking.
  • the test path of the test pin increases if the locking tab has assumed its position forming the secondary locking. This makes it possible to easily check, using the test pin and a device which inserts the test pin into the free space and moves it out again and which records the length of the test path, whether the secondary locking tab is still in a protruding position which does not implement the secondary locking (pre-locking position) or whether it has assumed the position implementing the secondary locking (final locking position).
  • the free space on both sides of the Locking tab is provided. This allows a double check to be made as to whether the locking tab is still in its pre-locking position or already in its final locking position.
  • a free space on each side of the locking tab is advantageous if the locking tab extends over a row of several contact chambers and several contact partners are locked in their respective contact chambers at the same time by pivoting from the pre-locking to the final locking position. Due to the locking tab extending over several contact chambers, in particular over more than four contact chambers, it can happen that the locking tab bends and it is not guaranteed that it is completely in the final locking position.
  • the fastening end of the locking tab is designed as a film hinge.
  • the locking tab can be manufactured together with the contact carrier on which it is arranged in one production step, in particular in a plastic injection molding process.
  • the locking tab is not only permanently arranged on the contact carrier, but can also be moved particularly easily from its pre-locking position to its final locking position.
  • the locking tab cannot have a recess in a central area between the two opposite side edges. This the locking tab is not weakened, since if there were a recess in a central area between the two opposite side edges, it could bend due to the way it was manufactured and it is therefore not guaranteed that the final locking position is fully reached by pivoting the locking tab. In addition, such a recess in a central area could increase the risk that the locking tab cannot be fully brought into its final locking position, particularly if a contact partner has not been correctly inserted into its contact chamber directly next to a side edge. As a result, the omission of a recess in a central area between the two opposite side edges also significantly increases the testability and thus also the operational reliability of the connector.
  • the central area between the two opposite side edges, in which there is no recess can, for example, be an elongated strip with a width of at least 10% of the width of the locking tabs between the two side edges.
  • the locking tab has at least one recess next to the central region between the two opposite side edges and between this central region and at least one side edge. This advantageously means that at least one recess or several recesses are only made in the locking tab at those points that not only contribute to reducing the weight, but also prevent or at least significantly reduce the weakening of the locking tab.
  • the features of claim 5 4 are provided according to the invention.
  • the test path i.e. its length, depends on the position of the locking tab, so that the test path is recorded and the position of the locking tab can be deduced from this. In one case, the test path is shorter when the locking tab is in its final locking position and longer when the locking tab is in its pre-locking position. The reverse relationship between the length of the test path and the position of the locking tab is also conceivable.
  • the test path of the test pin is blocked by the projection when the locking tab has not assumed its position forming the secondary locking. This shortens the test path of the test pin compared to the length of the test path when the locking tab has assumed its final locking position.
  • the test path of the test pin is blocked by the contact carrier, so that by means of the device that moves the test pin and detects its position, it can also be detected at which point the test pin was blocked by the projection of the locking tab or the contact carrier, in order to be able to deduce from the detected test paths that the test pin has also covered its respective target test path.
  • the test pin is guided along the test path parallel to the side edge of the locking tab. This defines a targeted course of the test path, which is reproducible at any time, especially in the automated testing of connectors.
  • the test path runs parallel and in the extension of the plane of the locking tab, when it is in its final locking position. If the locking tab is not yet in its final locking position, the test path of the test pin runs parallel to a plane in which at least one side edge of the locking tab can move.
  • the Figures 1 to 3 show, as far as shown in detail, a contact carrier 1 of a plug connector, wherein the contact carrier 1 has at least one contact chamber, in this case two contact chambers 2 arranged at a distance from one another.
  • a contact partner (not shown) can be inserted into each contact chamber 2, which, when inserted, is secured in the contact chamber 2 by primary locking, for example by its spring tab.
  • a locking tab 3 is provided for secondary locking, which can be moved from a pre-locking position ( Figure 2 ), in which it protrudes obliquely from the contact carrier 1, into a final locking position ( Figure 3 ) in which it is aligned as largely parallel to the contact carrier 1.
  • a transverse web 4 is arranged, which forms a locking means which is brought into operative connection with a corresponding recess in the contact carrier 1 when the locking tab 3 is brought from its pre-locking position into its final locking position.
  • the respective position is determined by a test pin 5 ( Figures 2 and 3 ) determined.
  • the test pin 5 is only partially visible, so that in an actual implementation it can be seen with its end is arranged and attached to a test device.
  • the test device (not shown) moves the test pin 5 approximately parallel to a longitudinal axis of the contact carrier 1 and thus parallel to a side edge of the locking tab 3 (still to be carried out), so that based on the length of the path it can be determined whether the locking tab 3 is in its pre-locking position ( Figure 2 ) or in its final locking position ( Figure 3 ) is located.
  • the locking tab 3 is shown in detail and is suitable and designed to detect its position in relation to the contact carrier 1 in interaction with the test pin 5.
  • the locking tab 3 is flat and has no recess in this surface. At one end it has the crosspiece 4 already described, with which it is arranged in a locking manner on the contact carrier 1 when it is in its final locking position.
  • the arrangement of the locking tab 3 is additionally shown in a sectional plan view in Figure 5 recognizable.
  • Figure 6 shows the design of the contact carrier 1 with its locking tab 3 looking towards the plug face of the connector, whereby no contact partners have yet been inserted into the two contact chambers 2 for the sake of better clarity.
  • the contact carrier 1 has been inserted into an unspecified outer housing, so that the contact carrier 1 with the outer housing forms a connector.
  • Figure 7 shows the contact carrier 1, which is attached thereto with its fastening end 9.
  • This embodiment is preferably realized in a plastic injection molding process, whereby it is alternatively also conceivable that the contact carrier 1 and the locking tab 3 are manufactured separately from one another and only then is the locking tab 3 pivotably attached to the contact carrier 1.
  • test path 10 is longer than the test path according to Figure 7 , since the test pin 5 is no longer blocked along its test path 10 by the crosspiece 4.
  • the test path 10 of the test pin 5 is only blocked by contact with, for example, the illustrated circumferential collar of the contact carrier 1, so that the now larger test path 10 can also be detected and it can be deduced from this that the locking tab 3 is in its intended position, namely the final locking position.
  • test path 10 may also be longer if the locking tab 3 is in its pre-locking position and is shorter when the locking tab 3 is in its final locking position.
  • a sample of a connector can be measured. This is done once with the locking tab 3 in the pre-locking position and once in the final locking position. In both cases, the test path 10 of the test pin 5 is determined and saved. After the contact carrier 1 has been manufactured, in particular the automated manufacture in large quantities, it is fitted with the required number of contact partners in the contact chambers 2, whereby the primary locking is carried out by this fitting. The locking tab 3 is then actuated manually or preferably automatically, so that the test step as described in Figure 8 This means that it is not absolutely necessary to test every contact carrier 1 with the locking tab 3 not yet locked in the secondary position, but to use the stored values.
  • test step is carried out according to Figure 8 and found that the test path 10 of the test pin 5 is greater than the test path 10 as determined in the test step according to Figure 7 recorded and stored, this is the information that the locking tab 3 has been properly locked. Only when in a test step according to Figure 8 it has been determined that the test path 10 of the test pin 5 is shorter, it can be concluded that the locking tab 3 is not at all or not completely in its final locking position. In this case, a subsequent step must be taken to ensure that either the locking tab 3 is brought completely into its secondary locking position or that this contact carrier 1 is discarded as a defective part.
  • test pins and contact carrier are moved towards each other, with this movement caused by a corresponding actuator and the test path being determined by a corresponding sensor. If the locking tab is properly closed, i.e. if it is in its secondary locking position (final locking position), the path can be determined if the test pin has been completely inserted into the contact carrier along a known path with a known length. The target/actual comparison between the actual length of the test path and the stored length of the test path shows that these two test paths match (possibly based on a tolerance), so that this is information that the locking tab is in its intended position.
  • the forces that act on the test pin when it is plugged into the contact carrier can also be measured alternatively or additionally.
  • the correct or incorrect position of the locking tab in relation to the contact carrier can be determined by means of a corresponding target-actual comparison with the correct stored test paths and/or test forces.
  • the contact carrier can be released as error-free for the further handling process or, in the event of an error, can be discarded.
  • the position of the secondary locking tab is checked through a switching pin channel, whereby a collision occurs during the movement of a test pin in the path with the tab, from which it can be concluded that the secondary lock is open and thus the secondary locking tab is not yet in its final locking position. If there is no collision of the test pin when moving through the switching pin channel in the path of the test pin, it can be concluded that the secondary locking tab is in its final locking position.
  • the invention thus relates to a connector according to claim 1, wherein the secondary locking tab can be brought from a first position into a final locking position and the final locking position can be checked by means of a channel in the housing using a test pin.

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  1. Connecteur enfichable pour une connexion enfichable, présentant un boîtier extérieur et un support de contact (1) inséré dans le boîtier extérieur avec au moins une chambre de contact (2) recevant un partenaire de contact, le partenaire de contact étant inséré dans sa chambre de contact (2) avec un verrouillage primaire, une patte de verrouillage (3) étant agencée avec son extrémité de fixation (9) de manière pivotante sur le support de contact (1) et formant un verrouillage secondaire pour l' au moins un partenaire de contact lorsque celui-ci est inséré dans sa chambre de contact (2) avec un verrouillage primaire, la patte de verrouillage (3) présentant, à son extrémité détournée de l'extrémité de fixation (9), une barrette transversale (4) formant, conjointement avec le support de contact (1), le verrouillage secondaire, la barrette transversale (4) présentant deux saillies (8), qui s'étendent chacune au-delà de l'un des deux bords latéraux (7) opposés de la patte de verrouillage (3) et forment chacune, en coopération avec le bord latéral (7) correspondant, un espace libre (6) dans lequel peut être introduite une tige de contrôle (5) dont la course de contrôle (10) peut être influencée par la saillie (6) correspondante.
  2. Connecteur enfichable selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que l'extrémité de fixation (9) de la patte de verrouillage (3) est réalisée sous forme de charnière à film.
  3. Connecteur enfichable selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que la patte de verrouillage (3) ne présente pas d'évidement dans une zone centrale entre les deux bords latéraux (7) opposés, la patte de verrouillage (3) présentant de préférence au moins un évidement à côté de la zone centrale entre les deux bords latéraux (7) opposés et entre cette zone centrale et au moins un bord latéral (7).
  4. Procédé de contrôle d'un connecteur enfichable pour une connexion enfichable, présentant un boîtier extérieur et un support de contact (1) inséré dans le boîtier extérieur avec au moins une chambre de contact (2) recevant un partenaire de contact, le partenaire de contact étant inséré dans sa chambre de contact (2) avec un verrouillage primaire, une patte de verrouillage (3) étant agencée avec son extrémité de fixation (9) de manière pivotante sur le support de contact (1) et formant un verrouillage secondaire pour l'au moins un partenaire de contact lorsque celui-ci est inséré dans sa chambre de contact (2) avec un verrouillage primaire, la patte de verrouillage (3) présentant, à son extrémité détournée de l' extrémité de fixation (9), une barrette transversale (4) formant, conjointement avec le support de contact (1), le verrouillage secondaire, la barrette transversale (4) présentant deux saillies (8), qui s'étendent chacune au-delà de l'un des deux bords latéraux (7) de la patte de verrouillage (3) et forment chacune un espace libre (6) en coopération avec le bord latéral (7) correspondant, une tige de contrôle (5) étant introduite dans l'espace libre (6) et sa course de contrôle (10) étant détectée, la course de contrôle (10) étant influencée par la saillie (8) correspondante en fonction de la position de la patte de verrouillage (3) .
  5. Procédé selon la revendication 4, caractérisé en ce que la course de contrôle (10) de la tige de contrôle (5) est bloquée par l'une des saillies (8) lorsque la patte de verrouillage (3) n'a pas pris sa position formant le verrouillage secondaire.
  6. Procédé selon la revendication 4 ou 5, caractérisé en ce que la tige de contrôle (5) est guidée le long de la course de contrôle (10) parallèlement aux bords latéraux (7) de la patte de verrouillage (3) .
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