EP3350888B1 - Prise femelle de connecteur comprenant un verrou - Google Patents

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EP3350888B1
EP3350888B1 EP16809946.3A EP16809946A EP3350888B1 EP 3350888 B1 EP3350888 B1 EP 3350888B1 EP 16809946 A EP16809946 A EP 16809946A EP 3350888 B1 EP3350888 B1 EP 3350888B1
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Julien Guitard
Didier Revol
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Legrand SNC
Legrand France SA
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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
    • H01R13/46—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
    • H01R13/465—Identification means, e.g. labels, tags, markings
    • 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
    • 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
    • H01R13/639—Additional means for holding or locking coupling parts together, after engagement, e.g. separate keylock, retainer strap
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R24/00—Two-part coupling devices, or either of their cooperating parts, characterised by their overall structure
    • H01R24/60—Contacts spaced along planar side wall transverse to longitudinal axis of engagement
    • H01R24/62—Sliding engagements with one side only, e.g. modular jack coupling devices
    • H01R24/64—Sliding engagements with one side only, e.g. modular jack coupling devices for high frequency, e.g. RJ 45
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R4/00—Electrically-conductive connections between two or more conductive members in direct contact, i.e. touching one another; Means for effecting or maintaining such contact; Electrically-conductive connections having two or more spaced connecting locations for conductors and using contact members penetrating insulation
    • H01R4/24—Connections using contact members penetrating or cutting insulation or cable strands
    • H01R4/2416—Connections using contact members penetrating or cutting insulation or cable strands the contact members having insulation-cutting edges, e.g. of tuning fork type

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  • the invention relates to the field of computer and telecommunications network connectors. It relates more particularly to a female connector socket, for example an RJ45 connector, comprising a lock capable of locking or unlocking the connector.
  • a female connector socket for example an RJ45 connector
  • Such a connector is typically intended to be used in a patch panel, in particular in a high-density patch panel.
  • the connectors are composed of a female socket, fixed to a patch panel or to a wall, and of a male socket, secured to a connection cable such as a patch cable, capable of being plugged in. into the socket.
  • the female socket comprises a socket body intended to connect by a front face to the male socket.
  • the socket body has insulating displacement contacts arranged so as to receive each of the strands contained in a supply cable.
  • the socket also includes a connection module comprising several locations each intended to receive one end of a strand of the cable.
  • the connection module is either fixed or articulated with respect to the socket body or separated from the socket body. When the connection module is articulated or separated, it is arranged so as to be plugged in by a rear face of the socket body or by a lateral face, so as to push each strand against the corresponding insulation displacement contact.
  • connection module In the case of an articulated or separate connection module, it is known to equip the female socket with at least one pressure lever pivotally mounted on the socket body.
  • the lever has an open position, in which the lever does not force the connection module, and a closed position, in which the lever forces the connection module into a fully plugged-in position.
  • the unlocking system is nonexistent, which requires destruction of the connector in the event of modification of the connector wiring, in particular during maintenance operations.
  • Connectors with an unlocking system are designed to avoid accidental unlocking, which frequently results in poor unlocking ergonomics.
  • DE202012100261U describes a connector according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • An object of the invention is to provide a connector comprising a lock allowing ergonomic manual locking and unlocking of the connector while avoiding accidental unlocking.
  • the invention relates to a female connector type socket comprising a body comprising a front face comprising an orifice intended to receive a complementary male socket and comprising a plurality of insulation displacement contacts; a separate connection module comprising a plurality of locations each intended to receive one end of a strand of a cable and arranged so as to be plugged in by a rear face of the body so as to push each strand against the displacement contact corresponding insulation; and a lever pivotally mounted on the body so as to be movable between an open position and a closed position reached after lowering the lever so as to grip a rear face of the module and to push it to a fully plugged in position.
  • the socket comprises a movable lock according to a sliding mechanism between a locked position, in which the lock is arranged so as to keep the lever in the closed position, and an unlocked position.
  • the sliding lock allows ergonomic, intuitive and secure locking.
  • the unlocking operation is the same as the locking operation in reverse. Unlocking is therefore also ergonomic and intuitive.
  • the sliding mechanism comprises at least one slide, such as a slot or a groove, and at least one sliding element, such as a lug or a rod.
  • the slide is secured to the lock and the sliding element is secured to the lever.
  • the slide is a slot in the lock in which slides a lug of the lever.
  • the lock has a general U-shape which cooperates with the lever. More specifically, the U-shaped lock cooperates with two lateral faces of the lever and an upper face. The lock then has two slots, one on each branch of the U and the lever has two lugs, one on each side face.
  • the U shape gives the lock a large grip area, which contributes to its ergonomics.
  • the slide is secured to the lever and the sliding element is secured to the lock.
  • the slide is a slot in the lever in which slides a lug of the lock.
  • the body includes a housing intended for the lock.
  • the latch is arranged to be engaged with the housing in the locked position.
  • the module includes a housing intended for the lock.
  • the latch is arranged to be engaged with the housing in the locked position.
  • the lock is slidably mounted on the body.
  • the body has a slide in which a rod slides so that in the locked position of the lock, one end of the rod is engaged with the lever in the closed position.
  • the lock is slidably mounted on the module.
  • the module includes a slide in which a rod slides so that in the locked position of the lock, one end of the rod is engaged with the lever in the closed position.
  • the sliding mechanism comprises a hard point between the locked position and the unlocked position.
  • hard point is meant an element in a joint, such as a friction zone or a protrusion, increasing the force necessary to actuate the joint between two positions.
  • the hard point prevents accidental passage of the lock from one position to another without manipulation. In particular, it helps prevent accidental unlocking.
  • the lock comprises a deformation zone comprising the hard point.
  • the deformation zone allows local elastic deformation around the hard point so as to facilitate the passage of the hard point. For example, a deformation zone of one or two millimeters thick is created between the slide and a slot parallel to the slide. When the hard point is passed, the deformation zone deforms so that a portion of the deformation zone moves in the parallel slot.
  • the female socket comprises a mechanism for returning the lock arranged to so as to recall the lock in the locked position in the absence of manipulation of the lock.
  • the lock is in the locked position when the lever is in the closed position.
  • the manipulation which consists in closing the lever makes it possible, in the same movement, to lock the lock. For example, in a lever lowering movement, an inclined plane pushes the lock back into the unlocked position, then the inclined plane stops and a return mechanism recalls the lock in the locked position
  • the socket has a display indicating the locked position or the unlocked position in order to make the manipulation of the lock intuitive.
  • the lock comprises a non-slip gripping zone in order to prevent the user from slipping when locking or unlocking the lock.
  • a female socket is shown according to an embodiment of the invention with respect to a longitudinal axis X and a vertical axis Z.
  • the female socket shown is of the RJ45 type.
  • the invention relates more generally to a connector for computer and telecommunications networks such as an RJ11, RJ12, RJ25, RJ45, ARJ45 or RJ48 connector.
  • the socket has a body 1, a module 2 and a lever 3.
  • the body 1 extends along the longitudinal axis X and has a front face 12, the front being defined by the direction of the vector X.
  • the front face 12 includes an orifice 15 intended to receive a male plug complementary to the female plug.
  • the body 1 includes insulation displacement contacts (not shown) each intended to receive a strand of a supply cable 4.
  • the body 1 also includes a rear face 13, the rear being defined by the opposite direction to that of the vector X, intended to receive the module 2.
  • the body also includes an upper face 16, defined as the highest face along the vertical vector Z, intended to support the lever 3.
  • the module 2 is a separate element from the socket body comprising several locations 21 each intended to receive one end of a strand of the cable 4.
  • the module 2 is arranged so as to be plugged in through an orifice in the rear face 13 of the body 1 in order to push each strand against the corresponding insulation displacement contact.
  • the lever 3 is pivotally mounted around an axis 14 of the upper face 16.
  • the axis 14 consists of the rounded bottom of a housing 17 formed between the upper face 16 and a tongue 18 extending parallel to the upper face 16, in the direction of the front face 12.
  • the axis 14 cooperates with a pivot 34 of cylindrical shape present at a free end of the lever 3 and constituted by an edge of a window 35.
  • the lever 3 has an open position in which the lever 3 is dissociated from the module 2.
  • the lever 3 has a closed position in which the lever 3 is folded down so as to grasp a rear face of the module 2 shaped accordingly and to push it to a fully plugged in position.
  • the lever 3 comprises an arm 33 elongated in a direction perpendicular to the axis 14 in order to obtain a lever arm effect making it possible to reduce the force necessary to push the module 2 to a position of complete insertion.
  • the elongated portion forms an opening angle which decreases as the lever closes until it is substantially zero in the closed position.
  • the lever 3 comprises a latch 31 comprising a locked position in which the lever 3 is locked in the closed position and an unlocked position in which the lever 3 is free to pass from the closed position to the open position.
  • the lock 31 is arranged so as to pass from one position to the other by manual manipulation. In the embodiment shown in figures 1 to 4 , the lock slides along an axis parallel to the longitudinal segment connecting the front face 12 of the body 1 to the rear face 13 of the body 1 in the closed position of the lever 3.
  • the lock 31 cooperates with the lever 3 and the body 1.
  • the lock 31 has a U-shape so as to grip the distal end of lever 3.
  • the ergonomics of handling lock 31 is favored by an elongated shape of the connector, with a length of the order of a few centimeters .
  • Ergonomics is also favored by a short stroke of the lock 31, of the order of a few millimeters, and by a non-slip gripping area 310 on an upper portion of the lock 31 connecting two lateral portions.
  • a display on the presser lever makes it possible to identify the position locked by the mention “LOCKED” 312 and the unlocked position by the mention “OPEN” 311.
  • the lock In the locked position, the lock is positioned so as to hide the mention “OPEN” 311 and discover the mention “LOCKED” 312 and vice versa for the unlocked position.
  • these indications can be replaced by a color code.
  • the body 1 includes a hook-shaped housing 11 intended to be engaged with one end of the latch 31 shaped accordingly. The nesting thus obtained maintains the lever presser in closed position.
  • the housing 11 is integral with the module 2.
  • the lock 31 slides according to a sliding mechanism comprising a slide 313, for example a groove or a slot, and a sliding element 32 capable of sliding in the slide 313.
  • the slide 313 is integral with the lock 31 and the sliding element 32 is secured to the lever 3.
  • the slide 313 is secured to the lever 3 and the sliding element 32 is secured to the latch 31.
  • the slide 313 has a hard point 314 in the middle so that an effort is required to allow the sliding element 32 to pass the hard point 314.
  • This arrangement makes it possible to maintain the lock in a locked position or unlocked in the absence of manipulation.
  • the latch 31 has a recess 315 near the hard point 314, for example a groove parallel to the slide 313, arranged so as to allow elastic deformation of the portion of the latch between the slide 313 and the recess 315 during the passage of the hard point 314 by the sliding element 32 between the locked position and the unlocked position.
  • the lock is slidably mounted relative to the body 1 or to the module 2 so as to be engaged with the lever 3 in the locked position.
  • the slide 313 is integral with the body 1 and the sliding element 32 is a rod.
  • the locked position of the lock is obtained when one end of the rod is housed in a housing of the lever 3 in the closed position.
  • the slide 313 is integral with module 2 and the sliding element is a rod. Analogously to what is described above, the locked position is obtained when one end of the rod is housed in a housing of the lever 3 in the closed position.
  • the lock 31 comprises a return mechanism, of the spring or elastic element type, arranged so as to return the lock 31 in the locked position in the absence of manipulation of the lock 31.
  • the lock 31 comprising a return mechanism as described above, the lock 31 is arranged so as to be automatically in the locked position when the lever is in the closed position.
  • the body 1 has an inclined plane in the extension of the housing 11, arranged so that one end of the lock comes into contact with the inclined plane during the closing movement of the lever 3, so that the progression the closing movement causes pressure on said end sliding the latch from the locked position to the unlocked position.
  • the return mechanism pushes the latch into the locked position, the end is then placed in the housing 11.

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RS20200424A RS60281B1 (sr) 2015-11-30 2016-10-28 Utičnica sa sredstvima za zaključavanje
PL16809946T PL3350888T3 (pl) 2015-11-30 2016-10-28 Gniazdo żeńskie złącza zawierające blokadę

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FR3044478B1 (fr) 2021-01-15
DK3350888T3 (da) 2020-05-25
PL3350888T3 (pl) 2020-07-13
CN108292820B (zh) 2020-06-12
ES2783375T3 (es) 2020-09-17
BR112018010795A2 (pt) 2018-11-27
CN108292820A (zh) 2018-07-17
EP3350888A1 (fr) 2018-07-25
RS60281B1 (sr) 2020-06-30
US10381769B2 (en) 2019-08-13
WO2017093624A1 (fr) 2017-06-08
BR112018010795B1 (pt) 2023-02-07
PT3350888T (pt) 2020-04-30
US20180375246A1 (en) 2018-12-27

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