EP3396791A1 - Agencement de conducteurs de phase - Google Patents

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EP3396791A1
EP3396791A1 EP17167735.4A EP17167735A EP3396791A1 EP 3396791 A1 EP3396791 A1 EP 3396791A1 EP 17167735 A EP17167735 A EP 17167735A EP 3396791 A1 EP3396791 A1 EP 3396791A1
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Tobias Stockhammer
Thomas LÖDDING
Ulrich HASENÖHRL
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Rosenberger Hochfrequenztechnik GmbH and Co KG
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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
    • 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
    • H01R13/02—Contact members
    • H01R13/15—Pins, blades or sockets having separate spring member for producing or increasing contact pressure
    • H01R13/18—Pins, blades or sockets having separate spring member for producing or increasing contact pressure with the spring member surrounding the socket

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  • the present invention relates to an outer conductor arrangement and a manufacturing method for an outer conductor arrangement.
  • Plug-in connectors are known, for example, from Positronic's "PosiBand” plug with both open entry and closed entry.
  • FIG. 7 A connector with an open inlet is in FIG. 7 shown.
  • Such connectors have an interface-side leading edge, which is not circumferentially closed on. In general, interruptions of the leading edge are formed by contact tabs.
  • Open-entry connectors can better compensate for manufacturing tolerances and reduce the insertion forces required for insertion.
  • a connector with a closed inlet is in FIG. 8 shown.
  • Such connectors have a closed interface-side leading edge.
  • Contact straps can be surrounded by a housing. Closed-entry connectors prevent the connector from being damaged by mechanical forces, such as a mating attempt with a wrong mating connector. They also lead to significantly increased insertion forces.
  • FIG. 9 shows such a product.
  • an outer conductor 90 of a high-voltage (HV) connector which is designed for frequencies in the megahertz range shown.
  • the outer conductor comprises a closed inlet 91 and resilient contact tabs 92 with contact points 93 located behind the closed inlet. Frequency-dependent resonances occur at the outer conductor due to capacitances between the contact tabs.
  • the present invention seeks to provide a connector with a closed inlet and reduced insertion forces.
  • the idea underlying the present invention is to arrange ends of contact tabs of an outer conductor under an outer conductor ring such that the contact tabs are flexibly deformable in order to ensure low insertion forces, and at the same time to create a closed entry through an outer conductor ring. In order to ensure sufficient flexibility of the outer conductor ring, this has at least one bulge or indentation, which can deform elastically during insertion.
  • a connector according to the invention is produced by means of a manufacturing method according to the invention, this also makes it possible to generate diameter jumps in the outer conductor main body by means of a punch-bending method.
  • the outer conductor ring is adapted to protect contact straps from mechanical forces. This is necessary if a connector is to be plugged from an oblique direction or to withstand force effects from an oblique direction without damaging the outer conductor when plugged. According to one embodiment of the present invention, this protection of the contact tabs can be ensured by a closed entry of the outer conductor.
  • the outer conductor ring is set up to reduce the insertion forces for inserting a connector connected to the outer conductor arrangement.
  • This embodiment of the present invention thus solves the problem of reducing insertion forces while increasing the stability of a connector.
  • the optimization of these two properties is contrary in practice, ie a desired increase in stability leads to an unwanted increase in the insertion forces and vice versa.
  • a retaining tab is formed on at least one contact tab, which serves for fastening the outer conductor ring.
  • the outer conductor ring can be attached to the outer conductor main body in a particularly simple and secure manner.
  • the outer conductor main body between the retaining tab and the contact tabs on a diameter jump is particularly advantageous. Diameter jumps in the outer conductor allow the impedance to be adjusted. It is particularly advantageous in the connector according to the invention that this can also be produced by a punching method including the diameter jumps.
  • a connector according to the invention is produced by a stamping method, diameter jumps can be generated when the retaining tabs are unrolled.
  • the outer conductor main body has two retaining tabs.
  • the retaining tabs can be straight or curved.
  • the retaining tabs may be U-shaped or part-circular.
  • a protective tab is provided on the outer conductor ring, which protects the contact tabs of the outer conductor main body from mechanical force effects. It can be provided that the protective tab forms a wall which prevents the contact straps from being damaged by entering objects, such as tools.
  • the protective tab may be formed in a simple embodiment as a vertical wall which protrudes from the outer conductor main body, or as a curved tab which covers the front ends of the contact tabs.
  • the outer conductor ring has a first end and a second end.
  • the outer conductor ring is bent to its desired shape, so that a biasing force in the outer conductor ring holds the first end and the second end together.
  • the contact tabs each have a contact point for contacting an outer conductor of a mating connector.
  • the shielding of the connector is significantly improved.
  • the indentation or the bulge of the outer conductor ring is designed to provide a predetermined spring action during insertion. This can be achieved by the width of the bulge or indentation or by the choice of a cheap material.
  • the outer conductor main body is formed as a stamped part.
  • Stamped parts are in a particularly simple and cost-effective manner produced.
  • the production of stamped parts can be made highly automated.
  • the generation of diameter jumps in punching methods for plug connectors with a closed inlet is only possible in conjunction with other mechanical disadvantages such as high insertion forces or low contact forces.
  • FIG. 1 shows a schematic view of an outer conductor arrangement 100 according to the invention in the unassembled state.
  • Outer conductor assembly 100 includes outer conductor body 200 and outer conductor ring 300.
  • Outer conductor assembly 100 is configured to receive one or more inner conductors (103) and one or more insulating members (105) to provide a coaxial, twinaxial or triaxial connector.
  • the outer conductor main body 200 comprises on the upper side and underside of a plurality of contact tabs 201 and on the right and left sides each have a contact tab 203.
  • the contact tab 203 is slightly larger than the contact tabs 201 and thus stiffer than the contact tabs 201.
  • At the contact tabs 203 are also the U-shaped retaining tabs 207 integrally formed, which in addition to an increased stability of the contact tabs 203 against the contact tabs 201 contribute.
  • the contact tabs 201 each have a contact point 204 in a front end region.
  • the contact point is formed as a spherical bulge of the contact tabs 201 and contacted in the inserted state, the outer conductor of a mating connector, which is plugged with the connector. This ensures electromagnetic shielding at the top and bottom of the outer conductor arrangement 100 of inner conductors (not shown) guided in the outer conductor main body 200 through the outer conductor main body 200.
  • the contact tabs 203 also have a contact point 205 at the level of the contact points 204.
  • the contact point 205 is formed centrally on the contact tab 203 and does not extend over the full width of the contact tab 203. In this way it is ensured that the outer conductor arrangement 100 also provides an electromagnetic shielding on the sides of the outer conductor arrangement.
  • the outer conductor main body 200 provides a diameter jump between the contact tabs 201, 203 and the U-shaped retaining tabs 207.
  • the retaining tabs 207 by no means must be U-shaped, but of any contour that replicates the contour of the front of the contact tabs, for example, part-circular. In this case, it can also be provided that a plurality of part-circular retaining tabs are integrally formed on the contact tab 203. Further, the gaps between the opposing U-shaped retaining tabs 207 can be increased or decreased as long as the gap between the opposing U-shaped retaining tabs 207 ensures sufficient space for the recess 303.
  • the opposing free legs of the Us of the retaining tabs 207 touch or overlap.
  • the recess 303 will rest on the retaining tabs 207 and be formed significantly flatter or replaced by a bulge.
  • the outer conductor ring 300 is not connected to the outer conductor main body 200.
  • the outer conductor ring 300 will be attached to the outer conductor body 200 during the final assembly of the outer conductor assembly 100, for example, by welding or by a press connection.
  • the outer conductor ring 300 includes the ring 305 which will be attached to the retaining tabs 207.
  • the ring 305 also includes the indentation 303, which is in the assembled state between the two retaining tabs 207.
  • the outer conductor ring 300 comprises the bent protective tab 301, which protects the ends of the contact tabs 201 from the action of foreign bodies.
  • FIG. 3 shows the outer conductor assembly 100 in the assembled state.
  • the outer conductor ring 300 is pressed against the ring 305 with the retaining tabs 207.
  • the outer conductor arrangement 100 makes two diameter jumps 117 and 115.
  • the diameter jump 115 is located between the contact lugs 201 and the outer conductor ring 300.
  • the diameter jump 117 is located in a rear region of the outer conductor main body. Both diameter jumps 115 and 117 are arranged to control the impedance of the connector and may be provided independently of each other.
  • FIG. 4 1 shows a longitudinal section of a plug connection of a plug connector 109 with a mating plug connector 110.
  • the plug connector 109 comprises the outer conductor arrangement 100.
  • In the outer conductor arrangement 100 there is an inner conductor socket pair 103, which is electrically insulated from the outer conductor arrangement 100 by the insulating part 105.
  • the mating connector 110 connected to the connector 109 includes an outer conductor 111 and inner conductor 113, which engage in the inner conductor bushings 103.
  • FIG. 5 shows a cross-sectional view of the outer conductor assembly 100 in the assembled state.
  • the outer conductor arrangement 100 there is an inner conductor socket pair 103, which is electrically insulated from the outer conductor arrangement 100 by the insulating part 105.
  • FIG. 5 shows a two-pin connector. However, it is understood that single-pole, three-pole or multi-pole plug connectors are also covered by the scope of protection of this application.
  • the housing 101 of the outer conductor arrangement 100 also has a plug-in coding 107, which prevents a plug connector from being plugged in mirror-inverted with the outer conductor arrangement 100.
  • FIG. 6 shows a similar outer conductor arrangement 400 as the Figures 1-4 ,
  • the outer conductor arrangement 400 differs from the outer conductor arrangement 100 by its geometric shape.
  • the outer conductor arrangement 400 is round rather than oblong-round like the outer conductor arrangement 100.
  • the outer conductor arrangement 400 comprises two contact tabs 503, each having a central contact point 505.
  • the contact tab 503 is formed in each case a retaining tab 507.
  • the retaining tab 507 is slightly bent and will deform during assembly of the outer conductor ring 600 to a pitch circle.
  • the outer conductor assembly 400 makes a diameter jump between the retaining tab 507 and the contact tab 503.
  • each two contact tabs 501 Between the contact tabs 503 are each two contact tabs 501.
  • the contact tabs 501 have the contact points 504 on.
  • the contact points 504, 505 ensure extensive electromagnetic shielding through the contact tabs of the outer conductor arrangement 100.
  • the outer conductor ring 600 of the outer conductor arrangement 400 is shown in a compressed state. Similar to the outer conductor ring 300, the outer conductor ring 600 has a recess 603, which in FIG. 5 flattened. It is understood that the outer conductor ring 300 can be deformed or compressed in an analogous manner.

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EP3540865A1 (fr) * 2018-03-15 2019-09-18 Rosenberger Hochfrequenztechnik GmbH & Co. KG Agencement de conducteur extérieur
EP3783754A1 (fr) * 2019-08-20 2021-02-24 Aptiv Technologies Limited Connecteur pour applications automobiles
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WO2024060493A1 (fr) * 2022-09-22 2024-03-28 中航光电科技股份有限公司 Conducteur externe de connecteur et procédé de formation de conducteur externe de connecteur

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FR1234270A (fr) * 1959-05-14 1960-10-17 Socapex Connecteur électrique
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EP3540865A1 (fr) * 2018-03-15 2019-09-18 Rosenberger Hochfrequenztechnik GmbH & Co. KG Agencement de conducteur extérieur
US10944218B2 (en) 2018-03-15 2021-03-09 Rosenberger Hochfrequenztechnik Gmbh & Co. Kg Outer conductor arrangement
EP3907830A1 (fr) * 2018-03-15 2021-11-10 Rosenberger Hochfrequenztechnik Gmbh & Co. Kg Disposition de conducteur externe
EP3783754A1 (fr) * 2019-08-20 2021-02-24 Aptiv Technologies Limited Connecteur pour applications automobiles
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WO2023017462A1 (fr) * 2021-08-11 2023-02-16 Te Connectivity Germany Gmbh Contact d'un connecteur
WO2024060493A1 (fr) * 2022-09-22 2024-03-28 中航光电科技股份有限公司 Conducteur externe de connecteur et procédé de formation de conducteur externe de connecteur

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