EP3453077A1 - Douille de contact radial - Google Patents

Douille de contact radial

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Publication number
EP3453077A1
EP3453077A1 EP17725866.2A EP17725866A EP3453077A1 EP 3453077 A1 EP3453077 A1 EP 3453077A1 EP 17725866 A EP17725866 A EP 17725866A EP 3453077 A1 EP3453077 A1 EP 3453077A1
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Prior art keywords
metal part
sheet metal
side edge
sleeve
end portion
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German (de)
English (en)
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EP3453077B1 (fr
Inventor
Wolfgang Kerner
Joachim Stolz
Christian Ungerer
Alexander SCHRECK
Wolfgang Katz
Martin Wacker
Raimund Ochs
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Amphenol Tuchel Electronics GmbH
Fritz Stepper GmbH and Co KG
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Amphenol Tuchel Electronics GmbH
Fritz Stepper 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
    • H01R43/00—Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors
    • H01R43/16—Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors for manufacturing contact members, e.g. by punching and by bending
    • 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
    • H01R13/10—Sockets for co-operation with pins or blades
    • H01R13/11—Resilient sockets
    • H01R13/111—Resilient sockets co-operating with pins having a circular transverse section
    • 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
    • H01R13/187—Pins, blades or sockets having separate spring member for producing or increasing contact pressure with spring member in the socket

Definitions

  • the invention relates to an electrical connector socket, which is designed as a radial contact socket and a plurality of longitudinal contact elements for contacting a
  • the present invention relates to a method for producing an electrical connector socket molded with a plurality of longitudinal contact elements for contacting a corresponding connector and a surrounding the longitudinal contact elements socket sleeve.
  • a bush is shown with a T-shaped connection and the production of a lamellar contact, consisting of a lamellar cage and a rolled contact holder, which rotates in a complex manner and with the aid of various tools in a kind of "hourglass shape" become.
  • a jack which is characterized by a
  • US 2003/0068931 A1 shows an electrical connector socket comprising a substantially cylindrical bushing sleeve, which is provided at its front ends with recesses to secure a hyperbolic twisted lamellar cage with its connection tabs or in these recesses.
  • an electrical connector socket is also known with a cylindrical bushing sleeve, the bushing sleeve having a receiving space in which a hyperbolic wound lamellar cage is mounted and the female sleeve has a first and second end face and the lamellar cage with terminal tongues at the first and second end face of the sleeve sleeve is positively connected thereto and that in the transition region between the sleeve sleeve and the connection tongue openings are mounted and that at least one of the terminal tongues of the lamellar cage protrudes through one of the openings.
  • generic connector sockets comprise an inserted contact grid, which by means of complex material-joining methods (such.
  • Welding is connected to the sleeve.
  • Object of the present invention is therefore to overcome the aforementioned disadvantages and to produce a connector socket much easier and more economical, at the same time the number of components to be reduced and in particular the
  • the invention is solved by a connector socket with the features of claim 1 and a method according to the features of claim 9.
  • the basic idea of the present invention is not to use the cylindrical sleeve as known in the art by means of a dovetail joint in one
  • Connector socket comprising a cylindrical sleeve sleeve, wherein the sleeve sleeve is formed with a receiving space in which a cylindrical
  • the sheet metal part has two each extending from the one to the opposite end portion longitudinal side edges and a respective transverse edge at one of the two end portions, which delimits the end portions, wherein each extension of the longitudinal side edges of two support arms from the front side the one transverse side edge of the sheet metal part and that protrude from the one end portion, wherein the retaining arms have at their respective free Gararmende a latching nose for engagement in an undercut, which is in each case formed as a corresponding recess in the opposite end portion of the sheet;
  • this sheet metal part as intended to spring out around the previously introduced predetermined bending point around to the outside and / or be bent until the locking lugs of the retaining arms in the corresponding recess at the corresponding end portion a little far.
  • step c) attaching the predetermined bending point to the spring arms by means of a recess or a notch in the respective longitudinal side edge and that takes place in the region of the spring arms themselves, preferably at a point on the Longitudinal side edge which lies at the intersection of the extension of the transverse side edge and the respective longitudinal side edge, thus at the connection point of the spring arm itself.
  • the spring arm can be bent around its attachment point at the transverse edge a bit far from its originally produced position to the outside at the
  • the method is provided so that the sheet metal part is formed so that the respective support arm is formed from an elongated arm portion, at the respective free holding arm end facing in the direction of the other arm locking lug is formed. These have a sloping side edge, which serves as a control surface for cooperation with a corresponding edge surface of the opposite transverse side edge. It is further provided with advantage if the method is designed so that during
  • the width of this end portion is formed smaller in the region of the end face than the width in the central portion of the sheet metal part and
  • Retaining tabs preferably provided approximately in trapezoidal shape or at least partially trapezoidal, which each have an obliquely extending, each directed to the outside
  • the two holding arms are force-actuated by a tool with their latching lugs in the direction of the corresponding recesses and indeed from a mounting position into a fixing position, preferably plastically bent.
  • Intervene end portion of the sheet still leaves a slight freedom of movement for the retaining arms.
  • it can be provided in the context of a plastic deformation of the holding arms that they are deformed or actuated either by means of a tool or tool, of the aforementioned position in its end position (fixing position).
  • At least one, preferably two or more elevations are mounted on the inside of the bushing sleeve (eg imprints), which serves as an end stop for a front side edge of a contact blade grid to be inserted into the bushing sleeve serve.
  • At least one, preferably two or more window-like recesses are introduced into the sheet metal part for immersing spring arms of the contact lamellar grid in order to
  • the contact lamellae in the bushing sleeve In this way it can be provided according to the invention that two strips are guided side by side in a manufacturing process, wherein from the one metal strip or sheet metal strip, the aforementioned sheet metal part for producing the cylindrical sleeve sleeve, while the other sheet metal part is used to make the contact blade grid.
  • the contact lamellar grid can be inserted into the bushing sleeve so that it abuts with its insertion-side, frontal end of the abovementioned stops, while at the same time formed by the Kunststofflamellengitter spring arms in the aforementioned recesses in the sheet metal part of
  • each centering elements corresponding to one another are attached to the end sections at the end sections, which each have obliquely extending side edges
  • Another aspect of the present invention relates to an electrical connector socket.
  • an electrical connector socket comprising a cylindrical sleeve sleeve, wherein the sleeve sleeve is formed with a receiving space in which a cylindrical lamellar cage is inserted with a plurality of parallel contact blades, wherein the cylindrical sleeve sleeve is formed from a substantially flat sheet metal part, consisting of two end sections and
  • SUBSTITUTE SHEET an intermediate central portion, wherein the sheet metal part has two each from one of the one to the opposite end portion extending longitudinal side edges and a respective transverse edge, each delimiting one of the two end portions, each in extension of the longitudinal side edges of two support arms frontally from the
  • Fig. 1 is a wound shape of a sheet metal part B according to a
  • cylindrical bushing sleeve is formed according to the invention.
  • Fig. 2 is a cylindrical bushing sleeve during the invention
  • FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a cylindrical bushing sleeve
  • FIG. 1 a plan view of a unwound sheet metal part B is first shown, from which the cylindrical bushing sleeve 2 shown in FIG. 4 according to the previously described
  • the sheet metal part B consists of two end sections E1 and E2 and an intermediate middle section M.
  • the sheet metal part also has two each from the one to the
  • the sheet metal part B has a substantially rectangular
  • two holding arms 22a, 22b protrude from the transverse side edge 21a of the sheet metal part B, namely from the end section E1.
  • the retaining arms 22a, 22b have their respective free ones
  • Holding arms 23a, 23b, a detent 24 which is adapted to engage in an undercut 25 described later, which is in each case formed as a corresponding recess 26 in the opposite end portion E2 of the sheet, as can be seen well for example in Figures 3 and 4 ,
  • the sheet metal part B shown and described in Fig. 1 is preferably by means of a
  • Sollbiegestellen 27 are here as small semi-circular notches in the
  • FIG. 3 shows how, after the aforementioned step, the two holding arms 22a, 22b are subjected to force by a tool with their latching lugs in the direction of
  • Corresponding recess 26 is actuated from its mounting position into its fixing position and thereby preferably plastically deformed or bent.
  • the support arms of the position shown in FIG. 2 in the position shown in FIG. 3 is not elastic but plastically deformed, so that after removal of the tools or the force Retaining arms remain in this position, in which the locking lugs 24 extend completely into the recess 26 and a positive connection between the locking lugs and the retaining arms is formed.
  • the sheet metal part is formed in its manufacture so that the respective support arm 22a, 22b is formed of a substantially elongated arm portion 30 at its respective free Gararmende 23a, 23b in the direction of the other support arm 22a , 22b-facing locking lug 24 is formed, so that each support arm 22a, 22b has an approximately L-shaped form.
  • the detent 24 a as mentioned above obliquely side edge 31 is further formed, which serves as a control cam and that to
  • the sheet metal part B is formed so that the width of the end portion E2 is formed in the region of the end face is less than in the central portion M and that at the corners of the end side of the transverse side edge 21 a, 21 b of the end portion E2
  • Holding tabs are provided.
  • the retaining tabs have an approximately trapezoidal or lobed shape, which connect in one piece directly to the corners of the end portion E2.
  • These retaining tabs 39 each have an obliquely tapered, outwardly directed side edge 34, which serve in cooperation with the aforementioned oblique front side edges 31 to spring the retaining arms 22a, 22b.
  • the flat sheet metal part B is brought by means of a tool in a cylindrical shape, that the end portions E1, E2 of the sheet metal part B within a common ontageebene end face each other are supplied to Shen at the meeting, the holding arms 22a, 22b of the end portion E1 are operated Shen away in which they impinge with their oblique side edge on the front-side control edge 34a at the opposite end portion E2 and compress after reaching the final assembly position in the recesses 26. In this position, the front sides of the transverse side edges 21 a, 21 b already touch. As can be seen further in FIG.
  • the sheet-metal part B is shaped such that centering elements Z1, Z2 which correspond to one another on the end sections E1, E2 are or are respectively formed, which respectively provide obliquely extending side edges which coincide with each other the respective opposite centering element Z1 or Z2 experiences a positive guidance, so that an automatic alignment of the end portions E1, E2 takes place during assembly.
  • Socket sleeve 2 has been attached, which serve as an end stop for a front edge edge of an inserted into the female sleeve contact lamellar grid 3 1 .
  • the contact lamellar grid 3 is inserted laterally from below into the cylindrical bushing sleeve 2 shown in FIG. 3, until it abuts with its front side edge against the abovementioned end stops 36.

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  • Manufacturing Of Electrical Connectors (AREA)
  • Details Of Connecting Devices For Male And Female Coupling (AREA)

Abstract

L'invention concerne un procédé de fabrication d'une douille de connecteur électrique comprenant un manchon cylindrique, le manchon de la douille étant réalisé de manière à présenter un espace de logement dans lequel est inséré une structure à lamelles de contact de forme cylindrique, munie d'une pluralité de lamelles de contact s'étendant parallèlement.
EP17725866.2A 2016-05-03 2017-04-28 Douille de contact radial Active EP3453077B1 (fr)

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PCT/EP2017/060274 WO2017191064A1 (fr) 2016-05-03 2017-04-28 Douille de contact radial

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US20190131755A1 (en) 2019-05-02
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