EP3477789A1 - Adapter für abgeschirmten steckverbinder, abgeschirmter steckverbinder und montageverfahren eines solchen abgeschirmten steckverbinders - Google Patents

Adapter für abgeschirmten steckverbinder, abgeschirmter steckverbinder und montageverfahren eines solchen abgeschirmten steckverbinders Download PDF

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EP3477789A1
EP3477789A1 EP18201307.8A EP18201307A EP3477789A1 EP 3477789 A1 EP3477789 A1 EP 3477789A1 EP 18201307 A EP18201307 A EP 18201307A EP 3477789 A1 EP3477789 A1 EP 3477789A1
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Erwan Guillanton
Aymeric PEROT
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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]
    • H01R13/6591—Specific features or arrangements of connection of shield to conductive members
    • H01R13/6592—Specific features or arrangements of connection of shield to conductive members the conductive member being a shielded cable
    • 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
    • H01R13/52—Dustproof, splashproof, drip-proof, waterproof, or flameproof cases
    • H01R13/5205—Sealing means between cable and housing, e.g. grommet
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R31/00—Coupling parts supported only by co-operation with counterpart
    • H01R31/06—Intermediate parts for linking two coupling parts, e.g. adapter

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  • the invention relates to the field of motor vehicles. And particularly, but not exclusively, the fields of electrical wiring for motor vehicles and electrical connectors for motor vehicles.
  • the invention relates to the junction and the continuity of the electromagnetic shielding between an electromagnetically shielded connector and an electric cable or a bundle of electric cables.
  • the invention also relates to a mounting method for achieving this electrical continuity.
  • the strong currents transmitted in the wiring networks can cause an emission of electromagnetic waves which can be disruptive for electronic devices. present on board the vehicle or in the vehicle environment. Also, is it necessary, or at least desirable, to eliminate or at least reduce these electromagnetic disturbances. To this end, it is often provided in the prior art to surround with an electromagnetic shield, the cables and connectors connected to these cables. For efficiency, the junction itself, between the cables and the connectors constituting the harnesses or power harness, must also be shielded.
  • junctions comprising a shielding braid forming an independent sleeve and providing electrical continuity between a shielding plate surrounding the housing of a connector and a shielding braid integrated with each cable.
  • An object of the invention is to provide a shielding solution compatible with the two technologies mentioned in the preceding paragraph.
  • the invention relates to an electrical connector comprising a housing made of electrically insulating material and a shielding casing at least partially covering at least some surfaces of the housing, this connector comprising at least one adapter as mentioned above, mounted on the casing and whose shielding is in electrical continuity with the shielding envelope of the connector.
  • this connector comprises a conductive braid covering at least partially at least one cable connected to a contact housed in the connector housing, the conductive braid being in electrical continuity with the outer surface of an adapter.
  • the adapter 1 comprises a shield 2 made from a cut and stamped metal sheet.
  • the shielding 2 comprises a first 3 and a second 4 shielding elements.
  • the first shielding element 3 comprises a front face 5 substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis L. In this front face 5 is provided a circular opening 6. Internal elastic tongues 7 extend substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis L, around the circular opening 6, from the front face 5 and inwardly of the first shielding element 3.
  • the first shielding element 3 comprises an upper portion 8 and a lower portion 9.
  • the upper portion 8 has an outer surface Of essentially hemi-cylindrical form.
  • External elastic tongues 11 extend substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis L, perpendicular to the front face 5, from this front face 5 and towards the rear of the first shielding element 3.
  • the outer elastic tongues 11 are essentially flush on the outer surface 10 so as to establish, as will be explained later, an electrical contact with a conductive braid 12 in the form of a sleeve.
  • the lower portion 9 has three faces substantially perpendicular to the front face 5 and extending parallel to the longitudinal axis L: two lateral faces 13 and a lower face 14, substantially perpendicular to the lateral faces 13. These three faces 13, 14 form also resilient tongues extending substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis L, perpendicular to the front face 5.
  • the two side faces 13 each comprise a cutout 15 forming, as will be explained later, means for mounting the adapter 1 on an electrical connector housing 17.
  • the ends of the outer elastic tongues 11 and the faces 13, 14 of the lower portion 9 have curved ends 18 to form convex zones 19 intended to come into abutment and in contact with a shielding envelope 20 mounted on the connector housing 16.
  • the second shield element 4 essentially comprises a tubular portion 21, cylindrical in revolution about the longitudinal axis L. One end of this tubular portion 21 is extended by a ring 22 extending radially outwardly of the tubular portion 21, perpendicular to the longitudinal axis L.
  • the tubular portion 21 also comprises, near the ring 22, four holes 23 distributed in pairs at 90 ° from each other.
  • the second shielding element 4 is mounted in the first shielding element 3 by passing the tubular portion 21 through the circular opening 6 until the ring 22 is in contact with the front face 5.
  • the tubular portion 21 and the circular opening 6 open a passage adapted to be traversed, along the longitudinal axis L, by an electric cable 24.
  • the inner tongues 7 bear against the outer surface 25 of the tubular portion 23, so as to establish a electrical contact with it.
  • the inner and outer surfaces 10 of the shield 2 are thus in electrical continuity.
  • a support 26 of insulating plastic material is then overmoulded on the screen 2 thus obtained after mounting the first 3 and second 4 shielding elements with each other.
  • lugs 27 are formed near the front face 5, between the outer elastic tongues 11, and between the side faces 13 and the lower face 14 of the lower part 9 of the first shielding element 3.
  • the inner and outer surfaces 25 of the tubular portion 21 are lined with a layer 28 of plastics material of substantially uniform thickness.
  • the overmolded plastic also penetrates the holes 23 for better anchoring of the support 26 on the shield 2 and to reinforce the maintenance of the first 3 and second 4 shielding elements with each other.
  • the layer 28 of plastic material inside the tubular portion 21 forms a cylindrical cavity of revolution about the longitudinal axis L in which may optionally be inserted a single wire seal 29 ("Single Wire Seal" or "SWS").
  • the layer 28 of plastics material outside the tubular portion 21 forms a circular notch 30 about the longitudinal axis L in which an interfacial seal 31 may be inserted (see FIG. figure 8A ).
  • the curved ends 18 of the outer elastic tongues 11 and the lateral faces 13 and bottom 14 of the lower portion 9, as well as the free end of the tubular portion 21 are not covered with plastic, in order to leave visible contact zones electric.
  • the connector 17 is also covered with a shielding envelope 20 made from three pieces 20a, 20b, 20c, each respectively formed by cutting and stamping a conductive metal sheet. These three parts 20a, 20b, 20c comprise edges provided with resilient tongues 36 adapted to make electrical contact with each other or with the shielding 2 of the adapter 1.
  • the shielding envelope 20 essentially covers all the external surfaces of the housing 16 and its cover 32.
  • the connector 16 has six adapters 1, three on an upper row and three on a lower row.
  • the lower faces 14 of the shields 2 of the adapters 1 of the upper row are vis-à-vis those of the adapters 1 of the lower row.
  • the lower faces 14 of two first superposed shielding elements 3 that is to say one, placed in the upper row, being located above on another, located in the lower row) are in electrical contact with each other.
  • the housing 16 has pellets 37 extending longitudinally from a front face 38 (see FIG. Figures 6 and 7 ). These pellets 37 each comprise a hemicylindrical part adapted to be introduced into an upper part 8 of the adapter 1. These pellets 37 also each comprise respectively a substantially complementary part of the lower part 9 of the adapter 1 and adapted to be introduced in the latter.
  • Each base 37 has on its outer surface two diametrically opposed pins 39 adapted to cooperate each respectively with a cutout 15 of the first shielding element 3 in order to fix the corresponding adapter 1 on the housing 16.
  • the adapters 1 When mounting the electrical connector 17, the adapters 1 are thus mounted and fixed on the caps 37.
  • the shielding casing 20 having been previously mounted on the casing 16 and its cover 32, the curved ends 18 of the outer tabs 11 of the shielding 2 of each adapter 1 come to rest on the tabs 36 of the shielding casing 20 and thus make electrical continuity the adapters 1 with the shielding envelope 20. It will be noted that according to variants, it is obviously possible to make reverse and cover the outer tabs 11 of the shield 2 of each adapter 1 with tabs 36 of the shielding casing 20.
  • each electrical cable 24 comprises a braid of electrical shield 40, a first electrically insulating sheath 41 being interposed between a conductive core 42 and the electrical shielding braid 40 (see FIG. Figure 8B ).
  • the conductive core 42 is stripped on an end portion to establish electrical continuity with a contact 35 and that the electrical shielding braid 40 is stripped on a portion to establish electrical continuity with the adapter 1.
  • a ferrule 43 is interposed between this stripped portion of the portion of the shielding braid 40 and the inner surface of the tubular portion 21 of the second element 4 of the adapter 1.
  • the ferrule 43 thus makes it possible to establish an indirect electrical junction between this stripped portion of the portion of the shielding braid 40 and the inner surface of the tubular portion 21 of the second element 4 of the adapter 1.
  • a second electrically insulating sheath 44 covers the electrical shielding braid 40, beyond its stripped portion, away from its free end.
  • a wired unitary seal 29 is interposed between the second insulating sheath 44 and the inner surface of the plastic layer 28 lining the tubular portion 21.
  • an interfacial seal 31 is inserted between the base 37 of the housing 16 and the outer surface. of the layer 28 of plastic material lining the tubular portion 21. In this way, the interface between each cell 36 of contact 35 and the cable 24 connected to this contact 35 is made individually hermetic, while maintaining an electrical continuity ensuring continuity shielding between each cable 24 and the connector 17. This makes it possible to screen any electromagnetic waves radiating from the cable portions 24 or contacts 35 housed in the connector 17.
  • each electrical cable 24 comprises a conductive core 42 and a first electrically insulating sheath 41 within which conductive core 42 passes (see FIG. Figure 9B ). Note that the conductive core 42 is stripped on an end portion to establish electrical continuity with a contact 35.
  • a shielding braid 12 in the form of a sleeve surrounds the ends of two cables 24, outside of the connector 17, as well as the two adapters 1 corresponding to these two cables 24.
  • a clamping collar 45 maintains this shielding braid 12 on the outer surfaces 10 of the adapters 1. More specifically, the clamp 45 presses the shield braid on at least one area of the tongues 11 protruding or flush on the outer surface 10. The clamp 45 may also possibly help to maintain these tongues 11 in and with electrical contact with the shielding casing 20 of the connector 17.
  • the lugs 27 form, with these external surfaces 10, zones adapted to retain the clamping collar 45. The lugs 27 thus contribute to keeping the braided shield 12 on these external surfaces 10 by locking the clamp 45 in case of traction on it.
  • a wired unitary seal 29 is interposed between the first insulating sheath 41 and the inner surface of the plastic layer 28 lining the tubular portion 21. Furthermore, an interfacial seal 3 is inserted between the base 37 of the casing 16 and the outer surface. of the plastic layer 28 lining the tubular portion 21.
  • the interface between each cell 36 of contact 35 and the cable 24 connected to this contact 35 is made individually hermetic, while maintaining an electrical continuity ensuring a continuity of shielding between each cable 24 and the connector 17. This allows to screen any electromagnetic waves radiating from the cable portions 24 or 35 contacts housed in the connector 17.
  • the inner surface of the passage formed along the longitudinal axis L of the adapter 1 may be partially upholstered, or not be lined, insulating plastic material.
  • a direct electrical contact (without ferrule) can be made between the shield 2 of the adapter 1 and the braid of shielding 40 integrated with the cable 24.

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EP2517324A2 (de) 2009-12-24 2012-10-31 FCI Automotive Holding Kabelverbindung
FR2981210A1 (fr) 2011-10-10 2013-04-12 Leoni Wiring Systems France Dispositif de raccordement d'un cable blinde sur un boitier

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FR2981210A1 (fr) 2011-10-10 2013-04-12 Leoni Wiring Systems France Dispositif de raccordement d'un cable blinde sur un boitier

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