EP3488499A1 - Multi-part retaining frame, method for assembling and equipping - Google Patents
Multi-part retaining frame, method for assembling and equippingInfo
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Definitions
- the present invention relates to the field of support frames for modules and in particular of support frames for a connector for receiving similar and / or different modules.
- Holding frames are used to accommodate several similar and / or different modules.
- These modules can be, for example, insulating bodies, which are provided as contact carriers for electronic and electrical and possibly also for optical and / or pneumatic contacts.
- the document EP 0 860 906 B1 discloses a holding frame for holding plug connector modules and for mounting in plug connector housing or for screwing to wall surfaces, wherein the plug connector modules are inserted into the holding frame and holding means on the plug connector modules with opposite wall parts (side parts) of the holding frame cooperate provided recesses, wherein the recesses are formed as all-round closed openings in the side parts of the holding frame, wherein the holding frame of two gelen- kig interconnected halves, wherein the separation of the holding frame is provided transversely to the side parts of the frame, and wherein joints in the attachment ends of the holding frame are arranged such that when screwing the holding frame on a mounting surface, the frame parts align such that the side parts of the Holding frame are aligned at right angles to the mounting surface and the connector modules have a positive connection with the support frame via the support means.
- such holding frames are usually produced in a die-casting process, in particular in a zinc die-casting process.
- the document EP 2 581 991 A1 discloses a holding frame for connector modules, which has two frame halves, which are latched together by linear displacement of a frame half relative to the other frame half in a sliding direction with each other to the frame halves each corresponding locking means are provided, which during linear displacement a Locking the two frame halves effect each other in two different locking positions in which the frame halves are spaced at different distances from each other.
- the document EP 1 801 927 B1 discloses a holding frame which consists of a one-piece plastic injection-molded part.
- the holding frame is formed as a circumferential collar and has on its side plug a plurality of separated by slots wall segments.
- Two opposite wall segments each form an insertion region for a plug-in module, wherein the wall segments have window-like openings, which serve to receive projections formed on the narrow sides of the modules.
- a guide groove is provided in the wall segments.
- the guide groove is formed above the openings by means of an outwardly offset window web, which has an insertion bevel on the inside.
- the plug-in modules have latching arms, which act on the narrow sides in the direction of the cable connections, molded, and latch below the side collar wall, so that two independent latching means fix the connector modules in the support frame.
- a basic section (preferably produced by die casting, for example made of zinc or aluminum minium or a corresponding alloy) for fixing a received module in a plane and a deformation portion (preferably a stamped by bending resilient sheet), which can assume an insertion state and a holding state, the insertion state introducing at least one module in a direction transverse to Level allowed in the holding frame and a recorded module is fixed in the holding state.
- the base portion and the deformation portion are formed at least partially of different materials in each case.
- the known support frame as described in EP 0 860 906 B1, EP 2 581 991 A1, EP 1 801 927 B1 or DE 10 2013 1 13 976 A1, has in common that they design and construction reasons each only for a certain number However, it is possible that a correspondingly wide module occupies two or more of each provided for a (narrower) module module positions.
- One of the present invention underlying object is to provide a support frame that allows compared to the known solutions for manufacturers and users a simplification in design, manufacture, logistics and application, without the possible applications, especially with regard to the number of usable modules, essential would be restricted.
- a holding frame assembly for a connector for receiving similar and / or different modules is proposed according to a first aspect, as defined in claim 1, namely a holding frame assembly for a connector for receiving similar and / or different modules, the modules in one with Modules fitting retaining frame assembly in the longitudinal direction side by side between a first and a second end face of the holding frame assembly are arranged, wherein the first and the second end face are connectable to each other via a positive connection, such that in the assembled state at least one transversely extending projection of a module in a receptacle is received in at least one of the side surfaces of the support frame assembly extending between the first and second end surfaces.
- a packaging method for a holder frame arrangement for a connector for accommodating similar and / or different modules as defined in claim 10, namely a packaging method for a holder frame arrangement for a connector for accommodating similar and / or different modules, wherein the modules are arranged in a longitudinal direction longitudinally adjacent to each other between a first and a second end face of the holding frame assembly, the first and second end surfaces being connectable to each other via a positive locking connection, such that at least one extending transversely in the assembled state Projection of a module in a receptacle in at least one of the side surfaces of the holding frame assembly, which extend between the first and the second end face, is received, wherein the di e side surfaces each have predetermined breaking points for shortening by integer multiples of a module width and the method includes a shortening of the side surfaces by breaking at two predetermined breaking points.
- a mounting method for a holding frame assembly for a connector for receiving similar and / or different modules with modules is proposed, as defined in claim 1 1, namely a mounting method for a holding frame assembly for a connector for receiving more similar and / or different modules with modules, with the steps of arranging the modules side by side in a longitudinal direction, connecting a first and second end face of the holding frame assembly via a positive connection with each other, such that the modules arranged in the longitudinal direction side by side between the first and the second end face of the holding frame assembly and such that at least one transversely extending projection of each module is received in a receptacle in at least one of the side surfaces of the support frame assembly extending between the first and second end surfaces.
- the assembly method preferably comprises the steps of a packaging method according to the invention prior to the connection of the first and second end faces.
- the end faces whose spacing ultimately determines how many modules can be inserted between them or how many module slots are present in the support frame, are fixedly connected to one another by the design, firmly connected to one another via the side walls, flanks or cheeks of the support frames that there is currently no flexibility in terms of distance.
- the combination forehead (part) surface, side surface, end (part) surface is not carried out in one piece and instead the end faces via a positive connection with each other (and thus ultimately also with the side surfaces) are made connectable, wherein the positive connection in different directions between parts of side surfaces, which are each combined with the end faces and / or executed between at least one end face and the side surfaces.
- the positive connection is preferably designed such that occurring in the use of the connector forces only occur transversely to a direction releasing the direction of movement and / or loosening of the positive connection by forces occurring due to an installation situation formed by the holding frame assembly holding frame prevented or at least made difficult.
- a direction in which the positive locking does not lock i. a direction in which the parts of the holding frame assembly can be merged or separated again, in each case parallel to a plug-in direction of the connector, in the longitudinal direction of the resulting support frame (ie longitudinal to the side surfaces) and / or in the transverse direction of the resulting support frame (ie longitudinal to the faces).
- the holding frame arrangement has a first and a second frame section, wherein the first frame The second frame portion comprises the second end face and a third and a fourth side surface portion, wherein the first and the second frame portion in the longitudinal direction of the holding frame assembly are plugged into each other, wherein the second frame portion at least one Has guide for the first and / or second side surface portion.
- the two frame portions of the holding frame assembly can be pushed along the guide or guides each other.
- the desired modules may be inserted between the side surface portions of a frame portion, after which the inserted modules may then be fixed by telescoping or inserting the frame portions between the end surfaces.
- the desired number of (maximum) modules or module spaces provided in the resulting support frame can be reduced by shortening the side surface portions.
- an (possibly subsequent) increase in the number of available module places can be achieved.
- the known support frame for connectors are screwed or similarly fixed at the site, in which case the known screwing or otherwise fixing the end faces can effectively prevent unwanted loosening of the frame sections.
- At least one of the side surface portions has a longitudinally extending slot which is continuous for the projection of a module, wherein the slot is at least partially blocked by another side surface portion at nested side surface portions.
- the projection of the respective module to be inserted can be guided within the slot, so that the projection (s) of the module or modules do not require spreading of the side surfaces, for example, around the projections in the receptacle (n) to contribute.
- the above variant can advantageously be carried out in such a way that the slot has recesses which, when the side surface sections are inserted one inside the other, form a receptacle for the projection of a module together with the other side surface section.
- the slot can be at least partially closed or covered by inserting the second frame section onto or into the first frame section be that the modules are fixed by means of the then see between the side surface portions in the recesses projections.
- the first end face is connectable via at least one positive connection with at least one of the side surfaces of the holding frame arrangement.
- the at least one side surface together with the first end face forms a linear guide, which allows nesting in a direction parallel to the side surface and the end face, wherein the side surface and the first end face in particular for a dovetail connection and / or a mushroom connection are configured with each other.
- the guide direction of the linear guide thus runs substantially parallel to a direction of insertion of the resulting connector.
- linear guide runs through the entire component.
- a partial course such as by only a partial provision of the guide in the insertion direction and / or blocking the guide at one end, can be used in an advantageous manner to complicate an unintentional Vonderates of components of the support frame with the additional use of a mounting situation.
- the positive connection for connecting and disconnecting in the transverse direction is configured, wherein the end face and at least one side surface are each connected to each other in the manner of puzzle pieces. If the joints in the manner of puzzle pieces have co-ordinated projections or recesses in the plane defined by the side surfaces, the connections can be made in a simple manner by corresponding nesting transversely to this plane.
- the side surfaces or side surface portions each have predetermined breaking points for shortening by integer multiples of a module width.
- a side surface or a side surface portion can be shortened by separating a piece in a suitable manner.
- the module width is given here by the offset of two adjacent recesses for receiving the projections of the modules.
- the at least one side surface together with the first end face forms a linear guide, which allows nesting in a direction parallel to the side surface and the end face, wherein the side surface and the first end face are designed in particular for a dovetail joint and / or a mushroom head connection with each other and the side surfaces each have predetermined breaking points to shorten by integer multiples of module width, the at least one side surface in the longitudinal direction adjacent to each predetermined breaking point a guide element matching the first end face.
- the linear guide requires a substantially planar edge in the corresponding direction (at least without projections), wherein such an edge can correlate in a simple manner with a predetermined straight-line breaking point then also running.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic representation illustrating a first embodiment of a holding frame assembly according to the invention with modules for a connector
- FIG. 2 shows a schematic illustration for illustrating a second exemplary embodiment of a holding frame arrangement according to the invention with modules for a plug connector
- Fig. 3 is a schematic representation of the illustration of a third embodiment of a holding frame assembly according to the invention with modules for a connector and
- Fig. 4 is a schematic flow diagram of an embodiment of the mounting method according to the invention for a holding frame assembly for a connector including the corresponding confectioning process.
- Fig. 1 shows a schematic representation for illustrating a first embodiment of a holding frame assembly 100 according to the invention with modules 10 for a connector.
- the support frame assembly 100 includes a first frame portion 110 and a second frame portion 120.
- the first frame section 110 includes a first end face 101 and a first and a second side face section 1111, 112, which extend in each case from the ends of the end face 101 transversely to the end face 101.
- the side surface portions 1 1 1, 1 12 each have a in their longitudinal direction (ie also transverse to the end face 101) extending slot 1 13, 1 14.
- the slots 1 13, 1 14 are parallel and are each made so wide that a projection 15 of a module 10 for the connector can be passed through a respective slot.
- the slots 1 13, 1 14 also each have a (single) module width versiesen recesses 103, which in turn are designed for the width of the projections of the modules.
- a module 10 is already inserted into the slots 1 13, 1 14 and thus between the side surface portions 1 1 1, 1 12 and in the frame portion 1 10 and rests in the first (left) recesses 103 directly next to the end face 101.
- Another module 10 is shown next to the frame portion 110.
- the side surface portions 1 1 1, 1 12 also each have predetermined breaking points 130 which extend in the insertion direction of the connector.
- the illustrated in Fig. 1 Halteahmenan- order is designed to accommodate two modules, which can be shortened by using the predetermined breaking points 130 of the frame portion for receiving only one module 10.
- the support frame assembly 100 could be configured to receive 6 individual modules 10 so that FIG. 1 already illustrates a 4-module shortened socket.
- the second frame portion 120 includes a second end surface 102 and a third and a fourth side portion 121, 122 that extend from the ends of the end surface 102 across the end surface 102, respectively.
- the side surface portions 121, 122 each have a in their longitudinal direction (ie, also transverse to the end face 101) extending slot 123, 124.
- the slots 123, 124 are arranged corresponding to the slots 1 13, 1 14 and are dimensioned so that when mating the frame sections 1 10, 120 a portion of the slots 1 13, 1 14 is blocked so that the projections 15 of imported Modules are fixed in the recesses 103.
- predetermined breaking points For the second frame portion 120 no separate predetermined breaking points are shown, although such predetermined breaking points corresponding to the predetermined breaking points 130 of the first frame portion 1 10 may be provided. On the other hand, could also at first frame section 1 10 are dispensed with predetermined breaking points, which would leave the user the appropriate reduction.
- Fig. 2 shows a schematic representation for illustrating a second embodiment of a holding frame assembly 200 according to the invention with modules 10 for a connector.
- the holding frame arrangement 200 comprises a first and a second end face 201, 202, which in the assembled state (only indicated in FIG. 2) are connected by two side faces 204, 205 in each case via a positive connection.
- the side surfaces 204, 205 each have an offset corresponding to a single module width, receptacles 203 for projections 15 of modules 10, so that the modules 10 are fixed in the created holding frame.
- side surfaces 204, 205 in the illustration of FIG. 2 have a length corresponding to four modules 10, wherein the side surfaces 204, 205 each have two predetermined breaking points 230 for a reduction to three or two modules.
- the side surfaces 204, 205 each have half swash tails 207, which are provided for insertion into a linear guide 206 in the end faces 201, 202 (see in particular right side of the illustration in FIG. 2).
- a portion is provided starting from one end of the side surface 204, 205 to a first predetermined breaking point 230 with corresponding (half) dovetails on both sides, while the other sections between the predetermined breaking points 230 only on your side facing away from the first portion also have a (half) dovetail.
- Such a section can thus no longer be used for a connection of the two end faces 201, 202 after a separation at the predetermined breaking point in the absence of the second (half) dovetail.
- the embodiment in FIG. 2 can therefore be shortened to up to two module locations.
- the ends of the side surfaces may also be made symmetrical, such as with a dovetail or mushroom cross section.
- the side surfaces may be mirror-symmetrical or axisymmetric to each other. However, if a clear mounting arrangement of the modules to be ensured by differently executed shots (for example, different sizes), the side surfaces already differ by these recordings.
- the side surfaces by extrusion or extrusion with a desired cross-section, in which the guide elements or interventions and the predetermined breaking points are already preformed.
- the side surfaces can be prepared.
- the mutually opposite side surfaces can be produced with different shots in a common process, with only the punching or otherwise creating the shots is different.
- the modules 10 provided for the connector may first be arranged next to one another, after which the side surfaces 204, 205 are applied so that the receptacles 203 receive the projections 15 of the modules. Then, one after the other or simultaneously, the end face 201, 202 can be pushed onto the (half) dovetails 207 of the side surfaces using the linear guide 206.
- end faces 201, 202 are provided with lugs which allow, in a known manner, attachment of the resulting support frame in the assembled state.
- FIG. 3 shows a schematic illustration to illustrate a third exemplary embodiment of a holding frame arrangement 300 according to the invention with modules 10 for a plug connector.
- the holding frame assembly 300 comprises a first and a second end face 301, 302, which in the assembled state (only indicated in FIG. 3) are connected by two side surfaces 304, each via a positive connection.
- the side surfaces are composed of side surface portions 308, respectively provided with suitable contours in side view, comparable to puzzle pieces, which allow the side surface portions 308 to interengage in the longitudinal direction of the resulting support frame in that the end faces 301, 302 are provided with corresponding projections and / or recesses, so that a desired number of side face part sections 308 can each be assembled starting from approximately the first end face 301, finally with a closure by the second end face 302 a holding frame in the appropriate length, ie for the desired number of modules is formed.
- the side surfaces 304 may be formed symmetrically or else different. It is possible, as shown in Fig. 3, to provide different shapes for the first and second end faces 301, 302, wherein also a variant is possible in which both end faces are identical in a rotation about the vertical axis.
- the embodiment of FIG. 3 is not limited to having the side surface portions 308 only one length corresponding to a single module 10.
- the side surface portions 308 can also be prepared in a composite manner (with provision of predetermined breaking points), in order to be then separated from each other in the case of use or even reassembled.
- the side surface portions 308 (and correspondingly also the end surfaces 301, 302, but not shown herein) have elements similar to grooves and tenons, such that given the flexibility of the projections, the side surface portions 308 are joined by interlocking the groove and tenon Can be brought together longitudinally, so that a transverse displacement is excluded.
- the end faces 301, 302 also have fastening means for mounting the holding frame.
- FIG. 4 shows a schematic flow diagram of an exemplary embodiment of the mounting method 50 according to the invention for a holding frame arrangement for a plug connector, including the corresponding packaging method 51.
- the assembly process 51 comprises providing 52 a holding frame arrangement according to the invention for a plug connector for receiving similar and / or different modules, namely with two end faces, which can be connected to one another via a positive connection.
- a respective receptacle for projections of modules for the connector is provided.
- the side surfaces each have predetermined breaking points for shortening by integer multiples of a module width.
- the manufacturing process includes shortening 53 of the side surfaces by breaking at two predetermined breaking points.
- the assembly 51 is followed by an arrangement 54 of the modules for the connector side by side in a longitudinal direction
- step 55 the end surfaces of the support frame assembly are interconnected via a positive engagement such that the modules are longitudinally juxtaposed between the first and second end surfaces of the support frame assembly, and such that at least one transversely extending projection of each module in a receptacle in at least one of the side surfaces of the holding frame assembly, which extend between the first and the second end face, is received.
- the approaches for connecting the side surfaces with the end faces are also implemented in connection with the embodiment in which the holding frame assembly comprises two frame sections which are plugged into each other in the longitudinal direction of the holding frame assembly, wherein the second frame section at least one guide for the first and / or second side surface portion.
- the side surface sections can be positively connected or connectable to each other and / or with the respective end surfaces, so that this embodiment is not limited to one-piece frame sections.
- the present invention also with the teachings of, for example, EP 0 860 906 B1 (with an articulated connection within the end faces, which allows a spreading of the holding frame), EP 2 581 991 A1 (enabling a linear displacement in the end faces), EP 1 801 927 B1 (embodiment as plastic injection molded parts with elastic properties) and / or DE 10 2013 1 13 976 A1 (use of different materials to combine stiffness of the holding frame as a whole with a preferably elastic bendability at desired locations) or to use.
- EP 0 860 906 B1 with an articulated connection within the end faces, which allows a spreading of the holding frame
- EP 2 581 991 A1 enabling a linear displacement in the end faces
- EP 1 801 927 B1 embdiment as plastic injection molded parts with elastic properties
- DE 10 2013 1 13 976 A1 use of different materials to combine stiffness of the holding frame as a whole with a preferably elastic bendability at desired locations
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