EP3525295B1 - Sealed connector with axial assembly - Google Patents

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EP3525295B1
EP3525295B1 EP19155886.5A EP19155886A EP3525295B1 EP 3525295 B1 EP3525295 B1 EP 3525295B1 EP 19155886 A EP19155886 A EP 19155886A EP 3525295 B1 EP3525295 B1 EP 3525295B1
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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
    • H01R13/52—Dustproof, splashproof, drip-proof, waterproof, or flameproof cases
    • H01R13/5219—Sealing means between coupling parts, e.g. interfacial seal
    • 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
    • H01R13/627—Snap or like fastening
    • H01R13/6275—Latching arms not integral with the housing
    • 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
    • H01R13/629—Additional means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts, e.g. aligning or guiding means, levers, gas pressure electrical locking indicators, manufacturing tolerances
    • H01R13/62905—Additional means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts, e.g. aligning or guiding means, levers, gas pressure electrical locking indicators, manufacturing tolerances comprising a camming member
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R2107/00—Four or more poles

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  • Object of the present Patent application is a multi-phase connector for electrical cables, provided with a co-molded seal which guarantees its sealing, configured to be particularly comfortable in assembling step, and in particular to allow the connector to be assembled and disassembled using only the tip of a common tool (as for example a screwdriver) and with axial movements of the elements.
  • a common tool as for example a screwdriver
  • US2009/264003 describes a multipolar connector where a ring (130), by axially sliding, compresses elastically deformable tongues (142) on which there are provided clamping teeth which, after the ring is translated, engage respective clamping teeth provided on the other element of the connector.
  • the ring (130) in US2009/264003 is held in position by triangular projections (not shown in the drawings but described in section 36 of the description) provided on the tongues (142) which engage suitable inner circumferential teeth provided on the ring. Therefore, in order to assemble and disassemble the connector it is needed to apply an axial force, in the desired direction, sufficient to make the ring (130) pass the triangular projections provided on the tongues. The tongues are not engaged in their rest position.
  • Aim of the present invention is to provide a sealed, multipolar connector, provided with a different closing and assembly mechanism other than what known at the state of the art.
  • the present invention provides a sealed, multipolar connector, wherein socket and plug (or, similarly, the female and male) can be coupled and decoupled by using the tip of a common tool (as for example a screwdriver), and wherein rotation movements between the pieces are not needed for coupling and decoupling.
  • the present invention reaches the prefixed aims since it is a sealed, multipolar connector according to claim 1.
  • FIG 1 there are shown views from many angles of the co-molded male; in figure 2 there are shown views from many angles of the co-molded female; in figures 3 , 4 and 5 there are shown panoramic views of the closed connector in blocked condition, unblocked condition step 1 and step 2, respectively; in figure 6 it is shown an exploded view of the connector mounting assembly, shown assembled in figure 7 ; in figures 8 to 16 there are shown various mounting steps of the assembly, described in detail in the following; in figure 17 it is shown the ring de-blocking by the tip of a common tool (as for example a screwdriver); in figure 18 it is shown the decoupling of the cone with the tip of a common tool (as for example a screwdriver); in figure 19 it is shown the coupling of the cone; in figure 20 it is shown a section view of the female body; in figure 21 it is shown a section view of the male body; in figure 22 it is shown an exploded view with the fastening system between the male element and respective clamping cone highlighted; in figures 23 and 24 there are shown the male
  • the connector (1) is made up of a male connector sub-assembly (2) and a female connector sub-assembly (3), each one of which being made up of a plurality of elements.
  • the male connector sub-assembly (2) comprises:
  • the female connector sub-assembly (3) comprises:
  • the seals (24, 25, 34, 35) of the clamping cones (23, 33), both in the male sub-assembly and female sub-assembly, are realized in thermoplastic rubber
  • the nuts (26, 36), the clamping cones (23, 33), the ring (38) and the plugs (22, 32) are realized in suitable thermoplastic material
  • the male (21) and female (31) central bodies are co-molded, i.e. obtained by molding two different materials able to guarantee the maximum compactness and structural uniformity at the end of the molding step.
  • the pins of the male (27) and the sockets of the female (37) are realized in conductive material.
  • the nut (26, 36) and respective clamping cone (23, 33) are coupled by screwing, while the clamping cone (23, 33) and respective male (21) or female body (31) is are snap-coupled.
  • the plugs (22, 32) and respective male (21) or female bodies (31) are coupled by interference, while the two bodies (21, 31) are mutually multi-snap blocked.
  • the female body (31) is realized by a plastic portion (311) bonded to a co-molded seal (312), as it is shown in the section view of figure 20 .
  • the seal is configured to exert sealing both between the female connector (3) and the male connector (2), and between the plastic body (31) and the clamping cone (33).
  • the plastic body (311) comprises a plurality of housings (313), preferably five in number, for introducing respective female sockets (37), which can be introduced already pre-assembled with the screw.
  • the sockets (37) are elements in electrically conductive material, configured to allow an electrical cable to be blocked to an end, by inserting the cable in a hole, arranged on the socket, and by following clamping by means of a screw with orthogonal axis to the axis of said hole, and to house at the other end a respective pin (27) provided on the male connector (to which a cable is fastened in turn), so that the connector (1) can guarantee the electrical contact of the two cables.
  • the sockets (37) are inserted inside respective housings (313) which, as shown for example in figure 10 , are laterally open so that the clamping screw is accessible after the connector is assembled.
  • the sockets (37) are blocked inside the female body (31) by means of a plug (32), shown in figure 10 as well, which is provided with holes (321) at the position of the sockets (37).
  • Such holes (321) have such a diameter that the sheathed cable (i.e. completed with the thickness of the isolation) can enter therein.
  • the shape of the plastic body (31) of the female connector comprises, in the portion coupling with the male, an outer cylinder (315), an empty circular crown, apt to house the male element, and an inner cylinder (316) in which there are obtained both the housing holes of the sockets (37) and a central shaped hole (39), configured to house a respective shaped projection (29) provided on the male body (21), so that coupling is not allowed if the two connectors (21, 31) are rotated to each other.
  • the clamping teeth are preferably provided in a plurality of circumferential positions. When the connector is closed, and the portion of plastic body supporting them is in rest position, the clamping teeth are engaged in respective clamping teeth of the male element.
  • the male body (21) is realized by a plastic portion (211) bonded to a co-molded seal (212), as it is shown in the section view of figure 21 .
  • the seal (212) is configured to exert sealing both between the male connector (2) and the female connector (3), and between the plastic body (21) and the clamping cone (23).
  • the plastic body (211) comprises a plurality of spaces (213), preferably five in number, for introducing respective pins (27) already pre-assembled with the screw.
  • the pins (27) are elements in conductive material, configured to allow an electrical cable to be blocked to an end, by inserting the cable in a hole (271), arranged on the pin (27), and by clamping a screw (272) with orthogonal axis to the axis of said hole, and to be inserted, with the other end, inside a respective socket (37) provided on the female connector (to which a cable is fastened in turn), so that the connector (1) can guarantee the electrical contact of the two cables by means of the coupling between pin and respective sockets.
  • the pins (27) are inserted inside respective housings (213) which, as shown in figure 13 , are laterally open so that the clamping screw (272) is accessible after the connector is assembled.
  • the pins (27) are blocked inside the male body (21) by means of a plug (22) which is provided with holes (221) at the position of the pins (27), with such a diameter that the sheathed cable (i.e. completed with the thickness of the isolator) can enter therein.
  • the shape of the plastic body (21) of the male connector comprises, in the portion coupling with the female, an outer cylinder (214) configured to be introduced in the empty circular crown, provided on the female body, inside which it is provided a shaped projection (29) configured to be coupled with the respective shaped hole (39) provided on the female connector, so that the coupling is not allowed if the two connectors are rotated to each other.
  • both the clamping teeth provided on the male body and on the female body are provided in a plurality of positions along the circumference, for example in three positions offset to each other of 120°, or in four positions offset to each other of 90°.
  • clamping cone (23, 33) and the stop nut (26, 36) are completely similar both for the male (2) and female assembly (3).
  • Each clamping cone (23, 33) is coupled with the respective co-molded male/female portion by means of a snap-system, which can be actuated by a simple axial translation of the clamping cone.
  • each clamping cone (23, 33) is provided a couple of pliers (231, 331), diametrically opposed to each other, and on each male (21) and female (31) body it is provided a wedge element (219, 319), configured so that when the clamping cone (23, 33) approaches the body (21, 31), the wedge (219, 319) widens the respective pliers (231, 331), which closes then by grasping the wedge element and thus guaranteeing that the cone is coupled with the respective co-molded body.
  • each male (21) and female body (31) there are provided a plurality of reliefs (2191), and the surface of the clamping cone facing the corresponding male (or female) body is provided, in corresponding positions, with invitations (2391) configured to allow said reliefs (2191) to enter by means of axial movement.
  • invitations (2391) configured to allow said reliefs (2191) to enter by means of axial movement.
  • FIGS 23 and 24 there are shown the male body and female body fastened to a respective clamping cone, respectively.
  • a clamping cone (23) in position to be assembled with its own male body (21);
  • a particularly advantageous aspect of the realized coupling type is that the cone can be disassembled from the respective body by using a common tool (as for example a screwdriver, a tool always at disposal of an electrician, since it is used for many aims, and in particular also to assemble the other elements of the connector according to the present invention) which, by widening the two ends of the pliers (331) provided on the cone, allows that the two pieces are removed.
  • a common tool as for example a screwdriver, a tool always at disposal of an electrician, since it is used for many aims, and in particular also to assemble the other elements of the connector according to the present invention
  • the first one is introduced in the second one.
  • the shape of the two bodies are such that the coupling can occur only if the two pieces are approached in the correct relative position.
  • the ring (38) comprises low tongues (381) and high tongues (383) configured to be introduced without or with interference respectively in a respective space (314) provided on the female body (31).
  • the space (314) in which the tongues are introduced is arranged at the elastically deformable portion of the piece on which there are provided the clamping teeth, and the high tongues (383), while entering this space, deform elastically outwards this deformable portion, widening the clamping teeth.
  • the decoupling step of the two co-molded male/female bodies occurs by translating onward the ring (in fig. 27 it is represented the starting position of such step): the insertion with interference of the high tongues (383) in the respective space (314) of the female body causes the displacement outwards of the flexible tongue (320) of the female body (31) on which there are provided the clamping teeth (317).
  • the inner teeth of the female body are decoupled from the outer ones arranged on the male body, thus allowing two bodies to be decoupled by simple traction.
  • the ring (38) acts on the female body by means of axial translation, and in fact it does not have even a thread in its geometry.

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