EP3616271B1 - Kontaktelementeanordnung - Google Patents

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EP3616271B1
EP3616271B1 EP18721356.6A EP18721356A EP3616271B1 EP 3616271 B1 EP3616271 B1 EP 3616271B1 EP 18721356 A EP18721356 A EP 18721356A EP 3616271 B1 EP3616271 B1 EP 3616271B1
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Alfred Annecke
Claus Dullin
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Amphenol Tuchel Electronics GmbH
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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
    • H01R13/02—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
    • H01R13/66—Structural association with built-in electrical component
    • H01R13/70—Structural association with built-in electrical component with built-in switch
    • H01R13/703—Structural association with built-in electrical component with built-in switch operated by engagement or disengagement of coupling parts, e.g. dual-continuity coupling part
    • H01R13/7031—Shorting, shunting or bussing of different terminals interrupted or effected on engagement of coupling part, e.g. for ESD protection, line continuity
    • H01R13/7033—Shorting, shunting or bussing of different terminals interrupted or effected on engagement of coupling part, e.g. for ESD protection, line continuity making use of elastic extensions of the terminals
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R11/00—Individual connecting elements providing two or more spaced connecting locations for conductive members which are, or may be, thereby interconnected, e.g. end pieces for wires or cables supported by the wire or cable and having means for facilitating electrical connection to some other wire, terminal, or conductive member, blocks of binding posts
    • H01R11/03—Individual connecting elements providing two or more spaced connecting locations for conductive members which are, or may be, thereby interconnected, e.g. end pieces for wires or cables supported by the wire or cable and having means for facilitating electrical connection to some other wire, terminal, or conductive member, blocks of binding posts characterised by the relationship between the connecting locations
    • H01R11/05—Individual connecting elements providing two or more spaced connecting locations for conductive members which are, or may be, thereby interconnected, e.g. end pieces for wires or cables supported by the wire or cable and having means for facilitating electrical connection to some other wire, terminal, or conductive member, blocks of binding posts characterised by the relationship between the connecting locations the connecting locations having different types of direct connections
    • 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
    • H01R13/112—Resilient sockets forked sockets having two legs
    • 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
    • H01R13/22—Contacts for co-operating by abutting
    • H01R13/24—Contacts for co-operating by abutting resilient; resiliently-mounted
    • H01R13/2407—Contacts for co-operating by abutting resilient; resiliently-mounted characterized by the resilient means
    • H01R13/2428—Contacts for co-operating by abutting resilient; resiliently-mounted characterized by the resilient means using meander springs
    • 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
    • H01R13/22—Contacts for co-operating by abutting
    • H01R13/24—Contacts for co-operating by abutting resilient; resiliently-mounted
    • H01R13/2442—Contacts for co-operating by abutting resilient; resiliently-mounted with a single cantilevered beam
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    • 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
    • H01R13/40—Securing contact members in or to a base or case; Insulating of contact members
    • H01R13/405—Securing in non-demountable manner, e.g. moulding, riveting
    • H01R13/41—Securing in non-demountable manner, e.g. moulding, riveting by frictional grip in grommet, panel or base
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    • H01R2201/00—Connectors or connections adapted for particular applications
    • H01R2201/26—Connectors or connections adapted for particular applications for vehicles
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    • 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

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  • the present invention relates to a contact element arrangement according to the features of patent claim 1.
  • the invention is suitable for a connector, preferably an airbag connector with two contact element arrangements according to the present invention.
  • EP 3 118 943 A1 discloses a contact element arrangement according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • Short-circuit bridges are known in many designs in the field of airbag connectors.
  • the known solutions have various production-related disadvantages.
  • certain spring properties must be guaranteed when such short-circuit springs are installed.
  • displacement is the spatial arrangement of the contact point at a position that is more favorable for the electroplating process.
  • production-related tasks must also be fulfilled, namely the simpler coating of the contact points or the contact point which later forms the electrical contact with a corresponding mating contact element for producing the short circuit of the short-circuit bridge.
  • a basic idea of the present invention is to provide a specifically shaped contact element arrangement which is formed from a single sheet metal part.
  • a contact element arrangement consisting of a deformed sheet metal part, with at least two spaced-apart contact elements being formed from the sheet metal part, which extend away from a flat base plate of the sheet metal part and with one contact element having an essentially cylindrical contacting section for plug-in mounting of a pin-shaped mating contact ( of the airbag connector) and wherein the second contact element is designed as a contact spring which is bent over in an S-shaped manner over two bending sections and which forms a contact tip pointing away from the base plate.
  • the first bending section of the contact spring connects directly to a side edge of the base plate or extends away from it.
  • the second bending section of the contact spring is laterally offset within the circumferential contour of the base plate.
  • the second bending section is, so to speak, above the base plate and not outside the contour of the base plate.
  • a spring arm section of the spring arm adjoins the second bending section, which is longer than the width of the base plate in the area where the spring arm is connected to the base plate.
  • the spring arm extends directly away from a side edge of the base plate. This means that the first bending section is molded directly onto the base plate, so to speak, with a connecting section to the second bending section lying therebetween and then a spring arm section adjoining the second bending section.
  • the spring arm experiences a change in direction of approximately 180 ° at each bending section, as a result of which the said S-shaped bending curve of the spring arm is obtained.
  • the bending sections each represent spring arm sections that are curved by 180 °.
  • the first contact element has at least two spring arms at its plug-in end, which are oriented towards one another in such a way that they form a receiving space for receiving a pin contact.
  • the two spring arms of the first contact element run towards each other at the ends, so that the two spring arms in the area of the plug-in end or adjacent to it have a smaller distance from one another than in the more distant area, i. H. in the area closer to the connection to the contacting section, which is cylindrical.
  • a retaining web also extends away from the side edge of the base plate in order to mount or fasten the contact element arrangement in a contact body.
  • first and second contact elements and the holding web all extend essentially in the same direction away from the base plate.
  • the direction of extent of the first contact element is also referred to below as the plug-in direction and the direction of extent of the retaining web is referred to as the fastening direction.
  • the direction of insertion and the direction of attachment are essentially parallel to one another.
  • first and second contact elements and the holding web are connected to the base plate in the order mentioned in series next to one another.
  • the first contact element furthermore forms a tulip-shaped opening at its plug-in end, which is achieved in that the spring arms are slightly bent outward.
  • Another aspect of the present invention is an arrangement of two contact element arrangements which are mounted next to one another in a contact carrier in such a way that the contact tips of the two contact element arrangements point towards one another.
  • Another aspect of the present invention is a plug connector, preferably an airbag plug connector, in which there is a contact carrier in which two contact element arrangements according to one of claims 1 to 10 are fastened.
  • FIG. 1 to 3 an exemplary embodiment of a contact element arrangement 1 according to the invention is shown.
  • the contact element arrangement 1 is formed from a sheet metal part 2.
  • the sheet metal part 2 was reshaped in such a way that two mutually spaced contact elements 20, 30 are formed therefrom, which extend away from a flat base plate 10 of the sheet metal part 2 and wherein the one contact element 20 has a substantially cylindrical contacting section 22 for plug-in mounting of a pin-shaped one, not shown in detail Forms counter contact.
  • the second contact element 30 which is designed as a contact spring bent over in an S-shaped manner via two bending sections 31, 32.
  • the contact spring also forms a contact tip 35 which faces away from the base plate 10 in its orientation.
  • the contact spring has the aforementioned two bending sections 31, 32, the first bending section 31 extending directly from the side edge of the base plate 10.
  • a spring arm section of the contact spring 30 is formed on the bending section 32, but its length is longer than the width of the base plate 10 in the area where the contact spring 30 is connected to the base plate 10. In this way, the contact spring 30 protrudes downward so far that the contact tip 35 is arranged outside the outline contour of the base plate 10.
  • a linear section 36 is located between the first bending section 31 and the second bending section 32.
  • the first contact element 20 forms an approximately U-shaped bent section 21.
  • the U-shaped bent section 21 is the aforementioned contacting section 22 of the first contact element 20, to which two spring arms 23a, 23b are connected, which are oriented towards one another so that a receiving space 24 is formed between them, which is used to receive a pin contact of a mating connector serves.
  • the spring arms 23a, 23b form an approximately tulip-shaped opening 25 at the end.
  • the contact element arrangement 1 has a holding web 40, which likewise extends away from the base plate 10, in order to fasten the contact element arrangement 1 in a contact body of a plug connector.
  • the retaining web 40 has a nose 42 on one side and on the opposite side in order to claw into the plastic of a contact carrier.
  • the two contact elements 20, 30 and the retaining web 40 all extend essentially in the same direction away from the base plate 10, namely in the aforementioned plugging direction, the second contact element having an S-shaped bending curve in between.
  • FIG. 3 an arrangement of two contact element arrangements 1 is shown, the contact tips 35 of which touch each other and form a short-circuit bridge.

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  • Coupling Device And Connection With Printed Circuit (AREA)
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  • Details Of Connecting Devices For Male And Female Coupling (AREA)
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