EP3667833A1 - Agencement de fermeture pour fermer une ouverture d'insertion dans une paroi avant d'un boîtier - Google Patents

Agencement de fermeture pour fermer une ouverture d'insertion dans une paroi avant d'un boîtier Download PDF

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EP3667833A1
EP3667833A1 EP18465636.1A EP18465636A EP3667833A1 EP 3667833 A1 EP3667833 A1 EP 3667833A1 EP 18465636 A EP18465636 A EP 18465636A EP 3667833 A1 EP3667833 A1 EP 3667833A1
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closure
front wall
closure parts
insertion opening
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Adrian Homutescu
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Continental Automotive Technologies 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
    • H01R13/44—Means for preventing access to live contacts
    • H01R13/447—Shutter or cover plate
    • H01R13/453—Shutter or cover plate opened by engagement of counterpart
    • H01R13/4534—Laterally sliding shutter
    • 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
    • H01R13/5213—Covers
    • 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
    • H01R13/502—Bases; Cases composed of different pieces
    • 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
    • H01R13/502—Bases; Cases composed of different pieces
    • H01R13/508—Bases; Cases composed of different pieces assembled by a separate clip or spring
    • 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
    • H01R13/44—Means for preventing access to live contacts
    • H01R13/447—Shutter or cover plate
    • H01R13/453—Shutter or cover plate opened by engagement of counterpart
    • H01R13/4536—Inwardly pivoting shutter

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  • the invention relates to a closure arrangement for closing off an insertion opening in a front wall of a housing for a connector which is insertable through the insertion opening, on a displacement travel extending at right angles to the front wall, into the interior of the housing and which can be contacted there with a contact piece, having two closure parts which are arranged on the inner side of the front wall and which, counter to spring forces, can be acted on by the connector inserted into the insertion opening such that they are movable away from one another from a closed position, in which they each close off half of the insertion opening and in which the closure parts bear against one another, by way of their end sides facing toward one another, in the center of the insertion opening, into an open position, in which the connector can pass through.
  • each closure part in each case one closure part to be arranged, so as to be pivotable about a pivot axis, at two mutually opposite edges of the insertion opening.
  • the closure parts which in the closed position bear against one another by way of their edges facing toward one another, are pivoted into the interior of the housing counter to the spring forces.
  • the closure parts that project here into the housing interior space require a large structural space, whereby not only the closure arrangement but also the housing has a large structural size.
  • closure parts are, with their mutually opposite regions directed toward the front wall, displaceably in contact with slide curves of the front wall, which extend from the outer region to the inner region of the insertion opening such that they diverge from one another in convex fashion, wherein those regions of the closure parts which bear against the slide curves have contours corresponding to the slide curves, and the closure parts are acted on displaceably toward one another along the slide curves by first spring forces.
  • the closure parts are preferably of plate-like form.
  • the closure arrangement may advantageously be used in the case of USB connection sockets in the case of which the circuit board which bears electrical and electronic components arranged in the housing must be protected.
  • closure parts are guided effectively on their displacement travel if the slide curves of the front wall are A-class surfaces.
  • the displacement travel of the closure parts away from one another can be limited in a structural-space-saving manner in that the closure parts are, after an initial travel out of the closed position in the direction of the open position, pivotable counter to second spring forces about axes of rotation extending transversely with respect to the displacement travel.
  • closure parts can, after the initial travel out of the closed position, be pivotable further into a position in which those regions of the closure parts which close off the insertion opening in the closed position extend parallel to the displacement travel and the connector slides along on said regions.
  • the closure parts may have, on their sides directed toward the interior of the housing, projections which, in the closed position of the closure parts, project parallel to the displacement travel into the interior of the housing and whose ends projecting freely into the interior of the housing are, after the initial travel of the closure parts, acted on by the second spring forces in the direction of the displacement travel.
  • the closure parts can be held in contact with the slide curves, or the pivoting function of the closure parts parallel to the displacement travel is achieved using few components, which is expedient from an assembly aspect.
  • first spring forces and/or the second spring forces can be generated by a single-piece spring element fastenable to the housing.
  • the spring element is preferably a closed, stadium-shaped spring plate element, the plate plane of which extends in the displacement travel direction, wherein spring arms which generate the first spring forces are arranged at the central regions of the longitudinal extent of the stadium-shaped spring plate element, by means of which spring arms the closure parts are acted on toward one another with a preload.
  • the central regions of the longitudinal extent of the stadium-shaped spring plate element may extend parallel to one another, wherein said central regions can be acted on by the free ends of the projections of the closure parts so as to move away from one another and thus generate the second spring forces.
  • fastening elements may be arranged on the inner side of the front wall of the housing, by means of which fastening elements the short end regions of the stadium-shaped spring plate element are fastenable to the front wall.
  • the fastening elements may be pegs which project into the interior of the housing and which can be resiliently enclosed by loop-like regions at the short end regions of the stadium-shaped spring element.
  • the pegs are of cylindrical form and have radial widenings at their free ends, wherein the loop-like regions of the spring plate element surround the cylindrical regions of the pegs.
  • the illustrated closure arrangement shows a front wall 1 of a housing.
  • An insertion opening 2 which leads from the housing exterior to the interior 4 of the housing is formed in the front wall 1.
  • Two mutually opposite walls of the insertion opening 2 are formed by two slide curves 3, 3', which extend from the outer region to the interior 4 of the housing such that they diverge from one another in convex fashion and which are formed as A-class surfaces.
  • closure parts 5, 5' which bear against the front wall 1.
  • the closure parts 5, 5' bear against one another by way of in each case one of their end sides 7, 7' and close off the insertion opening 2.
  • the plane of the end sides 7, 7' bearing against one another extends in this case in the center of the insertion opening 2.
  • the outer surfaces 8, 8', directed toward the housing exterior, of the closure parts 5, 5' in the region of the insertion opening 2 extend in this case in the plane of the outer side of the front wall 1.
  • closure parts 5, 5' are, by way of their surfaces facing toward the front wall 1, in abutment with the slide curves 3, 3' such that said closure parts are displaceable away from one another and toward one another, wherein those surfaces of the closure parts 5, 5' which bear against the slide curves 3, 3' have contours 6, 6' which correspond to the slide curves 3, 3'.
  • the second end sides 9, 9', situated opposite one another, of the closure parts 5, 5' are each acted on with force by preloaded spring arms 10, 10' such that they are displaceable into their closed position.
  • An electrical connector 11 is insertable from the outside through the insertion opening 2 into the interior 4 of the housing in a displacement travel direction 16, and is contactable with an electrical contact piece 12 arranged in the interior 4 of the housing.
  • the connector 11 is moved against the closure parts 5, 5' situated in their closed position ( figures 1 and 4 ).
  • the force that is exerted here by the connector 11 on the closure parts 5, 5' has the effect that the closure parts 5, 5' move apart from one another counter to the forces of the spring arms 10, 10', wherein the closure parts 5, 5' slide with their contours 6, 6' along the slide curves 3, 3'.
  • the spring plate element 15 is of closed, stadium-shaped form, wherein the plate plane 17 of the spring plate element 15 extends parallel to the displacement travel direction 16.
  • the projections 13, 13' also abut against said central regions 14, 14', wherein the central regions 14, 14' are moved apart from one another so as to exert an opposing force on the closure parts 5, 5'.
  • the short end regions 19, 19' of the spring plate element 15 are formed as double loops 20, 20' and, for the fastening of the spring plate element 16 to the front wall 1, resiliently enclose, by way of each loop of the double loops 20, 20', a peg (not illustrated). Said pegs are arranged on the front wall 1 and project freely into the interior 4 of the housing.
  • said pegs have radial widenings at their free ends.

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EP18465636.1A EP3667833B1 (fr) 2018-12-13 2018-12-13 Agencement de fermeture pour fermer une ouverture d'insertion dans une paroi avant d'un boîtier
CN201911250495.2A CN111326906B (zh) 2018-12-13 2019-12-09 用于封闭壳体的前壁中的插入开口的封闭布置

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US2816680A (en) * 1956-05-25 1957-12-17 Northrop Aircraft Inc Non-seize receptacle door
WO2005047052A1 (fr) * 2003-11-11 2005-05-26 Magcode Ag Systeme pour raccorder electriquement un siege, en particulier un siege de vehicule
WO2014014475A1 (fr) * 2012-07-20 2014-01-23 Acist Medical Systems, Inc. Couvercle de connecteur pour protéger une connexion de contaminants

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