EP3905451A1 - Module de connecteur enfichable pourvu d'un élément de module - Google Patents

Module de connecteur enfichable pourvu d'un élément de module Download PDF

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EP3905451A1
EP3905451A1 EP21180850.6A EP21180850A EP3905451A1 EP 3905451 A1 EP3905451 A1 EP 3905451A1 EP 21180850 A EP21180850 A EP 21180850A EP 3905451 A1 EP3905451 A1 EP 3905451A1
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Wilhelm KLIEVER
Irina Lötkemann
Heiko Meier
Bernard Schlegel
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Harting Electric Stiftung and Co KG
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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
    • H01R13/514—Bases; Cases composed as a modular blocks or assembly, i.e. composed of co-operating parts provided with contact members or holding contact members between them
    • 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
    • H01R13/516—Means for holding or embracing insulating body, e.g. casing, hoods
    • H01R13/518—Means for holding or embracing insulating body, e.g. casing, hoods for holding or embracing several coupling parts, e.g. frames
    • 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]
    • H01R13/6581—Shield structure
    • H01R13/659—Shield structure with plural ports for distinct connectors

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  • the invention relates to a connector module for a modular connector and, in particular, to a module element provided for providing such a connector module.
  • Such connector modules are required to build modular connectors.
  • the connector modules accommodate modular contact inserts and several connector modules having identical or different types of contact inserts are combined to form a connector.
  • the connector can thus be assembled and configured with a high degree of flexibility.
  • Connector modules are either inserted directly into a connector housing or first inserted and fixed in a module frame. The module frame is then mounted in the connector housing with the connector modules received in it.
  • a large number of connector modules for modular connectors are known from the prior art. They vary in size, number of contact means, dimensioning of contact means and type of contact means. Depending on the design of the connector module, these can be used for the transmission of, for example, signals and currents of a digital, analog, electrical, pneumatic, mechanical, optical or hydraulic type.
  • the holding frame is limited to the accommodation of six connector modules arranged one after the other in the longitudinal direction of the holding frame, according to which the above-mentioned desirable flexible combinability and thus variable applicability of the connector designed for the holding frame and its connector modules to flexibility and variability of the connector modules in the longitudinal direction the holding frame is disadvantageously restricted.
  • An assembly of a plug connector part with a holding frame which forms a frame opening for receiving a plurality of modular contact inserts at a plurality of slots lined up along a width direction.
  • the assembly has a modular contact insert which can be inserted into the frame opening at at least one slot in order to form a plug face on the holding frame.
  • the holding frame has at least one frame wall which extends along the width direction and which forms receiving openings assigned to the slots.
  • the modular contact insert has a housing body and at least one coding element section assigned to the housing body for engaging in one of the receiving openings of a frame wall in a position of the modular contact insert inserted into the frame opening.
  • the coding element section is designed to be adaptable.
  • a holding frame for connector modules is known, which is used to hold connector modules and for installation in a connector housing or is intended for screwing to wall surfaces.
  • the plug connector modules are inserted into the holding frame, holding means on the plug connector modules interacting with recesses provided on opposite wall parts of the holding frame.
  • the holding frame is formed from two halves that are hinged to one another, the recesses for holding the connector modules being formed as openings closed on all sides in the side parts of the holding frame. In this case, the holding frame is opened for inserting the connector modules and then closed, the connector modules then being held in the holding frame in a form-fitting manner via the holding means.
  • an electrical connector module which consists of a housing and at least one electrical contact element, the housing forming a plug-in side, a connection side and two fastening sides, and the fastening sides each having at least one fastening means.
  • the contact element is received in the one housing, the contact element being accessible from the plug-in side and the connection side.
  • the housing of the connector module consists of an electrically conductive material and is in electrically conductive contact with the contact element.
  • a modular electrical connector for the transmission of electrical power which has at least one contact pin part and a corresponding contact sleeve part, each of their corresponding plug parts having an identical insulating body.
  • the insulating body has an axial bore for receiving the pin contact part or the sleeve contact part, as well as at least two continuously drilled holes which run perpendicular to the bore and through which the plug connects to complementary ones Spindles can be plugged on and attached to them in such a way that a modular assembly is created from plug parts.
  • the assemblies of contact pin parts and contact sleeve parts are designed in correspondence with one another in such a way that they can be plugged in and unplugged in the axial direction.
  • the insulating body has a rectangular rectangular design.
  • the insulating body has at least one projection and a recess on each of its mounting surfaces, which is formed in a complementary shape at a distance therefrom.
  • a socket for receiving a series of contact pins is known, which is formed from interconnected modules.
  • the modules have three, four or five pin receiving openings and are interconnected by dovetail connectors to form an elongated body with a predetermined number of pin receiving openings.
  • Contacts for electrical connection with the pins are provided in the pin receiving openings.
  • the modules have a bar on which a work surface rests.
  • German Patent and Trademark Office also researched the following prior art in the priority application for the present application: DE 10 2014 108 847 A1 and DE 202 14 132 U1 .
  • the object of the invention is to provide a connector module for a modular connector that enables increased flexible combinability of contact inserts and / or variability of the contact inserts of the connector modules, so that the connector can be configured for the greatest possible number of applications.
  • it is also the task of Invention to specify a module element suitable for providing such a connector module.
  • the present invention relates in particular to a module element for accommodating contact means which can be plugged in in a first direction, namely in the plugging direction, and / or functional elements for providing an assembled plug connector module for a plug connector.
  • the connector module is provided for a slot of the connector that has a length that extends in a second direction and that has a width that extends in a third direction, and is configured accordingly in terms of its length and width.
  • the module element suitably has a retaining contour which is arranged and designed in such a way that a first module element can be assembled in the second direction with a second module element to form the connector module.
  • the holding contours of the first and second module elements are advantageously arranged and / or designed so that they interlock and interlock in such a way that the first and second assembled module elements are held together in the first direction and in the third direction so that they are secure against rotation, tilting and displacement and, moreover, in the second Direction in which the first and second modules are assembled, are held against one another in a twist-proof and tilt-proof manner.
  • the two module elements held together in this way by means of the retaining contour and assembled to form the connector module can only be separated from one another again by a displacement in the second direction, namely in the opposite direction to the second direction in which they are assembled.
  • the first module element can be assembled in a simple manner with the second module element to form the connector module.
  • the protruding retaining contour can be formed in a suitable manner on a first and second edge of a first wall of the module element, which edge extends in the plug-in direction.
  • the protruding retaining contour can suitably be designed as a first projection on the first edge of the first wall in a first section in the plugging direction, and as a first step on the first edge in a second section in the plugging direction.
  • the protruding retaining contour can also suitably be designed as a second step on the second edge of the first wall in the plug-in direction in the first section and as a second projection on the second edge in the plug-in direction in the second section.
  • the protruding retaining contour can advantageously be designed and arranged with its first and second projection and with its first and second gradation in such a way that the first projection interacts positively with the second gradation, and the second projection interacts positively with the first gradation.
  • a first module element can advantageously be assembled with an identically designed second module element.
  • the second module element which is rotated 180 ° around its plug-in direction in relation to the first module element, can be assembled with the first module element in the second direction in such a way that the above-described holding contours of the first and second module elements interlock as intended and, as also described above, interact advantageously.
  • the length of the protruding first portion of the first and second edge of the first wall of the module element and the length of the protruding second portion of the first and second edge can suitably differ. This measure advantageously ensures correct assembly of first and second module elements that are exclusively aligned in accordance with the intended purpose in the plug-in direction.
  • the first and second sections of the holding contour formed on the first and second edges of the first wall can suitably extend together over the entire length of the module element in the plug-in direction, wherein the first and second sections can be arranged adjacent to one another. In this way the full benefit becomes beneficial Utilized the length of the first and second edge to form the retaining contour, thereby achieving a particularly effective retaining contour.
  • a module element accommodating a predetermined contact means and having a predetermined, suitable inner contour for this purpose
  • its outer contour and thus its first wall and / or one or more of its walls can have suitable recesses for a desirable predetermined material compensation, so that the first and / or second section can be designed appropriately interrupted at the first and / or second edge in a suitable manner.
  • a coding and / or holding element of the module element can advantageously be provided, which is suitably arranged and designed in such a way that the coding and / or holding element is provided with a coding and / or holding element provided at the slot. and / or the holding element of the slot interacts in a form-fitting manner in such a way that the connector module is held and / or fixed in a form-fitting manner at its slot.
  • the coding and / or holding element of the slot can have a coding that defines an orientation-correct seat of the connector module on the slot, wherein the coding and / or holding element of the slot can be a recess that can have a predetermined width.
  • the coding and / or holding element of the module element can advantageously be designed as a projection on the second wall, in particular in one piece with the second wall, which can have a predetermined width, suitably in particular with the width of the coding and / or Holding element of the slot corresponds positively.
  • module element for providing an assembled plug connector module for a plug connector of a first embodiment of the invention has been described, the module element of the first embodiment in particular having the above-described retaining contour formed on the first wall of the module element.
  • the present invention relates in particular to a module element for accommodating contact means that can be plugged in a first direction, namely in the plugging direction, and / or functional elements for providing an assembled plug connector module for a plug connector.
  • the connector module is provided for a slot of the connector that has a length that extends in a second direction and that has a width that extends in a third direction, and is designed accordingly.
  • the above module element advantageously has a fixing contour and at least one fixing element designed and arranged to correspond to the fixing contour in such a way that a first module element can be assembled in the second direction with a second module element to form the connector module and can be fixed to one another.
  • the fixing contour and the fixing element are suitably designed and arranged in a form-fitting interlocking manner that the first and second assembled module element and / or the connector module and / or the fixing element are non-rotatable in the first direction and in the second direction and in the third direction, are fixed to one another in a way that prevents them from tilting and shifting.
  • the first wall of the first and second assembled module elements of the connector module touch one another.
  • the fixing contour is suitably formed on a second and / or third and / or fourth wall of the module element, the fixing contour advantageously having at least one gradation with at least one elevation.
  • the gradation of the fixing contour is advantageously formed on all non-touching walls of the assembled module elements, namely the second, third and fourth walls of the module element, the second wall being arranged opposite the first wall and the third wall opposite the fourth wall is arranged.
  • the step formed in the third and fourth wall suitably has an elevation in each case, which can be surrounded in a suitable manner by the step formed in the wall.
  • a coding and / or holding element can be provided on the second wall of the module element.
  • the coding and / or holding element of the module element can be arranged and designed in a suitable manner as in the first embodiment on the second wall of the module element in such a way that the coding and / or holding element of the module element is provided with a coding and / or Holding element cooperates in a form-fitting interlocking manner in such a way that the assembled plug connector module is held and / or fixed in a form-fitting manner at its slot.
  • the module element of the second embodiment of the invention can also suitably be provided on the fixing element instead of the coding and / or holding element of the module element formed on the wall of the module element and / or in addition to the coding and / or holding element of the module element / or have a holding element which is designed and arranged in such a way that the coding and / or holding element of the fixing element interacts positively interlocking with the coding and / or holding element provided at the slot in such a way that the connector module is held and / or in a form-fitting manner at its slot is fixed.
  • the coding and / or holding element of the slot can suitably have a coding that defines an orientation-correct seat of the connector module at its slot.
  • the coding and / or holding element of the slot can be a recess which can have a predetermined width
  • the coding and / or holding element of the module element can be a pin formed as a projection on the wall, which can have a predetermined outer contour with, in particular, a predetermined width.
  • the coding and / or holding element of the fixing element can advantageously be a U-shaped projection formed on the fixing element, which can have a predetermined inner contour and / or predetermined outer contour with, in particular, a predetermined width.
  • the predetermined inner contour of the coding and / or holding element of the fixing element can suitably be formed in a form-fitting manner with the predetermined outer contour of the coding and / or holding element of the module element, and the predetermined outer contour of the coding and / or holding element of the fixing element can suitably be form-fitting be formed with the coding and / or holding element of the slot.
  • the above measures can advantageously provide the correct orientation by means of differently designed coding and / or holding elements by means of the interaction of corresponding correspondingly designed coding and / or holding elements of the slot and the fixing element, the coding and / or holding elements of the module elements advantageously all of the can have the same contour and consequently can be produced comparatively simply and, in particular, inexpensively.
  • the coding and / or holding element of the module element requires only one in Insertion direction acting form fit with the coding and / or holding element of the fixing element, which can be provided by means of only one contour of the coding and / or holding element of the first and / or second module element.
  • the protruding fixing element can in particular advantageously be designed in the shape of a bow with a central section on which a first and second leg are angled opposite one another and parallel to one another.
  • the fixing element can be designed and arranged in such a way that the fixing element positively engages around the second wall of the first module element of the module elements assembled to form the connector module such that the central section of the fixing element engages positively into the gradation of the fixing contour of the second wall of the first module element.
  • the first and / or second leg of the fixing element can be designed and arranged in such a way that the first and / or second leg at least partially engages in the gradation of the third and fourth wall of the first module element.
  • the first and / or second leg can have a first and second recess, which are designed and arranged in a form-fitting manner corresponding to an elevation of the fixing contour of the module element that the in the recess of the fixing contour on the third and / or fourth wall of the first and / or second module element provided elevation positively engages in the first and / or second recess of the first and / or second leg.
  • a first and second module element of an assembled plug connector module can be particularly secure are fixed to one another and, in addition, the first and / or second fixing element are fixed particularly securely on the connector module.
  • the first and second assembled and fixed to one another module element and / or the fixed connector module can also have a first and second fixing element, which are designed and arranged such that the first leg of the first and second fixing element is formed longer than the second leg, and the first leg has the first and second recess corresponding to an elevation of the fixing contour of the first and second module element in a form-fitting manner, while the second leg has no such recess.
  • the central section of the above first fixing element can be designed and arranged to engage positively in the gradation of the fixing contour of the second wall of the first module element, and the central section of the protruding second fixing element can thereby engage positively in the gradation of the fixing contour of the second wall of the second module element be designed and arranged.
  • the first leg of the first fixing element can be arranged in a form-fitting manner adjacent to the second leg of the second fixing element in the gradation of the fixing contour of the fourth wall of the module element, and in addition, the first leg of the second fixing element can be arranged in a form-fitting manner adjacent to the second leg of the first fixing element Be arranged gradation of the fixing contour of the third wall of the first module element.
  • a first and second module element of an assembled plug connector module can be fixed to one another particularly securely.
  • first and second module elements can be assembled and fixed particularly easily with the above first and second fixing element.
  • the first and second fixing element can be arranged in a simple manner on the first and / or second module element so as to engage in a fixing contour of the first and / or second module element in a form-fitting manner even before the first and second module elements are assembled.
  • the protruding first and / or second fixing element can also have at least one hook-shaped bend
  • the third and / or fourth wall of the first and / or second module element can have at least one groove which is arranged and designed to correspond to the hook-shaped bend in a form-fitting manner.
  • the protruding first and / or second fixing element can also have at least one recess which is arranged and designed to correspond to the hook-shaped bend in a form-fitting manner.
  • the groove of the third and / or fourth wall corresponding to the hook-shaped bend and / or the recess of the first and / or second fixing element corresponding to the hook-shaped bend can be arranged and designed in such a way that the hook-shaped bend is positively inserted into the one corresponding to it Groove of the first and / or second assembled module element and / or engages in the recess corresponding to it in the first and / or second fixing element.
  • the first and / or second leg of the first and / or second fixing element can be arranged and designed to overlap with the second and / or first leg of the second and / or first fixing element, the hook-shaped bend with the groove corresponding to it can be arranged and formed in each case on the first and / or second leg of the first and / or second fixing element.
  • the hook-shaped bend and the corresponding groove in the first and / or second module element and / or the recess in the first and / or second fixing element can each be elongated and extend in their longitudinal direction in the plug-in direction.
  • the first and second legs of a further embodiment of the fixing element can have the same length.
  • the first and second legs can each have a first and second angled portion of the leg ends of the first and second fixing element directed towards one another.
  • the central section of the fixing element can be arranged in a form-fitting manner in the gradation of the fixing contour of the second wall of the first module element of the first and second assembled and fixed to one another module element and / or of the fixed connector module.
  • the first and second bends of the leg ends of the fixing element can advantageously be arranged and designed so that they engage with the gradation of the fixing contour of the second wall of the second module element of the first and second assembled and fixed to one another module element and / or of the fixed connector module so that the Third and / or fourth walls of the first and second module element formed elevations of the fixing contour also grip positively into the recesses of the first and second legs of the fixing element.
  • a first and second module element of an assembled plug connector module can be fixed to one another particularly securely, with only one fixing element advantageously being required for this.
  • the central section of the fixing element suitably has a first coding and / or holding element as described above, which interacts with the coding and / or holding element of the slot as described above.
  • the second module element has a second above-described coding and / or holding element on its second wall, which interacts with the coding and / or holding element of the slot.
  • the embodiments of the fixing element described above can be used for simple assembly on the connector module and / or the first and / or second module element and in particular for a desirable secure fixing of the assembled module elements and / or the connector module and / or the fixing element on the modules and / or the connector module can advantageously be designed to be resilient and advantageously have a thickness which corresponds in a form-fitting manner to the depth of the gradation and the height of the elevations of the fixing contours formed on the modules.
  • a module element of a particularly advantageous third embodiment of the invention can suitably have a combination of the features of the above-described first embodiment of the invention having a retaining contour with at least one feature of the above-described second embodiment of the invention having a fixing contour and / or a combination of the features the above-described second embodiment of the invention having a fixing contour with at least one feature of the above-described second embodiment of the invention having a holding contour.
  • the third embodiment of the invention can thus combine all the advantages of the first and / or second embodiment of the invention described above.
  • the above-described module element of the above first, second and third embodiment of the invention can suitably have a width that corresponds to the width of the slot of the connector module and / or corresponds to the width of the slot provided for the connector module, the assembled connector module in the first direction can advantageously have a length which corresponds to the length of the slot and / or corresponds to the length of the slot.
  • the module element can advantageously have a length in the first direction which corresponds to half the length of the slot.
  • the first, second, third and fourth wall of the module element can also suitably form a circumferential wall of the module element that extends in the plugging direction, so that a particularly compact module element is provided with efficient use of the space available for the connector module.
  • the fixing contour of the module element of the second and / or third embodiment of the invention can also advantageously be formed and arranged on a third section of the module element that extends in the plug-in direction and at least partially overlaps with the first and / or second section in the plug-in direction, so that over the fixing contour a desirable material and / or contour compensation of the holding contour of the first and / or third embodiment can be provided.
  • the invention also relates in particular to a connector module for accommodating plug-in contact means and / or functional elements for a connector, the connector module being provided for a slot in the connector.
  • the contact means of the connector module extend in a first direction which corresponds to the plug-in direction of the connector module.
  • the slot has a length that extends in a second direction and a width that extends in a third direction.
  • the connector module is advantageously composed of at least one first and second module element according to the first and / or second and / or third embodiment of the invention described above, and accordingly also has the mentioned advantages of the mentioned embodiments.
  • the slot can suitably be provided by a module frame provided for the connector, which has two side walls extending parallel to one another in the third direction, which are spaced from one another in the first direction, the spacing of the side walls suitably corresponding to the length of the slot .
  • the module frame can advantageously have a multiplicity of plug-in locations located next to one another and arranged one after the other in the third direction for a multiplicity of connector modules.
  • At least one of the module elements of the above connector module and / or a module element according to an embodiment of the invention can suitably have a contact means and / or a functional element, the functional element being exemplary and advantageously a suitable sensor system for monitoring at least one operating state of the connector and / or Connector module and / or module element can be.
  • the contact means can be suitable, for example, for the transmission of, for example, signals and currents of digital, analog, electrical, pneumatic, mechanical, optical or hydraulic type
  • the module element can, according to an embodiment of the invention, be suitable for accommodating the contact means as described above be trained.
  • FIG 1A shows a module frame 2 suitable for a plug connector module 4M according to an embodiment of the invention, which is for use in an in Figure 1B shown connector housing 1 of a modular connector is suitable.
  • the module frame 2 is an articulated frame with two parallel, opposite side walls 20, each of which has codings K1, K2 for correctly oriented, intended insertion of a connector module 3 and / or 4M into the module frame 2.
  • the module frame 2 of Figure 1A is designed to accommodate six connector modules 3 and / or 4M arranged next to one another and one after the other in the longitudinal direction of the module frame 2, the connector modules 3 and / or 4M each having different contact inserts and / or contact means can, and wherein the connector modules 4M can also in particular also have functional elements such as, for example, a sensor system for detecting an operating state, for example of a connector module 4M.
  • the direction in which the parallel side walls 20 of the module frame 2 extend namely the longitudinal direction of the module frame 2
  • the Y direction the direction in which the parallel side walls 20 of the module frame 2 are spaced from each other, namely the width direction of the module frame 2
  • the X direction the direction in which the parallel side walls 20 of the module frame 2 are spaced from each other.
  • the connector modules 3 and 4M are designed to be inserted adjacent to one another, successively in the Y direction, namely in the longitudinal direction of the module frame 2 in the slots P of the module frame 2 provided for them.
  • a slot P has a width B in the Y direction and a length L in the X direction, which correspond to the width B and the length L of the connector modules 3 and 4M.
  • the connector modules 3 and / or 4M can have a width in their width direction that corresponds to the width of their slot P in the module frame 2, and in their longitudinal direction they have a length that corresponds to the length of their slot P.
  • a plug connector module 3 and / or 4M inserted as intended in the module frame 2 has a coding and / or holding element 35 and / or coding and / or holding element 45 and / or coding and / or coding on its walls arranged adjacent to the side walls 20. or holding element 55, which each form a positive fit with the coding and / or holding elements 25 of the side walls 20 correspond, so that an orientation-correct insertion of a connector module 3 and / or 4M into the module frame 20 is ensured.
  • the coding and / or holding elements 25, 35 and / or 25, 45, 55 corresponding to one another can be provided by means of recesses 25 in the side walls 20 and on the named walls of the connector modules 3 and / or 4M and corresponding to the recesses 25 35 and / or pegs 45 and / or projections 55 can be provided, each of which can have a coding K1, K2 that corresponds to one another, in particular in terms of their width.
  • the module frame 2 designed for a maximum of six connector modules 3 and / or 4M from Figure 1A is incompletely equipped for a better understanding of the invention, with four connector modules 3 as intended and one connector module 3 incompletely inserted in the module frame 2 and a slot P with its width B in the Y direction and its length L in the X direction in the module frame 2 is exposed .
  • Connector modules 3 and / or 4M extend with their contact inserts having contact means in the plug-in direction S and extend in their longitudinal direction in direction X, and in their width direction in direction Y.
  • Fig. 2 shows a perspective view of a module element 4 according to an embodiment of the invention.
  • the module element 4 has, for example, a plug-in insert suitable for accommodating power contacts, the module element 4 being designed such that its correspondingly housed contact means extend in a direction S which corresponds to the plug-in direction S of the module element 4.
  • the module element 4, which is suitably made of plastic, has an inner contour and an outer contour suitable for its plug-in insert and its contact means, in particular also for its walls.
  • a holding contour 41, 42 is formed on a first wall 401 that is visible in the drawing and extends in the insertion direction S and in the Y direction.
  • the holding contour 41, 42 is suitably formed on a first 412 and second 421 opposite edge of the first wall 401 extending in the plug-in direction S, so that the holding contour 41, 42 advantageously takes up the space of the module element 4 required for the plug-in insert and the contact means not affected.
  • the first edge 412 of the first wall 401 is designed as a second step 42.
  • the second edge 421 of the first wall 401 opposite the first edge 412 is designed and arranged in the second section S2 as a second projection 41 such that the second projection 41 corresponds to the second step 42 in a form-fitting manner.
  • the further fourth wall 404 which is visible in the drawing and extends in the X direction, has the edge 421 in common with the first wall 401.
  • the module element 4 has the length L4 in the X direction and the width B in the Y direction .
  • the width B and the length L4 of the module element 4 suitably correspond to the width B and half the length of the connector module 4M for which the module element 4 is provided, as well as the width B and the length L of the slot P provided for the connector module 4M .
  • an advantageous retaining contour 41, 42 is provided which allows two module elements 4 to be assembled in the X direction to form a connector module 4M according to an embodiment of the invention, the first walls 401 of the module elements 4 of the assembled plug connector module 4M are arranged adjacent to one another and touch one another and the holding contours 41, 42 formed on the first 412 and second 421 edges of the first walls 401 engage with one another in a form-fitting manner.
  • the module elements 4, which are combined to form a connector module 4M are advantageously held together in the plug-in direction S, in the X direction and in the Y direction by means of the interacting holding contours 41, 42 of the module elements 4, and in addition, in the plug-in direction and held in the Y direction so that it cannot move.
  • the length of the first section S1 and the length of the second section S2 are advantageously designed to be different, which ensures correct orientation of a first and second module element 4 in the plugging direction S when they are assembled in the X direction.
  • Fig. 3 shows a perspective view of a further module element 4 according to an embodiment of the invention, which with its dimensions corresponds to the module element 4 of the embodiment of Fig. 2 corresponds to and different from the module element 4 of the embodiment of Fig. 2 instead of the holding contour 41, 42 has a fixing contour 43, 44 which is described below with reference to Figures 7A, 7B , 8A and 8B
  • the fixing element 5 described corresponds and interacts in a form-fitting manner such that two module elements 4 arranged adjacent to one another with their first walls 401 can be fixed to one another by means of at least one fixing element 5 cooperating with the fixing contour 43, 44 and form a connector module 4M according to an embodiment of the invention.
  • the fixing contour 43, 44 has a flat step 43, which extends in a third section S3 in the plug-in direction S of the module element 4 over all walls of the module element 4 with the exception of the first wall 401.
  • a flat elevation 44 is formed in the flat step 43, which rises up to the level of the non-stepped section of the wall 404.
  • the third wall 403 opposite the fourth wall 404 and not visible in the drawing is designed mirror-symmetrically to the fourth wall 404 in this embodiment of the invention, so that the fixing contour 43, 44 with a step 43 and an elevation 44 in the two opposite walls 403 and 404 is formed.
  • the fixing contour 43, 44 On the second wall 400 opposite the first wall 401 and also not visible in the drawing, the fixing contour 43, 44 has only the gradation 43 and no elevation 44.
  • the depth of the gradation 43 of the fixing contour 43, 44 corresponds to the thickness of the at least one fixing element 5, which is positively connected to the Fixing contour 43, 44 cooperates in such a way that fixing element 5 engages around a connector module 4M composed of two module elements 4 in a clamp-like manner and in this way fixes its two module elements 4, which are arranged adjacent to one another with their first walls 401, to one another.
  • the module elements 4 are advantageously fixed to one another so as to be secure against twisting, tilting and shifting in any direction.
  • FIG. 4 shows a further module element 4 according to an embodiment of the invention, which has all of the features of the embodiments of the module elements 4 from FIG Fig. 2 and Fig. 3 and accordingly combines all the advantages of the two versions, with reference to the preceding description with reference to FIG Fig. 2 and Fig. 3 is referred.
  • the section S3, in which the fixing contour 43, 44 extends in the plug-in direction S of the module element 4 both with the first Section S1 as well as the second section S2, in which the holding contour 41, 42 is formed in each case, which apart from that as well as in the embodiment of the module element 4 from FIG Fig. 2 extends in the plug-in direction S of the module element 4 over its full length.
  • FIG. 4 shows two reduced representations of the module element 4 from FIG Fig. 4 from different perspectives, the first wall 401 having the holding contour 41, 42 being visible in each case and the in FIG Figure 5A right illustration of the module element 4 of the in Fig. 4 illustrated perspective of the module element 4 corresponds.
  • FIG Fig. 2 described fourth wall 404 opposite third wall 403 in the left illustration of the module element 4 of FIG Figure 5A visible.
  • the two opposing walls 403 and 404 differ only in their first 412 and second 421 edges, which are common to the wall 401 and which are as described above with reference to FIG Fig. 2 are designed and arranged to correspond to one another in a form-fitting manner.
  • FIG. 4 shows the modular elements 4 of FIG Figure 5A assembled to form a plug connector module 4M according to one embodiment of the invention, the first walls 401 being arranged adjacent to one another and in contact and the holding contours 41, 42 of the first walls 401 interlocking with one another in a form-fitting manner.
  • the two module elements 4 are assembled in the X direction and form the connector module 4M, the assembled module elements 4 being advantageously secure against rotation in the first plugging direction S, in the X direction and in the Y direction by means of the interacting retaining contours 41, 42 of the module elements 4 are held together securely against tilting and, moreover, are held together in the first plug-in direction S and in the Y direction so as to be secure against displacement. Only in the direction X, in which the two module elements 4 are also assembled, the module elements 4 can be separated again in the opposite direction to each other, after which the direction X is the only degree of freedom that the interacting holding contours 41, 42 of the assembled Allow module elements 4.
  • the connector module 4M composed of the two module elements 4 of the embodiment of Figure 5B , which is also provided with a fixing element 5 cooperating with its fixing contour 43, 44, is shown in FIG Figure 5B and Figure 11B shown.
  • the connector module 4M from Figure 11B is suitable for use in a modular connector and / or in a module frame 2 of a connector.
  • the connector module 4M can be used with reference to FIG Figure 1A described module frame 2 with corresponding dimensions of the distance between its side walls 20, the side walls 20 of the module frame 2 additionally prevent a separation of the assembled module elements 4 in the X direction effectively. In this way, the plug connector module 4M inserted into its slot P in a module frame 2 as intended is held securely and ready for its intended use.
  • the module element 4 of the embodiment of Fig. 4 , 5A and 5B on its second wall 400 opposite the first wall 401 have a suitable coding and / or holding element 45 which, in accordance with the method described with reference to FIG Figure 1A described coding and / or holding element 25 of the side walls 20 of the module frame 2 can have a coding K1 and K2, which corresponds positively to the respective coding and / or holding element 25.
  • the coding and / or holding element 45 can be provided by means of a pin 45 and / or projection suitably designed and arranged on the second wall 400, in particular with a width corresponding to the coding K1, K2.
  • Figure 6A shows two perspective representations of a module element 4 according to an embodiment of the invention from different perspectives, which are essentially the perspectives of the two module elements 4 of the embodiment of FIG Figure 5A correspond.
  • the module element 4 of the execution of Figure 6A is also made of plastic and has like the module element 4 of Figure 5A likewise a retaining contour 41, 42 and a fixing contour 43, 44, which are designed to be suitable for assembling and fixing the module elements 4 to form a connector module 4M according to an embodiment of the invention.
  • a plug insert with an inner contour suitable for the use of contact means of a signal line, and an outer contour corresponding to the inner contour with a plurality of recesses to provide material compensation for the wall thickness of the module element 4.
  • the holding contour 41, 42 and the fixing contour 44, 45 are partially affected by the recesses mentioned, according to which, for example, the second projection 41 formed on the second edge 421 of the first wall 401 can be interrupted.
  • the two module elements 4 of the embodiment of Figure 6A are suitably designed to be assembled into a connector module 4M according to an embodiment of the invention
  • the module element 4 of the embodiment of Figure 6A also advantageous with the module element 4 of the embodiment of Fig. 4 and Figure 5A is compatible and also with the module element 4 of the execution of Fig. 4 and Figure 5A can be assembled into a connector module 4M according to an embodiment of the invention.
  • FIG. 6B shows three connector modules 4M according to an embodiment of the invention in the plug-in direction from above, the connector module 4M shown above in the drawing by means of two module elements 4 of the embodiment from FIG Figure 6A is provided.
  • FIG. 7A shows a fixing element 5 suitable for a module element 4 and / or a connector module 4M according to an embodiment of the invention.
  • the fixing element 5 can be formed from a suitable plastic and in particular from a suitable metal with suitable spring properties, such as VA sheet metal or spring steel.
  • the fixing element 5 is designed in a form-fitting manner with the fixing contour 43, 44 of the module element 4 in such a way that a first and second fixing element 5 each form a form-fitting connection with the fixing contour 34, 44 of a first and second one Plug connector module 4M engages assembled module element 4 and thereby the assembled module elements 4 are fixed to one another in a twist-proof, tilt-proof and shift-proof manner in the plug-in direction S, Y-direction and X-direction.
  • the fixing element 5 has a thickness which corresponds to the depth of the gradation 43 of the fixing contour 43, 44, and recesses 54 which are arranged and designed to correspond to the elevations 44 of two assembled module elements 4.
  • the fixing element 5 is designed in the shape of a bow with a central section 50. On the central section 50, legs 52 which are angled in one direction and formed and arranged parallel to one another extend.
  • the central section 50 of the fixing element 5 is provided for form-fitting use on the second wall 400 of the module elements 4, which is opposite the first wall 401, and is designed accordingly.
  • One leg 52 of the two angled legs 52 is made comparatively shorter, the short leg 52 being provided and correspondingly configured and arranged to encompass a common edge of the first wall 400 with the third wall 403 of the module element 4 in a form-fitting manner.
  • the comparatively longer leg 52 is intended to encompass a common edge of the second wall 400 with the fourth wall 404 of the module element 4 in a form-fitting manner, the third 403 and fourth 404 walls of the module element 4 being arranged opposite one another.
  • the third wall 403 also has the first edge 412 in common with the first wall 401
  • the fourth wall 404 also has the second edge 421 in common with the first wall 401, wherein here in this regard also to the description with reference to FIG Fig. 2 and Fig. 4 is referred.
  • the longer leg 52 also has recesses 54 which are arranged and designed in such a way that the recesses 54 each correspond in a form-fitting manner with an elevation 44 described above of the module elements 4 assembled to form a connector module 4M.
  • a coding and / or holding element 55 designed as an essentially U-shaped projection can also be provided in a suitable manner, which can be designed to correspond to a coding and / or holding element 25 of a module frame 2.
  • the coding and / or holding elements 55 and 25 can have codes K1, K2 which differ in their dimensions and / or design and in particular in their width.
  • the above description of the coding and / or holding elements 25 is made with reference to FIG Figure 1A referenced.
  • the coding and / or holding element 55 can furthermore have an inner contour which corresponds to the contour of a peg 45 formed on the first wall 400 of a module element 4, in this context also referring to the description with reference to FIG Figure 11B is referred.
  • the two legs 52 suitably together have a length which is designed such that the ends of the legs 52 of two fixing elements 5 inserted as intended into the fixing contour 43, 44 of two assembled module elements 4 are arranged adjacent to one another.
  • the fixing element 5 of the embodiment of Figure 7A can also have at least one angled hook 56 for positive locking with, for example, at least one groove, which can be designed and arranged to correspond to the hook 56 on at least one wall of the module element 4.
  • FIG Figure 7B An example of a fixing element 5 having a protruding hook 56 is shown in FIG Figure 7B shown, the hook 56 being exemplarily and advantageously formed on a recess 54 of the fixing element 5 and advantageously extending perpendicular to the direction X in which the module elements 4 are assembled.
  • a hook 56 can also be provided in a suitable manner, for example, on at least one end of a leg 52.
  • FIG 8A shows a further fixing element 5 suitable for a module element 4 and / or a plug connector module 4M according to an embodiment of the invention, which like the one with reference to FIG Figure 7A
  • the fixing element 5 described has a central section 50 with two legs 52 angled at the central section 50.
  • One leg 52 of the two angled legs 52 is comparatively short, the short leg 52 being provided and correspondingly configured and arranged to encompass the common edge of the first wall 400 with the third wall 403 of a module element 4 in a form-fitting manner.
  • the second, comparatively longer leg 52 is essentially like the leg 52 of the above with reference to FIG Figure 7A described embodiment of the fixing element 5 arranged and designed, so that reference is made here to the above description in this regard.
  • the longer leg 52 of the fixing element 5 has Figure 8A also has an aforementioned hook 56 provided at its end.
  • the shorter leg 52 has a recess 560 which is designed and arranged to correspond to the hook 56 in a form-fitting manner.
  • the hook 56 and the recess 560 advantageously extend perpendicular to the direction X, in which two module elements 4 can be assembled to form the connector module 4M.
  • the longer leg 52 having the hook 56 has a length which is selected such that two fixing elements 5 inserted with their central section 50 as intended in the step 43 formed on the first wall 400 of a module element 4 of an assembled connector module 4M overlap with the ends of their respective first and second legs 52 in such a way that the hook 56 of a fixing element 5 interacts positively with the recess 560 in such a way that the two module elements 4 combined to form a connector module 4M are fixed to one another and the two fixing elements 5 to one another and are fixed to the connector module 4M.
  • the assembled module elements 4 are fixed to one another in any direction and / or plane so as to be secure against rotation, tilting and shifting.
  • the recess 560 formed in the short leg is also advantageously T-shaped and extends from its section extending perpendicular to the direction X, which interacts positively with the hook 56, suitably to the edge of the fixing element 5, which in the Angling of its short leg 52 is formed. This measure advantageously ensures that the leg 52 having the recess 560 is not damaged when it is formed by means of the intended angling from the central section 50.
  • Figure 8B shows another bracket-shaped fixing element 5 suitable for a module element 4 and / or a connector module 4M according to an embodiment of the invention, which is positively connected to the fixing contour 43, 44 of the connector module 4M and / or the module elements 4 assembled to form the connector module 4M in the X direction cooperates that the assembled module elements 4 are fixed to one another in any direction and / or plane so that they are secure against rotation, tilting and shifting.
  • the fixing element 5 of the embodiment of Figure 8B has as the above-described fixing elements 5 of the embodiment of Figures 7A, 7B and 8A a central section 50, at which two legs 52 extending parallel to one another are angled, for which reason reference is made to the above description in this regard.
  • the two legs 52 each have two recesses 54, which are designed and arranged to correspond to the elevations 44 of the fixing contour 43, 44 such that the recesses 54, when the fixing element 2 is arranged as intended, on two assembled in the X direction to form the connector module 4M Module elements 4 interact with the elevations 44 of the fixing contour 43, 44 of the module elements 4.
  • the two legs 52 also each have an angled portion 51 facing one another at their ends opposite the central section 50 of the fixing element 5.
  • the length of the legs 52 is selected in a predetermined manner such that the two bends 51 encompass the two edges of the first wall 400 of the module element 4 spaced apart from the central section 50 of the fixing element 5 in a form-fitting manner such that the two assembled module elements 4 in any direction and / or planes are fixed to one another in a manner secure against rotation, tilting and displacement, and that the fixing element 5 is also fixed to the connector module 4M and / or the module elements 4.
  • FIG. 9 shows a with a fixing element 5 of the embodiment of Figure 7A provided module element 4 of Fig. 4 ;
  • FIG. 10 shows the module element 4 from FIG. 1 provided with a fixing element 5 Fig. 9 from a different perspective; and
  • Figure 11A FIG. 12 shows a common reduced representation of the module elements 4 from FIG Fig. 9 and Fig. 10 .
  • FIG 11B finally shows the two module elements 4 each provided with a fixing element 5 from FIG Fig. 9 and Fig. 10 assembled to form a connector module 4M according to an embodiment of the invention.
  • the fixing contour 43, 44 of the module element 4 is formed on its first 400, third 403 and fourth 404 wall in a form-fitting manner corresponding to the fixing element 5 that a fixing element 5 inserted as intended in the fixing contour 43, 44 in the step 43 of the fixing contour 43, 44 of the module element 4 is held.
  • the two legs 52 of the fixing element 5 encompass the two edges of the second wall 400 extending in the plug-in direction S of the module element 4 in such a form-fitting manner that they are held in the steps 43 of the holding contour 43, 44 formed in the opposing third 403 and fourth 404 walls are.
  • the central section 50 of the fixing element 5 is positively seated in the step 43 formed in the first wall 400 Fixing contour 43, 44 of a module element 4.
  • the longer leg 52 having the two recesses 54 is inserted in a form-fitting manner into the step 43 of the retaining contour 43, 44 of the fourth wall 404 of the module element 4 in such a way that the elevation 44 positively engages in a recess 54 of the longer leg 52.
  • the holding contour 43, 44 extends in a third section S3 in the plug-in direction S of the module element 4, which advantageously partially overlaps the first S1 and second S2 sections of the module element 4, which also extend in the plug-in direction S.
  • projections 41 and steps 42 corresponding to one another in a form-fitting manner on the first S1 and second section S2 are formed on the opposing edges 412 and 421 of the first wall 401 of the module element 4, a retaining contour 41, 42 being provided by means of the projections 41 and the steps 42 described above with reference to FIG Fig. 2 and Fig. 4 is described.
  • the holding contours 41, 42 of the module elements 4 engage with one another in a form-fitting manner.
  • the The exposed elevation 44 of the fixing contour 43, 44 of the third wall 403 of a module element 4 in each case into the exposed recess 54 of the fixing element 5, which is seated with its central section 50 on the adjacent module element 4, in a form-fitting manner in such a way that the two module elements 4 by means of their interlocking retaining contours 41 , 42 and by means of the interaction of the fixing elements 5 with the fixing contours 43, 44 are advantageously fixed to one another in a twist-proof, tilt-proof and shift-proof manner, a connector module 4M being provided according to one embodiment of the invention, which has two similar module elements 4.
  • the fixing element 5 of the embodiment of Figure 7A of the connector module 4M of the embodiment of the invention described above can, as well as the fixing element 5 of the embodiment of Figure 7B and Figure 8A have a coding and / or holding element 55, in particular designed as a U-shaped projection on the upper edge of the central section 50, which corresponds in a form-fitting manner in particular to the width and / or coding K1, K2 of a coding and / or holding element 25 in particular a module frame 2 can be formed, so that an orientation-correct insertion of the connector module 4M provided with two fixing elements 5 is provided.
  • the module elements 4 can have a pin 45 on their second wall 400, which is designed to cooperate positively with the central section 50 of the fixing element 5, which pin 45 is designed in such a way that the pin 45, independently of the coding K1, K2 of the on the central section 50, in particular essentially U-shaped coding and / or holding element 55 is accommodated in the coding and / or holding element 55 during the fixation of the two assembled module elements 4 by means of the fixing element 5 that in particular a lower edge of the Pin 45 rests against a lower edge of the coding and / or holding element 55.
  • the fixing element 5 of the embodiment of Figure 7A of the connector module 4M of the embodiment of the invention described above can, as well as the fixing element 5 of the embodiment of Figure 7B and Figures 8A and 8B can also be formed without a coding and / or holding element 55 formed on the fixing element 5.
  • a corresponding coding of the plug connector module 4M can be provided by means of suitably designed and arranged coding and / or holding elements 45.
  • the coding and / or holding elements 45 can be provided in a suitable manner by means of pegs 45 provided with a corresponding coding K1, K2 and formed and arranged on the wall 400 of the module elements 4.
  • a fixing element 5 suitable for such coding and / or holding elements 45 can have a recess corresponding to the coding and / or holding elements 45 in place of the coding and / or holding element 55 designed as a projection 55 as described above, which recess is suitably designed in this way It can be that for a desirable uniform transmission of plugging and / or pulling forces to the module elements 4 and the fixing elements 5 of the connector module 4M, in particular a lower edge of the coding and / or holding elements 45 in the plugging direction S rests on an edge of the recess of the fixing elements 5 .
  • the coding and / or holding elements 55 of a fixing element 5 described above can also be arranged and designed in such a way that the connector module 4M can be connected by means of the coding and / or holding elements 55 and / or or 45 is also suitably held in its intended position in, for example, a module frame 2, also with the correct orientation.
  • Fig. 12 shows a further connector module 4M according to an embodiment of the invention, which is essentially the embodiment of Figure 11B corresponds and that also two composite modular elements 4 of the embodiment of Fig. 4 has, which by means of two fixing elements 5 of the embodiment of Figure 7B are fixed to each other, which is why in this regard to the above description of the connector module 4M of Figure 11B is referred.
  • a hook 56 which extends in the plug-in direction S at a recess 54 of the fixing elements 5 and which interacts positively with a groove suitably arranged and formed on the module elements 4 in such a way that the assembled module elements 4 are particularly secure in their position on one another, particularly in the X direction are fixed.
  • FIG. 4 shows a further connector module 4M according to an embodiment of the invention, which is different from the connector module 4M of FIG Figure 11B and Fig. 12 two composite modular elements 4 of the embodiment of Figure 6A having, the module elements 4 by means of a fixing element 5 of the embodiment of Figure 8A are fixed to one another in a twist-proof, tilt-proof and shift-proof manner.
  • the positively interlocking retaining contours 41, 42 of the module elements 4 fix the module elements 4 assembled to form the connector module 4M so that they cannot rotate or tilt in the plug-in direction S and in the X and Y directions and also secure against displacement in the plug-in direction S and in the Y direction.
  • the two fixing elements 5, which are designed and arranged in a form-fitting manner corresponding to the fixing contour 43, 44 of the module elements 4, and also with their hooks 56 in a form-fitting manner with their recesses 560, fix the assembled module elements 4 so as to be secure against rotation, tilting and displacement in any direction .
  • the fixing element 5 formed with the hook 56 and the recess 560 is particularly suitable for fixing a module element 4 of the embodiment from FIG Figure 6A after a module element 4 of this embodiment has a plurality of recesses formed in its wall.
  • the coding and / or holding elements 55 and / or pins 45 of the embodiment of the connector module 4M from Fig. 13 can, like the coding and / or holding elements 55 and / or pins 45 described above, of the embodiment of Figure 11B be trained.
  • Fig. 14 shows a further connector module 4M according to an embodiment of the invention, which is a module element 4 of the embodiment of Fig. 4 and a module element 4 of the embodiment of FIG Figure 6A having.
  • the two module elements 4 are designed to be compatible with each other and put together to form the connector module 4M, their holding contours 41, 42 interlocking with one another in a form-fitting manner such that the assembled module elements 4 are secured against twisting and tilting in the plug-in direction S and in the X-direction and Y-direction and also in the plug-in direction S and Y direction are fixed to one another so that they cannot move.
  • the connector module 4M also has a fixing element 5 of the embodiment of Figure 8B which is inserted into the fixing contour 34, 44 in a form-fitting manner as intended and, in addition, the two module elements 4 are fixed to one another so as to be secure against rotation, tilting and displacement in any direction.
  • the free-standing peg 45 of the module element 4, formed on the wall 400 of the module element 4 shown on the right in the drawing, is suitably designed as a coding and / or holding element 45, which has a corresponding coding K1, K2 for an orientation-correct use of the connector module 4M.
  • the pin 45 designed as a coding and / or holding element 45 reference is made here to the above in the description of the embodiment of the connector module 4M from FIG Figure 11B Said referenced.

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