US3137535A - Electrical connection insulating housings - Google Patents

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US3137535A
US3137535A US175697A US17569762A US3137535A US 3137535 A US3137535 A US 3137535A US 175697 A US175697 A US 175697A US 17569762 A US17569762 A US 17569762A US 3137535 A US3137535 A US 3137535A
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John C Collier
Obert Luciano
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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
    • H01R13/64—Means for preventing incorrect coupling
    • 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
    • H01R13/6271—Latching means 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
    • H01R13/40—Securing contact members in or to a base or case; Insulating of contact members
    • H01R13/42—Securing in a demountable manner
    • H01R13/428—Securing in a demountable manner by resilient locking means on the contact members; by locking means on resilient contact members
    • H01R13/432—Securing in a demountable manner by resilient locking means on the contact members; by locking means on resilient contact members by stamped-out resilient tongue snapping behind shoulder in base or case

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  • This invention relates to electrical connector housings, particularly to bipartite housings that have integral means for aligning and securing the parts in assembled relationship.
  • An object of the invention is to provide housings that can be assembled or disassembled from each other without the necessity of tools.
  • a further object of the invention is to provide housings which can receive a wide range of conductor wire sizes due to the configuration and size of openings provided for this purpose.
  • a further object is to provide housings which do not require expensive supplemental components, such as clamps or fasteners, for holding the housing parts together.
  • an insulating plug housing and an insulating socket housing which independently and respectively contain the electrical contacts to be joined in connection.
  • Typical housings carry the contact blades and the contact receptacles in separate housings. It is to be noted that in the instant invention, the contact blade is contained within the socket housing and the contact receptacle is contained within the plug housing.
  • the plug housing is characterized by being provided with one or more longitudinal ribs on one face and one or more longitudinal ribs on the other face, said ribs are suitably tapered and terminate with a step, while the socket housing is provided with an accommodating step receiving portion in order to provide for an improved means for snap lock engagement by the steps of said longitudinal ribs when these two housings are joined together.
  • FIGURE 1 is an axonometrical sketch of the plug and socket insulating housing parts, unassembled, in accordance with the invention
  • FIGURE 2 is a perspective view of the plug insulating housing, revealing the opposite end and the bottom portion thereof;
  • FIGURE 3 shows a section of the plug housing taken along lines 3-3 of FIGURE 1;
  • FIGURE 4 is an end view of the socket housing revealing the opposite end from what is shown in FIGURE 1;
  • FIGURE 5 is a section of the socket housing taken along lines 5-5 of FIGURE 4;
  • FIGURE 6 is a perspective view of the plug and socket insulating housings assembled for the purpose of connecting a series of lead wires
  • FIGURE 7 is a sectional view taken along lines 7-7 of FIGURE 6, showing the contact blade and the contact receptacle in connection;
  • FIGURE 8 is an enlarged partial side view taken along lines 8-8 of FIGURE 7.
  • FIGURE 1 shows a bipartite housing assembly in disconnected relationship made according to the invention.
  • Housing plug part 2 is formed so as to fit into the socket housing 10.
  • Each part being formed with a series of passageways or through opening 4 for receiving and retaining an array of contact elements, said elements can best be seen in FIGURES 7 and 8.
  • These housing parts carry contact blades and contact receptacles, such contact elements being well known in the art and form no part of the invention.
  • the rear end openings 6 of socket 4 are enlarged in relation to normal size so as to permit the usage of conductor wires with heavier insulation and hence of greater diameter.
  • a tapered rib 8 projects from an outer sidewall of housing 2 and is slightly tapered to extend rearwardly from the front edge of the plug housing to terminate in an elevated step 8a in order to polarize and to prevent housing 2 from being wrongly fitted together or assembled with the socket insulating housing 10.
  • Socket housing 10 is formed with a matching channel 12 for receiving the rib 8 that is located on the plug housing 2.
  • the toth-shaped members can be seen in FIG-.
  • cavity 22 serves as a socket for the plug insulating housing 2.
  • projections 24 as can be seen in FIGURES 1, 5 or 7, arranged parallel to the rim of the mouth in the said cavity.
  • projections 24 cooperate with the extremities 18A of the teeth 18 which form part of plug insulating housing 2, and also with the extremity 8A of the tapered rib 8 which also is a segment of the plug insulating housing 2. It will be noted that when the plug and socket insulating housing are fitted together, no tools are required.
  • the housings can also be disassembled one from the other by manually disengaging the plug from the socket housing. This operation is also accomplished without the use of tools.
  • rib 8 and teeth 16 are substantially tapered and they are so formed in order that, in addition to performing the above mentioned functions, they can facilitate the insertion of plug insulating housing 2 into the socket insulating housing 10.
  • a housing assembly for electrical contact sets comprising plug and socket parts of resilient insulating material, a polarizing and longitudinally extending rib and channel along adjacent sides of said respective parts, at least said rib being tapered along the longitudinal axis to press the opposed sides of said parts opposite said adjacent sides forcefully together upon inserting the plug part into the socket part, longitudinal tooth means and plural transverse projections on said opposed sides, said tooth means being tapered to terminate in a stop shoulder disposed to engage behind one of said projections according to the insertion depth of said plug part into said 4 socket part determined by interengagement of said rib and channel.
  • plural transverse projections are provided adjacent the insertion end of said channel to cooperate with the rear edge of said polarizing rib to secure said parts together.

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US3745510A (en) * 1971-07-02 1973-07-10 Interdyne Co Printed circuit board/integrated circuit socket combination
US4012106A (en) * 1975-06-20 1977-03-15 Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Company Insulated terminal construction
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US4012106A (en) * 1975-06-20 1977-03-15 Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Company Insulated terminal construction
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