US3409866A - Open seam plug and socket connector - Google Patents

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US3409866A
US3409866A US532905A US53290566A US3409866A US 3409866 A US3409866 A US 3409866A US 532905 A US532905 A US 532905A US 53290566 A US53290566 A US 53290566A US 3409866 A US3409866 A US 3409866A
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Roggeveen Franciscus Cornelis
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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
    • 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
    • H01R11/11—End pieces or tapping pieces for wires, supported by the wire and for facilitating electrical connection to some other wire, terminal or conductive member
    • H01R11/22—End pieces terminating in a spring clip
    • 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
    • H01R11/11—End pieces or tapping pieces for wires, supported by the wire and for facilitating electrical connection to some other wire, terminal or conductive member
    • H01R11/28—End pieces consisting of a ferrule or sleeve
    • 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
    • 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
    • H01R13/04—Pins or blades for co-operation with sockets
    • H01R13/05—Resilient pins or blades
    • H01R13/052—Resilient pins or blades co-operating with sockets having a circular transverse section
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T403/00—Joints and connections
    • Y10T403/36—Three or more serial joints, at least one diverse
    • Y10T403/364—Separable intermediate joint

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  • a plug and socket connector assembly comprises a plug connector member having a plug contact portion formed as a split tubular sleeve having an open longitudinal seam with a pair of opposed edges and a mating socket connector member having a socket contact portion also formed as a split tubular sleeve provided with an open longitudinal seal with edges along the seam inwardly turned to form inwardly directed opposed flange portions, the plug contact portion slida-bly fitting within the socket contact portion with the opposed edges of the plug contact portion engaging respective flanges of the socket contact portion at remote sides of the flanges and an outer surface portion of the plug contact portion engaging an inner surface portion of the socket contact portion at least at locations remote from the flanges.
  • the present invention relates to a plug and socket connector assembly for electrical connections.
  • a plug and socket connector assembly comprises a plug connector member having a plug contact portion formed as a split tubular sleeve having an open longitudinal seam with a pair of opposed edges and a mating socket connector member having a socket contact portion also formed as a split tubular sleeve having an open longitudinal seam with edges along the seam inwardly turned to form inwardly directed opposed flange portions, the plug contact portion slidably fitting within the socket contact portion with the opposed edges of the plug contact portion engaging respective flanges of the socket contact portion at remote sides of the flanges, and an outer surface portion of the plug contact portion engaging an inner surface portion of the socket contact portion at least at locations remote from the flanges.
  • FIGURE 1 is a side elevation of the plug and Socket connector assembly in the engaged condition
  • FIGURE 2 is a plan view of the connector assembly of FIGURE 1 in disengaged condition
  • FIGURE 3 is a cross-sectional view taken on line 3--3 of FIGURE 1;
  • FIGURE 4 is a cross-sectional view similar to that of FIGURE 3 but of a modified connector assembly.
  • the connector assembly illustrated in FIGURES 1 to 3 comprises a plug connector 2 and a socket connector 4.
  • the socket connector 4 comprises a rear lead wire crimping ferrule 6 for connection to a conductor wire 38 and a forward socket contact portion 8 integrally joined by a transition section 10 of the form of half a frustum of a cone configuration.
  • the socket portion 8 is formed as a split tubular sleeve having a longitudinal straight open seam 12 (see in particular FIGURE 2) at which edges of the sleeve are folded in as seen in FIGURE 3, to present a pair of inwardly directed substantially radial opposed flanges 14.
  • the sleeve 8 is of substantially circular cross-section.
  • the plug connector 2 is formed with a rear crimping ferrule 16 for connection to a conductor wire 40' and a forward plug contact portion 18 integrally joined by a transition section 20 of the form of half a frustum of a cone configuration.
  • the plug contact portion 18 comprises a split tubular sleeve having a straight longitudinal open seam 22 at which edges 24, 26 of the sleeve are opposed in spaced relationship. The edges 24, 26 are straight but slope rearwardly towards each other as seen in FIGURE 2 to present a rearwardly tapering slot 28. The mouth of the slot 28 is forwardly flared at 30 by arcuate edge portions.
  • the plug contact portion 18 is of circular cylindrical form and has an outer diameter slightly less than the internal diameter of the socket sleeve 8. The tapered slot 28 is wider at its flared mouth than the distance between remote sides of flanges 14 (see FIGURE 3) and at its rear end is narrower than this distance.
  • the plug contact portion 18 is initially a free fit at its forward end within the forward end of the socket sleeve 8.
  • the leading flared ends 30 of edges 24 and 26 of the plug contact portion engage the inturned flanges 14 of the socket contact on remote sides, and as the plug is pushed further into the socket the flanges 14 are cammed towards each other by the sides of the tapered slot 28.
  • the socket sleeve 8V is progressively wrapped more tightly around the plug sleeve 18 with area contact between an inner surface of the socket contact and an outer surface of the plug contact at least at locations remote from the flanges 14.
  • the socket contact portion 8 may be wrapped tightly around the plug contact portion 18 to effect substantially com-plete peripheral contact, the contact portion being subject to hoop stresses thus assuring high contact pressure between the contact portions.
  • the plug contact sleeve 18 is formed internally opposite the seam or slot 32 with a rib or corrugation 34.
  • the rib 34 extends longitudinally of the plug sleeve 18 and is formed by an inwardly directed corrugation in the sleeve 18 which defines an outer groove or slot 36 opposite the rib 34. This corrugation serves to increase the resilience of the plug portion to circumferential forces generated by engagement of edges of the plug seam with the anges 14.
  • the edges of the plug sleeve 18 at the slot 32 may be parallel, the requisite camming action being provided by a flared entry such as 30 in FIGURE 2.
  • the seam 12 of the socket may be tapered.
  • Several corrugations such as rib 34 may be provided around the plug.
  • An electrical plug and socket connector assembly comprising a plug connector member and a socket connector member, said plug connector member being slidable into and out of said socket connector member, the plug connector member having a plug contact portion formed as a split tubular sleeve having therein a longitudinal open seam providing a pair of opposed edges, the socket connector member having a socket contact portion formed as a split tubular sleeve having therein a longitudinal open seam with edges along the longitudinal socket open seam being inwardly turned to present inwardly directed opposed flanges, the plug contact portion being slidably ttable within the socket contact portion with the said opposed edges of the plug contact portion engaging respective anges of the socket contact portion and an outer surface portion ot the plug contact portion engaging an inner surface portion ot the socket contact portion.
  • An electrical plug and socket connector assembly comprising a plug connector member and a socket connector member, said plug connector member being slidable into and out of said socket connector member, the plug connector member having a plug contact portion formed as a split tubular sleeve having therein a longitudinal open seam extending the length of the plug contact portion and providing a pair of opposed edges, the socket connector member having a socket portion formed as a split tubular sleeve having therein a longitudinal open seam extending the length of the socket contact portion with edges along the longitudinal socket open seam being inwardly turned to present inwardly directed opposed anges, the plug contact portion being slidably iittable within the socket contact portion with the said opposed edges of the plug contact portion engaging respective ianges of the socket contact portion and an outer surface portion of the plug contact portion engaging an inner surface portion of the socket contact portion.
  • An electrical plug and socket connector assembly comprising a plug connector member and a socket connector member, said plug connector member being slidable into and out of said socket connector member, the plug connector member having a plug contact portion formed as a split tubular sleeve having therein a longitudinal open seam providing a pair of opposed edges, the socket connector member having a socket contact portion formed as a split tubular sleeve having therein a longitudinal open seam with edges along the open seam being inwardly turned to present inwardly-directed opposed flanges, the plug contact portion slidably iittable within the socket contact portion with the said opposed edges of the plug contact portion engaging respective anges of the socket contact portion and an outer surface portion of the plug contact portion engaging an inner surface portion of the socket contact portion, opposed edges of the plug contact portion at the leading end of the plug contact portion being spaced apart by a greater amount than the remaining portions o these edges and of the opposed anges at the leading end of the socket contact portion so that insertion of the plug contact portion into the socket contact portion e

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