US3629809A - Electrical connector particularly for printed circuits - Google Patents

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US3629809A
US3629809A US10922A US3629809DA US3629809A US 3629809 A US3629809 A US 3629809A US 10922 A US10922 A US 10922A US 3629809D A US3629809D A US 3629809DA US 3629809 A US3629809 A US 3629809A
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Hans-Peter Tillmann
Hugo Richard N De Vuyst
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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
    • H01R12/00—Structural associations of a plurality of mutually-insulated electrical connecting elements, specially adapted for printed circuits, e.g. printed circuit boards [PCB], flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures, e.g. terminal strips, terminal blocks; Coupling devices specially adapted for printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures; Terminals specially adapted for contact with, or insertion into, printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures
    • H01R12/70—Coupling devices
    • H01R12/71—Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures
    • H01R12/712—Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures co-operating with the surface of the printed circuit or with a coupling device exclusively provided on the surface of the printed circuit
    • H01R12/716—Coupling device provided on the PCB
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R12/00—Structural associations of a plurality of mutually-insulated electrical connecting elements, specially adapted for printed circuits, e.g. printed circuit boards [PCB], flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures, e.g. terminal strips, terminal blocks; Coupling devices specially adapted for printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures; Terminals specially adapted for contact with, or insertion into, printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures
    • H01R12/70—Coupling devices
    • H01R12/7005—Guiding, mounting, polarizing or locking means; Extractors
    • H01R12/7011—Locking or fixing a connector to a PCB
    • H01R12/7058—Locking or fixing a connector to a PCB characterised by the movement, e.g. pivoting, camming or translating parallel to the PCB
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R12/00—Structural associations of a plurality of mutually-insulated electrical connecting elements, specially adapted for printed circuits, e.g. printed circuit boards [PCB], flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures, e.g. terminal strips, terminal blocks; Coupling devices specially adapted for printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures; Terminals specially adapted for contact with, or insertion into, printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures
    • H01R12/70—Coupling devices
    • H01R12/71—Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures
    • H01R12/72—Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures coupling with the edge of the rigid printed circuits or like structures
    • H01R12/722—Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures coupling with the edge of the rigid printed circuits or like structures coupling devices mounted on the edge of the printed circuits
    • H01R12/724—Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures coupling with the edge of the rigid printed circuits or like structures coupling devices mounted on the edge of the printed circuits containing contact members forming a right angle

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  • Reiter ABSTRACT An electrical connector specifically applicable to establishing connections between a Hat surface such as a printed circuit board, and contact elements extending at right angles to the plane of the board.
  • the connector includes two halves. One half includes a plurality of rodlike contact elements mounted in parallel, side-by-side relationship, in a housing of insulating material. The ends of the rods extend from opposite sides of the housing.
  • the mating half of the connector includes a plurality of forklike contacts mounted in a housing of insulating material in position for the forks to straddle the extending ends of the rods. Successive rows of the rods are formed with increasing lengths to mate with corresponding forks arranged in successive layers. Separation and mating of the connector halves is achieved by relative movement in a direction substantially perpendicular to the axes of the rods.
  • the present invention is related generally to electrical connectors and in particular to electrical connections which must extend to a plane surface as, for example, a circuit board.
  • the connector is distinguished in that a first series of contact elements is arranged in such a manner as to be supported perpendicularly to a plane surface and in that contact elements of a second series are supported being parallel to the plane surface in such a manner as to engage the contact elements of the first series.
  • the invention has many advantages.
  • FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a first contact support
  • FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a second contact support
  • FIGS. 3 and 41 are views in plan and side elevation respectively of a spring contact element which is mounted in the second support represented by FIG. 2;
  • FIGS. 5 and 6 are sections along lines VV and VI-VI respectively in FIG. 3;
  • FIGS. 7 and 8 are perspective views of the first contact element support
  • FIGS. 9 and 10 are perspective views of the second contact element support
  • the connector shown in the drawings comprises a first support element 1 (FIGS. 1 and 7-8) ofa dielectric material serving to receive in holes 2.1-2.2 arranged in rows (FIGS. 7 and 8) contact elements 3.1-3.2 which are disposed next to each other and juxtaposed being arranged in a parallel manner in each row as well as a second support element 4 (FIG. 2 and 9-10) also of a dielectric material receiving in slots 5.1-5.2 (FIGS. 9-10) contact elements 6.1-6.2 arranged in the same manner as the contact elements 3.1-3.2.
  • a first support element 1 (FIGS. 1 and 7-8) ofa dielectric material serving to receive in holes 2.1-2.2 arranged in rows (FIGS. 7 and 8) contact elements 3.1-3.2 which are disposed next to each other and juxtaposed being arranged in a parallel manner in each row as well as a second support element 4 (FIG. 2 and 9-10) also of a dielectric material receiving in slots 5.1-5.2 (FIGS. 9-10) contact elements 6.1-6.2
  • a series of contact elements 3.1-3.2 deter mines the formation of a common plane which is substantially perpendicular to a plane surface 7 integral with the support 1 and that likewise a series of contacts 6.1-6.2...of the support 4 also forms a common plane.
  • the plane of the contacts 6.1... is in an alignment substantially parallel to the plane face 8 of the support 4 in such a way that the contact elements 6.1... are in a plane substantially perpendicular to the plane of the contacts 3.1-3.2....
  • each of the contact elements 6 can comprise a substantially rectilinear flat part 13 which is provided at one end with elastic fingers 9 which, extending in a straight line and facing each other make the prongs ofa fork.
  • the position of the elastic fingers 9 relative to the support 4 is shown clearly in FIG. 2.
  • the fingers of each contact are ofa material, which conducts electricity and is elastic, are spaced at a distance which permits them to receive with friction between them one ofthe contact elements 3.1-3.2.
  • the contact elements 3.1-3.2 are preferably round rectilinear rods but other forms can be adopted.
  • Part 13 of the contacts 3.1-3.2 is provided with projections 10-11-12 which ensure the maintenance ofthe contacts in the support 4 of dielectric material. These projections are shaped in such a manner as to catch in the support 4 in order to resist the forces which tend to displace the contacts in relation to the support during the engagement and the separation of the parts coming into play in the connection.
  • the arrangement of the contact elements 3.1-3.2 in the support 1 can be made in such a manner as to be in harmony with the staged arrangement described above.
  • the contact elements 6.1 would be arranged in a plane and the contact elements 6.2 would be arranged in another parallel plane and spaced by the contacts 6.1.
  • the contacts 6.1 would be arranged in such a manner as to extend in length beyond the end of the contacts 6.2 in order to catch the corresponding contacts 3.1-3.2.
  • the contacts supported by the support 1 are shown aligned in such a manner that each of the elements 3.1 are directly behind a similar element 3.2.
  • the contacts 6.1-6.2 are aligned in the same manner.
  • contact elements of a support in the same plane could be arranged in quincunx in relation to the other plane.
  • This arrangement gives rise to numerous advantages: for example, a greater density of contact elements and a greater facility for the assembly of contact elements in a support.
  • the support 1 could be fixed to a printed circuit board (not shown) mounting the plane face 7 of the support on one of the faces of the board.
  • the terminal parts 14 of the contacts 3.1-3.2 could extend through holes formed to begin with in the panel forming the circuit and through corresponding parts forming terminals of the conductors printed on the surface of the panel.
  • Electrical connections between the terminal parts 14 and the conductors of the board would be effected in any appropriate manner, for example, by soldering.
  • Conductors exterior to the contacts 6.1-6.2 can be provided by fixing electrically or mechanically conducting wires to the exterior terminal parts 15 of the contacts 3.2-3.2 Such connections can be made in any appropriate manner.
  • a separable electrical connector comprising:
  • a first plurality of rodlike contact elements having tips extending axially from said first base in parallel spacedapart side-by-side relationship defining a plane perpendicular to said base;
  • a second plurality of rodlike contact elements arranged in parallel spaced-apart side-by-side relationship defining a plane parallel to the plane of said first rodlike contact elements, and having tips extending axially from said base beyond the tips of said first rodlike elements;
  • a first plurality of resilient, slotted, forklike contact elements arranged in a first plane generally parallel to said first base and perpendicular to the planes of said rodlike elements, said forklike elements extending from said second base toward said first base in parallel spaced-apart side-by-side relationship, each having a pair of resilient arms defining a central slot for engaging the tips of said first plurality of rodlike elements upon interfitting of said bases;
  • a second plurality of resilient, slotted, forklike contact elements arranged in a second plane parallel to and spaced from said first plane, each having a pair of resilient arms defining a slot extending beyond the arms of said first plurality of forklike elements for engaging the tips of said second plurality of rodlike elements upon interfitting of said bases;
  • said bases include interfitting means guiding relative movement therebetween in a direction perpendicular to the planes of said rodlike elements.
  • a separable electrical connector in accordance with claim 1 wherein:
  • one of said bases has a front surface for mating with the other of said bases and a rear surface for abutting an external conductor support such as a printed circuit board; and at least one of said plurality of contact elements on said base extends from the front surface thereof and rearwardly through said base and includes a tail portion extending from the rear surface thereof for engaging conductors on a printed circuit board mounted to said rear surface.

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FR2290769A1 (fr) * 1974-11-05 1976-06-04 Amp Inc Borne de contact
US4641908A (en) * 1984-01-27 1987-02-10 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Right-angled plug-type connector
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