US3693134A - Electrical connector for a printed circuit board - Google Patents

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US3693134A
US3693134A US128292A US12829271A US3693134A US 3693134 A US3693134 A US 3693134A US 128292 A US128292 A US 128292A US 12829271 A US12829271 A US 12829271A US 3693134 A US3693134 A US 3693134A
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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
    • H01R12/72—Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures coupling with the edge of the rigid printed circuits or like structures
    • H01R12/721—Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures coupling with the edge of the rigid printed circuits or like structures cooperating directly with the edge of the rigid printed circuits
    • 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
    • H01R13/422—Securing in resilient one-piece base or case, e.g. by friction; One-piece base or case formed with resilient locking means

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  • This invention relates to electrical connector assemblies comprising a housing of insulating material releasably containing a contact terminating a wire lead.
  • the invention is also concerned with housings for such assemblies and is useful, for example, in printed circuit edge connectors.
  • contacts are releasably secured into respective cavities of the housing by resilient latches formed on the contacts engaging respective shoulders in the housing cavities.
  • the housing may be formed integrally with a latch projecting from a side of the cavity to engage a shoulder of the contact.
  • the housing is formed of two parts releasably secured together, for example by a clamping screw. One of the parts closes a side of each of the contact cavities to hold the contact in position.
  • none of these types of housing have been found completely satisfactory and it is an object of the present invention to provide an assembly including a housing in relation to which contacts may be inserted or withdrawn with facility.
  • An electrical connector assembly comprises a housing having a cavity open at opposite ends and containing a contact engaging a shoulder at a forward open end of the cavity to resist forward movement, and a shoulder at the rear of the cavity to resist rearward movement, the shoulder at one end being formed on a flap integral with the housing at a hinge, the flap being movable about the hinge to move the shoulder at the one end to a position clear of the cavity to admit withdrawal of the contact, the flap being releasably engageable with the housing to hold the shoulder in contact engaging position.
  • the invention also includes a housing formed of resilient insulating material and having a cavity open at opposite ends for receiving a contact, the cavity having shoulders at forward and rearward ends projecting laterally into the cavity for engaging forward and rearward contact portions to hold the contact against forward and rearward movement, one of the shoulders being formed on a flap integrally formed with the housing at a hinge, the flap being movable about the hinge to move the shoulder at the one end to a position clear of the cavity to admit withdrawal or insertion of the contact, the flap being releasably engageable with the housing with the shoulder of the flap projecting into the cavity.
  • the shoulder formed on the flap is disposed adjacent the hinge and a portion of the flap on a side of the shoulder remote from the hinge provides a finger piece for hingedly moving the flap.
  • the flap is at the rear of the cavity, at the end for leading out a wire from the contact.
  • Sides of the flap are suitably arranged to snap-fit in recesses at opposite side portions of the housing, and in a multiple contact assembly, a single flap may be provided for a plurality of cavities.
  • FIG. 1 is a sectional elevation of a printed circuit edge connector housing according to the invention, witha contact shown in phantom, and takenon line 1 l of FIG. 2 but to an enlarged scale;
  • FIG. 2 is an end view of the housing of FIG. 1 from the righthand end of that Figure;
  • FIG. 3 is a plan view of the housing of FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 4 is an end view of the housing taken from the lefthand end of FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 5 is a sectional elevation taken on the line 5 of FIG. 3;
  • FIG. 6 is a fragmentary view of part of a printed circuit board with which the connector assembly of FIGS. 1 to 5 may be used;
  • FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a contact of the assembly of FIG. 1.
  • the connector housing of FIGS. 1 to 5 comprises a slab like block I of resilient insulating material such as nylon formed with six parallel contact cavities 2 separated by walls 3.
  • the cavities 2 are open at forward and rearward ends 4,5, the forward opening being a slot 6 of reduced height compared with that of the housing 1, and the opening 5 extending through the height of the housing 1 between upper and lower walls 7,8.
  • the slot 6 extends into the walls 3 initially in convergent manner and then in parallel sidedl manner to an inner end 9 at each of the walls 3.
  • the end 9 is disposed inwardly from the forward end 4 by an amount less than half of the width of the housing 1, as seen in FIG. 1. As seen most clearly in FIG. 4, the slot 6 does not penetrate the opposite sidewalls ll) of the housing.
  • the slot 6 is disposed closer to the lower wall 8 than to the upper wall 7 of the housing, and the cavity dividingwalls 3 are formed above the slot with upwardly facing shoulders 11.
  • the shoulders 11 extend rearwardly from the forward wall parallel to the slot 6 and at the inner end 9, the shoulders 11 are inclined downwards and then rearwards in parallel manner but closer to the level of the slot 6.
  • the housing I is formed with a hinged flap 13 secured to the wall 8 by an integral hinge 14 extending, as seen in FIGS. 2 and 4, substantially throughout the housing width.
  • the flap 13 in its closed condition the flap 13 as shown in full lines in FIG. 1, forms a continuation of the wall 8, but it is movable clockwise to the broken line position shown in FIG. 1, to extend outwardly substantially at right angles to the wall 8 on a side remote from wall 7.
  • the flap 13 is moulded in the broken line position.
  • the flap 13 is formed with a plurality of tongues 15 each respective to a contact cavity 2.
  • the tongues 15 are a sliding fit between the appropriate cavity walls 3 and project to a height generally level with the foremost portions of shoulders 11.
  • Each tongue 15 has a forward surface perpendicular to the flap l3 and to the wall 8 when the flap is in its closed condition and arear surface inclined downwardly and rearwardly to the flap 13.
  • the flap I3 is formed on its upper side with a plurality of shallow projections 16 arranged to locate between appropriate cavity sidewalls 3, as seen in FIG. 2.
  • the outer sides of outermost projections 16 are formed with latching ears l8 spaced rearwardly of the front wall by a small amount to engage a forward contact portion 29 as will be described below.
  • the cavities 2 are formed as two groups of three spaced apart by a channel 19 open at the upper side 7 of the housing 1.
  • a latch arm 20 is disposed in the channel 19, extending longitudinally and pivotally mounted to the adjacent separating walls 3 by integral lugs 21 substantially opposite the hinge 14. Forwards of the lugs 21, the arm 20 extends downwards to the forward end of slot 6 and is formed with a lower, rear facing latch shoulder 22 projecting into the slot 6. Rearwardly of the lugs 21 the arm projects outwards of the channel 19 and is formed with a finger piece for depression of the rear end into the channel 19 and thereby lifting of the latch head 22 out of the slot 6 by resilient torsional flexure of lugs 21.
  • the opposite side walls are formed in line with slot 4' with recesses 23 of different depths so that the wall portions 24 at the left hand, as seen in FIG. 4, is thinner than the portion 25 at the right hand.
  • the latch head 22 is disposed off-center, to the right as seen in FIG. 2, in relation to the spacing between the opposite sides of the housing.
  • Each contact 30 comprises a contact portion 33 and a wire connecting portion 34 integrally formed from a sheet metal blank.
  • the contact portion 33 is of inverted channel form with a web portion 38 cut away between transition section 35 and a leading end part 29 man aperture 37.
  • the portion 38 is pushed down between the channel sides 26 as a spring tongue secured to the transition 35 and extending downwards below the channel sides 26 at an inclination.
  • the tongue 38 has a central arcuate transition 40 between a rear part and a forward part of increased inclination. The free end of the tongue is arcuately bent up at 39.
  • lower marginal parts 41 of the channel sides 26 are turned in and each is formed with a forwardly extending contact spring 42 of strip form.
  • the contact spring strips 42 extend in side-by-side relationship below spring end 39 and are bent up in arcuate manner to terminate between the sides 26.
  • the arcuate portions 44 present lower contact faces and the tongue 38 acts as a back-up spring to springs 42.
  • each contact 30, after crimping to the conductor wire is mounted in a housing cavity 2.
  • the leading end 29 of the web of the contact channel is engaged behind projection 18 of the cavity, and lower edges of channel sides 26 are supported on shoulders 11 of the cavity sidewalls 3.
  • lid 13 is closed from the broken line position of FIG. 1 to the full line position.
  • the tongues engage behind rear portions of the channel sides 26 of the different contacts to resist rearward withdrawal of the contacts. Movement of the lid from the contact engaging position is resisted by latching engagement of the flap ears 17 with the complementary recesses of the sidewalls 10.
  • the contacts 30 On release of the lid 13 from the full line to the broken line condition of FIG. I, the contacts 30 may be withdrawn from the housing.1
  • Spring portions 44 of eac of the contacts 30 pro ect into the slot 6, as seen in broken lines in FIG. I, so that on insertion of a board edge into the slot 6, spring portions 44 engage a side of the board and are flexed upwardly, as seen in FIG. 1.
  • the printed circuit board is formed as shown in FIG. 6 with a pair of spaced parallel slots 50, 51 extending generally perpendicular to an edge of the board on opposite sides of a group of six conductive strips, the slots 50,51 are of different widths corresponding to the housing wall parts 24,25 so that the housing can only be assembled to the board in one sense of polarization.
  • an aperture 52 is formed, slightly offset from the center of the space between slots 50,51 and corresponding in position to the offset latch tongue 22 of the latch arm 20.
  • the latch tongue 22 engages aperture 52 and releasably secures the housing to the board against pull-out forces.
  • contacts connected to relatively stiff harness wires can relatively easily be manually assembled into or withdrawn from the housing.
  • An electrical connector comprising a housing having a plurality of cavities separated by walls, each cavi' ty being open at opposite ends and having a shoulder at a forward open end of the cavity, the housing further having an integral flap at a rearward open end of the cavities, the flap having a hinge extending transversely to the cavities, a plurality of tongues formed on the flap, said tongues being disposed generally normally of the flap and corresponding in'number to the cavities, each tongue being spaced from its adjacent tongue by a distance greater than the width of the walls separating the cavities, said flap being movable about said hinge between a first position whereat the tongues are clear of the cavities to permit entry and withdrawal of contacts from the rearward end of the cavities, and a second position whereat each tongue is disposed in its respective cavity to prevent entry and withdrawal of contacts from the rearward end of the cavities.
  • An electrical connector as set forth in claim 1 further comprising an electrical contact disposed in each cavity and restrained against forward movement by said shoulder.
  • An electrical connector as set forth in claim I further comprising means for retaining said flap in the said second position.

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