US3766513A - Successive connection electrical connector - Google Patents

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US3766513A
US3766513A US00249794A US3766513DA US3766513A US 3766513 A US3766513 A US 3766513A US 00249794 A US00249794 A US 00249794A US 3766513D A US3766513D A US 3766513DA US 3766513 A US3766513 A US 3766513A
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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
    • H01R13/40—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

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  • These connectors are generally made up of two main parts which comprise, in insulating mountings which in the following will be respectively referred to as the socket and the movable plug, conductor elements for effecting the electrical connection proper, and equipped with complementary respectively hollow and relief portions which can penetrate into one another under conditions of elastic friction, during the connection movement.
  • the connector in accordance with the present invention enables these two drawbacks to be overcome.
  • it brings about the interpenetration of its complementary conductor elements not simultaneously but successively, the overall connections being achieved in several stages.
  • the invention relates to a successive connection electrical connector for electrical circuits, comprising two sets of conductor elements for performing said connections by penetration of the elements of one of the sets into those of the other, fixed in two insulating material mountings, which are provided with locations in the form of grooves, and the said elements with lateral relief parts, the elements being fixed by introduction of said relief parts into said grooves, wherein said grooves are arranged in at least two stages distributed in the direction of said penetration.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates a connection in accordance with the invention
  • FIG. 2 illustrates a first arrangement of conductor elements in the conductor
  • FIG. 3 illustrates a second arrangement of these elements
  • FIG. 1 illustrates one of the two parts of a connector in accordance with the invention. This part is made up of an insulatingmounting 1 and a set of conducting elements such as those 2 or 3, respectively pins 2 or sleeves 3.
  • this part of the connector is generally a movable plug; if it is equipped with sleeves, then it is the part generally known as a socket and usually fixed.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates the case of a socket, equipped with fixing lugs marked 4.
  • the conductor elements such as 2 and 3, represented in the figure, by way of example, with relief portions or male and female plugs, respectively are provided with fixing catches 5 and 6 arranged at the end of flexible springs 7 and 8, and a connecting lug 9.
  • the insulating mounting contains locations such as those marked 10, the length 11 of which is substantially equal to that of the conductor elements 12 so that these latter can be introduced and arranged in proper position, provided that their catches 5 and 6 are in the retracted position, something which is readily achieved by bending the springs 7 and 8.
  • this kind of device is as follows During the introduction of a conductor element, it is passed into one of the locations 10, by a sliding movement when it arrives in the desired position, the catches are located opposite openings such as those numbered 12, formed in the insulating mountings, into which openings they penetrate and thus fix in position the associated element.
  • the insulating mounting is provided, in respect of each location, with a series of locking openings such a those 12, 13, 14, located at different levels in these locations
  • This plurality of locking openings makes it possible for the user to select, in accordance with each application, the level of the conductor element in the connector and, consequently, during the operations of connection and disconnection, to predetermine the order in accordance with which these operations take place.
  • the corresponding conductor element can readily be freed, and thus any desired distribution of connections can be produced or modified as required. It should be noted, moreover, that the versatility thus obtained can be achieved using conductor elements of identical dimensions; thus there is no need to provide elements of variable lengths to cope with each particular requirement.
  • FIG. 2 illustrates an example of this kind of distribution, where the conductor elements such as those 15, 16 or 17, have been fixed in the connector at greater heights than the elements 18, 19, or 20, with the consequence that at the time of connection, the circuits associated with them will be connected before the others, in a selected sequence, thus enabling particular requirements to be satisfied, such as circuit safety requirements by previous connection of the earthing circuits, or to connect measuring instruments.
  • FIG. 3 illustrates another distribution of conductor elements designed essentially to effect progressive connection and disconnection in order, as explained hereinbefore, to avoid the need for excessive mechanical efforts.
  • a successive connection electrical connector for connecting electrical circuits in a predetermined order comprising a housing of electrical insulating material and a plurality of contacts mounted in said housing, said plurality of contacts including at least two sets arranged with their mating portions at different levels along the axis of engagement, said housing being provided with a set of grooves for each contact, the grooves of each set being arranged in at least two levels along the axis of engagement, and said contacts being provided with lateral relief parts, the contacts being releasibly secured in said housing by introduction of said relief parts into selected ones of said set of grooves, whereby said contacts are brought into electri cal connection with contacts of a complementary connector in a predetermined order when said connectors are interengaged.

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US4523797A (en) * 1983-03-09 1985-06-18 Parker Hannifin Corporation Connector adaptor
US4673872A (en) * 1984-10-11 1987-06-16 General Electric Company Packaging for electronic demand register
US4758167A (en) * 1985-06-03 1988-07-19 Souriau & Cie Electrical distribution and connection system for use on aircraft
WO1987002782A1 (en) * 1985-10-25 1987-05-07 General Electric Company Packaging for electronic demand register
US5052950A (en) * 1990-08-14 1991-10-01 Pyromation, Inc. Terminal connector head
US5160273A (en) * 1991-06-24 1992-11-03 Porta Systems Corp. Connector block assembly
US5205762A (en) * 1991-12-06 1993-04-27 Porta Systems Corp. High frequency patch cord data connector
US5586915A (en) * 1994-12-20 1996-12-24 The Whitaker Corporation Electrical connector with contacts at different insertion depths
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US6890214B2 (en) 2002-08-21 2005-05-10 Tyco Electronics Corporation Multi-sequenced contacts from single lead frame
US6881102B2 (en) 2003-06-13 2005-04-19 Tyco Electronics Corporation Terminal locking mechanism for hybrid electrical connector
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US20070105449A1 (en) * 2003-12-22 2007-05-10 Rysuke Murayama Contact holding structure of connector
US20070004263A1 (en) * 2005-06-29 2007-01-04 Copeland Corporation Compressor having a terminal cluster block with locking end fittings
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FR2139673A1 (xx) 1973-01-12
BE783887A (fr) 1972-09-18
SE388976B (sv) 1976-10-18
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