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US3816818A
US3816818A US00378939A US37893973A US3816818A US 3816818 A US3816818 A US 3816818A US 00378939 A US00378939 A US 00378939A US 37893973 A US37893973 A US 37893973A US 3816818 A US3816818 A US 3816818A
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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
    • H01R4/00—Electrically-conductive connections between two or more conductive members in direct contact, i.e. touching one another; Means for effecting or maintaining such contact; Electrically-conductive connections having two or more spaced connecting locations for conductors and using contact members penetrating insulation
    • H01R4/24—Connections using contact members penetrating or cutting insulation or cable strands
    • H01R4/2416—Connections using contact members penetrating or cutting insulation or cable strands the contact members having insulation-cutting edges, e.g. of tuning fork type
    • H01R4/2445—Connections using contact members penetrating or cutting insulation or cable strands the contact members having insulation-cutting edges, e.g. of tuning fork type the contact members having additional means acting on the insulation or the wire, e.g. additional insulation penetrating means, strain relief means or wire cutting knives
    • H01R4/245—Connections using contact members penetrating or cutting insulation or cable strands the contact members having insulation-cutting edges, e.g. of tuning fork type the contact members having additional means acting on the insulation or the wire, e.g. additional insulation penetrating means, strain relief means or wire cutting knives the additional means having two or more slotted flat portions
    • 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
    • H01R12/50—Fixed connections
    • H01R12/59—Fixed connections for flexible printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables or like structures
    • H01R12/65—Fixed connections for flexible printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables or like structures characterised by the terminal
    • H01R12/67—Fixed connections for flexible printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables or like structures characterised by the terminal insulation penetrating terminals
    • H01R12/675—Fixed connections for flexible printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables or like structures characterised by the terminal insulation penetrating terminals with contacts having at least a slotted plate for penetration of cable insulation, e.g. insulation displacement contacts for round conductor flat cables

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  • the present invention relates to a cable connector for electrical connection to a flat cable and having two clamping members which, in the closed position thereof, positively clamp a section of the flat cable between them, and with piercing contacts having one or more contact tines which are adapted to come into contact with respective cable cores in the zone of the clamping members and after piercing the cable insulation.
  • a flat cable is to be understood in the context of this specification as being a multi-core cable in which the cores by contrast to other multi-core cables extend parallel to each other without being stranded and are embedded at uniform distances from each other in a common cable insulation which takes the form of a strip having longitudinal ribs which normally correspond to the cable cores.
  • the piercing contacts are anchored on one of the clamping members and project therefrom.
  • the cable insulation is usually pierced and the flat cable is consequently mechanically stressed and often deformed, before positive clamping-contact between the clamping members and the external surface of the cable is established.
  • a cable connector for a flat cable comprises, in accordance with the present invention two insulative clamping members one of which is apertured, fixtures tightenable to draw thev members together to clamp positively between their opposed faces a section of the flat cable so that the cable cores extend across the apertured face, an insulative contact support on which are mounted electrical piercing contacts providing a row of space projecting contact tines on one side and respective electrical connections on the other side, and an arrangement for holding the contact support against the apertured member so that its contact tines protrude from its apertured face and embed themselves in the clamped section of the cable in physical contact with its cores.
  • the position of the connector according to the invention may thus be quasi temporarily defined by closing of the clamping members and may be altered without damage to the cable insulation before actual piercing of the cable insulation takes place. Electric connection is performed only subsequently by mounting of the contact support once the position of the contact members is defined.
  • contact tines of the piercing contacts may be serially disposed, as seen in the longitudinal orientation of the cable, and their free ends may have cutting edges which extend in the longitudinal orientation of the cable to increase the contact area.
  • FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a cable
  • FIG. 5 is a section similar to FIG. 3 through a closed cable connector which is provided with piercing contacts as shown in FIG. 4.
  • the cable connector of FIG. I basically comprises three parts: an upper clamping member 11, a lower clamping member 12 and a contact support 13 with a set of piercing contacts 27.
  • a flat cable 14 which is to be connected contains ten cores 15 each of which is surrounded by a substantially cylindrical core insulation 16, the individual core insulations 16 being joined to each other by webs 17.
  • the flat cable 14 therefore takes the form of a strip with longitudinal ribs on both sides, the number of ribs corresponding to the number of cores 15.
  • the ends of the upper clamping member 11 are provided with two abutment surfaces 18 whose purpose it is to bear flat on two corresponding abutment surfaces 19 which are disposed at the ends of the lower clamping member 12.
  • a number of grooves 20, extending parallel to the longitudinal orientation of the cable, are-formed between the two abutment surfaces 18 of the upper clamping member 11, the profile section of the said grooves corresponding to the external shape of the side of the flat cable 14 which is nearest to the upper clamping member 11.
  • a corresponding number of grooves 21 are likewise formed in the lower clamping member 12 between the abutment surfaces 19, the profile section of the last mentioned grooves corresponding to the profiled section of the side of the cable 14 which is nearest to the lower clamping member 12.
  • Two apertures 23 of rectangular cross-section are formed in the base of each of the grooves 21 and extend rectilinearly through the member 12 to open through its undersurface 22 which faces away from the cable.
  • the purpose of the apertures 23 is to accommodate respective piercing tines 29, 30 of piercing contacts 27 provided in the contact support 13.
  • the lower clamping member 12 is also provided at its ends with two threaded holes 24 for accepting internally threaded bolts 25 which extend through bores 26 provided in the ends of the upper clamping member in order to draw the two clamping members 11, 12 together around the fiat cable and into the closed position.
  • the two clamping members 11, 12 enclose the flat cable 14 positively in their closed positions so that the entire cross-section of the flat cable 14 bears on correspondingly and substantially identically shaped surface of the clamping members l1, l2.
  • the contact support member 13 is provided with an upper abutment surface 33 which fits against the undersurface 22 of the lower clamping member 12.
  • the apertures 28 are provided toaccommodate the piercing contacts 27 each of which is formed with a shank part 31 which, as shown in FIG. 2, adjoins a terminal pin 32 projecting downwardly.
  • the upper part of each piercing contact 27 is constructed in befurcated form to provide piercing tines 29, 30 extending serially in the orientation of the longitudinal cable axis.
  • the shank part 31 is asymmetrically disposed with respect tothe piercing tines 29.
  • the pins 30 are staggered as shown in FIG. 1, and a greater distance between adjacent pins 32 projecting from the contact support member 13 is achieved.
  • the contact support member 13 is provided with a bolt hole through which passes a bolt 36 capable of being screwed into one of the internally threaded bolts 25.
  • the free ends of the piercing tines 29 and 30 taper to sharp blades at 34 so as to produce cutting edges 35 at the aforementioned free ends. These cutting edges extend parallel to the orientation of the cores 15 of the flat cable which may comprise a stranded core of fine gauge, bare wires. 1
  • the cable 14 is first firmly and positively clamped between the two clamping members 11 and 12. This is achieved by screwing the bolts 25 into the threaded holes 24.
  • the contact support member 13 is mounted on the clamping member 12 by means of the bolts 36 which are screwed into the bolts 25.
  • the upward drawing motion of the support member 13 is accompanied by the piercing tines 29,30 moving upwardly through the apertures 23, then through the cable insulation 16 so that the cutting edges 35 and the blades 34 penetrate into the stranded wires of the cores 15, as shown in FIG. 3.
  • FIGS. 1 and 3 The embodiment described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 3 is unsuitable for flat cables in which the individual cores are not constructed from stranded, superfine gauge bare wire but are constructed from a single, thicker, bare wire.
  • Piercing contacts such as those shown in FIG. 4, are provided for this purpose.
  • the piercing contacts 27' are each constructed with a shank part 31' and a terminal pin 32' which is disposed at the free end of the shank part. In this case however the piercing contacts 27' are trifurcated to provide three end piercing tines, namely two piercing tines 29' and one intermediate piercing tine 30'.
  • these piercing tines are disposed longitudinally of but in an offset pattern with respect to the longitudinal axis of the cable core which is to be pierced so that the two end tines 29 lie adjacent one side of the cable while the centre tine 26' lies adjacent the other side of the cable.
  • the free ends of the piercing tines are also provided, as may be seen by reference to FIG. 4 with chisel ends terminating in cutting edges 35 which extends parallel to the longitudinal orientation of the core that is to be connected.
  • the connector is assembled and used in the same manner as described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3.
  • the piercing tines 29 or 30' respectively do not penetrate the cable core after piercing the cable insulation 16 but instead the cutting edges 35 shear off parts of the external surface of the bare wires 15' while the slant faces of the chisel ends ensure that the piercing tines are pressed firmly against the sheared surface of the compressed cable insulation displaced by the tine as it approaches its operating position.
  • the invention is of course not confined to cable connectors which have piercing contacts of the shape described hereinbefore.
  • Conventional piercing contacts may also be used but the manufacture thereof usually calls for a greater technological expenditure.
  • the piercing contacts 27 or 27 respectively may be held by frictional engagement in the contact support member 13 in which case they must be secured against axial displacement, or they may be held in position by being embedded in the contact support member 13 during its manufacture.
  • the first embodiment namely with piercing contacts inserted by frictional engagement, offers the advantage that only the required number of piercing contacts need be inserted with the same construction of the contact support member 13 while the remaining unused apertures are left free.
  • a connector for a flat cable having longitudinally extending parallel conductive cores comprising: two insulative clamping members, respective clamping faces formed on said members, a. line of apertures extending through one of said members from its clamping face, fixing means tightenable to draw said members together around said cable so that said clamping faces define between them a clamping recess having a crosssection corresponding to said cable and within which said cable is tightly gripped with its cores extending across respective apertures, an insulative contact support, electrical piercing contacts fixed in said support,
  • each piercing contact is provided with three tines comprising two end tines having aligned cutting edges and an intermediate tine offset laterally of a line berween said two end tines, each of said tines terminating in a chisel end having a slant face disposed on the side of the tine remote from the medial plane of the three tines, and the nection terminals on said contact support individually united with respective piercing contacts.
  • said electrical projecting terminals comprise pins projecting from the side of the contact support remote from said projecting tines, and said pins are individually integral with respective piercing contacts and are eccentrically formed thereon and lie in two parallel rows with the pins in one pin row staggered with respect to the pins in the other pin row.
  • a connector for a flat cable having longitudinally extending parallel cores comprising: two insulative clamping blocks, respective parallel grooved clamping faces formed on said blocks, an insulative block contact s'upport,'electrical piercing contacts fixed in said support, aligned contact tines projecting from said support and having projecting lengths greater than the thickness of one of said clamping blocks which is apertured to received said contact-tines, fixing means to clamp said clamping blocks together one each side of said cable with said parallel grooved clamping faces contiguous with opposite surfaces of said cable and with said cores extending across the ends of said apertures, means tightenable to hold said support in engagement with said apertured clamping block with the projecting tines extending therethrough and in electrical contact with cores of the cable, linear cutting edges formed on the ends of said tines and aligned in the longitudinal direction of the cable, and contact pins formed on said piercing contacts and projecting from said support on the side opposite said contact tines.

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