WO2002029936A1 - Electrical connector module with housings for receiving forwardly-inserted female contacts - Google Patents
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- WO2002029936A1 WO2002029936A1 PCT/EP2001/011334 EP0111334W WO0229936A1 WO 2002029936 A1 WO2002029936 A1 WO 2002029936A1 EP 0111334 W EP0111334 W EP 0111334W WO 0229936 A1 WO0229936 A1 WO 0229936A1
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- electrical connector
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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
- H01R4/242—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 being plates having a single slot
- H01R4/2425—Flat plates, e.g. multi-layered flat plates
- H01R4/2429—Flat plates, e.g. multi-layered flat plates mounted in an insulating base
- H01R4/2433—Flat plates, e.g. multi-layered flat plates mounted in an insulating base one part of the base being movable to push the cable into the slot
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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
- H01R12/50—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
- H01R12/68—Fixed connections for flexible printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables or like structures characterised by the terminal insulation penetrating terminals comprising deformable portions
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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
- H01R13/422—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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- 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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- 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
- H01R13/46—Bases; Cases
- H01R13/502—Bases; Cases composed of different pieces
- H01R13/506—Bases; Cases composed of different pieces assembled by snap action of the parts
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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
Definitions
- the present invention concerns an electrical connector module with housings for receiving forwardly-inserted contacts. These contacts are female contacts.
- This electrical connector module is also adapted to be introduced into a module-carrier.
- the female contacts comprise a body with a cage at the front and a blade at the rear. This blade carries pins to be seated on the flexible circuit.
- This module is equipped with a moveable flap, known generally but described according to a preferred embodiment in a related application in the name of the same applicant.
- a flap assures a mechanical blockage of the flexible circuit so as to prevent its tearing away perpendicular to the seatings during inadvertent pulling forces exerted not only on the connector but also on the cables themselves.
- This flap also prevents peeling, that is to say delaminating of the sheets constituting the flexible circuit, as well as transmis- sion of undulations via the flexible circuit, which would also tend to damage the seatings.
- this flap is advantageously arranged to assume three fully-defined angular positions, one being as manufactured for insertion of the contacts, another being a delivery position for insertion of the flexible circuit into the modules, and the last, completely lowered, being closure of the flap effected simultaneously with the operation of seating the flexible circuit on the blades of the contacts.
- the flexible circuits described above are sheets formed of a complex of layers of insulating material between which are built up wiring lines of conductive material constituting both conductors and contacts for these circuits. These conductive wiring lines are protected and electrically insulated.
- Such flexible circuits are used in the case of multiple contacts to be disposed in a small clearance, and to be rejoined at the point of exit as they were upon arrival.
- the width and thickness of the wiring lines determines the conductive capacity, which in turn leads to dispose, on a same flexible circuit and in a same connector, contacts of varying dimensions. Nevertheless, for purposes of simplifying the present description, the wiring lines and contacts have the same dimensions.
- connection of the set of contacts is effected in a single operation, by seating after insertion of the flexible circuit into the connector.
- locking means assure in a complementary manner the mechanical retention of the sheet in the said connector.
- the electrical connector module comprises housings for receiving forwardly introduced contacts, and is characterized in that each housing has the shape of a truncated pyramid with a clearance angle, and in that each contact comprises bosses on the cage for immobilization and suppression of gap. There is also provided at least one retention catch so as to assure an immobilization in the forward/reverse direction.
- This module according to the present invention is also adapted to be introduced into a module-carrier, and it comprises to that end snap-locking means.
- FIG. 1 a perspective view of an electrical connector module according to the present invention
- FIG. 2 a perspective view partially broken-away of this same module
- FIG. 3A a perspective view of a contact provided with retaining means
- FIG. 5 a perspective view of a module according to the present invention inserted into a module-carrier.
- Figure 1 there is shown the contact-carrying electrical connector module 10, as well as a flexible circuit 1 2 about to be mounted.
- the module 1 0 comprises a body 14 with housings 1 6 adapted to receive contacts 18, in this case female contacts.
- Each contact 18 comprises a forward portion forming a cage 20, a transitional zone 22, and a rear blade 24, provided with pins 26 to be seated, as is best seen in Figures 2, 3A and 3B.
- this module body is described in a detailed manner in a related application in the name of the same applicant.
- an important component is the means for restraining the flexible circuit, which comprise a flap 28, which pivots about an axis 30, with a tongue/groove assembly 32 adapted to generate an offset portion in the flexible circuit and to mechanically immobilize this latter upon lowering the flap.
- a position is shown in detail in Figure 5.
- this flap comprises a window 34 which permits assuring the seating of the pins on the flexible circuit, simultaneous to the lowering motion of the flap, through the said window.
- This seating is obtained by means of a tool adapted to the type of pins, and whose manufacture is within the capability of the skilled artisan.
- the problem of mounting the contacts 1 8 in the housing 1 6 is solved by characteristics of the contact and characteristics of the housing.
- the housing 1 6 has the shape of a truncated pyramid, with a clearance angle of slight slope, on two opposed faces among the four faces.
- the large base is the inlet for connection of the housing and this housing narrows from the front to the rear.
- each cage 20 of each female contact 1 8 is provided with bosses 36 which come to bear on the walls in facing relation of this housing with a clearance angle as is shown in the section of Figure 4A. Consequently, the bosses 36 are present facing and perpendicularly bearing on non-parallel walls.
- this same cage carries at least one retention catch 38, disposed in the perpendicular plane and visible in Figure 4B.
- Each catch is dimensioned and disposed so as to cooperate with the wall 40 of the housing when the contact is completely inserted. In this case, the catches come into contact on the two opposing surfaces, other than those facing the bosses 36.
- the two surfaces receiving the catches 38 are parallel.
- the number of catches is variable as a function of the type of contact and for a contact of large dimensions, as shown in Figure 3B, it is suitable to provide two pairs.
- the catches are disposed at the rear of the cage 20, whereas the bosses are positioned forwardly.
- the contact is thus immobilized, without gap, in the housing via support on the walls of this housing in the transverse direction and by coupling in the direction of forward/reverse retraction.
- the bosses 36 also participate in retaining the contact in its housing.
- abutment 41 rearwardly of each contact.
- the contact is lodged in the housing upstream of this abutment by the relative dimensions of the contact and of the housing.
- the contact when a pulling force might be exerted on the contact, the contact is forced rearwardly into the housing up to the abutment, the resisting force being calculated to safeguard the integrity of the electrical connection until abutment occurs.
- the contacts 1 8 also remain accessible from the front, so as to permit the connection. It is thus necessary to retain these contacts in their respective housings, at the level of the module, during disconnection or during an accidental pulling force on the module carrier.
- the module and the module carrier are equipped with means 44 for snap-locking of the module into the module-carrier.
- means 44 for snap-locking of the module into the module-carrier In Figure 1 , only one of the two elastic locks is visible, each provided to cooperate with an opening arranged in the module-carrier. It will also be noted that the shape with clearance angle of the housing permits generating a progressive insertion force of the contact into the housing during its positioning. Moreover, after complete insertion, each contact is force-fitted such that no gap remains, contrary to the mountings of the prior art.
- the module In the case of a substantial pulling force, the module is forcibly extracted from the module-carrier and it is this connection which serves as the weak link to safeguard the electrical connection, even if the locking by the tongue/groove on the flexible circuit would be insufficient.
- Such an arrangement permits facilitating the mounting of contacts on the one hand, while safeguarding the electrical connection even in the case of a substantial pulling force, on the other hand.
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Priority Applications (4)
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EP01986374A EP1329003B1 (en) | 2000-10-02 | 2001-10-01 | Electrical connector module with housings for receiving forwardly-inserted female contacts |
JP2002533440A JP2004511076A (en) | 2000-10-02 | 2001-10-01 | Electrical connector module having a housing for receiving a front-inserted female contact |
US10/381,996 US7001205B2 (en) | 2000-10-02 | 2001-10-01 | Electrical connector module with housings for receiving forwardly-inserted female contacts |
AT01986374T ATE537582T1 (en) | 2000-10-02 | 2001-10-01 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR MODULE WITH HOUSING FOR ACCOMMODATION OF FORWARD INSERTED SOCKET CONTACTS |
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FR0012538 | 2000-10-02 | ||
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PCT/EP2001/011334 WO2002029936A1 (en) | 2000-10-02 | 2001-10-01 | Electrical connector module with housings for receiving forwardly-inserted female contacts |
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JP (1) | JP2004511076A (en) |
AT (1) | ATE537582T1 (en) |
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FR2844100A1 (en) * | 2002-08-27 | 2004-03-05 | Framatome Connectors Int | ELECTRICAL CONNECTION CONTACT FOR THICK FLEXIBLE CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A CONNECTION PLATE FOR THIS CONTACT |
FR2886472A1 (en) * | 2005-05-27 | 2006-12-01 | Valeo Electronique Sys Liaison | Connecting box for flat cable, has channel with three housing series for receiving conductor plates on side in which pins are fixed, where housing series are transversally aligned with respect to flat cable |
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FR2036751A1 (en) * | 1969-03-17 | 1970-12-31 | Labinal | |
US3853389A (en) * | 1972-06-12 | 1974-12-10 | Bunker Ramo | Electrical connector and contact |
FR2386961A1 (en) * | 1977-04-07 | 1978-11-03 | Cit Alcatel | Connector for printed circuit board - has Y=shaped spring contacts inserted into parallel grooves in opening into which board fits |
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- 2001-10-01 WO PCT/EP2001/011334 patent/WO2002029936A1/en active Application Filing
- 2001-10-01 EP EP01986374A patent/EP1329003B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 2001-10-01 AT AT01986374T patent/ATE537582T1/en active
- 2001-10-01 JP JP2002533440A patent/JP2004511076A/en active Pending
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FR2036751A1 (en) * | 1969-03-17 | 1970-12-31 | Labinal | |
US3853389A (en) * | 1972-06-12 | 1974-12-10 | Bunker Ramo | Electrical connector and contact |
FR2386961A1 (en) * | 1977-04-07 | 1978-11-03 | Cit Alcatel | Connector for printed circuit board - has Y=shaped spring contacts inserted into parallel grooves in opening into which board fits |
Cited By (3)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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FR2844100A1 (en) * | 2002-08-27 | 2004-03-05 | Framatome Connectors Int | ELECTRICAL CONNECTION CONTACT FOR THICK FLEXIBLE CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A CONNECTION PLATE FOR THIS CONTACT |
WO2004021517A1 (en) * | 2002-08-27 | 2004-03-11 | Fci | Electrical connection for flex circuit and method for making same |
FR2886472A1 (en) * | 2005-05-27 | 2006-12-01 | Valeo Electronique Sys Liaison | Connecting box for flat cable, has channel with three housing series for receiving conductor plates on side in which pins are fixed, where housing series are transversally aligned with respect to flat cable |
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DE20115931U1 (en) | 2001-12-13 |
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EP1329003B1 (en) | 2011-12-14 |
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