Classifications

• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
  • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
  • H01R9/00—Structural associations of a plurality of mutually-insulated electrical connecting elements, e.g. terminal strips or terminal blocks; Terminals or binding posts mounted upon a base or in a case; Bases therefor
  • H01R9/03—Connectors arranged to contact a plurality of the conductors of a multiconductor cable, e.g. tapping connections
  • H01R9/031—Connectors arranged to contact a plurality of the conductors of a multiconductor cable, e.g. tapping connections for multiphase cables, e.g. with contact members penetrating insulation of a plurality of conductors
• • 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
  • H01R13/66—Structural association with built-in electrical component
  • H01R13/6608—Structural association with built-in electrical component with built-in single component
• • 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
• • 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
  • H01R13/62—Means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts or for holding them in engagement
  • H01R13/622—Screw-ring or screw-casing
• • 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
  • H01R13/66—Structural association with built-in electrical component
  • H01R13/665—Structural association with built-in electrical component with built-in electronic circuit
  • H01R13/6658—Structural association with built-in electrical component with built-in electronic circuit on printed circuit board
• • 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
  • H01R13/66—Structural association with built-in electrical component
  • H01R13/717—Structural association with built-in electrical component with built-in light source
  • H01R13/7175—Light emitting diodes (LEDs)
• • 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
  • H01R4/02—Soldered or welded connections
  • H01R4/023—Soldered or welded connections between cables or wires and terminals

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a connector according to the preamble of claim 1.
• DE 10 2006 006 726 A1 discloses an electrical connector with an electronic circuit arranged in a housing with at least one light-emitting element, in particular a light-emitting diode, which serves, for example, to display the operation.
• These light-emitting diodes are preferably mounted on a circuit board belonging to the electronic circuit or a flexible conductor film by means of a surface mounting technique, so that a plurality of light-emitting diodes can be used in a small housing.
• the invention has for its object to develop a connector of the generic type, which does not require a circuit board for connecting electrical components.
• the contact carrier Due to the design of the contact carrier as a three-dimensional element, on the surface of which at least one electrical component is arranged, is a improved utilization of the space available in the connector created.
• the contact carrier also serves as an electrically passive connection element of the connector. A necessary for connecting electrical components circuit board can be saved in this way.
• SMD Surface Mounted Device
• the design of the contact carrier as injection-molded circuit carrier also referred to in English as Molded Interconnected Device (MID)
• MID Molded Interconnected Device
• Figure 1 is a perspective view of a preferred embodiment of the connector according to the invention
• Figure 2 is a perspective view of the connector of Figure 1 without
• Figure 3 is a detailed perspective view of marked in Figure 2 with A.
• Figure 4 is a detail view of the contact carrier without trace and electrical
• FIG. 5 shows a detailed view of the contact carrier from FIG. 4 with contact surfaces
• Figure 6 is a detail view of the contact carrier of Figure 4 with contact surfaces, conductors and electrical components, Figure 6 is a side view of an embodiment of the invention
• Connector and Figure 7 is a view of the mating face of the embodiment of the connector according to the invention of Figure 7.
• terms such as top, bottom, left, right, front, back, etc. refer exclusively to the exemplary representation and position of the connector selected in the respective figures. These terms are not intended to be limiting, ie, in different working positions or by mirror-symmetric design or the like, these references may change.
• Figures 1 and 2 show a connector in which a single or multi-core, here enclosed by a sheath 8 cable 1 with one or more electrical conductors 2 contacted a contact carrier 3.
• the conductors 2 are inserted into the contact carrier 3.
• Radially arranged on the contact carrier 3 are passive or active electrical components such as resistors 10 or light-emitting diodes 11.
• a mating face 7 is formed with connector contacts not visible here, which is enclosed by a connecting element 6 extending in the axial direction.
• the connecting element 6 is designed for connecting the connector to a corresponding connecting element of a corresponding connector or a housing or a printed circuit board or other component.
• the connecting element 6 is designed as a coupling nut, preferably with a coupling internal thread for connection to a corresponding counterpart with a coupling outer thread.
• the connector is in the region of the contact carrier 3 and its connection with the conductors 2 of a preferably transparent or transparent handle body 5 includes.
• the grip body 5 is preferably formed as a circumferentially closed encapsulation around the region of the connector on which the contact carrier 3 is located.
• the contact carrier 3 is preferably formed as injection-molded circuit carrier.
• the contact carrier 3 is formed as a three-dimensional element, wherein on the surface 13, 16 at least one electrical Component 10, 11 is arranged.
• the three-dimensionality is particularly evident in that for the contact carrier 3 any body shape is conceivable.
• a plurality of light-emitting diodes may be attached directly to a respective soldering surface 15 of the contact carrier 3 and still be arranged, for example, radially in a cylindrical space in the interior of the connector.
• a conventional printed circuit board can not afford such a positioning freedom of electrical components due to their flat functional surface.
• a planar printed circuit board is therefore not to be understood as a three-dimensional module in the sense of the invention.
• the contact carrier 3 has at least one lateral surface 13, on which at least one electrical component 10, 11 is arranged.
• part of the surface of the contact carrier 3 is a flat or non-planar end face 16 on which an electrical component 10, 11 can also be arranged.
• the contact carrier 3 is preferably cylindrical and the electrical components 10, 11 are preferably fixed radially on the lateral surface of the cylindrical contact carrier 3, so that in particular light-emitting diodes are particularly well visible from the outside.
• Other forms of the contact carrier such as spherical, conical or as polyhedra are also conceivable. As a result, the possibility is created to arrange the electrical components spatially distributed and thus make the space available in the connector better usable.
• lateral surface 13 of the contact carrier 3 are printed conductors 9 and connected to the tracks 9 contact surfaces 15 for contacting electrical components 10, 11 are arranged.
• the lateral surface is the cylinder jacket surface around the central axis of the cylindrical contact carrier.
• the contact carrier 3 preferably has at least one opening 14 for receiving at least one electrical conductor 2, in particular a core of a multi-core Cable 1, up.
• This opening is preferably located in an end face 16 of the contact carrier and form holes in this surface, other positions and recesses formed on surface edges are also conceivable.
• At least one second contact surface 12 for contacting the electrical conductor 2 is arranged on the inside of this opening 14.
• the contact surface 12 is connected to a conductor 9 in connection, so that the conductors 2 are connected to an electrical component 10, 11 via a second contact surface 12, a conductor 9 and a first contact surface 15.
• the contact surfaces 15 for contacting electrical components 10, 11 as solder surfaces and the electrical components 10, 11 are formed as a surface mountable or SMD components.
• SMD components in conjunction with the first contact surfaces 15 designed as solder surfaces makes it unnecessary to use a circuit board otherwise required for connecting electrical components.
• At least one electrical component 10 is preferably a light-emitting diode.
• the connector in the region of the contact carrier 3, on which the light-emitting diodes 10 is or are fixed preferably a handle body 5 made of a translucent material on, which serves the connector in the region of the contact carrier 3 as a sheath.
• the grip body 5 is formed as a circumferentially closed encapsulation.

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• Coupling Device And Connection With Printed Circuit (AREA)
• Connector Housings Or Holding Contact Members (AREA)
• Details Of Connecting Devices For Male And Female Coupling (AREA)

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