EP0638967B1 - Connecteur à angle droit pour insertion en force - Google Patents

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EP0638967B1
EP0638967B1 EP94110916A EP94110916A EP0638967B1 EP 0638967 B1 EP0638967 B1 EP 0638967B1 EP 94110916 A EP94110916 A EP 94110916A EP 94110916 A EP94110916 A EP 94110916A EP 0638967 B1 EP0638967 B1 EP 0638967B1
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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
    • H01R12/722—Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures coupling with the edge of the rigid printed circuits or like structures coupling devices mounted on the edge of the printed circuits
    • H01R12/724—Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures coupling with the edge of the rigid printed circuits or like structures coupling devices mounted on the edge of the printed circuits containing contact members forming a right angle

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  • the invention relates to a method for fastening a connector angled by 90 ° for press-fit technology, with one made of insulating material existing, in parallel rows and columns Contact bar receiving contact elements with a plug side and an opposite connection side, and with a protruding from insulating material on the connection side contact element carrier attached to the contact strip, whose contact elements with their plug area in the contact strip protrude and at right angles to the direction of insertion extending connection area designed as press-in pins are on a circuit board and a connector to carry out this procedure.
  • Such a connector is by DE-GM 90 13 007 known.
  • the connector from one is the contact strip main body and one of the contact elements load-bearing, block or disc-shaped additional body formed, surrounded by a sheet metal cladding and using press-fit technology attached to a circuit board.
  • the connector is pressed into the circuit board at once, so that at multi-pin connectors with e.g. 100 to 500 Poles very much high press-in forces have to be applied, which are not sufficient for precisely aligned press pins to damage them being able to lead. It must therefore be appropriate before pressing Measures are taken to prevent such damage to prevent.
  • the press-in process is the last step so that a circuit board or assembly can already be equipped with expensive components. In the event that the connector needs to be repaired or individual contact elements have to be replaced - especially with multi-pin connectors - when pressing of the entire connector due to the high extrusion forces the risk of damage or even destruction the high-quality assembly.
  • DE-OS 40 40 551 is an electrical connector arrangement with adjoining individual housing modules known, on the opposite side of the connector side connection a large number of individual, parallel to each other Connection sub-arrangements is provided.
  • These terminal sub-assemblies are insulating carriers with their Plug area in the contact elements projecting into the housing modules, which at their right angles to the direction of insertion from the connection subassemblies outstanding connection area have resilient section.
  • the housing modules and the connections can be made in this way put on a circuit board that the resilient compliant sections in appropriately trained through holes of the circuit board. This means, that even with this known electrical connector assembly first the housing modules and the connection subassemblies assembled and then as a whole in the circuit board be pressed in. Accordingly, the repair is also here the connector arrangement or the replacement of individual Contact elements expensive.
  • the invention has for its object in a connector of the type mentioned at the outset to simplify the construction that a repair of the connector or a Replacement of contact elements possible in a simple manner is.
  • the squeezing a subassembly or multiple individual subassemblies can be done manually due to a very small squeezing force or with a simple auxiliary tool. The same A new subassembly is pressed in. After The contact strip can be repaired again on the contact element carrier put off. A repair of the connector or a replacement of contact elements is therefore in simple, inexpensive and gentle way without the danger damage to the assembly.
  • the connector is made of two insulating materials Parts, namely a contact strip 1 and a contact element carrier 2 (Fig.2) built.
  • the contact bar is either a male connector with pin-shaped male contacts or as a female connector with socket-like contact springs educated.
  • the contact elements are in rows and columns parallel to each other in the Contact bar 1 arranged.
  • the contact strip 1 with for the viewer of FIG. 1 the front plug-in visible chambers 3 for Contact springs 4 and thus designed as a female connector, wherein here five chambers in a vertical column arranged one below the other and e.g. 17 columns provided are, i.e. it is a female connector with five Rows and 17 columns and therefore around an 85-pin Connectors.
  • the Contact element carrier 2 On the front mating side opposite rear connection side is the Contact element carrier 2 added, which consists of individual subassemblies 2a or 2b parallel to one another (FIG. 1) exists, with each subassembly the contact elements one column each.
  • the subassemblies 2a, 2b are therefore carriers of five arranged one above the other Contact elements 5, with their the contact spring 4th having plug-in area in the chambers 3 of the contact strip 1 protrude and its perpendicular to the direction of insertion Project connection area from connecting rods 15 and are designed as a press-in pin 6.
  • the two contact element carriers 2a and 2b are in different ways designs and forms together with similar subassemblies 2a or 2b a here from 17 parallel to each other Subassemblies existing contact element carrier 2.
  • the subassembly 2a faces one Column extending insulating part 7, which in a Column superimposed contact elements 5 only in a relatively narrow area attached to the mating area connects, picks up, so that the contact elements only are partially surrounded by insulating material.
  • the Subassembly 2b in the direction of a column extending plate-shaped insulating part 8, which in a column of stacked contact elements 5 to completely surrounds the plug and the connection area.
  • the plate-shaped insulating part 8 is made like the insulating part 7 either from a one-piece molded part or from two detachably interconnected individual parts 8a and 8b, which enclose the contact elements 5 between them.
  • each subassembly 2a and 2b each in plated through holes a printed circuit board 9 (Fig.2 to 6) until the full, here according to the number of columns in the contact strip 1 consisting of 17 sub-assemblies Contact element carrier 2 is formed. Then the contact bar 1 on the contact element carrier 2 thus formed postponed, the contact strip 1 and the contact element carrier 2 through in the area of the connection side of the contact strip and provided on the subassemblies 2a, 2b, interacting locking members 13, 14 releasably together are connected. In the embodiment shown the locking members 13, 14 - as can be seen in FIG.
  • each subassembly provided detents 14 each for each detent a locking hole 13 is provided in the contact strip 1 and the locking lugs 14 on the contact strip 1 facing Side are chamfered so that the contact strip is slightly open that of a plurality individually in the printed circuit board 9 pressed subassemblies 2b formed contact element carrier 2 slidably and detachably connected to it is (Fig.2).
  • the contact bar 1 In case of repair of the connector or replacing defective contact elements becomes the contact bar 1 by lifting the thin, springy wall areas 10 unlocked and removed from the contact element carrier 2 (Fig.3). Then the defective subassembly, e.g. a defective contact element 5 or more defective contact elements containing front subassembly 2b of the Contact element carrier 2 pressed out of itself Contact element carrier removed (Fig. 4). Instead of defective sub-assembly simply becomes a new sub-assembly inserted in the contact element carrier 2 and in the circuit board 9 pressed in (Fig. 5). Finally, the contact bar 1 pushed back onto the contact element carrier 2 and locked with this.
  • the defective subassembly e.g. a defective contact element 5 or more defective contact elements containing front subassembly 2b of the Contact element carrier 2 pressed out of itself Contact element carrier removed (Fig. 4).
  • defective sub-assembly simply becomes a new sub-assembly inserted in the contact element carrier

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  • Connector Housings Or Holding Contact Members (AREA)
  • Non-Disconnectible Joints And Screw-Threaded Joints (AREA)
  • Macromonomer-Based Addition Polymer (AREA)

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  1. Procédé pour fixer sur une plaquette (9), par insertion en force, un connecteur à angle droit formé par une réglette de contacts (1) et un support (2) d'éléments de contact comprenant des modules secondaires (2a, 2b) individuels parallèles les uns aux autres, caractérisé en ce que chaque module secondaire (2a, 2b) est inséré en force individuellement dans la plaquette (9) jusqu'à ce que le support (2) d'éléments de contact formé par un nombre de modules secondaires (2a, 2b) soit complètement formé, et en ce que la réglette de contacts (1) est montée sur le support (2) d'éléments de contact complet après l'insertion en force des modules secondaires individuels (2a, 2b) et reliée au support de manière détachable.
  2. Connecteur pour exécuter le procédé selon la revendication 1, comprenant une réglette de contacts (1) formée d'un matériau isolant et recevant des éléments de contact (5) dans des rangées et colonnes parallèles les unes par rapport aux autres, et pourvue d'un côté d'enfichage et d'un côté de raccordement, opposé au côté d'enfichage, pour un support (2) d'éléments de contact en matériau isolant qui est formé par des modules secondaires (2a, 2b) individuels parallèles les uns aux autres et recevant les éléments de contact (5) d'une colonne respective, les éléments de contact (5) avançant dans la réglette de contacts (1) avec leur zone enfichable et étant exécutés, au niveau de leur zone de raccordement s'étendant perpendiculairement à la direction d'enfichage, en tant que broches à insérer (6), caractérisé en ce que l'on prévoit, dans la région du côté de raccordement de la réglette de contacts (1) et sur les modules secondaires individuels (2a, 2b), des éléments d'enclenchement (13, 14) coopérant les uns avec les autres pour relier de manière détachable la réglette de contacts (1) et le support (2) d'éléments de contact.
  3. Connecteur selon la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que les éléments d'enclenchement (13, 14) sont prévus au moins sur le côté supérieur (11 resp. 12) de la réglette de contacts (1) et des modules secondaires (2a, 2b).
  4. Connecteur selon la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce que les éléments d'enclenchement sont formés par des trous d'enclenchement (13) prévus dans la réglette de contacts (1) et des becs d'enclenchement (14) situés sur les modules secondaires (2a, 2b).
  5. Connecteur selon l'une des revendications 2 à 4, caractérisé en ce que chaque module secondaire (2a, 2b) est pourvu, à chaque fois, d'au moins un élément d'enclenchement (14) et la réglette de contacts (1) est pourvue à chaque fois, pour chaque élément d'enclenchement (14) des modules secondaires (2a, 2b), d'un élément d'enclenchement (13) correspondant.
  6. Connecteur selon l'une des revendications 2 à 5, caractérisé en ce que les éléments d'enclenchement (13) sont prévus dans une zone de-paroi (10) mince élastique dans la région du côté de raccordement de la réglette de contacts (1).
  7. Connecteur selon l'une des revendications 2 à 6, caractérisé en ce que les éléments d'enclenchement (14) des modules secondaires (2a, 2b) sont biseautés sur le côté tourné vers la réglette de contacts (1).
  8. Connecteur selon l'une des revendications 2 à 7, caractérisé en ce que les modules secondaires (2a) comprennent, à chaque fois, une partie isolante (7) s'étendant dans la direction d'une colonne, qui reçoit seulement dans une zone étroite, contiguë à la zone enfichable, des éléments de contact (5) situés les uns au-dessus des autres dans une colonne, de manière à ce que les éléments de contact (5) ne soient que partiellement entourés par le matériau isolant.
  9. Connecteur selon l'une des revendications 2 à 7, caractérisé en ce que les modules secondaires (2b) comprennent, à chaque fois, une partie isolante (8) en forme de plaque s'étendant dans la direction d'une colonne, qui entoure complètement les éléments de contact (5) situés les uns au-dessus des autres dans une colonne, à part la zone enfichable et la zone de raccordement.
  10. Connecteur selon la revendication 9, caractérisé en ce que la partie isolante (8) en forme de plaque est formée par deux pièces individuelles (8a, 8b) reliées l'une à l'autre de manière détachable et enfermant les éléments de contact (1) entre elles.
  11. Connecteur selon l'une des revendications 8 ou 9, caractérisé en ce que la partie isolante (7, 8) est formée par une pièce moulée par injection en un seul morceau.
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