EP2146400B1 - Connection unit and method for mounting such a connection unit - Google Patents

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EP2146400B1
EP2146400B1 EP09305677.8A EP09305677A EP2146400B1 EP 2146400 B1 EP2146400 B1 EP 2146400B1 EP 09305677 A EP09305677 A EP 09305677A EP 2146400 B1 EP2146400 B1 EP 2146400B1
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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
    • H01R13/52—Dustproof, splashproof, drip-proof, waterproof, or flameproof cases
    • H01R13/5205—Sealing means between cable and housing, e.g. grommet
    • 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
    • H01R13/405—Securing in non-demountable manner, e.g. moulding, riveting
    • H01R13/41—Securing in non-demountable manner, e.g. moulding, riveting by frictional grip in grommet, panel or base
    • 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
    • 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
    • H01R13/426—Securing by a separate resilient retaining piece supported by base or case, e.g. collar or metal contact-retention clip
    • 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
    • H01R13/46—Bases; Cases
    • H01R13/502—Bases; Cases composed of different pieces
    • H01R13/504—Bases; Cases composed of different pieces different pieces being moulded, cemented, welded, e.g. ultrasonic, or swaged together
    • H01R13/5045—Bases; Cases composed of different pieces different pieces being moulded, cemented, welded, e.g. ultrasonic, or swaged together different pieces being assembled by press-fit
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R43/00—Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors
    • H01R43/20—Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors for assembling or disassembling contact members with insulating base, case or sleeve
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T29/00—Metal working
    • Y10T29/49—Method of mechanical manufacture
    • Y10T29/49826—Assembling or joining
    • Y10T29/49945—Assembling or joining by driven force fit

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  • the invention relates to an electrical connection assembly comprising an insert formed of two parts, respectively front part and rear part, in which contacts are housed.
  • the invention also relates to a method of mounting such a connection assembly, and a corresponding connection kit.
  • the invention has applications in the field of connectivity and especially for aeronautics, especially for the connection to printed circuit.
  • connection assemblies with a two-part insert whose front or rear part is provided with metal or plastic retention clips for maintaining the electrical contacts in said insert.
  • the two parts of the insert are generally bonded with each other to prevent any separation of the assembly and to electrically insolate each electrical contact.
  • retention clips in a two-part insert increases the overall bulk required for each contact in the insert and the maximum contact density in a given insert volume is limited.
  • the document US5,569,046 discloses an assembly for connection between a contact element and a connection cable.
  • the contact element passes through three parts made of insulating material.
  • the contact element is secured by the combination of a fitting of the contact section and the sealing ribs.
  • Connection assemblies are also known provided with a one-piece insert, that is to say in one: part, where the maintenance of the electrical contacts is achieved by mounting them in force in the insert, the flexibility of which material allows a deformation such that the contacts thus mounted are trapped.
  • the realization of such a connection assembly is relatively simple, since the insert is formed of a single piece generally molded and contains only few parts to assemble.
  • the document FR 2,745,122 discloses a printed circuit connector comprising demountable electrical contacts disposed in a monobloc insulating insert behind which is placed a closing and sealing member of flexible insulating material.
  • the inserts used are intended exclusively to receive a single kind of contacts, that is to say either contacts mounted in force, with a monobloc insert, or contacts held by clip in a two-part insert .
  • contacts mounted in force with a monobloc insert
  • contacts held by clip in a two-part insert .
  • connection assembly that can indifferently receive contacts adapted to be mounted in force in an insert, and for which no retention clip is necessary and more fragile contacts or more space important that can not be mounted in force in said insert.
  • the invention proposes a connection assembly in which the mechanical strength of the two parts of the insert, or insulator, is ensured by the presence of contacts mounted in force in the insert.
  • the assembly of these contacts that allows the attachment of the parts of the insert.
  • No holding device, such as retaining clips, does not increase the overall bulk around these contacts, so that it is advantageously possible to increase the density of the contacts for a given insert volume compared to a insert of the state of the art of the same volume.
  • the invention also proposes contacts for mounting in force, provided with a rear portion, intended to be housed in the rear part of the insert, and a front portion, intended to be housed in the front part of the insert.
  • the rear portion of these contacts comprises a retention system such that said rear portion must be force-fitted into the rear part of the insert and that its withdrawal once housed in said rear part of the insert is made impossible, or any at least very difficult.
  • the material forming the rear part of the insert is advantageously a flexible material, able to deform to let the back part of the contact and to imprison once introduced.
  • the front part of the contacts to be mounted in force it is provided with abutment means intended to bear against a mechanical stop formed in the front portion of said insert, and forming a stroke limiter which prevents the contact to penetrate further into the front part of the insert.
  • connection assembly it is possible, thanks to the two-part insert, to have in the connection assembly according to the invention, contacts mounted in force and contacts requiring a retention clip mounted between the two parts of the insert, subsequently called clip contacts.
  • the retention clips mounted between the front part and the rear part of the insert, are located only at the level of the contact passage channels intended specifically to receive this kind of contacts, so that the bulk due to these contacts is reduced to the bare minimum.
  • the contacts used can be soldered on a printed circuit.
  • any other kind of contacts can be used.
  • connection assembly comprising a two-part insert, respectively front part and rear part, said insert parts being contiguous to each other and each insert part being provided with longitudinal housings therethroughs, arranged in such a way that at least one longitudinal housing passing through the front part of the insert coincides with a longitudinal housing passing through the rear part of the insert, the connection assembly also comprising contacts, at least a contact extending in a longitudinal housing passing through the front part of the insert and into a longitudinal housing of the rear part of the insert, characterized in that at least one contact is mounted in force in a housing, said force-mounted contact having a front portion provided with a stop bearing against a stop in a longitudinal housing of the front portion of the insert, and in that a rear portion of the t contact mounted force is provided with retention means such that said rear portion is force-fitted into a longitudinal housing coinciding with the rear portion of the insert.
  • Front means the part or element considered of the connection assembly which is directed towards a complementary connector, with respect to the rear, which designates the part or the considered element of the assembly of connection that is directed to the electrical device that is to be connected to said complementary connector.
  • the joining of the front and rear parts of the insert is advantageously between the rear face of the front portion of the insert and the front face of the rear portion of the insert, the joining may be only partial.
  • the insert is advantageously of rectangular shape, but as needed it can also be of another shape, and in particular of circular shape.
  • longitudinal through-housing means a housing, or channel, passing through the insert part concerned, that is to say from its rear face to its front face, the housing thus opening at the level of each of the faces of the insert part. All the longitudinal housing of the insert, intended to receive contacts are through.
  • the two insert parts are contiguous so that a housing at least of the front part opens into a housing of the rear part of the insert.
  • a contact passing through the housing of the front portion of the insert also passes through the housing coinciding with the rear portion of said insert.
  • the alignment of the housing of the front portion and the rear portion of the insert allows the contact to cross longitudinally insert from one side to the other.
  • the abutment on the front portion of the contact to be mounted in force may be formed by a ring, or collar, attached to the outer diameter of said contact, or molded or machined directly on said contact.
  • the stop may otherwise be formed by a narrowing of the diameter of the contact to be mounted in force, the diameter of the portion of the contact to be mounted in force located before the stop being strictly greater than the diameter of the portion of the contact to be mounted in force located after said stop.
  • the abutment in the longitudinal housing of the front portion of the insert may in particular be formed by the inner wall of said housing at a narrowing of the diameter of the housing coinciding with the narrowing of the diameter of the contact.
  • the stop may otherwise be formed by an insert or modulated in said housing.
  • the retention means on the rear portion of the contact to be mounted in force are, for example, formed by retention fins, attached or directly molded or machined on said contact to be mounted in force, so that they form a harpoon prohibiting the removal of said contact to be mounted in force out of the housing, except to damage all of connection during removal.
  • the force fitting of the rear portion of the contact in the rear part of the insert allows a position to be maintained not only of said contact to be mounted in force in its housing but also of the front part of the insert relative to the part rear of said insert, due to the cooperation between the stop of the contact to be mounted in force and the stop in the housing of the front portion of the insert.
  • connection assembly may also comprise at least one clip contact, held in a longitudinal housing of the front part of the insert and in a longitudinal housing coinciding with the rear part of said insert by a retention clip, said retention clip being integral with one of the two parts of the insert.
  • Clip contact means a contact whose size or fragility prohibits a mounting force in the insert, and which must be maintained in said insert by a retention clip.
  • the retention clip is indifferently located in the longitudinal housing of the front portion or the rear portion of the insert intended to receive it.
  • connection assembly may comprise two different kinds of contacts, namely contacts to be mounted in force and clip contacts.
  • contacts to be mounted in force and clip contacts Only housings intended for clip contacts must be provided with a retention clip, so that the size attached to the presence of such retention clips is reduced to a minimum.
  • the retention clips are made of plastic material, and are specifically reported in the housing that requires it depending on the use of the connection assembly.
  • the front and rear portions of the insert are provided with interlocking means, able to center said parts relative to each other so that at least one longitudinal housing of the front part of the insert coincides with a longitudinal housing of the rear part of the insert.
  • the interlocking means comprise at least one chimney projecting from a rear face of the front part of the insert, said chimney, or protuberance, at least partially bordering an open end of a longitudinal housing. on said rear face, and at least one countersink, or recess, complementary formed on a front face of the rear part of the insert, said countersink bordering at least partially a leading end of a longitudinal housing on said front face.
  • the chimney fits into the countersink and the housing concerned on the respective parts of the insert then extend in the extension of one another.
  • good positioning of the front and rear parts of the insert relative to one another is ensured before introducing the contacts into the housings of the insert, said contacts making it possible subsequently to maintain the good position between the two parts of the insert.
  • the contacts are pin contacts intended to be soldered on a printed circuit, and in particular female pin contacts.
  • connection assembly with different contact diameters depending on the needs of the user.
  • each longitudinal housing passing through the front portion of the insert coincides with a longitudinal housing passing through the rear part of the insert, so that each longitudinal through housing can receive a contact.
  • At least one contact to be mounted in force is mounted in the insert, it is possible to introduce a clip contact in a longitudinal housing of the front part of the insert and in the longitudinal housing coinciding with the rear portion, one of the two housing being provided with a retention clip adapted to maintain the clip contact in position in said housing.
  • the retention clip (s) is (are) either molded or mounted in the longitudinal housing (s) of the front part or the rear part (s). insert for (s) to receive, before joining the two parts of the insert.
  • the front part of the insert is brought to the rear part of said insert so as to make complementary engagement means formed on the rear face of the front part of the insert and on the front face of the part cooperate respectively. rear of said insert.
  • connection kit may also include at least one clip contact, at least one insert portion then having at one of its longitudinal housing a retention clip adapted to maintain in position in said housing such a clip contact .
  • the front and rear portions of the insert are provided with interlocking means, able to center said parts relative to each other so that at least one longitudinal housing of the front part of the insert may coincide with a longitudinal housing of the rear part of the insert.
  • connection assembly 1 shown in Figures 1, 2 , 3 and 4 comprises an insert 2 provided with a front portion 3 and a rear portion 4, arranged relative to each other so that a rear face 5 of the front portion is contiguous to a front face 6 of the rear part 4.
  • the insert 2 as described is a rectangular parallelepiped, itself constituted by two rectangular parallelepipeds forming the front 3 and rear 4 parts, the larger faces of which form the front and rear faces of each of the two parts 3, 4 of the insert 2.
  • Each insert portion is provided with a plurality of longitudinal housings 7, 8 extending parallel to the longitudinal axis A so as to pass right through said insert 2 and to open at each of the front and rear faces parts 3, 4 insert concerned.
  • Each longitudinal through-housing 7 of the front portion 3 of the insert 2 coincides with a longitudinal through-housing 8 of the rear portion 4 of the insert, so that a force-fitting contact 9 passing through the insert 2 passes through and a longitudinal housing 7 of the front part 3 and a longitudinal housing 8 of the rear part 4 of said insert 2.
  • the contacts to be mounted in force 9 shown are female pin contacts, that is to say that a rear end 10 of said contacts to be mounted in force 9 is a pin, intended for example to be soldered to a printed circuit (not shown).
  • the front end 11 of said force-mounting contacts 9 is provided with a shank for crimping on a contact of a complementary connector (not shown).
  • each contact to be mounted in force 9 is provided with a front portion 12 housed in a longitudinal recess 7 of the front portion 3 of the insert 2, and a portion 13 rear lined in a longitudinal housing 8 of the rear portion 4 of the insert 2.
  • the front portion 12 of a force-fitting contact 9 has locally a larger diameter 14, that is to say that on either side of this portion of larger diameter 14, the front portion 12 of the contact to mount force 9 has a strictly smaller diameter.
  • This portion of larger diameter 14 abuts against a mechanical stop 15 in the corresponding longitudinal housing 7 of the front portion 3 of the insert 2.
  • the mechanical stop 15 is formed by a narrowing of the diameter of said longitudinal housing 7, said diameter the housing 7 being strictly greater than the level of its emergent end before 16 at its rear outlet end 17.
  • the contact force to mount 9 can not slide further into the longitudinal housing 7, the mechanical stop 15 prohibiting the translation of said contact to mount in force 9 beyond said abutment 15.
  • the larger diameter portion 14 is formed by a flange reported or molded around the outer diameter of the front portion 12 of the contact to rise in strength 9.
  • the rear portion 13 of the contact to be mounted in force 9 is provided with harpoons 18, or retaining clips, extending locally on an outer perimeter of said rear portion 13 of said contact to be mounted in force 9, the longitudinal housing diameter. 8 in the rear part of the insert 2 being such that the introduction of the portion of said rear portion 13 of the force-fitting contact 9 provided harpoons 18 in the longitudinal housing 8 requires a press fit.
  • This coding system is, for example, formed of interlocking means comprising chimneys 19 projecting on the rear face 5 of the front portion 3 of the insert 2, and countersinks 20 formed on the front face 6 of the part rear 4 of the insert 2, and whose dimensions are adapted to receive the chimneys 19.
  • Each of the chimneys 19 borders a rear outlet end 17 of a longitudinal housing 7, while each countersink 20 flanks an outlet end 21 before longitudinal housing 8.
  • interlocking means 19, 20 only at certain longitudinal housing 7, 8, for example at the only housing located at the four corners of the rectangular insert 2.
  • connection assembly is mounted in a connector housing 25, which is conventionally provided with retention bars 26, 27 cooperating with stops 28, 29, provided on external side walls 30 of said front 3 and rear portions 4 of the insert 2.
  • retention bars 26, 27 and stops 28, 29 also participate in maintaining the connection assembly 1 according to the invention.
  • connection assembly can be carried out automatically on a machine.
  • the retention means provided on the contacts to be mounted in force 9 make it possible to ensure a good maintenance, and a good positioning of the front 3 and rear 4 parts of the insert 2 with respect to each other, as well as a good maintenance of the contacts to be mounted in force 9 in the insert 2.
  • the insert 2 is provided, in addition to a plurality of contacts for mounting force 9, a clip contact 31 mounted in a specific longitudinal housing 32, 33 longitudinally through the insert 2.
  • the size of the contact clip 31 is much greater than the contacts to mount force 9.
  • a retention clip 35 is mounted in the front housing 33 of the front portion 3 of the insert 2, so as to be partially housed in the rear housing 32 coinciding when the two parts 3, 4 of the insert 2 are attached to each other.
  • the retention clip 35 is held in position in the housing 32, 33 by the presence of the contacts to be mounted in force 9 which ensure the joining of the two parts 3, 4 of the insert 2.
  • connection assembly 1 therefore advantageously makes it possible to mix the contacts 9, 31 in the same insert 2, in order to meet the needs of the users without unnecessarily multiplying the number of inserts and thus allow a reduction of the space requirement. total electrical installations.

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L'invention concerne un ensemble de connexion électrique comportant un insert formé de deux parties, respectivement partie avant et partie arrière, dans lesquelles sont logés des contacts. L'invention concerne également un procédé de montage d'un tel ensemble de connexion, ainsi qu'un kit de connexion correspondant.The invention relates to an electrical connection assembly comprising an insert formed of two parts, respectively front part and rear part, in which contacts are housed. The invention also relates to a method of mounting such a connection assembly, and a corresponding connection kit.

L'invention trouve des applications dans le domaine de la connectique et tout particulièrement pour l'aéronautique, notamment pour la connexion sur circuit imprimé.The invention has applications in the field of connectivity and especially for aeronautics, especially for the connection to printed circuit.

Actuellement, on connaît des ensembles de connexion munis d'un insert en deux parties dont la partie avant ou arrière est munie de clips de rétention métalliques ou plastiques destinés à assurer le maintien de contacts électriques dans ledit insert. Les deux parties de l'insert sont généralement collées l'une avec l'autre pour interdire toute désolidarisation de l'ensemble et pour insoler électriquement chaque contact électrique.Currently, there are known connection assemblies with a two-part insert whose front or rear part is provided with metal or plastic retention clips for maintaining the electrical contacts in said insert. The two parts of the insert are generally bonded with each other to prevent any separation of the assembly and to electrically insolate each electrical contact.

La présence de tels clips de rétention dans un insert en deux parties augmente l'encombrement général dédié à chaque contact dans l'insert et la densité maximum de contacts dans un volume donné d'insert est limitée. De plus, la présence de ces clips de rétention, le plus souvent métalliques, entraîne des fuites électriques qui diminuent la tenue en tension d'un tel ensemble de connexion.The presence of such retention clips in a two-part insert increases the overall bulk required for each contact in the insert and the maximum contact density in a given insert volume is limited. In addition, the presence of these retention clips, usually metal, leads to electrical leaks that reduce the voltage resistance of such a connection assembly.

Le document US 5,569,046 décrit un ensemble permettant la connexion entre un élément de contact et un câble de connexion. L'élément de contact traverse trois parties constituées de matière isolante. L'élément de contact est sécurisé par la combinaison d'un emmanchement de la section du contact et des nervures de scellage.The document US5,569,046 discloses an assembly for connection between a contact element and a connection cable. The contact element passes through three parts made of insulating material. The contact element is secured by the combination of a fitting of the contact section and the sealing ribs.

On connaît également des ensembles de connexion munis d'un insert monobloc, c'est-à-dire en une seule: partie, où le maintien des contacts électriques est réalisé en montant ces derniers en force dans l'insert, dont la souplesse du matériau permet une déformation telle que les contacts ainsi montés y sont emprisonnés. La réalisation d'un tel ensemble de connexion est relativement simple, puisque l'insert est formé d'une seule pièce généralement moulée et qu'il ne contient que peu de pièces à assembler.Connection assemblies are also known provided with a one-piece insert, that is to say in one: part, where the maintenance of the electrical contacts is achieved by mounting them in force in the insert, the flexibility of which material allows a deformation such that the contacts thus mounted are trapped. The realization of such a connection assembly is relatively simple, since the insert is formed of a single piece generally molded and contains only few parts to assemble.

Le document FR 2 745 122 décrit un connecteur pour circuit imprimé comprenant des contacts électriques démontables disposés dans un insert isolant monobloc à l'arrière duquel est placé un élément de fermeture et d'étanchéité en matière isolante souple.The document FR 2,745,122 discloses a printed circuit connector comprising demountable electrical contacts disposed in a monobloc insulating insert behind which is placed a closing and sealing member of flexible insulating material.

Enfin, le document EP 0 382 989 , au nom de la demanderesse, décrit un connecteur comportant un insert isolant monobloc, percé de passages parallèles de réception de contacts électriques démontables. Un moyen de rétention maintient les contacts électriques dans leurs logements.Finally, the document EP 0 382 989 , in the name of the applicant, discloses a connector having a monobloc insulating insert, pierced with parallel passages for receiving removable electrical contacts. Retention means maintains the electrical contacts in their housings.

Jusqu'à présent, les inserts utilisés sont destinés exclusivement à recevoir une unique sorte de contacts, c'est-à-dire soit des contacts montés en force, avec un insert monobloc, soit des contacts maintenus par clip dans un insert en deux parties. Lorsque l'on souhaite utiliser et des contacts montés en force et des contacts à clip de rétention, qui présentent des propriétés et avantages différents, il est actuellement nécessaire d'utiliser deux ensemble de connexion différents, présentant chacun un type de contacts, ce qui augmente inutilement les coûts et l'encombrement général au niveau de la zone de connexion électrique.Until now, the inserts used are intended exclusively to receive a single kind of contacts, that is to say either contacts mounted in force, with a monobloc insert, or contacts held by clip in a two-part insert . When it is desired to use and force-fitted contacts and retention clip contacts, which have different properties and advantages, it is currently necessary to use two different connection sets, each having a type of contacts, which unnecessarily increases the costs and overall size at the electrical connection area.

Dans l'invention, on cherche donc à fournir un ensemble de connexion pouvant recevoir indifféremment des contacts aptes à être montés en force dans un insert, et pour lesquels aucun clip de rétention n'est nécessaire et des contacts plus fragiles ou d'encombrement plus important qui ne peuvent pas être montés en force dans ledit insert.In the invention, it is therefore sought to provide a connection assembly that can indifferently receive contacts adapted to be mounted in force in an insert, and for which no retention clip is necessary and more fragile contacts or more space important that can not be mounted in force in said insert.

Pour cela, l'invention propose un ensemble de connexion dans lequel la tenue mécanique des deux parties de l'insert, ou isolant, est assurée grâce à la présence de contacts montés en force dans l'insert. Ainsi, c'est le montage de ces contacts qui permet la solidarisation des parties de l'insert. Aucun dispositif de maintien, tel que des clips de rétention, ne vient augmenter l'encombrement général autour de ces contacts, de sorte qu'il est avantageusement possible d'augmenter la densité des contacts pour un volume d'insert donné par rapport à un insert de l'état de la technique de même volume.For this, the invention proposes a connection assembly in which the mechanical strength of the two parts of the insert, or insulator, is ensured by the presence of contacts mounted in force in the insert. Thus, it is the assembly of these contacts that allows the attachment of the parts of the insert. No holding device, such as retaining clips, does not increase the overall bulk around these contacts, so that it is advantageously possible to increase the density of the contacts for a given insert volume compared to a insert of the state of the art of the same volume.

L'invention propose également des contacts à monter en force, munis d'une portion arrière, destinée à être logée dans la partie arrière de l'insert, et d'une portion avant, destinée à être logée dans la partie avant de l'insert. La portion arrière de ces contacts comporte un système de rétention tel que ladite portion arrière doit être emmanchée en force dans la partie arrière de l'insert et que son retrait une fois logée dans ladite partie arrière de l'insert est rendu impossible, ou tout au moins très difficile. Le matériau formant la partie arrière de l'insert est avantageusement un matériau souple, apte à se déformer pour laisser passer la partie arrière du contact et pour l'emprisonner une fois introduit. La partie avant des contacts à monter en force, elle, est munie de moyens de butée destinés à venir en appui contre une butée mécanique ménagée dans la partie avant dudit insert, et formant un limiteur de course qui interdit au contact de pénétrer plus avant dans la partie avant de l'insert.The invention also proposes contacts for mounting in force, provided with a rear portion, intended to be housed in the rear part of the insert, and a front portion, intended to be housed in the front part of the insert. The rear portion of these contacts comprises a retention system such that said rear portion must be force-fitted into the rear part of the insert and that its withdrawal once housed in said rear part of the insert is made impossible, or any at least very difficult. The material forming the rear part of the insert is advantageously a flexible material, able to deform to let the back part of the contact and to imprison once introduced. The front part of the contacts to be mounted in force, it is provided with abutment means intended to bear against a mechanical stop formed in the front portion of said insert, and forming a stroke limiter which prevents the contact to penetrate further into the front part of the insert.

Ainsi, lorsqu'un contact à monter en force est logé dans l'insert, les deux parties de l'insert sont maintenues en position, l'une par rapport à l'autre du fait même de la présence de ce contact. Le contact est monté en force quasi irréversiblement dans la partie arrière de l'insert, tandis que la partie avant dudit insert ne peut être retirée du fait de la butée mécanique interdisant, une fois le contact monté dans l'insert, et l'avancement du contact dans la partie avant de l'insert et le désengagement de la partie avant de l'insert par rapport à la partie arrière. Le montage du contact permet d'avoir un maintien mécanique entre la partie avant et la partie arrière de l'insert.Thus, when a contact to be mounted in force is housed in the insert, the two parts of the insert are held in position, one relative to the other by the very fact of the presence of this contact. The contact is mounted in force almost irreversibly in the rear part of the insert, while the front portion of said insert can not be removed due to the mechanical stop preventing, once the contact mounted in the insert, and the advancement of contact in the front part of the insert and the disengagement of the front part of the insert relative to the rear part. The fitting of the contact makes it possible to have a mechanical hold between the front part and the rear part of the insert.

Le montage des contacts à monter en force dans l'insert de l'ensemble de connexion selon l'invention, comme le positionnement des deux parties d'insert l'une par rapport à l'autre, peuvent avantageusement être automatisés.Mounting the contacts to be mounted in force in the insert of the connection assembly according to the invention, as the positioning of the two insert parts relative to each other, can advantageously be automated.

Il est possible, grâce à l'insert en deux parties, d'avoir dans l'ensemble de connexion selon l'invention, des contacts montés en force et des contacts nécessitant un clip de rétention monté entre les deux parties de l'insert, appelés par la suite contacts à clip. Les clips de rétention, montés entre la partie avant et la partie arrière de l'insert, ne sont situés qu'au niveau des canaux de passage de contacts destinés à recevoir spécifiquement cette sorte de contacts, de sorte que l'encombrement dû à ces contacts est réduit au strict minimum.It is possible, thanks to the two-part insert, to have in the connection assembly according to the invention, contacts mounted in force and contacts requiring a retention clip mounted between the two parts of the insert, subsequently called clip contacts. The retention clips, mounted between the front part and the rear part of the insert, are located only at the level of the contact passage channels intended specifically to receive this kind of contacts, so that the bulk due to these contacts is reduced to the bare minimum.

Préférentiellement, les contacts utilisés peuvent être soudés sur un circuit imprimé. Bien entendu, toute autre sorte de contacts peut être utilisée.Preferably, the contacts used can be soldered on a printed circuit. Of course, any other kind of contacts can be used.

L'invention a donc pour objet un ensemble de connexion comportant un insert en deux parties, respectivement partie avant et partie arrière, lesdites parties d'insert étant accolées l'une à l'autre et chaque partie d'insert étant munie de logements longitudinaux traversants, ménagés de manière à ce qu'au moins un logement longitudinal traversant de la partie avant de l'insert coïncide avec un logement longitudinal traversant de la partie arrière de l'insert, l'ensemble de connexion comportant également des contacts, au moins un contact s'étendant dans un logement longitudinal traversant de la partie avant de l'insert et dans un logement longitudinal de la partie arrière de l'insert, caractérisé en ce qu'au moins un contact est monté en force dans un logement, ledit contact monté en force comportant une portion avant munie d'une butée en appui contre une butée ménagée dans un logement longitudinal de la partie avant de l'insert, et en ce qu'une portion arrière dudit contact monté en force est munie de moyens de rétention tels que ladite portion arrière est emmanchée en force dans un logement longitudinal coïncidant de la partie arrière de l'insert.The invention therefore relates to a connection assembly comprising a two-part insert, respectively front part and rear part, said insert parts being contiguous to each other and each insert part being provided with longitudinal housings therethroughs, arranged in such a way that at least one longitudinal housing passing through the front part of the insert coincides with a longitudinal housing passing through the rear part of the insert, the connection assembly also comprising contacts, at least a contact extending in a longitudinal housing passing through the front part of the insert and into a longitudinal housing of the rear part of the insert, characterized in that at least one contact is mounted in force in a housing, said force-mounted contact having a front portion provided with a stop bearing against a stop in a longitudinal housing of the front portion of the insert, and in that a rear portion of the t contact mounted force is provided with retention means such that said rear portion is force-fitted into a longitudinal housing coinciding with the rear portion of the insert.

Par avant, on entend la partie ou l'élément considéré de l'ensemble de connexion qui est dirigé vers un connecteur complémentaire, par rapport à l'arrière, qui désigne la partie ou l'élément considéré de l'ensemble de connexion qui est dirigé vers le dispositif électrique que l'on souhaite connecter audit connecteur complémentaire.Front means the part or element considered of the connection assembly which is directed towards a complementary connector, with respect to the rear, which designates the part or the considered element of the assembly of connection that is directed to the electrical device that is to be connected to said complementary connector.

L'accolement des parties avant et arrière de l'insert se fait avantageusement entre la face arrière de la partie avant de l'insert et la face avant de la partie arrière de l'insert, l'accolement pouvant n'être que partiel.The joining of the front and rear parts of the insert is advantageously between the rear face of the front portion of the insert and the front face of the rear portion of the insert, the joining may be only partial.

L'insert est avantageusement de forme rectangulaire, mais selon le besoin il peut également être d'une autre forme, et notamment de forme circulaire.The insert is advantageously of rectangular shape, but as needed it can also be of another shape, and in particular of circular shape.

Par logement longitudinal traversant, on entend un logement, ou canal, traversant de part en part la partie d'insert concernée, c'est-à-dire depuis sa face arrière jusqu'à sa face avant, le logement débouchant ainsi au niveau de chacune des faces de la partie d'insert. Tous les logements longitudinaux de l'insert, destinés à recevoir des contacts sont traversants.By longitudinal through-housing, means a housing, or channel, passing through the insert part concerned, that is to say from its rear face to its front face, the housing thus opening at the level of each of the faces of the insert part. All the longitudinal housing of the insert, intended to receive contacts are through.

Les deux parties d'insert sont accolées de manière à ce qu'un logement au moins de la partie avant débouche dans un logement de la partie arrière de l'insert. Ainsi un contact traversant le logement de la partie avant de l'insert traverse également le logement coïncidant de la partie arrière dudit insert. L'alignement des logements de la partie avant et de la partie arrière de l'insert permet au contact de traverser longitudinalement l'insert, de part en part.The two insert parts are contiguous so that a housing at least of the front part opens into a housing of the rear part of the insert. Thus a contact passing through the housing of the front portion of the insert also passes through the housing coinciding with the rear portion of said insert. The alignment of the housing of the front portion and the rear portion of the insert allows the contact to cross longitudinally insert from one side to the other.

La butée sur la portion avant du contact à monter en force peut être formée par une bague, ou collerette, rapportée sur le diamètre externe dudit contact, ou moulée ou usinée directement sur ledit contact. La butée peut autrement être formée par un rétrécissement du diamètre du contact à monter en force, le diamètre de la portion du contact à monter en force située avant la butée étant strictement supérieur au diamètre de la portion du contact à monter en force située après ladite butée.The abutment on the front portion of the contact to be mounted in force may be formed by a ring, or collar, attached to the outer diameter of said contact, or molded or machined directly on said contact. The stop may otherwise be formed by a narrowing of the diameter of the contact to be mounted in force, the diameter of the portion of the contact to be mounted in force located before the stop being strictly greater than the diameter of the portion of the contact to be mounted in force located after said stop.

La butée dans le logement longitudinal de la partie avant de l'insert peut notamment être formée par la paroi interne dudit logement au niveau d'un rétrécissement du diamètre du logement coïncidant avec le rétrécissement du diamètre du contact. La butée peut autrement être formée par une pièce rapportée ou modulée dans ledit logement.The abutment in the longitudinal housing of the front portion of the insert may in particular be formed by the inner wall of said housing at a narrowing of the diameter of the housing coinciding with the narrowing of the diameter of the contact. The stop may otherwise be formed by an insert or modulated in said housing.

Les moyens de rétention sur la portion arrière du contact à monter en force sont, par exemple, formés par des ailettes de rétention, rapportées ou directement moulées ou usinées sur ledit contact à monter en force, de telle manière qu'elles forment un harpon interdisant le retrait dudit contact à monter en force hors du logement, sauf à endommager l'ensemble de connexion lors du retrait. L'emmanchement en force de la portion arrière du contact dans la partie arrière de l'insert permet un maintien en position non seulement dudit contact à monter en force dans son logement mais également de la partie avant de l'insert par rapport à la partie arrière dudit insert, du fait de la coopération entre la butée du contact à monter en force et la butée dans le logement de la partie avant de l'insert.The retention means on the rear portion of the contact to be mounted in force are, for example, formed by retention fins, attached or directly molded or machined on said contact to be mounted in force, so that they form a harpoon prohibiting the removal of said contact to be mounted in force out of the housing, except to damage all of connection during removal. The force fitting of the rear portion of the contact in the rear part of the insert allows a position to be maintained not only of said contact to be mounted in force in its housing but also of the front part of the insert relative to the part rear of said insert, due to the cooperation between the stop of the contact to be mounted in force and the stop in the housing of the front portion of the insert.

L'ensemble de connexion selon l'invention peut également comporter au moins un contact à clip, maintenu dans un logement longitudinal de la partie avant de l'insert et dans un logement longitudinal coïncidant de la partie arrière dudit insert par un clip de rétention, ledit clip de rétention étant solidaire d'une des deux parties de l'insert.The connection assembly according to the invention may also comprise at least one clip contact, held in a longitudinal housing of the front part of the insert and in a longitudinal housing coinciding with the rear part of said insert by a retention clip, said retention clip being integral with one of the two parts of the insert.

Par contact à clip, on entend un contact dont la taille ou la fragilité interdit un montage en force dans l'insert, et qui doit donc être maintenu dans ledit insert par un clip de rétention. Le clip de rétention est indifféremment situé dans le logement longitudinal de la partie avant ou de la partie arrière de l'insert destiné à le recevoir.Clip contact means a contact whose size or fragility prohibits a mounting force in the insert, and which must be maintained in said insert by a retention clip. The retention clip is indifferently located in the longitudinal housing of the front portion or the rear portion of the insert intended to receive it.

Ainsi, l'ensemble de connexion selon l'invention peut comporter deux sortes de contacts différents, à savoir des contacts à monter en force et des contacts à clip. Seuls les logements destinés aux contacts à clip doivent être munis d'un clip de rétention, de sorte que l'encombrement attaché à la présence de tels clips de rétention est réduit au strict minimum. Préférentiellement, les clips de rétention sont en matériau plastique, et sont rapportés spécifiquement dans les logements le nécessitant en fonction de l'utilisation de l'ensemble de connexion.Thus, the connection assembly according to the invention may comprise two different kinds of contacts, namely contacts to be mounted in force and clip contacts. Only housings intended for clip contacts must be provided with a retention clip, so that the size attached to the presence of such retention clips is reduced to a minimum. Preferably, the retention clips are made of plastic material, and are specifically reported in the housing that requires it depending on the use of the connection assembly.

Avantageusement, les parties avant et arrière de l'insert sont munies de moyens d'emboîtement, aptes à centrer lesdites parties l'une par rapport à l'autre de manière à ce qu'au moins un logement longitudinal de la partie avant de l'insert coïncide avec un logement longitudinal de la partie arrière de l'insert.Advantageously, the front and rear portions of the insert are provided with interlocking means, able to center said parts relative to each other so that at least one longitudinal housing of the front part of the insert coincides with a longitudinal housing of the rear part of the insert.

Notamment, on peut prévoir que les moyens d'emboîtement comportent au moins une cheminée en saillie d'une face arrière de la partie avant de l'insert, ladite cheminée, ou protubérance, bordant au moins partiellement une extrémité débouchante d'un logement longitudinal sur ladite face arrière, et au moins un lamage, ou évidement, complémentaire ménagé sur une face avant de la partie arrière de l'insert, ledit lamage bordant au moins partiellement une extrémité débouchante d'un logement longitudinal sur ladite face avant.In particular, it can be provided that the interlocking means comprise at least one chimney projecting from a rear face of the front part of the insert, said chimney, or protuberance, at least partially bordering an open end of a longitudinal housing. on said rear face, and at least one countersink, or recess, complementary formed on a front face of the rear part of the insert, said countersink bordering at least partially a leading end of a longitudinal housing on said front face.

Ainsi, la cheminée s'emboîte dans le lamage et les logements concernés sur les parties respectives de l'insert s'étendent alors dans le prolongement l'un de l'autre. On garantit de cette manière un bon positionnement des parties avant et arrière de l'insert l'une par rapport à l'autre, avant d'introduire les contacts dans les logements de l'insert, lesdits contacts permettant par la suite de maintenir la bonne position entre les deux parties de l'insert.Thus, the chimney fits into the countersink and the housing concerned on the respective parts of the insert then extend in the extension of one another. In this way, good positioning of the front and rear parts of the insert relative to one another is ensured before introducing the contacts into the housings of the insert, said contacts making it possible subsequently to maintain the good position between the two parts of the insert.

Dans un mode de réalisation préféré de l'invention, les contacts sont des contacts à picot destinés à être soudés sur un circuit imprimé, et notamment des contacts à picot femelles.In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the contacts are pin contacts intended to be soldered on a printed circuit, and in particular female pin contacts.

Avantageusement, on peut prévoir de munir l'ensemble de connexion de différents diamètres de contacts en fonction des besoins de l'utilisateur.Advantageously, provision may be made to provide the connection assembly with different contact diameters depending on the needs of the user.

Préférentiellement, chaque logement longitudinal traversant de la partie avant de l'insert coïncidé avec un logement longitudinal traversant de la partie arrière de l'insert, de sorte que chaque logement longitudinal traversant peut recevoir un contact.Preferably, each longitudinal housing passing through the front portion of the insert coincides with a longitudinal housing passing through the rear part of the insert, so that each longitudinal through housing can receive a contact.

L'invention concerne également un procédé de montage d'un ensemble de connexion selon l'invention, caractérisé en ce qu'il comporte les étapes suivantes :

  • on amène la partie avant de l'insert sur la partie arrière dudit insert, de manière à accoler au moins partiellement la face arrière de la partie avant de l'insert contre la face avant de la partie arrière dudit insert ;
  • on introduit une extrémité arrière d'un premier contact à monter en force dans un logement longitudinal de la partie avant de l'insert,
  • on poursuit l'introduction du premier contact à monter en force de manière à ce qu'il pénètre dans un logement longitudinal coïncidant dans la partie arrière dudit insert ;
  • on emmanche en force la portion arrière du premier contact à monter en force dans le logement longitudinal de la partie arrière de l'insert jusqu'à ce que la butée de la portion avant dudit contact à monter en force vienne en butée contre la butée mécanique de la partie avant du logement longitudinal.
The invention also relates to a method of mounting a connection assembly according to the invention, characterized in that it comprises the following steps:
  • bringing the front part of the insert onto the rear part of said insert, so as to at least partially join the rear face of the front part of the insert against the front face of the rear part of said insert;
  • introducing a rear end of a first contact to be mounted in force in a longitudinal housing of the front part of the insert,
  • continuing the introduction of the first contact to be mounted in force so that it enters a longitudinal housing coinciding in the rear portion of said insert;
  • the rear portion of the first contact is force-fitted in force in the longitudinal recess of the rear part of the insert until the abutment of the front portion of said contact to be mounted in force comes into abutment against the mechanical stop of the front part of the longitudinal housing.

On procède de manière identique pour chacun des contacts à monter en force qu'on souhaite loger dans l'insert.The procedure is identical for each of the contacts to be mounted in force that it is desired to lodge in the insert.

Une fois qu'au moins un contact à monter en force est monté dans l'insert, on peut introduire un contact à clip dans un logement longitudinal de la partie avant de l'insert et dans le logement longitudinal coïncidant de la partie arrière, l'un des deux logements étant muni d'un clip de rétention apte à maintenir le contact à clip en position dans lesdits logements.Once at least one contact to be mounted in force is mounted in the insert, it is possible to introduce a clip contact in a longitudinal housing of the front part of the insert and in the longitudinal housing coinciding with the rear portion, one of the two housing being provided with a retention clip adapted to maintain the clip contact in position in said housing.

Dans ce cas, le(s) clip(s) de rétention est(sont) soit moulé(s) soit monté(s) dans le(s) logement(s) longitudinal(aux) de la partie avant ou de la partie arrière de l'insert destiné(s) à le(s) recevoir, avant l'accolement des deux parties de l'insert.In this case, the retention clip (s) is (are) either molded or mounted in the longitudinal housing (s) of the front part or the rear part (s). insert for (s) to receive, before joining the two parts of the insert.

On peut ensuite procéder de manière identique avec chacun des contacts à clip à loger dans l'insert.One can then proceed identically with each clip contacts to be housed in the insert.

Avantageusement, on amène la partie avant de l'insert sur la partie arrière dudit insert de manière à faire coopérer des moyens d'emboîtement complémentaires ménagés respectivement sur la face arrière de la partie avant de l'insert et sur la face avant de la partie arrière dudit insert.Advantageously, the front part of the insert is brought to the rear part of said insert so as to make complementary engagement means formed on the rear face of the front part of the insert and on the front face of the part cooperate respectively. rear of said insert.

L'invention concerne également un kit de connexion, comportant

  • un insert en deux parties, respectivement avant et arrière, aptes à être accolées l'une à l'autre, chaque partie d'insert étant munie de logements longitudinaux traversants, ménagés de manière à ce qu'au moins un logement longitudinal de la partie avant de l'insert puisse coïncider avec un logement longitudinal de la partie arrière de l'insert lorsque les deux parties sont accolées,
  • au moins un contact à monter en force, comportant une portion avant munie d'une butée destinée à venir en appui contre une butée ménagée dans un logement longitudinal de la partie avant de l'insert, et une portion arrière munie de moyens de rétention aptes à autoriser un emmanchement en force de ladite portion arrière dudit contact dans un logement longitudinal de la partie arrière de l'insert.
The invention also relates to a connection kit comprising
  • an insert in two parts, respectively front and rear, adapted to be contiguous to each other, each insert portion being provided with longitudinal slots therethrough, arranged in such a way that at least one longitudinal housing of the part before the insert can coincide with a longitudinal housing of the rear part of the insert when the two parts are contiguous,
  • at least one contact to be mounted in force, comprising a front portion provided with a stop intended to abut against a stop provided in a longitudinal housing of the front part of the insert, and a rear portion provided with suitable retention means to allow a force fit of said rear portion of said contact in a longitudinal housing of the rear portion of the insert.

Le kit de connexion peut également comporter au moins un contact à clip, au moins une partie d'insert comportant alors au niveau de l'un de ses logements longitudinaux un clip de rétention apte à maintenir en position dans ledit logement un tel contact à clip.The connection kit may also include at least one clip contact, at least one insert portion then having at one of its longitudinal housing a retention clip adapted to maintain in position in said housing such a clip contact .

Avantageusement, les parties avant et arrière de l'insert sont munies de moyens d'emboîtement, aptes à centrer lesdites parties l'une par rapport à l'autre de manière à ce qu'au moins un logement longitudinal de la partie avant de l'insert puisse coïncider avec un logement longitudinal de la partie arrière de l'insert.Advantageously, the front and rear portions of the insert are provided with interlocking means, able to center said parts relative to each other so that at least one longitudinal housing of the front part of the insert may coincide with a longitudinal housing of the rear part of the insert.

L'invention sera mieux comprise à la lecture de la description qui suit et à l'examen des figures qui l'accompagnent. Celles-ci sont présentées à titre indicatif et nullement limitatif de l'invention. Les figures représentent :

  • Figure 1 : une représentation partielle en perspective d'un ensemble de connexion selon l'invention muni de contacts à monter en force ;
  • Figure 2 : une coupe transversale partielle d'un insert selon l'invention muni de contacts à monter en force ;
  • Figure 3 : l'ensemble de connexion de la figure 1 logé dans un boîtier de connexion ;
  • Figure 4 : une représentation partielle en perspective d'un ensemble de connexion selon l'invention muni de contacts à monter en force et d'un contact à clip.
The invention will be better understood on reading the description which follows and on examining the figures which accompany it. These are presented as an indication and in no way limitative of the invention. The figures represent:
  • Figure 1 : a partial perspective representation of a connection assembly according to the invention provided with contacts to be mounted in force;
  • Figure 2 : a partial cross section of an insert according to the invention provided with contacts to be mounted in force;
  • Figure 3 : the connection set of the figure 1 housed in a connection box;
  • Figure 4 : a partial perspective representation of a connection assembly according to the invention provided with contacts to be mounted in force and a clip contact.

L'ensemble de connexion 1 représenté aux figures 1, 2, 3 et 4 comporte un insert 2 muni d'une partie avant 3 et d'une partie arrière 4, disposées l'une par rapport à l'autre de manière à ce qu'une face arrière 5 de la partie avant soit accolée à une face avant 6 de la partie arrière 4.The connection assembly 1 shown in Figures 1, 2 , 3 and 4 comprises an insert 2 provided with a front portion 3 and a rear portion 4, arranged relative to each other so that a rear face 5 of the front portion is contiguous to a front face 6 of the rear part 4.

Sur les figures 1, 2, 3 et 4, les éléments arrière sont à droite par rapport aux éléments avant, qui eux sont à gauche.On the Figures 1, 2 , 3 and 4 , the rear elements are on the right with respect to the front elements, which are on the left.

L'insert 2 tel que décrit est un parallélépipède rectangle, constitué lui-même par deux parallélépipèdes rectangles formant les parties avant 3 et arrière 4, dont les plus grandes faces forment les faces avant et arrière de chacune des deux parties 3, 4 de l'insert 2.The insert 2 as described is a rectangular parallelepiped, itself constituted by two rectangular parallelepipeds forming the front 3 and rear 4 parts, the larger faces of which form the front and rear faces of each of the two parts 3, 4 of the insert 2.

Chaque partie d'insert est munie d'une pluralité de logements longitudinaux 7, 8 s'étendant parallèlement à l'axe longitudinal A de manière à traverser de part en part ledit insert 2 et à déboucher au niveau de chacune des faces avant et arrière des parties 3, 4 d'insert concernées.Each insert portion is provided with a plurality of longitudinal housings 7, 8 extending parallel to the longitudinal axis A so as to pass right through said insert 2 and to open at each of the front and rear faces parts 3, 4 insert concerned.

Chaque logement longitudinal traversant 7 de la partie avant 3 de l'insert 2 coïncide avec un logement longitudinal traversant 8 de la partie arrière 4 de l'insert, de sorte qu'un contact à monter en force 9 traversant l'insert 2 traverse et un logement longitudinal 7 de la partie avant 3 et un logement longitudinal 8 de la partie arrière 4 dudit insert 2.Each longitudinal through-housing 7 of the front portion 3 of the insert 2 coincides with a longitudinal through-housing 8 of the rear portion 4 of the insert, so that a force-fitting contact 9 passing through the insert 2 passes through and a longitudinal housing 7 of the front part 3 and a longitudinal housing 8 of the rear part 4 of said insert 2.

Les contacts à monter en force 9 représentés sont des contacts femelles à picot, c'est-à-dire qu'une extrémité arrière 10 desdits contacts à monter en force 9 est un picot, destiné par exemple à être soudé sur un circuit imprimé (non représenté). L'extrémité avant 11 desdits contacts à monter en force 9 est munie d'un fût destiné à être serti sur un contact d'un connecteur complémentaire (non représenté).The contacts to be mounted in force 9 shown are female pin contacts, that is to say that a rear end 10 of said contacts to be mounted in force 9 is a pin, intended for example to be soldered to a printed circuit ( not shown). The front end 11 of said force-mounting contacts 9 is provided with a shank for crimping on a contact of a complementary connector (not shown).

Comme cela est plus particulièrement visible sur la figure 2, chaque contact à monter en force 9 est muni d'une portion avant 12 logée dans un logement longitudinal 7 de la partie avant 3 de l'insert 2, et d'une portion arrière 13 longée dans un logement longitudinal 8 de la partie arrière 4 de l'insert 2.As this is particularly visible on the figure 2 each contact to be mounted in force 9 is provided with a front portion 12 housed in a longitudinal recess 7 of the front portion 3 of the insert 2, and a portion 13 rear lined in a longitudinal housing 8 of the rear portion 4 of the insert 2.

La portion avant 12 d'un contact à monter en force 9 présente localement un plus grand diamètre 14, c'est-à-dire que de part et d'autre de cette partie de plus grand diamètre 14, la portion avant 12 du contact à monter en force 9 présente un diamètre strictement inférieur. Cette partie de plus grand diamètre 14 vient en butée contre une butée mécanique 15 dans le logement longitudinal 7 correspondant de la partie avant 3 de l'insert 2. La butée mécanique 15 est formée par un rétrécissement du diamètre dudit logement longitudinal 7, ledit diamètre du logement 7 étant strictement supérieur au niveau de son extrémité débouchante avant 16 qu'au niveau de son extrémité débouchante arrière 17. Ainsi, le contact à monter en force 9 ne peut pas coulisser plus avant dans le logement longitudinal 7, la butée mécanique 15 interdisant la translation dudit contact à monter en force 9 au-delà de ladite butée 15. Dans l'exemple représenté, la partie de plus grand diamètre 14 est formée par une collerette rapportée ou moulée autour du diamètre externe de la partie avant 12 du contact à monter en force 9.The front portion 12 of a force-fitting contact 9 has locally a larger diameter 14, that is to say that on either side of this portion of larger diameter 14, the front portion 12 of the contact to mount force 9 has a strictly smaller diameter. This portion of larger diameter 14 abuts against a mechanical stop 15 in the corresponding longitudinal housing 7 of the front portion 3 of the insert 2. The mechanical stop 15 is formed by a narrowing of the diameter of said longitudinal housing 7, said diameter the housing 7 being strictly greater than the level of its emergent end before 16 at its rear outlet end 17. Thus, the contact force to mount 9 can not slide further into the longitudinal housing 7, the mechanical stop 15 prohibiting the translation of said contact to mount in force 9 beyond said abutment 15. In the example shown, the larger diameter portion 14 is formed by a flange reported or molded around the outer diameter of the front portion 12 of the contact to rise in strength 9.

Parallèlement, la portion arrière 13 du contact à monter en force 9 est munie de harpons 18, ou clips de rétention, s'étendant localement sur un périmètre externe de ladite portion arrière 13 dudit contact à monter en force 9, le diamètre du logement longitudinal 8 dans la partie arrière de l'insert 2 étant tel que l'introduction de la partie de ladite portion arrière 13 du contact à monter en force 9 munie des harpons 18 dans le logement longitudinal 8 nécessite un emmanchement en force.Meanwhile, the rear portion 13 of the contact to be mounted in force 9 is provided with harpoons 18, or retaining clips, extending locally on an outer perimeter of said rear portion 13 of said contact to be mounted in force 9, the longitudinal housing diameter. 8 in the rear part of the insert 2 being such that the introduction of the portion of said rear portion 13 of the force-fitting contact 9 provided harpoons 18 in the longitudinal housing 8 requires a press fit.

Ainsi, une fois que la portion arrière 13 du contact à monter en force 9 est emmanchée en force dans le logement longitudinal 8 de la partie arrière 4 de l'insert 2, il n'est plus possible de retirer accidentellement ledit contact à monter en force 9. Il est possible de réaliser l'insert 2 et les contacts à monter en force 9 de manière à pouvoir autoriser le démontage volontaire desdits contacts à monter en force 9, par une traction en force permettant de désengager les harpons 18 du logement longitudinal 8. La translation du contact à monter en force 9 plus avant dans le logement longitudinal 8 de la partie arrière 4 de l'insert 2 est interdite par la mise en butée de la collerette 14 contre la butée mécanique 15 du logement longitudinal 7 de la partie avant 3 dudit insert 2.Thus, once the rear portion 13 of the contact to be mounted in force 9 is force-fitted into the longitudinal housing 8 of the rear portion 4 of the insert 2, it is no longer possible to accidentally remove said contact to be mounted. force 9. It is possible to make the insert 2 and the contacts to be mounted in force 9 so as to allow the deliberate disassembly of said contacts to mount in force 9, by a pull force to disengage the harpoon 18 of the longitudinal housing 8. The translation of the contact to mount force 9 further in the longitudinal housing 8 of the rear portion 4 of the insert 2 is prohibited by the abutment of the flange 14 against the mechanical stop 15 of the longitudinal housing 7 of the front portion 3 of said insert 2.

La mise en place des contacts à monter en force 9 dans les deux parties successives 3, 4 de l'insert 2 permet de maintenir solidairement lesdites parties 3, 4 de l'insert 2 accolées.The establishment of the contacts to be mounted in force 9 in the two successive parts 3, 4 of the insert 2 allows to maintain integrally said parts 3, 4 of the insert 2 contiguous.

Par ailleurs, comme cela est représenté sur les figures, il est possible de munir la face arrière 5 de la partie avant 3 de l'insert 2 ainsi que la face avant 6 de la partie arrière 4 dudit insert 2 d'un système de détrompage permettant de garantir un bon alignement des logements longitudinaux 7, 8, de manière à ce que chacun des logements longitudinaux 7 de la partie avant 3 de l'insert 2 coïncide avec un logement longitudinal 8 de la partie arrière 4 de l'insert 2.Moreover, as shown in the figures, it is possible to provide the rear face 5 of the front portion 3 of the insert 2 and the front face 6 of the rear portion 4 of said insert 2 of a keying system to ensure proper alignment of the longitudinal housing 7, 8, so that each of the longitudinal housing 7 of the front portion 3 of the insert 2 coincides with a longitudinal housing 8 of the rear portion 4 of the insert 2.

Ce système de détrompage est, par exemple, formé de moyens d'emboîtement comportant des cheminées 19 en saillie sur la face arrière 5 de la partie avant 3 de l'insert 2, et des lamages 20 ménagés sur la face avant 6 de la partie arrière 4 de l'insert 2, et dont des dimensions sont aptes à recevoir les cheminées 19. Chacune des cheminées 19 borde une extrémité débouchante arrière 17 d'un logement longitudinal 7, tandis que chaque lamage 20 borde une extrémité débouchante avant 21 d'un logement longitudinal 8.This coding system is, for example, formed of interlocking means comprising chimneys 19 projecting on the rear face 5 of the front portion 3 of the insert 2, and countersinks 20 formed on the front face 6 of the part rear 4 of the insert 2, and whose dimensions are adapted to receive the chimneys 19. Each of the chimneys 19 borders a rear outlet end 17 of a longitudinal housing 7, while each countersink 20 flanks an outlet end 21 before longitudinal housing 8.

Ainsi, avant même que les contacts à monter en force 9 soient logés dans les logements 7, 8 correspondant, on assure un bon positionnement des parties 3, 4 de l'insert 2 l'une par rapport à l'autre.Thus, even before the contacts to be mounted in force 9 are housed in the corresponding housing 7, 8, it ensures a good positioning of the parts 3, 4 of the insert 2 relative to each other.

Bien entendu, il est possible de ne réaliser des moyens d'emboîtement 19, 20 qu'au niveau de certains logements longitudinaux 7, 8, par exemple au niveau des seuls logements situés aux quatre coins de l'insert rectangulaire 2.Of course, it is possible to achieve interlocking means 19, 20 only at certain longitudinal housing 7, 8, for example at the only housing located at the four corners of the rectangular insert 2.

Bien entendu; tout autre système de détrompage permettant d'assurer un bon positionnement des deux parties 3, 4 de l'insert 2 l'une par rapport à l'autre peut être utilisé.Of course; any other keying system to ensure proper positioning of the two parts 3, 4 of the insert 2 relative to each other can be used.

Avantageusement, comme cela est représenté sur la figure 3, l'ensemble de connexion est monté dans un boîtier de connecteur 25, lequel est muni de manière classique de barrettes de rétention 26, 27 coopérant avec des butées 28, 29, ménagées sur des parois latérales externes 30 desdites parties avant 3 et arrière 4 de l'insert 2. Ces barrettes de rétentions 26, 27 et butées 28, 29 participent également au maintien de l'ensemble de connexion 1 selon l'invention.Advantageously, as shown on the figure 3 , the connection assembly is mounted in a connector housing 25, which is conventionally provided with retention bars 26, 27 cooperating with stops 28, 29, provided on external side walls 30 of said front 3 and rear portions 4 of the insert 2. These retaining bars 26, 27 and stops 28, 29 also participate in maintaining the connection assembly 1 according to the invention.

Aux figures 1 et 3, dans un souci de visibilité, et de compréhension, tous les contacts à monter en force 9 n'ont pas été représentés. Bien entendu, il est possible de munir l'insert 2 de plus ou moins de contacts à monter en force 9, tous les logements longitudinaux 7, 8 pouvant être traversés de tels contacts à monter en force 9. De même, il est possible de prévoir des logements longitudinaux 7, 8 de diamètres différents les uns des autres, en fonction du diamètre des contacts qu'ils sont destinés à recevoir.To the figures 1 and 3 for the sake of visibility and comprehension, all the contacts to be mounted in force 9 have not been represented. Good Of course, it is possible to provide the insert 2 with more or fewer contacts to be mounted in force 9, all the longitudinal housings 7, 8 can be traversed by such contacts to be mounted in force 9. Similarly, it is possible to provide longitudinal housings 7, 8 of diameters different from each other, depending on the diameter of the contacts they are intended to receive.

Le montage d'un tel ensemble de connexion peut se réaliser de manière automatique sur machine. Les moyens de rétention ménagés sur les contacts à monter en force 9 permettent d'assurer un bon maintien, et un bon positionnement des parties avant 3 et arrière 4 de l'insert 2 l'une par rapport à l'autre, ainsi qu'un bon maintien des contacts à monter en force 9 dans l'insert 2.The assembly of such a connection assembly can be carried out automatically on a machine. The retention means provided on the contacts to be mounted in force 9 make it possible to ensure a good maintenance, and a good positioning of the front 3 and rear 4 parts of the insert 2 with respect to each other, as well as a good maintenance of the contacts to be mounted in force 9 in the insert 2.

Sur la figure 4, l'insert 2 est muni, en plus d'une pluralité de contacts à monter en force 9, d'un contact à clip 31 monté dans un logement longitudinal 32, 33 spécifique traversant longitudinalement l'insert 2. L'encombrement du contact à clip 31 est très supérieur à celui des contacts à monter en force 9.On the figure 4 , the insert 2 is provided, in addition to a plurality of contacts for mounting force 9, a clip contact 31 mounted in a specific longitudinal housing 32, 33 longitudinally through the insert 2. The size of the contact clip 31 is much greater than the contacts to mount force 9.

De manière classique, un clip de rétention 35 est monté dans le logement avant 33 de la partie avant 3 de l'insert 2, de manière à être partiellement logé dans le logement arrière 32 coïncidant lorsque les deux parties 3, 4 de l'insert 2 sont accolées l'une, à l'autre.Conventionally, a retention clip 35 is mounted in the front housing 33 of the front portion 3 of the insert 2, so as to be partially housed in the rear housing 32 coinciding when the two parts 3, 4 of the insert 2 are attached to each other.

Le clip de rétention 35 est maintenu en position dans les logement 32, 33 par la présence des contacts à monter en force 9 qui assurent la solidarisation des deux parties 3, 4 de l'insert 2.The retention clip 35 is held in position in the housing 32, 33 by the presence of the contacts to be mounted in force 9 which ensure the joining of the two parts 3, 4 of the insert 2.

L'ensemble de connexion 1 selon l'invention permet donc avantageusement de mixer les contacts 9, 31 dans un même insert 2, afin de répondre aux besoins des utilisateurs sans multiplier inutilement le nombre d'inserts et ainsi permettre une réduction de l'encombrement total des installations électriques.The connection assembly 1 according to the invention therefore advantageously makes it possible to mix the contacts 9, 31 in the same insert 2, in order to meet the needs of the users without unnecessarily multiplying the number of inserts and thus allow a reduction of the space requirement. total electrical installations.

Claims (13)

  1. A connection assembly (1) comprising an insert (2) in two parts (3, 4), a front part and a rear part respectively, wherein said insert parts are set against each other and each insert part has through longitudinal recesses (7, 8) made so that at least one through longitudinal recess (7) of the front part of the insert coincides with a through longitudinal recess (8) of the rear part of the insert, wherein the connection assembly also comprises contacts (9, 31), wherein at least one contact extends in a through longitudinal recess of the front part of the insert and in a longitudinal recess of the rear part of the insert, characterized in that at least one contact (9) is force mounted in a recess, wherein said force mounted contact comprises a front portion (12) provided with a stop (14) that rests against a stop (15) made in a longitudinal recess of the front part of the insert, and in that a rear portion (13) of said force mounted contact is provided with retention means (18) such that said rear portion is force fitted in a longitudinal recess coinciding with the rear part of the insert.
  2. A connection assembly according to claim 1, characterized in that it comprises at least un clip contact (31) held in a longitudinal recess (33) of the front part of the insert and in a coinciding longitudinal recess (32) of the rear part of said insert by a retention clip (35), wherein said retention clip is integral with one of the two parts of the insert.
  3. A connection assembly according to any of claims 1 to 2, characterized in that the front and rear parts of the insert are equipped with fitting means (19, 20) suitable for centering said parts in relation to each other so that at least one longitudinal recess of the front part of the insert coincides with a longitudinal recess of the rear part of the insert.
  4. A connection assembly according to claim 3, characterized in that the fitting means comprise at least one chimney (19) protruding from a rear face (5) of the front part of the insert, wherein said chimney is at least partly on the edge of an opening end (17) of a longitudinal recess on said rear face, and at least one complementary counterbore (20) provided on the front face (6) of the rear part of the insert, wherein said counterbore is at least partly on the edge of an opening end (21) of a longitudinal recess on said front face.
  5. A connection assembly according to any of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the contacts are pin type contacts to be soldered on a printed circuit.
  6. A connection assembly according to any of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that each through longitudinal recess of the front part of the insert coincides with a through horizontal recess of the rear part of the insert.
  7. A method for assembling a connection assembly according to any of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that it comprises the following steps:
    - the front part of the insert is brought on the rear part of said insert so as to place the rear face of the front part of the insert at least partly against the front face of the rear part of said insert;
    - a rear end (10) of a first contact to force mount (9) is inserted in a longitudinal recess of the front part of the insert;
    - the introduction of the first contact to force mount is continued so that it penetrates into a coinciding longitudinal recess in the rear part of said insert;
    - the rear partion of the first contact to force mount is force fitted in the longitudinal recess of the rear part of the insert until the stop of the front portion of said contact to force mount stops against the mechanical stop of the front part of the longitudinal recess.
  8. A mounting method according to claim 7, characterized in that each of the contacts to force mount is similarly inserted in a longitudinal recess of the front part of the insert and in a corresponding longitudinal recess of the rear part.
  9. A mounting method according to any of claims 7 to 8, characterized in that once at least one force mounted contact is mounted in the insert, at least one clip contact (31) is inserted in a longitudinal recess (33) of the front part of the insert and in the coinciding longitudinal recess (32) of the rear part, wherein one of the two recesses is provided with a retention clip (35) suitable for maintaining the clip contact in position in said recesses.
  10. A mounting method according to any of claims 7 to 9, characterized in that when the front part of the insert is brought on the rear part of said insert, said parts are centered in relation to each other by fitting the complementary fitting means (19, 20) made on the rear face of the front part of the insert and the front face of the rear part of said insert.
  11. A connection kit comprising
    - an insert (2) in two parts (3, 4), a front and rear part respectively, suitable for being set against each other, wherein each part of the insert has through longitudinal recesses (7, 8) made so that at least one longitudinal recess (7) of the front part of the insert can coincide with a longitudinal recess (8) of the rear part of the insert when the two parts are set against each other,
    - at least one contact for force mounting (9), comprising a front portion (12) provided with a stop (14) designed to rest against a stop (15) made in a longitudinal recess of the front part of the insert and a rear portion (13) provided with retention means (18) suitable to allow force fitting said rear portion of said contact in a longitudinal recess of the rear part of the insert.
  12. A connection kit according to claim 11, characterized in that it also comprises at least one clip contact (31), wherein at least one part of the insert comprises, in one of its longitudinal recesses, a retention clip (35) suitable for holding such a clip contact in place in said recess.
  13. A connection kit according to any of claims 11 to 12, characterized in that the front and rear parts of the insert are provided with fitting means suitable for centering said parts in relation to each other so that at least one longitudinal recess of the front part of the insert can coincide with a longitudinal recess of the rear part of the insert.
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