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EP2477281A1
EP2477281A1 EP11151064A EP11151064A EP2477281A1 EP 2477281 A1 EP2477281 A1 EP 2477281A1 EP 11151064 A EP11151064 A EP 11151064A EP 11151064 A EP11151064 A EP 11151064A EP 2477281 A1 EP2477281 A1 EP 2477281A1
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socket
socket part
protective cover
guide sleeve
guide
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Jonas Brunvoll
Paul Häni
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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
    • H01R13/44—Means for preventing access to live contacts
    • H01R13/447—Shutter or cover plate
    • H01R13/453—Shutter or cover plate opened by engagement of counterpart
    • H01R13/4538—Covers sliding or withdrawing in the direction of engagement
    • 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
    • H01R24/00—Two-part coupling devices, or either of their cooperating parts, characterised by their overall structure
    • H01R24/58—Contacts spaced along longitudinal axis of engagement

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  • the invention concerns a socket part for an electrical connection with a corresponding plug part.
  • the socket part comprises protection means in order to prevent contamination of the electrical contacts located in a socket opening or receiving channel for receiving the plug part.
  • Such protection means may also improve child safety and lead to a more attractive outer appearance of e.g. electronic devices.
  • the socket part particularly be used for an electronic device, e.g. a mobile phone or an audio system.
  • the protection means of the socket part include three pieces of a slide cover which are laterally moved by the insertion force of the plug.
  • a ring-type spring is used for elastically constricting the slide cover pieces.
  • Each piece of the slide cover contains a T-formed legs which is supported and guided by inclined guide grooves.
  • the socket part shall further meet high demands regarding protection such as dust cover and/or child safety and aesthetic appearance.
  • the socket part for an electrical connection with a plug part includes a socket opening and an adjacent receiving channel for receiving the plug part.
  • the receiving channel comprises protection means for closing the receiving channel or socket opening, in particular in order to prevent contamination of the electrical contacts located in the receiving channel by impurities.
  • the inventive protection means include a protective device which is mounted displaceable in the receiving channel.
  • the protective device comprises a protective cover which can be axially moved from a closed position into an open position. In the closed position, the socket opening is closed and in the open position the plug part is inserted. In the open position, the electrical contacts are exposed from the protection means and an electrical connection with the plug part is available.
  • the protective device can be easily moved in a simple linear plug-in movement. With that, it is also reliably ensured that the plug part can be easily manufactured and still meet high demands regarding protection.
  • the protective device is based into the closed position particularly by means of a helical compression spring. Therewith the protective device automatically moves back into the closed position as soon as the plug is withdrawn from the socket.
  • the protective device can be held in an axially sprung fashion within the socket part.
  • the protective cover can be a full body made of plastic or another isolation material.
  • the cover can be a cap with a tubular portion and a cover portion whereas the tubular portion is adapted to receive one end of the helical compression spring.
  • the protective device can have at least one guide portion which displaceably engages into a guide groove on the socket member. Particularly advantageously, the engagement is such that the spring path is limited and such that it is held such that the protective device is fixed against rotation.
  • the protective device advantageously comprises two or more guide portions.
  • the protective device comprises an inner part and an outer sleeve-like part which are slidingly joined together in such a way that these parts are telescopically extendable. This embodiment provides a more guided and precise insertion of the plug into the socket and allows reducing the space required for the protective device.
  • the socket part can be suitable for receiving a so called jack connector having a tip portion and a cylindrical portion, whereas the diameter of the cylindrical portion is greater than the outer diameter of the tip portion.
  • the inner diameter of the outer part of the protective device can be larger than the diameter of the tip portion but less than the diameter of the cylindrical portion such that it allows insertion of the tip portion into the outer part and such that the outer part is only actuated after exceeding a predetermined travel distance of the jack connector when a front face of the cylindrical portion of the plug part hits the outer part of the protective device.
  • the two insertion sequences provide an easy and reliable push-away of the protective device in axial direction.
  • the protective cover forms the inner part and the outer part is formed by the guide sleeve.
  • the helical compression spring acts on the inner side of the protective cover, on the one side. On the other side, the compression spring advantageously acts on a bottom part of the socket housing.
  • said at least one cam guide is arranged on the outer casing of the protective cover and the guide cam engages in a guide groove on the guide sleeve.
  • the length of the guide groove on the guide sleeve is chosen in such a way that in the closed position the front ends of the protective cover and of the guide sleeve lie approximately in the same plane or the front end of the guide sleeve projects beyond the front end of the protective cover.
  • the entrance area of the socket opening has an advantageous closing and aesthetic appearance.
  • the guide sleeve can have a slot.
  • at least one electrically conducting contact ball can be arranged which is pressed resiliently inwardly through said slot in the closed position.
  • the slot permits a close placement of the contact ball with respect to the axis of the plug part. Thereby it is reliably ensured that the contact ball contacts the plug part in the open position for an optimised electrical connection.
  • the socket part has a socket housing having a socket member which forms the receiving channel and a bottom part which is joined to the backside of the socket member.
  • the bottom part and the socket member advantageously have, on their mating surfaces, projections and especially pins on the one side and recesses and corresponding pin openings on the other side engaging in one another.
  • the engagement can be in such a way that the bottom part and the socket member are detachably held together.
  • the electronic device can be a mobile phone or a music player.
  • the socket part can be part of a female electrical connection device for the connection to a power network. This socket part may be integrated in an electrical wall outlet mounted on a wall.
  • FIG. 1 shows a mobile phone 10 having a socket part 1 in which a plug part 2 of a jack connector, e.g. a TRRS connector for ear phones (including optionally a micro phone) or a connector for a single micro phone, can be inserted.
  • a plug part 2 of a jack connector e.g. a TRRS connector for ear phones (including optionally a micro phone) or a connector for a single micro phone
  • the socket part is arranged on a lateral sidewall 27 of the mobile phone 10.
  • the socket opening 23 of the socket part 1 is closed by protective device 4. This protective device will next be described.
  • the inventive socket part can also be used in other areas of application.
  • socket parts may also be advantageous in female electrical connection devices for power supply.
  • For receiving an electrical plug having two metal pins such a female mating would comprise two or three socket parts each having the inventive protective device.
  • FIG 1a a female electrical connection device for the connection to a power network which can be mounted on a wall is shown.
  • the openings 23' and 23" for receiving plugs of a plug are closed by protective devices 4 according to the invention.
  • a integral one piece device may be sufficient.
  • FIG. 2 shows the socket part 1 for receiving a plug part (not shown).
  • the socket part 1 comprises a socket housing consisting of a socket member 9 and a bottom part 17.
  • a clearance hole is arranged extending along an axis A.
  • the clearance hole defines a receiving channel 3 in which a protective cover 5 and a guide sleeve 6 can be displaceably mounted.
  • the two housing pieces 9 and 17 consist, for example, of plastic material, preferably being injection-moulded. However, other materials such as ceramics can also be used.
  • the bottom part 17 has two pins 18 and on the mating surface the socket member 9 there are pin openings 19. Pins 18 and pin openings 19 ensure a tight fit seat so that the bottom part 17 and the socket member 9 still are detachably held together. Additionally or alternatively also adhesives or welding may be used in order to ensure a solid fixation.
  • the protective device 4 is characterized by a telescopic configuration whereas the inner part is formed by a protective cover 5 and the outer part is formed by the guide sleeve 6.
  • On the cylindrical outer casing of the protective cover 5 two guide cams 12 are arranged.
  • the guide cams 12 with cam ends 33 engage in complementary guide grooves 13 on the guide sleeve 6. So, the cover part 5 can be axially moved inside the sleeve portion.
  • the axial extension of guide cams 12 and guide groove 13 is such that the front of the protective cover ends aligning with the front face of the guide sleeve 6 in the closed position (see Figure 4 ).
  • rail like guide portions 8 are arranged on the outer surface of guide sleeve which engage in guide grooves 11 on the interior surface of the receiving channel 3.
  • the protective device is biased into the closed position by a helical compression spring 7.
  • the spring 7 is held and supported on the bottom part 17 and pushes in axially sprung fashion the protective cover in the opposite direction of the insertion direction c.
  • the protective cover 5 is formed as a full body made of plastic, but may also be made of other suitable materials.
  • the protective cover 5 is approximately symmetrical in construction and has two integrally formed guide cams at its sides.
  • For the guide sleeve 6 preferably the same plastic material is used.
  • the housing pieces 9 and 17 have a rectangular cross section.
  • the socket part according to the invention can be realised not only on housings with rectangular cross section. Also housings portions with round cross section can be provided with the axially moveable protective device in the same or a similar way.
  • Figure 2 shows an electrical contact arrangement having contact balls which contact the respective conductive zones of an inserted plug part.
  • the present embodiment refers to a jack plug of the TRRS connector type which has four contacts. Consequently, the socket part 1 has four balls 28, 28', 28" and 28"'. The balls rest in retainers formed by conical cut-outs.
  • the contact ball 28" belongs to cut-out 30''.
  • the closing spring is a leaf spring which presses the ball against the contact of the plug when the plug is inserted.
  • the metallic plate 29" is held in a slit 31''.
  • the contact ball indicated by 28 has somewhat bigger dimensions. The contact ball 28 engages in the tapering between the tip portion and the cylindrical portion of the TRRS connector (not shown in Figure 2 , see Figures 4 and 5 ) .
  • the guide sleeve 6 has a slot 15 and the protective cover 5 has an indentation with an ark-shaped cross section.
  • the contact balls 28, 28' and 28''' of the socket member 9 press resiliently radially inwardly at least partially through the slot 15 in closed position.
  • the contact ball 28 serves as a positioning ball for releasably fixing the fully inserted position of the plug. In the inserted position the ball 28 engages in the tapering of the tip portion and cylindrical portion of the plug (not shown).
  • the slot 15 on the guide sleeve 6 and the indentation 16 on the protective cover 5 facing the slot 15 permit a close placement of the ball 28 with respect to the axis of the socket part 1 or plug part, respectively.
  • the protective device does not necessarily need to be a two-piece part made of plastic material. Instead of the telescopic configuration it would also be conceivable that the protective device is made of a single monolithic part.
  • FIG. 3 shows some further constructive details of the socket part 1.
  • the relatively short guide cam 12 has a cam end 33 facing the opening.
  • the guide groove 13 has a groove end 14 for positional limitation of the protective cover in the closed position. At least in the closed position the cam end 33 strikes in the corresponding groove end 14 so that a precise alignment of the fronts of the protective cover 5 and the guide sleeve 6 can be reached (see Fig. 4 ).
  • the cut-outs 30, 30', 30" and 30''' have a conical shape which becomes narrower entering the receiving channel 3.
  • the lateral slots 31, 31', 31" and 31''' are illustrated by dashed lines. Further, the length of the axial extensions of the interlocking arrangements (i.e. guide groove 11, guide cam 12, guide groove 13) can be seen.
  • Figures 4 and 5 schematically show the front area of the socket part 1.
  • the length of the guide groove (not shown) in axial direction on the guide sleeve 6 is chosen in such a way that in the closed position ( Fig. 4 ) the front ends of the protective cover 5 and of the guide sleeve 6 lie approximately in the same plane.
  • the jack connector part 2 has a tip portion 21 and a cylindrical portion 22 and in between a tapering.
  • Figure 4 shows the first contact between the jack plug and the protective device of the socket part 1 at the beginning of the insertion.
  • the front face of a tip portion 21 of the jack plug 2 acts on a cover portion 26 of the inner protective cover 5.
  • the protective cover When pushing the plug part 2 in direction c, the protective cover will be moved inside against the spring force caused by the compression spring 7.
  • the diameter of the cylindrical portion 22 is greater than the outer diameter of the tip portion 21.
  • the inner diameter of the guide sleeve 6 is larger than the diameter of the tip portion 21 but less than diameter of the cylindrical portion 22. Consequently, only the protective cover 5 is moved inwardly when starting inserting the jack plug.
  • a front face 24 in the region of the tapering between the tip portion 21 and the cylindrical portion 22 acts on the front of the guide sleeve 6. This position is shown in figure 5 . After this, also the outer guide sleeve will be moved inwardly when further inserting the plug part 2.
  • Figure 4 shows that the front ends lie in the same plane in the closed position.
  • the side wall of a housing of an electrical or electronic device is indicated by the dashed line 27.
  • the protective cover 5 is formed as a cap with a tubular portion 25 and a cover portion 26 whereas the tubular portion 26 is adapted to receive the one end of the helical compression spring 7.
  • the components of the telescopic protective device are preferably made of plastic material.

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