EP3010092B1 - Élement de fiche, element de contre-fiche et connecteur a fiches electrique - Google Patents

Élement de fiche, element de contre-fiche et connecteur a fiches electrique Download PDF

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EP3010092B1
EP3010092B1 EP15189755.0A EP15189755A EP3010092B1 EP 3010092 B1 EP3010092 B1 EP 3010092B1 EP 15189755 A EP15189755 A EP 15189755A EP 3010092 B1 EP3010092 B1 EP 3010092B1
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Sebastian Helm
Fredderik Eltrop
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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
    • H01R13/62—Means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts or for holding them in engagement
    • H01R13/629—Additional means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts, e.g. aligning or guiding means, levers, gas pressure electrical locking indicators, manufacturing tolerances
    • H01R13/62933—Comprising exclusively pivoting lever
    • H01R13/62955—Pivoting lever comprising supplementary/additional 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
    • H01R13/62—Means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts or for holding them in engagement
    • H01R13/639—Additional means for holding or locking coupling parts together, after engagement, e.g. separate keylock, retainer strap
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R12/00—Structural associations of a plurality of mutually-insulated electrical connecting elements, specially adapted for printed circuits, e.g. printed circuit boards [PCB], flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures, e.g. terminal strips, terminal blocks; Coupling devices specially adapted for printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures; Terminals specially adapted for contact with, or insertion into, printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures
    • H01R12/70—Coupling devices
    • H01R12/71—Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures
    • H01R12/72—Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures coupling with the edge of the rigid printed circuits or like structures
    • H01R12/721—Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures coupling with the edge of the rigid printed circuits or like structures cooperating directly with the edge of the rigid printed circuits
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R2201/00—Connectors or connections adapted for particular applications
    • H01R2201/26—Connectors or connections adapted for particular applications for vehicles

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  • the invention relates to a connector element, a mating connector element and an electrical connector comprising a connector element and a mating connector element.
  • Connectors comprising a connector element and a mating connector element are widely used in electrical connection technology.
  • Plug elements with a lever which is rotatable relative to a housing about an axis of rotation from an unlocked position into a locked position are also already known. With the lever, a mating connector element can be locked with the connector element.
  • Such connectors are used for example in automobiles. However, especially when used in harsh environments, such as those encountered when operating an automobile, the electrical contact between a plug element and mating plug element often deteriorates over time.
  • a connector in which a card is held by a spring which can be actuated by a lever.
  • the JP 2009 129682 A shows a connector in which a mating connector is clamped by two levers.
  • the JP 3 204 138 B2 shows a connector in which a first part rotates relative to a second part and a mating connector can be clamped.
  • the JP H10 214662 A also shows a connector in which a first part can be rotated relative to a second part.
  • the EP 1 094 696 A2 discloses a connector in which an inserted card is contacted by means of a spring. In the US 2011/0143597 A1 a card is held in a connector by tenons.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a solution in which the connection between the plug element and the mating plug element and in particular their long-term stability is improved.
  • an electrical plug connector having a plug element and a mating plug element which can be inserted into the plug element, in particular a control unit for a motor vehicle, the plug element having a receptacle for the mating plug element which is arranged in a housing and is open towards a plugging direction, and a relative one to the housing about a rotational axis from an unlocking position to a locking position rotatable lever, the lever and the housing together forming a clamping device for generating a frictional connection acting along the plug direction, the mating connector element having at least one clamping surface for the clamping device of the connector element, and wherein the center of gravity of the mating connector element between the at least one clamping surface of the Mating connector element and a plug area, wherein in the locking position the mating connector element is held on its at least one clamping surface by means of the clamping device of the connector element via the frictional connection acting in the plug direction in the connector element.
  • the solution according to the invention allows the mating connector to be clamped transversely to the direction of insertion of the connector element.
  • the resulting plug connection is stiffer, at least in the locking position.
  • vibrations that occur cannot result in the mating connector element executing vibrations relative to the connector element, which negatively influence the plug connection, in particular the electrical properties of the plug connection, for example in that plug contacts of the plug element and of the mating plug element rub against one another and thereby wear out, or that the plug contacts become worn plastically deform.
  • the center of gravity of the mating connector element lies between the at least one clamping surface of the mating connector element and a plug area.
  • the plug element can have a clamping device which, when the lever is rotated into the locking position, clamps a mating plug inserted into the housing transversely to the plug direction of the plug element.
  • the lever and / or the housing can each have at least one clamping surface with which the corresponding clamping surface is clamped on the mating connector element. Overall, there can be at least two clamping surfaces on the lever and on the housing in order to contact two clamping surfaces on the mating connector element in opposite directions transverse to the plugging direction.
  • the clamping device can automatically clamp the mating connector.
  • the clamping device then automatically clamps the mating connector element inserted into the housing transversely to the direction of insertion of the connector.
  • two opposing and mutually facing clamping surfaces can be arranged on the housing.
  • the clamping surfaces can be attached in or on the receptacle.
  • the clamping surfaces of the housing can run towards one another in the plugging direction, so that the mating connector is clamped or wedged between the clamping surfaces during a movement along the plugging direction.
  • the mating connector can be positively guided by the lever, so that the mating connector moves forcibly in the plugging direction when the lever is rotated from the unlocking position into the locking position and is thereby clamped between the clamping surfaces that run towards one another.
  • the clamping surfaces can, for example, be arranged in a funnel-like or tapering receptacle for the mating connector.
  • the two clamping surfaces of the housing can also be arranged parallel to one another and the clamping surfaces of the mating connector can run towards one another along the plug direction.
  • the mutually extending clamping surfaces thus form a wedge shape with which the mating connector is clamped between the clamping surfaces of the housing.
  • the clamping device comprises a clamp that is formed by the lever and the housing.
  • a clamp that is formed by the lever and the housing.
  • a counter element inserted into the housing is also clamped transversely to the direction of insertion of the plug.
  • there is at least one clamping surface on the lever and on the housing wherein in the locking position the at least one clamping surface of the lever and the at least one clamping surface of the housing face each other with respect to the direction of insertion and point towards one another.
  • the clamping surfaces are in contact with corresponding clamping surfaces on the mating connector element.
  • the clamping force applied between the clamping surfaces of the lever and the clamping surfaces of the housing again acts transversely to the direction of insertion on the corresponding clamping surfaces on the mating connector element.
  • the lever and the housing can each have at least one clamping surface, a distance measured in a transverse direction between the at least one clamping surface of the lever and the at least one clamping surface of the housing being smaller in the locking position than the distance between the at least one clamping surface of the lever and the at least one clamping surface of the housing in the unlocked position.
  • the mating connector element can be clamped between the clamping surface of the housing and the clamping surface of the lever when it is moved into the locking position. In particular, this can be done automatically.
  • the transverse direction is transverse to the direction of insertion and can in particular run perpendicular to the direction of insertion.
  • the clamping surface of the Housing and the clamping surface of the lever can in particular point towards one another in the locking position. In the unlocked position, they can be oriented differently. In particular, the clamping surface of the lever can point in a different direction, for example in the direction of insertion.
  • the clamping surfaces can be flat or curved, for example concave or convex.
  • the clamping surfaces of an element can be at least partially complementary to the corresponding clamping surfaces on another element to be contacted.
  • the clamping pliers can have two clamping jaws.
  • a clamping jaw can be arranged on the lever or can be formed by the lever.
  • the other jaw can be arranged on the housing or be formed by this. There may be clamping surfaces on the clamping jaws.
  • the clamping device can clamp the mating connector element directly between two clamping surfaces of the housing or between a clamping surface of the lever and the housing.
  • intermediate elements can also be provided, which are arranged to transmit the clamping force on a clamping surface of the housing or a clamping surface of the lever.
  • Such elements can, for example, be releasably or non-releasably connected to the lever or the housing and can be separate parts from the housing or the lever. Clamping surfaces for jamming with the housing or the lever and for jamming with the mating connector element are then again arranged on such intermediate elements.
  • Such intermediate elements can of course also be present on the mating connector element.
  • At least one clamping surface can be arranged on a clamping member.
  • a clamping member can be designed, for example, such that the clamping always takes place at the same, defined location, that is to say a defined clamping surface, with each clamping.
  • the clamping forces and the force distribution can be easily planned and can be taken into account, for example, when designing the plug element or the mating plug element.
  • At least one clamping surface can be arranged on a projection.
  • a projection for example, has the advantage that the clamping surface is arranged at a defined point.
  • a projection or a clamping member can be designed so that the clamping surface is as small as possible, so that the force density per surface is as high as possible.
  • Such an embodiment can be very compact, for example.
  • a projection can protrude transversely to the plugging direction or along, that is to say project in or against the plugging direction.
  • the use of such Projection can also be advantageous in the construction of the plug element, since under certain circumstances a previously used plug element construction can be used, to which only a projection has to be added. Such a projection can therefore contribute to a particularly space-saving and space-saving configuration.
  • a projection can be designed so that it distributes the force evenly.
  • it can be conical.
  • the protrusion can continue on the housing to allow for simple construction or manufacture. It can be continuous with an outer surface of the housing.
  • a projection or a clamping member can continue like a strut on one side of the housing. It can be integrated into a truss structure that ensures high stability in order to be able to absorb high clamping forces.
  • a protrusion can protrude from a wall of the housing in particular transversely to the direction of insertion. This can ensure that only a clamping surface at the end of the projection comes into contact with a clamping surface on the mating connector element and the mating connector element can otherwise be moved easily if the clamping surface of the housing is not in contact with the clamping surface of the mating connector element, for example in the unlocked position or in a transition position lying between the unlocked position and the locked position.
  • the lever has an actuating section, the distance between the actuating section and the axis of rotation being greater than the distance between the at least one clamping surface of the lever and the axis of rotation.
  • the actuating section can be designed to be operable by hand, for example to enable simple actuation without aids.
  • the distance can be greater by at least a factor of 2, preferably by at least a factor of 3, more preferably by at least a factor of 5, in order to enable a good clamping effect with a low actuating force.
  • the axis of rotation can lie between the clamping surface and the actuating section. This allows actuation at an end opposite the clamping surface.
  • the clamping surface can in particular clamp at one end of the housing, as a result of which vibrations can be damped more strongly than with a more central clamping.
  • the clamping surfaces between the axis of rotation and the actuating section lie, at least in the locking position. This can enable a particularly compact design and ease of use.
  • the lever and the housing have a locking device for the relative locking of the two to one another in the locking position. This can ensure that the plug element remains in the locking position.
  • a holding device or a fixing device can be present.
  • a frictional engagement can prevent the lever from automatically moving out of the locking position.
  • the lever has a locking member spaced from the axis of rotation.
  • the locking member can lock the mating connector element in the locking position on or in the housing. It can block the movement of the mating connector element out of the housing or away from the housing, in particular counter to the direction of insertion.
  • a force acting along the plug direction can also exert on the mating plug element, so that the mating plug element is clamped to the plug element along the plug direction.
  • the locking member can in particular have a continuous pressing surface, the distance from the axis of rotation measured in the plugging direction is smaller in the locking position than in the unlocking position and / or is smaller than in a transition position which lies between the unlocking position and the locking position.
  • the mating connector element In the locking position, the mating connector element can be clamped between the pressure surface and a plug area of the connector or a part of the housing.
  • the locking member can automatically pull the mating connector element in or along the direction of insertion, for example in or on the connector element.
  • the protrusion, the clamping member, the housing and / or the lever can have run-up bevels which run obliquely to the plugging direction in order to make running the clamping surfaces of the mating plug element onto the clamping surfaces of the housing or the lever as simple as possible. There may also be run-on slopes on the mating connector element that extend in the plug-in direction.
  • the mating connector element can have clamping surfaces.
  • the clamping surfaces can lie opposite one another transversely to the plugging direction and point away from one another or point towards one another. Like the clamping surfaces on the housing or on the lever, the clamping surfaces on the mating connector element can point at least in the locking position transversely to the direction of insertion.
  • the mating connector element can be a module. For example, it can be a control unit or a control unit, such as an engine control unit.
  • the connector element can be an adapter for the mating connector, in particular for a module.
  • At least one clamping surface of the mating connector element can be arranged on a clamping member.
  • a clamping surface can again be arranged on a projection.
  • the protrusion can again project transversely to or along the direction of insertion.
  • the center of gravity of the mating connector element lies between the at least one clamping surface and a plug-in area.
  • This configuration dampens vibrations particularly efficiently.
  • the center of gravity of the mating connector element with respect to the plugging direction can lie between the at least one clamping surface and a plugging area.
  • a plug-in area means an area in which the mating plug element is electrically and / or mechanically connected to the plug element.
  • contact elements can be located in the plug-in area.
  • the clamping surface is at an end that is distant from a vibration source such as a motor.
  • the clamping surface can be in particular at one end, which is opposite the plug-in area or the plug area. This enables particularly efficient damping.
  • the plug-in area can in turn also be at one end in order to make plugging in particularly easy.
  • the clamping surface and the plug-in area can therefore lie at two ends opposite each other with respect to the plug-in direction, so that the mating plug element is held at both ends and vibrations do not lead to a relative movement of the mating plug element with the plug element.
  • the center of gravity of the mating connector element can also be in the vicinity of the at least one clamping surface according to an example not claimed.
  • other vibration frequencies can be damped, for example those with a higher frequency.
  • the housing and the mating connector element or the lever and the mating connector element can have complementary safety devices which block a relative movement of the two in the plugging direction in the locking position.
  • securing members can be designed, for example, as pins and recesses, as a tongue and groove or as at least partially complementary projections or strips.
  • the clamping surfaces can be arranged in particular on such security organs. For example, the clamping surfaces can lie on an upper side of a projection and stop surfaces, which block a relative movement of the two elements in the plug-in direction, lie on one side of the projection.
  • the securing members can also prevent a relative movement of the two elements perpendicular to the insertion direction and perpendicular to a transverse direction in which the clamping force is applied.
  • a relative movement of the two elements is blocked in all three spatial directions, namely in the plugging direction, in the transverse direction that is perpendicular to the plugging direction, and in a lateral direction that is transverse to the plugging direction and transverse to the transverse direction.
  • the connector element and / or the mating connector element can have guide elements for guidance along the direction of insertion.
  • These can in particular be complementary. It can be, for example, pins and grooves in which the pins are guided.
  • a pressing surface belonging to a locking element in the mating connector element can be arranged on a guide element. This enables a particularly compact design.
  • the mating connector element 3 is a module 31, in this case an engine control unit 32, as is used, for example, in automobiles.
  • the plug element 2 comprises a housing 5 with a receptacle 6 and a lever 4 attached to the housing.
  • the receptacle 6 5 is open against a plugging direction. It serves to receive the mating connector element 3.
  • the lever 4 is attached to the housing 5 so as to be rotatable about an axis of rotation R. By rotating about the axis of rotation R, the lever 4 of an unlocking position O (in the Fig. 1 and 2nd not shown) in the in the Fig. 1 and 2nd locking position C shown are brought.
  • the mating connector element 3 is in the Fig. 1 and 2nd inserted into the housing 5 of the plug element 2 and clamped in a transverse direction Q, which runs transversely, in particular perpendicular to the plug direction S, in which the mating plug element 3 is inserted into the plug element 2.
  • a frictional connection acts along the plug-in direction S.
  • the frictional engagement is generated by a clamping device 10 formed by the lever 4 and the housing 5.
  • the mating connector element 3 is firmly connected to the connector element 2, so that no relative movement occurs between the two, for example when vibrations are present on the connector 1.
  • Such a connector is therefore safer and has a longer service life than a connector without these features, since the vibrations cannot cause damage such as plastic deformation or abrasion of the electrical contact surfaces.
  • the transverse direction Q and the plug-in direction S run perpendicular to one another and are each perpendicular to the axis of rotation R.
  • the clamping forces F run along the transverse direction Q, that is to say transversely to the plug-in direction S.
  • the housing 5 and the lever 4 each have clamping surfaces 15 and 14, which lie opposite one another transversely to the insertion direction S and point towards one another in the locking position C.
  • Corresponding clamping surfaces 13 of the mating connector element 3 are in the locking position C on the clamping surfaces 14 and 15 of the lever 4 and the housing 5, which face transversely to the plug direction S to the outside.
  • the lever 4 and the housing 5 form a clamping pliers 11, which is a clamping device 10 for clamping the mating connector element 3. If the lever 4 is actuated manually on an actuating section 41, for example rotated, the clamping surfaces 14 lying on the opposite side of the lever 4 move transversely to the plugging direction S due to the rotatable mounting about the axis of rotation R. If the lever 4 is in the locking position C brought, the clamping surfaces 14 of the lever 4 clamp the mating connector element 3 against the clamping surfaces 15 of the housing 5 and produce a frictional connection acting along the plug-in direction S.
  • the distance DC measured in the locking position C between the clamping surfaces 14 of the lever 4 and the clamping surfaces 15 of the housing 5 is smaller than the distance DT in a transition position T and smaller than the distance DO between the clamping surfaces 14, 15 in an unlocking position O (see also Fig. 3 , 6 and 8th ).
  • the distances DC, DT and DO are each measured transversely to the insertion direction S between the clamping surfaces 14 of the lever 4 and the clamping surfaces 15 of the housing 5.
  • the distance D1 between the clamping surface 14 of the lever 4 and the axis is very much smaller than the distance D2 between the axis of rotation R and the actuating section 41.
  • the distance D2 is approximately three times as large like the distance D1.
  • the clamping surface 14 lies opposite the actuating section 41 with respect to the axis of rotation R.
  • the axis of rotation R is therefore between the clamping surface 14 and the actuating section 41.
  • the mating connector element 3 At the inner end 34 of the mating connector element 3, which lies opposite the outer end 33, there is a plug-in area 35 which is in contact with a corresponding plug-in area 50 in the housing 5 when the plug connector 1 is plugged together.
  • the mating connector element 3 In the locking position C, the mating connector element 3 is thus held mechanically on the housing 5 both at the outer end 33 and at the inner end 34. This avoids vibrations that could occur if one end were free. Vibrations that occur cannot easily detach the mating connector element 3 from the housing 5 or cause damage.
  • the center of gravity 36 of the mating connector element 3 lies between the clamping surfaces 13 and the inside end 34 with the plug-in area 35. Since the center of gravity 36 lies between the clamping surfaces 13 and the inside end 34, both mechanically with the housing 5 connected, it cannot swing freely.
  • the lever 4 has a locking member 45 spaced from the axis of rotation R.
  • the locking member 45 serves to lock the mating connector element 3 in the housing 5. It blocks a movement of the mating connector element 3 out of the housing 5 against the plug direction S.
  • stop surfaces 445 and 345 are respectively mounted on the locking member 45 and on the mating connector element 3, which lie opposite one another in the locking position C and strike one another when attempting to pull the mating connector element 3 against the direction of insertion.
  • the locking member 45 is designed such that it automatically pulls or pushes the mating connector element 3 into the housing 5 when the lever 4 is brought from the unlocking position O via the transition position T to the locking position C.
  • the locking member 45 and the mating connector element 3 have pressing surfaces 645 and 545 which abut one another in the transition position T and the locking position C.
  • the pressure surfaces 545 of the mating connector element 3 are identical to the stop surfaces 345.
  • the pressure surfaces 645 on the lever 4 are curved, in particular designed in a spiral and have a changing distance from the axis of rotation R, this distance being measured along the plug-in direction S. In the locking position C, they have the smallest distance to the axis of rotation R along the plugging direction S.
  • the stop surfaces 445 are part of the pressing surface 645 of the lever 4.
  • the pressing surfaces 645 on the lever 4 run continuously and without steps, so that the mating connector element 3 moves smoothly into the Housing 5 is inserted when the lever 4 is rotated from the unlocking position O into the locking position C.
  • the lever 4 and the housing 5 In order to lock the lever 4 and the housing 5 together in the locking position C and thus prevent them from moving out of the locking position, the lever 4 and the housing 5 have a locking device 70.
  • the latching device 70 comprises a projection 71 on the housing 5 and a recess 72 on the lever 5.
  • All clamping surfaces 13, 14, 15 are each arranged on a clamping member 12. Unlike a clamping surface which is attached, for example, to an inside or outside of an element, such a clamping member is specially designed for the clamping function. It can exactly define the position of the clamping surface 13, 14, 15 and its size. This allows the force flow and the force density per area to be precisely defined in advance during the design and layout. Since the clamping surface on the clamping member is precisely defined, other elements that are not used for clamping can be made correspondingly thinner and thus lighter. If the clamping surface is correspondingly small, the force density per surface is very high and the clamping effect is therefore always sufficient, which does not have to be the case with undefined and large clamping surfaces.
  • the clamping members 12 are designed as projections 22. These protrude along or across the insertion direction S.
  • a projection 24 on the lever 4 projects radially away from the axis of rotation R away from the rest of the lever 4. In the locking position C, it jumps against the plug direction S from the lever 4 and from the rest of the plug element 2.
  • the attached clamping surface 14 is in engagement with a clamping surface 13 on a lower projection 23 of the mating connector element 3.
  • the lower projections 23 of the mating connector element 3 jump both against the transverse direction Q and in or against a lateral direction L, which is perpendicular to the transverse direction Q and runs perpendicular to the plug direction S, from the rest of the mating plug element 3.
  • the upper projection 23 of the mating connector element jumps in the transverse direction Q from the rest of the mating connector element 3 before, so that the mating connector element can move relatively freely in the housing 5 when the connector 1 is not yet in the locking position C.
  • 3 running surfaces 220 are attached to the above clamping projection 23 of the mating connector element. Corresponding run-on slopes are also found on the protrusion 25 of the housing 5.
  • the projections 25 on the housing 5 extend along the plug direction S, more precisely opposite the plug direction S, away from the rest of the housing. This construction makes it possible to use an existing housing as the basis for the construction of the new housing 5 and only to add the projections 25. A complex redesign is therefore not necessary.
  • the projections 25 on the housing 5 continue on the housing 5. They are parts of struts 250 which are attached to the outside of the housing 5. These struts allow high forces to be absorbed. In order to also be able to absorb lateral forces, the projections 25 and the struts 250 are integrated into a framework structure 200 on the outside of the housing 5. This enables a light yet stable construction. In order to be able to open the lever 4 on the housing wall nevertheless, the lever has recesses 400 with bridging elements 401, which extend over the struts 250.
  • Cables 105 are indicated on a rear side 102 of the plug connector 1, which run into the housing 5 and serve for the electrical contacting of the mating plug element 3.
  • the mating connector element 3 and the housing 5 each have guide members 7.
  • the guide members 7 each have guide surfaces 70 which point in the transverse direction Q or counter to the transverse direction Q.
  • the guide surfaces 70 form a plane in which the plug direction S lies.
  • the guide members 7 on the mating connector element 3 are designed as projections
  • the guide members 7 on the housing 5 are designed as grooves or channel-like recesses.
  • the pressure surface 545 and the stop surface 345 of the mating connector element 3 are formed on a guide element 7.
  • the mating connector element 3 Due to the clamping device 10 and the locking member 45, the mating connector element 3 is already held in the transverse direction Q and in the plugging direction S.
  • the lever 4 and the mating connector element 3 have securing elements 8 which are designed to be complementary to one another and to move in block the L direction.
  • the securing members 8 on the lever 4 are designed as small strips which, with the securing members 8 on the mating connector element 3 designed as pins, prevent movement along the lateral direction L.
  • FIG. 6 and 7 are the plug element 2 in the unlocked position O, in the 8 to 13 the plug element 2 is in the locking position C.
  • the mating connector element 3 is inserted into the connector element 2 in the unlocking position O along the plug direction S.
  • the lever 4 has plug-in recesses 9.
  • the lever 4 is then rotated about the axis of rotation R and goes into a transition position T, which in the Fig. 3 is shown about.
  • the pressure surfaces 645 of the lever 4 engage behind the pressure surfaces 545 of the mating connector element 3, so that the mating connector element 3 is automatically pushed or pulled into the housing 5.
  • the housing 5 has a receptacle 6 for the mating plug element 3, at the end of which there is a plug region 51 of the plug element 2. This plug-in area 51 is automatically plugged together with the plug-in area 35 of the mating plug element 3.
  • the mating connector element 3 At the end of the rotary movement of the lever 4, the mating connector element 3 is in the end position. At the same time, when the end position is reached, the clamping surfaces 13, 14, 15 are clamped onto one another and the mating connector element 3 is thereby clamped in the transverse direction Q.
  • the solution shown thus enables a simple connection of the plug element 2 to the mating plug element 3, the mating plug element 3 also being kept low-vibration in the locking position.

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  1. Connecteur électrique à fiche (1), le connecteur à fiche (1) présentant un élément de fiche (2) et un élément de fiche complémentaire (3) pouvant être inséré dans l'élément de fiche (2), en particulier une unité de commande pour un véhicule automobile, l'élément de fiche (2) présentant un connecteur (3) qui est disposé dans un boîtier (5), comprend un logement (6) ouvert dans le sens contraire à une direction d'enfichage (S) pour l'élément de connecteur correspondant (3), et un levier (4) qui peut tourner par rapport au boîtier (5) autour d'un axe de rotation (R) d'une position de déverrouillage (O) à une position de verrouillage (G), le levier (4) et le boîtier (5) formant ensemble un dispositif de serrage (10) pour produire une liaison par friction agissant dans la direction d'enfichage (S), dans lequel l'élément de connecteur conjugué (3) présente une zone d'enfichage (35) pour la liaison électrique et/ou mécanique avec l'élément de connecteur (2) et au moins une surface de serrage (13) pour le dispositif de serrage (10) de l'élément de connecteur (2), et dans lequel le centre de gravité (36) de l'élément de connecteur conjugué (3) se trouve entre ladite au moins une surface de serrage (13) de l'élément de connecteur conjugué (3) et la zone d'enfichage (35), dans lequel, dans la position de verrouillage (C), l'élément de connecteur conjugué (3) est maintenu dans l'élément de connecteur (2) sur sa dite au moins une surface de serrage (13) au moyen du dispositif de serrage (10) de l'élément de connecteur (2) par la liaison par friction agissant dans la direction d'insertion (S).
  2. Connecteur électrique à fiche (1) selon la revendication 1, dans lequel le dispositif de serrage (10) comprend une pince de serrage (11) formée par le levier (4) et le boîtier (5).
  3. Connecteur électrique à fiche (1) selon l'une des revendications 1 ou 2, dans lequel le levier (4) et le boîtier (5) présentent chacun au moins une surface de serrage (14, 15), dans lequel une distance (DC) mesurée dans une direction transversale (Q) entre ladite au moins une surface de serrage (14) du levier (4) et ladite au moins une surface de serrage (15) du boîtier (5) dans la position de verrouillage (C) est inférieure à la distance (DO) entre ladite au moins une surface de serrage (14) du levier (4) et ladite au moins une surface de serrage (15) du boîtier (5) dans la position de déverrouillage (O).
  4. Connecteur électrique à fiche (1) selon la revendication 3, dans lequel au moins une surface de serrage (14, 15) du levier (4) et/ou du boîtier (5) est disposée sur une saillie (22).
  5. Connecteur électrique à fiche (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 3 ou 4, dans lequel le levier (4) comporte une partie d'actionnement (41) et la distance (D2) entre la partie d'actionnement (41) et l'axe de rotation (R) est supérieure à la distance (D1) entre ladite au moins une surface de serrage (14) du levier (4) et l'axe de rotation (R).
  6. Connecteur électrique à fiche (1) selon l'une des revendications 1 à 5, dans lequel le boîtier (5) et/ou le levier (4) présentent des rampes (220) qui s'étendent dans la direction d'insertion (S).
  7. Connecteur électrique à fiche (1) selon l'une des revendications 1 à 6, dans lequel ladite au moins une surface de serrage (13) de l'élément de connecteur correspondant (3) est disposée sur une saillie (22).
  8. Connecteur électrique à fiche (1) selon l'une des revendications 1 à 7, dans lequel le boîtier (5) et l'élément de connecteur complémentaire (3) ou l'élément de levage (4) et l'élément de connecteur complémentaire (3) présentent des éléments de fixation complémentaires (8) qui bloquent un mouvement relatif des deux par rapport à l'autre dans la direction d'enfichage (S) dans le dispositif de verrouillage (C).
  9. Connecteur électrique à fiche (1) selon l'une des revendications 1 à 8, dans lequel l'élément de fiche (2) et/ou l'élément de fiche correspondant (3) présentent des éléments de guidage (7) pour le guidage dans la direction d'enfichage (S).
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