EP3304651B1 - Connecteur électrique - Google Patents

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EP3304651B1
EP3304651B1 EP16723250.3A EP16723250A EP3304651B1 EP 3304651 B1 EP3304651 B1 EP 3304651B1 EP 16723250 A EP16723250 A EP 16723250A EP 3304651 B1 EP3304651 B1 EP 3304651B1
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Christian Brammer
Tobias Wustrack
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ZF CV Systems Hannover GmbH
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R12/00—Structural associations of a plurality of mutually-insulated electrical connecting elements, specially adapted for printed circuits, e.g. printed circuit boards [PCB], flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures, e.g. terminal strips, terminal blocks; Coupling devices specially adapted for printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures; Terminals specially adapted for contact with, or insertion into, printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures
    • H01R12/70—Coupling devices
    • H01R12/71—Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures
    • H01R12/72—Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures coupling with the edge of the rigid printed circuits or like structures
    • H01R12/722—Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures coupling with the edge of the rigid printed circuits or like structures coupling devices mounted on the edge of the printed circuits
    • H01R12/725—Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures coupling with the edge of the rigid printed circuits or like structures coupling devices mounted on the edge of the printed circuits containing contact members presenting a contact carrying strip, e.g. edge-like strip
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R12/00—Structural associations of a plurality of mutually-insulated electrical connecting elements, specially adapted for printed circuits, e.g. printed circuit boards [PCB], flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures, e.g. terminal strips, terminal blocks; Coupling devices specially adapted for printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures; Terminals specially adapted for contact with, or insertion into, printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures
    • H01R12/70—Coupling devices
    • H01R12/71—Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures
    • H01R12/72—Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures coupling with the edge of the rigid printed circuits or like structures
    • H01R12/722—Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures coupling with the edge of the rigid printed circuits or like structures coupling devices mounted on the edge of the printed circuits
    • H01R12/727—Coupling devices presenting arrays of contacts
    • 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
    • H01R43/16—Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors for manufacturing contact members, e.g. by punching and by bending
    • 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
    • H01R43/24—Assembling by moulding on contact members

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  • the invention relates to an electrical connector according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • Electrical connectors are used to produce electrical contacts between an electrical device or a printed circuit board (for example a PCB, printed circuit board) and an external connection means, such as a plug.
  • a printed circuit board for example a PCB, printed circuit board
  • the connector is often assigned a large number of pins that form electrical connections.
  • An individual contact on the circuit board can be controlled via a conductor via each individual pin of the connector.
  • pins of the plug connectors are very susceptible to vibrations and extreme temperatures. For example, in devices that are exposed to increased vibrations, there is a pin in the connector triggers and there is a faulty contact or short circuit in the connector. There is a similar risk at high or low temperatures. Local tension in the material can cause individual pins in the connector to loosen, which, in addition to the disadvantage mentioned above, allows moisture and dirt to penetrate the connector.
  • the invention is based on the object of creating an electrical connector that is easy to manufacture and very robust with respect to mechanical and thermal environmental influences.
  • an electrical connector for solving this problem has the features of claim 1. Accordingly, it is provided that in the electrical connector according to the invention a plurality of pins are arranged in a connection part, the pins being electrically connectable by a conductor with contacts of a contact strip which is arranged in a housing and assigned on a circuit board. According to the invention, at least one conductor is arranged in a lead frame and the lead frame is fixed in a holder. This arrangement of the lead frame, which has at least one conductor, in a holder makes the conductor arrangement very compact and robust. Mechanical vibrations on the conductor are absorbed by the holder. From a production point of view, the holder can also be referred to as a semi-finished product.
  • the at least one leadframe is firmly cast, preferably encapsulated, in the holder, in particular the leadframe is mounted in the holder before it is poured or encapsulated.
  • the holder can thus form a frame-like body or cuboid in which the conductors are arranged. This pouring in of the lead frame results in a very compact and easy-to-use arrangement of the conductors. After the conductors have been cast in the holder, a stamped bridge of the lead frame connecting the pins and / or the conductors can be removed.
  • the present invention can further provide that at least one pin and / or at least one conductor and / or at least one contact are formed from the at least one leadframe, in particular one pin each with a conductor and a contact are formed in one piece from the at least one leadframe.
  • a one-piece conductor piece consisting of a pin, a conductor and a contact is punched out of the lead frame and arranged in the holder.
  • the pins are firmly connected to the holder, in particular cast or injected into the holder. Due to this one-piece construction of the conductor section and the embedding in the holder, the manufacture of the connector is extremely simple.
  • the invention also provides that a plurality of stamped grids, each having pins and conductors and contacts arranged next to one another, are arranged one above the other in the holder, in particular cast or overmolded, in order to form several rows of pins and conductors and contacts. It is also conceivable that any arrangement of the pins can be implemented using the stamped grids. If the individual stamped grids are arranged on top of one another, they are each spaced a sufficiently large distance from one another so that the pins or the lines or the contacts do not interfere with one another or that no breakdowns occur.
  • the present invention can further provide that the holder with the at least one stamped grid can be connected to the connection part and / or the housing, in particular can be brought into a locking connection with the connection part and / or the housing, preferably with the connection part and / or the housing can be cast, in particular sprayed or glued.
  • the holder is an integral part with the lead frame or with the permanently assigned pins, the conductors and the contacts, which can be brought together with the other parts when the connector is assembled.
  • the holder having the pins can be plugged together with the connecting part of the connector.
  • Another alternative embodiment can provide that the holder is inserted into the housing of an electrical device or through the housing into the connector. Due to the fixed assignment of the pins to the holder, the pin arrangement is very compact and easy to handle.
  • the present invention can furthermore provide that the contact strip is assigned to the lead frame, decoupled from the housing and / or the connection part, in particular that the contact strip is assigned a circuit board or a printed circuit board.
  • the contact strip is assigned to the lead frame, decoupled from the housing and / or the connection part, in particular that the contact strip is assigned a circuit board or a printed circuit board.
  • a further possible embodiment according to the invention consists in that the contacts or the stamped grid are at least partially cast, in particular encapsulated or stamped, pressed in or welded in, in the contact strip. This creates a continuous, constant connection between the contact strip and the pins. Due to this one-piece nature of the pins, the conductors and the contacts, the connector or the contacting is extremely robust. The type of connection between the conductor and the pin or the contact is determined by the material of the components or the type of manufacture. Furthermore, the type of contacting can change depending on the requirements for the electrical plug connection.
  • the lead frame in each case has a strain relief in the area of the conductor, in particular the strain reliefs are shaped like a meander, preferably that the strain reliefs are punched out of the lead frame in a meander shape.
  • This meandering strain relief represents a type of spring element which can compensate or cushion relative movements between the pin and the contact or between the semi-finished product and the contact strip.
  • the invention can provide that the meandering strain reliefs are aligned parallel to a punching plane of the lead frame.
  • the conductors of a stamped grid are arranged parallel to one another between the pins and the contacts, in particular that the strain relief are arranged parallel to one another.
  • the parallel arrangement of the conductors is advantageous in that it avoids contacting the individual conductors. Since the ends of all conductors are located in the holder or on the common rigid contact strip, the conductors move equally when there is a relative movement between the holder and contact strip. The formation of a short circuit through at least brief contact with conductors can thus be avoided. According to the invention, however, it is also conceivable that the conductors are not arranged parallel to one another, in particular arbitrarily.
  • the invention can further provide that the lead frame is bent at the transitions from the pins to the conductors and from the conductors to the contacts, in particular has deflections from the punching plane.
  • the pins or the conductors which are assigned to the various stamped grids arranged one above the other, can be brought to the same level of the contact strip.
  • the deflection is different. For the leadframe arranged at the top, the deflection between pin and conductor or between conductor and contact is greatest; whereas the deflection for the leadframe arranged at the lowest point is the smallest.
  • the deflections on the individual stamped grids are produced before pouring into the holder, but can also be done after pouring into the holder.
  • the electrical device can have an electrical connector 10.
  • the Indian Fig. 1 The electrical connector 10 shown is arranged in a housing 11 of an electrical device which is only indicated.
  • the electrical connector 10 has a connection part 12 for receiving an external connecting means (not shown). This connection part 12 extends through a wall 13 into the housing 11 of the electrical device.
  • the external connection means can be connected to a circuit board 18 via the conductor 15 assigned to the pins 14 ( Fig. 1, Fig. 2 ).
  • the pins 14 are arranged in several rows in the electrical connector 10.
  • the ends of the pins 14 on the housing side each merge in one piece with a conductor 15.
  • These conductors 15 each merge, likewise in one piece, into a contact 16 which is assigned to a contact strip 17.
  • the electrical contact of each pin 14 with the circuit board 18 is established via this contact strip 17 ( Fig. 1 ).
  • the conductors 15 describe a meandering strain relief 21 between the pins 14 and the contacts 16 ( Fig. 3 ). These strain reliefs 21 run side by side for the pins 14, which are arranged in a row. Because the embodiment of an electrical connector 10 shown here has several rows of pins 14, there are several meander-shaped conductors 15 offset in parallel one above the other ( Fig. 3 ). However, the invention is not limited to the in Fig. 3 illustrated arrangement of pins 14 restricted; rather, it is also conceivable that the plug connector has only a few pins 14, or a large number in any arrangement.
  • the pins 14, conductors 15 and contacts 16 form a single, coherent part of a punched grid 19, ie pins 14, conductors 15 and contacts 16 are punched out coherently from one piece.
  • a lead frame 19 forms a row of pins 14, conductors 15 and contacts arranged next to one another 16. Because the pins 14, conductors 15 and contacts 16 are made from a single, coherent piece of material, they are formed in one piece.
  • three stamped grids 19 are arranged one above the other. So that the contacts 16 each lie in the plane of the contact strip 17, the stamped grid 19, or a “pin-conductor-contacts-triplet” has two deflections 22. These deflections 22 describe a deflection from a punching plane ( Fig. 3 ). Depending on the positioning of the individual stamped grids 19, the deflections 22 of the conductors 15 are of different strength.
  • the lead frame 19 or the pins 14, conductors 15 and contacts 16 are permanently assigned to a holder 20, electrically isolated from one another ( Fig. 3 ).
  • the holder 20 forms a cuboid receptacle and is at least partially cast or injection-molded around the lead frame 19 or around the pins 14 and / or the conductors 15, preferably after the lead frame 19 has been mounted in the holder 20.
  • a plastic is usually used for this. It can accordingly be provided that the at least one lead frame 19 is first mounted in the holder 20 and then, for example, a plastic is cast or overmolded.
  • the contacts 16 are cast, injected, stamped, pressed or welded into the contact strip 17. Through this fixed connection of the contacts 16 in the contact strip 17 or the pins 14 in the holder 20 and the meandering configuration of the conductors 15, the present invention creates a robust and resistant connection between a connecting means and a circuit board 18.
  • connection part 12 is assigned openings which correspond exactly to the arrangement of the pins 14 and are used to receive the pins 14.
  • the holder 20 is encapsulated with the connection part 12.
  • the contact strip 17 contacted by the contacts 16 is assigned to the circuit board 18, decoupled from the connection part 12 or from the housing 11.
  • the contact strip 17 can be screwed or clamped or glued onto the circuit board 18, for example.
  • connection part 12 is placed on the wall 13 from the outside and the holder 20 together with the pins 14 and the conductor 15 are pushed from the interior of the housing 11 through the wall 13 into the connection part 12 and, if necessary, encapsulated .
  • the electrical connector 10 can be firmly connected to the electrical device or the housing 11.
  • the present invention is not restricted to the exemplary embodiment of the invention shown here; rather, it is conceivable that in particular the lead frame 19, the holder 20 and the connection part 12 can have a different shape or the number of pins 14 varies.

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Claims (9)

  1. Connecteur électrique enfichable (10) comprenant une partie de raccordement (12) à laquelle une pluralité de broches (14) est associée, les broches (14) pouvant chacune être reliées électriquement à un conducteur (15) pourvu de contacts (16) d'une bande de contacts (17) qui est disposé en particulier dans un boîtier (11), au moins une grille estampée (19), qui comporte au moins un des conducteurs (15), étant disposée de manière fixe dans un support (20), caractérisé en ce que la grille estampée (19) comporte au niveau de chacun des conducteurs (15) un moyen de soulagement en traction élastique (21), les moyens de soulagement en traction (21) ayant la forme d'un méandre, les moyens de soulagement en traction (21) étant estampés en forme de méandre de la grille estampée (19).
  2. Connecteur électrique enfichable (10) selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que l'au moins une grille estampée (19) est coulée de manière fixe dans le support (20), de préférence surmoulé, en particulier la grille estampée (19) est montée avant coulée ou surmoulage dans le support (20).
  3. Connecteur électrique enfichable (10) selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce qu'au moins une broche (14) et/ou au moins un conducteur (15) et/ou au moins un contact (16) est formé à partir de l'au moins une grille estampée (19) sont, en particulier une broche (14) pourvue d'un conducteur (15) et d'un contact (16) est à chaque fois formée d'une seule pièce à partir de l'au moins une grille estampée (19).
  4. Connecteur électrique enfichable (10) selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce qu'une pluralité de grilles estampées (19), qui comportent chacune une pluralité de broches (14) et de conducteurs (15) et de contacts (16) disposées les unes à côté des autres, sont disposées les unes au-dessus des autres, notamment coulées ou surmoulées, dans le produit semi-fini (20) pour former une pluralité de rangées de broches (14) et de conducteurs (15) et de contacts (16) .
  5. Connecteur électrique enfichable (10) selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le support (20) peut être relié à l'au moins une grille estampée (19) à la pièce de raccordement (12) et/ou au boîtier (11), notamment peut être relié par encliquetage à la pièce de raccordement (12) et/ou au boîtier (11), de préférence peut être relié par coulée, notamment enrobage ou collage, avec la partie de raccordement (12) et/ou au boîtier (11).
  6. Connecteur électrique enfichable (10) selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que la bande de contacts (17) est associée à la grille estampée (19) en étant découplée du boîtier (11) et/ou de la pièce de raccordement (12), notamment en ce que la bande de contacts (17) est associée à une carte de conducteurs (18) ou une carte de circuit imprimé.
  7. Connecteur électrique enfichable (10) selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que les contacts (16) ou la grille estampée (19) sont au moins partiellement coulés, notamment surmoulés ou estampés ou emboutis ou soudés, dans la bande de contacts (17).
  8. Connecteur électrique enfichable (10) selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que les moyens de soulagement en traction (21) en méandre sont orientés parallèlement à un plan d'estampage de la grille estampée (19).
  9. Connecteur électrique enfichable (10) selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que la grille estampée (19) est pliée au niveau de transitions allant des broches (14) aux conducteurs (15) et des conducteurs (15) aux contacts (16), en particulier elle comporte des déflexions (22) par rapport au plan d'estampage.
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