EP3399599A1 - Connecteur enfichable, fiche et système de connecteur enfichable - Google Patents

Connecteur enfichable, fiche et système de connecteur enfichable Download PDF

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EP3399599A1
EP3399599A1 EP18000234.7A EP18000234A EP3399599A1 EP 3399599 A1 EP3399599 A1 EP 3399599A1 EP 18000234 A EP18000234 A EP 18000234A EP 3399599 A1 EP3399599 A1 EP 3399599A1
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Wessels Dagmar
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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
    • H01R13/627—Snap or like fastening
    • H01R13/6275—Latching arms not integral with the housing
    • 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
    • H01R13/627—Snap or like fastening
    • H01R13/6277—Snap or like fastening comprising annular latching means, e.g. ring snapping in an annular groove
    • 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
    • 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
    • H01R13/506—Bases; Cases composed of different pieces assembled by snap action of the parts

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  • the invention relates to a connector, in particular a push-pull connector, a plug for such a connector and a connector system.
  • connector systems For separating or connecting two line sections, which are formed for conducting an electrical current and / or transmitting electronic signals, it is known to use connector systems.
  • the individual connectors of these connector systems have connecting portions which can be coupled by means of a positive connection and / or a frictional connection and in particular when used in devices which require securing the connection against unintentional release, such as when used in industrial plants or in a motor vehicle a screw connection are securable.
  • push-pull connector systems in which without the provision of a thread or a nut coupling of the connector system is achieved. The problem is that only one of the various systems can be used only because the conventional connector systems are incompatible with each other.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide an improved connector, a connector for such a connector and a connector system.
  • a connector in particular a push-pull connector, having a receiving area for receiving a connection area of a complementary connector, the connector having at least one lance and one movable relative to the lance Socket element, wherein the sleeve member substantially encloses the receiving area and the lance at least partially, wherein on the lance a latching hook for undercutting a holding configuration of the complementary plug and a displacement configuration is formed, and wherein the sleeve member has at least one lifting configuration and the lifting configuration with the Displacement configuration cooperates, that during a movement of the sleeve member relative to the lance, the lance is elastically displaceable radially outward.
  • the connector according to the invention for separating or connecting two current-carrying line sections is suitable in devices that require the use of vibration-proof or against unintentional release secured connections during operation of the device due to resulting vibrations and / or frequent relative movements of individual components against each other and yet fast and should be easily solvable.
  • the plug connector and / or the plug can have an insulation body or a plug insulation body in which the connection contacts can be arranged.
  • the insulation body or connector insulation body can have a plurality of substantially cylindrical insulation body recesses which extend in the axial direction through the insulation body or connector insulation body.
  • the terminal contacts may be arranged, which may each have a Litzentagensabterrorism.
  • the Litzentagensabterrorisme can each be connectable to the electrical lines or the individual strands of a respective associated electrically conductive cable.
  • the strand connection sections are each connected to an associated strand, for example by means of soldering or clamping the strand to the strand connection section.
  • the number of connection contacts of a connector or plug is not limited, and may be, for example, 2 to 8 or more.
  • connection contacts furthermore each have a contacting section, wherein the contacting section can be designed as a female or as a male variant.
  • the terminal contacts of the plug are preferably each formed as a male contacting portion, wherein the male contacting portion is formed such that it is insertable into a female contacting portion.
  • the terminal contacts of the connector are preferably each formed as a female contacting portion, wherein the female contacting portion is formed such that it can accommodate a complementary male contacting portion.
  • the female connector may also be referred to as a socket. If a contact is made between the preferably male contacting portions of the plug and the preferably female contacting portions of the connector, the plug and the connector are electrically connected.
  • the male contacting sections of the complementary plug are pushed in a plugging direction into the female contacting sections of the plug connector, the plugging direction resulting from a directed movement of plug and plug connector along their axial extent relative to one another.
  • the receiving region of the connector may in particular be defined by the movable sleeve element and the at least one lance, wherein the sleeve element at least partially surrounds the lance.
  • the sleeve member may be movable relative to the lance in the axial and / or radial direction. Instead of a single lance may also be provided a plurality of lances, which are at least partially enclosed by the sleeve member.
  • the lance extends with its longitudinal dimension along the longitudinal axis of the sleeve member and has a latching hook which can undercut a holding configuration formed on the complementary plug such that the Connection of connector and plug is positively held in the plug position.
  • the latching hook may extend from the lance at least radially inwardly, in which case the holding configuration of the plug extends radially outwards from the plug, so that the latching hook can undercut the holding configuration.
  • the term undercutting may in principle also be understood to mean engagement behind or behind or hooking. In other words, in this application, the terms “undercut”, “behind the back”, “rear hook” or “hook” can be used interchangeably.
  • the plug is free from the positive connection between the latching hook of the lance and the holding configuration of the plug and the connection region of the plug can be pulled out of the receiving region of the connector, whereby the electrically conductive connection is separable.
  • At least one limiting section may also be formed on the plug connector, which limits a relative movement of the sleeve element relative to the lance such that during the relative movement the lifting configuration of the sleeve element can not be moved beyond an intended position on or beyond the displacement configuration of the lance.
  • the relative movement of the sleeve element can take place either in the axial direction relative to the lance or in a radial rotational movement relative to the lance.
  • the slopes on the displacement configuration of the lance and / or on the lifting configuration of the sleeve member can be provided according to the intended relative movement.
  • the sleeve member is preferably formed substantially cylindrical and extends coaxially with the connector or the insulating body.
  • the sleeve element can be coupled via the lance or the lances to the plug connector or the insulation body, in particular to be coupled exclusively via the lance or the lances to the plug connector or the insulation body.
  • the sleeve ring of the sleeve member is advantageously inexpensive to produce by means of different manufacturing processes.
  • the sleeve member may be integrally formed with the sleeve ring by means of an injection molding, or sleeve member and sleeve ring are formed in several pieces, by means of subsequent joining the sleeve member is connected to the sleeve ring, such as by gluing, pressing or welding.
  • the thus formed sleeve member with radially inner sleeve ring moves at a relative movement of the sleeve member to the lance the sleeve ring and thus the lifting configuration, whereby during a relative movement of the sleeve member to the lance, the lifting configuration can engage with the displacement configuration.
  • the sleeve ring has at least one recess, and the lance extends through the recess such that the lifting configuration to the lance is located radially inward, and by means of a relative movement of the sleeve member to the lance the lifting configuration engages the displacement configuration, whereby the lance radially displaceable elastically to the outside.
  • the recess may be radially outwardly formed on the sleeve ring and be radially outwardly open, whereby the lance is elastically displaceable radially outward. This can ensure a disability-free mobility of the lance become.
  • the sleeve ring may otherwise be connected to the sleeve member at the remaining portions.
  • the number of recesses of the sleeve ring can correspond to the number of lances, wherein in each case one lance can be arranged in a recess.
  • the catch hooks of the plurality of lances can be released simultaneously from the holding configurations of the plug by means of a single relative movement of the sleeve member to the lances, whereby the plug is unlocked by a working step and removable.
  • the sleeve member and the sleeve ring are separate components.
  • the sleeve ring may be disposed in the sleeve member.
  • the sleeve member and the sleeve ring may each be formed as one-piece components.
  • the sleeve member and the sleeve ring can also be designed as a multi-part component. If the sleeve ring is arranged in the sleeve element, a two-part sleeve assembly is formed. In particular casting, milling or injection molding can be used as a method for producing the sleeve member and the sleeve ring.
  • the catch hook and the displacement configuration in the same radial direction. Consequently, the latching hook and the displacement configuration can either face together in the radial direction inwards or in the radial direction outwards.
  • the sleeve member has at least one radially inwardly deformed lance passage portion, the lance passage portion extending in the axial direction along a portion of the sleeve member, and wherein the lance passage portion has a recess and the lance extends through the recess along the radially inwardly deformed lance passage portion in that the lifting configuration for the lance is arranged radially inward, and by means of a relative movement of the lance Sleeve member to the lance, the lifting configuration with the displacement configuration is engaged, whereby the lance is elastically displaceable radially outward.
  • the radially inwardly deformed lance passage region of the sleeve element extends in regions in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the sleeve element and has a depth in which the lance can extend from the passage of the lance through the recess along the radially inwardly deformed lance passage region.
  • the lift configuration may be formed on a suitable portion of the lance passage area as a structure extending radially outward from the sleeve member or lance passage area.
  • suitable portion is meant in particular that portion of the lance passage region which extends in the axial direction, i. in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the sleeve member, located approximately at the height of the displacement configuration of the lance.
  • the displacement configuration may be inward in the radial direction.
  • the lifting configuration can engage with the displacement configuration, whereby the lance is elastically displaceable radially outward.
  • the sleeve member can be produced in such a way without the provision of a sleeve ring, wherein the lifting configuration is formed in a cost effective manner by providing the inwardly deformed lance passage region with the recess.
  • the connector has a plurality of lances, wherein the lances are formed on a support member and each of the displacement configurations of the lances so cooperate with the lifting configurations of the sleeve members that upon movement of the sleeve member relative to the plurality of lances, the lances simultaneously radially outward are elastically displaced.
  • the carrier element may be annular and / or sleeve-shaped and forms the basis for the lance or preferably the plurality of lances.
  • the lances extend from the carrier element axially forward in one Plug-in direction of the connector, which runs opposite to a plug-in direction of the plug.
  • a plurality of lances can be produced in one piece together with the carrier element, for example as a rotary part or by means of an injection molding method, whereby a cost-effective production and a simple assembly are achieved in the connector.
  • the carrier element for example as a rotary part or by means of an injection molding method, whereby a cost-effective production and a simple assembly are achieved in the connector.
  • no additional supports for the plurality of lances are provided on the connector.
  • the lances are spaced apart at regular angular intervals.
  • the receiving area of the connector is formed with a uniform distribution of lances, whereby the electrically conductive connection of the connector with the complementary plug inadequate electrical contact between each other, complementary terminal contacts of connector and plug is avoided.
  • the latching hook and the displacement configuration extend radially inwardly from the lance.
  • the lance can be displaced radially outward elastically, whereby the positive connection between latching hook and holding configuration by means of a step is solvable, the connector has a smooth profile to the outside.
  • the connector thus advantageously has a small footprint.
  • the latching hook and / or the displacement configuration have a sloping section.
  • the lance therefore advantageously slides with little resistance along the lifting configuration of the sleeve element and along the holding configuration of the plug, overcoming the elastic deformation of the plug Lance, whereby a connection of the plug with the connector can be done without much effort.
  • a plug for a connector having a connection portion with a thread and a holding configuration, and wherein the thread has at least one axially extending lowered portion, wherein in a plug-in position of the plug and the connector the lance is arranged in the lowered region such that the holding configuration of the plug is undercut by the latching hook of the at least one lance.
  • the plug may include a plug insulation body, wherein the plug insulation body may include a plurality of substantially cylindrical insulation body recesses extending in the axial direction through the plug insulation body.
  • the plug insulation body may include a plurality of substantially cylindrical insulation body recesses extending in the axial direction through the plug insulation body.
  • terminal contacts may be arranged, each having a Litzentagensabterrorism.
  • the Litzentagensabête can each be connectable to the electrical lines or the individual strands of a respective associated electrically conductive cable.
  • the strand connecting portions may each be connected to an associated strand, such as by soldering or clamping the strand to the strand bonding portion.
  • connection contacts furthermore each have a contacting section, wherein the contacting section can be designed as a female or as a male variant.
  • the terminal contacts of the plug are preferably each formed as a male contacting portion, wherein the male contacting portion is formed such that it is insertable into the preferably female contacting portion of the connector.
  • the thread of the plug may have a plurality of lowered portions, which may be formed approximately strip-shaped, wherein the lowered portions of the holding configuration starting extend in the insertion direction or in the axial direction.
  • the lowered areas can be made by way of example by milling and can be designed as a flattened residual thread or completely without thread.
  • the lowered areas may also be referred to as thread recesses.
  • the depressed areas may be formed along the circumference of the connection area in the areas corresponding in the plug-in position to the areas of the lances and the lifting configurations of the connector.
  • the plug has three lowered areas.
  • the lowered portions may have different widths in the circumferential direction.
  • a lowered region can be wider in the circumferential direction, while the other lowered regions have a-preferably the same-narrow dimension in the circumferential direction.
  • the wider lowered area may serve as a visual guide that must be aligned with an orientation mark or orientation recess of the connector for proper connection with the connector.
  • one of the lances and / or the lifting configurations of the connector can be made wider in the circumferential direction than the remaining lances or lifting configurations, so that the plug can only be correctly aligned with the connector and inserted into the connector.
  • the plug can be performed with the correct orientation even before reaching the plug position in its plug movement towards the connector through the interaction of the lowered areas with the lances or lifting configurations to the plug position.
  • the lowered area or the lowered areas are flanked in particular in the circumferential direction of threaded portions. Through the threaded portions screwing of the connector with the plug is made possible by means of a fastening nut.
  • the plug for arranging a plurality of lances may have a plurality of lowered portions or threaded portions
  • the plug is screwed by means of the thread in a conventional complementary screw connector with an internal thread.
  • the plug is thus advantageously both for conventional connectors with an internal thread, as well as for the Connector provided according to one aspect of the present invention.
  • the thread has a plurality of lowered portions, and a depressed portion has a circumferentially wider dimension than the other depressed portions. Due to the differently dimensioned lowered areas, namely a lowered area with a wider dimension in the circumferential direction and the other areas with a narrower dimension in the circumferential direction, in a plug movement of the plug into the connector positioning from plug to connector already from the first contact of Latch hook or lifting configuration to lowered area done.
  • a plurality of lances 38 are formed on the support wall 34 of the carrier element 30, more precisely, three lances 38 are provided.
  • the carrier element 30 is produced in one piece as a turned part.
  • the engagement between the lift configuration 52 and the shift configuration 42 is such that due to the axial relative movement of the sleeve member 48 and the sleeve assembly 64 to the lance 38, the lift configuration 52 slides along the slope S of the shift configuration 42 and thereby radially outwardly directs the lance 38 relocated.
  • the sleeve element in the insertion direction SR SV is radial formed in widening
  • Fig. 8 shows the connector system comprising the plug 46 and the connector 10 in a disconnected state, wherein the arrow 62 shows the insertion direction in which the plug 46 can be pushed into the connector for establishing an electrically conductive connection.

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