EP3437162A1 - Ensemble connecteur électrique rendu étanche - Google Patents

Ensemble connecteur électrique rendu étanche

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EP3437162A1
EP3437162A1 EP17715083.6A EP17715083A EP3437162A1 EP 3437162 A1 EP3437162 A1 EP 3437162A1 EP 17715083 A EP17715083 A EP 17715083A EP 3437162 A1 EP3437162 A1 EP 3437162A1
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Prior art keywords
housing
connector
electrical connection
circuit board
connection arrangement
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Bernd Koelle
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Molex Connectivity GmbH
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Molex Connectivity 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
    • H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/46—Bases; Cases
    • H01R13/52—Dustproof, splashproof, drip-proof, waterproof, or flameproof cases
    • H01R13/5202—Sealing means between parts of housing or between housing part and a wall, e.g. sealing rings
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23K—SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM
    • B23K1/00—Soldering, e.g. brazing, or unsoldering
    • B23K1/0008—Soldering, e.g. brazing, or unsoldering specially adapted for particular articles or work
    • B23K1/0016—Brazing of electronic components
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23K—SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM
    • B23K1/00—Soldering, e.g. brazing, or unsoldering
    • B23K1/19—Soldering, e.g. brazing, or unsoldering taking account of the properties of the materials to be soldered
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23K—SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM
    • B23K26/00—Working by laser beam, e.g. welding, cutting or boring
    • B23K26/20—Bonding
    • B23K26/21—Bonding by welding
    • B23K26/24—Seam welding
    • B23K26/28—Seam welding of curved planar seams
    • 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
    • H01R12/7005—Guiding, mounting, polarizing or locking means; Extractors
    • H01R12/7011—Locking or fixing a connector to a PCB
    • H01R12/707—Soldering or welding
    • 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
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R9/00—Structural associations of a plurality of mutually-insulated electrical connecting elements, e.g. terminal strips or terminal blocks; Terminals or binding posts mounted upon a base or in a case; Bases therefor
    • H01R9/22—Bases, e.g. strip, block, panel
    • H01R9/24—Terminal blocks
    • H01R9/2491—Terminal blocks structurally associated with plugs or sockets
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23K—SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM
    • B23K2101/00—Articles made by soldering, welding or cutting
    • B23K2101/36—Electric or electronic devices
    • B23K2101/42—Printed circuits

Definitions

  • the invention relates to an electrical connection arrangement for producing a releasable electrical connection with one or more connectors, and to a method for producing such a connection arrangement.
  • Connection arrangements are known in the art for many applications.
  • the present invention is concerned with sealed connection slits such.
  • B. coupling device for coupling advise such as sensors, actuators or controllers to a bus system.
  • DE 43 44 904 A1 discloses, for example, a connection system for the connection of both simple sensors or actuators with parallel signal transmission, as well as complex sensors or actuators with serial signal transmission to an fieldbus-specific fieldbus circuit of a respective fieldbus system, which fieldbus circuit is a fieldbus independent Interface device is connected upstream to which either simple or complex sensors or actuators can be connected.
  • a basic idea of the present invention is that the positions of the plug connectors in the housing, taking into account the production-related tolerance fields, correlate with the housing in such a way that the plug connectors can first be mounted on a printed circuit board and then the entire assembly of the printed circuit board assembly into the housing. Furthermore, the invention provides that the materials of the housing and the connector housing enable a material-locking connection. In the assembly step of the circuit board in the housing remains between the respective connector housings and the housing wall of the housing, a small gap, which is closed, however, by means of a material connection method, thereby simultaneously the mechanical connection between the circuit board and the housing in which the circuit board is housed and the complete Sealing of the housing in the area of the housing openings.
  • an electrical connection arrangement for producing a releasable electrical connection with one or more connectors, the connection arrangement comprising: a housing which forms at least one housing wall in which one or more, preferably cylindrical openings are provided and one or more connectors, the each projecting through an opening with a cylindrical connector housing, wherein in the cylindrical connector housing or housings each a contact-carrying contact carrier is arranged, the contact terminals are on a common mounting plane for electrical contact with a circuit board, wherein the housing wall of the housing with the or the cylindrical connector housings is materially connected via the outer jacket.
  • a printed circuit board is provided adjacent to the housing wall, with which the contacts are electrically connected, preferably soldered directly to the printed circuit board.
  • the soldering can be made by classical known soldering methods. In this way, the entire solder assembly is positioned relative to the housing, mechanically fastened and further sealed by the aterialBank between the housings also.
  • the housing further consists of a metallic material, preferably of steel, more preferably of a stainless steel.
  • the or the connector housing made of the same or a similar metallic material, preferably made of steel, more preferably made of a stainless steel.
  • the material-fit connection between the housing and the connector housings is realized by means of a welded connection. It is particularly advantageous to provide a laser welding. For this purpose, it was necessary to provide specific adjustments to the gap, the geometry of the components involved and a protective collar (circumferential collar), so that the laser beam during laser welding no other components are damaged.
  • a gap preferably a circumferential gap is formed or is provided as intended.
  • the selected or resulting gap width becomes dependent on the tolerance field of the printed circuit board assembly in relation to the tolerance field of the openings in the housing certainly.
  • the respective opening in terms of the theoretically exact position in diameter by the corresponding factor x / 2 and additionally by the gap y compared to the theoretically exact Outer diameter increased, wherein the gap y must be selected to be greater, the higher the number of connectors side by side or one behind the other in a direction of the housing is provided.
  • each connector housing further comprises a circumferential collar which projects laterally beyond the preferably cylindrical opening.
  • the width of the respective collar exceeds at least the gap y.
  • each connector housing has a stop, with which the respective connector housing rests in the axial direction against the housing wall of the housing.
  • the individual connector housings are formed with a locking geometry, preferably with an internal or external thread, in order to fix a correspondingly formed connector to it, as soon as it has been brought into its plug-in position with the housing-side connector.
  • the housing is formed completely circumferentially closed as a sealed housing, wherein each further housing opening by means of a seal is sealed against ingress of moisture and dirt.
  • Another aspect of the present invention relates to a method of making an electrical connection assembly as described above comprising the steps of: a. Mounting and electrically connecting the connector (s) to a circuit board; b. Inserting openings in a housing wall of a housing according to the respective mounting positions and the respective outer diameter of the connector; c. Positioning the printed circuit board relative to the housing such that the connector with its connector housing project through a respective opening through the housing wall and d. Producing a material-locking connection between the housing wall and the respective connector housing.
  • the material-fit connection is produced by a welding process, preferably by a laser welding process.
  • a welding process preferably by a laser welding process.
  • any suitable conventional welding method can be used if a circumferentially closed material connection between the housing and the connector housing is possible even with a high packing density.
  • Fig. 1 is a plan view of a schematic embodiment of a connector assembly
  • Fig. 2 is a sectional view through the connector assembly according to
  • Fig. 3 is an isometric view of a connector housing from the connector assembly of Figs. 1 and 2 and
  • Fig. 4 is a sectional view through the connector housing of the figure
  • FIG. 1 shows a plan view of a schematic embodiment of an electrical connection assembly 1 for producing a releasable electrical connection with a plurality of (not shown here with 10) corresponding connectors shown.
  • connection arrangement 1 comprises a housing 10, which forms an upper housing wall 11, in which ten cylindrical openings 12 are provided. Through the openings 12 extend connector 20, each with a cylindrical connector housing 21 through one of the openings 12th protrude, as shown in the sectional view in Figure 2.
  • FIG. 2 The sectional view of Figure 2 corresponds to a view along the section line A -A of Figure 1.
  • the contact chambers with the contacts have been omitted in Figure 2 for clarity.
  • the cylindrical connector housings 21 each have a contact carrier 22 carrying contacts 23, which is arranged in the respective connector housing 21.
  • the contact terminals 24 protrude at the lower contact carrier end and terminate on a common ontageebene M for electrical contact with a circuit board 30th
  • the upper housing wall 1 of the housing 10 is connected in each case materially connected to the ten cylindrical connector housings 21 via the outer jacket 25.
  • the material connection 29 is designed as a kind of annular connection between the housing 10 and the respective connector housing 21.
  • the connector housing 21 extend upward away, the contact carrier 23 with its plug-side end face 23a extends approximately to the upper edge 2 a of the respective connector housing 21.
  • a circuit board 40 is dargsetellt adjacent to the housing wall 11, with which the contacts 22 are electrically connected, preferably soldered directly to the circuit board 40.
  • the housing 10 and the connector housing 21 further consist of a metallic material and in the present case of a corrosion-resistant stainless steel, wherein the material-fit connection 29 between the housing 0 and the connector housings 21 by means of a
  • the outer jacket 25 of a connector housing 21 and the outer jacket 25 are annular surrounding inner wall 11a in the area within the preferably cylindrical opening in the housing wall 11 each have a gap 17, in the present case designed as a circumferential annular gap.
  • each connector housing 21 has a peripheral collar 26.
  • This collar 26 protrudes in the mounted state of the connector housing 21 laterally beyond the respective cylindrical opening 12, as can be seen in Figure 2.
  • the contact carrier is not shown, but n only the connector housing 21 in an isometric view.
  • Each connector housing 21 also has a stop 27, with which the respective connector housing 21 abuts in the axial direction against the underside of the upper housing wall 11 of the housing 10.
  • the connector housing 21 are further formed with a locking geometry 28, in this case with an external thread to attach thereto a correspondingly shaped connector, which is mated with the respective connector 20, once it has been brought into its plugged position with the housing-side connector 20.
  • the housing 10 is a completely circumferentially sealed sealed housing, wherein on the underside of a removable and sealed over a seal relative to the housing 10 housing cover 10 a is provided to protect against the ingress of moisture and dirt.
  • the production of the illustrated electrical connection arrangement 1 takes place according to the at least following steps: a. Mounting and electrically connecting the ten connectors 20 to a circuit board 40, preferably using a solder mask; b. Inserting openings 12 in the upper housing wall 1 of a housing 10 corresponding to the respective mounting positions and the respective outer diameter of the connectors 20, preferably in correspondence to the solder mask of step a regarding the ten connectors; c.
  • the invention is not limited in its execution to the above-mentioned preferred embodiments. Rather, a number of variants is conceivable, which makes use of the illustrated solution even with fundamentally different types of use.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un ensemble connecteur (1) électrique conçu pour établir une connexion électrique libérable avec un ou plusieurs connecteurs, l'ensemble connecteur (1) comprenant les éléments suivants : a. un boîtier (10) formant au moins une paroi de boîtier (11) dans laquelle sont ménagées une ou plusieurs ouvertures (12), de préférence cylindriques; b. un ou plusieurs connecteurs (20) faisant chacun saillie avec un boîtier de connecteur (21) cylindrique par une ouverture (12); c. un support de contacts (23) portant dans chaque cas des contacts (22) étant disposé dans le ou les boîtiers de connecteur (21) cylindrique(s), support de contacts dont les bornes de contact (24) se situent sur un plan de montage (M) commun afin d'établir le contact électrique avec une carte de circuits imprimés (30); d. la paroi (11) du boîtier (10) étant reliée par liaison de matière au(x) boîtier(s) de connecteur (21), par l'intermédiaire d'une enveloppe extérieure (25).
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