EP3622586A1 - Module de connecteur électrique - Google Patents

Module de connecteur électrique

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EP3622586A1
EP3622586A1 EP18726310.8A EP18726310A EP3622586A1 EP 3622586 A1 EP3622586 A1 EP 3622586A1 EP 18726310 A EP18726310 A EP 18726310A EP 3622586 A1 EP3622586 A1 EP 3622586A1
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Prior art keywords
connector
connector module
modular frame
frame
module
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Hans Henning Thomas
Nicole Nora RÜTER
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Harting Electric Stiftung and Co KG
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Harting Electric GmbH and Co KG
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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
    • H01R13/516—Means for holding or embracing insulating body, e.g. casing, hoods
    • H01R13/518—Means for holding or embracing insulating body, e.g. casing, hoods for holding or embracing several coupling parts, e.g. frames
    • 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
    • H01R13/514—Bases; Cases composed as a modular blocks or assembly, i.e. composed of co-operating parts provided with contact members or holding contact members between them
    • 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
    • H01R13/73—Means for mounting coupling parts to apparatus or structures, e.g. to a wall
    • H01R13/74—Means for mounting coupling parts in openings of a panel
    • H01R13/741—Means for mounting coupling parts in openings of a panel using snap fastening means
    • H01R13/745—Means for mounting coupling parts in openings of a panel using snap fastening means separate from 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
    • H01R13/6271—Latching means integral with the housing
    • H01R13/6273—Latching means integral with the housing comprising two latching arms

Definitions

  • the invention relates to a connector module according to the preamble of the independent main claim. 1
  • the invention is based on a
  • the invention is based on a system from the
  • the invention is further based on a method for inserting a connector module into a connector modular frame according to the preamble of independent method claim 18.
  • the invention is further based on a method for removing a connector module from a connector modular frame according to the preamble of independent method claim 20.
  • the invention relates to an unlocking tool according to the preamble of claim 27.
  • Connector modules are considered part of a
  • connector modules in corresponding connector modular frames, which sometimes as a support frame, Modular frame or modular frame and in some cases also as
  • Connector modular frames thus serve to accommodate a plurality of similar and / or different connector modules and this safely on a surface and / or in a
  • the connector modules usually have one in each case
  • This Isolierköper can serve, for example, as a contact carrier and receive and fix contacts of various kinds. The function of a thus formed
  • Connector is so very flexible. It can z. B. pneumatic modules, optical modules, modules for the transmission of electrical energy and / or electrical analog and / or digital signals in the respective insulator be included and so find use in the connector modular system. Increasingly, connector modules also take over measurement and data-technical tasks.
  • Steckverbindermodularrahmens also known as holding frame, module frame or module frame and in some cases as
  • Moduleinsetzrahmen designated, in numerous pamphlets and
  • EP 1 353 412 A2 DE 10 2015 104 562 A1, EP 3 067 993 A1
  • Connector housing or screwed to wall surfaces known.
  • the connector modules are inserted in the hinge frame.
  • support means are provided which cooperate with provided on opposite side parts of the hinge frame windows, wherein the windows consist in recesses which are formed as all-round closed openings in the side parts of the hinge frame.
  • the hinge frame consists of two articulated frame parts, wherein the separation of the hinge frame is provided transversely to the side parts of the frame.
  • the connector modular frame joints are arranged so that the side parts when screwing the hinge frame to a
  • hinged frames Align mounting surface perpendicular to the mounting surface, whereby the connector modules via the support means enter into a positive connection with the hinge frame.
  • hinged frames are usually in one
  • Die-casting process in particular in a zinc die-casting process, manufactured.
  • the document DE 10 2015 1 14 703 A1 discloses a further development of such a hinged frame.
  • the articulated frame disclosed therein has at least one fixing means, by way of which the frame parts can be fixed to one another in two positions, an open position and a closed position, which considerably simplifies handling.
  • the document DE 20 2013 103 61 1 U1 shows two extremely stable screwed together, inexpensive to produce in stamping and bending technology and screw-together metal frame parts, which are suitable for receiving, inter alia, pneumatic modules. The so mounted
  • Connector modular frame has even under high mechanical long-term stress only very low creep properties.
  • the disadvantage is that the cost of adding or replacing a connector module is extremely high.
  • Connector modular frame made of plastic material.
  • the connector modular frame is designed as a circumferential collar and has a plurality of slots separated by its plug side
  • Wall segments on. Each two opposite wall segments form an insertion region for a connector module, wherein the wall segments have window-like openings, which serve to receive molded on the narrow sides of the modules projections.
  • the guide groove is above the openings by means of a formed outwardly offset window web, which has an insertion bevel on the inside.
  • Connector modules latching arms which are formed on the narrow sides in the direction of the cable connections, molded, and engage below the side collar wall, so that two independent locking means the
  • Connector housing is suitable.
  • the use of metallic connector housings exposes such protective grounding
  • the connector modular frame for a heavy connector for receiving similar and / or different connector modules.
  • the connector modular frame consists of a rectangular cross-section base frame having two opposite side parts. At the side parts in each case a cheek part, consisting of a flexible material, in particular elastic sheet metal attached.
  • cheek parts tabs with locking windows possess, which are adapted to lock the modules at their detents individually in the connector modular frame.
  • Connector modules can thus individually and with only a small
  • the plugged-in module is held firmly and stably by the base frame in the frame plane. In their insertion direction, perpendicular to the frame plane, they can latch with their locking lugs between two opposing tabs.
  • This design basically has the advantage that the modules can be individually inserted and removed without the attachment of the other modules is affected.
  • the design also allows the connector modular frame to be made of metal and thus allows said protective ground.
  • connector modular frames have a certain "play", that is, they are of a certain mechanical tolerance in the
  • Connector modular frame held This is to be regarded in technical terms, at least to a certain extent, for most applications as necessary, since it serves to compensate for the mating operation corresponding tolerances against the mating connector. However, if this tolerance becomes too great, as can sometimes be observed in the latter prior art, this can lead to the fixation of the connector modules over the abovementioned ones
  • the said game can at
  • Module insertion frame for receiving contact modules for insertion in connector housing
  • Frame body is connected, and
  • the publication describes a contact module with at least one pin contact or at least one socket contact for such a module insertion frame.
  • This contact module has a
  • a disadvantage of this prior art is that to remove a module, the connector must be dismantled, ie at least the connector modular frame must be removed from the connector housing, in particular unscrewed, be. This generates especially when switching from currently increasingly used data and measurement modules an undesirably high
  • the object of the invention is to provide a connector module with a particularly high ease of use.
  • the connector module is suitable for its fixation in a connector modular frame and has a substantially cuboid insulating body with two parallel to each other
  • the insulator has a
  • the insulating body on a deformation portion, at least
  • the connector module on the one hand can assume a locking state and on the other hand an unlocked state. In its unlocked state, the connector module is the
  • Connector modular frame perpendicular to the frame plane both in and against the direction of insertion removed and inserted into it. In its locked state, the connector module is on
  • Connector modular frame can be fixed perpendicular to the frame plane.
  • Connector module into a connector modular frame has the following steps:
  • Entriegelungs by means of an elastic deformation of a deformation portion of the connector module
  • Connector modular frame for preventing movement of the connector module perpendicular to the frame plane, and simultaneously creating a secure hold between the
  • Connector module from a connector modular frame has the following steps:
  • Entriegelungs by means of an elastic deformation of a deformation portion of the connector module
  • Connector modular frame in or opposite to the direction of insertion In or opposite to the direction of insertion.
  • the invention serves the connector modules individually and with little effort the connector modular frame in particular also be removed in the direction of insertion.
  • the invention further serves to be able to insert the connector modules individually and with little effort in the connector modular frame especially against the direction of insertion, so coming from the insertion direction.
  • a significant advantage of the invention consists in the fact that a connector module according to the invention can be inserted into a connector modular frame both from the plugging direction and from the cable connecting direction and can also be removed from it in both directions.
  • Connector modular frame is already installed in a connector housing. This means a special workload, because the connector does not need to be dismantled to a
  • connection direction designates the direction from which the cable is used in the application
  • plug-in direction designates the direction in which the plug-in operation takes place, that is to say, for example, the plug connector, comprising at least the plug connector modular frame and at least one
  • Connector module is moved relative to a mating connector to enter with him a connector.
  • Connector housing needs to be expanded, a particularly high ease of use is given. This is especially special Advantage, if the connector module is a measurement and / or data module that may not be
  • Removal from a built-in connector modular frame in the insertion direction can also be used for connector modules, the one
  • Cable connection side and opposite have a plug side, be of importance. If the corresponding cable in the connector has a sufficient length, such can also be
  • Connector module which has, for example, a different mating face, swapped and / or it can be reconnected or repaired without the entire connector modular frame has to be removed. This considerably increases the ease of use even in these cases.
  • Connector modular frame can be compatible without sacrificing the aforementioned advantages.
  • said plug-in removability is also given in conjunction with already known connector modular frame.
  • Connector modular frame in particular a rigid, and in particular substantially integral
  • Connector modular frame is particularly stable and moreover
  • the connector modular frame does not need to have any elastic properties or elements, so it can be idealized rigid and in particular also designed in one piece, since the
  • Connector module itself has a deformation section.
  • Connector modular frame also no elaborate mechanism to introduce the connector modules and to fix, since the connector modules according to the invention take over this function by their deformation section itself.
  • the connector modules may, however, advantageously have an insulating body, which is made of plastic in particular with appropriate elasticity properties, since the Isolierköper the connector module, in contrast to the connector modular frame, of course, does not need to be grounded. This simplifies the production considerably.
  • the connector modular frame is rigid, is made entirely of metal and can for example by means of a
  • Zinc die casting process in particular made of a zinc alloy or an aluminum die-casting process of an aluminum alloy, which significantly reduces the manufacturing cost.
  • metallic alloy in particular made of a zinc alloy or an aluminum die-casting process of an aluminum alloy, which significantly reduces the manufacturing cost.
  • Connector modular frame have a so-called PE ("Protection Earth'VSchutzerdungs-) contact, for example in the form of a grounding screw o. ⁇ ., To which a grounding cable is connected.
  • PE Protection Earth'VSchutzerdungs-
  • the connector modular frame may have side panels with windows as counter-locking elements, to which the connector module in its locked state with its locking elements, in particular its latching noses, can be latched.
  • the windows of both side parts may differ in shape from the correct polarization of them to ensure that the connector modules are
  • Connector modules can then also be correspondingly shaped differently to the correct polarization (orientation) of the connector module in the connector modular frame
  • the flexibility of the deformation section of the connector module in particular in plastics technology, can thus be decisively influenced by its material and its shape.
  • this deformation portion may have elastic properties by which it is movable relative to the holding portion, to thereby both the said locking state and the said
  • Connector modules are held within their tolerance resiliently in the connector modular frame.
  • the connector modules are in
  • Connector modular frame held securely and stably at least perpendicular to their faces in the frame plane, d. H. they have only a small tolerance that does not exceed a predetermined value and, moreover, at least in this direction in the
  • Connector modular frame can not be moved.
  • the resulting tolerance range is necessary in practice to the
  • the deformation section has elastic properties, d. H. elastically deformable and thereby at least partially relative to the holding portion to produce a corresponding
  • Restoring force is movable. As a result, at least one region of the deformation section in the installed state of the
  • Connector module in constant mechanical contact with the connector modular frame and in particular simultaneously with two opposite side parts of the
  • Connector module can be electrically grounded. For electrical grounding, it is, as already mentioned, further advantageous if the
  • Connector modular frame entirely or at least partially made of an electrically conductive material, in particular metal.
  • This locking means may be formed in particular by locking lugs.
  • Connector modular frame can be attached to each other
  • the deformation portion of the connector module may be formed of two locking tabs, one of which is arranged on each of the two opposite end faces of Isoliergropers, in particular integrally formed on an associated Anformungs Symposium.
  • each of the two end faces of the insulating body may have a recess in which the respective locking tab is at least partially arranged. This recess can for each end face and the
  • each end face can have two webs defining this recess laterally, which form the holding section or at least belong to the holding section.
  • the forming region of the locking tabs can be recessed in the recess, so that at least one recess which is open towards the plug-side end of the insulating body remains on the deformation section, in particular between the webs and the locking tab. If the connector module inserted in the connector modular frame, so is at this
  • the locking tabs can be made at least partially resilient and / or resiliently attached to the insulator.
  • the deformation section consists of resilient sheet metal and is in particular of two
  • Locking tabs formed. Then the locking means, for. B. the Latches, punched out of the sheet metal and bent accordingly. In another advantageous variant, the locking means,
  • locking lugs but also from another material, for. B. made of plastic, and made of spring steel existing
  • Connector module over the connector modular frame.
  • locking tabs are made of resilient sheet metal, they may be attached to their respective end face, in particular within the said recess, at an associated connecting portion, for. B. by gluing, screwing, injection, insertion and / or latching.
  • Locking tabs made of plastic.
  • the locking tabs may belong to the insulating body made of plastic and preferably be molded thereto.
  • Characterized the Isolierköper is integral with the deformation section, wherein in addition to the plastic material, from which the insulator consists, in particular the shape determines the degree of elasticity of the individual sections.
  • the holding portion of the insulator can be made massive and be correspondingly stiff.
  • the deformation section can, at least at the relevant points, in particular at the Anformungs Scheme, perpendicular to its direction of movement
  • Lock tabs to produce the desired elasticity vary accordingly.
  • the locking means in particular the latching noses, directed outwards, d. H. pointing away from each other, be arranged on the locking tabs. If the deformation portion is made of plastic, the locking lugs may be formed thereon. If the locking tabs are made of resilient sheet metal, the locking tabs may be glued, screwed or otherwise secured thereto, or they may be stamped therefrom in punching technique and bent into a corresponding shape.
  • different materials can therefore be used for the holding section and the deformation section, in particular also different plastic materials with different ones
  • Deformation section has a higher elasticity than the material of the holding section.
  • the deformation portion may then be injection molded or otherwise attached to the insulating body, e.g. B. by gluing, screwing, latching and / or lateral insertion.
  • One or more connector modules according to the invention form together with the connector modular frame a system, installable in a connector housing or a wall opening and suitable for producing a plug connection with a mating connector by a relative movement to the mating connector in the insertion direction.
  • at least one of the connector modules plug side have a plug-in area for plug connection with the mating connector.
  • the connector module may have a cable connection area.
  • the cable connection side and the Mating side of the connector modules may be opposite to each other in parallel and be connected by the two end faces of the insulator at right angles to each other.
  • the connector module can be exchanged for another or umvertreut. If it is a data module, this z. B. experienced at another location, for example, an update and provided with the update again be inserted into the connector.
  • the plug-in direction In at least one direction, preferably in the cable connection direction, which is opposite to the plug-in direction, the
  • Locking tabs of the connector module project beyond the associated insulating body at their free ends. Preferably, they are slightly curved away from each other in this area. This facilitates the manual insertion and in particular the removal of the
  • Connector module in the locked state and locked if necessary in the connector modular frame.
  • Connector module frame recorded connector module again and can be removed individually the connector modular frame.
  • unlocked connector module also unlock from the plug-in side and can be removed in this direction.
  • the ability to remove the connector module in the insertion direction is particularly advantageous if the connector modular frame in turn is already permanently installed in a connector housing.
  • an unlocking tool is provided for this removal of the connector module in the insertion direction, which can be designed in cross-section U-shaped. Then the unlocking tool can have on its two free-standing ends two inwardly directed counter rasthaken, which in particular each have a counter-slope and at an acute angle thereto arranged counter-locking surface.
  • the Jacobrasthaken are at the free ends of the U-shape, in particular at corresponding
  • Unlocking arms arranged. These countersunk hooks can then cooperate during unlocking with the outwardly directed latching hooks of the locking tabs of the connector module.
  • Connector module each have an attack slope. If the unlocking tool from the plugging direction z. B. introduced into said recess of the connector module, so slide the counter-chamfers of the mating hook and the attack slopes of the latching hooks along each other and thereby move the locking tabs of the
  • the latching hooks of the locking tabs move, for example, by more than 2 mm, preferably more than 3 mm and particularly preferably more than 4 mm towards each other.
  • the counter-locking hooks of the unlocking tool move in this process less than 1 mm, preferably less than 0.5 mm and particularly preferably less than 0.25 mm apart. They bring the necessary unlocking unlocking force, inter alia, to overcome mechanical friction, the
  • Connector module is unlatched from the connector modular frame.
  • the counter-latching hooks engage behind the latching hooks of the locking straps.
  • the gripping hooks engage behind with their respective ones
  • the unlocking tool securely grips the connector module.
  • the unlocking tool is pulled away in the insertion direction of the connector modular frame and removes the unlocked connector module in the insertion direction from the
  • the unlocking tool can subsequently to its free-standing mating hooks, a rectangular in cross-section, circumferential
  • Entriegelungs canen or to the counter-latch hooks open cuboid Entriegelungsgetoriuse have.
  • the Entriegelungsarme inside on two opposite narrow sides of the Entriegelungsgeophuses or
  • the unlocking / unlocking frame serves to stabilize the unlocking tool against deformation.
  • the unlocking tool by its shape and material, must be made considerably stiffer than the locking tabs, ie. H. it should not idealized when unlocking process considered, or in practice at least as little as possible, while the tabs to move clearly on each other and thereby detent from the connector modular frame.
  • Entriegelungswerkschwmaschines given to the insulating body of the connector module, in particular, when the connector module is embraced form-fitting at the plug-side end during insertion of Entrieglungstechnikmaschineschws thereof.
  • the plug-in module at the removal of its plug-in area in particular form-fitting manner, embraces, because the connector module is held captive therein during the removal.
  • Locking tabs which z. B. is made possible by a sufficient depth of the corresponding recess, the
  • Fig. 1 b a connector housing with the built-in
  • Fig. 2a corresponds to a prior art
  • Fig. 2b corresponds to the prior art
  • Fig. 3a - c a two-piece, sixteenschraubbaren sheet metal frame with and without pneumatic connector modules
  • Fig. 4a - b a one-piece connector modular frame without and with PE contact
  • Fig. 6 is a connector module with locking tabs in the
  • Fig. 9a-b a cable connection side insertion of the
  • Fig. 10a - d a plug-in unlocking with a
  • FIGS. 1 a and 1 b a connector modular system corresponding to the prior art is shown, which by way of example has a
  • Connector modular frame which is designed as a hinge frame 22.
  • Such a joint frame 22 is known, inter alia, from the patent application EP 0 860 906 A2 in the prior art.
  • EP 0 860 906 A2 is known, inter alia, from the patent application EP 0 860 906 A2 in the prior art.
  • the connector 2 thus comprises a connector housing 21 shown in FIG. 1 b in the form of an attachment housing and the articulated frame 22 shown in FIG. 1 a, individually and uncut and therefore particularly easy to see.
  • the hinged frame 22 is after insertion of modules, in the art usually from conventional connector modules 23, suitable for installation in the connector housing 21 and / or for mounting on a wall opening of a mounting surface / mounting wall.
  • the hinge frame 22 consists of two connected via joints 223 frame parts 221, 222 with attachment ends 225, which with
  • Fixing screws 226 are provided.
  • the joints 223 are provided at the attachment ends 225 of the joint frame 22 and allow a pivoting movement of the frame parts 221, 222nd
  • Frame parts 221, 222 are pivotable about the longitudinal axis A (rotatable).
  • locking window 224 are provided, in which the locking lugs 234 of the respective connector modules 23 when they are inserted into the hinge frame 22.
  • Connector modules 23 enter the windows 224 and a secure, positive retention of the connector modules 23 in the hinge frame 22 is effected.
  • cut view of the hinge frame 22 selected to better recognize details.
  • Articulated frame 22 is mentioned by way of example. It is possible in other embodiments, the use of differently designed connector modular frame, which fasten the connector modules 23 and so fulfill a similar function for the modular system.
  • An above-mentioned further development of the joint frame known from the document DE 10 2015 1 14 703 A1 discloses, for example, a
  • Fixing means by means of which the frame parts 221, 222 are fixable to each other in at least two positions, namely an open position and a closed position, which greatly facilitates the handling when inserting the connector modules23.
  • Figures 2a and 2b show two different connector modules 23 ' , 23 " known from the prior art.
  • Fig. 2a shows a in a connector modular frame, z. B. in the aforementioned hinge frame 22, insertable connector module 23 ' in a possible design.
  • the connector module 23 ' has two at each other
  • the locking lugs 234, 234 ' are for locking in a respective locking window 224 of the corresponding side parts of the frame parts 221, 222 of a connector modular frame, z. B. the aforementioned hinge frame 22, is provided.
  • Connector module 23 ' is made relatively compact and has a good heat resistance.
  • Fig. 2b shows a pneumatic connector module 23 " , which has two channels 231, looking at the plug side
  • Channels 231 are substantially cylindrical
  • These channels 231 serve to accommodate not shown in the drawing male and / or female
  • the pneumatic connector module 23 " has a substantially parallelepiped-shaped configuration and has a latching nose 234, 234 ' on opposite end faces 232 ', respectively. These latching lugs 234, 234 ' are located both in the articulated rests 22 and in the sheet metal frames 22 ' shown below can be inserted in one of its latching windows 224.
  • each pneumatic connector module 23 "has four spring-elastic latching arms 235 on whose freestanding ends a respective stabilizing latching hook 233 is integrally molded in. These stabilizing latching hooks 233 are suitable for gripping under the plug-side frame edge in the assembled state in order to provide additional stability produce.
  • Fig. 3 shows a for receiving pneumatic
  • Connector modules 23 for stability reasons particularly suitable connector modular frame, namely a
  • Sheet metal frame 22 ' which can be screwed together from two
  • Sheet metal parts 221 222 ' is made, which makes it material-stable particularly stable. The production of the two
  • Sheet metal parts in stamping and bending technology is at the same time relatively uncomplicated.
  • Connector modules 23 " , 23 "' in the sheet metal frame 22 ' are stably fixed.
  • each frame half 221 ' , 222 ' differ slightly in their shape.
  • End faces of the corresponding connector modules 234 are also shaped differently according to this embodiment to the correct polarization (orientation) of the connector module in
  • Connector modules 23, 23 ' and connector modular frame 22 applicable.
  • the sheet metal frame 22 ' is extremely stable, holds the pneumatic
  • Connector modules 231, 231 ' with great force and material with only very low so-called “creep”, ie it deforms even under high pressure, which acts over a long period of time, much less than other known
  • Connector modular frame for example zinc die-cast frame.
  • the user has to the sheet metal frame 22 ' from the
  • the pneumatic connector modules' then together with the inserted data module again between the two sheet metal frame members 221 'have 32 ", 23"' are disposed and the two frame members 221 ', 222, 222' have to be laboriously screwed and fitted into the connector housing 2 again.
  • FIG. 4 shows a plug-in modular frame 1 according to the invention and with an even more uncomplicated manufacture thereof, with an oblique view its cable connection side.
  • This connector modular frame 1 is idealized, rigid and further in one piece and metallic. He can z. B. be made in a die-casting.
  • FIG. 4b shows an embodiment in which the connector modular frame 1 has a so-called PE ("Protection Earth'VSchutzerdungs-) contact 15.
  • PE Protection Earth'VSchutzerdungs-
  • the connector modular frame has a flange 13 with screw holes 131 for installation on a wall surface or in a connector housing 21st
  • the opposite side parts 1 1, 12 have plug-side edges 1 1 1, 1 12th
  • FIGS. 5a-5d thus show a plurality of usable differently designed plug-in connector modules 3 ' , 3 " , 3 “' , 3 “” insertable therein, each having a holding section, comprising webs 321, and one
  • the connector module 3 is shown in a first embodiment. It has a substantially cuboidal
  • the plug connector module can have a plug-in connection via its plug-in side, which is not visible in the drawing, via which it can transmit data to a plug connector module of a mating plug (for example data relating to a pin assignment or the said data via the plug connector) Load capacity of the pneumatic channels).
  • the insulating body is made of plastic. At his each other
  • Locking tabs 36, 36 ' namely a first locking tab 36 and a second locking tab 36 ' integrally formed
  • the insulating body has at its two end faces 32 each have a rectangular, the cable connection side open towards recess 328, in which the respective
  • Locking tab 36, 36 ' is at least partially arranged.
  • the locking tabs 36, 36 ' extend in their rest position substantially parallel to the end face 32.
  • Locking tab 36, 36 ' at least partially disposed in the recess 328.
  • Figs. 6 and 7 is particularly easy to see.
  • the two locking lugs 34, 34 ' differ in their shape, namely in their length, thereby the correct polarization of the connector module in
  • the locking tabs 36, 36 ' are on the one hand at an associated Anformungs Scheme 361 to the Isoliergroper within the Recess 328 formed elastically movable, but have
  • Cable connection area is, according to its intended
  • Locking tabs 36, 36 ' extend straight in this embodiment, ie the locking tabs 36, 36 ' are not curved at their free ends in this embodiment.
  • FIG. 5b another embodiment of the connector module 3 is shown. This design is different from the
  • Locking tabs 36, 36 ' are slightly inclined away from each other in their rest position to their free end to the
  • FIG. 5c differs from the preceding embodiment in that the connector module 3 has a cable connection region 37 on its cable connection side 370 has. Therein are in the direction of the plug side 380 extending through holes 378, which connect the cable connection portion 37 with the plug-in portion 38, provided for not shown in the drawing plug contacts. These plug contacts have one
  • Cable connection portion 37 protrude to connect individual strands of an electrical cable thereto.
  • On the plug side has the
  • Connector module a plug-in opening 38 shown in Fig. 7a - 7h, in which the plug contacts protrude with its plug-in area, plugged into corresponding contacts of a mating connector and thereby z. B. to be electrically connected to the signal and / or energy transfer.
  • FIG. 5 d differs from the preceding embodiment by two latching hooks 33, one of which is integrally formed on one of the two locking tabs 36, 36 ' .
  • This latching hook 33 has an attack bevel 333 and at an acute angle to a locking surface 334. He can on the one hand in
  • FIGS. 5e and 5f show a particularly preferred embodiment of a connector module 3 ' . This version of the
  • Connector module differs from the preceding, inter alia, by a recess 368.
  • the webs 321 extend over the entire end face 32 and connect the plug side 380 of the insulating body so with its cable connection side 370th Cable connection side protrude the locking tabs 36, 36 ' out of the recess 328 and thereby beyond the insulator.
  • Plug-in side of the locking tabs 36, 36 ' exists between the webs 321 and the attack slope 333 of the latching hook 33, a recess 368 open on the plug side, which, as explained below, is particularly advantageous for the plug-in unlocking of the connector module 3 ' .
  • Fig. 5e shows the connector module with respect to the first
  • Locking tab 36 At this first locking tab 36, the first locking lug 34 is formed.
  • This first detent 34 differs in shape, namely in its length from the second detent 34 ' , which, as shown in Fig. 5f, is formed on the second locking tab. Otherwise, the two differ
  • Locking tabs 36, 36 ' not from each other.
  • Cable connection side 370 shown. For better clarity, this is a version with straight running
  • Locking tabs 36, 36 ' selected. As a result, both the
  • Recesses 328, 328 ' and the locking lugs 34, 34 ' good to see.
  • the two locking lugs 34, 34 ' have different lengths.
  • Fig. 7a is a nearly identical embodiment of
  • Connector module 3 in cross section through the
  • Locking tabs 34, 34 ' shown, with the slight difference that the free ends of the locking tabs 36, 36 ' are curved away from each other. This representation corresponds for example to that shown in FIG. 5c
  • Fig. 7b and 7c the same embodiment is shown, wherein in Fig. 7b, the visible from the front outer contour of the insulating body are shown by solid lines. The hidden edges of the
  • Locking tabs 36, 36 ' , the cable connection portion 37 and the plug-in portion 38 are shown in dashed lines.
  • Fig. 7c the front outer contour of Isolierköpers is shown in dashed lines and the cross section through the locking tabs 36, 36 ' is shown by solid lines.
  • FIGS. 7d and 7e two further embodiments are shown, in which the locking tabs 36 " , 36 “'are made of resilient sheet metal. They are each fastened with a connecting portion 362 in the recess 328 on the respective end face 32 of the insulating body.
  • Fig. 7d an embodiment is shown, in which the locking lugs are punched out of the material of the locking tab 36 " and bent into a corresponding shape.
  • Fig. 7e an embodiment is shown in which a latching nose made of plastic on the resilient sheet metal existing
  • Locking tab 36 "' is attached.
  • the latching hook 33 is made here relatively large, which in particular the cable connection-side removal could be disabled.
  • FIG. 7h differs from that preceded by the recess 368, which has already been opened on the plug-in side in FIG. 5e.
  • This is a cross-sectional view through the locking tabs of the particularly preferred embodiment from the already shown FIG 5e and 5f, wherein the front (and at the same time rear) outer contour of the insulating body is drawn in to illustrate the function of the recess 368.
  • the connector module 3 ' is shown in just this embodiment, as it cable connection side in the one-piece, rigid
  • Connector modular frame 1 is introduced.
  • FIGS. 9a and 9b it is shown how this cable connection-side insertion and Verrieglungsvorgang takes place.
  • the locking tabs 36, 36 'of the connector module 3, 3 ' are, as shown in FIG. 9a, compressed, ie moved towards each other. This can be done by manual attack on their free ends.
  • the connector module 3, 3 ' is inserted according to the arrow direction in the connector modular frame 1.
  • Locking tabs 36, 36 ' released again and automatically relax so that their locking lugs 34, 34 ' in the respective
  • Fig. 10a shows the connector module 1, which in the
  • Connector modular racks 1 is taken together with an unlocking tool 5 in a first embodiment.
  • the unlocking tool 5 is configured in cross-section U-shaped and thus has a base 52 and two at their ends thereof in a common direction pioneering, mutually parallel Entriegelungsarme 56. At the free-standing ends of this
  • Entriegelungsarme 56 are inwardly directed, d. H. mutually facing counter-latching hooks 53 are formed. These have an im
  • a tapering region 560 of the unlocking arms 56 adjoins the counter-locking surface 534.
  • the largest possible counter-locking surface 534 is made possible on the one hand.
  • the unlocking arms can maintain their maximum strength over a wide range, their cross section corresponds at most to the plug-in cross-section of the recess.
  • the unlocking tool 5 is in this performance of a
  • Entriegelungsarme 56 thus functionally limited in their strength.
  • Fig. 10b shows how the unlocking the plug side
  • Locking arms 36, 36 ' slide along in the arrow direction.
  • Detent windows 14, 14 ' are removed and the connector module 3 ' is thus unlocked from the connector modular frame 1.
  • the Schmidtrasthaken 35 then latch with their counter-locking surfaces 534 on the locking surfaces 334 of the locking hooks 33 of the
  • Locking tabs 36, 36 ' Due to the remaining width of the
  • Entriegelungsarme 56 at its rejuvenation area 560 remains the connector module 3 ' unlocked from the connector modular frame 1.
  • the connector module 3 ' By locking his locking hooks 33 to the Schmidtrasthaken 53, the connector module 3 ' from behind the Entriegelungstechnikmaschine 5 and can be pulled out in the insertion direction of the connector modular frame 1.
  • the unlocking tool 5 is shown in its aforementioned embodiment in a 3D representation.
  • the function of the tapering region 560 of the unlocking arms 56 is also clarified.
  • the counter-surface 534 for the aforementioned locking of the connector module 3 'be sufficiently large and the strength of the Entriegelungsarme 56 on the other hand does not exceed the plug-side cross-section of the recess 368, in which the
  • FIGS. 11b and 11c show the unlocking tool 5 ' in a second, further developed embodiment.
  • the unlocking arms 56 are opposite each other to the insides of two nieder opposite housing end faces 501 of a rectangular in cross-section, open to the Gegenrasthaken 53
  • Entriegelungsgetoriuse 50 integrally formed.
  • the stability of the unlocking tool 5 ' against a bending apart of its unlocking arms 56 is significantly improved.
  • Connector module 3 ' thereby drops.
  • Unlocking can be inserted, or vice versa formulated that the Entriegelungstechnikmaschine 5 ' on the connector module 3 ' on its mating side 38 is positively plugged.
  • the unlocking arms 56 are guided with their Gegenrasthaken 53 ahead in the recess 368 of the connector module 3 ' , so turn the
  • Latches 34 of the connector module can from the not shown here latching windows 14, 14 'of the respective not shown here
  • Connector module 3 ' can then be plug side pulled out of the assembled connector 2, in which the
  • Connector housing 21 is installed. It is held captive in unlocking 50. Depending on the depth of his
  • the connector module 3, 3 ' vice versa also inserted into the plug-in connector 2, wherein it advantageously generates an audible noise when locking to signal its locking.
  • Connector modular frame (rigid, one-piece, metallic) first, second side part of the

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L'invention vise à améliorer le confort d'utilisation d'un système de connecteur électrique modulaire. A cet effet l'invention concerne un module de connecteur électrique (3') comprenant une partie de retenue et une partie de déformation, la partie de déformation étant mobile par rapport à la partie de retenue, de manière à permettre un état de verrouillage et un état de déverrouillage. La partie de déformation se présente en particulier sous la forme de pattes de verrouillage (36) élastiques, lesquelles sont adaptées pour encliqueter le module de connecteur électrique (3') à un bâti modulaire de connecteur électrique perpendiculairement au plan du bâti. La partie de retenue comprend en particulier deux éléments de liaison (321) sur chaque face frontale, lesquels permettent de maintenir le module de connecteur électrique (3') dans le plan du bâti, perpendiculairement à ses faces frontales (32), de manière fiable et stable dans le bâti modulaire du connecteur électrique. La pression exercée sur les pattes de verrouillage (36) permet d'insérer aisément individuellement le module de connecteur électrique (3') côté raccord de câble dans le bâti de connecteur électrique et de l'en ressortir. Un outil de déverrouillage (5') permet de déverrouiller le module de connecteur électrique (3'), côté prise, du bâti modulaire du connecteur électrique en particulier d'ores et déjà en place dans un boîtier de connecteur électrique.
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