EP3669428A1 - Dispositif de verrouillage pour une connexion par enfichage - Google Patents

Dispositif de verrouillage pour une connexion par enfichage

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EP3669428A1
EP3669428A1 EP18759546.7A EP18759546A EP3669428A1 EP 3669428 A1 EP3669428 A1 EP 3669428A1 EP 18759546 A EP18759546 A EP 18759546A EP 3669428 A1 EP3669428 A1 EP 3669428A1
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Prior art keywords
connector module
connector
camshaft
pin
module
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EP3669428B1 (fr
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Christian Vollmer
Till RIECHMANN
Malte FRERKING
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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
    • H01R13/62—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
    • H01R13/62—Means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts or for holding them in engagement
    • H01R13/627—Snap or like fastening
    • H01R13/6276—Snap or like fastening comprising one or more balls engaging in a hole or a 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
    • H01R13/66—Structural association with built-in electrical component
    • H01R13/70—Structural association with built-in electrical component with built-in switch
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R27/00—Coupling parts adapted for co-operation with two or more dissimilar counterparts
    • H01R27/02—Coupling parts adapted for co-operation with two or more dissimilar counterparts for simultaneous co-operation with two or more dissimilar counterparts

Definitions

  • the invention is based on a system consisting of two
  • Such connector modules are usually used in modular industrial connectors.
  • the industrial connectors can be equipped with different connector modules, whereby such connectors can be used in a variety of industrial environments.
  • the connector modules are used in so-called holding frame, which in turn in industrial connector housings
  • DE 10 2013 1 13 976 B4 shows such a holding frame for a heavy connector for receiving
  • the support frame consists of a basic body, the two themselves
  • a cheek part consisting of a flexible material attached.
  • these cheek parts When inserting a connector module in the holding frame these cheek parts are bent away from the side part to the outside, whereby the connector modules are fixed within the body in one plane.
  • Locking devices can easily, for example when
  • connectors are also arranged with one inside the housing
  • DE 10 2008 060 561 B4 shows a plug connector with an internal locking device. It is on the
  • a locking lug is provided.
  • a push button is arranged, which projects through the wall of the plug and acting on the spring plate so that the catch can be released to the latch.
  • Such locking devices are often mechanically very complex and therefore expensive to produce. In addition, such mechanical solution can not be electronically controlled.
  • German Patent and Trademark Office has in the priority application for the present application, the following prior art research: DE 10 2009 039 652 A1, DE 32 20 839 C2, DE 10 201 1 004 648 A1, DE 10 2016 105 975 A1.
  • the object of the invention is to propose a system of mutually reversibly lockable connector modules, which is simple in design, mechanically stable and at the same time carried out inexpensively.
  • the system according to the invention consists of a first
  • Connector module and a second connector module are usually in one
  • Integrated industrial connectors and arranged opposite each other.
  • the industrial connectors and thus the connector modules can be plugged together.
  • the one connector module engages in the other connector module.
  • Connector module has a locking means, whereby the connector modules are reversibly locked together.
  • Locking the connector modules also locks the connectors contained in the connector modules together.
  • the connector modules thus provide the above-mentioned
  • Connector modules are protected within the housing of the respective industrial connector.
  • the locking means is a camshaft.
  • a camshaft is a machine element in the form of a rod on which at least one The rod rotates about its own axis, whereby the cams mounted on it perform a longitudinal movement (perpendicular to the extension of the rod).
  • the axis of rotation of the camshaft is parallel to
  • the camshaft can be integrated to save space in the connector module.
  • the first connector module has an electric motor, with which the camshaft can be brought into a rotational movement.
  • the electric motor can be supplied with power, for example, via conductors connected to the connector module.
  • a power supply via a built-in connector module battery is also conceivable.
  • the first connector module has a pin protruding in the plug-in direction.
  • the camshaft extends at least partially. This means that the camshaft is at least partially in the
  • the pin is designed here as a cuboid extension, which can be plugged into a designated receptacle of a mating connector module.
  • Connector module has a receptacle. In the inserted state, the pin and thus also the camshaft of the first connector module located therein penetrate into the receptacle of the second
  • the pin of the first connector module has at least one hole at the end.
  • the hole is perpendicular to the
  • Extension direction of the pin is a ball
  • journal there are two corresponding holes in the journal present, which are arranged opposite one another and in each of which a ball is arranged.
  • the balls are preferably made of steel or a hard plastic and serve to lock the first connector module to the second connector module. The exact mode of operation is explained in more detail below.
  • the receptacle of the second connector module at least one hole, which is to the hole of the pin of the first
  • Connector module corresponds.
  • the receptacle has two holes, which in the inserted state each face a hole of the pin.
  • the camshaft of the first connector module is in operative contact with the located in the pin and arranged in the holes balls.
  • the respective ball is at least partially hineinschiebbar by a rotational movement of the camshaft located in the receptacle of the second connector module hole, whereby the first connector module and the second connector module are locked together.
  • the camshaft has a substantially oval or elliptical cross section in the region of the pin.
  • This oval shape can be understood as the above-mentioned "cam” of the camshaft with which the balls can be moved transversely to the direction of insertion widened, the diameter of the camshaft in the
  • the balls are at least partially driven out of the holes of the pin of the first connector module in the holes of the recesses of the second connector module. A pulling apart of the two connector modules is now blocked by the balls.
  • the connector modules are locked together. If the diameter of the camshaft decreases in the cross-sectional plane of the pin, the balls can become in move the holes in the pin in to release the lock on the connector modules.
  • the connector modules can be transferred from a locked to a unlocked state.
  • the camshaft is connected to the electric motor.
  • the camshaft has a substantially oval or elliptical cross-section, which can be considered a "cam.”
  • This oval area is perpendicular to the oval area in the journal, that is, when the camshaft in the area of the pin within the cross-sectional plane of the connector module a big
  • Diameter the diameter of the camshaft in the region of the electric motor is small and vice versa.
  • the camshaft can here be regarded as a rod with a total of two cams, a first cam in the region of the electric motor and a second cam in the region of the peg. Both cams are perpendicular to each other.
  • the first connector module has at least two buttons, a first button and a second button on.
  • the first button is located in the region of the electric motor.
  • the first button is touched by the camshaft when the first connector module and the second connector module are not locked together.
  • the first cam of the camshaft is guided against a switch of the first button and activates it.
  • the second button is arranged away from the electric motor in the direction of the pin of the first connector module.
  • the second button is from a cam of the camshaft touches when the first
  • Connector module and the second connector module are locked together.
  • the second cam of the camshaft is guided against a switch of the second button and activates it.
  • the connector modules each have one
  • the connector modules can exchange signals and / or data in the mated state via the interface. This may be, among other control signals that control the electric motor and thus a lock and / or a
  • the interfaces can be designed for example as a connector and associated socket.
  • the first connector module and / or the second connector module has an interface.
  • This interface may be, for example, contact pins, which can be brought into electrical contact with a holding frame in which the connector modules are located.
  • the holding frame may have data lines for this purpose and a connection of the connector modules via a suitable data bus
  • operating states of a machine are transmitted, which initiate or trigger a locking and / or unlocking of the connector modules according to the invention.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a system consisting of a first connector module and a second connector module
  • Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the first connector module and Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the first connector module and the second connector module in the inserted state.
  • FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of a system 1 consisting of a first connector module 2 and a second connector module 3.
  • the connector modules 2, 3 have a substantially cuboidal basic shape.
  • the connector modules 2, 3 have on their narrow sides in each case retaining pins 4, with which they (not shown) in a support frame (not shown) of an industrial connector (not shown) can be fixed.
  • DE 10 2013 1 13 976 B4 the fixing process of the connector modules 2, 3 is sufficiently described in a support frame.
  • the first connector module 2 has one in the insertion direction
  • the pin 5 is designed substantially cuboid. In the narrow sides of the pin 5 holes 6 are introduced or formed, in each of which a ball 7 is arranged. The pin 5 is guided in the insertion process in a designated receptacle 8 of the second connector module 3. In the narrow sides of the receptacle 8 holes 9 are inserted or
  • a camshaft 10 is arranged in the first connector module 2.
  • the axis of rotation 1 1 of the camshaft is parallel to the direction of insertion of the first connector module. 1
  • the camshaft 10 extends to a large extent within the pin 5. At the end remote from the pin 5, the camshaft 10 with a
  • Electric motor 12 is connected, with which the camshaft 10 can be brought into a rotational movement.
  • the camshaft 10 has two cams, a first cam 10A and a second cam 10B.
  • the cams 10A, 10B are essentially spacers of the rod-shaped basic shape of the camshaft 10.
  • the cams 10A, 10B are perpendicular to one another in cross-section.
  • the second cam 10B extends for the most part in the pin 5 of the first connector module 2. If the second cam 10B brought by a rotational movement of the camshaft 10 in touching contact with the balls 7, the balls 7 from the holes 6 of the pin 5 of the first connector module. 2 out at least partially pressed into the holes 9 of the receptacle 8 of the second connector module 3. In this state, the intermeshed
  • Connector modules 2, 3 are no longer pulled apart.
  • the connector modules 2, 3 apply in this state as locked together.
  • buttons 13, 14 are arranged in the first connector module 2.
  • the buttons 13, 14 each have a switch 13A, 14A, via which the respective buttons 13, 14 can be activated.
  • the first button 13 is located at the interface between the electric motor 12 and the camshaft 10 at the level of the first cam 10A.
  • the second button 14 is located away from it in the insertion direction in the amount of the second
  • Cam 10B of the camshaft 10. As already mentioned above, the cams 10A, 10B are the cams 10A, 10B are the cams 10A, 10B are the cams 10A, 10B are the cams 10A, 10B are the cams 10A, 10B are the cams 10A, 10B are the cams 10A, 10B are the cams 10A, 10B are the cams 10A, 10B are the cams 10A, 10B are the cams 10A, 10B are the cams 10A, 10B.
  • Camshaft 10 in cross section perpendicular to each other. If the first button 13 is activated via the first cam 10A, the balls 7 are not pushed by the second cam 10B out of the holes 7 of the pin 5 into the holes 9 of the receptacle 8. The connector modules 2, 3 are then in an unlocked state and can be pulled apart. If the second button 14 is activated via the second cam 10B, the balls 7 have been pushed out of the holes 7 of the pin 5 by the second cam 10B into the holes 9 of the receptacle 8. The connector modules 2, 3 are now in a locked state and can not be pulled apart. About a microprocessor 20, the aforementioned
  • Locking states are monitored and also initiated.
  • the microprocessor 20 can drive the electric motor 12 accordingly.
  • the locking states can be detected.
  • the first connector module 2 has a plug-in extension 15 arranged next to the pin 5.
  • a plug-in extension 15 arranged next to the pin 5.
  • the second connector module 3 has a socket 16, in which the plug-in extension 15 can be inserted in the insertion process.
  • the plug-in extension 15 and the socket 16 each form an interface via which the connector modules 2, 3 can exchange signals and / or data.
  • the second connector module 3 has an interface 17 on a narrow side, which can be connected to a holding frame (not shown).
  • the interface 17 has three contact pins 18.
  • Interface 17 the second connector module 3 communicate with other, located in the support frame connector modules and / or receive signals and / or data from another location or forward there.
  • this interface 17 can
  • lock states communicates be received and / or a command to lock or unlock.
  • Both connector modules 2, 3 have a printed circuit board 19, 19 'and other electronic components, such as
  • Connector modules 2, 3 operate autonomously according to a programming and / or be controlled from the outside and execute commands.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un système (1) composé d'un premier module connecteur à enficher (2) et d'un deuxième module connecteur formant douille (3), qui sont enfichables l'un dans l'autre, le premier module connecteur à enficher (2) comprenant un moyen de verrouillage au moyen duquel les modules connecteur à enficher et formant douille (2, 3) peuvent être verrouillés l'un avec l'autre de manière réversible. Ce système peut être disposé à l'intérieur des boîtiers de connecteurs enfichables industriels et est ainsi mieux protégé contre les contraintes mécaniques.
EP18759546.7A 2017-08-17 2018-08-06 Modules de connecteurs verrouillables Active EP3669428B1 (fr)

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DE102017118751.0A DE102017118751B4 (de) 2017-08-17 2017-08-17 Verriegelungsvorrichtung mit Nockenwelle für eine Steckverbindung
PCT/DE2018/100686 WO2019034201A1 (fr) 2017-08-17 2018-08-06 Dispositif de verrouillage pour une connexion par enfichage

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CN111033915A (zh) 2020-04-17
DE102017118751A1 (de) 2019-02-21
WO2019034201A1 (fr) 2019-02-21
US20200169039A1 (en) 2020-05-28
US11121505B2 (en) 2021-09-14
DE102017118751B4 (de) 2019-06-06

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