EP3981046A1 - Connecteur de carte de circuit imprimé modulaire - Google Patents

Connecteur de carte de circuit imprimé modulaire

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EP3981046A1
EP3981046A1 EP20732722.2A EP20732722A EP3981046A1 EP 3981046 A1 EP3981046 A1 EP 3981046A1 EP 20732722 A EP20732722 A EP 20732722A EP 3981046 A1 EP3981046 A1 EP 3981046A1
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Prior art keywords
connector
circuit card
card connector
modular
housing
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EP3981046B1 (fr
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Sergej Zier
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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
    • H01R13/502—Bases; Cases composed of different pieces
    • 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
    • H01R13/502—Bases; Cases composed of different pieces
    • H01R13/512—Bases; Cases composed of different pieces assembled by screw or screws
    • 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
    • H01R13/46—Bases; Cases
    • H01R13/516—Means for holding or embracing insulating body, e.g. casing, hoods
    • 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
    • H01R13/6272—Latching means integral with the housing comprising a single latching arm
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R25/00—Coupling parts adapted for simultaneous co-operation with two or more identical counterparts, e.g. for distributing energy to two or more circuits
    • 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 modular circuit card connector according to the preamble of independent claim 1.
  • Such connectors are intended to establish a flow and / or data connection to a circuit card.
  • PCB connectors are plugged with connectors arranged on a PCB.
  • Connector module consists of at least one housing.
  • the connector modules have a plug-in side and a connection side, the connection side generally being mountable on the printed circuit board.
  • the plug-in side is used for electrical connection with a suitable circuit card connector.
  • the contact elements of the connector modules are soldered to conductor tracks on a circuit board.
  • the holding frame can in turn be inserted into a metallic housing.
  • the modularity is known to be a great advantage in such a connector.
  • Such a connector is for making contact
  • a connector mounted (soldered on) on a printed circuit board is not suitable because it is too bulky and too heavy.
  • the object of the invention is a modular
  • circuit card connector that can be used flexibly and is suitable for a circuit card connector.
  • the circuit card connector should be inexpensive to manufacture.
  • the modular circuit card connector according to the invention consists at least of a first housing part and a second housing part.
  • the housing parts are to form a connector housing
  • the housing parts can be reversibly fixed to one another via a latching connection and / or via a screw connection.
  • the circuit card connector on which this invention is based is a modular connector. This means that the connector consists of several, the same or different ones
  • Connector modules together. These consist of one Module housing in which a desired contact element can be inserted.
  • the type of contact elements depends on the area of application of the connector module or connector.
  • the circuit card connector has at least two connector modules. The connector modules can be plugged into the
  • the connector modules are held in a pluggable manner in the connector housing by the housing parts that are joined or fixed to one another.
  • pluggable is meant that the connector modules are held so firmly or stably in the connector housing that they can be plugged into a corresponding mating connector (module).
  • the connector modules are substantial
  • the connector modules have a
  • connection side of the connector modules is opposite
  • the connector modules each have at least one groove on two opposite surfaces.
  • the groove or the grooves are each arranged on a surface which is oriented perpendicular to the plug side.
  • the housing parts advantageously each have a continuous and / or segmented web on the plug-in side. If the housing parts are manufactured in an injection molding process, such a web can be provided directly in the manufacturing process.
  • the above-mentioned grooves and ridges form the locking system for the connector modules in the circuit card connector.
  • the webs of the Housing parts each engage in the at least one groove of the respective connector modules.
  • the printed circuit card connector preferably has its
  • PCB connector can be reversibly fixed to a mating connector arranged on a PCB, so that the
  • Insertion direction are movable.
  • the fixing arms are elongated and extend over the narrow sides of the
  • the fixing arms are resiliently formed or mounted on the connector housing or on the housing part approximately in the middle.
  • the fixing arms each have a pressure plate which can be pressed against one another.
  • the fixing arms move apart on the plug side, so that the circuit card connector can be separated from its mating connector.
  • the fixing arms automatically slide over the mating connector.
  • prior pressing of the pressure plates described above can also be advantageous during the plugging process.
  • the fixing arms are advantageously formed on only one housing part.
  • the second housing part can then be designed without fixing arms.
  • Such a constellation has manufacturing advantages.
  • the housing parts are each made of plastic.
  • Such a variant is not only inexpensive to manufacture, but also enables it to be molded on the movable fixing arms in the injection molding process of the housing parts.
  • Fig. 1 is a perspective view of an inventive
  • FIG. 2 shows a perspective illustration of a first housing part of the circuit card connector
  • FIG. 3 shows a perspective illustration of a second housing part of the circuit card connector
  • FIG. 4 shows a perspective illustration of a first housing part of a second embodiment of a
  • Figure 1 shows a perspective view of a
  • Printed circuit card connector 1 has a first housing part 2, 2 ′, which is shown in perspective in FIGS. 2 and 4.
  • the first housing parts 2, 2 'shown in Figures 2 and 4 form the Basis for various embodiments of the circuit card connector 1 according to the invention. The embodiments differ essentially in the number of those that can be accommodated therein
  • Connector modules 4, 4 ‘and thus in their mating width.
  • the connector modules 4, 4 ' are designed essentially cuboid.
  • the connector modules 4, 4 ' have a plug-in side S and a connection side A. With the mating side S the
  • the connector modules 5 each have two grooves 5, 6 on two opposite sides.
  • the first housing part 2, 2 ' has a support surface 8 on which the connector modules 4, 4' can be placed next to one another.
  • a segmented web 9 is arranged on the edge of the support surface 8. The segmented web 9 engages in the rear groove 5 of the connector module 4, 4 '.
  • the plug-in area of the second housing part 3 is shown in FIG.
  • the second housing part 3 has a support surface 8, which, in the assembled state, is pressed against the connector modules 4, 4 ‘that are lined up.
  • the continuous web 9 ‘engages in the front groove 6 of the
  • the printed circuit card connector 1 has a fixing arm 10 on each of its narrow sides.
  • the fixing arms 10 extend on the plug side beyond the connector housing and point there at the end Fixing hook 13, for reversible attachment to a
  • the fixing arms 10 are integrally formed approximately in the middle of the second housing part 3 and are resiliently attached to or mounted on the connector housing via the integrally formed part.
  • the fixing arms 10 each have a pressure plate 11.
  • the pressure plate 11 can be pressed against a stop surface 12.
  • the fixing arms 10 widen on the plug-in side and the fixing hooks move out of the active area of the mating connector (not shown) so that the plug connection between the circuit card connector 1 and the mating connector can be released.
  • the printed circuit card connector 1 On the plug-in side, the printed circuit card connector 1 has guide webs 14 pointing in the plug-in direction. This is a perfect fit
  • the printed circuit card connector 1 can be equipped with different and / or similar connector modules 4, 4 'as follows: First, the connector modules 4, 4' are lined up one after the other on the support surface 8 of the first housing part 2. The rear groove 5 is first placed obliquely on the segmented web 9 and then the respective
  • Connector module 4, 4 ‘pressed onto support surface 8. This process is repeated until the required number is reached
  • Connector modules 4, 4 ‘located in the first housing part 2.
  • Threaded openings 15, 16 are fixed to one another, whereby the connector modules 4, 4 ′ are also fixed in the circuit card connector 1 at the same time will.

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  • Details Of Connecting Devices For Male And Female Coupling (AREA)
  • Coupling Device And Connection With Printed Circuit (AREA)

Abstract

L'invention concerne un connecteur de carte de circuit imprimé modulaire (1), le connecteur de carte de circuit imprimé (1) présentant au moins une partie de boîtier (2) et une seconde partie de boîtier (3) qui peuvent être assemblées afin de former un boîtier de connecteur et le connecteur de carte de circuit imprimé (1) présentant au moins deux modules de connecteur (4, 4') identiques et/ou différents, les modules de connecteur (4, 4') étant maintenus dans le boîtier de connecteur de façon enfichable par les parties de boîtier assemblées (2, 3).
EP20732722.2A 2019-06-05 2020-05-27 Connecteur de carte de circuit imprimé modulaire Active EP3981046B1 (fr)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

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DE102019115177.5A DE102019115177A1 (de) 2019-06-05 2019-06-05 Modularer Leiterkartensteckverbinder
PCT/DE2020/100449 WO2020244706A1 (fr) 2019-06-05 2020-05-27 Connecteur de carte de circuit imprimé modulaire

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EP3981046A1 true EP3981046A1 (fr) 2022-04-13
EP3981046B1 EP3981046B1 (fr) 2024-07-03

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EP (1) EP3981046B1 (fr)
KR (1) KR20220008377A (fr)
CN (1) CN113906636A (fr)
DE (1) DE102019115177A1 (fr)
WO (1) WO2020244706A1 (fr)

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CN113906636A (zh) 2022-01-07
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KR20220008377A (ko) 2022-01-20
DE102019115177A1 (de) 2020-12-10
US20220224042A1 (en) 2022-07-14

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