Classifications

• • 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
  • H01R13/40—Securing contact members in or to a base or case; Insulating of contact members
  • H01R13/42—Securing in a demountable manner
  • H01R13/428—Securing in a demountable manner by resilient locking means on the contact members; by locking means on resilient contact members
• • 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
  • H01R13/521—Sealing between contact members and housing, e.g. sealing insert
• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
  • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
  • H01R4/00—Electrically-conductive connections between two or more conductive members in direct contact, i.e. touching one another; Means for effecting or maintaining such contact; Electrically-conductive connections having two or more spaced connecting locations for conductors and using contact members penetrating insulation
  • H01R4/70—Insulation of connections
• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
  • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
  • H01R43/00—Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors
  • H01R43/20—Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors for assembling or disassembling contact members with insulating base, case or sleeve

Definitions

• the invention relates to a connector for providing an electrical connection to a device part in a motor vehicle, such as e.g. a door handle, an engine or an airbag control unit, according to the preamble of the independent device claim. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for producing a corresponding connector according to the preamble of the independent method claim.
• Plug connectors on the plug side or plug side are used longer and more pointed plug contacts than on the socket side.
• the contact elements are pushed through the mat seal.
• mat seals are used so far only in conjunction with connectors on the female side.
• the plug contacts are usually simply encapsulated within a plug housing with a potting compound.
• the encapsulation can only be done after the final assembly of all contact elements in the connector housing.
• the punching edges of the plug contacts must be made carefully burr-free for passing through the common seals to avoid damage to the seal during contact mounting, resulting in a considerable
• the object of the invention is therefore to overcome at least one known from the prior art disadvantage in a connector at least partially.
• a connector for providing an electrical connection to a device part in a motor vehicle such as a door handle, an engine or an airbag control unit, which is simple, inexpensive and fast to manufacture, which is an automatic assembly of the connector, which is reliably sealed, which has a prolonged life and which can be flexibly assembled and / or rebuilt and easily maintained.
• the object of the invention is achieved by a connector for providing an electrical connection with the features of the independent device claim, in particular from the characterizing part, and by a method for producing a corresponding connector having the features of the independent
• the invention provides a connector for providing an electrical connection, in particular to a device part in a motor vehicle, such as e.g. a door handle, an engine or an airbag control unit, ready, comprising: a collection seal, in particular in the form of a mat seal, with at least one through hole and at least one electrically conductive plug contact, which is feasible through the at least one through hole of the collecting seal.
• a connector for providing an electrical connection in particular to a device part in a motor vehicle, such as e.g. a door handle, an engine or an airbag control unit, ready, comprising: a collection seal, in particular in the form of a mat seal, with at least one through hole and at least one electrically conductive plug contact, which is feasible through the at least one through hole of the collecting seal.
• Plug contact with a mounting aid is designed to support the plug contact when passing through the through hole of the collecting seal and preferably to lead targeted.
• the connector according to the invention is particularly suitable as a device connector, preferably on the connector side (male) or on the device side of two complementary connectors, which may have relatively long and pointed plug contacts that can damage the collecting seal.
• the invention may also be advantageous in connectors on the female side (female) to increase the quality and safety of the sockets and to simplify their production.
• a plug contact according to the invention both on the
• Socket side and be formed on the plug side of the plug contact with a connecting line.
• the idea of the invention lies in the fact that an assembly aid is provided on the plug contact for the manufacture of the plug connector, which influences the friction conditions between the tip of the contact plug and the collecting seal in such a manner during the passage of the plug contact through the passage opening in the collecting seal, in particular reduces the plug tip does not penetrate into the seal, but is deflected.
• the mounting aid causes slipping of the plug contact along the surface of the mat seal until the plug tip meets the passage opening in the mat seal and can then be gently guided through this passage opening. This can be done by a special
• Forming the assembly aid and / or be achieved by a specific material composition of the mounting aid can also the
• the angle of incidence of the plug tip on the surface of the collecting seal influence, a slide instead of a piercing through the plug tip on the surface of the
• the angle of incidence may preferably be measured to a normal at the surface of the collection seal.
• the material composition of the mounting aid can effect a damped placement of the plug tip on the surface of the collecting seal and further the angle of incidence of the plug tip on the
• the mounting aid can as a
• the mounting aid may be made of a plastic, for example. Silicone, and preferably applied by means of an injection molding process or a coating method on the plug tip. However, it is also conceivable that the mounting aid can be applied as a paint layer. Furthermore, the mounting aid can be designed to be removable to be taken out after the assembly of the collecting seal or after the assembly of the plug contact within the connector and / or removed.
• the invention may provide for a connector that the mounting aid is in the form of a portion of a plug tip of the plug contact to the plug contact before passing through the through hole of the collecting seal on the
• the portion may be made softer than the remaining plug contact. It is conceivable that the section forms an extension of the plug tip and / or represents an outer layer of material on the plug tip. This ensures that the portion of the plug tip first comes into contact with the mat seal when placing the plug contact on the surface of the mat seal. If the through hole was not hit, the portion of the plug tip is elastically deformed without piercing the mat seal. By an elastic concern the portion of the plug tip on the surface of the mat seal is favored that the plug tip slips off and slips off the surface of the mat seal until the plug tip is positioned at the through hole. In other words, the portion of the plug tip serves not only as an elastic damping member and as a sliding member, but also as a positioning aid.
• the invention can provide for a connector, that the mounting aid has a sliding surface, the impact of the plug contact on the surface of the. Due to their geometric design or molding and / or material composition
• the invention may provide for a connector that the mounting aid is in the form of a removable cap on a plug tip of the plug contact.
• the mounting aid is in the form of a sheath on a plug tip of the plug contact.
• Such an assembly aid can be easily produced, for example by coating or overmolding.
• the invention may provide for a connector that the mounting aid is formed of a plastic or a silicone. Since the mat seal is usually made of relatively soft silicone, can be advantageous by plastic or silicone
• the mounting aid can be applied by an injection molding process or a coating process. Such methods are simple and inexpensive and advantageously allow a mounting aid with a relatively smooth sliding surface. As a result, the advantage can be achieved that the punched end of the plug contact does not necessarily have to be formed without burrs.
• the mounting aid can have electrically conductive inserts.
• conductive fibers in the material of the assembly aid are conceivable as inserts. This can be made possible that even after piercing the Collective seal the plug contact with the mounting aid can remain at the plug tip in the finished connector.
• Mounting aid can be spared.
• an assembly aid in the sense of the invention can be designed in the form of a layer of material on a plug tip of the plug contact. It is conceivable that the connector tip can be dipped in a liquefied plastic material for producing the assembly aid. In addition, it is conceivable that the mounting aid applied as a paint layer, eg.
• the invention can provide that the plug contact on a plug tip has a bonding geometry in order to hold the mounting aid at least when performing the plug contact through the through hole of the collecting seal losierfest on the plug contact.
• the adhesion-promoting geometry can ensure that the assembly aid does not slip off the plug tip during the passage of the plug-in contact through the passage opening.
• the adhesion-promoting geometry can be for a positive and / or non-positive
• Adhesive geometry can have a droplet shape or a polygonal shape to which the mounting aid can be attached as a coating. After performing the plug contact through the through hole of the collecting seal then the mounting aid can be deducted from the plug tip again.
• Adhesive geometry can be an adhesive surface structure, for example. In the form of a roughening, provided at the plug tip of the plug contact to provide a better grip of the mounting aid on the plug tip. Furthermore, it is conceivable that a cohesive connection between the mounting aid and the plug tip can be provided to secure the mounting aid verlierfest on the plug tip. In particular, if the mounting aid is electrically conductive and does not need to be resumed, a cohesive connection between the mounting aid and the plug tip can be beneficial.
• the connector having: a collecting seal with at least one through hole and at least one electrically conductive plug contact, which is guided through the at least one through hole of the collecting seal.
• a collecting seal with at least one through hole and at least one electrically conductive plug contact, which is guided through the at least one through hole of the collecting seal.
• the method can have at least one further step:
• the mounting aid can be made of any non-conductive, elastic material, which reduces the sliding friction between the plug contact and the collecting seal when loading the collecting seal in an advantageous manner.
• FIG. 1 is a schematic representation of a plug contact when passing through a collecting seal
• FIG. 2 is a schematic representation of a plug contact when passing through a collecting seal at a wrong angle
• Fig. 3 shows a first embodiment of an assembly aid according to the invention for a
• FIG. 4 shows a second embodiment of an assembly aid according to the invention for a
• FIG. 5 shows a third embodiment of an assembly aid according to the invention for a
• Fig. 6 shows an advantageous development of a plug contact in the context of the invention.
• the same reference numerals are used for the same technical features of different embodiments.
• FIG. 1 shows a plug connector 100 when a collecting seal 10 in the form of a mat seal 10 is fitted with an electrically conductive plug contact 30.
• the mat seal 10 has a plurality of through openings 11 for a respective plug contact 30, which can optionally be fitted or left free.
• the mat seal 10 is held on a holding element 20 with corresponding openings 21. Together, the mat seal 10 and the holding member 20 is housed in a connector housing 50, which is shown in the view of Figure 3.
• the collecting seals 10 are conventionally equipped only with relatively thin plug contacts 30 in the connectors 100 on the female side (female). Both
• Connectors 100 on the male side (male) become longer and more pointed
• Plug contacts 30 used as on the socket side When carrying out such thicker contact elements 30 through the mat seal 10, it can happen that the plug contacts 30 damage the relatively soft mat seal 10, for example by puncturing. This situation is indicated in FIG.
• the invention provides a connector 100, shown in Figures 3 to 6, and which makes it possible, the collecting seal 10 also in a connector 100 on the
• Plug side with relatively thick plug contacts 30 to stock gently, without the
• the connector 100 according to the invention is in a connector housing 50th
• the mat seal 10 inserted to protect the interior of the plug housing 50 from external influences or seal.
• the mat seal 10 is held by means of a holding element 20.
• the mat seal 10 is provided with at least one, preferably a plurality
• Plug contact 30 can be added to provide an electrical contact to the outside (eg. To a female connector).
• the invention is characterized in that the plug contact 30 is designed with an assembly aid 40 to support the plug contact 30 when passing through the through hole 1 1 of the collecting seal 10.
• the connector 100 according to the invention serves to provide an electrical
• connection in particular on a device part in a motor vehicle, such. a door handle, an engine or an airbag control unit.
• the connector 100 according to the invention may be in the form of a socket.
• the plug contact 30 in the sense of the invention, can be formed with a connecting line 33 both on the socket side and on the plug side, which is indicated in FIGS. 1 to 3.
• the mounting aid 40 according to the invention according to the figures 3 to 6 serves, in the
• the idea of the invention can be realized by a special embodiment of the assembly aid 40 and / or by a specific material composition of the assembly aid 40.
• the shape of the mounting aid 40 can advantageously the angle of incidence a of the plug tip
• the angle of incidence a may be measured between the sliding surface 44 of the mounting aid and a normal to the surface of the collecting gasket 10.
• a suitable material composition of the mounting aid 40 can cause a damped or elastically resilient placement of the plug tip 31 on the surface of the collecting seal 10 and further increase the angle of incidence a of the plug tip 31 on the surface of the collecting seal 10 or the support angle a 'of the sliding surface 44 of
• the mounting aid 40 according to the invention can reduce the coefficient of friction or the coefficient of friction between the plug tip 31 and the collecting seal 10 in an advantageous manner.
• FIG. 3 shows a possible embodiment of the invention according to which the
• Mounting aid 40 may be designed as a removable cap 41 for the plug tip 31, which can be removed after passing through the plug contact 30 through the through hole 1 1 of the collecting seal 10.
• the mounting aid 40 may be made of a plastic, for example silicone, (see FIGS. 1, 4 and 6).
• Sheath 42 can be applied (see Figures 4 and 6), for example by means of a
• the mounting aid 40 as a material layer 43, for example. Paint layer, can be applied to the plug tip 31 of the plug contact 30.
• assembly aid 40 may be designed in the form of a section 41, 42, 43 of the plug tip 31 of the plug contact 30.
• the execution of the mounting aid 40 is not limited to the examples shown. Rather, it is conceivable that the mounting aid 40 may have different rounded geometries, which may provide a substantially smooth sliding surface 44. As a material for the mounting aid 40 are basically any plastics conceivable by their
• Material combination to the material of the mat seal 10 can allow a low coefficient of friction.
• the assembly aid 20 first comes into contact with the mat seal 10. If in this case the through hole 11 has not been hit, the portion 41, 42, 43 of the plug tip 31 will ensure that the plug tip 31 can slip without the
• Mounting aid 40 on the surface of the mat seal 10 is also favored that the plug tip 31 as long slides on the surface of the mat seal 10 until the
• Plug tip 31 is properly positioned on the through hole 1 1.
• the invention can provide that the mounting aid 40 can have electrically conductive inserts 45, for example in the form of fibers, as indicated schematically in FIG.
• electrically conductive inserts 45 for example in the form of fibers, as indicated schematically in FIG.
• conductive fibers are conceivable as inserts 45, which are distributed in the material of the assembly aid 40 can.
• the mounting aid 40 may remain on the plug tip 31 in the finished connector 100.
• the plug tip 31 of the plug contact 30 can have a bonding geometry 32 in order to securely hold the mounting aid 40 on the plug tip 31, at least when the plug contact 30 passes through the plug contact 30
• the adhesion-promoting geometry 32 can enable a positive and / or non-positive connection between the plug tip 31 and the mounting aid 40.
• the adhesion-promoting geometry 32 may have a droplet shape (at the top in FIG. 6) or a polygonal shape (at the bottom in FIG. 6) to which the mounting aid 40 can be attached like a coating.
• an adhesion-promoting surface structure for example in the form of a roughening, can be provided on the plug tip 31 of the plug contact 30 in order to ensure a better hold of the assembly aid 40 on the plug tip 31. Furthermore, it is conceivable that a cohesive
• Connection between the mounting aid 40 and the plug tip 31 can be provided, for example by heating the plug tip 31 before applying the mounting aid 40. If the mounting aid 40 has electrically conductive inserts 45, then they need not be removed. In this case, a cohesive connection between the mounting aid 40 and the plug tip 31 may be advantageous.

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