Connection assembly for a connector socket

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12355174-B2
Application number	US-202318159755-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 26, 2023
Priority date	Jan 28, 2022
Publication date	Jul 8, 2025
Grant date	Jul 8, 2025

Abstract

An assembly includes an electrical connection terminal electrically connectable to a pin of a connector socket, the electrical connection terminal including a connecting portion and a crimping portion, and a ring assembled around the connecting portion. The crimping portion receives and crimps an electrical cable to be connected with the pin of the connector socket. The connecting portion receives the pin of the connector socket and has a side wall forming a circular cylinder structure. The side wall has an opening. The ring is connectable in a positive fit with a coding housing such that the coding housing is rotatably movable with respect to the electrical connection terminal.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An assembly, comprising:
an electrical connection terminal electrically connectable to a pin of a connector socket, the electrical connection terminal including a connecting portion and a crimping portion, the crimping portion receiving and crimping an electrical cable to be connected with the pin of the connector socket, the connecting portion receiving the pin of the connector socket and having a side wall forming a circular cylinder structure, the side wall having an opening; and
a ring assembled around the connecting portion and connectable in a positive fit with a coding housing such that the coding housing is rotatably movable with respect to the electrical connection terminal.

2. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the ring is arranged around the connecting portion and laterally covers the opening.

3. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the ring is assembled by snap-fitting to the connecting portion.

4. The assembly according to claim 3 , wherein the ring has a locking device snap-fitted in the opening of the connecting portion.

5. The assembly according to claim 4 , wherein the locking device is formed by a protrusion projecting from an internal face of the ring towards an inside of the ring.

6. The assembly according to claim 5 , wherein the internal face is in contact with the side wall of the connecting portion.

7. The assembly according to claim 6 , wherein the ring has a pair of longitudinal openings extending along opposite sides of the protrusion and parallel to a central longitudinal axis of the ring.

8. The assembly according to claim 5 , wherein a part of the connecting portion is held to the ring by a connection in a positive fit in a recess defined between the protrusion of the ring and a rim of the ring radially projecting towards the inside of the ring.

9. The assembly according to claim 8 , wherein the part of the connecting portion is defined between the opening and a free axial end of the connecting portion.

10. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the ring is made of plastic.

11. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the electrical connection terminal is a stamped terminal made from a strip of copper material.

12. The assembly according to claim 11 , wherein the opening is a through opening.

13. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the side wall of the connecting portion has no circumferential groove.

14. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the crimping portion has a plurality of retaining ribs projecting from a face of the crimping portion that contacts the electrical cable.

15. A system, comprising:
a coding housing; and
an assembly inserted into the coding housing, the assembly includes an electrical connection terminal electrically connectable to a pin of a connector socket, the electrical connection terminal including a connecting portion and a crimping portion, and a ring assembled around the connecting portion, the crimping portion receiving and crimping an electrical cable to be connected with the pin of the connector socket, the connecting portion receiving the pin of the connector socket and having a side wall forming a circular cylinder structure, the side wall having an opening, the ring is connectable in a positive fit with the coding housing such that the coding housing is rotatably movable with respect to the electrical connection terminal, the ring is radially disposed between the electrical connection terminal and the coding housing.

16. The system according to claim 15 , wherein the coding housing has a coding rib projecting from an external face of the coding housing.

17. The system according to claim 16 , wherein the external face is in contact with the connector socket.

18. The system according to claim 15 , wherein the coding housing includes a snap-fitting device constituted by a lance formed in a side wall of the coding housing.

19. The system according to claim 18 , wherein a length of the lance is adapted such that a free end of the lance faces a rim of the ring in a direction parallel to a longitudinal axis of the ring.

20. The system according to claim 19 , wherein a positive fit connection between the coding housing and the ring is made by an axial arrangement of the ring between the free end of the lance and a counterbore of an end of the coding housing, a diameter of the counterbore allows a pin of a connector socket to pass through.

Assignees

• Tyco Electronics France Sas
• Te Connectivity Solutions Gmbh

Inventors

• Mettavant Alexis
• Smirani Imad
• Rouillard Xavier

Classifications

• H01R13/506

  assembled by snap action of the parts · CPC title

• H01R13/20

  Pins, blades, or sockets shaped, or provided with separate member, to retain co-operating parts together · CPC title

• H01R13/645 Primary

  by exchangeable elements on case or base · CPC title

• H01R13/422

  Securing in resilient one-piece base or case, {e.g. by friction}; One-piece base or case formed with resilient locking means · CPC title

• H01R13/10 Primary

  Sockets for co-operation with pins or blades · CPC title