Electrical plug connector

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9130295-B2
Application number	US-201113816732-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 8, 2011
Priority date	Aug 13, 2010
Publication date	Sep 8, 2015
Grant date	Sep 8, 2015

Abstract

In an electrical plug connector comprising an insulating contact adapter the contact adapter has a first wing which can be pivoted between an open and a closed position. The contact adapter is designed to enclose a metal contact element between the first wing and a wall of the contact adapter when the first wing is in the closed position.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. Electrical plug connector comprising an insulating contact adapter, wherein the contact adapter has a first wing which can be pivoted between an open and a closed position, the contact adapter being designed to enclose a metal contact element between the first wing and a wall of the contact adapter when the first wing is in the closed position, the first wing comprising a guide groove for receiving the contact element, wherein the guide groove comprises a curved portion which extends over an angle of approximately 90°, the guide groove pivoting with the first wing between the open and closed position.

2. Electrical plug connector according to claim 1 , wherein the contact adapter comprises a base part having a contact through-opening for receiving a socket region of the contact element.

3. Electrical plug connector according to claim 2 , wherein at least one rib is arranged in the contact through-opening to fix the contact element.

4. Electrical plug connector according to claim 1 , wherein the first wing is connected to the contact adapter via a living hinge.

5. Electrical plug connector according to claim 1 , wherein the first wing comprises a locking element which is provided to lock the first wing in its closed position.

6. Electrical plug connector according to claim 1 , wherein the contact adapter comprises a second wing which can be pivoted in an opposite direction to the first wing between an open and a closed position.

7. Electrical plug connector according to claim 6 , wherein each of the wings comprises two guide grooves for receiving two contact elements each.

8. Electrical plug connector according to claim 1 , wherein the plug connector comprises a shielding housing and a spring element connected to the shielding housing, wherein the contact adapter can be locked in the shielding housing.

9. Electrical plug connector according to claim 8 , wherein the plug connector comprises a cover sheet which is designed to be positioned on the shielding housing and crimped with a cable.

10. Electrical plug connector according to claim 1 , wherein the plug connector comprises a coding member having at least one coding element.

11. Electrical plug connector according to claim 1 , wherein the plug connector is provided for the transfer of a high-frequency signal.

12. Electrical plug connector according to claim 1 , wherein the contact element extends in a curved portion over an angle of approximately 90°.

13. Electrical plug connector according to claim 12 , wherein the contact element is fixated in the guide groove in all three spatial directions.

14. Electrical plug connector according to claim 13 , wherein movements of the contact element in two spatial directions are blocked by perpendicular portions of the curved guide groove and wherein movements of the contact in a third spatial direction are blocked by the wing or the wall of the contact adapter itself.

15. Method for assembling an electrical plug connector, comprising the following steps:
bending a contact element connected to a core of a cable in such a way that the contact element extends in a curved portion over an angle of approximately 90°;
inserting an end portion of the contact element into a contact opening of a contact adapter;
pivoting a wing of the contact adapter into a closed position in such a way that the curved portion of the contact element is enclosed in a guide groove of the first wing between the wing and a wall of the contact adapter; and
wherein four contact elements connected to four cores of the cable are bent, two of the contact elements being bent with a smaller bend radius and two of the contact elements being bent with a larger bend radius, and in that two wings of the contact adapter are pivoted in closed positions in such a way that, in each case, two contact elements are enclosed between each of the wings and the wall of the contact adapter.

16. Method for assembling an electrical plug connector, comprising the following steps:
bending a contact element connected to a core of a cable in such a way that the contact element extends in a curved portion over an angle of approximately 90°;
inserting an end portion of the contact element into a contact opening of a contact adapter;
pivoting a wing of the contact adapter into a closed position in such a way that the curved portion of the contact element is enclosed in a guide groove of the first wing between the wing and a wall of the contact adapter, wherein the guide groove pivots with the first wing between an open and closed position.

17. Method according to claim 16 , wherein four contact elements connected to four cores of the cable are bent, two of the contact elements being bent with a smaller bend radius and two of the contact elements being bent with a larger bend radius, and in that two wings of the contact adapter are pivoted in closed positions in such a way that, in each case, two contact elements are enclosed between each of the wings and the wall of the contact adapter.

18. Method according to claim 16 , wherein the contact element is fixated in the guide groove in all three spatial directions.

19. Method according to claim 18 , wherein movements of the contact element in two spatial directions are blocked by perpendicular portions of the curved guide groove and wherein movements of the contact in a third spatial direction are blocked by the wing or the wall of the contact adapter itself.

Assignees

• Nguyen Nhu Lam
• Gassauer Uwe
• Nagel Stefan Konrad
• Tyco Electronics Amp Gmbh

Inventors

• Nguyen Nhu Lam
• Gassauer Uwe
• Nagel Stefan Konrad

Classifications

• H01R13/506

  assembled by snap action of the parts · CPC title

• H01R13/64

  Means for preventing incorrect coupling · CPC title

• H01R13/5213

  Covers · CPC title

• H01R13/501

  comprising an integral hinge or a frangible part · CPC title

• Y10T29/49208

  by assembling plural parts · CPC title