Pin contact element and electronics housing

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9373904-B2
Application number	US-201314410860-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 24, 2013
Priority date	Jun 25, 2012
Publication date	Jun 21, 2016
Grant date	Jun 21, 2016

Abstract

The invention describes a pin contact element ( 1 ) having a contact support ( 2 ) which is composed of insulating material and having at least two pin contacts ( 3 a, 3 b, 3 c, 3 d ) which are installed in the contact support ( 2 ). The pin contact element ( 1 ) is intended to be installed in an electronics device housing ( 13 ) and to be connected to a printed circuit board. The pin contacts ( 3 a, 3 b, 3 c, 3 d ) project from a platform ( 5 ) of the contact support ( 2 ) in order to receive a spring-force plug connector ( 19 ) by way of a straight contact section ( 4 ). The contact sections ( 4 ) of the pin contacts ( 3 a, 3 b, 3 c, 3 d ) are surrounded in a fixing region ( 6 ) of the platform ( 5 ) by the contact support ( 2 ) and the pin contacts ( 3 a, 3 b, 3 c, 3 d ) are secured in the contact support ( 2 ) in the fixing region. At least one of the pin contacts ( 3 a, 3 b, 3 c, 3 d ) is routed past at least one further pin contact ( 3 a, 3 b, 3 c, 3 d ) of the same pin contact element ( 1 ) such that it adjoins the straight contact section ( 4 ) by way of at least two angled portions ( 8 ). At least two pin contacts ( 3 a, 3 b, 3 c, 3 d ) are arranged with their straight contact sections ( 4 ) in a row next to one another. The opposite free ends ( 7 a, 7 b, 7 c, 7 d ) of these pin contacts ( 3 a, 3 b, 3 c, 3 d ), which free ends are intended to be connected to a printed circuit board, extend parallel to the direction (R) in which the straight contact sections ( 4 ) are lined up next to one another in at least one row, and project laterally out of the contact support ( 2 ).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A pin contact element having a contact carrier made of insulating material and having at least two pin contacts installed in the contact carrier, wherein the pin contact element is intended to be installed in an electronics device housing and to be connected to a printed circuit board, wherein
the pin contacts protrude from a platform of the contact carrier in order to receive a spring-force plug connector via a straight contact portion,
the straight contact portion of the pin contacts is surrounded in a fixing region of the platform by the contact carrier, and the pin contacts are secured to the contact carrier in the fixing region,
at least one of the pin contacts is routed past at least one further pin contact of the same pin contact element via at least two angled portions adjoining the straight contact portion, and
at least two pin contacts are arranged with their straight contact portions in a row side by side,
wherein the opposite free ends of these pin contacts, said free ends being intended for connection to a printed circuit board, extend side by side, parallel to the line direction of the straight contact portions, in at least one row arranged perpendicularly to the plane spanned by the contact pin arrangement in the region of the straight contact portion, and protrude laterally from the contact carrier.

2. The pin contact element as claimed in claim 1 , wherein all pin contacts are arranged side by side in a row via their straight contact portions.

3. The pin contact element as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the free ends of the pin contacts, said free ends being intended for connection to a printed circuit board, are arranged vertically offset from one another alternately and do not lie at a common height.

4. The pin contact element as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the pin contacts, at least at one support region of the pin contacts, rest on an associated support base of the contact carrier in the angled portion between the straight contact portion and the opposite free end intended for connection to a printed circuit board.

5. The pin contact element as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the pin contacts, at the at least one support region, rest only on one side on the support base in the direction of the platform and are freely accessible on the side opposite the platform.

6. The pin contact element as claimed in claim 4 , wherein at least one of the support bases is formed on separating webs protruding away from the platform.

7. The pin contact element as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the contact carrier) has a guide wall, which protrudes from the platform and which extends parallel to the straight contact portions of the pin contacts.

8. The pin contact element as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the guide wall is formed integrally with the contact carrier from insulating material.

9. The pin contact element as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the pin contacts are round, oval or polygonal, both in the straight contact portion and in the adjoining angled portion.

10. An electronics device housing for lined-up arrangement side by side on a mounting rail, having:
a housing base, which has latching elements for latching on a mounting rail,
two mutually spaced side walls,
a cover portion opposite the housing base, and
a front end face and a rear end face opposite the front end face,
wherein the end faces each extend from the housing base to the cover portion between the outer edges of the side walls, and wherein a space for receiving at least one printed circuit board is formed by the side walls, the housing base, the cover portion and the front and rear end face, wherein at least one pin contact element as claimed in claim 1 is arranged on at least one of the end faces for connection of associated spring-force plug connectors.

11. The electronics device housing as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the pin contact elements are arranged in the electronics device housing in such a way that the straight contact portions extend via the free ends thereof in a direction from the housing base to the cover portion.

Assignees

• Wago Verwaltungs Gmbh

Inventors

• Binner Lars

Classifications

• H01R12/515

  Terminal blocks providing connections to wires or cables · CPC title

• H01R12/75

  connecting to cables except for flat or ribbon cables · CPC title

• H01R9/2625 Primary

  with built-in electrical component · CPC title

• H01R9/2608

  Fastening means for mounting on support rail or strip (H01R9/2691 takes precedence; for switch or other electrical device H02B1/042) · CPC title

• H01R12/71 Primary

  for rigid printing circuits or like structures · CPC title