Connection element

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9509088-B2
Application number	US-201314369173-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 16, 2013
Priority date	Jan 20, 2012
Publication date	Nov 29, 2016
Grant date	Nov 29, 2016

Abstract

A connection assembly is described. The connection assembly has a substrate having at least two electrically conductive structures, a housing, which is connected to the substrate on the bottom by an adhesive fastening, the housing has a plug receptacle having at least two plug contacts, the plug contacts are connected to at least two contact pads via electrical conductors, and the contact pads connected in an electrically conducting fashion to the electrically conductive structures, the angle between the plug-in direction into the plug receptacle and the bottom of the housing lying between 15° to 90°.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A connection arrangement, comprising:
a substrate having at least two electrically conductive structures,
a housing, which is bonded on its bottom to the substrate by an adhesive fastening,
the housing has a plug receptacle having at least two plug contacts,
the plug contacts are connected via electrical conductors to at least two contact pads, and
the contact pads are electrically conductively connected to the electrically conductive structures,
wherein the contact pads are arranged on different sides of the housing,
wherein the contact pads are arranged in a line with a projection of a plug-in direction of the plug receptacle on the substrate,
wherein an angle between the plug-in direction of the plug receptacle and the bottom of the housing is from 15° to 90°,
wherein the electrically conductive structures contain a vapor deposited, printed-on, or glued-on metal, a metal compound, a metal alloy, or an electrically conductive polymer, and
wherein the contact pads are connected with the electrically conductive structures by a soldering compound, an electrically conductive adhesive, or a clamp connection.

2. The connection arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the angle is from 30° to 70° and preferably from 35° to 55°.

3. The connection arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the substrate contains a polymer, preferably a polymer film with a thickness from 5 μm to 700 μm and preferably polyethylenenterephtalat (PETP), polyvinyl butyral (PVB), polyurethane (PU), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), polyimide (PI), polypropylene (PP), polyethylene (PE), polyphenylene sulfide (PPS), polyaryletherketone (PAEK), polyethyleneimine (PEI), polysulfone (PSU), polyethylene naphthalate (PEN), polybutylene terephthalate (PBT), polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polyamide (PA), polycarbonate (PC), cyclic olefin copolymers (COCs), polyoxymethylene (POM), acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS), mixtures or layered compounds thereof.

4. The connection arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the substrate contains glass and/or ceramic, preferably a transparent pane with a thickness from 0.5 mm to 20 mm and preferably flat glass, float glass, quartz glass, borosilicate glass, soda lime glass, and/or mixtures thereof.

5. The connection arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the contact pad is connected with the electrically conductive structure by a preloaded touching contact or a rivet.

6. The connection arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the contact pads have a distance between them of at least 9 mm, preferably of at least 14 mm, and particularly preferably of 14 mm to 30 mm.

7. A method, comprising:
using the connection arrangement according to claim 1 , for contacting heating conductors, alarm loops, and antennas on polymer films and/or panes, preferably in means of transportation for travel on land, in the air, or on water, in particular in motor vehicles, for example, on windshields, rear windows, side windows, and/or glass roofs.

8. A connection element, comprising:
a housing that has an adhesive fastening on its bottom for bonding to a substrate,
the housing has a plug receptacle having at least two plug contacts, and
the plug contacts are connected via electrical conductors to at least two contact pads,
wherein the contact pads are arranged on different sides of the housing,
wherein the contact pads are arranged in a line with a projection of a plug-in direction of the plug receptacle on the substrate,
wherein the contact pads are suitable for the electrical contacting of electrically conductive structures on the substrate, and
wherein the electrically conductive structures contain a vapor deposited, printed-on, or glued-on metal, a metal compound, a metal alloy, or an electrically conductive polymer and an angle between the plug-in direction of the plug receptacle and the bottom of the housing is from 15° to 90°.

9. The connection element according to claim 8 , wherein the housing has a strut between its bottom and the plug receptacle.

10. The connection element according to claim 8 , wherein the electrical conductor is elastic in at least one region and mechanical forces are absorbable in the plug-in direction and parallel to the substrate.

11. The connection element according to claim 8 , wherein the contact pad has at least one recess to accommodate soldering compound or a clamp connection.

12. A method for producing the connection arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein at least:
the housing and the substrate are bonded by the adhesive fastening,
at least two contact pads are electrically conductively connected to the electrically conductive structures on the substrate, and
a plug is plugged into the plug receptacle.

13. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the contact pad and the electrically conductive structure are connected by soldering, welding, gluing, or clamping, preferably by a preloaded touching contact or by rivets.

14. A method for assembling the connection element according to claim 8 , wherein at least:
the housing and the substrate are bonded by the adhesive fastening,
at least two contact pads are electrically conductively connected to the electrically conductive structures on the substrate, and
a plug is plugged into the plug receptacle.

15. A method, comprising:
using the connection element according to claim 8 , for contacting heating conductors, alarm loops, and antennas on polymer films and/or panes, preferably in means of transportation for travel on land, in the air, or on water, in particular in motor vehicles, for example, on windshields, rear windows, side windows, and/or glass roofs.

Assignees

• Saint Gobain

Inventors

• Timmermann Alwin

Classifications

• B32B37/16

  with all layers existing as coherent layers before laminating · CPC title

• H01R12/716

  Coupling device provided on the PCB · CPC title

• Y10T29/49208

  by assembling plural parts · CPC title

• Y10T29/49018

  with other electrical component · CPC title

• Y10T29/49083

  Heater type · CPC title