Electrical connector having a locking and extraction device with mobile gripping jaws mounted on a pivot and actuated by a lever for rotation

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9954314-B2
Application number	US-201615338284-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 28, 2016
Priority date	Oct 30, 2015
Publication date	Apr 24, 2018
Grant date	Apr 24, 2018

Abstract

The general field of the invention is that of the locking and extraction devices for an electrical connector in an electronic casing, said electronic casing comprising the electrical socket corresponding to said electrical connector, the connection and the extraction of the electrical connector being performed in a determined direction, parallel to the electrical contacts of the electrical connector. The connector according to the invention is mounted in a mechanical assembly comprising at least one shoulder. The electronic casing comprises a mechanical structure comprising at least one mobile gripping jaw arranged so as to grasp the shoulder of the connector and to impart thereon a translational movement in said determined direction, thus facilitating the connection or the extraction of said electrical connector in its electrical socket.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A locking and extraction device for an electrical connector in an electronic casing, said electronic casing comprising an electrical socket corresponding to said electrical connector, a connection and an extraction of the electrical connector being performed in a determined direction, parallel to electrical contacts of the electrical connector,
wherein, said connector being mounted in a mechanical assembly comprising at least one shoulder, the electronic casing comprises a mechanical structure comprising at least one mobile gripping jaw arranged so as to grasp the shoulder of the connector and to impart thereon a translational movement in said determined direction, thus facilitating the extraction of said electrical connector from its electrical socket, each gripping jaw being mounted on a pivot, a movement of the mobile gripping jaw being a rotational movement about said pivot, the axis of the pivot being parallel to the determined direction, each gripping jaw comprises two jaws, the upper part of the first jaw is in the form of an inclined disc, the lower part of the second jaw being arranged so as to leave a constant distance between the two jaws, said distance corresponding substantially to the thickness of the shoulder, each gripping jaw comprises a lever, the rotation of the lever driving the rotation of the jaws of the gripping jaw.

2. The locking and extraction device for an electrical connector according to claim 1 , wherein the mechanical structure comprises a second mobile gripping jaw identical to the first mobile gripping jaw, each gripping jaw being arranged on either side of the socket and arranged so as to grasp the shoulder of the connector and to impart thereon a translational movement in said determined direction, thus facilitating the connection or the extraction of said electrical connector in its electrical socket.

3. The locking and extraction device for an electrical connector according to claim 1 , wherein each gripping jaw comprises an immobilizing device for immobilizing in a determined position.

4. The locking and extraction device for an electrical connector according to claim 1 , wherein the electronic casing is an aeronautical instrument panel equipment item.

Assignees

• Thales Sa

Inventors

• Mozer Laurent
• Mateos Philippe
• Laret Daniel

Classifications

• H01R13/6275

  Latching arms not integral with the housing (H01R13/6276, H01R13/6277, H01R13/6278 take precedence) · CPC title

• H01R13/62955 Primary

  Pivoting lever comprising supplementary/additional locking means · CPC title

• H01R13/639

  Additional means for holding or locking coupling parts together, after engagement, {e.g. separate keylock, retainer strap} · CPC title

• H01R13/629 Primary

  Additional means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts, e.g. aligning or guiding means, levers, gas pressure {electrical locking indicators, manufacturing tolerances (separate tools or apparatus H01R43/26)} · CPC title

• H01R13/62966

  Comprising two pivoting levers · CPC title