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EP0273999B1
EP0273999B1 EP87104687A EP87104687A EP0273999B1 EP 0273999 B1 EP0273999 B1 EP 0273999B1 EP 87104687 A EP87104687 A EP 87104687A EP 87104687 A EP87104687 A EP 87104687A EP 0273999 B1 EP0273999 B1 EP 0273999B1
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Jürgen Hass
Gheorghe Hotea
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/62—Means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts or for holding them in engagement
    • H01R13/629—Additional means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts, e.g. aligning or guiding means, levers, gas pressure electrical locking indicators, manufacturing tolerances
    • H01R13/62977—Pivoting levers actuating linearly camming means
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/62—Means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts or for holding them in engagement
    • H01R13/629—Additional means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts, e.g. aligning or guiding means, levers, gas pressure electrical locking indicators, manufacturing tolerances
    • H01R13/62905—Additional means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts, e.g. aligning or guiding means, levers, gas pressure electrical locking indicators, manufacturing tolerances comprising a camming member
    • H01R13/62911—U-shaped sliding element
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/62—Means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts or for holding them in engagement
    • H01R13/629—Additional means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts, e.g. aligning or guiding means, levers, gas pressure electrical locking indicators, manufacturing tolerances
    • H01R13/62905—Additional means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts, e.g. aligning or guiding means, levers, gas pressure electrical locking indicators, manufacturing tolerances comprising a camming member
    • H01R13/62927—Comprising supplementary or additional locking means
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/62—Means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts or for holding them in engagement
    • H01R13/629—Additional means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts, e.g. aligning or guiding means, levers, gas pressure electrical locking indicators, manufacturing tolerances
    • H01R13/62933—Comprising exclusively pivoting lever
    • H01R13/62944—Pivoting lever comprising gear teeth

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  • the invention relates to a connector assembly according to the preamble of claim 1 and the associated connector housing and the associated socket housing.
  • the socket there is in particular thought of one which is fastened on a printed circuit board and receives a multiplicity of connecting pins fastened to the printed circuit board, which are arranged, for example, in two rows.
  • a plug housing can be inserted into the socket housing, in which a corresponding number of socket contact elements is received, into each of which one of the connecting pins is inserted when the connector arrangement is plugged together.
  • Such connector assemblies are used, for example, for motor vehicles, where they are often in poorly accessible places, for example on the back of a dashboard.
  • the plug housing in the assembled state of the connector arrangement can often only protrude from the socket housing so slightly that it can be gripped too poorly to pull it out of the socket housing comfortably. It should be noted that due to the large number of contact elements, a considerable force may have to be released to release the connector arrangement.
  • connection pins projecting freely over a large area of their length are therefore subject to the risk of bending if the plug is not pressed exactly into the socket housing.
  • a connector arrangement is known, the connector housing of which completely plugs into the socket housing in the mated state, with adjacent side walls of the connector housing projecting post-like projections of the socket housing, at the upper ends of which an actuating pivot lever with a pinion area is arranged.
  • the opposite side walls of the connector housing are each provided with a row of teeth at the level of the pinion area of the socket housing.
  • the connector housing and the socket housing can be joined or separated by synchronously pivoting the two actuating pivot levers, which are independent of one another. A non-synchronous swiveling movement of both actuating swiveling levers can lead to tilting between the plug housing and the socket housing.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a connector assembly of the type specified, which on the one hand allows the connector and socket connector to be moved exactly towards one another during the mating process and, on the other hand, enables the connector assembly to be easily detached even with a compact design and a small available space.
  • a connector housing according to claim 18 and a socket housing according to claim 19 are suitable for a connector arrangement according to the invention.
  • the rack arranged on the one housing becomes transverse to the plugging direction of the connector arrangement via the pinion region postponed.
  • the cam projection arranged on the other housing is moved in the plugging direction from the inclined region of the link groove, which leads to a corresponding movement of the other housing in the plugging direction.
  • the two housings are moved towards or away from one another in the plugging direction.
  • the force required to plug and unplug the connector assembly can be greatly reduced due to the force transmission, which can be chosen as desired by the length of the actuating pivot lever and the transmission transmission between the pinion area and the rack. This is very important when you consider that a connector assembly according to the invention, for example, has two rows of 13 pins and socket contact elements.
  • the plug housing is preferably lifted out of the socket housing by pivoting the actuating pivot lever from the closed position into the open position so that the plug contact elements and the socket contact elements of the two connector housings have completely separated from one another. If the connector housing is only inserted into the socket housing up to this insertion depth when the actuating pivot lever is in the open position, which can be achieved by noticeably locking both connector housings in this insertion position, the two connector housings are guided on the plug-in or pull-out path on which the plug-in contact elements and the socket contact elements are in engagement with one another exclusively via the mechanism according to the invention, so that any risk to the contact elements is excluded.
  • FIG. 1 shows a longitudinal side view of a connector arrangement according to the invention with an elongated socket housing 11, which has an elongated plug receiving cavity, into which an elongated plug housing 13 is inserted.
  • connection pins which are arranged in the socket housing and protrude into the connector receptacle cavity, and socket contact elements accommodated in the plug housing 13, which receive the connection pins.
  • rack leg of an essentially U-shaped rack slide 15 Within the longitudinal side walls of the socket housing 11, but outside the plug receiving cavity, there is a rack leg of an essentially U-shaped rack slide 15, the teeth 17 of which engage the teeth of a pinion region 19 of a U-shaped actuating pivot lever 21.
  • Each rack leg of the rack slide 15 has two link grooves 23 which extend in a plane running parallel to the plugging direction of the connector arrangement and are open on the side facing the plug housing 13. Viewed from this open end, each link groove 23 initially runs obliquely to the plugging direction over approximately one fifth of its total length, then obliquely to the plugging direction over approximately three fifths of its total length, and then transversely to the plugging direction over approximately the remaining fifth .
  • Each rack leg of the rack slide 15 has on its lower longitudinal side two spring latch arms 25, which with latching projections in latching recesses 27 to the connector housing 13 facing bottom surface of the socket housing 11 resiliently snap, whereby the rack slide 15 can be locked in certain relative positions with respect to the socket housing 11, for example in the position permitting the insertion of the plug housing 13 or the position of the rack slide 15 holding the plug housing 13 in place.
  • the socket housing 11 can be attached to a printed circuit or printed circuit board, the connecting pins being connected to individual conductor tracks of the printed circuit board.
  • the rack slide valve 15 and the actuating pivot lever 21 are each shown in solid lines in a closed position and in dashed lines in an open position.
  • the plug housing In the open position, in which the actuating pivot lever 21 is pivoted clockwise to the right until it hits the socket housing 11, the plug housing can be inserted between the legs of the U-shaped actuating pivot lever 21 into the receiving cavity of the socket housing 11 and are not shown in FIG. 1 shown cam projections 29 (Fig. 13 to 15) in alignment with the open end of the slotted grooves 23.
  • the longitudinal side walls 33 of the socket housing 11 are provided on their upper side with a semicircular projection, in which there is a bearing opening 35 for the pivot bearing one each of two stub shafts 37 (FIGS. 11 and 12) of the actuating pivot lever 21.
  • each longitudinal side wall of the socket housing 11 there are a lower rack leg guide 37, which is preferably formed by the inner bottom of the socket housing 11, an upper rack leg guide 39, which protrude into the receiving cavity 31 through recesses which are open towards the bottom Guide ribs 41 are formed.
  • the end walls 43 and 45 of the socket housing 11 are provided with a U-shaped opening 47 or with slot-shaped openings 49, which correspond to the end face profile shown in FIG. 10 or the cross sections of the rack legs of the rack slide 15 and first of all pushing in and then moving allow the rack and pinion slide 15 in the socket housing 11.
  • the rack and pinion slide 15 shown in FIGS. 8 to 10 is essentially U-shaped. Its longitudinal side rack legs 51 are provided with teeth 27 on their upper side. Each rack leg 51 has on both sides of the tooth area a link groove 23, the opening of which is located on the upper rack leg edge and has the shape already explained in connection with FIG. 1. In a preferred embodiment, the slot grooves 23 are embedded on the inside of the respective rack leg 51. Another possibility, which however leads to somewhat less mechanical stability of the rack and pinion slide 15, is to replace the link grooves 23 by cam control slots inserted into the rack legs 51.
  • the spring latch arms 25 are formed in one piece from the rack legs 51 by latch arm slots 55.
  • the two rack legs 51 are connected at one end to a rack slide web 57, which has a lower height than the rack legs 51.
  • a bracket 57 connects two pivot lever legs 59, each of which is provided at its free ends with a pinion area 61, the pinion teeth 63 of which mesh with the teeth 27 of the rack slide 15.
  • the distance between the two pivot lever legs 59 is such that the connector housing 13 has space between them.
  • a stub shaft 37 projects outward from each pinion region 31, the axis of which coincides with the pinion axis.
  • the bracket 57 has on its inside a locking recess 65 which interacts with a locking projection 67 (FIGS. 13, 14 and 16) on the connector housing 13 when the actuating pivot lever 21 is in the closed position.
  • the connector housing 13 is shown in FIGS. 13 to 16.
  • the connector housing 13 On its longitudinal side walls 69, the connector housing 13 has connector guide ribs 71 which, when the two connector housings are plugged together, cooperate with the guide grooves 73 formed between the guide ribs 41 of the socket housing 11 in order to guide the real movement between the two connector housings exactly in the plugging direction when they are plugged or pulled apart.
  • There are two connector guide ribs on each side of the connector housing 13 71 is provided with a cam projection 29, each of which interacts with one of the link grooves 23 of the rack slide 15.
  • the locking projection 67 of the connector housing 13 is resiliently designed so that it can be releasably locked into the locking recess 65 of the actuating pivot lever 21 when it is moved into its closed position.
  • a tongue 75 protrudes from the cable insertion area 73 of the plug housing 13 and has lateral tongue recesses 77, by means of which a cable clamping band which is guided around the tongue 75 and the cable can be held in a slip-proof manner.

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Abstract

A connector arrangement with a plug housing (13) and a socket housing (11), particularly a fixed mounted socket housing, one of which contains plug contact elements and the other socket contact elements, on one (11) of the two housings there being arranged at least one toothed rod (15, 51) which can move at right angles to the direction of insertion and engages with a pinion region (61) of a pivoting operating lever (21), which is pivoted such that it can rotate about the pinion axis between an open position and a closed position, the toothed rod (15, 51) is provided with at least one cranked slot (23) which runs in a plane parallel to the direction of insertion but essentially obliquely with respect to the direction of insertion and is open on the side of the toothed rod (15, 51) facing the other housing (13), and at least one cam projection (29) is provided on the other housing (13), which cam engages in the cranked slot (23) when the two housings (11, 13) are connected together. <IMAGE>

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Die Erfindung betrifft eine Verbinderanordnung gemäß Oberbegriff des Anspruchs 1 sowie das zugehörige Steckergehäuse und das zugehörige Buchsengehäuse.The invention relates to a connector assembly according to the preamble of claim 1 and the associated connector housing and the associated socket housing.

Bei dem Buchsengehäuse ist insbesondere an ein solches gedacht, das auf einer Leiterplatte befestigt ist und eine Vielzahl von an der Leiterplatte befestigten Anschlußstiften aufnimmt, die beispielsweise in zwei Reihen angeordnet sind. In das Buchsengehäuse ist ein Steckergehäuse einsteckbar, in dem eine entsprechende Anzahl von Buchsenkontaktelementen aufgenommen ist, in die beim Zusammenstecken der Verbinderanordnung je einer der Anschlußstifte eingeführt wird.In the case of the socket, there is in particular thought of one which is fastened on a printed circuit board and receives a multiplicity of connecting pins fastened to the printed circuit board, which are arranged, for example, in two rows. A plug housing can be inserted into the socket housing, in which a corresponding number of socket contact elements is received, into each of which one of the connecting pins is inserted when the connector arrangement is plugged together.

Solche Verbinderanordnungen werden beispielsweise für Kraftfahrzeuge verwendet, wo sie sich oft an schlecht zugänglichen Stellen befinden, beispielsweise auf der Rückseite einer Armaturentafel. Aus Platzgründen darf das Steckergehäuse im zusammengesteckten Zustand der Verbinderanordnung oft nur so geringfügig aus dem Buchsengehäuse herausragen, daß es zu schlecht gegriffen werden kann, um es bequem aus dem Buchsengehäuse herauszuziehen. Dabei ist zu beachten, daß aufgrund der Vielzahl der Kontaktelemente eine erhebliche Kraft zum Lösen der Verbinderanordnung erforderlich werden kann.Such connector assemblies are used, for example, for motor vehicles, where they are often in poorly accessible places, for example on the back of a dashboard. For reasons of space, the plug housing in the assembled state of the connector arrangement can often only protrude from the socket housing so slightly that it can be gripped too poorly to pull it out of the socket housing comfortably. It should be noted that due to the large number of contact elements, a considerable force may have to be released to release the connector arrangement.

Platzmangel führt auch sehr häufig dazu, daß die vielen Anschlußstifte auf engem Raum dicht nebeneinander angeordnet werden müssen, was nur die Verwendung sehr feiner Anschlußstifte und sehr feiner Buchsenkontaktelemente zuläßt. Die über einen großen Bereich ihrer Länge frei vorstehenden Anschlußstifte unterliegen daher der Gefahr des Verbiegens bei einem nicht ganz exakten Eindrücken des Steckers in das Buchsengehäuse.Lack of space also very often leads to the fact that the many connecting pins have to be arranged closely next to one another in a narrow space, which only allows the use of very fine connecting pins and very fine socket contact elements. The connection pins projecting freely over a large area of their length are therefore subject to the risk of bending if the plug is not pressed exactly into the socket housing.

Aus der FR-A-2 385 239 ist eine Steckverbinderanordnung bekannt, deren Steckergehäuse im Zusammensteckzustand vollständig in das Buchsengehäuse eintaucht, wobei neben einander entgegengesetzten Seitenwänden des Steckergehäuses pfostenartige Vorsprünge des Buchsengehäuses hochstehen, an deren oberen Enden je ein Betätigungsschwenkhebel mit einem Ritzelbereich angeordnet ist. Die einander entgegengesetzten Seitenwände des Steckergehäuses sind in Höhe des Ritzelbereichs des Buchsengehäuses mit je einer Zahnreihe versehen. Durch synchrones Verschwenken der beiden voneinander unabhängigen Betätigungsschwenkhebel kann man das Steckergehäuse und das Buchsengehäuse zusammenfügen oder trennen. Eine nicht-synchrone Schwenkbewegung beider Betätigungsschwenkhebel kann zu einem Verkanten zwischen dem Steckergehäuse und dem Buchsengehäuse führen.From FR-A-2 385 239 a connector arrangement is known, the connector housing of which completely plugs into the socket housing in the mated state, with adjacent side walls of the connector housing projecting post-like projections of the socket housing, at the upper ends of which an actuating pivot lever with a pinion area is arranged. The opposite side walls of the connector housing are each provided with a row of teeth at the level of the pinion area of the socket housing. The connector housing and the socket housing can be joined or separated by synchronously pivoting the two actuating pivot levers, which are independent of one another. A non-synchronous swiveling movement of both actuating swiveling levers can lead to tilting between the plug housing and the socket housing.

Der Erfindung liegt die Aufgabe zugrunde, eine Verbinderanordnung der eingangs angegebenen Art verfügbar zu machen, die einerseits ein exaktes Aufeinanderzubewegen von Steckverbinder und Buchsenverbinder während des Zusammensteckvorgangs und andererseits ein leichtes Lösen der Verbinderanordnung auch bei kompakter Bauweise und geringem verfügbarem Raum ermöglicht.The invention has for its object to provide a connector assembly of the type specified, which on the one hand allows the connector and socket connector to be moved exactly towards one another during the mating process and, on the other hand, enables the connector assembly to be easily detached even with a compact design and a small available space.

Die Lösung dieser Aufgabe ist in Anspruch 1 angegeben und kann den Ansprüchen 2 bis 17 gemäß vorteilhaft weitergebildet werden.The solution to this problem is specified in claim 1 and can advantageously be developed according to claims 2 to 17.

Für eine erfindungsgemäße Verbinderanordnung eignen sich ein Steckergehäuse gemäß Anspruch 18 und ein Buchsengehäuse gemäß Anspruch 19.A connector housing according to claim 18 and a socket housing according to claim 19 are suitable for a connector arrangement according to the invention.

Durch Verschwenken des Betätigungsschwenkhebels wird über den Ritzelbereich die an dem einen Gehäuse angeordnete Zahnstange quer zur Steckrichtung der Verbinderanordnung verschoben. Der am anderen Gehäuse angeordnete Nockenvorsprung wird dabei vom Schrägbereich der Kulissennut in Steckrichtung bewegt, was zu einer entsprechenden Bewegung des anderen Gehäuses in Steckrichtung führt. Je nachdem, ob der Betätigungsschwenkhebel aus der Offenstellung in die Schließstellung oder umgekehrt geschwenkt wird, werden die beiden Gehäuse in Steckrichtung aufeinander zu bzw. voneinander weg bewegt.By pivoting the actuating pivot lever, the rack arranged on the one housing becomes transverse to the plugging direction of the connector arrangement via the pinion region postponed. The cam projection arranged on the other housing is moved in the plugging direction from the inclined region of the link groove, which leads to a corresponding movement of the other housing in the plugging direction. Depending on whether the actuating pivot lever is pivoted from the open position into the closed position or vice versa, the two housings are moved towards or away from one another in the plugging direction.

Selbst wenn das Steckergehäuse im Verbindungszustand der Verbinderanordnung, d.h., bei in Schließstellung geschwenktem Betätigungsschwenkhebel, fast vollständig in das Buchsengehäuse eingetaucht ist, besteht keinerlei Schwierigkeit, die Verbinderanordnung wieder zu lösen. Zu diesem Zweck braucht lediglich ein Betätigungsgriff des Betätigungsschwenkhebels erfaßt und in die Offenstellung geschwenkt zu werden. Dabei wird das Steckergehäuse infolge der Zusammenwirkung von Nockenvorsprung und Kulissennut aus dem Buchsengehäuse weitestgehend herausgeschoben und kann dann bequem gefaßt und gänzlich herausgenommen werden.Even if the connector housing is almost completely immersed in the socket housing when the connector arrangement is connected, i.e. when the actuating pivot lever is pivoted in the closed position, there is no difficulty in detaching the connector arrangement again. For this purpose, only one actuating handle of the actuating pivot lever needs to be gripped and pivoted into the open position. The plug housing is largely pushed out of the socket housing as a result of the interaction of the cam projection and link groove and can then be gripped comfortably and completely removed.

Infolge des erfindungsgemäßen Mechanismus kann auch der Kraftaufwand, den man zum Zusammenstecken und zum Lösen der Verbinderanordnung benötigt, aufgrund der Kraftübersetzung, welche sich durch die Länge des Betätigungsschwenkhebels und die Getriebeübersetzung zwischen Ritzelbereich und Zahnstange beliebig wählen läßt, stark reduziert werden. Dies ist von erheblicher Bedeutung, wenn man bedenkt, daß eine erfindungsgemäße Verbinderanordnung beispielsweise zwei Reihen zu je 13 Anschlußstiften und Buchsenkontaktelementen aufweist.As a result of the mechanism according to the invention, the force required to plug and unplug the connector assembly can be greatly reduced due to the force transmission, which can be chosen as desired by the length of the actuating pivot lever and the transmission transmission between the pinion area and the rack. This is very important when you consider that a connector assembly according to the invention, for example, has two rows of 13 pins and socket contact elements.

Aufgrund der mechanismusgeführten Zusammensteck- und Auseinanderziehbewegung der Verbindergehäuse wird eine die Anschlußstifte und die Buchsenkontaktelemente gefährdende, schräg zu den Achsen der Anschlußstifte gerichtete Einsetzkraft vermieden, die bei herkömmlichen Verbinderanordnungen ohne den erfindungsgemäßen Mechanismus vom Monteur unbeabsichtigt erzeugt werden kann. Vorzugsweise sind an beiden Gehäusen parallel zur Steckrichtung verlaufende Führungsnuten bzw. Führungsrippen angeordnet, die eine exakte relative Führung der beiden Verbindergehäuse in Steckrichtung erzwingen.Due to the mechanism-guided plug-in and pull-apart movement of the connector housing, an insertion force which jeopardizes the connecting pins and the socket contact elements and is directed obliquely to the axes of the connecting pins and which can be inadvertently generated by the installer in conventional connector arrangements without the mechanism according to the invention is avoided. Guide grooves or guide ribs running parallel to the plug-in direction are preferably arranged on both housings, which force an exact relative guidance of the two connector housings in the plug-in direction.

Vorzugsweise wird das Steckergehäuse durch Verschwenken des Betätigungsschwenkhebels von der Schließstellung in die Offenstellung so weit aus dem Buchsengehäuse herausgehoben, daß sich die Steckkontaktelemente und die Buchsenkontaktelemente der beiden Verbindergehäuse vollständig voneinander getrennt haben. Wird das Steckergehäuse bei in Offenstellung befindlichem Betätigungsschwenkhebel auch nur bis zu dieser Einstecktiefe in das Buchsengehäuse eingesteckt, was durch eine merkliche Verrastung beider Verbindergehäuse in dieser Einsteckstellung erreicht werden kann, geschieht die Führung der beiden Verbindergehäuse auf demjenigen Steck- oder Herausziehweg, auf welchem die Steckkontaktelemente und die Buchsenkontaktelemente in Eingriff miteinander sind, ausschließlich über den erfindungsgemäßen Mechanismus, so daß jegliche Gefährdung der Kontaktelemente ausgeschlossen ist.The plug housing is preferably lifted out of the socket housing by pivoting the actuating pivot lever from the closed position into the open position so that the plug contact elements and the socket contact elements of the two connector housings have completely separated from one another. If the connector housing is only inserted into the socket housing up to this insertion depth when the actuating pivot lever is in the open position, which can be achieved by noticeably locking both connector housings in this insertion position, the two connector housings are guided on the plug-in or pull-out path on which the plug-in contact elements and the socket contact elements are in engagement with one another exclusively via the mechanism according to the invention, so that any risk to the contact elements is excluded.

Die Erfindung wird nun anhand einer Ausführungsform näher erläutert. In den Zeichnungen zeigen:

Fig. 1
eine Ausführungsform einer erfindungsgemäßen Verbinderanordnung im zusammengesteckten Zustand von Buchsengehäuse und Steckergehäuse;
Fig. 2
eine Teil-Draufsicht auf die Verbinderanordnung gemäß Fig. 1 von oben;
Fig. 3 bis 7
das Buchsengehäuse der Verbinderanordnung nach Fig. 1 in Längsseitenansicht, Draufsicht, linker Stirnseitenansicht, rechter Stirnseitenansicht bzw. Längsschnittansicht;
Fig. 8 bis 10
einen U-förmigen Zahnstangenschieber der Verbinderanordnung nach Fig. 1 in Längsseitenansicht, Draufsicht bzw. Stirnseitenansicht;
Fig. 11 und 12
einen U-förmigen Betätigungsschwenkhebel der Verbinderanordnung nach Fig. 1 in zwei verschiedenen Seitenansichten; und
Fig. 13 bis 16
das Steckergehäuse der in Fig. 1 gezeigten Verbinderanordnung.
The invention will now be explained in more detail using an embodiment. The drawings show:
Fig. 1
an embodiment of a connector assembly according to the invention in the assembled state of the socket housing and connector housing;
Fig. 2
a partial plan view of the connector assembly of FIG 1 from above.
3 to 7
the socket housing of the connector assembly of Figure 1 in longitudinal side view, top view, left end view, right end view or longitudinal sectional view.
8 to 10
a U-shaped rack slide valve of the connector assembly of Figure 1 in longitudinal side view, top view and end view.
11 and 12
a U-shaped actuating pivot lever of the connector assembly of Figure 1 in two different side views. and
13 to 16
the connector housing of the connector assembly shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 1 zeigt in Längsseitenansicht eine erfindungsgemäße Verbinderanordnung mit einem länglichen Buchsengehäuse 11, das einen länglichen Steckeraufnahmehohlraum aufweist, in den ein längliches Steckergehäuse 13 eingesteckt ist. Nicht dargestellt sind Anschlußstifte, die im Buchsengehäuse angeordnet sind und in dessen Steckeraufnahmehohlraum hineinragen, und im Steckergehäuse 13 untergebrachte Buchsenkontaktelemente, welche die Anschlußstifte aufnehmen. Innerhalb der Längsseitenwände des Buchsengehäuses 11, aber außerhalb des Steckeraufnahmehohlraums, befindet sich je ein Zahnstangenschenkel eines im wesentlichen U-förmigen Zahnstangenschiebers 15, dessen Zähne 17 mit den Zähnen eines Ritzelbereichs 19 eines U-förmigen Betätigungsschwenkhebels 21 in Eingriff stehen. Jeder Zahnstangenschenkel des Zahnstangenschiebers 15 weist zwei Kulissennuten 23 auf, die sich in einer parallel zur Steckrichtung der Verbinderanordnung verlaufenden Ebene erstrecken und auf der zum Steckergehäuse 13 weisenden Seite offen sind. Von diesem offenen Ende aus gesehen verläuft jede Kulissennut 23 zunächst über etwa ein Fünftel ihrer Gesamtlänge in Steckrichtung, danach über etwa drei Fünftel ihrer Gesamtlänge schräg zur Steckrichtung, vorzugsweise unter einem Winkel von etwa 45°, und danach über etwa das restliche Fünftel quer zur Steckrichtung.1 shows a longitudinal side view of a connector arrangement according to the invention with an elongated socket housing 11, which has an elongated plug receiving cavity, into which an elongated plug housing 13 is inserted. Not shown are connection pins which are arranged in the socket housing and protrude into the connector receptacle cavity, and socket contact elements accommodated in the plug housing 13, which receive the connection pins. Within the longitudinal side walls of the socket housing 11, but outside the plug receiving cavity, there is a rack leg of an essentially U-shaped rack slide 15, the teeth 17 of which engage the teeth of a pinion region 19 of a U-shaped actuating pivot lever 21. Each rack leg of the rack slide 15 has two link grooves 23 which extend in a plane running parallel to the plugging direction of the connector arrangement and are open on the side facing the plug housing 13. Viewed from this open end, each link groove 23 initially runs obliquely to the plugging direction over approximately one fifth of its total length, then obliquely to the plugging direction over approximately three fifths of its total length, and then transversely to the plugging direction over approximately the remaining fifth .

Jeder Zahnstangenschenkel des Zahnstangenschiebers 15 weist an seiner unteren Längsseite zwei Federrastarme 25 auf, die mit Rastvorsprüngen in Rastausnehmungen 27 der zum Steckergehäuse 13 weisenden Bodenfläche des Buchsengehäuses 11 federnd einrasten, wodurch sich der Zahnstangenschieber 15 in bestimmten Relativstellungen gegenüber dem Buchsengehäuse 11 verrasten läßt, beispielsweise in der das Einsetzen des Steckergehäuses 13 erlaubenden Stellung bzw. der das Steckergehäuse 13 festhaltenden Stellung des Zahnstangenschiebers 15.Each rack leg of the rack slide 15 has on its lower longitudinal side two spring latch arms 25, which with latching projections in latching recesses 27 to the connector housing 13 facing bottom surface of the socket housing 11 resiliently snap, whereby the rack slide 15 can be locked in certain relative positions with respect to the socket housing 11, for example in the position permitting the insertion of the plug housing 13 or the position of the rack slide 15 holding the plug housing 13 in place.

Das Buchsengehäuse 11 kann auf einer gedruckten Schaltung oder Leiterplatte befestigt sein, wobei die Anschlußstifte mit einzelnen Leiterbahnen der Leiterplatte verbunden sind.The socket housing 11 can be attached to a printed circuit or printed circuit board, the connecting pins being connected to individual conductor tracks of the printed circuit board.

In Fig. 1 sind der Zahnstangenschieber 15 und der Betätigungsschwenkhebel 21 je mit ausgezogenen Linien in einer Schließstellung und in gestrichelten Linien in einer Offenstellung gezeigt. In Offenstellung, bei welcher der Betätigungsschwenkhebel 21 im Uhrzeigersinn nach rechts bis zum Auftreffen auf das Buchsengehäuse 11 verschwenkt ist, kann das Steckergehäuse zwischen den Schenkeln des U-förmigen Betätigungsschwenkhebels 21 in den Aufnahmehohlraum des Buchsengehäuses 11 eingeschoben werden und befinden sich in Fig. 1 nicht dargestellte Nockenvorsprünge 29 (Fig. 13 bis 15) in Ausrichtung mit den offenen Ende der Kulissennuten 23. Durch Verschwenken des Betätigungsschwenkhebels entgegen dem Uhrzeigersinn aus der Offenstellung in die Schließstellung wird der Zahnstangenschieber 15 aus der gestrichelt dargestellten Position nach rechts in die mit durchgezogenen Linien dargestellte Position verschoben, wodurch die Nockenvorsprünge 29 von den oberen Schrägflächen der Kulissennuten 23 nach unten gedrückt werden, wodurch das Steckergehäuse 13 in die Verbindungsstellung der Verbinderanordnung gezogen wird.In Fig. 1, the rack slide valve 15 and the actuating pivot lever 21 are each shown in solid lines in a closed position and in dashed lines in an open position. In the open position, in which the actuating pivot lever 21 is pivoted clockwise to the right until it hits the socket housing 11, the plug housing can be inserted between the legs of the U-shaped actuating pivot lever 21 into the receiving cavity of the socket housing 11 and are not shown in FIG. 1 shown cam projections 29 (Fig. 13 to 15) in alignment with the open end of the slotted grooves 23. By pivoting the actuating pivot lever counterclockwise from the open position to the closed position, the rack and pinion slide 15 is shown from the position shown in dashed lines to the right in the solid line Position shifted whereby the cam projections 29 are pressed downward from the upper inclined surfaces of the link grooves 23, whereby the connector housing 13 is pulled into the connecting position of the connector arrangement.

Wird danach der Betätigungsschwenkhebel 21 aus seiner Schließstellung in seine Offenstellung verschwenkt, wird der Zahnstangenschieber 15 nach links in die gestrichelte Stellung verschoben. Dadurch werden die Nockenvorsprünge 29 von den unteren Schrägflächen der Kulissennuten 23 hochgedrückt, was zu einem Herausdrücken des Steckergehäuses 13 aus dem Aufnahmehohlraum des Buchsengehäuses 11 führt.If the actuating pivot lever 21 is then pivoted from its closed position into its open position, the rack and pinion slide 15 is shifted to the left into the dashed position. As a result, the cam projections 29 are pushed up by the lower inclined surfaces of the link grooves 23, which leads to a pushing out of the plug housing 13 from the receiving cavity of the socket housing 11.

Eine genauere Darstellung des Buchsengehäuses 11 befindet sich in den Fig. 4 bis 7.A more detailed illustration of the socket housing 11 can be found in FIGS. 4 to 7.

Die Längsseitenwände 33 des Buchsengehäuses 11 sind auf ihrer Oberseite mit einem halbkreisförmigen Vorsprung versehen, in den sich eine Lageröffnung 35 für die Schwenklagerung je einer von zwei Stummelwellen 37 (Fig. 11 und 12) des Betätigungsschwenkhebels 21 befindet.The longitudinal side walls 33 of the socket housing 11 are provided on their upper side with a semicircular projection, in which there is a bearing opening 35 for the pivot bearing one each of two stub shafts 37 (FIGS. 11 and 12) of the actuating pivot lever 21.

Auf der Innenseite einer jeden Längsseitenwand des Buchsengehäuses 11 befinden sich eine untere Zahnstangenschenkelführung 37, die vorzugsweise durch den Innenboden des Buchsengehäuses 11 gebildet wird, eine obere Zahnstangenschenkelführung 39, die durch zum Boden hin offene Ausnehmungen in in den Aufnahmehohlraum 31 hineinragenden Führungsrippen 41 gebildet sind. Die Stirnwände 43 und 45 des Buchsengehäuses 11 sind mit einer U-förmigen Öffnung 47 bzw. mit schlitzförmigen Öffnungen 49 versehen, die dem in Fig. 10 gezeigten Stirnseitenprofil bzw. den Querschnitten der Zahnstangenschenkel des Zahnstangenschiebers 15 entsprechen und zunächst das Hineinschieben und dann das Verschieben des Zahnstangenschiebers 15 im Buchsengehäuse 11 erlauben.On the inside of each longitudinal side wall of the socket housing 11 there are a lower rack leg guide 37, which is preferably formed by the inner bottom of the socket housing 11, an upper rack leg guide 39, which protrude into the receiving cavity 31 through recesses which are open towards the bottom Guide ribs 41 are formed. The end walls 43 and 45 of the socket housing 11 are provided with a U-shaped opening 47 or with slot-shaped openings 49, which correspond to the end face profile shown in FIG. 10 or the cross sections of the rack legs of the rack slide 15 and first of all pushing in and then moving allow the rack and pinion slide 15 in the socket housing 11.

Der in den Fig. 8 bis 10 dargestellte Zahnstangenschieber 15 ist im wesentlichen U-förmig ausgebildet. Seine Längsseiten-Zahnstangenschenkel 51 sind an ihrer Oberseite mit den Zähnen 27 versehen. Jeder Zahnstangenschenkel 51 weist beidseits des Zahnbereichs je eine Kulissennut 23 auf, deren Mündungsöffnung sich am oberen Zahnstangenschenkelrand befindet und die bereits im Zusammenhang mit Fig. 1 erläuterte Form aufweist. In einer bevorzugten Ausführungsform sind die Kulissennuten 23 auf der Innenseite des jeweiligen Zahnstangenschenkels 51 eingelassen. Eine andere Möglichkeit, die allerdings zu etwas weniger mechanischer Stabilität des Zahnstangenschiebers 15 führt, besteht darin, die Kulissennuten 23 durch in die Zahnstangenschenkel 51 eingelassene Nockensteuerschlitze zu ersetzen.The rack and pinion slide 15 shown in FIGS. 8 to 10 is essentially U-shaped. Its longitudinal side rack legs 51 are provided with teeth 27 on their upper side. Each rack leg 51 has on both sides of the tooth area a link groove 23, the opening of which is located on the upper rack leg edge and has the shape already explained in connection with FIG. 1. In a preferred embodiment, the slot grooves 23 are embedded on the inside of the respective rack leg 51. Another possibility, which however leads to somewhat less mechanical stability of the rack and pinion slide 15, is to replace the link grooves 23 by cam control slots inserted into the rack legs 51.

Die Federrastarme 25 sind durch Rastarmschlitze 55 einstükkig aus den Zahnstangenschenkeln 51 geformt.The spring latch arms 25 are formed in one piece from the rack legs 51 by latch arm slots 55.

Die beiden Zahnstangenschenkel 51 sind an einem Ende mit einem Zahnstangenschiebersteg 57 verbunden, der eine geringere Höhe aufweist als die Zahnstangenschenkel 51.The two rack legs 51 are connected at one end to a rack slide web 57, which has a lower height than the rack legs 51.

Die Fig. 11 und 12 zeigen einen U-förmigen Betätigungsschwenkhebel 21 in Seiten- bzw. Vorderansicht. Ein Bügel 57 verbindet zwei Schwenkhebelschenkel 59, die an ihren freien Enden je mit einem Ritzelbereich 61 versehen sind, dessen Ritzelzähne 63 mit den Zähnen 27 des Zahnstangenschiebers 15 kämmen. Der Abstand zwischen den beiden Schwenkhebelschenkeln 59 ist derart, daß das Steckergehäuse 13 dazwischen Platz hat. Von jedem Ritzelbereich 31 steht nach außen eine Stummelwelle 37 vor, deren Achse mit der Ritzelachse übereinstimmt. Der Bügel 57 weist an seiner Innenseite eine Rastausnehmung 65 auf, die mit einem Rastvorsprung 67 (Fig. 13, 14 und 16) am Steckergehäuse 13 verrastend zusammenwirkt, wenn sich der Betätigungsschwenkhebel 21 in Schließstellung befindet.11 and 12 show a U-shaped actuating pivot lever 21 in side and front views. A bracket 57 connects two pivot lever legs 59, each of which is provided at its free ends with a pinion area 61, the pinion teeth 63 of which mesh with the teeth 27 of the rack slide 15. The distance between the two pivot lever legs 59 is such that the connector housing 13 has space between them. A stub shaft 37 projects outward from each pinion region 31, the axis of which coincides with the pinion axis. The bracket 57 has on its inside a locking recess 65 which interacts with a locking projection 67 (FIGS. 13, 14 and 16) on the connector housing 13 when the actuating pivot lever 21 is in the closed position.

Das Steckergehäuse 13 ist in den Fig. 13 bis 16 dargestellt. An seinen Längsseitenwänden 69 weist das Steckergehäuse 13 Steckerführungsrippen 71 auf, die beim Zusammenstecken der beiden Verbindergehäuse mit den zwischen den Führungsrippen 41 des Buchsengehäuses 11 gebildeten Führungsnuten 73 zusammenwirken, um die Realtivbewegung zwischen den beiden Verbindergehäusen beim Zusammenstecken bzw. Auseinanderziehen exakt in Steckrichtung zu führen. Beidseits des Steckergehäuses 13 sind je zwei Steckerführungsrippen 71 mit einem Nockenvorsprung 29 versehen, von denen jeder mit einer der Kulissennuten 23 des Zahnstangenschiebers 15 zusammenwirkt.The connector housing 13 is shown in FIGS. 13 to 16. On its longitudinal side walls 69, the connector housing 13 has connector guide ribs 71 which, when the two connector housings are plugged together, cooperate with the guide grooves 73 formed between the guide ribs 41 of the socket housing 11 in order to guide the real movement between the two connector housings exactly in the plugging direction when they are plugged or pulled apart. There are two connector guide ribs on each side of the connector housing 13 71 is provided with a cam projection 29, each of which interacts with one of the link grooves 23 of the rack slide 15.

Der Rastvorsprung 67 des Steckergehäuses 13 ist federnd nachgiebig ausgebildet, so daß er lösbar in die Rastausnehmung 65 des Betätigungsschwenkhebels 21 einrasten kann, wenn dieser in seine Schließstellung bewegt wird.The locking projection 67 of the connector housing 13 is resiliently designed so that it can be releasably locked into the locking recess 65 of the actuating pivot lever 21 when it is moved into its closed position.

Vom Kabeleinführbereich 73 des Steckergehäuses 13 steht eine Zunge 75 ab, die seitliche Zungenausnehmungen 77 aufweist, mittels welchen ein um die Zunge 75 und das Kabel geführtes Kabelfestklemmband abrutschsicher gehalten werden kann.A tongue 75 protrudes from the cable insertion area 73 of the plug housing 13 and has lateral tongue recesses 77, by means of which a cable clamping band which is guided around the tongue 75 and the cable can be held in a slip-proof manner.

Claims (18)

  1. A connector assembly comprising a plug housing (13) and a socket housing (11), in particular a fixedly mounted socket housing (11), one of said housings containing plug contact elements and the other one containing socket contact elements, with connection and disconnection of said plug housing (13) and said socket housing (11) being effected in the mating direction thereof by cooperation of teeth (17; 27) associated with one of said two housings (11, 13) and a pinion portion (61) of an actuation pivot lever (21) which is pivotable about a pinion axis (37) between an open position and a closed position,
    characterized in that the teeth (17; 27) are provided on a toothed rack (15, 51) disposed on one (11) of said two housings (11, 13) and being slidable perpendicularly to the mating direction,
    that the rack (15, 51) is provided with at least one cam groove (23) extending in a plane parallel to the mating direction in substantially oblique direction relative to the mating direction and being open on the side of the rack (15, 51) facing towards the other housing (13),
    and in that the other housing (13) is provided with at least one cam projection (29) which in the mated condition of the two housings (11, 13) is in engagement with the cam groove (23).
  2. A connector assembly according to claim 1,
    characterized in that the toothed rack (15, 51) and the actuation pivot lever (21) are disposed on the socket housing (11) and the cam projection (29) is disposed on the plug housing (13).
  3. A connector assembly according to claim 1 or 2,
    characterized in that the socket housing (11) is mounted on a circuit board.
  4. A connector assembly according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
    characterized in that on both sides of one housing (11) extending parallel to the rack sliding direction there is provided one toothed rack (51) each which are each engaged with a pinion portion (63) of one pivot lever (59) each and have at least one cam groove (23), and in that the other housing (11) is adapted to be inserted between the two racks (51) and has on both corresponding sides at least one laterally projecting cam projection (29) each which in the mated relation of the two housings (11, 13) engages the associated cam groove (23).
  5. A connector assembly according to claim 4,
    characterized in that the two racks (51) are connected at one end by a rack slide web (57) so as to form a U-shaped rack slide (15).
  6. A connector assembly according to claim 4 or 5,
    characterized in that the two pivot levers (59) are connected at their ends remote from the pivot portions (63) to a strap (57) so as to form a U-shaped actuation pivot lever (21).
  7. A connector assembly according to at least one of claims 1 to 6,
    characterized in that each cam groove (23) extends from its mouth opening (53) at first in mating direction, then obliquely to the mating direction and finally perpendicularly to the mating direction.
  8. A connector assembly according to claim 7,
    characterized in that the obliquely extending part of the cam groove (23) takes about 60 % of the overall length of the cam groove (23) and the parts of the cam groove (23) extending in mating direction and perpendicularly to the mating direction each take about 20 % of the overall length of the cam groove (23).
  9. A connector assembly according to at least one of claims 1 to 8,
    characterized in that the plug housing (13) has a latching projection (67) and the actuation pivot lever (21) has a latching shoulder (at 65) which in the closed position of the actuation pivot lever (21) engages behind the latching projection (67) in resiliently locking manner.
  10. A connector assembly according to claim 9,
    characterized in that the latching shoulder is constituted by the strap (57) which in the closed position extends across the plug housing (13) and in the open position is pivoted out of the insertion path of the plug housing (13).
  11. A connector assembly according to at least one of claims 5 to 10,
    characterized in that the U-shaped actuation pivot lever (21) has on each of its two pinion portions (63) an outwardly directed stub axle (37) coaxial with the pinion axis and supported in a bearing opening (35) in the longitudinal sidewall (33) of the other housing (11) located opposite the pinion portion (63).
  12. A connector assembly according to at least one of claims 1 to 11,
    characterized in that each rack (51) is slidably guided between a bottom surface of the housing (11) provided with said rack and at least one guiding shoulder of the associated longitudinal sidewall (33) directed towards said bottom surface.
  13. A connector assembly according to at least one of claims 1 to 12,
    characterized in that each rack (51) has on a longitudinal side at least one resilient latching projection (25) or a latching recess and the housing guiding the rack (51) has at least one latching recess (27) or resilient latching projection, respectively, which become latched with each other in an end position of the rack (51) corresponding to the closed position and/or the open position of the actuation pivot lever (21).
  14. A connector assembly according to at least one of claims 1 to 13,
    characterized in that the housing (11) guiding the rack or racks (15) has on at least one sidewall (43, 45) extending transversely of the rack sliding direction a rack insertion opening (47 or 49, respectively) corresponding to the cross-sectional profile of the rack or racks.
  15. A connector assembly according to at least one of claims 1 to 14,
    characterized in that one (11) of the two housings is provided with at least one guide groove (73) extending parallel to the mating direction and the other one (13) of the housings is provided with at least one guide rib (71) extending parallel to the mating direction and engaging in the guide groove (73) in the mated relation of the two housings (11, 13).
  16. A connector assembly according to claim 15,
    characterized in that the guide grooves (73) and the rack (15, 51) are disposed on the socket housing (11) and the guide rib (71) is disposed on the plug housing (13), and in that at least one cam projection (29) is disposed on the guide rib (71).
  17. A plug housing for a connector assembly,
    characterized by the features of the plug housing as defined in at least one of the claims 1 to 16.
  18. A socket housing for a connector assembly,
    characterized by the feature of the socket housing as defined in at least one of the claims 1 to 16.
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