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EP1983616B1 - Prise de bus pour un câble à bande plat et son procédé d'application - Google Patents

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EP1983616B1
EP1983616B1 EP08004241.9A EP08004241A EP1983616B1 EP 1983616 B1 EP1983616 B1 EP 1983616B1 EP 08004241 A EP08004241 A EP 08004241A EP 1983616 B1 EP1983616 B1 EP 1983616B1
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upper housing
ribbon cable
lower housing
insulation displacement
bus connector
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Jozo Drmic
Rudolf Krämer
Christian Schrettlinger
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Eaton Electrical IP GmbH and Co KG
TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
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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
    • H01R4/00—Electrically-conductive connections between two or more conductive members in direct contact, i.e. touching one another; Means for effecting or maintaining such contact; Electrically-conductive connections having two or more spaced connecting locations for conductors and using contact members penetrating insulation
    • H01R4/24—Connections using contact members penetrating or cutting insulation or cable strands
    • H01R4/2416—Connections using contact members penetrating or cutting insulation or cable strands the contact members having insulation-cutting edges, e.g. of tuning fork type
    • H01R4/242—Connections using contact members penetrating or cutting insulation or cable strands the contact members having insulation-cutting edges, e.g. of tuning fork type the contact members being plates having a single slot
    • H01R4/2425—Flat plates, e.g. multi-layered flat plates
    • H01R4/2429—Flat plates, e.g. multi-layered flat plates mounted in an insulating base
    • H01R4/2433—Flat plates, e.g. multi-layered flat plates mounted in an insulating base one part of the base being movable to push the cable into the slot
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R12/00—Structural associations of a plurality of mutually-insulated electrical connecting elements, specially adapted for printed circuits, e.g. printed circuit boards [PCB], flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures, e.g. terminal strips, terminal blocks; Coupling devices specially adapted for printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures; Terminals specially adapted for contact with, or insertion into, printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures
    • H01R12/50—Fixed connections
    • H01R12/59—Fixed connections for flexible printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables or like structures
    • H01R12/65—Fixed connections for flexible printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables or like structures characterised by the terminal
    • H01R12/67—Fixed connections for flexible printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables or like structures characterised by the terminal insulation penetrating terminals
    • H01R12/675—Fixed connections for flexible printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables or like structures characterised by the terminal insulation penetrating terminals with contacts having at least a slotted plate for penetration of cable insulation, e.g. insulation displacement contacts for round conductor flat cables

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  • the manageability of a bus connector when attached to a ribbon cable may be insufficient.
  • the selective coupling or uncoupling of the bus connector to individual conductors that are housed as a bandage in the common insulation sheath of the ribbon cable too cumbersome and therefore be laborious.
  • the EP 1 403 972 A2 describes a connector for a ribbon cable, in which contacted in a single operation, several wires of a ribbon cable using insulation displacement and individual wires of the ribbon cable can be severed.
  • the US 5,049,088 describes a connector for electrically connecting two mutually perpendicular ribbon cables.
  • the US 6,080,006 describes an electrical connector with a cover part and a bottom part.
  • the connector is used to electrically contact a plurality of individual conductors.
  • the bus connector according to the invention allows a kind of "automated" attachment, preferably clamping and contacting the bus connector to the head of the respective ribbon cable including the selective separation of at least one conductor, in particular with a single assembly tool.
  • the invention also relates to a method for attaching a bus connector to a ribbon cable by the upper housing and the lower housing are pressed together by means of a mounting tool such that in a working passage contacting the conductor of the ribbon cable with a plurality of insulation displacement terminals in the lower housing and at the same time a selective Separation of at least one conductor of the ribbon cable can be effected.
  • FIGS. 1 to 17 each provided with the same reference numerals.
  • FIG. 1 shows schematically and enlarged in perspective view as main components of an exemplary bus connector, which functions according to the inventive design principle, an upper housing 4 and a lower housing 5 before their assembly in a pre-assembly state.
  • the lower housing 5 is approximately box-shaped, in particular cuboid and open at its top.
  • the upper housing 4 is pressed or pressed into a pre-assembly in such a way that it can be pressed by a predefinable Einpresstiefe or Einpresswegner 30 in the interior of the lower housing 5 on the floor to a press-fit end position.
  • the upper housing 4 roughly has an approximately flat parallelepiped shape and is configured with respect to its outer contour to match the inner contour of the lower housing such that it is inserted or mounted in the upper part of the lower housing 5, ie detachable from its outer side walls in the preassembly position is held.
  • the FIG. 2 shows schematically in cross section the bus connector of FIG. 1 in this pre-assembly state.
  • a single component is provided for a fitter, which can facilitate handling.
  • This pre-assembly may in particular have already been carried out at the factory.
  • the upper housing 4 can be completely removed from the lower housing 5 for mounting purposes, so that it is present as a separate component. It can be inserted into the lower housing again after inserting a ribbon cable 1 to be connected and hold in the pre-assembly position.
  • the upper housing 4 and the lower housing 5 a plastic material is expediently selected, which allows production in particular in injection molding or extrusion technology.
  • the upper housing 4 has for receiving the ribbon cable 1, a cover part 41 and a bottom part 42. These are formed on at least one hinge element, in particular via a so-called film hinge, transversely, preferably orthogonal to the axial longitudinal extent of the inserted ribbon cable 1 to fix it foldable.
  • a film hinge 43 is provided in the middle region of two superimposed longitudinal edges of the cover part 41 and the bottom part 42.
  • FIG. 8 shows the bus connector 10 in a front view in a pre-assembly state in which the lid part 41 by means of the film hinge 43 against the bottom part 42 of the upper housing 4 is unfolded, ie open to the connected ribbon cable 1 between the cover part 41 and the bottom part 42 of the upper housing. 4 to be able to insert.
  • the ribbon cable 1 has a plurality of conductors 11 to 16 in a common position plane parallel to each other in substantially equidistant intervals from each other, which are enclosed in a common insulation jacket 2.
  • the insulation jacket 2 sits on the conductors 11 to 16 in such a way that its cylindrical outer contour on the top and bottom of the ribbon cable still emerges.
  • the flat ribbon cable 1 has single insulated conductors 11 to 16, which are connected by insulating material intermediate webs along their axial longitudinal extent. In this way, the ribbon cable 1 on its upper side and its underside on an outer contour with longitudinal tracks, ie transverse to its axial longitudinal extent a corrugated surface structure.
  • the insulation jacket 2 is made of an electrically insulating material, in particular a plastic material.
  • the inner contact surfaces of the cover part 41 and the bottom part 42 in particular in the region of their adjacent broad sides, provided with an inverse relief profile in the form of longitudinal grooves or longitudinal tracks 411, 421.
  • the plurality of longitudinal grooves 411 in the inner contact surface of the cover part 41 and the plurality of longitudinal grooves 421 in the inner contact surface of the bottom part 42 thus each form an inner profile which substantially corresponds to the outer profile of the ribbon cable 1 on its top and bottom.
  • FIG. 9 shows in a schematic front view of the bus connector 10 after this assembly step, ie after inserting and clamping the ribbon cable 1 in the upper housing. 4
  • an opening or opening to the lower housing 5 is provided in the middle region of the bottom part 42.
  • the ribbon cable 1 is only in the inner profiles 411, 421 of the edges of the broad sides of the cover part 41 and bottom part 42 and is freely accessible in the space between the two broad sides of the upper housing 4 from the lower housing 5 ago.
  • an approximately rectangular printed circuit board 9 is mounted substantially parallel to the plane of the flat cable 1, are mounted on the insulation displacement terminals 81 to 86.
  • the insulation displacement terminals 81 to 86 are in this case substantially perpendicular or orthogonal upwards in the direction of the upper housing from the plane surface of the printed circuit board 9 which is essentially planar.
  • Each conductor 11 with 16 of the ribbon cable 1 is assigned a specific cutting terminal 81 with 86 individually.
  • the FIG. 7 shows in schematic and enlarged view as a detail of the circuit board 9 together with the cutting terminals mounted on her 81 to 86.
  • the circuit board 9 On the circuit board 9 are two groups of insulation displacement terminals 82, 84, 86 and 81, 83, 85 axially (relative to the axial longitudinal extent of Head of the ribbon cable 1) offset from each other. Within the respective group, the cutting clamps such as 81, 83, 85 are offset laterally in substantially equidistant transverse distances.
  • the second Group of insulation displacement terminals 82, 84, 86 is laterally offset relative to the first group of insulation displacement terminals 81, 83, 85 such that viewed transversely to the longitudinal extent of the ribbon cable 1 alternately a cutting clamp such as 81 of the first group and then a cutting clamp such as 82 of second group are assigned to the successive conductors in the lateral direction 11 with 16 corresponding to their order of arrangement in the ribbon cable.
  • the cutting terminals 81, 83, 85 of the first group are set to gap to the positions of the cutting terminals 82, 84, 86 of the second group.
  • two laterally adjacent insulation displacement terminals such as 81, 82 or 82, 83, essentially have a transverse distance from one another which corresponds to the lateral offset of each two adjacent conductors such as 11, 12 or 12, 13.
  • one conductor each, e.g. 11 of the ribbon cable 1 each have at least one insulation displacement terminal, e.g. 81 associated with the cutting of the insulating sheath of this conductor.
  • insulation displacement terminals e.g. 81 associated with the cutting of the insulating sheath of this conductor.
  • the respective insulation displacement terminal preferably has a two-pronged fork shape.
  • the distance between the two prongs of each fork-shaped cutting clamp preferably corresponds to the outside diameter of a bare conductor, ie it is expediently chosen smaller than the outside diameter of a conductor with externally seated insulation. If a conductor is pressed into the gap between the two cutting prongs of a cutting clamp, then they cut laterally into the insulation shell and contact at the Einhinstellen the bare ladder. At the same time, they clamp the inserted conductor firmly. About the effected contact a signal from the respective conductor in the associated, it clamped insulation displacement terminal coupled or vice versa, a signal from the insulation displacement terminal are coupled into the held in her head.
  • a preferably electrically conductive material is selected.
  • the insulation displacement terminals are made of an electrically conductive metal, in particular copper or the like.
  • the insulation displacement terminals 81 to 86 are connected via electrical connection lines or conductor tracks 72, 720 on and / or in the printed circuit board 9 with the contact sockets of a female connector 7.
  • the female connector 7 is mounted on the opposite side of the insulation displacement mounting side of the circuit board 9.
  • the contact sockets plug with their contact pins 801 in the form of a substantially rectilinear series in predetermined transverse distances from each other in the circuit board 9.
  • the female connector 7 is used to connect an adapter plug.
  • the contact sockets can be used to selectively feed and / or decouple signals from the various insulation displacement terminals.
  • the female connector instead of the female connector also a pin header with pins or other information output to the insulation displacement terminals be electrically coupled.
  • the upper housing 4 and the lower housing 5 are additionally locked in an advantageous manner by means of one or more locking elements in the region of their contacting longitudinal walls.
  • a lock can be formed, for example, by a guide rail 31 or 32, which runs perpendicular to the plane-surface mounting surface of the printed circuit board 9 on the respective longitudinal inner wall of the lower housing, and a corresponding latching element 21 or 22 sliding along it during pressing in on the respective longitudinal outer wall of the upper housing 4 be.
  • the respective latching element 21 or 22 engages with its hook-shaped end section in a corresponding latching groove at the lower end of the respective associated guide rail 31 or 32.
  • This additional locking mechanism between the pressed-upper housing 4 and the lower housing 5 is in the FIG. 5 Visible, which shows a schematic cross-sectional view of the bus connector 10 in its Presssitzend ein in a sectional plane in the region of the second group of insulation displacement terminals 82, 84, 86.
  • the upper housing with the lower housing in addition to the press fit by means of one or more locking elements, which are arranged in the region of the axially and laterally extending edges of upper housing and lower housing, position secure or fixable, in particular latched.
  • locking elements are preferably support ribs provided in the upper wall zones of the lower housing 5 and associated latching hooks or snap elements on the upper housing 4, which engage behind the support ribs and interlock with these.
  • Such support ribs are provided on the respective edge of the broad sides and the longitudinal sides of the lower housing 5 and designated 911. In it engage at its upper edge corresponding latching hooks 901, 902, 903, 904 of the upper housing 4 and thus cause an additional locking between the upper housing 4 and the lower housing 5 in the Presssitzend ein.
  • the assembly tool 100 is preferably designed as assembly pliers with two mutually movable pliers jaws 101, 102.
  • the jaws 101, 102 press when pressing the assembly pliers from above and below on the upper housing 4 and the lower housing 5 and press them into each other. This is in the FIG. 3 indicated by arrows.
  • an assembly movement of the lower housing 5 and the upper housing 4 substantially perpendicular to the positional plane of the ribbon cable 1 by means of the above and below the outside externally applied jaws 101, 102 executed.
  • the upper housing 4 starting from its pre-assembly (see FIG. 2 or FIG. 3 ) are pressed to the Einpresswegmother 30 in the interior of the lower case 5, where the conductors 11 to 16 of the ribbon cable 1 come to lie in their specific associated insulation displacement terminals 81 to 86 contacting.
  • At least one insulation displacement terminal such as here 82, for example, a through hole 6 associated with passing through the upper housing 4, the circuit board 9 and the lower housing 5.
  • the in-bus connector 10 inside positioned ribbon cable 1 is thus freely accessible through the through hole 6 from above and below.
  • this through hole 6 engages on both sides from above and below, respectively, a bolt element 103, 104 on the respective pliers jaw 101, 102, when the pliers jaws 101, 102 are pressed from above and below onto the upper side of the upper housing 4 and onto the underside of the lower housing 5.
  • the respective bolt element 103, 104 projects substantially perpendicularly with respect to the planar-surface inner pressure surface or contact surface of the respective forceps jaw 101 or 102.
  • the respective pin element may be formed in particular as a mandrel or punch.
  • the overall length of the protruding projections of the two bolt elements is preferably chosen such that the conductor which lies below the through-hole 6 above the printed circuit board 9 in its respectively assigned cutting terminal can be selectively severed by continuing the compressing movement of the pliers jaws. It corresponds approximately to the total thickness of the two pressed-together housing 4, 5 in the Presssitzend ein.
  • the upper housing 4 and the lower housing 5 can be pressed into each other, that the conductors 11 to 16 of the ribbon cable 1 with the insulation displacement terminals 81 to 86 in the lower housing 5 at defined contact points in contact, and at the same time in particular by a bolt element or .
  • a mandrel such as 103 or 104 on at least one jaw such as 101 or 102 of the assembly tool by continuation of the compression movement of the jaws at least one conductor as here 15, for example, selectively severed at a predetermined target fürstelle 625, is the assembly of the bus connector facilitated to the ribbon cable. Because only a single pass is made with the same pressing direction. A settling of the assembly tool 100 is not required.
  • the upper housing, the insulation displacement contacts and the lower housing of the bus connector in such a way that first one or more specific conductors of the ribbon cable are selectively severed with the assembly tool and only then or subsequently the insulation displacement terminals in the same operation be brought into contact with the associated conductors of the ribbon cable, ie to reach the effect with the ladders.
  • At least one bolt element expediently has a cutting edge at its front end.
  • a cutting blade 105 is provided at the tip of the bolt member 104.
  • the through-hole 6 is provided at the point in the upper housing 4, the lower housing 5 and in the circuit board 9, which corresponds to a desired target fürtrennungsstelle for a particular conductor.
  • a desired fürbrennungsstelle 625 for the conductor 15 in the space between the two groups of insulation displacement terminals 81, 83, 85 and 82, 84, 86 is provided.
  • the conductor 15 is in the FIG. 7 drawn in dash-dotted lines.
  • the selective severing or cutting through of the conductor 15 in the overall assembly of the ribbon cable 1 is in the cross-sectional image of FIG. 6 illustrates that shows the bus connector 10 in a sectional plane transverse to the axial longitudinal extent of the plurality of conductors 11 to 16 of the flat ribbon label 1 in the region of the through hole.
  • the circuit board 9 and the lower housing 5 passing through hole 6 it may also be sufficient to provide only in the upper housing 4 has a through hole 61 to the layer plane of the clamped in the upper housing 4 ribbon cable 1.
  • only two through-holes 62, 63 in the lower housing 5 and in the printed circuit board 9 may suffice, through which a conductor of the ribbon cable to be cut can be gripped and severed with a bolt element of the assembly tool protruding into the through-holes.
  • At least one insulation displacement terminal is thus advantageously assigned a through hole in the upper housing and / or in the lower housing in such a way to the ribbon cable of the bus connector that at the same time at least one bolt element of the assembly tool into the through hole for selectively pushing the upper housing into the lower housing by means of the assembly tool Cutting a lying in this cutting terminal coming conductor at a desired fürtrennungsstelle before or after this cutting terminal can be introduced.
  • the upper and the lower housing is preferably formed and interlockable by means of a mounting tool that causes a contacting the conductor of the ribbon cable with a plurality of insulation displacement terminals in the lower housing and at the same time selective separation of at least one conductor of the ribbon cable are.
  • the assembly tool 100 is preferably as an assembly tool with two mutually movable jaws 101, 102 formed.
  • the jaws 101, 102 press when pressing the assembly pliers from above and below on the upper housing 4 and the lower housing 5 and press them into each other.
  • an assembly movement of the lower housing 5 and the upper housing 4 substantially perpendicular to the positional plane of the ribbon cable 1 by means of the above and below the outside externally applied jaws 101, 102 executed.
  • the upper housing 4 starting from its pre-assembly position ( FIG. 15 ) are pressed to the Einpresswegfar 30 in the interior of the lower case 5, where the conductors 11 to 16 of the ribbon cable 1 come to lie in their specific associated insulation displacement terminals 81 to 86 contacting.
  • At least one insulation displacement terminal here for example 82, has a bore 600 which runs through the bottom part 42 of the upper housing 4 and through the printed circuit board 9.
  • a die 611 is provided on the side facing the bottom part 42.
  • at least one bolt element 504 is present, which extends substantially perpendicular to the printed circuit board 9 through the bore 600 of the printed circuit board 9 and the bottom part 42 of the upper housing 4.
  • the bolt element 504 may be formed in particular as a mandrel or punch and have a cutting edge at the front end.
  • the length of the bolt element 504 is preferably selected such that the bolt element 504 in the pre-assembly position (FIG. FIGS. 13, 14 .
  • the die 611 in the cover part 41 of the upper housing 4 is designed as a through-bore 601. This is in FIG. 17 shown.
  • the pre-assembly with inserted ribbon cable 1 and closed lid part 41 is thus at least one of the conductors, for example 15, accessible from the outside through the bore 601 of the cover part 41.
  • a piece of the conductor 15 cut out during compression of the upper housing 4 and lower housing 5 can be removed from the outside through the through-hole 601 after being pressed together, or can fall out of the bus connector 10 after compression by itself through the through-hole 601.
  • a cutting clamp for the conductor may be cut selectively on both sides of the desired cut-through location. This makes it possible to connect or disconnect signals independently of one another in the two cut-away conductor ends of the respectively severed conductor.
  • FIG. 7 is on both sides of the target für Heilungstelle 625 of the severed conductor 15 each have a cutting terminal 82, 820 arranged on the circuit board 9 for contacting the conductor ends.
  • the two Insulation displacement terminals 82, 820 are connected via dash-dotted electrical connection lines 72, 720 with separate female pins or female pins of the female connector 7.
  • edges of the broad sides of the lower housing in the support region for the ribbon cable 1 may be expedient to provide the edges of the broad sides of the lower housing in the support region for the ribbon cable 1 in a partial section with guide grooves for adjustment.
  • guide grooves In these guide grooves, the conductors 11 to 16 of the ribbon cable 1 come to rest when the upper housing 4 has been pushed into its press-fit end position in the lower housing 5.
  • These guide grooves in an area of the upper edge of the broad sides of the lower case 5 are in the FIGS. 8, 9 visible in the front view of the bus connector 10 and denoted by 521.
  • closure element 3 in the upper housing 4, which is rotatable in an open position for releasing the through-bore 61 or 601, as well as in a closed position for covering the through-bore 61 or 601.
  • the closure element 3 is formed by a circular, rotatable lid member which is inserted into a corresponding recess or recess of the cover part 41 form fit, in particular clipped.
  • FIGS. 10 to 12 show again cursorily, as with the bus connector 10 of in FIGS. 1 with 9 shown first embodiment in a single pass the contacts of the inserted ribbon cable 1 to the individually associated insulation displacement terminals 81 to 86, 820 and at the same time a selective line separation of at least one conductor - as here conductor 15 - performed from the bandage of the ribbon cable 1 can be.
  • the ribbon cable 1 is inserted between the cover part 41 and the bottom part 42 of the upper housing 4 and fixed there.
  • the closure element 3 in the upper housing is brought into an open position to release the through hole 6.
  • This through hole or passage opening 6 is located above or below the inside of the bus connector arranged conductor 15. This is here in the embodiment of FIGS. 10 to 12 the second conductor viewed from the right.
  • a pressing force is applied to the upper housing 4 and the lower housing 5 perpendicular to the plane of the flat-ribbon cable 1 and thereby pressed both into one another.
  • the assembly tool 100 engages with the help of the two pin members 103, 104 from above and below in the through hole 6. If the upper housing 4 has been pressed into the lower housing 5 in its press-fitted end position and the bolt elements 103, 104 projecting into the through-hole 6 are moved further toward one another, the conductor 15 is finally severed.
  • the FIG. 11 shows the severing point 625 for the conductor 15 as viewed through the through-hole 6. Finally, the closure element 3 is brought into its closed position to cover the through hole 6 from the outside.
  • FIGS. 13 to 16 show in summary how with the bus connector 10 in the illustrated second embodiment in a single pass the contacts of the inserted ribbon cable 1 to the individually assigned insulation displacement terminals, and at the same time a selective line separation of at least one conductor - as here conductor 15 - performed from the bandage of the ribbon cable 1 can be.
  • the ribbon cable 1 between the lid part 41 and the bottom part 42 of the upper housing 4 is inserted ( FIGS. 13, 14 ) and fixed there by closing the lid part 41 ( FIG. 15 ).
  • a pressing force is applied to the upper housing 4 and the lower housing 5 perpendicular to the plane of the flat cable 1.
  • both are pressed together.
  • the bolt element 504 pierces or cuts through the conductor 15 of the flat cable 1 and thus cuts it at the desired severing point 625 (FIG. FIG. 16 ).
  • the bottom housing 42 may optionally be omitted from the top housing 4.
  • the ribbon cable 1 is preferably inserted into the adjustment profile 521 at the upper edge of the two broad sides of the lower housing 5. It is clamped there with the help of the cover part 41 of the upper housing 4.
  • the locking mechanism used in this case preferably corresponds to the locking mechanism between the cover part 41 and bottom part 42 and / or the fixing mechanism between the upper housing 4 and the lower housing 5 of FIGS. 1 with 9.

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  1. Prise de bus (10) comportant un boîtier supérieur (4) et un boîtier inférieur (5) à monter sur un câble à bande plat (1), dans laquelle le boîtier supérieur (4) et le boîtier intérieur (5) sont conçus de telle sorte et peuvent être pressés l'un dans l'autre à l'aide d'un outil de montage (100), de telle sorte que dans un passage un contact du conducteur (11 à 16) du câble à bande plat (1) avec une pluralité de bornes guillotines (81 à 86) dans le boîtier inférieur (5) et simultanément un sectionnement sélectif d'au moins un conducteur (15) du câble à bande plat (1) soit provoqué,
    caractérisé en ce
    que le boîtier supérieur (4) présente une partie de couvercle (41) et une partie de base (42), qui sont conçus de manière repliable par l'intermédiaire d'au moins un élément de charnière (43), notamment une charnière à film, transversalement à l'extension longitudinale axiale du câble à bande plat (1) en vue de la fixation de ce dernier.
  2. Prise de bus selon la revendication 1,
    caractérisée en ce
    que la partie de couvercle (41) et/ou la partie de base (42) présentent dans sa surface de contact respectif des rainures longitudinales (411, 421) pour ajuster et guider le conducteur (11 à 16) du câble à bande plat (1) gainé par une isolation (2).
  3. Prise de bus selon une des revendications 1 ou 2,
    caractérise en ce qu'
    en vue de la fixation du câble à bande plat (1) respectivement posé, la partie de couvercle (41) peut être verrouillée avec la partie de base (42) par l'intermédiaire d'un ou plusieurs éléments d'arrêt (441, 442).
  4. Prise de bus selon une des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisée en ce
    que les bornes guillotines (81 à 86) sont disposées sur une plaquette de circuit imprimé (9) dans deux groupes décalés axialement l'un par rapport à l'autre de telle sorte que respectivement un conducteur (11 à 16) du câble à bande plat (1) soit affecté respectivement à au moins une borne guillotine pour le sectionnement de son isolation (2).
  5. Prise de bus selon une des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisée en ce qu'
    au moins une borne guillotine (82) est affectée à un alésage traversant (6) dans le boîtier supérieur (4) et/ou dans le boîtier inférieur (5) de bout en bout par rapport au câble à bande plat (1) de telle sorte que lors du pressage du boîtier supérieur (4) dans le boîtier inférieur (5) à l'aide de l'outil de montage (100) simultanément au moins un élément de boulon (103, 104) de l'outil de montage (100) peut être inséré dans cet alésage traversant (6) en vue du sectionnement sélectif d'un conducteur (15) venant reposer dans cette borne guillotine (82) sur un point de sectionnement de consigne (625) avant ou après cette borne guillotine (82).
  6. Prise de bus selon les revendications 4 et 5,
    caractérisée en ce
    que l'alésage traversant (6) s'étend aussi à travers la plaquette de circuit imprimé (9).
  7. Prise de bus selon une des revendications 1 à 4,
    caractérisée en ce qu'
    au moins une borne guillotine (82) est affectée à un élément de boulon (504) du boîtier inférieur (5), en ce que l'élément de boulon (504) est disposé dans un alésage (600) s'étendant de bout en bout par rapport au câble avant plat (1) dans la plaquette de circuits imprimés (9) et la partie de base (42) du boîtier supérieur (4), en ce que la partie de couvercle (41) du boîtier supérieur (4) présente une matrice (611), en ce que lors du pressage du boîtier supérieur (4) dans le boîtier inférieur (5) simultanément l'élément de boulon (504) peut être inséré à travers l'alésage (600) dans la matrice (611) en vue du sectionnement sélectif d'un conducteur (15) disposé dans la borne guillotine (82) sur un point de sectionnement de consigne (625) avant ou après cette borne guillotine (82).
  8. Prise de bus selon la revendication 7,
    caractérisée en ce
    que l'alésage (600) s'étend de bout en bout à travers la partie de couvercle (41) du boîtier supérieur (4), de sorte qu'une partie du conducteur (15) sectionnée sur le point de sectionnement de consigne (625) puisse être retirée à travers l'alésage (601) dans la partie de couvercle (41) du boîtier supérieur (4).
  9. Prise de bus selon une des revendications 4 à 8,
    caractérisée en ce
    que des deux côtés du point de sectionnement de consigne (625) du conducteur (15) respectif à sectionner, respectivement une borne guillotine (82, 820) est disposée sur la plaquette de circuits imprimés (9) en vue du contact séparé des extrémités conductrices de celle-ci.
  10. Prise de bus selon une des revendications 5 à 9,
    caractérisée en ce
    que dans le boîtier supérieur (4) un élément d'obturation (3) est prévu, qui peut être tourné dans une position d'ouverture pour débloquer l'alésage traversant (6) ainsi que dans une position de fermeture pour couvrir l'alésage traversant (6).
  11. Prise de bus selon une des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisée en ce
    que les bornes guillotines (82, 820) sont reliées par l'intermédiaire de lignes de liaison électrique (72, 720) avec une sortie d'information, notamment avec des douilles de contact d'un connecteur femelle (7) ou des broches de contact d'un connecteur mâle, qui sont montés sur le côté de garnissage de la plaquette de circuits imprimés (9) opposé aux bornes guillotines.
  12. Prise de bus selon une des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisée en ce
    que le boîtier supérieur (4) peut être verrouillé avec le boîtier inférieur (5) à l'aide d'un ou plusieurs éléments d'arrêt (901, 902, 903, 904, 911), qui sont disposés au niveau des bords longitudinaux s'étendant axialement du boîtier supérieur et du boîtier inférieur.
  13. Procédé de montage d'une prise de bus (10) sur un câble à bande plat (1), qui est conçu notamment selon une des revendications précédentes,
    en pressant l'un dans l'autre un boîtier supérieur (4) et un boîtier inférieur (5) à l'aide d'un outil de montage (100), en ce que dans un passage un contact du conducteur (11 à 16) du câble à bande plat (1) avec une pluralité de bornes guillotines (81 à 86) dans le boîtier inférieur (5) et simultanément un sectionnement sélectif d'au moins un conducteur (15) du câble à bande plat (1) est provoqué,
    caractérisé en ce
    que le câble à bande plat (1) avant le pressage du boîtier supérieur (4) et du boîtier inférieur (5) est inséré entre une partie de couvercle (41) et une partie de base (42) du boîtier supérieur (4), qui sont reliées l'une à l'autre par l'intermédiaire d'un élément de charnière (43).
  14. Procédé selon la revendication 13,
    caractérisé en ce
    que lors du pressage l'un dans l'autre du boîtier supérieur (4) et du boîtier inférieur (5) à l'aide de l'outil de montage (100) dans un alésage traversant (6) dans le boîtier supérieur (4) et/ou le boîtier inférieur (5), qui est de bout en bout par rapport au câble à bande plat (1) respectivement posé, en outre au moins un élément de boulon (104) de l'outil de montage (100) est inséré de telle sorte que dans un passage le contact entre les bornes guillotines (81 à 86) et les conducteurs (11 à 16) du câble à bande plat et simultanément un sectionnement sélectif d'au moins un conducteur (15) sur un point de sectionnement de consigne (625) soient effectués.
  15. Procédé selon la revendication 13,
    caractérisée en ce
    que lors du pressage du boîtier supérieur (4) et du boîtier inférieur (5) au moins un élément de boulon (504) du boîtier inférieur (5) pénètre à travers un alésage (600) dans une partie de base (42) du boîtier supérieur (4)dans une matrice (611) dans une partie de couvercle (41) du boîtier supérieur (4), de telle sorte que dans un passage le contact entre les bornes guillotines (81 à 86) et les conducteurs (11 à 16) du câble à bande plat et simultanément un sectionnement sélectif d'au moins un conducteur (15) soit effectué sur un point de sectionnement de consigne (625).
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