Electrical connectors – With supporting means for coupling part – Coupling part or mating part extending into panel opening
Patent
1992-01-09
1993-04-27
Paumen, Gary F.
Electrical connectors
With supporting means for coupling part
Coupling part or mating part extending into panel opening
2482251, H01R 1374
Patent
active
052057593
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
The invention relates to a holder for a connector/socket combination that can be installed in a motor vehicle.
These kinds of holders are state of the art, for example, in the field of engine sensors, plug-type connectors intended to be used for repair purposes or for changing the sensors. The plug-type connectors formed from a connector/socket combination are mounted, with the plug and socket usually being connected to each other by latch connections.
Shaking and vibrations in the engine area require a secure connection.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The object of the invention is to provide a simple fastening of the connector/socket combination in the holder.
According to the invention, an element of the connector/socket combination, i.e., the connector or the socket, is inserted into the holder in a conventional manner. The holder encompasses the element with forks or tongs in such a way that the holder fits into a slot so as to allow the element to be connected perpendicular to the holder. Immobilization is also necessary, however, in the direction of insertion so that the element does not slide out of its encompassing fork or tongs in the direction opposite to its insertion.
According to the invention, this will be accomplished in a simple manner so that the end of at least one of the webs encompassing the element is bent. The companion piece to the element inserted into the holder, i.e., the connector to the socket or the socket to the connector, is broad enough to lie beneath the bend of the web after being inserted and consequently presses against it when the element is moved from the tong shaped insertion in the opposite direction to the initial direction again. As long as the connector/socket combination is joined together, it cannot come apart by itself.
Because the connector and socket are latched together it is impossible to unintentionally o accidentally break the connection or to remove it from the holder.
Other objects and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent to those persons having ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains from the following description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1 shows the holder and separated connector and socket;
FIG. 2 shows the holder with attached connector without a plugged-in socket;
FIG. 3 shows the holder with attached connector and plugged-in socket.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
Referring to the drawings, a holder 10 is shown that is primarily made of metal strips, including a notch 12. Notch 12 is bordered at the sides by the two webs 14 and 16. Web 16 includes a step portion 18 to create an enlarged area 20 of notch 12. The upper end of the web 16 includes a projection 22 perpendicular to the surface of strip 10.
Strip 10 may include a plurality of notches 12, 12', corresponding to the number of connector/socket combinations requiring a holder.
A socket 30 is provided having an electric cable 32 in its rearward side in a conventional manner. A slot 36, with a width that corresponds to the inner width of notch 12, connects to an intermediate section 34 which in turn is connected to cable 32. To ensure that the socket is inserted correctly, a projection 40 is provided on a side 38, the projection 40 corresponding to step portion 18 of notch 12.
Slot 36 is contained at the front by a plate 42 that abuts the holder in two dimensions when the socket is plugged in. A guide component 44 encompasses the socket contacts and enables a secure insertion of connector 50 in that guide component 44 is received into a housing 54 of the connector.
The width of plate 42 is constructed in such a way that upon insertion, plate 42 slides by projection 22, allowing socket 30 to be inserted and extracted from section 12 without interference from projection 22.
The width of connector 50 is constructed in such a way that upon insertion, with contacts 56 being inserted into the corresponding opening in the socket, an upper extension 60 of upper side 52 rests under projection 2
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IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin, "Connector for Printed Circuit", vol. 32, No. 5B, Oct. 1989.
Audi AG
Paumen Gary F.
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