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EP0360667A1
EP0360667A1 EP89402515A EP89402515A EP0360667A1 EP 0360667 A1 EP0360667 A1 EP 0360667A1 EP 89402515 A EP89402515 A EP 89402515A EP 89402515 A EP89402515 A EP 89402515A EP 0360667 A1 EP0360667 A1 EP 0360667A1
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electrical connection
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Jean-Jacques Revil
Jean Ittah
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Safran Electrical and Power SAS
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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
    • H01R13/627—Snap or like fastening
    • H01R13/6271—Latching means integral with the housing
    • H01R13/6272—Latching means integral with the housing comprising a single latching arm

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  • the present invention relates to improvements to electrical connection boxes.
  • the invention relates to housings comprising a male element and a corresponding female element, these elements containing complementary electrical connection members.
  • One of the aims of the present invention is to remedy these drawbacks.
  • the improvements according to the invention apply to electrical connection boxes of the type comprising a male box element and a corresponding female box element having a skirt intended to receive the front end of the male element, each element housing being divided into channels, the channels of one of the housing elements being intended to receive male electrical connection members and the channels of the other element, corresponding female electrical connection members, said housing elements being provided means for ensuring their locking when they are engaged in each other, said locking means comprising an elastic bar, one end of which is secured to feet secured to the male housing element in the vicinity of its front end, while that its free end is terminated by a gripping member, said elastic bar c omportant means for cooperating with corresponding means of the skirt to ensure locking, and are characterized in that the internal surface of the skirt of the female member has a protuberance, while the elastic bar is connected to a projection disposed of so as to cooperate with the protuberance and having a first inclined ramp so that the insertion of the male housing element into the skirt requires an additional effort to overcome, by means of an elastic deformation of the
  • the first ramp tends to push back the male housing element, while if the male housing element is normally engaged, the second ramp tends to facilitate the end of the insertion of said male housing element in the skirt.
  • the protuberance consists of profiled wings facing each other and integral with the free ends of two legs integral with the internal wall of the skirt, the elastic bar comprising two projections arranged one of side and the other on the other side of said strip and intended, each, to cooperate with a corresponding wing, in front of each of these projections extending an elastic tongue extending the first ramp and, behind said projections, the elastic bar comprising notches intended to receive the profiled wings, the height of the elastic tongues being such that when the male casing element is inserted into the skirt, the wings abut against them. Thanks to this characteristic, the repulsive action in the event of incorrect engagement is increased by the elastic tabs.
  • each profiled wing has, on the side of the opening of the skirt, a steep and on the opposite side a heel, the upper edge adjacent to the steep being inclined.
  • the elastic bar may include a heel to limit its deflections in the direction of insertion of the male housing element in the skirt of the female housing element.
  • the elastic bar is divided into two branches between which extend two elastic tabs, one end of which is secured to the gripping member, while the free end is provided with the projection, the projection of one of the elastic tabs being turned opposite the projection of the other tab, each projection having a first ramp, an edge and a second ramp, the ramps facing each other and the first ramps of the two elastic tabs forming a flared entrance, while the protuberance is formed by a tab extended towards the rear by a wedge-shaped part ending in a steep.
  • the elastic action of the tongues will be reinforced by the elastic action of the branches of the bars.
  • the free end of the protuberance is integral with a profiled wing which has, at its front end, an edge inclined from its upper face towards the lower face, while the rear end has an edge inclined from the lower face towards the upper face, the projections having a lower face which tapers towards the free end and an upper face which tapers from the edge towards the gripping member, the position of the projections and of the wing being such that, when the male casing element is engaged in the skirt, the inclined edge of the front end of the wing abuts against the thinned end of the underside of the projections.
  • the wing during assembly of the housing elements one inside the other, will pass under the elastic tabs, by means of an elastic deformation of these and during uncoupling over said tabs.
  • the upper edge of the branches of the elastic bar includes lugs intended to be inserted in corresponding housings of the skirt.
  • the housing of FIGS. 1 to 7 comprises a male housing element 1 and a female housing element 2.
  • Element 1 comprises a series of channels 3 each intended to receive a female electrical contact member 4 fixed to the end of an electrical conductor 5.
  • the member 4 is, in this embodiment, made up of two elastic branches 4a and 4b, but could of course be different.
  • the female housing element 2 is formed of a body of generally parallelepipedal shape with a series of channels 7 each intended to contain a male contact member 8 secured to a conductor 9 and intended to be inserted into the female member correspondent 4.
  • the housing element 2 is extended by a skirt 10 in which the electrical contact members 8 protrude and intended to receive the element 1.
  • the skirt 10, on an internal face 10a, comprises a bar 11 intended to cooperate with a groove (not visible in the drawing) of the element 1 so as to form a keying system.
  • the skirt 10, on its internal face 10b, opposite the face 10a has protuberances 14 formed by two legs 12 and 13 which are secured respectively to wings 18 and 19.
  • the wing 18 extends perpendicularly to the tab 12 and is profiled so as to present on the side of the opening of the skirt 10 a steep 18a and on the opposite side a heel 18b, while the upper edge 18c adjacent to the steep 18a is tilted.
  • the wing 19 is perpendicular to the tab 13 and its free edge is turned towards the free edge of the wing 18, said wing 19 having a steep 19a, an inclined part 19c and a heel 19b.
  • the male box element 1 comprises a passage 20 in which extends a locking member 21, this being constituted by an elastic bar, one end of which is integral with feet 25 integral with the bottom of the corridor 20 on the side of the front end of the housing element 1.
  • the free end of the bar ends in a heel 22a with a gripping member 22 allowing either to raise the locking member, or to lower it.
  • the bar Laterally on one side the bar has a first projection 23 having a first inclined ramp 23a, an edge 23c and a second inclined ramp 23b in the opposite direction to the first.
  • the bar has on its second lateral side a second projection 24 corresponding to the first with two ramps 24a and 24b and an edge 24c.
  • the locking member has notches 26 and 27, while on the side adjacent to the feet 25, the projections 23 and 24 are extended by elastic tongues 28 and 29 respectively.
  • FIGS 3, 4 and 5 show the various stages of mounting the two housing elements 1 and 2 in one another.
  • the spacing of the legs 12 and 13 corresponds to the interval between the free edges of the tongues and the position of the wings 18 and 19 is such that when the male element 1 is engaged in the skirt 10 they abut against the tabs 28 and 29.
  • the wings 18 and 19 tilt the locking member 21 until they climb the edges 23c and 24c and by cooperating with the ramps 23b and 24b they facilitate the insertion of the element 1 into the skirt 10, the two elements 1 and 2 being locked when the wings 18 and 19 are engaged in the corresponding notches 26 and 27.
  • the elastic tongues 28 and 29 tend to separate the elements 1 and 2 from one another.
  • This elastic action is reinforced by the heel 22a which, abutting against the bottom of the passage 20, limits the deflections of the elastic bar.
  • the locking member 21 is raised so as to release the wings 18 and 19 from the notches 26 and 27 and one pulls on one of the housing elements 1 or 2 so that the wings 18 and 19 pass under the ramps 23 and 24 and elastically lift the tongues 28 and 29 ( Figures 6 and 7).
  • This action requires less effort than that necessary for insertion, on the one hand, because the elastic tongues 28 and 29 are independent at their free end, and, on the other hand, because in this direction the tilting of the elastic bar is not limited.
  • FIGS. 8 to 16 show an alternative embodiment of the invention in which a male housing element 30 is provided with a series of channels 31 each intended to receive a female contact member, such as member 4, the central part having a passage 33 in which extends a locking member 34.
  • the male housing element 30 is intended to engage in the skirt 35 of a female housing element 36 comprising channels 37 corresponding to the channels 31 and receiving male electrical connection members such as the members 8 provided in the first mode of achievement.
  • One of the internal walls 35a of the skirt comprises a bar 40 intended to cooperate with a groove not visible in the drawings and provided on the element 30 to constitute a polarization device.
  • the wall 35b opposite the wall 35a of the skirt 35 has a protuberance 41 which is formed by a lug extended towards the rear by a wedge-shaped part 42 having two ramps 42a and 42b and a steep 43.
  • the protuberance 41 at its lower free end, is integral with two wings 44 which have at their anterior end a downwardly inclined edge 44a and at their posterior end an inclined portion 44b.
  • the locking member 34 comprises two feet 46 which are integral with the front end of the passage 33 and which are extended by branches 49 of the elastic bar and which are connected to a gripping member 50.
  • Each branch 49 comprises at a point intermediate its length a lug 48 having a ramp 48a and a steep 48b, these lugs being intended to cooperate with holes or housings 52 provided on the wall 35b of the skirt 35.
  • branches 49 Between the branches 49 extend two elastic tongues 55 and 56, one end of which is integral with the gripping member 50.
  • the tongue 55 at its free end on the side facing the tongue 56 has a projection 57 having an inclined ramp 57a connected to an inclined ramp 57d by an edge 57e, a thinned face 57c towards the free end and a face 57b inclined towards the rear from edge 57e.
  • the tongue 56 has a projection 58 with an inclined ramp 58a which forms with the ramp 57a a flared opening, an edge 58e corresponding to the edge 57e, a ramp 58d, the lower face 58c tapering towards the free end , while the upper face 58b tapers towards the rear end.
  • the abrupt 43 is situated at the end of the inclined parts 57d and 58d connected to the tongues 55-56 and when it is desired to uncouple the housing elements 30 and 36, it suffices to tilt the member down.
  • gripping device 50 in order, on the one hand, to release the pins 48 from the holes 52 and, on the other hand, to place the inclined ramps 57b and 58b in line with the rear part 44b of the wing 44, (FIGS. 16 and 17) then pull, relative to each other, the housing elements to separate them, the wing 44 passing over the projections 57 and 58 by means of elastic bending of the tongues 55 and 56. It will be noted that the wing 44 passing over the projections 57 and 58 does not force the tabs 55 and 56 to move away from each other, so that the housings 30 and 36 can be separated without requiring significant effort .

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FR8812265A FR2636785B1 (fr) 1988-09-20 1988-09-20 Perfectionnements aux boitiers de connexions electriques

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