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EP1041683A1
EP1041683A1 EP00400725A EP00400725A EP1041683A1 EP 1041683 A1 EP1041683 A1 EP 1041683A1 EP 00400725 A EP00400725 A EP 00400725A EP 00400725 A EP00400725 A EP 00400725A EP 1041683 A1 EP1041683 A1 EP 1041683A1
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Jacques Nozick
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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
    • H01R13/646—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00 specially adapted for high-frequency, e.g. structures providing an impedance match or phase match
    • H01R13/6461—Means for preventing cross-talk
    • H01R13/6464—Means for preventing cross-talk by adding capacitive elements
    • H01R13/6466—Means for preventing cross-talk by adding capacitive elements on substrates, e.g. printed circuit boards [PCB]
    • 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
    • H01R13/646—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00 specially adapted for high-frequency, e.g. structures providing an impedance match or phase match
    • H01R13/6461—Means for preventing cross-talk
    • H01R13/6467—Means for preventing cross-talk by cross-over of signal conductors
    • 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
    • H01R13/66—Structural association with built-in electrical component
    • H01R13/665—Structural association with built-in electrical component with built-in electronic circuit
    • H01R13/6658—Structural association with built-in electrical component with built-in electronic circuit on printed circuit board
    • 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

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  • the present invention relates to a low voltage male connector intended to be plugged into a low-voltage female connector comprising several flexible pins intended to come into contact with the male connector to establish an electrical contact between them.
  • the type of connector particularly concerned by the present invention is often designated by the term RJ45 which is frequently found in the field of computer, telephone connections, etc. using low voltage currents.
  • the male connector of the RJ45 type is known to receive a cord consisting of four pairs of twisted conductor wires that are fixed on insulation displacement contacts the RJ45 male connector. Therefore, the RJ45 male connector is made with eight insulation displacement contacts each having a point on which a wire respective conductor can be planted so as to incise its insulating sheath to achieve contact with the core of the wire.
  • the RJ45 male connector was designed to receive cables in ply of parallel conductive wires intended to be pierced by the insulation displacement contacts at the same pace. Subsequently, the parallel ribbon conductors due to poor crosstalk between the wires have been replaced by the aforementioned twisted pairs. However, the use of twisted pairs makes the connection of cables much more difficult since the pairs must be placed manually in the RJ45 connector.
  • the electrical contact between the male connector and the female connector fitted with pins flexible contacts can be made directly on the insulated insulation displacement contacts in sheet like conductive wires, or on pins which are electrically connected to insulation displacement contacts and have a contact zone capable of coming into contact with the flexible pins of the female connector.
  • the pitch of the contacts of the male connector must be identical to that of the female connector with standardized intervals (ISO 88 77). If we now want to use pairs whose wires are larger, there is a gap between the insulation displacement contacts and the wires making connection impossible.
  • the contacts since the contacts must have a very tight pitch, it creates inductive couplings which it becomes essential to compensate in terms of crosstalk in judiciously crossing the pins of the male connector which make the connection between the insulation displacement contacts and the flexible pins of the female connector. Therefore, the very design of the RJ45 connector, particularly at the pins which make the contact between the insulation displacement contacts and the pins of the female connector is particularly complicated to carry out and to assemble, which induces a manufacturing cost high.
  • document EP-0 899 833 (D1) describes a jack plug consisting of two nestable boxes and enclosing a blade support on which eight blades are mounted. At one of their ends, the blades form contacts at the level of the case, while at their other ends on the side of the case, they form insulation displacement contacts (CAD).
  • CAD insulation displacement contacts
  • document EP-0 901 201 (D2) describes a connector in which a printed circuit board has pins with insulation displacement contacts (CAD).
  • the printed circuit is further provided with contact pins on which the electrical contact is made.
  • the circuit serves as conductive tracks making it possible to reduce the crosstalk, but no electrical contacts.
  • the connector in document D1 is a connector male with rigid contacts
  • the connector in document D2 is a connector female with soft contacts.
  • the object of the present invention is to overcome the drawbacks of the prior art above by defining a low voltage male connector with reduced inductive coupling, can accommodate son of relatively large section and whose realization is extremely simple.
  • the present invention provides a low voltage male connector intended to be plugged into a low voltage female connector comprising several flexible pins intended to come into contact with said male connector to establish a electrical contact between them, said male connector comprising contacts insulation displacement devices intended to each receive a conductive wire, the electrical connection between the flexible pins of the female connector and the insulation displacement contacts being produced by a printed circuit comprising conductive tracks each connecting a insulation displacement contact to a respective pin. Electrical contact with pins flexible connector female is therefore established directly on the printed circuit, and not not on added pins, as is the case in document EP-0 901 201.
  • a printed circuit is particularly advantageous because it allows a easy crossing of the conductive tracks which are conventionally produced in a RJ45 connector by crossing the contact pins of the male connector.
  • the crossings of tracks can simply be carried out by means of via passing the tracks from one conductive plane to another on the printed circuit.
  • inductive couplings are created which are can easily compensate for a crosstalk term using an improved circuit by providing inductive and capacitive elements which allow to compensate for the crosstalk.
  • the printed circuit therefore offers the advantage of being able to easily cross the tracks and to be able to easily produce elements allowing the compensation of inductive coupling.
  • the printed circuit can serve as a support for fixing the contacts. self-stripping. Thus, it is easy to distribute the insulation displacement contacts on the circuit printed to facilitate wiring.
  • the printed circuit includes contact areas intended to come into contact with sliding with the flexible pins as you plug the male connector into the female connector whose flexible pins flex and change orientation, said zones being provided on a rounded or bent part of the printed circuit.
  • the printed circuit advantageously serves as an electrical contact point with the pins flexible female connector.
  • the point of contact of the female pins with the contact areas of the male connector either rounded to offer a quality of surface reducing abrasion. Therefore, the point contact of the flexible pins of the female connector moves when plugged into this rounded surface defined by the contact zones of the printed circuit.
  • the printed circuit comprises a substrate rigid, said rounded part being formed on an edge of said substrate, for example by forming or stamping.
  • the printed circuit comprises a rigid substrate, said bent part being produced by folding the substrate substantially at a level edge.
  • the rigid substrate of the printed circuit does not fulfill only a function electric, but also a mechanical sliding contact function.
  • the printed circuit comprises a substrate rigid and a flexible sheet, said rounded or bent part being produced by a curvature of said flexible sheet.
  • a curvature of said flexible sheet we use the flexibility of the sheet to create this rounded part.
  • the flexible sheet comprises an additional track in contact electrical with a ground continuity element intended to come into electrical contact with a ground terminal located in the female connector.
  • the printed circuit is provided at the level of said contact areas of a guide member, advantageously in the form of a comb, serving to guide the flexible pins on said contact zones.
  • a guide member advantageously in the form of a comb, serving to guide the flexible pins on said contact zones.
  • said guide member is preferably electrically insulating for avoid any short circuit between the male connector housing and the flexible pins of female connector contact.
  • the low voltage male connector which will now be described is a connector RJ 45 type.
  • the particular design of this connector should not be considered restrictive, but on the contrary can undergo many variants without going out of the scope of the invention.
  • the connector shown in Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 has a structure general substantially identical. It basically consists of five elements components, namely a body 1, an insulation displacement contact support 2, a plate printed circuit 3, an organizer cover 4 and a ground continuity bracket 5.
  • the body 1 which is generally made of molded plastic material, comprises a frame 10 and a plugging appendage 11 intended to be inserted in the female connector correspondent in which it is held by snap-fastening using a tab flexible latching 12.
  • the frame 10 defines an interior space in which are arranged the printed circuit board 3 and the insulation displacement contact support 2.
  • the frame 1 is closed by means of the organizer cover 4 whose function is the spatial distribution conductor wires of the connection cable. Indeed, to facilitate the insertion of the wires conductors in the respective insulation displacement contacts 21, this cover is used which is designed to hold the conductive wires of the cable in a spatial distribution allowing their insertion into the slots of the insulation displacement contacts 21.
  • the operator responsible for the wiring begins by arranging the wires individually in the organizer cover.
  • the printed circuit board 3 and the support of insulation displacement contacts 2 are already mounted inside the frame 10 and it then suffices to put the cover 4 in place and push to make the incision of the conductive wires to inside the slots of the insulation displacement contacts 21.
  • the frame contains the insulation displacement contact support 2 and part of the printed circuit 3, in this case the widest part 334 while the most 35 part narrow extends inside the plug-in appendix 11.
  • An advantageous characteristic of the invention resides in the fact of using a printed circuit board 2 for making the electrical connection between the contacts insulation displacement21 and flexible contact pins (shown schematically in 6) of the female connector.
  • a printed circuit board 2 for making the electrical connection between the contacts insulation displacement21 and flexible contact pins (shown schematically in 6) of the female connector.
  • the zones contact 331 of the male connector intended to come into electrical contact with the flexible pins 6 of the female connector are located at the lower end of the plug-in appendix 11, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2.
  • These areas of contact 331 (fig. 1a) are aligned side by side, generally eight in number, corresponding to those of the flexible pins of the female connector.
  • a printed circuit board 3 is used here according to the invention for making this electrical connection.
  • the printed circuit board 3 comprises several conductive tracks 335, generally eight in number, which respectively connect a insulation displacement contact 21 to a flexible pin 6 of the female connector.
  • the printed circuit board 3 which is presented here under the shape of a rigid substrate 30, is produced with connection holes 32 in which are housed contact pads 22 advantageously made so monobloc with insulation displacement contacts 21.
  • the contact support insulation displacement 2 includes a molded plastic structure 20 through which extend the insulation displacement contacts 21 which end with the contact pads 22 which protrude on the opposite side of the structure 20 so that they can be inserted into the connection holes 32 formed in the printed circuit board 3.
  • a simple electrical contact is made between the insulation displacement contacts 21 and the plate printed circuit board 3.
  • the edge 33 of the printed circuit board 3 is made in a rounded manner as can be better to see it on figure la and figure 4. It is precisely in this rounded part of the printed circuit board 3 that are located the contact areas 331 intended for come into contact with flexible pins 6 of the female connector.
  • the flexible pins of the female connector undergo a flexing which has the effect of changing their spatial orientation and therefore their point of contact with the connector contact area male.
  • a printed circuit board 3 to make the electrical connection between the insulation displacement contacts 21 and the flexible pins 6 of the female connector has several advantages: first, it is easy to make electrical contact between the insulation displacement contacts 21 and the printed circuit board 3 due to its extended area. Second, it is easy to make conductive tracks in the printed circuit 3 which meet the crosstalk requirements by providing elements capacitive and inductive in the printed circuit and using via to effect crossings of conductive tracks. Third, one can directly use the printed circuit board with its rounded profile at its edge 33 for create contact areas that perfectly meet the requirements related to changes in orientation of the flexible pins of the female connector during insertion of the male connector.
  • the contact areas 331 are made in a rounded part of the edge 33 of the printed circuit board. Rounding can be achieved by any technique such as forming or stamping.
  • the male connector shown differs from that of FIG. 4 in that the contact zones 331 are situated on a curved part or cubit of the printed circuit 3.
  • This embodiment is completely equivalent to that of FIG. 4 in that the edge of the printed circuit 3 forms a contact surface allowing continuous contact of the flexible pins 6 when they are changed of orientation.
  • the printed circuit is not simply consisting of a rigid substrate as is the case in the embodiments of the Figures 4 and 5, but it is further supplemented by a flexible thin sheet 35 which together with the substrate 30 forms the printed circuit board.
  • the rigid substrate 30 is entirely contained inside the frame 10 of the body 1 while the flexible sheet 35 extends from the frame 10 inside the appendix of the display 11.
  • the contact areas 331 are here defined at an elbow 33 of the flexible sheet 35 produced by folding on herself. We use here the flexibility of the sheet 35 to achieve the rounded part defining the contact areas.
  • the sheet 35 extends beyond the elbow 3 to come into contact with the ground continuity cage 5 also shown in the Figures 1 and 2.
  • the plugging appendage 11 is provided with an elastic tab 15 which presses the sheet 35 against a wall of the earth continuity cage 5.
  • the flexible sheet 3 is formed with an additional track whose contact zone extends up to the part of the sheet wedged between the tab 15 and the cage 5.
  • FIG. 7 shows the connector according to the invention from above, we see that the plug-in appendix 11 is provided with a part 13 which realizes a guide comb 14 which separates the contact zones and which makes it possible to guide the flexible pins 6 of the female connector on the contact areas 331 of the plate printed circuit 3.
  • the body 1, and possibly the organizer cover 4 are made of metal or metallized plastic, it is advantageous and even necessary to make the comb 14 in non-metallized plastic in order to avoid any short circuit between the body 1 and the female connector when plugging in.

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Abstract

Connecteur mâle basse tension destiné à s'enficher dans un connecteur femelle basse tension comprenant plusieurs broches souples destinées à venir en contact avec ledit connecteur mâle pour établir un contact électrique entre eux, ledit connecteur mâle comprenant des contacts autodénudants destinés à recevoir chacun un fil conducteur, caractérisé en ce que la connexion électrique entre les broches souples du connecteur femelle et les contacts autodénudants est réalisée par un circuit imprimé comprenant des pistes conductrices reliant chacune un contact autodénudant à une broche respective. <IMAGE>Low voltage male connector intended to be plugged into a low voltage female connector comprising several flexible pins intended to come into contact with said male connector to establish an electrical contact therebetween, said male connector comprising insulation-displacement contacts intended to each receive a conductive wire , characterized in that the electrical connection between the flexible pins of the female connector and the insulation displacement contacts is made by a printed circuit comprising conductive tracks each connecting a insulation displacement contact to a respective pin. <IMAGE>

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La présente invention concerne un connecteur mâle basse tension destinée à être enfiché dans un connecteur femelle basse tension comprenant plusieurs broches souples destinées à venir en contact avec le connecteur mâle pour établir un contact électrique entre eux. Le type de connecteur particulièrement concerné par la présente invention est souvent désigné par le terme RJ45 que l'on retrouve fréquemment dans le domaine de la connectique informatique, téléphonique, etc. utilisant des courants basse tension.The present invention relates to a low voltage male connector intended to be plugged into a low-voltage female connector comprising several flexible pins intended to come into contact with the male connector to establish an electrical contact between them. The type of connector particularly concerned by the present invention is often designated by the term RJ45 which is frequently found in the field of computer, telephone connections, etc. using low voltage currents.

Le connecteur mâle du type RJ45 est connu pour recevoir un cordon constitué de quatre paire de fils conducteurs torsadés que l'on fixe sur des contacts autodénudants respectifs du connecteur mâle RJ45. Par conséquent, le connecteur mâle RJ45 est réalisé avec huit contacts autodénudants présentant chacun une pointe sur laquelle un fil conducteur respectif peut être planté de manière à inciser sa gaine isolante pour réaliser un contact avec l'âme du fil.The male connector of the RJ45 type is known to receive a cord consisting of four pairs of twisted conductor wires that are fixed on insulation displacement contacts the RJ45 male connector. Therefore, the RJ45 male connector is made with eight insulation displacement contacts each having a point on which a wire respective conductor can be planted so as to incise its insulating sheath to achieve contact with the core of the wire.

A l'origine, le connecteur mâle RJ45 a été conçu pour recevoir des câbles en nappe de fils conducteurs parallèles destinés à être percés par les contacts autodénudants du même pas. Par la suite, les conducteurs parallèles en nappe en raison de la mauvaise diaphonie entre les fils ont été remplacés par des paires torsadées susmentionnées. Toutefois, l'utilisation de paires torsadés rend la connexion des câbles beaucoup plus difficiles puisqu'il faut placer manuellement les paires dans le connecteur RJ45. Le contact électrique entre le connecteur mâle et le connecteur femelle équipé de broches souples de contact peut être réalisé directement sur les contacts autodénudants alignés en nappe comme les fils conducteurs, ou sur des broches qui sont reliées électriquement au contacts autodénudants et présentent une zone de contact apte à venir en contact avec les broches souples du connecteur femelle. Dans le premier cas où le contact s'effectue directement sur les contacts autodénudants alignés en nappe, le pas des contacts du connecteur mâle doit être identique à celui du connecteur femelle avec des intervalles normalisés (ISO 88 77). Si l'on veut maintenant utiliser des paires dont les fils sont plus gros, il se produit un décalage entre les contacts autodénudants et les fils rendant impossible la connexion.Originally, the RJ45 male connector was designed to receive cables in ply of parallel conductive wires intended to be pierced by the insulation displacement contacts at the same pace. Subsequently, the parallel ribbon conductors due to poor crosstalk between the wires have been replaced by the aforementioned twisted pairs. However, the use of twisted pairs makes the connection of cables much more difficult since the pairs must be placed manually in the RJ45 connector. The electrical contact between the male connector and the female connector fitted with pins flexible contacts can be made directly on the insulated insulation displacement contacts in sheet like conductive wires, or on pins which are electrically connected to insulation displacement contacts and have a contact zone capable of coming into contact with the flexible pins of the female connector. In the first case where the contact is carried out directly on the insulation displacement contacts aligned in sheet, the pitch of the contacts of the male connector must be identical to that of the female connector with standardized intervals (ISO 88 77). If we now want to use pairs whose wires are larger, there is a gap between the insulation displacement contacts and the wires making connection impossible.

En outre, puisque les contacts doivent avoir un pas très serré, il se crée des couplages inductifs qu'il devient indispensable de compenser en terme de diaphonie en croisant judicieusement les broches du connecteur mâle qui font la connexion entre les contacts autodénudants et les broches souples du connecteur femelle. Par conséquent, la conception même du connecteur RJ45 particulièrement au niveau des broches qui font le contact entre les contacts autodénudants et les broches du connecteur femelle est particulièrement compliqué à réaliser et à monter, ce qui induit un coût de fabrication élevée.In addition, since the contacts must have a very tight pitch, it creates inductive couplings which it becomes essential to compensate in terms of crosstalk in judiciously crossing the pins of the male connector which make the connection between the insulation displacement contacts and the flexible pins of the female connector. Therefore, the very design of the RJ45 connector, particularly at the pins which make the contact between the insulation displacement contacts and the pins of the female connector is particularly complicated to carry out and to assemble, which induces a manufacturing cost high.

Dans l'art antérieur, le document EP-0 899 833 (D1) décrit une fiche jack constituée de deux boítiers emboítables et renfermant un support de lames sur lequel sont montées huit lames. A une de leurs extrémités, les lames forment des contacts au niveau du boítier, alors qu'à leurs autres extrémités du côté du boítier, elles forment des contacts autodénudants (CAD).In the prior art, document EP-0 899 833 (D1) describes a jack plug consisting of two nestable boxes and enclosing a blade support on which eight blades are mounted. At one of their ends, the blades form contacts at the level of the case, while at their other ends on the side of the case, they form insulation displacement contacts (CAD).

Il n'y a pas de circuit imprimé dans cette fiche. La connexion électrique est entièrement réalisée par les lames.There is no printed circuit in this sheet. The electrical connection is entirely carried out by the blades.

D'autre part, le document EP-0 901 201 (D2) décrit un connecteur dans lequel une plaque de circuit imprimé est pourvue de broches à contacts autodénudants (CAD).On the other hand, document EP-0 901 201 (D2) describes a connector in which a printed circuit board has pins with insulation displacement contacts (CAD).

Le circuit imprimé est en outre pourvu de broches de contact sur lesquelles le contact électrique est pris.The printed circuit is further provided with contact pins on which the electrical contact is made.

Dans ce connecteur, le circuit sert de pistes conductrices permettant de réduire la diaphonie, mais pas de contacts électriques.In this connector, the circuit serves as conductive tracks making it possible to reduce the crosstalk, but no electrical contacts.

En outre, il est à noter que le connecteur dans le document D1 est un connecteur mâle à contacts rigides, alors que le connecteur dans le document D2 est un connecteur femelle à contacts souples.In addition, it should be noted that the connector in document D1 is a connector male with rigid contacts, whereas the connector in document D2 is a connector female with soft contacts.

La présente invention a pour but de pallier aux inconvénients de l'art antérieur précité en définissant un connecteur mâle basse tension à couplage inductif réduit, pouvant accueillir des fils de section relativement grande et dont la réalisation est extrêmement simple.The object of the present invention is to overcome the drawbacks of the prior art above by defining a low voltage male connector with reduced inductive coupling, can accommodate son of relatively large section and whose realization is extremely simple.

Pour ce faire, la présente invention propose un connecteur mâle basse tension destiné à s'enficher dans un connecteur femelle basse tension comprenant plusieurs broches souples destinées à venir en contact avec ledit connecteur mâle pour établir un contact électrique entre eux, ledit connecteur mâle comprenant des contacts autodénudants destinés à recevoir chacun un fil conducteur, la connexion électrique entre les broches souples du connecteur femelle et les contacts autodénudants étant réalisée par un circuit imprimé comprenant des pistes conductrices reliant chacune un contact autodénudant à une broche respective. Le contact électrique avec les broches souples du connecteur femelle est donc établi directement sur le circuit imprimé, et non pas sur des broches rapportées, comme c'est le cas dans le document EP-0 901 201. L'utilisation d'un circuit imprimé est particulièrement avantageux car il permet un croisement aisé des pistes conductrices qui sont conventionnellement réalisés dans un connecteur RJ45 par le croisement des broches de contact du connecteur mâle. Dans un circuit imprimé, les croisements de pistes peuvent simplement être réalisés au moyen de via faisant passer les pistes d'un plan conducteur à l'autre du circuit imprimé. En outre, étant donné que les contacts sont très serrés, il se crée des couplages inductifs que l'on peut aisément compenser un terme de diaphonie au moyen d'un circuit amélioré en prévoyant des éléments inductifs et capacitifs permettant justement de compenser la diaphonie. Le circuit imprimé offre donc l'avantage de pouvoir aisément croiser les pistes et de pouvoir aisément réaliser des éléments permettant la compensation de couplage inductif.To do this, the present invention provides a low voltage male connector intended to be plugged into a low voltage female connector comprising several flexible pins intended to come into contact with said male connector to establish a electrical contact between them, said male connector comprising contacts insulation displacement devices intended to each receive a conductive wire, the electrical connection between the flexible pins of the female connector and the insulation displacement contacts being produced by a printed circuit comprising conductive tracks each connecting a insulation displacement contact to a respective pin. Electrical contact with pins flexible connector female is therefore established directly on the printed circuit, and not not on added pins, as is the case in document EP-0 901 201. The use of a printed circuit is particularly advantageous because it allows a easy crossing of the conductive tracks which are conventionally produced in a RJ45 connector by crossing the contact pins of the male connector. In one printed circuit, the crossings of tracks can simply be carried out by means of via passing the tracks from one conductive plane to another on the printed circuit. In addition, since the contacts are very tight, inductive couplings are created which are can easily compensate for a crosstalk term using an improved circuit by providing inductive and capacitive elements which allow to compensate for the crosstalk. The printed circuit therefore offers the advantage of being able to easily cross the tracks and to be able to easily produce elements allowing the compensation of inductive coupling.

En outre, le circuit imprimé peut servir de support pour la fixation des contacts autodénudants. Ainsi, il est aisé de répartir les contacts autodénudants sur le circuit imprimé de manière à faciliter le câblage.In addition, the printed circuit can serve as a support for fixing the contacts. self-stripping. Thus, it is easy to distribute the insulation displacement contacts on the circuit printed to facilitate wiring.

Selon une caractéristique particulièrement intéressante de la présente invention, le circuit imprimé comprend des zones de contact destinées à venir en contact de glissement avec les broches souples à mesure que l'on enfiche le connecteur mâle dans le connecteur femelle dont les broches souples fléchissent et changent d'orientation, lesdites zones étant prévues sur une partie arrondie ou coudée du circuit imprimé. Ainsi, le circuit imprimé sert avantageusement de point de contact électrique avec les broches souple du connecteur femelle. Il faut savoir que les broches souples du connecteur femelle effectuent un changement d'orientation dans l'espace de l'ordre de 15° lors de l'enfichage du connecteur mâle pour assurer un contact électrique par une action mécanique élastique des broches femelle sur les zones de contacts du connecteur mâle. Ainsi, le point de contact entre les broches du connecteur femelle et les zones de contact du connecteur mâle est un contact glissant. Afin d'éviter que les broches ne s'usent par frottement en raison des connexions répétées, il est préférable voire nécessaire que le point de contact des broches femelle avec les zones de contact du connecteur mâle soit arrondi pour offrir une qualité de surface réduisant l'abrasion. Par conséquent, le point de contact des broches souples du connecteur femelle se déplace lors de l'enfichage sur cette surface arrondie définie par les zones de con tact du circuit imprimé. En prévoyant directement ces zones de contact arrondies au niveau du circuit imprimé, on élimine une pièce supplémentaire réalisant cette fonction. According to a particularly advantageous characteristic of the present invention, the printed circuit includes contact areas intended to come into contact with sliding with the flexible pins as you plug the male connector into the female connector whose flexible pins flex and change orientation, said zones being provided on a rounded or bent part of the printed circuit. So, the printed circuit advantageously serves as an electrical contact point with the pins flexible female connector. You should know that the flexible pins of the connector female make a change of orientation in space of the order of 15 ° when plugging in the male connector to ensure electrical contact by an action elastic mechanics of the female pins on the contact areas of the male connector. Thus, the point of contact between the pins of the female connector and the contact areas of the male connector is a sliding contact. To prevent the pins from wearing out friction due to repeated connections, it is preferable or even necessary that the point of contact of the female pins with the contact areas of the male connector either rounded to offer a quality of surface reducing abrasion. Therefore, the point contact of the flexible pins of the female connector moves when plugged into this rounded surface defined by the contact zones of the printed circuit. By planning directly these rounded contact areas at the level of the printed circuit, we eliminate an additional part performing this function.

Selon une première forme de réalisation, le circuit imprimé comprend un substrat rigide, ladite partie arrondie étant réalisée sur un bord dudit substrat, par exemple par formage ou estampage. En variante, le circuit imprimé comprend un substrat rigide, ladite partie coudée étant réalisée par pliage du substrat sensiblement au niveau d'un bord. Le substrat rigide du circuit imprimé ne remplit alors pas qu'une fonction électrique, mais également une fonction mécanique de contact de glissement.According to a first embodiment, the printed circuit comprises a substrate rigid, said rounded part being formed on an edge of said substrate, for example by forming or stamping. As a variant, the printed circuit comprises a rigid substrate, said bent part being produced by folding the substrate substantially at a level edge. The rigid substrate of the printed circuit does not fulfill only a function electric, but also a mechanical sliding contact function.

Selon une autre forme de réalisation, le circuit imprimé comprend un substrat rigide et une feuille souple, ladite partie arrondie ou coudée étant réalisée par une courbure de ladite feuille souple. On se sert ici de la souplesse de la feuille pour créer cette partie arrondie.According to another embodiment, the printed circuit comprises a substrate rigid and a flexible sheet, said rounded or bent part being produced by a curvature of said flexible sheet. Here we use the flexibility of the sheet to create this rounded part.

Avantageusement, la feuille souple comprend une piste additionnelle en contact électrique avec un élément de continuité de masse destinée à venir en contact électrique avec une borne de masse située dans le connecteur femelle.Advantageously, the flexible sheet comprises an additional track in contact electrical with a ground continuity element intended to come into electrical contact with a ground terminal located in the female connector.

Selon une autre caractéristique, le circuit imprimé est pourvu au niveau desdites zones de contact d'un organe de guidage, avantageusement sous la forme d'un peigne, servant à guider les broches souples sur lesdites zones de contact. Et dans le cas où le connecteur mâle comprend un boítier métallique ou métallisé permettant un blindage du connecteur, ledit organe de guidage est de préférence électriquement isolant pour éviter tout court-circuit entre le boítier du connecteur mâle et les broches souples de contact du connecteur femelle.According to another characteristic, the printed circuit is provided at the level of said contact areas of a guide member, advantageously in the form of a comb, serving to guide the flexible pins on said contact zones. And in case the male connector includes a metallic or metallized housing allowing shielding of the connector, said guide member is preferably electrically insulating for avoid any short circuit between the male connector housing and the flexible pins of female connector contact.

L'invention sera maintenant plus amplement décrite en référence aux dessins joints donnant à titre d'exemple non limitatif plusieurs modes de réalisation de la présente invention.The invention will now be described more fully with reference to the drawings. joints giving by way of nonlimiting example several embodiments of the present invention.

Sur les dessins :

  • la figure 1 est une vue éclatée en perspective d'un connecteur mâle basse tension selon l'invention,
  • la figure la est une vue agrandie d'un détail de la figure 1,
  • la figure 2 est une autre vue éclatée en perspective du connecteur de la figure 1 ,
  • la figure 3 est une vue en perspective d'un connecteur selon l'invention à l'état monté,
  • la figure 4 est une vue en section transversale à travers le connecteur des figures 1 à 3,
  • la figure 5 est une vue en section transversale à travers un connecteur réalisé selon une deuxième forme de réalisation de l'invention,
  • la figure 6 est une vue en section transversale à travers un connecteur un troisième mode de réalisation de l'invention, et
  • la figure 7 est une vue de dessous d'un connecteur selon l'invention.
In the drawings:
  • FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a low voltage male connector according to the invention,
  • FIG. 1a is an enlarged view of a detail of FIG. 1,
  • FIG. 2 is another exploded perspective view of the connector of FIG. 1,
  • FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a connector according to the invention in the assembled state,
  • FIG. 4 is a view in cross section through the connector of FIGS. 1 to 3,
  • FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view through a connector produced according to a second embodiment of the invention,
  • FIG. 6 is a cross-section view through a connector of a third embodiment of the invention, and
  • Figure 7 is a bottom view of a connector according to the invention.

Le connecteur mâle basse tension qui va maintenant être décrit est un connecteur du type RJ 45. La conception particulière de ce connecteur ne doit pas être considérée limitative, mais au contraire peut subir de nombreuses variantes sans pour autant sortir du cadre de l'invention.The low voltage male connector which will now be described is a connector RJ 45 type. The particular design of this connector should not be considered restrictive, but on the contrary can undergo many variants without going out of the scope of the invention.

Le connecteur représenté sur les figures 1, 2 , 3, 4, 5, 6 et 7 présente une structure générale sensiblement identique. Il est constitué essentiellement de cinq éléments constitutifs, à savoir un corps 1, un support de contact autodénudant 2, une plaque de circuit imprimé 3, un capot organisateur 4 et un étrier de continuité de masse 5.The connector shown in Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 has a structure general substantially identical. It basically consists of five elements components, namely a body 1, an insulation displacement contact support 2, a plate printed circuit 3, an organizer cover 4 and a ground continuity bracket 5.

Le corps 1 qui est en général réalisé en matériau plastique moulé, comprend un bâti 10 et un appendice d'enfichage 11 destiné à être enfiché dans le connecteur femelle correspondant dans lequel il est maintenu par encliquetage à l'aide d'une languette souple d'encliquetage 12. Le bâti 10 définit un espace intérieur dans lequel sont disposés la plaque de circuit imprimé 3 et le support de contact autodénudant 2. Le bâti 1 est fermé au moyen du couvercle organisateur 4 dont la fonction est la répartition spatiale des fils conducteurs du câble de raccordement. En effet, pour faciliter l'insertion des fils conducteurs dans les contacts autodénudants 21 respectifs, on se sert de ce capot qui est conçu pour maintenir les fils conducteurs du câble selon une distribution spatiale permettant leur insertion dans les fentes des contacts autodénudants 21. Ainsi, l'opérateur chargé du câblage commence d'abord par disposer les fils individuellement dans le capot organisateur. A l'état monté, la plaque de circuit imprimé 3 et le support de contacts autodénudants 2 sont déjà montés à l'intérieur du bâti 10 et il suffit alors de mettre le capot 4 en place et de pousser pour réaliser l'incision des fils conducteurs à l'intérieur des fentes des contacts autodénudants 21. A l'état monté représenté sur la figure 3, le bâti contient le support de contact autodénudant 2 et une partie de plaque de circuit imprimé 3, en l'occurrence la partie 334 la plus large alors que la partie 35 plus étroite s'étend à l'intérieur de l'appendice d'enfichage 11. The body 1 which is generally made of molded plastic material, comprises a frame 10 and a plugging appendage 11 intended to be inserted in the female connector correspondent in which it is held by snap-fastening using a tab flexible latching 12. The frame 10 defines an interior space in which are arranged the printed circuit board 3 and the insulation displacement contact support 2. The frame 1 is closed by means of the organizer cover 4 whose function is the spatial distribution conductor wires of the connection cable. Indeed, to facilitate the insertion of the wires conductors in the respective insulation displacement contacts 21, this cover is used which is designed to hold the conductive wires of the cable in a spatial distribution allowing their insertion into the slots of the insulation displacement contacts 21. Thus, the operator responsible for the wiring begins by arranging the wires individually in the organizer cover. In the assembled state, the printed circuit board 3 and the support of insulation displacement contacts 2 are already mounted inside the frame 10 and it then suffices to put the cover 4 in place and push to make the incision of the conductive wires to inside the slots of the insulation displacement contacts 21. In the assembled state shown in the Figure 3, the frame contains the insulation displacement contact support 2 and part of the printed circuit 3, in this case the widest part 334 while the most 35 part narrow extends inside the plug-in appendix 11.

Une caractéristique intéressante de l'invention réside dans le fait d'utiliser une plaque de circuit imprimé 2 pour réaliser la liaison électrique entre les contacts autodénudants21 et les broches souples de contact (représentées schématiquement en 6) du connecteur femelle. En effet, comme dans un connecteur RJ45 classique, les zones de contact 331 du connecteur mâle destinées à venir en contact électrique avec les broches souples 6 du connecteur femelle sont situées à l'extrémité inférieure de l'appendice de l'enfichage 11, tel que représenté sur les figures 1 et 2. Ces zones de contact 331 (fig. 1a) sont alignées côte à côte, généralement au nombre de huit, correspondant à celles des broches souples du connecteur femelle.An advantageous characteristic of the invention resides in the fact of using a printed circuit board 2 for making the electrical connection between the contacts insulation displacement21 and flexible contact pins (shown schematically in 6) of the female connector. Indeed, as in a classic RJ45 connector, the zones contact 331 of the male connector intended to come into electrical contact with the flexible pins 6 of the female connector are located at the lower end of the plug-in appendix 11, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. These areas of contact 331 (fig. 1a) are aligned side by side, generally eight in number, corresponding to those of the flexible pins of the female connector.

Alors que dans l'art antérieur, on utilise des broches pour réaliser la liaison électrique entre les contacts autodénudants 21 et les broches souples 6 dudit connecteur femelle, on utilise ici selon l'invention une plaque de circuit imprimé 3 pour réaliser cette liaison électrique. Pour cela, la plaque de circuit imprimé 3 comprend plusieurs pistes conductrices 335, généralement au nombre de huit, qui relient respectivement un contact autodénudant 21 à une broche souple 6 du connecteur femelle. Comme on peut le voir clairement sur la figure 1, la plaque de circuit imprimé 3 qui se présente ici sous la forme d'un substrat rigide 30, est réalisée avec des trous de connexion 32 dans lesquels viennent se loger des plots de contact 22 réalisés avantageusement de manière monobloc avec les contacts autodénudants 21. En pratique, le support de contacts autodénudants 2 comprend une structure 20 en plastique moulé à travers laquelle s'étendent les contacts autodénudants 21 qui se terminent par les plots de contact 22 qui font saillie sur la face opposée de la structure 20 de manière à pouvoir être insérés dans les trous de connexion 32 ménagés dans la plaque de circuit imprimé 3. Ainsi, un contact électrique simple est réalisé entre les contacts autodénudants 21 et la plaque de circuit imprimé 3. En outre, en raison de la surface relativement importante de la plaque de circuit imprimé 3, il est plus facile d'organiser spatialement la distribution des contacts autodénudants 21 de manière à faciliter le câblage au moyen du capot organisateur 4.Whereas in the prior art, pins are used to make the connection electric between the insulation displacement contacts 21 and the flexible pins 6 of said connector female, a printed circuit board 3 is used here according to the invention for making this electrical connection. For this, the printed circuit board 3 comprises several conductive tracks 335, generally eight in number, which respectively connect a insulation displacement contact 21 to a flexible pin 6 of the female connector. As we can see clearly in Figure 1, the printed circuit board 3 which is presented here under the shape of a rigid substrate 30, is produced with connection holes 32 in which are housed contact pads 22 advantageously made so monobloc with insulation displacement contacts 21. In practice, the contact support insulation displacement 2 includes a molded plastic structure 20 through which extend the insulation displacement contacts 21 which end with the contact pads 22 which protrude on the opposite side of the structure 20 so that they can be inserted into the connection holes 32 formed in the printed circuit board 3. Thus, a simple electrical contact is made between the insulation displacement contacts 21 and the plate printed circuit board 3. In addition, due to the relatively large surface area of the plate circuit board 3, it's easier to spatially organize the distribution of insulation displacement contacts 21 so as to facilitate wiring by means of the cover organizer 4.

Selon une autre caractéristique particulièrement intéressante de l'invention, le bord 33 de la plaque de circuit imprimé 3 est réalisé de manière arrondie comme on peut mieux le voir sur la figure la et la figure 4. C'est précisément dans cette partie arrondie de la plaque de circuit imprimé 3 que sont situées les zones de contact 331 destinées à venir en contact avec des broches souples 6 du connecteur femelle. Comme cela a été décrit précédemment, lors de l'enfichage du connecteur mâle, les broches souples du connecteur femelle subissent un fléchissement qui a pour effet de changer leur orientation spatiale et donc leur point de contact avec la zone de contact du connecteur mâle. En réalisant les zones de contact sur la partie arrondie, les broches souples du connecteur femelle peuvent glisser pratiquement sans frottement sur les zones de contact, ce qui retarde l'usure des connecteurs.According to another particularly advantageous characteristic of the invention, the edge 33 of the printed circuit board 3 is made in a rounded manner as can be better to see it on figure la and figure 4. It is precisely in this rounded part of the printed circuit board 3 that are located the contact areas 331 intended for come into contact with flexible pins 6 of the female connector. As has been described above, when plugging in the male connector, the flexible pins of the female connector undergo a flexing which has the effect of changing their spatial orientation and therefore their point of contact with the connector contact area male. By making the contact areas on the rounded part, the flexible pins of the female connector can slide practically without friction on the areas of contact, which delays the wear of the connectors.

L'utilisation d'une plaque de circuit imprimé 3 pour réaliser la liaison électrique entre les contacts autodénudants 21 et les broches souples 6 du connecteur femelle présente plusieurs avantages : premièrement, il est facile d'établir un contact électrique entre les contacts autodénudants 21 et la plaque de circuit imprimé 3 en raison de sa surface étendue. Deuxièmement, il est facile de réaliser des pistes conductrices dans le circuit imprimé 3 qui répondent aux exigences de diaphonie en prévoyant des éléments capacitifs et inductifs dans le circuit imprimé et en utilisant des via pour effecteur des croisements de pistes conductrices. Troisièmement, on peut directement se servir de la plaque de circuit imprimé grâce à son profil arrondi au niveau de son bord 33 pour réaliser des zones de contacts qui répondent parfaitement aux exigences liées aux changements d'orientation des broches souples du connecteur femelle lors de l'enfichage du connecteur mâle.The use of a printed circuit board 3 to make the electrical connection between the insulation displacement contacts 21 and the flexible pins 6 of the female connector has several advantages: first, it is easy to make electrical contact between the insulation displacement contacts 21 and the printed circuit board 3 due to its extended area. Second, it is easy to make conductive tracks in the printed circuit 3 which meet the crosstalk requirements by providing elements capacitive and inductive in the printed circuit and using via to effect crossings of conductive tracks. Third, one can directly use the printed circuit board with its rounded profile at its edge 33 for create contact areas that perfectly meet the requirements related to changes in orientation of the flexible pins of the female connector during insertion of the male connector.

Dans la forme de réalisation des figures 1, 2 et 4, les zones de contact 331 sont réalisés dans une partie arrondie du bord 33 de la plaque de circuit imprimé. L'arrondi peut être réalisé par n'importe quelle technique comme le formage ou l'estampage.In the embodiment of FIGS. 1, 2 and 4, the contact areas 331 are made in a rounded part of the edge 33 of the printed circuit board. Rounding can be achieved by any technique such as forming or stamping.

En se référant maintenant à la figure 5, le connecteur mâle représenté diffère de celui de la figure 4 en ce que les zones de contact 331 sont situés sur une partie courbée ou coudée du circuit imprimé 3. Cette forme de réalisation est totalement équivalente de celle de la figure 4 en ce que le bord du circuit imprimé 3 forme une surface de contact permettant un contact continu des broches souples 6 lors de leur changement d'orientation.Referring now to Figure 5, the male connector shown differs from that of FIG. 4 in that the contact zones 331 are situated on a curved part or cubit of the printed circuit 3. This embodiment is completely equivalent to that of FIG. 4 in that the edge of the printed circuit 3 forms a contact surface allowing continuous contact of the flexible pins 6 when they are changed of orientation.

On peut maintenant à se référer à la figure 6 qui montre une troisième forme de réalisation du circuit imprimé 3. Dans ce cas, le circuit imprimé n'est pas simplement constitué d'un substrat rigide comme c'est le cas dans les formes de réalisation des figures 4 et 5, mais il est en outre complété par une feuille mince souple 35 qui ensemble avec le substrat 30 forme la plaque de circuit imprimé. Le substrat rigide 30 est entièrement contenue à l'intérieur du bâti 10 du corps 1 alors que la feuille souple 35 s'étend du bâti 10 à l'intérieur de l'appendice de l'affichage 11. Les zones de contact 331 sont ici définie au niveau d'un coude 33 de la feuille souple 35 réalisée par pliage sur elle-même. On se sert ici de la souplesse de la feuille 35 pour réaliser la partie arrondie définissant les zones de contact. En outre, la feuille 35 s'étend au-delà du coude 3 pour venir en contact de la cage de continuité de masse 5 également représentée sur les figures 1 et 2. Pour maintenir la feuille en contact avec la cage de continuité de masse, l'appendice d'enfichage 11 est pourvu d'une patte élastique 15 qui presse la feuille 35 contre une paroi de la cage de continuité de masse 5. Pour réaliser la liaison électrique, la feuille souple 3 est formée avec une piste additionnelle dont la zone de contact s'étend jusque dans la partie de la feuille coincée entre la patte 15 et la cage 5. Une fois enfichée dans le connecteur femelle, la cage 5 réalisé un contact électrique avec une broche du connecteur femelle pour réaliser la continuité de masse.We can now refer to Figure 6 which shows a third form of realization of the printed circuit 3. In this case, the printed circuit is not simply consisting of a rigid substrate as is the case in the embodiments of the Figures 4 and 5, but it is further supplemented by a flexible thin sheet 35 which together with the substrate 30 forms the printed circuit board. The rigid substrate 30 is entirely contained inside the frame 10 of the body 1 while the flexible sheet 35 extends from the frame 10 inside the appendix of the display 11. The contact areas 331 are here defined at an elbow 33 of the flexible sheet 35 produced by folding on herself. We use here the flexibility of the sheet 35 to achieve the rounded part defining the contact areas. In addition, the sheet 35 extends beyond the elbow 3 to come into contact with the ground continuity cage 5 also shown in the Figures 1 and 2. To keep the sheet in contact with the ground continuity cage, the plugging appendage 11 is provided with an elastic tab 15 which presses the sheet 35 against a wall of the earth continuity cage 5. To make the electrical connection, the flexible sheet 3 is formed with an additional track whose contact zone extends up to the part of the sheet wedged between the tab 15 and the cage 5. Once plugged in in the female connector, the cage 5 makes electrical contact with a pin of the female connector to achieve ground continuity.

En se référant maintenant à la figure 7, qui montre le connecteur selon l'invention de dessus, on voit que l'appendice d'enfichage 11 est pourvu d'une pièce 13 qui réalise un peigne de guidage 14 qui sépare les zones de contact et qui permet de guider les broches souples 6 du connecteur femelle sur les zones de contact 331 de la plaque de circuit imprimé 3. Dans le cas où le corps 1, et éventuellement le capot organisateur 4, sont réalisés en métal ou en plastique métallisé, il est avantageux et même nécessaire de réaliser le peigne 14 en plastique non métallisé afin d'éviter tout court-circuit entre le corps 1 et le connecteur femelle lors de l'enfichage.Referring now to FIG. 7, which shows the connector according to the invention from above, we see that the plug-in appendix 11 is provided with a part 13 which realizes a guide comb 14 which separates the contact zones and which makes it possible to guide the flexible pins 6 of the female connector on the contact areas 331 of the plate printed circuit 3. In the case where the body 1, and possibly the organizer cover 4, are made of metal or metallized plastic, it is advantageous and even necessary to make the comb 14 in non-metallized plastic in order to avoid any short circuit between the body 1 and the female connector when plugging in.

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Connecteur mâle basse tension destiné à s'enficher dans un connecteur femelle basse tension comprenant plusieurs broches souples destinées à venir en contact avec ledit connecteur mâle pour établir un contact électrique entre eux, ledit connecteur mâle comprenant des contacts autodénudants (21) destinés à recevoir chacun un fil conducteur, caractérisé en ce que la connexion électrique entre les broches souples du connecteur femelle et les contacts autodénudants est réalisée par un circuit imprimé (3) comprenant des pistes conductrices (335) reliant chacune un contact autodénudant (21) à une broche respective.Low voltage male connector for plugging into a female connector low voltage comprising several flexible pins intended to come into contact with said male connector for establishing electrical contact between them, said male connector comprising insulation displacement contacts (21) each intended to receive a wire conductor, characterized in that the electrical connection between the flexible pins of the female connector and insulation displacement contacts is made by a printed circuit (3) comprising conductive tracks (335) each connecting a insulation displacement contact (21) to a respective pin. Connecteur mâle selon la revendication 1, dans lequel le circuit imprimé (3) comprend des zones de contact (331) destinées à venir en contact de glissement avec les broches souples à mesure que l'on enfiche le connecteur mâle dans le connecteur femelle dont les broches souples fléchissent et changent d'orientation, lesdites zones (331) étant prévues sur une partie arrondie ou coudée (33) du circuit imprimé (3).Male connector according to claim 1, in which the printed circuit (3) comprises contact zones (331) intended to come into sliding contact with the flexible pins as the male connector is plugged into the female connector the flexible pins of which flex and change orientation, said zones (331) being provided on a rounded or bent part (33) of the printed circuit (3). Connecteur mâle selon la revendication 2, dans lequel le circuit imprimé comprend un substrat rigide (30), ladite partie arrondie (33) étant réalisée sur un bord dudit substrat, par exemple par formage ou estampage.Male connector according to claim 2, in which the printed circuit comprises a rigid substrate (30), said rounded portion (33) being formed on an edge of said substrate, for example by forming or stamping. Connecteur mâle selon la revendication 2, dans lequel le circuit imprimé comprend un substrat rigide (30), ladite partie coudée (33) étant réalisée par pliage du substrat sensiblement au niveau d'un bord.Male connector according to claim 2, in which the printed circuit comprises a rigid substrate (30), said bent portion (33) being produced by folding the substrate substantially at an edge. Connecteur mâle selon la revendication 2, dans lequel le circuit imprimé comprend un substrat rigide (30) et une feuille souple (35), ladite partie arrondie ou coudée étant réalisée par une courbure (33) de ladite feuille souple (35).Male connector according to claim 2, in which the printed circuit comprises a rigid substrate (30) and a flexible sheet (35), said rounded part or bent being produced by a curvature (33) of said flexible sheet (35). Connecteur mâle selon la revendication 5, dans lequel la feuille souple (35) comprend une piste additionnelle en contact électrique avec un élément de continuité de masse (5) destinée à venir en contact électrique avec une borne de masse située dans le connecteur femelle.Male connector according to claim 5, wherein the flexible sheet (35) includes an additional track in electrical contact with an element of continuity of ground (5) intended to come into electrical contact with a ground terminal located in the female connector. Connecteur mâle selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel le circuit imprimé (3) est pourvu au niveau de lesdites zones de contact d'un organe de guidage (13), avantageusement sous la forme d'un peigne (14), servant à guider les broches souples sur lesdites zones de contact. Male connector according to any one of the preceding claims, in which the printed circuit (3) is provided at said contact areas with a guide member (13), advantageously in the form of a comb (14), serving to guide the flexible pins on said contact areas. Connecteur mâle selon la revendication 7, comprenant un boítier métallique ou métallisé (1), ledit organe de guidage (13) étant électriquement isolant.Male connector according to claim 7, comprising a metal housing or metallized (1), said guide member (13) being electrically insulating. Connecteur mâle selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel les contacts autodénudants (21) sont fixés sur le substrat rigide (30).Male connector according to any one of the preceding claims, in which the insulation displacement contacts (21) are fixed on the rigid substrate (30).
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