EP1122833A1 - Device for the assembly of a connector housing and a cover for the retention and protection of wires attached to this connector - Google Patents

Device for the assembly of a connector housing and a cover for the retention and protection of wires attached to this connector Download PDF

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EP1122833A1
EP1122833A1 EP01400259A EP01400259A EP1122833A1 EP 1122833 A1 EP1122833 A1 EP 1122833A1 EP 01400259 A EP01400259 A EP 01400259A EP 01400259 A EP01400259 A EP 01400259A EP 1122833 A1 EP1122833 A1 EP 1122833A1
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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
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    • H01R13/502—Bases; Cases composed of different pieces
    • H01R13/508—Bases; Cases composed of different pieces assembled by a separate clip or spring
    • 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
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  • the present invention relates to an assembly device a connector housing and a cover for maintaining and protecting wires connected to said connector.
  • connectors of this type such as for example those marketed by the AIR LB group under the name "SIM"
  • the housings and covers can be either metallic or made of material composite, possibly externally metallized for the electromagnetic radiation protection, hood body is fitted with a fitting part which fits into an opening rear of the connector housing.
  • various solutions have been used so far, than for example screw systems whose main disadvantages consist in their cost, in the difficulty of operating said systems and in the risks of damage, by said systems, of the wires surrounded by covers or components located in the vicinity of these.
  • the present invention relates to a device for assembling a connector housing and a cover for holding the wires connected to said connector connector, device which is simple to manufacture and of reduced cost and which allows a simpler and faster assembly than the devices known, without risk of damage.
  • the assembly device is intended for assembly of a connector housing and a wire retention cover connected to said connector, said cover consisting of a body provided of a fitting part fitting into a rear opening of the connector housing, and a cover attached and fixed to said body, in view of the closing of the cover, assembly means being provided on said housing and said cover for maintaining the cover on the housing.
  • Said assembly means include two first elements of locking provided in opposite positions at said level opening of the housing, and two second locking elements which are complementary to said first elements and which are provided for in opposite positions on said nesting part, at least one of said second locking elements being elastically deformable, so that it can be brought, by elastic deformation, from a position active locking to an inactive unlocking position.
  • the assembly means further comprise means of lock provided on the cover of the hood to lock in position activates said second deformable locking element when the cover is attached and fixed to the cover body.
  • the first locking means are formed by recesses in opposite faces of said opening of the connector housing, and said second locking means comprise projections of which at least one is arranged on an elastically deformable part.
  • said elastically deformable part includes a cantilever tab, elastic in flexion.
  • said elastic tab in bending may consist of a tab made in one piece with the body hood, but according to a preferred embodiment, said tab is a tab attached to the hood body.
  • the hood body can advantageously include a housing for anchoring said tab, which housing may come from molding with the body or be machined therein, depending on whether the body of cover is molded or produced by machining.
  • said tab can be constituted by a blade metallic shaped by folding.
  • the locking means provided on the cover for block the second locking element in the active position can be advantageously constituted by an element projecting from the face inner cover, so as to immobilize said tab in position active when the cover is attached to the cover body.
  • Figures 1 and 2 illustrate an assembly comprising a housing of connector 1 and a cover 2 for holding and protecting the wires not shown connected to the connector.
  • the connector housing 1 is intended to receive one or more connector modules not shown, in particular modules of the "SIM" type as marketed by the AIR LB group.
  • the connector housing 1 is shown (see also by example Figures 8, 9 and 11) in the form of a housing parallelepiped having two opposite openings, namely a rear opening 3 of rectangular shape and a front opening not visible on the drawings.
  • the front opening gives access to the contacts of modules mounted in the housing, for the coupling of these contacts with the additional contacts of the modules contained in another box connector not shown.
  • the rear opening 3 makes it possible to insert, into the modules contained in the housing 1, the ends of the conductors not shown intended to be connected to said modules, these conductors preferably each having, at its end, a contact tip and lock, as is well known.
  • the housing 1 has two locking elements 4 provided in positions opposite in said rear opening 3, in the form of two grooves parallels internally arranged in two opposite walls delimiting said opening.
  • the cover 2 comprises a body 5 shown in detail in the figure 3, and a cover 6 shown in detail in FIG. 4, the cover 6 being fixed to the body 5, for example using two screws 7 which appear on Figures 1 and 10. These screws 7 are screwed through through holes 8 of the cover 6 (figure 4) in threaded holes 9 of the cover body 5 (figure 3).
  • the body 2 comprises, for the passage of the connected conductors to the connector arranged in the housing 1, two openings 10 and 11 are found here in two adjoining side walls at right angles one by compared to each other.
  • the opening 11 is defined substantially half by the body 5 and cover 6, while the opening 10 on the connector side is mainly defined by the body 5.
  • the body 5 of the cover comprises a fitting part 12 defining at minus one large side and the first small side of the rectangular opening 10, the cover 6 having a socket part 13 which defines the second large side of opening 10.
  • the fitting part 12 comprises, at the place of said first small side delimiting the opening 10, a locking element 14 constituted by an external projection on said side in the form of a rib 14 whose shape and size are adapted to the shape and size one of the grooves 4 of the rear opening 3 of the connector housing 1.
  • the element 15 consists of a metal blade 16, one of which end is folded into a U to form an anchoring part 17 and the other of which end is angled at 18, so as to constitute an external projection having a shape and a size adapted to said inner groove 4 of the rear opening 3 of the connector housing 1.
  • the cover body 5 has for its part a housing 19 shaped so that the end anchor 17 of the blade 16 can be fitted there from the cover side and be held there in such a way that the blade 16 constitutes a tab in overhang elastically biased outwards, resting against a stop 20 which limits the bending of the blade 16 towards the outside, but allows on the other hand the blade to flex elastically inwards.
  • the free end 18 of the blade 16 is angled at less than 90 ° so that, when the blade 16 is in contact against the stop 20, the end 18 makes an angle with the axis of the opening 10 less than 90 °, for example an angle between 45 and 60 °.
  • the hood body 5 alone can be assembled provisionally with the housing 1, by engagement of its part 12 in the rear opening 3.
  • blade 16 alone is not capable of ensuring a sufficiently reliable locking of the cover 2 on the housing 1. This is the reason for which locking means are provided on the cover of cover 6, to lock the blade 16 in the locking position of its free end 18 in the groove 4, according to FIG. 2, therefore pressing against the stop 20.
  • These means of condemnation consist of a nose locking 21 projecting from the inner face of the cover 6, in such a way only when the cover 6 is placed on the cover body 5 (see FIGS. 8 and 9 and especially FIGS. 10 and 11), said nose 21 is placed opposite the inner face of the blade 16 whose free end 18 is snapped into the groove 4, so that after fixing the cover 6 on the body 5 using screws 7, the blade 16 is locked in the locked position by the nose 21.
  • Unlocking the cover body 5, after removing the cover 6, can be done, without the use of any tool, by a simple traction exerted on the body 5 on the side of the elastic blade 16, traction under the effect of which, thanks to its bent end 18, the blade 16 flexes inward to allow its end 18 to come free of the groove 4.
  • the elastic locking element 15 in bending instead of being constituted by a metal blade 16 attached to the body 5, could be constituted by a cantilever tab produced in one piece with the body 5.
  • the use of the blade added metal 16 has the particular advantage of allowing a simpler embodiment of the cover body 5, insofar as it suffices to provide, on the latter, a housing (19) for the anchoring end 17 blade 16.
  • cover 2 instead of being a cover with a 90 ° elbow (openings 10 and 11 in walls at right angles to each other the other), could of course also be a different cover, for example example straight or at any angle.
  • the cover can be either a plug cover or a cover base, the cover body being able to be provided, as required, with fastening means, not shown because they are not part of the present invention.
  • the cover provided with the following assembly means
  • the invention can be a metal cover as well as a material cover plastic or composite material, if necessary metallized for the protection against electromagnetic radiation.
  • the body and the hood cover can be either machined or molded. In both case, the metal blade 16 added simplifies the manufacture of the body hood.
  • the locking nose 21 can preferably be made in one part with cover 6.

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The connector container has a cap section (5) which snap fits into a body part (1). The main body lock elements (14,15) are flexible and are complementary to openings on the cap. A peg on the upper part of the main body container locks a flexible section in position when closed.

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La présente invention se rapporte à un dispositif d'assemblage d'un boítier de connecteur et d'un capot de maintien et de protection des fils raccordés audit connecteur.The present invention relates to an assembly device a connector housing and a cover for maintaining and protecting wires connected to said connector.

De tels capots utilisés pour le maintien et la protection, tant mécanique qu'à l'encontre des rayonnements électromagnétiques, des fils raccordés à une moitié de connecteur, généralement du type modulaire, contenue dans un boítier, sont généralement constitués de deux éléments, à savoir d'un corps et d'un couvercle rapporté et fixé sur ledit corps en vue de la fermeture du capot.Such covers used for support and protection, both mechanical than against electromagnetic radiation, wires connected to a connector half, generally of the modular type, contained in a housing, generally consist of two elements, namely a body and a cover attached and fixed on said body in view closing the cover.

Sur les connecteurs connus de ce type, tels que par exemple ceux commercialisés par le groupe AIR LB sous la dénomination "SIM", dont les boítiers et capots peuvent être, soit métalliques, soit en matériau composite, éventuellement métallisés extérieurement en vue de la protection contre les rayonnements électromagnétiques, le corps de capot est muni d'une partie d'emboítement qui s'ajuste dans une ouverture arrière du boítier de connecteur. Pour l'assemblage du capot avec le boítier de connecteur, on utilise jusqu'à présent diverses solutions telles que par exemple des systèmes à vis dont les principaux inconvénients consistent dans leur coût, dans la difficulté d'actionner lesdits systèmes et dans les risques d'endommagement, par lesdits systèmes, des fils entourés par les capots ou de composants situés au voisinage de ces derniers.On known connectors of this type, such as for example those marketed by the AIR LB group under the name "SIM", including the housings and covers can be either metallic or made of material composite, possibly externally metallized for the electromagnetic radiation protection, hood body is fitted with a fitting part which fits into an opening rear of the connector housing. For assembly of the cover with the connector housing, various solutions have been used so far, than for example screw systems whose main disadvantages consist in their cost, in the difficulty of operating said systems and in the risks of damage, by said systems, of the wires surrounded by covers or components located in the vicinity of these.

Il convient de noter à ce sujet que, d'une manière générale, ces connecteurs qui sont utilisés principalement pour des applications aéronautiques, sont implantés dans des conditions telles que le corps du capot se trouve positionné à l'arrière du boítier de connecteur déjà avant que les fils soient raccordés de l'arrière au connecteur, le couvercle du capot n'étant posé sur le corps du capot après que tous les fils soient raccordés au connecteur. C'est la raison pour laquelle la manoeuvre des systèmes d'assemblage doit pouvoir se faire sous un espace très restreint, donc dans des conditions relativement difficiles.It should be noted in this connection that, in general, these connectors that are used primarily for applications aeronautical, are implanted in conditions such as the body of the cover is positioned at the rear of the connector housing already before the wires are connected from the rear to the connector, the cover of the hood not being placed on hood body after all wires are connected to the connector. This is the reason why the maneuvering of the assembly systems must be able to be done under a very limited space, therefore in relatively difficult conditions.

La présente invention vise un dispositif d'assemblage d'un boítier de connecteur et d'un capot de maintien des fils raccordés audit connecteur, dispositif qui soit de fabrication simple et de coût réduit et qui permette un assemblage plus simple et plus rapide que les dispositifs connus, sans risque d'endommagement.The present invention relates to a device for assembling a connector housing and a cover for holding the wires connected to said connector connector, device which is simple to manufacture and of reduced cost and which allows a simpler and faster assembly than the devices known, without risk of damage.

Le dispositif d'assemblage, objet de l'invention, est destiné à l'assemblage d'un boítier de connecteur et d'un capot de maintien des fils raccordés audit connecteur, ledit capot étant constitué d'un corps muni d'une partie d'emboítement s'ajustant dans une ouverture arrière du boítier de connecteur, et d'un couvercle rapporté et fixé sur ledit corps, en vue de la fermeture du capot, des moyens d'assemblage étant prévus sur ledit boítier et ledit capot pour le maintien du capot sur le boítier. Lesdits moyens d'assemblage comprennent deux premiers éléments de verrouillage prévus dans des positions opposées au niveau de ladite ouverture du boítier, et deux seconds éléments de verrouillage qui sont complémentaires desdits premiers éléments et qui sont prévus dans des positions opposées sur ladite partie d'emboítement, l'un au moins desdits seconds éléments de verrouillage étant élastiquement déformable, de manière à pouvoir être amené, par déformation élastique, d'une position active de verrouillage à une position inactive de déverrouillage. Les moyens d'assemblage comprennent, en outre, des moyens de condamnation prévus sur le couvercle du capot pour bloquer en position active ledit second élément de verrouillage déformable lorsque le couvercle est rapporté et fixé sur le corps de capot.The assembly device, object of the invention, is intended for assembly of a connector housing and a wire retention cover connected to said connector, said cover consisting of a body provided of a fitting part fitting into a rear opening of the connector housing, and a cover attached and fixed to said body, in view of the closing of the cover, assembly means being provided on said housing and said cover for maintaining the cover on the housing. Said assembly means include two first elements of locking provided in opposite positions at said level opening of the housing, and two second locking elements which are complementary to said first elements and which are provided for in opposite positions on said nesting part, at least one of said second locking elements being elastically deformable, so that it can be brought, by elastic deformation, from a position active locking to an inactive unlocking position. The assembly means further comprise means of lock provided on the cover of the hood to lock in position activates said second deformable locking element when the cover is attached and fixed to the cover body.

Suivant un mode de réalisation préféré de l'invention, les premiers moyens de verrouillage sont constitués par des creux ménagés dans des faces opposées de ladite ouverture du boítier de connecteur, et lesdits seconds moyens de verrouillage comprennent des saillies dont l'une au moins est disposée sur une partie élastiquement déformable.According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the first locking means are formed by recesses in opposite faces of said opening of the connector housing, and said second locking means comprise projections of which at least one is arranged on an elastically deformable part.

De préférence, ladite partie élastiquement déformable comprend une patte en porte-à-faux, élastique en flexion.Preferably, said elastically deformable part includes a cantilever tab, elastic in flexion.

Dans le cadre de l'invention, ladite patte élastique en flexion peut être constituée par une patte réalisée d'une seule pièce avec le corps de capot, mais suivant un mode de réalisation préféré, ladite patte est une patte rapportée sur le corps de capot.In the context of the invention, said elastic tab in bending may consist of a tab made in one piece with the body hood, but according to a preferred embodiment, said tab is a tab attached to the hood body.

Dans ce cas, le corps de capot peut avantageusement comporter un logement pour l'ancrage de ladite patte, lequel logement peut venir de moulage avec le corps ou être usiné dans ce dernier, selon que le corps de capot est moulé ou réalisé par usinage.In this case, the hood body can advantageously include a housing for anchoring said tab, which housing may come from molding with the body or be machined therein, depending on whether the body of cover is molded or produced by machining.

De préférence, ladite patte peut être constituée par une lame métallique conformée par pliage.Preferably, said tab can be constituted by a blade metallic shaped by folding.

Les moyens de condamnation prévus sur le couvercle pour bloquer en position active le second élément de verrouillage, peuvent être avantageusement constitués par un élément disposé en saillie sur la face interne du couvercle, de manière à immobiliser ladite patte en position active lorsque le couvercle est rapporté sur le corps de capot.The locking means provided on the cover for block the second locking element in the active position, can be advantageously constituted by an element projecting from the face inner cover, so as to immobilize said tab in position active when the cover is attached to the cover body.

En se référant aux dessins annexés, on va décrire ci-après plus en détail un mode de réalisation illustratif et non limitatif d'un dispositif d'assemblage conforme à l'invention; sur les dessins :

  • la figure 1 est une vue de dessus d'un boítier de connecteur et d'un capot fixé à ce boítier;
  • la figure 2 est une vue de dessus selon la figure 1, le couvercle du capot étant retiré et le boítier de connecteur étant représenté partiellement en coupe;
  • la figure 3 est une vue en perspective du corps de capot;
  • la figure 4 est une vue en perspective du couvercle de capot;
  • la figure 5 est une vue analogue à celle de la figure 2, montrant une première phase d'assemblage du corps de capot avec le boítier de connecteur;
  • la figure 6 est une vue en perspective du corps de capot et du boítier de connecteur, dans la même phase que la figure 5;
  • la figure 7 est une vue analogue à celle de la figure 5, au cours d'une phase ultérieure d'assemblage;
  • la figure 8 est une vue en perspective du boítier de connecteur et du capot, avant fermeture du couvercle de capot;
  • la figure 9 est une vue latérale, partiellement en coupe, de l'ensemble suivant la figure 8;
  • la figure 10 est une vue en perspective du capot, sans le boítier de connecteur, après fixation du couvercle sur le corps de capot; et
  • la figure 11 est une vue latérale, partiellement en coupe, du capot suivant la figure 10, assemblé avec le boítier de connecteur.
Referring to the accompanying drawings, there will be described below in more detail an illustrative and non-limiting embodiment of an assembly device according to the invention; on the drawings:
  • Figure 1 is a top view of a connector housing and a cover fixed to this housing;
  • Figure 2 is a top view according to Figure 1, the cover of the cover being removed and the connector housing being shown partially in section;
  • Figure 3 is a perspective view of the cover body;
  • Figure 4 is a perspective view of the hood cover;
  • Figure 5 is a view similar to that of Figure 2, showing a first phase of assembly of the cover body with the connector housing;
  • Figure 6 is a perspective view of the cover body and the connector housing, in the same phase as Figure 5;
  • Figure 7 is a view similar to that of Figure 5, during a subsequent assembly phase;
  • Figure 8 is a perspective view of the connector housing and the cover, before closing the cover cover;
  • Figure 9 is a side view, partially in section, of the assembly according to Figure 8;
  • Figure 10 is a perspective view of the cover, without the connector housing, after fixing the cover on the cover body; and
  • Figure 11 is a side view, partially in section, of the cover according to Figure 10, assembled with the connector housing.

Les figures 1 et 2 illustrent un ensemble comprenant un boítier de connecteur 1 et un capot 2 de maintien et de protection des fils non représentés raccordés au connecteur. Le boítier de connecteur 1 est destiné à recevoir un ou plusieurs modules de connecteur non représentés, notamment des modules du type "SIM" tels que commercialisés par le groupe AIR LB.Figures 1 and 2 illustrate an assembly comprising a housing of connector 1 and a cover 2 for holding and protecting the wires not shown connected to the connector. The connector housing 1 is intended to receive one or more connector modules not shown, in particular modules of the "SIM" type as marketed by the AIR LB group.

Le boítier de connecteur 1 est représenté (voir également par exemple les figures 8, 9 et 11) sous la forme d'un boítier parallélépipédique présentant deux ouvertures opposées, à savoir une ouverture arrière 3 de forme rectangulaire et une ouverture avant non visible sur les dessins. L'ouverture avant donne accès aux contacts des modules montés dans le boítier, en vue du couplage de ces contacts avec les contacts complémentaires des modules contenus dans un autre boítier de connecteur non représenté. L'ouverture arrière 3 permet d'insérer, dans les modules contenus dans le boítier 1, les extrémités de conducteurs non représentés destinés à être raccordés auxdits modules, ces conducteurs comportant de préférence chacun, à son extrémité, un embout de contact et de verrouillage, comme cela est bien connu.The connector housing 1 is shown (see also by example Figures 8, 9 and 11) in the form of a housing parallelepiped having two opposite openings, namely a rear opening 3 of rectangular shape and a front opening not visible on the drawings. The front opening gives access to the contacts of modules mounted in the housing, for the coupling of these contacts with the additional contacts of the modules contained in another box connector not shown. The rear opening 3 makes it possible to insert, into the modules contained in the housing 1, the ends of the conductors not shown intended to be connected to said modules, these conductors preferably each having, at its end, a contact tip and lock, as is well known.

Tel que cela apparaít surtout sur les figures 2, 5 et 7, le boítier 1 comporte deux éléments de verrouillage 4 prévus dans des positions opposées dans ladite ouverture arrière 3, sous la forme de deux rainures parallèles ménagées intérieurement dans deux parois opposées délimitant ladite ouverture.As it appears especially in Figures 2, 5 and 7, the housing 1 has two locking elements 4 provided in positions opposite in said rear opening 3, in the form of two grooves parallels internally arranged in two opposite walls delimiting said opening.

Le capot 2 comprend un corps 5 représenté en détail sur la figure 3, et un couvercle 6 représenté en détail sur la figure 4, le couvercle 6 étant fixé sur le corps 5, par exemple à l'aide de deux vis 7 qui apparaissent sur les figures 1 et 10. Ces vis 7 sont vissées à travers des trous de passage 8 du couvercle 6 (figure 4) dans des trous taraudés 9 du corps de capot 5 (figure 3). The cover 2 comprises a body 5 shown in detail in the figure 3, and a cover 6 shown in detail in FIG. 4, the cover 6 being fixed to the body 5, for example using two screws 7 which appear on Figures 1 and 10. These screws 7 are screwed through through holes 8 of the cover 6 (figure 4) in threaded holes 9 of the cover body 5 (figure 3).

Le corps 2 comporte, pour le passage des conducteurs raccordés au connecteur disposés dans le boítier 1, deux ouvertures 10 et 11 se trouvant ici dans deux parois latérales contiguës à angle droit l'une par rapport à l'autre. L'ouverture 11 est définie sensiblement à moitié par le corps 5 et le couvercle 6, tandis que l'ouverture 10 côté connecteur est définie principalement par le corps 5. A l'endroit de l'ouverture 10, le corps 5 du capot comprend une partie d'emboítement 12 définissant au moins un grand côté et un premier petit côté de l'ouverture rectangulaire 10, le couvercle 6 présentant une partie d'emboítement 13 qui définit le deuxième grand côté de l'ouverture 10.The body 2 comprises, for the passage of the connected conductors to the connector arranged in the housing 1, two openings 10 and 11 are found here in two adjoining side walls at right angles one by compared to each other. The opening 11 is defined substantially half by the body 5 and cover 6, while the opening 10 on the connector side is mainly defined by the body 5. At the location of the opening 10, the body 5 of the cover comprises a fitting part 12 defining at minus one large side and the first small side of the rectangular opening 10, the cover 6 having a socket part 13 which defines the second large side of opening 10.

La partie d'emboítement 12 comporte, à l'endroit dudit premier petit côté délimitant l'ouverture 10, un élément de verrouillage 14 constitué par une saillie extérieure sur ledit côté sous la forme d'une nervure 14 dont la forme et la taille sont adaptées à la forme et à la taille d'une des rainures 4 de l'ouverture arrière 3 du boítier de connecteur 1.The fitting part 12 comprises, at the place of said first small side delimiting the opening 10, a locking element 14 constituted by an external projection on said side in the form of a rib 14 whose shape and size are adapted to the shape and size one of the grooves 4 of the rear opening 3 of the connector housing 1.

A l'opposé de ladite nervure 14 solidaire de la partie d'emboítement 12 du corps de capot 5, donc à l'endroit du deuxième petit côté de l'ouverture rectangulaire 10, la partie d'emboítement 12 est échancrée, l'élément de verrouillage destiné à coopérer, sur ce côté, avec l'autre rainure de verrouillage 4 de l'ouverture arrière 3 du boítier de connecteur 1 étant constitué par un élément 15 en forme de patte élastique en flexion, rapporté sur le corps de capot 5.Opposite said rib 14 integral with the part 12 of the hood body 5, so at the place of the second small side of the rectangular opening 10, the fitting part 12 is indented, the locking element intended to cooperate, on this side, with the other locking groove 4 of the rear opening 3 of the housing connector 1 being constituted by an element 15 in the form of an elastic tab in flexion, attached to the cover body 5.

L'élément 15 est constitué par une lame métallique 16 dont une extrémité est pliée en U pour former une partie d'ancrage 17 et dont l'autre extrémité est coudée en 18, de manière à constituer une saillie extérieure ayant une forme et une taille adaptées à ladite rainure intérieure 4 de l'ouverture arrière 3 du boítier de connecteur 1. Le corps de capot 5 comporte de son côté un logement 19 conformé de manière que l'extrémité d'ancrage 17 de la lame 16 puisse y être emboítée depuis le côté couvercle et y être maintenue de telle manière que la lame 16 constitue une patte en porte-à-faux sollicitée élastiquement vers l'extérieur, en appui contre une butée 20 qui limite la flexion de la lame 16 vers l'extérieur, mais permet par contre à la lame de fléchir élastiquement vers l'intérieur.The element 15 consists of a metal blade 16, one of which end is folded into a U to form an anchoring part 17 and the other of which end is angled at 18, so as to constitute an external projection having a shape and a size adapted to said inner groove 4 of the rear opening 3 of the connector housing 1. The cover body 5 has for its part a housing 19 shaped so that the end anchor 17 of the blade 16 can be fitted there from the cover side and be held there in such a way that the blade 16 constitutes a tab in overhang elastically biased outwards, resting against a stop 20 which limits the bending of the blade 16 towards the outside, but allows on the other hand the blade to flex elastically inwards.

Dans l'exemple représenté, l'extrémité libre 18 de la lame 16 est coudée à moins de 90° de manière que, lorsque la lame 16 est en appui contre la butée 20, l'extrémité 18 fait avec l'axe de l'ouverture 10 un angle inférieur à 90°, par exemple un angle compris entre 45 et 60°.In the example shown, the free end 18 of the blade 16 is angled at less than 90 ° so that, when the blade 16 is in contact against the stop 20, the end 18 makes an angle with the axis of the opening 10 less than 90 °, for example an angle between 45 and 60 °.

Ainsi, avant l'insertion des conducteurs dans le connecteur contenu dans le boítier 1, le corps de capot 5 seul peut être assemblé provisoirement avec le boítier 1, par engagement de sa partie d'emboítement 12 dans l'ouverture arrière 3. Pour cela, dans un premier temps, selon la figure 5, on insère la partie d'emboítement 12 du corps de capot 5, sans le couvercle 6, du côté de la nervure de verrouillage 14 dans l'ouverture arrière 3, de manière que la nervure 14 soit engagée dans la rainure 4. Ensuite, en faisant pivoter le corps de capot 5 autour de la nervure 14, on rapproche le côté opposé du corps de capot 5 du boítier 1 jusqu'à ce que l'extrémité coudée 18 de la lame 16 vienne porter contre l'extrémité arrière du boítier 1, et on repousse alors, à l'aide d'un outil non représenté, la lame 16 élastiquement vers l'intérieur (figure 7), pour permettre à l'extrémité coudée 18 de la lame 16 de s'engager dans l'ouverture 3 et finalement de s'encliqueter dans la rainure 4, de la manière visible sur la figure 2. Le corps de capot 5 est ainsi provisoirement verrouillé sur le boítier de connecteur 1 et il est alors possible d'engager les conducteurs à raccorder de l'arrière dans le connecteur contenu dans le boítier 1, en les faisant passer sur le corps de capot 5.So before inserting the conductors into the connector contained in the housing 1, the hood body 5 alone can be assembled provisionally with the housing 1, by engagement of its part 12 in the rear opening 3. For this, in a first time, according to Figure 5, we insert the socket part 12 of the body of cover 5, without cover 6, on the side of the locking rib 14 in the rear opening 3, so that the rib 14 is engaged in the groove 4. Then, by pivoting the cover body 5 around the rib 14, the opposite side of the cover body 5 is brought closer to the housing 1 until the bent end 18 of the blade 16 comes to bear against the rear end of the housing 1, and it is then pushed back, using a tool not shown, the blade 16 elastically inward (Figure 7), to allow the bent end 18 of the blade 16 to engage in the opening 3 and finally to snap into the groove 4, in the manner visible in Figure 2. The cover body 5 is thus provisionally locked on connector housing 1 and it is then possible to engage the conductors to be connected from the rear in the connector contained in the case 1, passing them over the cover body 5.

Lorsque tous les conducteurs ont été raccordés au connecteur, on pose le couvercle 6 sur le corps 2, de la manière visible sur les figures 8 et 9, en insérant d'abord la partie d'emboítement 13 du couvercle 6 dans l'ouverture arrière 3 du boítier 1, en position oblique suivant les figures 8 et 9, et en faisant ensuite pivoter le couvercle 6 vers le bas sur le corps 5, avant de le fixer à l'aide des vis 7.When all the conductors have been connected to the connector, places the cover 6 on the body 2, in a visible manner in FIGS. 8 and 9, by first inserting the fitting part 13 of the cover 6 into the rear opening 3 of the housing 1, in an oblique position according to FIGS. 8 and 9, and then pivoting the cover 6 downwards on the body 5, before fixing it with screws 7.

Or, du fait de sa flexibilité et de la forme de son extrémité libre 18 coudée, la lame 16 à elle-seule n'est pas à même d'assurer un verrouillage suffisamment fiable du capot 2 sur le boítier 1. C'est la raison pour laquelle des moyens de condamnation sont prévus sur le couvercle de capot 6, pour bloquer la lame 16 dans la position de verrouillage de son extrémité libre 18 dans la rainure 4, selon la figure 2, donc en appui contre la butée 20.However, because of its flexibility and the shape of its free end 18 angled, blade 16 alone is not capable of ensuring a sufficiently reliable locking of the cover 2 on the housing 1. This is the reason for which locking means are provided on the cover of cover 6, to lock the blade 16 in the locking position of its free end 18 in the groove 4, according to FIG. 2, therefore pressing against the stop 20.

Ces moyens de condamnation sont constitués par un nez de blocage 21 en saillie sur la face intérieure du couvercle 6, de telle manière que lorsque le couvercle 6 est placé sur le corps de capot 5 (voir figures 8 et 9 et surtout figures 10 et 11), ledit nez 21 vient se placer en regard de la face intérieure de la lame 16 dont l'extrémité libre 18 est encliquetée dans la rainure 4, de sorte qu'après fixation du couvercle 6 sur le corps 5 à l'aide des vis 7, la lame 16 se trouve bloquée en position de verrouillage par le nez 21.These means of condemnation consist of a nose locking 21 projecting from the inner face of the cover 6, in such a way only when the cover 6 is placed on the cover body 5 (see FIGS. 8 and 9 and especially FIGS. 10 and 11), said nose 21 is placed opposite the inner face of the blade 16 whose free end 18 is snapped into the groove 4, so that after fixing the cover 6 on the body 5 using screws 7, the blade 16 is locked in the locked position by the nose 21.

Le déverrouillage du corps de capot 5, après enlèvement du couvercle 6, peut se faire, sans utilisation d'un quelconque outil, par une simple traction exercée sur le corps 5 du côté de la lame élastique 16, traction sous l'effet de laquelle, grâce à son extrémité coudée 18, la lame 16 fléchit vers l'intérieur pour permettre à son extrémité 18 de se dégager de la rainure 4.Unlocking the cover body 5, after removing the cover 6, can be done, without the use of any tool, by a simple traction exerted on the body 5 on the side of the elastic blade 16, traction under the effect of which, thanks to its bent end 18, the blade 16 flexes inward to allow its end 18 to come free of the groove 4.

Il convient de remarquer que le mode de réalisation représenté et décrit n'a été donné qu'à titre d'exemple illustratif et non limitatif et que de nombreuses modifications et variantes sont possibles dans le cadre de l'invention.It should be noted that the embodiment shown and described has been given by way of illustrative and non-limiting example and only many modifications and variants are possible within the framework of the invention.

Ainsi, par exemple, l'élément de verrouillage 15 élastique en flexion, au lieu d'être constituée par une lame métallique 16 rapportée sur le corps 5, pourrait être constituée par une patte en porte-à-faux réalisée d'une seule pièce avec le corps 5. Toutefois, l'utilisation de la lame métallique 16 rapportée présente en particulier l'avantage de permettre une réalisation plus simple du corps de capot 5, dans la mesure où il suffit de prévoir, sur ce dernier, un logement (19) pour l'extrémité d'ancrage 17 de la lame 16.Thus, for example, the elastic locking element 15 in bending, instead of being constituted by a metal blade 16 attached to the body 5, could be constituted by a cantilever tab produced in one piece with the body 5. However, the use of the blade added metal 16 has the particular advantage of allowing a simpler embodiment of the cover body 5, insofar as it suffices to provide, on the latter, a housing (19) for the anchoring end 17 blade 16.

Par ailleurs, le capot 2, au lieu d'être un capot à coude à 90° (ouvertures 10 et 11 dans des parois à angle droit l'une par rapport à l'autre), pourrait bien entendu être également un capot différent, par exemple rectiligne ou sous un angle quelconque.Furthermore, the cover 2, instead of being a cover with a 90 ° elbow (openings 10 and 11 in walls at right angles to each other the other), could of course also be a different cover, for example example straight or at any angle.

Le capot peut être aussi bien un capot de fiche qu'un capot d'embase, le corps de capot pouvant être muni, selon les besoins, de moyens de fixation, non représentés car n'entrant pas dans le cadre de la présente invention.The cover can be either a plug cover or a cover base, the cover body being able to be provided, as required, with fastening means, not shown because they are not part of the present invention.

Enfin, le capot pourvu des moyens d'assemblage suivant l'invention peut être aussi bien un capot métallique qu'un capot en matière plastique ou en matière composite, le cas échéant métallisé pour la protection contre les rayonnements électromagnétiques. Le corps et le couvercle du capot peuvent être, soit usinés, soit moulés. Dans les deux cas, la lame métallique 16 rapportée simplifie la fabrication du corps de capot. Le nez de blocage 21 peut être de préférence réalisé d'une seule pièce avec le couvercle 6.Finally, the cover provided with the following assembly means the invention can be a metal cover as well as a material cover plastic or composite material, if necessary metallized for the protection against electromagnetic radiation. The body and the hood cover can be either machined or molded. In both case, the metal blade 16 added simplifies the manufacture of the body hood. The locking nose 21 can preferably be made in one part with cover 6.

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Dispositif d'assemblage d'un boítier de connecteur et d'un capot de maintien et de protection des fils raccordés audit connecteur, ledit capot étant constitué d'un corps muni d'une partie d'emboítement s'ajustant dans une ouverture arrière du boítier de connecteur et d'un couvercle rapporté et fixé sur ledit corps en vue de la fermeture du capot, des moyens d'assemblage étant prévus sur ledit boítier et ledit capot pour le maintien du capot sur le boítier, caractérisé par le fait que lesdits moyens d'assemblage comprennent : deux premiers éléments de verrouillage (4) prévus dans des positions opposées au niveau de ladite ouverture arrière (3) du boítier (1); deux seconds éléments de verrouillage (14, 15) qui sont complémentaires desdits premiers éléments de verrouillage et sont prévus dans des positions opposées sur ladite partie d'emboítement (12), l'un au moins desdits seconds éléments de verrouillage étant élastiquement déformable de manière à pouvoir être amené, par déformation élastique, d'une position active de verrouillage à une position inactive de déverrouillage; et des moyens de condamnation (21) prévus sur le couvercle (6) pour bloquer en position active ledit second élément de verrouillage déformable (15) lorsque le couvercle (6) est rapporté et fixé sur le corps de capot (5). Device for assembling a connector housing and a cover for holding and protecting the wires connected to said connector, said cover consisting of a body provided with a fitting part which adjusts in a rear opening of the connector housing and a cover attached and fixed to said body for closing the cover, assembly means being provided on said housing and said cover for holding the cover on the housing, characterized in that said assembly means include: first two locking elements (4) provided in opposite positions at said rear opening (3) of the housing (1); two second locking elements (14, 15) which are complementary to said first locking elements and are provided in opposite positions on said socket part (12), at least one of said second locking elements being elastically deformable so to be able to be brought, by elastic deformation, from an active locking position to an inactive unlocking position; and locking means (21) provided on the cover (6) for locking in said active position said second deformable locking element (15) when the cover (6) is attached and fixed to the cover body (5). Dispositif suivant la revendication 1, caractérisé par le fait que lesdits premiers moyens de verrouillage sont constitués par des creux (4) ménagés dans des faces opposées de ladite ouverture (3), et que lesdits seconds moyens de verrouillage comprennent des saillies (14, 18) dont l'une au moins est disposée sur une partie (16) élastiquement déformable.Device according to claim 1, characterized in that that said first locking means consist of recesses (4) formed in opposite faces of said opening (3), and that said second locking means include projections (14, 18) of which at least one is arranged on an elastically deformable part (16). Dispositif suivant la revendication 2, caractérisé par le fait que ledit second élément de verrouillage (15) élastiquement déformable est constiué par une patte en porte-à-faux élastique en flexion.Device according to claim 2, characterized in that that said second elastically deformable locking element (15) is formed by an elastic cantilever tab in flexion. Dispositif suivant la revendication 3, caractérisé par le fait que ladite patte (15) est constituée par une patte rapportée sur le corps de capot (5).Device according to claim 3, characterized in that that said tab (15) is constituted by a tab attached to the body of cover (5). Dispositif suivant la revendication 4, caractérisé par le fait que le corps de capot (5) présente un logement (19) pour l'ancrage de ladite patte.Device according to claim 4, characterized in that that the cover body (5) has a housing (19) for anchoring said leg. Dispositif suivant la revendication 5, caractérisée par le fait que ladite patte (15) est constituée par une lame métallique (16) conformée par pliage.Device according to claim 5, characterized in that that said tab (15) is constituted by a metal blade (16) shaped by folding. Dispositif suivant l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé par le fait que lesdits moyens de condamnation comprennent un élément (21) disposé en saillie sur la face intérieure du couvercle (6) de manière à bloquer ladite patte (15) en position active.Device according to any one of the claims previous, characterized by the fact that said locking means include a member (21) projecting from the inside of the cover (6) so as to block said tab (15) in the active position. Dispositif suivant la revendication 7, caractérisé par le fait que ledit élément est un nez (21) formé d'une seule pièce avec le couvercle (6).Device according to claim 7, characterized in that that said element is a nose (21) formed in one piece with the cover (6).
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