GB2240671A - Switched electrical connector - Google Patents

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GB2240671A
GB2240671A GB9027808A GB9027808A GB2240671A GB 2240671 A GB2240671 A GB 2240671A GB 9027808 A GB9027808 A GB 9027808A GB 9027808 A GB9027808 A GB 9027808A GB 2240671 A GB2240671 A GB 2240671A
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Akira Ohno
Kunihiko Okamura
Wataru Nakazato
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Japan Aviation Electronics Industry Ltd
Subaru Corp
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Japan Aviation Electronics Industry Ltd
Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd
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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
    • H01R13/66—Structural association with built-in electrical component
    • H01R13/70—Structural association with built-in electrical component with built-in switch
    • H01R13/703—Structural association with built-in electrical component with built-in switch operated by engagement or disengagement of coupling parts, e.g. dual-continuity coupling part
    • H01R13/7031—Shorting, shunting or bussing of different terminals interrupted or effected on engagement of coupling part, e.g. for ESD protection, line continuity
    • 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
    • H01R13/40—Securing contact members in or to a base or case; Insulating of contact members
    • H01R13/42—Securing in a demountable manner
    • H01R13/422—Securing in resilient one-piece base or case, e.g. by friction; One-piece base or case formed with resilient locking means

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Abstract

An electrical connector includes: a socket contact housing (10) in which at least a pair of socket contact elements (20) are mounted and are interconnected by a shortcircuit contact element (24); and a pin contact housing (12) in which at least a pair of pin contact elements (50, 51) are mounted and are connected by a pair of switch contact elements (56- 64). The connections between each of the socket contact elements (20) and the short circuit contact elements (24) and between the pin contact elements (50, 51) are broken when the socket contact housing is inserted into the pin contact housing, by protruberence (68) on the pin contact housing and protruberence (70, not shown) on the socket contact housing, respectively. <IMAGE>

Description

C- -7 -17_:2'a_0 ' ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to an electrical connector, and more particularly to such an electrical connector including a pin contact- housing and a socket contact housing that _Js able to protecz the electrical devices or elements cc-r-nec-zeA- -,-'.-lerew-i--h and to insz)ecz that the pin contact housing -'s sufficiently inserted into the socket contact housing.
2. Prior Art iaoanese Non-examined Utility Model Publication No. 1-77287 discloses an electrical connector including a nin contact housing and a socket contact housing, in which only one c.;L: the housings a mairr of contact elements are connected by a stiort-c-rcuit contact element with each other, and when -the oin contact housing is inserted into the socket contact housing the connection of the contact element with the short-circuit contacz element in one of the housings can be separated by -i-nsulat-ing members provided to the other housing.
In such a conventional electrical connector, the adjacent conzacz elements -4n one o_ t--- hous-nas are _for 1 protecting electrical devices or elements connected with either one of the socket contact housing or the pin contact housing. This connector may be only used 'for for protecting the electrical devices or elements, but it is impossible to use for inspecting or confirming whether the pin connector housing is inserted into the socket contact housing sufficiently or insufficiently.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The electrical connector of the present invention includes a socket connector housin.g in which at least a pair. of socket conta:z elements are connected by a short-circuit contact element with each other and a pin contact housing in which at least a pair of pin contact elements are conneczed by a mai= of switch contact elements Lor protectinc L-he electrical devices or elements connected therewIth.
According to -the present invention, when the socket contact housing is inserted into the Pin contact housing the connections between;-.he socket contact elements and the shor-=-c---cu-it contact elemen-t- and between the pin con-"acz elements and the switch contact elements are reszectively semarated from each other.
Consequently, a general object of the present invention is to provide an improved electrical connector.
Another objecz of the invention is to provide an electrical connector that is able to protect the electrical devices or elements connected therewith and also insmect the connection oitIhe pin contact housing with L-he socket contact housing.
ot: the invention is to provide an s mossible to avoid erroneous A still objecz conneczor which 1 i. - or)erat-ion of the electrical devices or elements connected therewith by inspecting the connection of the socket contact housing with the pin contact housing.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
For the complete understanding of the present invention reference should be made to accompanying drawings in which:
Figure 1 is a schematic perspective view of a socket contact housing and a pin contact housing which are not assembled or coupled to each other; Figure 2 is a sectiona! view of the socket contact housing taken along the line II - II in 'Figure 1; Figure 3 is a perspective view of a shor---c-i--cu-it contact element; Figure 4 is a sectional view of the pin contact housing taken along the line!V -!V in Figure 1; Figure 5 is a schematic perspective view or a pair or pin contact elements which are bv a pair of s wi t c h, contact elements each other; Figure 6 is a sectional view of the socket contacz housing and the pin contact housing in coupled or assembled each other; and Figure 7 is a schematic circuit diagram of an a-iz-bag system in which t_he electrical connector ac--ord-iic -%o the present invention is included.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF TME 2REFERRED EMBODIMENTS
Now, t=he best mode fol- c-mrr..,-inc ou-- zresen:: -"vent-ion will be exz)lai-ed -dimh reference the drawncs.
ks snown in 3 Figure 1, an electrical connector according to the present invention includes an insulating socket contact housing 10 and an insulating pin contact housing 12. At least a pair of socket contact elements are mounted in the respective socket contact reception bores 22 formed at the upper side in the socket contact housing 10 and a short circuit contact element 24 is held in a lower reception bore 26 which is separated by a bottom wall 23 from the upper socket contact reception bore 22. A pair of contact portion 34 and 35.of the short-circuit contact element 24 are extended through an opening 27 in the bottom wall 23 and contact with the respective adjacent socket contact elements 20.
To this end, the short-circuit contact element 24 is punched and -."o-med from a resilient sheet metal, as shown in Fiaure 3. That _Js, the short-circ.uit contact element 24 consists of- a pair of base plates 30 and 31 wh-ich are longitudinally extended in parallel to each other, an arm 32 for connecting the base plates 30 and 31, and the resilient contact portions 34 and 35 of the short-circuit contact element 24. The upper end of each of the base plates 30 and 31 is bent into a U-shaped configuration.
in the socket contact housing 10, the adjacent socket contact elements 20 are connected by the short-circuit contact element 24 with each other.
A bottom wall 36 of the socket contact housing iO is longitudinally extended to form a guide plate 38 for -inserting the pin connacz housing 12 into the socket contact housing!0.
2 oa- o min contact elements 50 and 51 are held'. in the respective pin contact- reception bores 54, and a pair o.." switch 4 contact elements 56 and 57 are placed between the adjacent pin contact elements 50 and 51 in p,rallel with each.other.
As shown in Figure 5, the switc'-1 contact elements 56 and 57 are substantially the same in configuration and can be punched and formed from a resilient sheet metal. The switch contact element 56 is formed from a plate portion 58, a first upper contact arm 60 and a first lower contact arm 62 which are respectively diverged from the plate portion 58. The switch contact element 57 is formed from a plate portion 59, a second upper contac-- arm 64 and a second lower contact arm 66 which are resmectivelv diverged from -the plate portion 59 so as to JEorm a Yshaped conf iguration.
When the switch contact elements 56 and 57 are inserted into between the adjacent pin contact elements 50 and 5-1 in the Min contact housing 12, the f -i--sz u;Drer contact ar:n 60 of the switch contact element 56 contacts with a side portion of the pin contact element 50, the second upper contact ar,--,i 62 of the switch contact element 57 contacts with a corzion o:E the pin contact element 51, and also the tip of the -,1:.,4.--sz lower arm 62 of the switch contact element 56 contacts with t-'ne tiz) of the second lower contact arm 66 of the switch contact element 57. AS clear from the foregoing, the adjacent pin contact elements 50 and 51 in the pin contact housinc 12 are electrically short-circuited by the switch contact elements 56 and 57.
Accord-inglv, in inserting the socket contact housing 10 into the oin contact housing 12 so as to connec.: both housings electrically, zhe conneezion O-L- the socket elements 20 with the corresc)onding resilient contact portions 3.1 and 35 of I. --- the s,'..ior-L--circu-it contact element 24 in the socket contact housing 10 and the connection of the first lower arm 62 and the seccnd lower arm 64 in the pin contact housing must be released before each of the socket contact elements 20 is connected with each of L-he corresponding pin contact elements 50 and 51.
To this end, according to the present invention, as shown in Figure 6, a middle base plate 68 in the pin contact housing 12 is outwardly extended from the tip of the pin contact element 50 mounted in the housing,12 soas to insert it into between each of the socket contact elements 20 and the corresponding resilient contact porzions 34 and 35 of the short-c-L-.rcuit,- contact element 24 so as (to release -he connection between them when the socket contact housing 10 is inser---eci into the pin contact housing 12.
Further, in order to release the connection between tne first lower conzac- arm 62 of: the shorT:-ci;-rcui- contact element So' contacted with the pin contac-- element 50 and '---he second lower contact arm 64 of the switch contact element 57 connected with the pin contact element 51, L-he sockez contact housing 10 is provided with a short projecting flap member or tab 70 which may be inserted into between the lower contact arm 62 and the second lower contact- arm 64. As clear in Figure 2, the tab 70 is orovided an the _front oortion of the socket contact reception ccor,-,inglv, in bore 22 in the socket contact housing 10.
inserzinc the socket contact housina iO into the pin contact housing 50, the short-c-c:u.;t connection of the adjacent socket l L L- -- I_.- j contact ele-tients 20 by means o_ corresponding 41-enz contact portions 34 and 35 is seoarate,-; or released by res 6 I- i 7 the middle base plate 68 Of the pin contact housincr ', 2. and also the short-circuited connection of the adjacent pin contact elements 50 and 51 with the respective switch contact elements 56 and 57 is released or separated by the flap member 70 of the pin contact housing 10.
As described above, before connecting the socket contact housing 10 with the pin contact housing 12, since the adjacent socket contact elements 20 in the socket contact housing 10 are short-circuited by the short-circuit contact element 24, a dangerous difference of potential may not be established between the socket contacts elements 20, and there-fore there is not any.Lear of arising erroneous operation in the electrical- circuits or elements connected therewith.
In the same way, since the adjacent pin contact elements 50 and 51 in the pin contact housing L2 are connected by the switch contact elements 56 and 57 with each other, there is no d-i-f-fere-nce o_ z)otent-al between them.
As an examQle of using the connector accordincr to the mresent invention, reference will be made in air bac system which is one of devices for protecting a car drJ.ver from his damage in auto wreck as well known _in; the art.
In the air bag system, a gasi--;f-ied material is contained in an air baq (not shown) to which an ignition dev-1ce or 90 J s provided.
The inflator can be connected to a control circuit 92 including a shock detector and central processors (CPU). The control circuit mav be so constructed that a oilot lamo 80 may be zurned on when t'-e le-zds zc be connected w-Z:'- =e s,;.ic:, contact elemenns 50 and 51 are formed In ciose,--J-c,rcui=, as shown in 1 Figure 7.
If the pin contact housing 12 is incompletely or insuficiently inserted into the socket housing 10, the inflator 90 may not be controlled by the control circuit 92 and in the side of the control circuit, the connection between the switch contact elements 56 and 57 of the pin contact housing 12 can not be released by the wedge-shaped protuberance 70, and the pilot lamp 80 can give the notice to the driver.
While the particul'ar embodiments of L-he present invention have been shown and described, it is anparent that changes and modifications may be made therein without departing from the invention in its broader aspects. The aim of the appended claims, therefore, is to cover all such changes and modiffications as fall within the spirit and scope of the invention.
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Claims (6)

  1. What is claimed is: 1. An electrical connector comprising a socket contact
    housing in which at least a pair of socket contact elements are mounted, the adjacent socket contact elements being connected by a shortcircuit contact element with each other, a pin contact housing in which at least a pair of pin contact elements are mounted, the adjacent pin contact elements being connected by a pair of switch contact elements with each other, the socket contact housing being provided with means to release the connection between the pin contact elements when the socket contact housing is inserted into the pin contact housing, and the pin contact housing being provided with means to release the connection between the socket contact elements and the shortcircuit contact element when the socket contact housing is inserted into the pin contact housing.
  2. 2. The electric connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein the short circuit contact element is made of a resilient sheet metal with a pair of resilient contact portions to be contacted with the respective socket contact elements.
  3. 3. The electric connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein the switch contact element is made of a resilient sheet metal and has contact arms diverged -from a main body ofE the switch contact element.
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  4. 4. An electrical connector comprising: at least a pair of contact elements mounted in an insulating socket contact housing; a short-circuit contact element arranged to contact with each of the socket contact elements in the socket contact housing; at least a pair of pin contact elements mounted in an insulating pin contact housing, a pair of switch contact elements to be mounted in the between the adjacent pin contact elements in pin contact housing each of which has a f irst arm contacting with one of the pin contact elements and a second arm connecting with each other, a wedge-shaped protuberance provided to the socket contact housing to separate the connection between each of the switch contact elements and the short-circuit contact element upon the socket contact housing is inserted into the pin contact housing, and means provided to the socket contact housing for separating the connection between the switch contact elements in the pin contact housing when the socket contact housing is inserted into the pin contacIL.. housing.
  5. 5.
    An electrical connector substantially as herein described with reference to and as shown in the accompanyinig drawing(s) Published 1991 atThe Patent Office. State House. 66171 High Holborn. London WC1R41P. Further copies may be obtained from Sales Branch ' Unit
  6. 6. Nine Mile Point Cwmfelinfach. Cross Keys, Newport. NPI 7HZ. Printed by Multiplex techniques ltd. St Mary Cray. Kent.
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GB844639A (en) * 1956-08-02 1960-08-17 Continental Connector Corp Improvements in or relating to electrical socket connectors
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GB2245775A (en) * 1990-05-30 1992-01-08 Amp Inc Electrical connector short circuiting arrangements
GB2245775B (en) * 1990-05-30 1994-07-13 Amp Inc Electrical connector short circuiting arrangements
US5466168A (en) * 1991-09-30 1995-11-14 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Plug connector with short-circuit bridge
GB2276283A (en) * 1993-03-16 1994-09-21 Whitaker Corp Electrical connector with short-circuiting facility
GB2276283B (en) * 1993-03-16 1997-04-30 Whitaker Corp Electrical connector with short-circuiting facility
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