CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY AND CORRESPONDING ASSEMBLY
First Claim
1. Connector assembly (4) comprising:
- a connecting plate (12) provided with at least one electrical (16) and/or fluid (14) connection element, with the connection element defining a direction of connecting (Z) to a complementary electrical (18) and/or fluid (20) connection element,a support (22), the connecting plate (12) able to be displaced in relation to the support (22) in an offset position in a plane (X-Y) perpendicular to the direction of connecting for the connection of the connection elements (14, 16, 18, 20) anda floating device (26) between the connecting plate and the support, with the floating device (26) able to recentre the connecting plate (12) in a determined idle position of the connecting plate in relation to the support in disconnected configuration of the connecting plate, from said offset position of the plate (12),characterised in that the floating device compriseson the one hand a recentring element (28) integral in the plane (X-Y) with the connecting plate (12) andon the other hand means of elastic recalling (30) of a cam surface (38) of the recentring element (28) in contact with a cam follower surface (40) arranged on the support (22), the connecting plate (12) and the support (22) being separate, in that the cam surface (38) and/or the cam follower surface (40) is inclined (α
) in relation to the direction of connecting (Z), in that the connecting plate (12) is fixed according to the direction of connecting (Z) in relation to the support (22), in that the recentring element (28) is mobile according to the direction of connecting (Z) in relation to the connecting plate (12) and in relation to the support (22) between the idle position and said offset position of the plate (12), in that a stop plate (32) and the connecting plate (12) are arranged on either side of the support (22) according to the direction of connecting (Z), and in that the recentring element (28) is arranged between the stop plate (32) and the support (22).
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Abstract
This connector assembly (4) comprises a connecting plate (12) provided with at least one electrical (16) and/or fluid (14) connection element, which defines a direction of connecting (Z) to a complementary connection element (18, 20), a support (22) and a floating device (26). The plate (12) is able to be displaced in relation to the support (22) in an offset position in a plane (X-Y). The floating device (26) recentres the plate (12) in an idle position in disconnected configuration and comprises a recentring element (28) integral with an element (12, 22) and means of recalling (30) a cam surface (38) of the recentring element (28) in contact with a cam follower surface (40) arranged on an element (12, 22). The surface (38) and/or the surface (40) is inclined (a) in relation to the direction (Z), and the recentring element (28) is mobile according to the direction (Z) in relation to the plate (12) and in relation to the support (22) between the idle and offset positions.
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15 Claims
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1. Connector assembly (4) comprising:
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a connecting plate (12) provided with at least one electrical (16) and/or fluid (14) connection element, with the connection element defining a direction of connecting (Z) to a complementary electrical (18) and/or fluid (20) connection element, a support (22), the connecting plate (12) able to be displaced in relation to the support (22) in an offset position in a plane (X-Y) perpendicular to the direction of connecting for the connection of the connection elements (14, 16, 18, 20) and a floating device (26) between the connecting plate and the support, with the floating device (26) able to recentre the connecting plate (12) in a determined idle position of the connecting plate in relation to the support in disconnected configuration of the connecting plate, from said offset position of the plate (12), characterised in that the floating device comprises on the one hand a recentring element (28) integral in the plane (X-Y) with the connecting plate (12) and on the other hand means of elastic recalling (30) of a cam surface (38) of the recentring element (28) in contact with a cam follower surface (40) arranged on the support (22), the connecting plate (12) and the support (22) being separate, in that the cam surface (38) and/or the cam follower surface (40) is inclined (α
) in relation to the direction of connecting (Z), in that the connecting plate (12) is fixed according to the direction of connecting (Z) in relation to the support (22), in that the recentring element (28) is mobile according to the direction of connecting (Z) in relation to the connecting plate (12) and in relation to the support (22) between the idle position and said offset position of the plate (12), in that a stop plate (32) and the connecting plate (12) are arranged on either side of the support (22) according to the direction of connecting (Z), and in that the recentring element (28) is arranged between the stop plate (32) and the support (22). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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7. The assembly as claimed in any 1, wherein the recentring element (28) comprises an extension (48, 50), according to the direction of connecting (Z) in relation to the cam surface (38), forming a guiding surface of the recentring element (28) according to the direction of connecting (Z).
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8. The assembly as claimed in any 1, wherein the means of elastic recalling include a spring (42) arranged between the recentring element (28) and an integral element (32) of the recentring element (28) in the plane (X-Y).
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