PROTECTIVE ELEMENT FOR CONDUCTORS

• US 20140030908A1
• Filed: 01/14/2013
• Published: 01/30/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/17/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nexans Incorporated (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nexans Incorporated (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: RIEDEL, RICHARD, VOLKL, DIETMAR, BOCK, NORBERT, WAGNER, JOHANNES
• Granted Patent: US 9,595,785 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 439/460
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/592 connections to contact elements
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/62 connecting to rigid printed circuits or like structures
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/58 Means for relieving strain on wire connection, e.g. cord grip , for avoiding loosening of connections between wires and terminals within a coupling device terminating a cable for flat or ribbon cables H01R12/771
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 4/023 between cables or wires and terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 4/027 comprising means for positioning or holding the parts to be soldered or welded
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 43/0256 for soldering or welding connectors to a printed circuit board
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 3/32 electrically connecting electric components or wires to printed circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 3/328 by welding
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 3/34 by soldering
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49147 Assembling terminal to base

Abstract

A protective element for manufacturing platines is provided, where conductors are fastened to the contacts of the conductors. The protective element includes recesses which are configured for arranging a conductor each, and the protective element can be arranged adjacent a support. The recesses of the protective element are arranged in a first position in alignment with the recesses of the support and in a second position at an angle relative to the recesses of the support. Preferably, the protective element has at least one hinge section which is configured for interacting with a complimentary hinge section of a support which can be mounted against the protective element, where pivoting of the protective element against the support about the pivoting axis of: the interacting hinge sections moves the protective element on the support from the first position into the second position.

Claims

1. A Protective element, for electrical conductors comprising:

recesses for receiving individual conductors; and

a hinge section which is configured to form, together with a hinge section of a support, a hinge which has a pivoting axis which extends parallel to the plane in which the recesses of the protective element are arranged,

wherein the protective element has a stop which limits pivoting of the protective element about the pivoting axis against, the support into a first position in such the recesses of the protective element are aligned flush with recesses of the support, and

wherein the protective element has a second stop which is configured to limit pivoting of the protective element against the support in a second position, in which the recesses of the protective element are pivoted at an angle of 70 to 120* against the recesses of the support.

2. The Protective element according to claim 1, wherein the at least one hinge section of the protective element is placed against a complimentary hinge section of the support, and the support has recesses arranged in a plane extending parallel to the pivoting axis of the hinge formed by the hinge sections, for receiving the individual conductors.

3. The Protective element according to claim 1, wherein the protective element has a positioning recess whose longitudinal axis extends parallel to the longitudinal axis of the recesses of the protective element and which can be arranged around a projection of a platine and/or has at least one attachment piece which protrudes beyond the protective element at the side which faces a platine for spacing the protective element during mounting against the platine away from the platine and the support.

4. A Method for manufacturing a device, said device having electrically connected conductors which are fixedly mounted on a platine, where the conductors are arranged in recesses of a support connected to the platine, said method comprising the steps of:

making available the contacts which are mounted on the platine, and connecting individual conductors to individual contacts, wherein arranging individual conductors on contacts comprises the steps of;

arranging individual conductors in recesses of a support and in recesses of a protective element, wherein the plane in which the recesses of the protective element are arranged is inclined relative to the plane at an angle in which the recesses of the support are arranged,

arranging the support on the platine, and

spacing the protective element from the support.

5. The Method according to claim 4, wherein the conductors, in a first position in which the recesses of the support are aligned flush with and in a common plane with the recesses of the protective element, in which the recesses, of the support and the protective element are arranged and subsequently the protective element is pivoted into an angle relative to the support.

6. The Method according to claims 4, wherein the protective element has at least one hinge section which is guided against a complimentary hinge section of the support and forms a pivoting axis which is located parallel to the plane in which the recesses of the protective element and/or the recesses of the support are arranged.

7. The Method according to claim 4, wherein the protective element has a first stop which limits pivoting of the protective element against the support in a first position in which the recesses of the protective element are arranged in a common plane with the recesses of the support, and the protective element has a second stop which limits pivoting of the protective element against the support into a second position in which the recesses of:

the protective element are pivoted at a predetermined angle relative to the plane in which the recesses of the support are arranged.

8. The Method according to claim 4, wherein the protective element has on the side which faces the support in the first position, a positioning recess whose longitudinal middle axis extends parallel to the plane of the recesses of the protective element, and is placed against the contacts when the support is mounted on the platine.

9. The Method according to claim 4, wherein the support has a stop which in the second position of the protective element, when arranging he support on the platine, impinges against the connecting surface of the contact which is connected to the conductor.

10. The Method according to claim 4, wherein the positioning recess is mounted against a contact and the support is connected to the platine by moving it against the platine, while the contact arranged against the positioning recess spaces the protective element from the support.

11. The Method according to claim 4, wherein the protective element is moved away from the conductors prior to the connection of the conductors to the contacts.

12. A Platine with attached contacts to which conductors arranged in recesses of a support, connected to the platine, are electrically connected, wherein

a protective element, which is arranged at least in sections between the support and the contacts, has recesses in each of which individual conductors are arranged.

13. The Platine according to claim 12, wherein the recesses of the protective element are arranged in a common plane which is pivoted at an angle relative to the plane in which the recesses of the support are located.

14. The Platine according to claim 12, wherein the protective element has hinge sections which, together with hinge sections of the support, form a hinge whose pivoting axis is located parallel to the plane in which the recesses of the protective element are arranged.

15. The Platine according to claim 12, wherein the protective element has at least two oppositely located breakthroughs in the wall of its recesses, and a conductor connected to a contact and/or a contact connected to the conductor is arranged over sections thereof so as to extend through the breakthroughs.