Line plug connection

• US 6,123,550 A
• Filed: 12/12/1997
• Issued: 09/26/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 12/13/1996
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Delphi Delco Electronics Europe GmbH (Aptiv PLC)
• Original Assignee: Fuba Automotive GmbH & Co. KG. (Aptiv PLC)
• Inventors: Becker, Ulrich D., Pentzek, Olaf, Leinwetter, Bernd, Schwarte, Andreas, Burkert, Manfred
• Primary Examiner(s): Abrams, Neil
• Assistant Examiner(s): HYEON, HAE M
• Application Number:
  US08/989,659
• Time in Patent Office: 1,019 Days
• Field of Search: 439/63, 439/580, 439/581, 439/578, 439/668, 439/59, 439/55
• US Class Current: 439/63
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 2103/00 Two poles
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 24/50 mounted on a PCB [Printed Circuit Board]
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 9/0515 Connection to a rigid planar substrate, e.g. printed circuit board

Abstract

The invention is a line plug connector for transmitting electrical energy between a cable having a ground conductor and a center conductor, and printed circuit board. The cable end of plug connection is formed by a cable plug having an external conductive sleeve for connection to the ground conductor of the cable, and a center conductive sleeve for connection to the center conductor of the cable. The plug connects to least one elongated tab formed by a plurality of slots on a peripheral edge of the circuit board. In addition on the circuit board is a plurality of metal contacts formed over a portion of the circuit board adjacent to the slot openings. The connection is designed so that the spacing of the slots and the width of the tabs correspond with the width of the plug sleeves so that when the cable plug and its sleeves are pushed into the slots, the external sleeve is in frictional connection with at least one of the contacts on the circuit board, and the inner sleeve is connected to a different contact on the circuit board.

Claims

1. A line plug connection for transmitting electrical energy between a cable having a ground conductor and a center conductor, and a printed circuit board comprising:

a cable plug having an external conductive sleeve for connection to the ground conductor of the cable, and a center conductive sleeve for connection to the center conductor of the cable and wherein said external conductive sleeve includes an elastic projection;

at least one elongated tongue formed by at least two slots on a peripheral edge of the circuit board;

at least two different metal contacts formed over a portion of said circuit board adjacent to said slots, wherein the spacing of said slots and the width of said at least one tongue correspond with the width of the cable plug sleeves so that when said cable plug and its sleeves are pushed into said slots, said external conductive sleeve is in frictional connection with one of said metal contacts on said circuit board, and said center conductive sleeve is connected to another one of said metal contacts on said circuit board; and

said at least one slot includes a notch and wherein the elastic projection corresponds to said notch found in the slot so that when the cable plug is pushed into the slots, the elastic projection engages and expands into said notch effecting an arrest of said cable plug.

2. The line plug connection of claim 1, wherein said notch comprises a bevel formed in said slots and the external conductive sleeve of said cable plug has a conical cross section to fit into said bevel.

3. The line plug connection according to claim 2, wherein the external conductive sleeve comprises a circular groove, and a radial elastic ring inserted in said circular groove, said ring corresponding with said notches in said slots when the cable plug part is pushed into the slots of the circuit board.

4. The line plug connection according to claim 3, comprising a secondary sleeve enclosing said external conductive sleeve and being connected thereto, said secondary sleeve having elastic projections on its periphery effecting a mounting with the notch slots of the circuit board.

5. The line plug connection according to claim 4, wherein said radial elastic ring and said secondary sleeve may be made of metal.

6. The line plug connection according to claim 4, wherein said radial elastic ring and said secondary sleeve may be made of a plastic material.

7. The line plug connection according to claim 3, comprising a housing for holding the circuit board, and wherein said housing includes a flanged opening, wherein the external conductor sleeve and said secondary sleeve enclosing the external conductor sleeve engage said circular groove in the flanged opening of said housing.