Multipole electrical connector

• US 6,796,812 B2
• Filed: 08/27/2003
• Issued: 09/28/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 03/12/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fischer Connectors Holding SA
• Original Assignee: Fischer Connectors Holding SA
• Inventors: Reicharz, Armin
• Primary Examiner(s): Zarroli, Michael C.
• Application Number:
  US10/469,156
• Publication Number:
  US 20040077223A1
• Time in Patent Office: 398 Days
• Field of Search: 439/108, 439/676, 439/941, 439/92
• US Class Current: 439/108
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/642 by position or shape of contact members
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6582 with resilient means for engaging mating connector

Abstract

The invention relates to an electrical connector comprising a male contact block and a female contact block. Each of said blocks is mounted in a metallic guide (1, 2) consisting of a cylindrical proximal part (3, 4) and a distal part (5, 6) representing a cylindrical portion, both distal parts (5, 6) being of a complementary nature so as to form a cylinder when the connector is closed. The inventive electrical connector is characterised in that the proximal (3, 4) or distal (5, 6) part of one of the guides (1, 2) comprises a projecting part (7) which is housed in an opening (8) in the distal (6, 5) or proximal (4, 3) part of the other guide (2, 1).

Claims

1. An electrical connector comprising:

a male contact blocks and

a female contact block,

each block being mounted in a metal guide consisting of a proximal part of cylindrical shape and of a distal part representing a semi-cylinder, the two distal parts complementing each other so as to form a cylinder when the connector is connected,

said electrical connector being characterized in that the proximal or distal part of one of the guides comprises a protrusion designed to fit into a recess made in the distal or proximal part of the other guide, this being so as to provide a ground contact between the two guides.

2. The connector as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the protrusion has a slot arranged along the main axis of the guides.

3. The connector as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the guide which contains the recess comprises at least two slots arranged one on each side of the recess and in the same direction as the recess.

4. The connector as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that it comprises several protrusions and an equal or higher number of corresponding recesses.

5. The connector as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the width of the protrusion is appreciably greater than the width of the corresponding recess.

6. An electrical connector comprising:

a male contact block, and

a female contact block,

each block being mounted in a metal guide consisting of a proximal part of cylindrical shape and of a distal part representing a semi-cylinder, the two distal parts complementing each other so as to form a cylinder when the connector is connected,

said electrical connector being characterized in that the proximal or distal part of one of the guides comprises a protrusion designed to fit into a recess made in the distal or proximal part of the other guide, this being so as to provide a ground contact between the two guides,

and wherein the connector comprises several protrusions and an equal or higher number of corresponding recesses.

7. The connector as claimed in claim 6, characterized in that the protrusion has a slot arranged along the main axis of the guides.

8. The connector as claimed in claim 6, characterized in that the guide which contains the recess comprises at least two slots arranged one on each side of the recess and in the same direction as the recess.

9. The connector as claimed in claim 6, characterized in that the width of the protrusion is appreciably greater than the width of the corresponding recess.

10. An electrical connector comprising:

a male contact block, and

a female contact block,

each block being mounted in a metal guide consisting of a proximal part of cylindrical shape and of a distal part representing a semi-cylinder, the two distal parts complementing each other so as to form a cylinder when the connector is connected,

said electrical connector being characterized in that the proximal or distal part of one of the guides comprises a protrusion designed to fit into a recess made in the distal or proximal part of the other guide, this being so as to provide a ground contact between the two guides,

and wherein the width of the protrusion is appreciably grater than the width of the corresponding recess.

11. The connector as claimed in claim 10, characterized in that the protrusion has a slot arranged along the main axis of the guides.

12. The connector as claimed in claim 10, characterized in that the guide which contains the recess comprises at least two slots arranged one on each side of the recess and in the same direction as the recess.

13. The connector as claimed in claim 10, characterized in that it comprises several protrusions and an equal or higher number of corresponding recesses.