Plug for shielded data cables

• US 7,874,849 B2
• Filed: 08/30/2006
• Issued: 01/25/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/02/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: MC Technology GmbH (METZ CONNECT GmbH)
• Original Assignee: MC Technology GmbH (METZ CONNECT GmbH)
• Inventors: Rösch, Werner, Sticker, Rolf
• Primary Examiner(s): Abrams; Neil
• Assistant Examiner(s): Nguyen; Phuong
• Application Number:
  US12/223,877
• Publication Number:
  US 20100227496A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,609 Days
• Field of Search: 439/76.1, 439/676, 439/404, 439/418, 43960741-60748
• US Class Current: 439/76.1
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/506 assembled by snap action of the parts
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/582 the cable being clamped between assembled parts of the housing
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 24/64 for high frequency, e.g. RJ 45
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 4/2433 one part of the base being movable to push the cable into the slot

Abstract

Disclosed is a plug for shielded data cables, in particular an RJ45 plug, having an electrically conducting housing, which can be assembled from a first shell and a second shell. An electrically insulating plug body accommodates plug contacts. A printed circuit board, which can be inserted into the housing, bears the plug contacts and insulation displacement contacts and conductively connects them to one another. The printed circuit board is insulated from the housing by a non-conducting foil. The wires of the data cable to be connected can be inserted into a loading piece, wherein the wires are accommodated in two planes one above the other in the loading piece. The data cable can be mounted in the loading piece and the second shell. When the shells are assembled, the insulation displacement contacts make contact with the wires of the data cable which are accommodated in the loading piece.

Claims

1. An RJ45 plug for shielded data cables with an electrically conducting housing, comprising:

a first shell (1) and a second shell (2), with an electrically insulating plug body (4), which accommodates plug contacts (302), with a printed circuit board (3), which can be inserted into the housing (1, 2) and which carries the plug contacts (302) and insulation displacement contacts (303, 304) and conductively connects them to one another, and with a loading piece (5) into which the wires of the data cable can be inserted and which can be mounted on the printed circuit board (3) to establish contact between the wires and the insulation displacement contacts (303, 304), characterized in that the printed circuit board (3) can be inserted into the first shell (1) and is electrically insulated against a base (101) of the first shell thereof by a foil (301), that the insulation displacement contacts (303, 304) are arranged in two rows that are mutually offset in the insertion direction of the plug, that the rear row of insulation displacement contacts (303) has a lower height than the front row of insulation displacement contacts (304), that the loading piece (5) accommodates the wires in two planes with the ends of the wires offset in a staggered manner, and that the wires of the plane that projects further out make contact with the insulation displacement contacts (304) of the front row.

2. The RJ45 plug according to claim 1, characterized in that the loading piece (5) has pass-through bored holes (503) for the wires in the top, projecting, stepped plane and has receiving prongs (505) for clamping the wires in the lower, set-back plane.

3. The RJ45 plug according to claim 1, characterized in that a detent lever (109) can be hooked into the shell (1) accommodating the plug body (4).

4. The RJ45 plug according to claim 1, in which there is a rear row having four insulation displacement contacts (303) and a front row with four insulation displacement contacts (304) and in which the loading piece (5) has a top projecting plane having four bored holes (503) and a set-back, lower plane having four receiving prongs (505).

5. The RJ45 plug according to claim 1, characterized in that a shielding contact (104) is attached in one of the shells (1, 2) so that it is conductingly connected with this shell and lies resiliently against the bared shielding of the installed data cable when the shells (1, 2) are assembled and presses this bared shielding against the respective other shell (2, 1).

6. The RJ45 plug according to claim 5, characterized in that the shielding contact (104) is a spring-steel-sheet stamping that is riveted into the shell (1,2).

7. The RJ45 plug according to claim 1, characterized in that the loading piece (5) can be inserted into the second shell (2) when the latter is separated from the first shell (1) and that the data cable can be installed into the loading piece (5) and the second shell (2).

8. The RJ45 plug according to claim 7, characterized in that a strain-relief (207, 208) secures the cable to the second shell (2).

9. The RJ45 plug according to claim 8, characterized in that the strain-relief has a locking strain-relief clamp (208) that can be adjusted relative to a strain-relief area (207) of the second shell (2).

10. The RJ45 plug according to claim 1, characterized in that the insulation displacement contacts (304) of the front row are surrounded by the plug body (4) in their area near the printed circuit board.

11. The RJ45 plug according to claim 10, characterized in that the insulation displacement contacts (303, 304) and/or the plug contacts (302) are soldered or pressed into the printed circuit board and are covered by the foil (301) on the opposite bottom side of the printed circuit board (3).

12. The RJ45 plug according to claim 11, characterized in that the insulation displacement contacts (303, 304) and/or the plug contacts (302) are connected to the printed circuit board (3) by means of the THR (through hole reflow) soldering process.

13. The RJ45 plug according to claim 11, characterized in that the pins of the insulation displacement contacts (303, 304) and/or plug contacts (302) do not project beyond the lower edge of the printed circuit board (3).