Low insertion force multi-pole connector device
First Claim
1. A multi-pole connector comprising:
- a first movable connector member with a plurality of first electric contact terminals supported by at least one terminal strip, said first electric contact terminals being defined by electrically insulated islands of material arranged in a predetermined layout or geometrical pattern, said movable member being designed to be mechanically and electrically coupled to a second stationary connector member which has at least one terminal strip with a plurality of second electric contact terminals thereon, in the form of electrically insulated islands of material arranged in the same said predetermined layout or geometrical pattern;
means for mechanically coupling the terminal strip of the movable connector member to the second connector member and means for mutual relative displacement of the terminal strip of the stationary connector member and the terminal strip of the movable connector member, in a position of coincidence, with reference to the direction of displacement, of the contact terminal patterns on both terminal strips into a state of adhesion of the contact terminals of one terminal strip to those of the other terminal strip, the direction of mechanical coupling of the terminal strip of the movable connector member being parallel to said strip and the direction of relative displacement of the terminal strip of the stationary connector member against the terminal strip of the movable connector member or vice versa being perpendicular to said terminal strip;
an engagement frame for the terminal strip of the movable connector member provided above the terminal strip of the stationary connector member, which frame is open on a receiving side, wherefore the terminal strip of the movable connector member is introduced into said engagement frame by a movement parallel to the surface of the terminal strip;
means for mutually centering the terminal strips of the stationary member and the movable member of the connector into a relative position in which each island of conductive material of the plurality of islands of conductive material on one of the terminal strips coincides with a corresponding island of conductive material of the plurality of said islands of conductive material on the other of said terminal strips; and
a case for the movable connector member, which case has at least one wall that at least partially closes one side or one aperture in one side of said case and that has a slot allowing insertion of a movable connector member into the engagement frame of the stationary connector member, which slot is coincident with the open side of said engagement frame;
wherein the terminal strip of the stationary connector member is supported in such a manner as to be able to move in a direction perpendicular to the frame that receives the terminal strip of the movable connector member, by the provision of manually driven displacement means; and
wherein said terminal strip of the stationary connector member having such a displacement stroke that said terminal strip is alternately displaced into a position in which it adheres against the terminal strip of the movable connector member within the engagement frame and a position in which the terminal strip of the stationary connector member is away from the terminal strip of the movable connector member within the engagement frame.
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Abstract
A multi-pole connector has a first movable or plug-in connector member (30) with a plurality of electric contacts (131) supported by a terminal strip (31). The electric contacts are arranged in a pattern. The movable member (30) is designed to be mechanically and electrically coupled to a framework (1) which includes a second stationary, spring-biased connector member (5) which has at least one terminal strip (4, 4′) with a plurality of electric contact terminals (104, 104′) thereon, in the form of islands of material arranged in the same pattern. The movable member (30) is to be inserted into a fixed slide guide (103) and the connector member (5) is urged by springs (7) to bring terminal strips (4, 4′) into an electrical connection position with movable member (30) and a rotatable shaft (106) with cam (306) is used to move the stationary member (5) away from such position, to thereby permit release of the movable member (30).
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25 Claims
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1. A multi-pole connector comprising:
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a first movable connector member with a plurality of first electric contact terminals supported by at least one terminal strip, said first electric contact terminals being defined by electrically insulated islands of material arranged in a predetermined layout or geometrical pattern, said movable member being designed to be mechanically and electrically coupled to a second stationary connector member which has at least one terminal strip with a plurality of second electric contact terminals thereon, in the form of electrically insulated islands of material arranged in the same said predetermined layout or geometrical pattern; means for mechanically coupling the terminal strip of the movable connector member to the second connector member and means for mutual relative displacement of the terminal strip of the stationary connector member and the terminal strip of the movable connector member, in a position of coincidence, with reference to the direction of displacement, of the contact terminal patterns on both terminal strips into a state of adhesion of the contact terminals of one terminal strip to those of the other terminal strip, the direction of mechanical coupling of the terminal strip of the movable connector member being parallel to said strip and the direction of relative displacement of the terminal strip of the stationary connector member against the terminal strip of the movable connector member or vice versa being perpendicular to said terminal strip; an engagement frame for the terminal strip of the movable connector member provided above the terminal strip of the stationary connector member, which frame is open on a receiving side, wherefore the terminal strip of the movable connector member is introduced into said engagement frame by a movement parallel to the surface of the terminal strip; means for mutually centering the terminal strips of the stationary member and the movable member of the connector into a relative position in which each island of conductive material of the plurality of islands of conductive material on one of the terminal strips coincides with a corresponding island of conductive material of the plurality of said islands of conductive material on the other of said terminal strips; and a case for the movable connector member, which case has at least one wall that at least partially closes one side or one aperture in one side of said case and that has a slot allowing insertion of a movable connector member into the engagement frame of the stationary connector member, which slot is coincident with the open side of said engagement frame; wherein the terminal strip of the stationary connector member is supported in such a manner as to be able to move in a direction perpendicular to the frame that receives the terminal strip of the movable connector member, by the provision of manually driven displacement means; and wherein said terminal strip of the stationary connector member having such a displacement stroke that said terminal strip is alternately displaced into a position in which it adheres against the terminal strip of the movable connector member within the engagement frame and a position in which the terminal strip of the stationary connector member is away from the terminal strip of the movable connector member within the engagement frame. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A multi-pole connector comprising:
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a first movable connector member with a plurality of first electric contact terminals supported by at least one terminal strip, said first electric contact terminals being defined by electrically insulated islands of material arranged in a predetermined layout or geometrical pattern, said movable member being designed to be mechanically and electrically coupled to a second stationary connector member which has at least one terminal strip with a plurality of second electric contact terminals thereon, in the form of electrically insulated islands of material arranged in the same said predetermined layout or geometrical pattern; means for mechanically coupling the terminal strip of the movable connector member to the second connector member and means for mutual relative displacement of the terminal strip of the stationary connector member and the terminal strip of the movable connector member, in a position of coincidence, with reference to the direction of displacement, of the contact terminal patterns on both terminal strips into a state of adhesion of the contact terminals of one terminal strip to those of the other terminal strip, the direction of mechanical coupling of the terminal strip of the movable connector member being parallel to said strip and the direction of relative displacement of the terminal strip of the stationary connector member against the terminal strip of the movable connector member or vice versa being perpendicular to said terminal strip; an engagement frame for the terminal strip of the movable connector member provided above the terminal strip of the stationary connector member, which frame is open on a receiving side, wherefore the terminal strip of the movable connector member is introduced into said engagement frame by a movement parallel to the surface of the terminal strip; means for mutually centering the terminal strips of the stationary member and the movable member of the connector into a relative position in which each island of conductive material of the plurality of islands of conductive material on one of the terminal strips coincides with a corresponding island of conductive material of the plurality of said islands of conductive material on the other of said terminal strips; wherein the terminal strip of the stationary connector member is supported in such a manner as to be able to move in a direction perpendicular to the frame that receives the terminal strip of the movable connector member, by the provision of manually driven displacement means; and wherein said terminal strip of the stationary connector member having such a displacement stroke that said terminal strip is alternately displaced into a position in which it adheres against the terminal strip of the movable connector member within the engagement frame and a position in which the terminal strip of the stationary connector member is away from the terminal strip of the movable connector member within the engagement frame; and
further comprisingmechanical displacement means for displacement of the terminal strip of the stationary connector member, which are manually driven and are designed to be driven for displacing said terminal strip away from the terminal strip of the movable connector member when the latter is within the engagement frame, against the action of an elastic means that stably push the terminal strip of the stationary connector member against the terminal strip of the movable connector member within the engagement frame, when the manually driven mechanical displacement means are in a disabled state, defined when the terminal strip of the stationary connector member is not displaced and held away from the engagement frame or the terminal strip of the movable connector member inserted in said engagement frame. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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14. A multi-pole connector comprising:
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a first movable connector member with a plurality of first electric contact terminals supported by at least one terminal strip, said first electric contact terminals being defined by electrically insulated islands of material arranged in a predetermined layout or geometrical pattern, said movable member being designed to be mechanically and electrically coupled to a second stationary connector member which has at least one terminal strip with a plurality of second electric contact terminals thereon, in the form of electrically insulated islands of material arranged in the same said predetermined layout or geometrical pattern; means for mechanically coupling the terminal strip of the movable connector member to the second connector member and means for mutual relative displacement of the terminal strip of the stationary connector member and the terminal strip of the movable connector member, in a position of coincidence, with reference to the direction of displacement, of the contact terminal patterns on both terminal strips into a state of adhesion of the contact terminals of one terminal strip to those of the other terminal strip, the direction of mechanical coupling of the terminal strip of the movable connector member being parallel to said strip and the direction of relative displacement of the terminal strip of the stationary connector member against the terminal strip of the movable connector member or vice versa being perpendicular to said terminal strip; an engagement frame for the terminal strip of the movable connector member provided above the terminal strip of the stationary connector member, which frame is open on a receiving side, wherefore the terminal strip of the movable connector member is introduced into said engagement frame by a movement parallel to the surface of the terminal strip; means for mutually centering the terminal strips of the stationary member and the movable member of the connector into a relative position in which each island of conductive material of the plurality of islands of conductive material on one of the terminal strips coincides with a corresponding island of conductive material of the plurality of said islands of conductive material on the other of said terminal strips; wherein the terminal strip of the stationary connector member is supported in such a manner as to be able to move in a direction perpendicular to the frame that receives the terminal strip of the movable connector member, by the provision of manually driven displacement means; wherein said terminal strip of the stationary connector member having such a displacement stroke that said terminal strip is alternately displaced into a position in which it adheres against the terminal strip of the movable connector member within the engagement frame and a position in which the terminal strip of the stationary connector member is away from the terminal strip of the movable connector member within the engagement frame; and wherein the stationary connector member comprises a framework in which guides are provided for the displacement of the terminal strip of said stationary connector member, in a direction perpendicular to the front surface of said terminal strip and in a direction perpendicular to the engagement frame which is fixedly secured to said framework in a position parallel to the terminal strip and coincident therewith in a direction of displacement thereof, whereas said framework further has elastic pushing means for pushing the terminal strip, interposed between the side of the terminal strip away from the engagement frame and a stationary stop on said side of the terminal strip and whereas the framework supports a mechanism for pushing and translating the terminal strip in the direction away from the engagement frame while counteracting the pushing action of said elastic means, members being further provided for driving said mechanism, which are susceptible of being seized by one hand and operated with such hand. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A multi-pole connector comprising:
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a first movable connector member with a plurality of first electric contact terminals supported by at least one terminal strip, said first electric contact terminals being defined by electrically insulated islands of material arranged in a predetermined layout or geometrical pattern, said movable member being designed to be mechanically and electrically coupled to a second stationary connector member which has at least one terminal strip with a plurality of second electric contact terminals thereon, in the form of electrically insulated islands of material arranged in the same said predetermined layout or geometrical pattern; and means for mechanically coupling the terminal strip of the movable connector member to the second connector member and means for mutual relative displacement of the terminal strip of the stationary connector member and the terminal strip of the movable connector member, in a position of coincidence, with reference to the direction of displacement, of the contact terminal patterns on both terminal strips into a state of adhesion of the contact terminals of one terminal strip to those of the other terminal strip, the direction of mechanical coupling of the terminal strip of the movable connector member being parallel to said strip and the direction of relative displacement of the terminal strip of the stationary connector member against the terminal strip of the movable connector member or vice versa being perpendicular to said terminal strip; wherein said at least one terminal strip comprises two terminal strips, each underlying an engagement frame for the terminal strip of the movable connector member, the terminal strip-engagement frame pairs laying one above the other and each engagement frame being stationary, whereas the two terminal strips are stressed towards the associated engagement frames by elastic means and are designed to be moved away from said engagement frame by manually driven mechanical displacement means so that each terminal strip is alternately brought into a position of contact with a terminal strip of a movable connector member within the associated engagement frame and into a position spaced from said terminal strip of the movable connector member within the associated engagement frame. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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Specification