DATA CABLE CONNECTOR MODULE AND PROCESS FOR ITS ASSEMBLY TO CABLE

• US 20120178282A1
• Filed: 12/14/2011
• Published: 07/12/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/17/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kerpen Datacom GmbH
• Original Assignee: Leoni Kabel Holding GmbH (Leoni AG)
• Inventors: ENGELS, Yvan, KLEES, Ernst, ZELLNER, Joachim, SCHUH, Wolfgang
• Granted Patent: US 8,650,750 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 439/389
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/506 assembled by snap action of the parts
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6461 Means for preventing cross-talk
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6585 Shielding material individually surrounding or interposed between mutually spaced contacts
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 4/2433 one part of the base being movable to push the cable into the slot
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49174 Assembling terminal to elongated conductor
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49204 Contact or terminal manufacturing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49208 by assembling plural parts
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49222 forming array of contacts or terminals

Abstract

A data cable connector module with a fixation element for the positioning and fixation of the cable conductors of a multi core cable, conductor receiving units for bent IDCs, IDC receiving units for fixation of connected IDCs; a centric metallic shield star electrically conductively connected with a fixation element housing; and a contact module with a contact module metal housing, an isolation socket for the reception of bent slide circuit board contacts; at least one circuit board, a front connector face; and a fixation element connector face with at least one end isolator block guided plug-in contacts, the fixation element and the contact module being developed so that they can be brought into contact with the IDCs, causing the cable conductors of the fixation element to be electrically conductively connected with the slide contacts of the contact module; and a process for the assembly of the module to a cable.

Claims

1. Data cable connector module, comprising:

a fixation element for positioning and fixating cable conductors of a multi-core cable and for being connected to one end of the cable, the fixation element comprising;

conductor receiving units with a conductor guide and connection openings for bent IDCs;

IDC receiving units with contact openings for reception of connected IDCs;

a fixation element housing; and

a centric metallic shield which shields pairs of conductors relative to each other and is electrically conductively connected to the fixation element housing;

 

and

a changeable contact module which is detachably connectable with the fixation element, the contact module comprising;

a metal contact module housing;

an isolation socket arranged in the contact module housing for reception of bent slide contacts with connector ends for the connection with a circuit board;

at least one circuit board positioned between the slide contacts and plug-in contacts of the module, the at least one circuit board connecting the connector ends of the slide contacts with the plug-in contacts of the module;

a front connector face for external connectors; and

a fixation element port connector face with an end isolator block for guiding the plug-in contacts of the module,

wherein the fixation element and the contact module are constructed in a form enabling contact to be established between them by electrically conductive connection of the module plug-in contacts with the IDCs, so that the cable conductors of the fixation element are electrically conductively connected with the slide contacts of the contact module.

2. Data cable connector module according to claim 1, wherein the fixation element is polygonal and has fastening elements for a reversibly openable latch and wherein the contact module has fastening elements for securement with the fastening elements.

3. Data cable connector module according to claim 1, wherein the fixation element and the contact module are provided with at least one device for at least one of centering and adjustment of the fixation element during plugging of the contact module to the fixation element.

4. Data cable connector module according to claim 1, wherein the connector face of the contact module complies with the connection standard according to ISO/EC 11801 and EN 50173.

5. Process for assembling a data cable connector module comprising the steps of:

manufacturing a fixation element connected to a data cable by;

removing of a cable mantle exposing isolated conductors of a data cable;

insertion of the isolated conductors into conductor sockets with IDC openings;

insertion of bent ends of IDCs into the IDC openings of the conductor sockets by cutting the conductor isolation and contacting the conductors;

pushing the IDC sockets over free ends of the IDCs;

providing a shield with outer shield elements between the IDC sockets;

inserting a fixation element assembly formed of IDCs, IDC sockets, and conductors produced by the preceding steps into a fixation element housing;

 

and

manufacturing of a contact module by;

preparing bent slide contacts with connection ends and slide contact areas;

insertion of the bent slide contacts into an isolation socket;

connection of at least one circuit board to the connection ends of the slide contacts;

connection of plug-in contacts to the at least one circuit board by establishing an electrically conductive connection between the slide contacts and the module plug-in contacts by the circuit board;

insertion of plugs in at least one end isolation socket and

insertion of the module assembly produced by the preceding steps in a contact module housing.

6. Method according to claim 5, wherein said steps are at least partially performed automatically.