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EP0279405B1
EP0279405B1 EP88102213A EP88102213A EP0279405B1 EP 0279405 B1 EP0279405 B1 EP 0279405B1 EP 88102213 A EP88102213 A EP 88102213A EP 88102213 A EP88102213 A EP 88102213A EP 0279405 B1 EP0279405 B1 EP 0279405B1
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socket part
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Jacques Longueville
Werner Moyaert
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/64—Means for preventing incorrect coupling
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    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R12/00—Structural associations of a plurality of mutually-insulated electrical connecting elements, specially adapted for printed circuits, e.g. printed circuit boards [PCB], flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures, e.g. terminal strips, terminal blocks; Coupling devices specially adapted for printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures; Terminals specially adapted for contact with, or insertion into, printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures
    • H01R12/70—Coupling devices
    • H01R12/7005—Guiding, mounting, polarizing or locking means; Extractors

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  • the invention relates to a connector with a socket part, which consists essentially of a flat plate, which is penetrated by pins or knives arranged in a certain grid, and which protrudes at least on the long sides of the plate parallel to the pins or knives of this side walls has, which are provided on their inner side facing the pins or knives with grooves which extend parallel to the pins or knives, and with at least one plug-in part which can be inserted between the side walls of the socket part and contains contact springs which can be plugged onto the pins or knives, and with Separately manageable hook parts which have tines which can be latched to the socket part and which have hook-shaped tines and can be inserted through openings in the socket part and which protrude from the extension of the side walls of the socket part and provide projections which can be latched behind the locking edges of the plug parts are.
  • Such a structure is provided in the transfer connector system known from EP 0 128 307 A1.
  • coding parts mechanically corresponding to one another are attached both to a cable housing and in the area of a male connector serving as a mating plug element, which are brought into engagement and held with one another via a common locking element.
  • the locking element fulfills the double function of the coding to prevent incorrect connections and the fastening or locking of the cable housing.
  • the coding parts are on the cable housing in the form of pockets and removable web sections and on the male connector as corresponding to the pockets Plug-in sockets as well as sockets for receiving the hooking of the locking elements.
  • the socket part is preferably plugged onto the contact pins or contact knife of a knife or pin strip, which with these knives or pins a rear wall of an electrical device, for. B. a slide-in frame, interspersed.
  • the side walls of the socket part form guides for plug parts which can be inserted between the side walls of the socket part and thereby contact a specific group of pins or knives of the socket part. Hook parts can be locked on the side walls of the socket part, which hold a plug part when it has been inserted between the side walls of the socket part.
  • the object of the present invention is to design a plug connector of the type mentioned at the outset in such a way that coding of the plug parts with respect to a socket part is straightforward and the plug parts can also be inserted between the side walls of the socket part and rotated through 180 °.
  • each plug part of the socket part is constructed symmetrically and the openings on the plate of the socket part are provided in the extension of each groove of the side walls, that each plug part is provided with only one comb-like broken-out prong wall that each hook part is provided with a comb-like structure in prongs and the prongs of each connector part and the prongs of each hook part in the grooves of the Side walls fit in that each hook part assigned to a plug part is inserted into the socket part on the opposite side of the plug part to the wall divided into prongs, and that further prongs are provided which, independently manageable, can be inserted into the grooves of the side walls and can be latched to the socket part are.
  • This design of the connector advantageously makes it possible to provide the plug parts with only one cable outlet, with the plug part being rotated through 180 ° giving a further cable outlet direction which is opposite to the other cable outlet direction.
  • the tines provided only on a side of the connector part corresponding to a side wall of the socket part can namely be used by coding out individual tines known per se from EP-0 179 999 A2 to code the connector part, which have a specific association between a connector part and a specific one Group of pins or knives of the socket part is ensured by inserting the tines which can be handled independently of one another into assigned grooves of the socket part and thereby blocking these grooves with respect to tines of the plug part. Due to the symmetrical structure of the socket part, this is optionally possible on one or the other side of the socket part. Accordingly, the hook parts used to hold the socket part can be assigned to one or the other side wall.
  • the grooves of the side walls are arranged in the grid spacing of the pins or knives. This makes it possible to move each plug part in a grid spacing along the socket part, so that any group of pins or knives of the socket part can be assigned to a specific plug part.
  • a socket part 1 has a strip-shaped plate 2, which is penetrated by channels 3 in a certain grid order. With these channels 3, the plate 2 can be pushed over a certain group of pins or knives 4. The pins or knives 4 are located with end sections on the top 5 of the plate 2.
  • the plate 2 is provided along its longitudinal edges with side walls 6 projecting from the plate 2 parallel to the pins or knives 4.
  • the side walls 6 form guides for connector parts 7, which are dimensioned such that they can be inserted between the side walls 6 and contact a certain number of pins or knives 4 with contact springs which are contained in the connector parts.
  • the contact springs located in the plug parts 7 are connected to lines which are led out of a plug part 7 via a cable 8.
  • the cable 8 leaves a plug part 7 via a cable outlet opening, which enables the cable outlet in a direction parallel to the side walls 6 of the socket part 1.
  • both side walls 6 are on the inside 9, each facing the opposite side wall 6 of the same socket part 1, with the pins or Knives 4 parallel ribs 10 provided.
  • the ribs 10 delimit grooves 11 into which prongs 12 of a plug part 7 adapted to the grooves can be inserted.
  • the tines 12 result from a comb-like design of a U-side wall 13 of a U-shaped plug part housing 14, the U-side walls 13 of which are directed parallel to the side walls 6 when a plug part 7 is inserted between the side walls 6 of the socket part 1.
  • the tines 12 provided at the free end of one of the two U-side walls 13 of the plug part housing 14 can be inserted both into the grooves 11 of the one side wall 6 of the socket part 1 and into the grooves 11 of the other side wall 6 of the socket part 1.
  • a plug part 7 can therefore also be inserted rotated by 180 ° between the side walls 6 of the socket part 1. Therefore, the plug part 7 only requires a cable outlet opening on an upper part 15 of its housing 14.
  • 2b, 2c and 2d show that wall-like intermediate pieces 16 provided with contact spring chambers are laterally attached to a middle piece 17 which also has contact spring chambers and united with the middle piece 17 to form a block between the U-side walls of the plug part housing 14 to form the plug part will. Snap tabs secure the connection between the parts 16 and 17 and the connector part housing 14 and the block formed from the parts 16 and 17.
  • individually manageable tines 18 can be inserted into the grooves 11 of the side walls 6.
  • a plug part 7 can therefore only be inserted between the side walls 6 of the socket part 1 if the tine 12 which is intended for a groove 11 which is blocked by a prong 18 has previously been broken out.
  • a wall-like hook part 19 can also be connected to any of the two side walls 6, starting from a crossbeam 20 which, when a hook part 19 is connected to a wall 6 of the socket part 1, sits on the free edge of the wall 6 in question, on one side as well is provided with comb-like tines 21, while on the other side a locking tab 22 is provided which, when the hook part 19 with the prongs 21 has been inserted into grooves 11 of the socket part 1 and the crossbar 20 sits on a side wall 6, extends the relevant side wall 6 protrudes from the socket part 1.
  • the tab 22 When inserting a plug part 7 between the side walls 6 of the socket part 1, the tab 22 is pushed back elastically, in order then to engage with a locking hook 23 behind an edge of the plug part housing 14 and to hold the plug part 7 on the socket part 1.
  • Tine tips of the separately manageable tines 18 and at least some of the tines 21 are extended and hook-shaped at the free end. These tine tips penetrate openings 24, which are provided in the plate 2 in the extension of each groove 11 and hook on the side of the plate 2 facing away from the upper side 5. As a result, the separately manageable tines 18 and a hook part 19 are held on the socket part 1.
  • a hook part 19 By connecting a hook part 19 to the socket part 1, the location is visually indicated at which a plug part 7 is to be connected to the socket part 1.
  • the crossbar 20 of a hook part 19 extends namely over the entire length of that zone of the socket part 1 which is to be occupied by a plug part 7.
  • a hook part 19 connected to the socket part 1 determines the respective rotational position of a plug part 7 with respect to a cable outlet opening of the plug part 7, since the side wall 13 of the plug part housing 14 provided with the prongs 12 cannot be assigned to the side wall 6 of the socket part 1 that already is occupied by a hook part 19.
  • the grooves 11 are distributed over the side walls 6 of the socket part 1 in such a way that they are at a distance from one another which corresponds to the grid spacing of the pins or knives 4 or the channels 3 in the plate 2 and are synchronized with this grid. This makes it possible to assign a plug part 7, which only occupies a certain section of the socket part 1 in the direction of the socket part 1 parallel to the side walls 6, to any group of pins or knives 4 of the socket part 1.
  • the pins or knives 4 can be contact pins or contact knives of a pin or knife strip 25 which is inserted with the connection side of the contact pins or contact knives through a housing rear wall 26 provided with bores in the pitch of the contact pins or contact knives.

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Die Erfindung bezieht sich auf einen Steckverbinder mit einem Buchsenteil, das im wesentlichen aus einer ebenen Platte besteht, die von in einem bestimmten Raster angeordneten Stiften oder Messern durchsetzt ist, und das zumindest an Längsseiten der Platte parallel zu den Stiften oder Messern von dieser abragende Seitenwände aufweist, welche auf ihrer den Stiften oder Messern zugewandten Innenseite mit Nuten versehen sind, die sich parallel zu den Stiften oder Messern erstrecken, und mit wenigstens einem zwischen die Seitenwände des Buchsenteiles einsteckbaren Steckerteil, das auf die Stifte oder Messer aufsteckbare Kontaktfedern enthält, und mit gesondert handhabbaren Hakenteilen, die mit dem Buchsenteil verrastbare Zinken mit hakenförmig ausgebildeten und durch Durchbrüche des Buchsenteiles steckbaren Zinkenspitzen aufweisen und die in Verlängerung der Seitenwände des Buchsenteiles von diesem abstehen und mit hinter Rastkanten der Steckerteile einrastbaren Vorsprüngen versehen sind.The invention relates to a connector with a socket part, which consists essentially of a flat plate, which is penetrated by pins or knives arranged in a certain grid, and which protrudes at least on the long sides of the plate parallel to the pins or knives of this side walls has, which are provided on their inner side facing the pins or knives with grooves which extend parallel to the pins or knives, and with at least one plug-in part which can be inserted between the side walls of the socket part and contains contact springs which can be plugged onto the pins or knives, and with Separately manageable hook parts which have tines which can be latched to the socket part and which have hook-shaped tines and can be inserted through openings in the socket part and which protrude from the extension of the side walls of the socket part and provide projections which can be latched behind the locking edges of the plug parts are.

Ein derartiger Aufbau ist bei dem aus der EP 0 128 307 A1 bekannten Übergabestecksystem vorgesehen. Hierbei sind sowohl an einem Kabelgehäuse als auch im Bereich einer als Gegensteckelement dienenden Messerleiste miteinander mechanisch korrespondierende Kodierteile angebracht, die über ein gemeinsames Verriegelungselement miteinander in Eingriff gebracht und gehalten werden. Das Verriegelungselement erfüllt dabei die Doppelfunktion der Kodierung zur Verhinderung von Fehlsteckungen sowie der Befestigung bzw. Verriegelung des Kabelgehäuses. Die Kodierteile sind dabei am Kabelgehäuse in Form von Taschen und entfernbaren Stegpartien und an der Messerleiste als zu den Taschen korrespondierende Einsteckbuchsen sowie als Steckbuchsen zur Aufnahme der Verhakungen der Verriegelungselemente ausgebildet.Such a structure is provided in the transfer connector system known from EP 0 128 307 A1. In this case, coding parts mechanically corresponding to one another are attached both to a cable housing and in the area of a male connector serving as a mating plug element, which are brought into engagement and held with one another via a common locking element. The locking element fulfills the double function of the coding to prevent incorrect connections and the fastening or locking of the cable housing. The coding parts are on the cable housing in the form of pockets and removable web sections and on the male connector as corresponding to the pockets Plug-in sockets as well as sockets for receiving the hooking of the locking elements.

Ein weiterer Steckverbinder ist aus der Abbildung auf Seite 60 der Zeitschrift "Markt & Technik", Heft 1/2 vom 9. Januar 87 (ISSN 0344-8843) bekannt. Bei solchen Steckverbindern wird das Buchsenteil vorzugsweise auf die Kontaktstifte oder Kontaktmesser einer Messer- oder Stiftleiste aufgesteckt, die mit diesen Messern oder Stiften eine Rückwand eines elektrischen Gerätes, z. B. eines Einschub-Gestells, durchsetzt. Dadurch bilden die Seitenwände des Buchsenteils Führungen für Steckerteile, die zwischen die Seitenwände des Buchsenteils eingesteckt werden können und dabei eine bestimmte Gruppe von Stiften oder Messern des Buchsenteils kontaktieren. An den Seitenwänden des Buchsenteiles können Hakenteile verrastet werden, die ein Steckerteil festhalten, wenn es zwischen die Seitenwände des Buchsenteiles eingesteckt worden ist.Another connector is known from the illustration on page 60 of the magazine "Markt & Technik", issue 1/2 of January 9, 87 (ISSN 0344-8843). In such connectors, the socket part is preferably plugged onto the contact pins or contact knife of a knife or pin strip, which with these knives or pins a rear wall of an electrical device, for. B. a slide-in frame, interspersed. As a result, the side walls of the socket part form guides for plug parts which can be inserted between the side walls of the socket part and thereby contact a specific group of pins or knives of the socket part. Hook parts can be locked on the side walls of the socket part, which hold a plug part when it has been inserted between the side walls of the socket part.

Aufgabe vorliegender Erfindung ist es, einen Steckverbinder der eingangs genannten Art so auszubilden, daß eine Kodierung der Steckerteile bezüglich eines Buchsenteiles unkompliziert möglich ist und die Steckerteile dabei auch um 180° gedreht zwischen die Seitenwände des Buchsenteils eingesteckt werden können.The object of the present invention is to design a plug connector of the type mentioned at the outset in such a way that coding of the plug parts with respect to a socket part is straightforward and the plug parts can also be inserted between the side walls of the socket part and rotated through 180 °.

Zur Lösung dieser Aufgabe ist gemäß der Erfindung vorgesehen, daß jedes Steckerteil des Buchsenteils symmetrisch aufgebaut ist und die Durchbrüche an der Platte des Buchsenteiles in Verlängerung einer jeden Nut der Seitenwände vorgesehen sind, daß jedes Steckerteil mit nur einer kammartig in ausbrechbare Zinken gegliederten Wand versehen ist, daß jedes Hakenteil mit einer kammartig in Zinken gegliederten Wand versehen ist und die Zinken jedes Steckerteiles sowie die Zinken jedes Hakenteiles in die Nuten der Seitenwände passen, daß jedes einem Steckerteil zugeordnete Hakenteil an der der in Zinken gegliederten Wand gegenüberliegenden Seite des Steckerteiles in das Buchsenteil eingesetzt ist, und daß weitere Zinken vorgesehen sind, die, unabhängig handhabbar, in die Nuten der Seitenwände einfügbar und mit dem Buchsenteil verrastbar ausgebildet sind.To solve this problem it is provided according to the invention that each plug part of the socket part is constructed symmetrically and the openings on the plate of the socket part are provided in the extension of each groove of the side walls, that each plug part is provided with only one comb-like broken-out prong wall that each hook part is provided with a comb-like structure in prongs and the prongs of each connector part and the prongs of each hook part in the grooves of the Side walls fit in that each hook part assigned to a plug part is inserted into the socket part on the opposite side of the plug part to the wall divided into prongs, and that further prongs are provided which, independently manageable, can be inserted into the grooves of the side walls and can be latched to the socket part are.

Diese Ausbildung des Steckverbinders ermöglicht es vorteilhaft, die Steckerteile mit nur einem Kabelausgang zu versehen, wobei durch das um 180° verdrehte Einstecken des Steckerteiles eine weitere Kabelausgangsrichtung erhalten wird, die der anderen Kabelausgangsrichtung entgegengesetzt ist. Die nur auf einer mit einer Seitenwand des Buchsenteils korrespondierenden Seite des Steckerteils vorgesehenen Zinken können nämlich durch an sich aus der EP-0 179 999 A2 bekanntes Ausbrechen einzelner Zinken zu einer Kodierung des Steckerteiles verwendet werden, die eine bestimmte Zuordnung zwischen einem Steckerteil und einer bestimmten Gruppe von Stiften oder Messern des Buchsenteiles sicherstellt, indem in zugeordnete Nuten des Buchsenteiles die voneinander unabhängig handhabbaren Zinken eingesetzt und dadurch diese Nuten gegenüber Zinken des Steckerteils blockiert werden. Durch den symmetrischen Aufbau des Buchsenteils ist dies wahlweise auf der einen oder anderen Seite des Buchsenteils möglich. Entsprechend können die zum Festhalten des Buchsenteiles verwendeten Hakenteile der einen oder der anderen Seitenwand zugeordnet werden.This design of the connector advantageously makes it possible to provide the plug parts with only one cable outlet, with the plug part being rotated through 180 ° giving a further cable outlet direction which is opposite to the other cable outlet direction. The tines provided only on a side of the connector part corresponding to a side wall of the socket part can namely be used by coding out individual tines known per se from EP-0 179 999 A2 to code the connector part, which have a specific association between a connector part and a specific one Group of pins or knives of the socket part is ensured by inserting the tines which can be handled independently of one another into assigned grooves of the socket part and thereby blocking these grooves with respect to tines of the plug part. Due to the symmetrical structure of the socket part, this is optionally possible on one or the other side of the socket part. Accordingly, the hook parts used to hold the socket part can be assigned to one or the other side wall.

Bei einer vorteilhaften Ausgestaltung der Erfindung ist vorgesehen, daß die Nuten der Seitenwände im Rasterabstand der Stifte oder Messer angeordnet sind. Hierdurch ist es möglich, jedes Steckerteil im Rasterabstand längs des Buchsenteiles zu versetzen, so daß jede beliebige Gruppe von Stiften oder Messern des Buchsenteiles einem bestimmten Steckerteil zugeordnet werden kann.In an advantageous embodiment of the invention it is provided that the grooves of the side walls are arranged in the grid spacing of the pins or knives. This makes it possible to move each plug part in a grid spacing along the socket part, so that any group of pins or knives of the socket part can be assigned to a specific plug part.

Nachfolgend wird ein Ausführungsbeispiel eines Steckverbinders nach der Erfindung anhand von acht Figuren näher erläutert. Dabei zeigen, in Schrägsicht,

  • FIG 1a ein Buchsenteil mit einem an diesem verrasteten Hakenteil vor dem Aufstecken auf eine Gruppe von Messern oder Stiften, die in einem Rechteckraster angeordnet sind,
  • FIG 1b eine Gruppe von Messern oder Stiften, die eine Rückwand eines Gerätes oder Gestells durchsetzt,
  • FIG 2 ein zum Einstecken zwischen die Seitenwände eines Buchsenteiles bestimmtes Steckerteil,
  • FIG 3 ein zur Verbindung mit einem Buchsenteil vorgesehenes Hakenteil,
  • FIG 4 einen gesondert handhabbaren Zinken und
  • FIG 2b, 2c und 2d die voneinander verschiedenen Teile, aus denen ein Steckerteil zusammengesetzt ist.
An exemplary embodiment of a connector according to the invention is explained in more detail with reference to eight figures. Show obliquely,
  • 1 a shows a socket part with a hook part locked onto it before being attached to a group of knives or pins which are arranged in a rectangular grid,
  • 1b shows a group of knives or pens which passes through a rear wall of a device or frame,
  • 2 shows a plug part intended for insertion between the side walls of a socket part,
  • 3 shows a hook part provided for connection to a socket part,
  • 4 shows a separately manageable tine and
  • 2b, 2c and 2d show the different parts from which a plug part is composed.

Im einzelnen ist den FIG zu entnehmen, daß ein Buchsenteil 1 eine streifenförmige Platte 2 aufweist, die in einer bestimmten Rasterordnung von Kanälen 3 durchsetzt wird. Mit diesen Kanälen 3 kann die Platte 2 über eine bestimmte Gruppe von Stiften oder Messern 4 geschoben werden. Die Stifte oder Messer 4 befinden sich mit endseitigen Abschnitten auf der Oberseite 5 der Platte 2.It can be seen in detail from the FIG that a socket part 1 has a strip-shaped plate 2, which is penetrated by channels 3 in a certain grid order. With these channels 3, the plate 2 can be pushed over a certain group of pins or knives 4. The pins or knives 4 are located with end sections on the top 5 of the plate 2.

Auf dieser Seite 5 ist die Platte 2 entlang ihrer Längsränder mit parallel zu den Stiften oder Messern 4 von der Platte 2 abragenden Seitenwänden 6 versehen.On this side 5, the plate 2 is provided along its longitudinal edges with side walls 6 projecting from the plate 2 parallel to the pins or knives 4.

Die Seitenwände 6 bilden Führungen für Steckerteile 7, die so bemessen sind, daß sie zwischen die Seitenwände 6 eingefügt werden können und dabei mit Kontaktfedern, die in den Steckerteilen enthalten sind, eine bestimmte Anzahl der Stifte oder Messer 4 kontaktieren.The side walls 6 form guides for connector parts 7, which are dimensioned such that they can be inserted between the side walls 6 and contact a certain number of pins or knives 4 with contact springs which are contained in the connector parts.

Die in den Steckerteilen 7 befindlichen Kontaktfedern sind an Leitungen angeschlossen, die über ein Kabel 8 aus einem Steckerteil 7 herausgeführt werden. Das Kabel 8 verläßt ein Steckerteil 7 über eine Kabelaustrittsöffnung, die den Kabelaustritt in einer zu den Seitenwänden 6 des Buchsenteiles 1 parallelen Richtung ermöglicht.The contact springs located in the plug parts 7 are connected to lines which are led out of a plug part 7 via a cable 8. The cable 8 leaves a plug part 7 via a cable outlet opening, which enables the cable outlet in a direction parallel to the side walls 6 of the socket part 1.

Um zu gewährleisten, daß ein Steckerteil 7 innerhalb der Seitenwände 6 nur auf die vorgesehene Messer- oder Stiftgruppe aufgesteckt werden kann, sind beide Seitenwände 6 auf ihrer Innenseite 9, die jeweils der gegenüberliegenden Seitenwand 6 desselben Buchsenteiles 1 zugewandt ist, mit zu den Stiften oder Messern 4 parallelen Rippen 10 versehen.In order to ensure that a plug part 7 can only be plugged into the provided knife or pin group within the side walls 6, both side walls 6 are on the inside 9, each facing the opposite side wall 6 of the same socket part 1, with the pins or Knives 4 parallel ribs 10 provided.

Die Rippen 10 begrenzen Nuten 11, in die den Nuten angepaßte Zinken 12 eines Steckerteiles 7 eingeschoben werden können.The ribs 10 delimit grooves 11 into which prongs 12 of a plug part 7 adapted to the grooves can be inserted.

Die Zinken 12 ergeben sich durch eine kammartige Ausbildung einer U-Seitenwand 13 eines U-förmigen Steckerteil-Gehäuses 14, dessen U-Seitenwände 13 beim Einfügen eines Steckerteiles 7 zwischen die Seitenwände 6 des Buchsenteiles 1 parallel zu den Seitenwänden 6 gerichtet sind.The tines 12 result from a comb-like design of a U-side wall 13 of a U-shaped plug part housing 14, the U-side walls 13 of which are directed parallel to the side walls 6 when a plug part 7 is inserted between the side walls 6 of the socket part 1.

Die am freien Ende einer der beiden U-Seitenwände 13 des Steckerteil-Gehäuses 14 vorgesehenen Zinken 12 können sowohl in die Nuten 11 der einen Seitenwand 6 des Buchsenteiles 1 , als auch in die Nuten 11 der anderen Seitenwand 6 des Buchsenteiles 1 eingeschoben werden.The tines 12 provided at the free end of one of the two U-side walls 13 of the plug part housing 14 can be inserted both into the grooves 11 of the one side wall 6 of the socket part 1 and into the grooves 11 of the other side wall 6 of the socket part 1.

Ein Steckerteil 7 kann demzufolge auch um 180° gedreht zwischen die Seitenwände 6 des Buchsenteiles 1 eingefügt werden. Daher benötigt das Steckerteil 7 nur eine Kabelaustrittsöffnung an einem Oberteil 15 seines Gehäuses 14.A plug part 7 can therefore also be inserted rotated by 180 ° between the side walls 6 of the socket part 1. Therefore, the plug part 7 only requires a cable outlet opening on an upper part 15 of its housing 14.

Die FIG 2b, 2c und 2d zeigen, daß mit Kontaktfederkammern versehene wandartige Zwischenstücke 16 seitlich an ein beidseitig ebenfalls Kontaktfederkammern aufweisendes Mittelstück 17 angesetzt und mit dem Mittelstück 17 zu einem Block vereinigt zwischen die U-Seitenwände des Steckerteil-Gehäuses 14 zur Bildung des Steckerteiles eingeschoben werden. Rastlaschen sichern dabei die Verbindung zwischen den Teilen 16 und 17 und dem Steckerteilgehäuse 14 und dem aus den Teilen 16 und 17 gebildeten Block.2b, 2c and 2d show that wall-like intermediate pieces 16 provided with contact spring chambers are laterally attached to a middle piece 17 which also has contact spring chambers and united with the middle piece 17 to form a block between the U-side walls of the plug part housing 14 to form the plug part will. Snap tabs secure the connection between the parts 16 and 17 and the connector part housing 14 and the block formed from the parts 16 and 17.

In die Nuten 11 der Seitenwände 6 können gesondert vorgesehene, einzeln handhabbare Zinken 18 eingefügt werden.Separately provided, individually manageable tines 18 can be inserted into the grooves 11 of the side walls 6.

Dadurch wird eine Nut 11 gegen das Eindringen eines Zinken 12 des Steckerteiles 7 blockiert. Ein Steckerteil 7 kann daher nur dann zwischen die Seitenwände 6 des Buchsenteiles 1 eingeschoben werden, wenn derjenige Zinken 12 zuvor ausgebrochen worden ist, der für eine Nut 11 bestimmt ist, die durch einen Zinken 18 blockiert ist.As a result, a groove 11 is blocked against the penetration of a prong 12 of the plug part 7. A plug part 7 can therefore only be inserted between the side walls 6 of the socket part 1 if the tine 12 which is intended for a groove 11 which is blocked by a prong 18 has previously been broken out.

Mit einer beliebigen der beiden Seitenwände 6 kann auch ein wandartiges Hakenteil 19 verbunden werden, das von einem Querbalken 20 ausgehend, der bei der Verbindung eines Hakenteils 19 mit einer Wand 6 des Buchsenteiles 1 dem Freirand der betreffenden Wand 6 aufsitzt, auf der einen Seite ebenfalls mit kammartig angeordneten Zinken 21 versehen ist, während auf der anderen Seite eine Verriegelungslasche 22 vorgesehen ist, die, wenn das Hakenteil 19 mit den Zinken 21 in Nuten 11 des Buchsenteiles 1 eingeschoben worden ist und der Querbalken 20 einer Seitenwand 6 aufsitzt, in Verlängerung der betreffenden Seitenwand 6 vom Buchsenteil 1 absteht.A wall-like hook part 19 can also be connected to any of the two side walls 6, starting from a crossbeam 20 which, when a hook part 19 is connected to a wall 6 of the socket part 1, sits on the free edge of the wall 6 in question, on one side as well is provided with comb-like tines 21, while on the other side a locking tab 22 is provided which, when the hook part 19 with the prongs 21 has been inserted into grooves 11 of the socket part 1 and the crossbar 20 sits on a side wall 6, extends the relevant side wall 6 protrudes from the socket part 1.

Beim Einfügen eines Steckerteiles 7 zwischen die Seitenwände 6 des Buchsenteiles 1 wird die Lasche 22 elastisch zurückgedrängt, um dann mit einem Verriegelungshaken 23 hinter einer Kante des Steckerteil-Gehäuses 14 einzurasten und das Steckerteil 7 am Buchsenteil 1 festzuhalten.When inserting a plug part 7 between the side walls 6 of the socket part 1, the tab 22 is pushed back elastically, in order then to engage with a locking hook 23 behind an edge of the plug part housing 14 and to hold the plug part 7 on the socket part 1.

Zinkenspitzen der gesondert handhabbaren Zinken 18 und wenigstens einiger der Zinken 21 sind verlängert und am freien Ende hakenförmig ausgebildet. Diese Zinkenspitzen durchsetzen Durchbrüche 24, die in der Platte 2 in Verlängerung einer jeden Nut 11 vorgesehen sind und verhaken sich auf der von der Oberseite 5 abgewandten Seite der Platte 2 an dieser. Dadurch werden die gesondert handhabbaren Zinken 18 und ein Hakenteil 19 am Buchsenteil 1 festgehalten.Tine tips of the separately manageable tines 18 and at least some of the tines 21 are extended and hook-shaped at the free end. These tine tips penetrate openings 24, which are provided in the plate 2 in the extension of each groove 11 and hook on the side of the plate 2 facing away from the upper side 5. As a result, the separately manageable tines 18 and a hook part 19 are held on the socket part 1.

Durch die Verbindung eines Hakenteils 19 mit dem Buchsenteil 1 wird optisch der Ort angezeigt, an dem ein Steckerteil 7 mit dem Buchsenteil 1 verbunden werden soll. Der Querbalken 20 eines Hakenteiles 19 erstreckt sich nämlich über die gesamte Länge derjenigen Zone des Buchsenteiles 1, die von einem Steckerteil 7 eingenommen werden soll.By connecting a hook part 19 to the socket part 1, the location is visually indicated at which a plug part 7 is to be connected to the socket part 1. The crossbar 20 of a hook part 19 extends namely over the entire length of that zone of the socket part 1 which is to be occupied by a plug part 7.

Außerdem bestimmt ein mit dem Buchsenteil 1 verbundenes Hakenteil 19 die jeweilige Drehlage eines Steckerteiles 7 bezüglich einer Kabelaustrittsöffnung des Steckerteiles 7, da die mit den Zinken 12 versehene Seitenwand 13 des Steckerteil-Gehäuses 14 nicht derjenigen Seitenwand 6 des Buchsenteiles 1 zugeordnet werden kann, die schon von einem Hakenteil 19 besetzt ist.In addition, a hook part 19 connected to the socket part 1 determines the respective rotational position of a plug part 7 with respect to a cable outlet opening of the plug part 7, since the side wall 13 of the plug part housing 14 provided with the prongs 12 cannot be assigned to the side wall 6 of the socket part 1 that already is occupied by a hook part 19.

Die Nuten 11 sind so über die Seitenwände 6 des Buchsenteils 1 verteilt, daß sie voneinander einen Abstand haben, der mit dem Rasterabstand der Stifte oder Messer 4 bzw. der Kanäle 3 in der Platte 2 übereinstimmt und auf dieses Raster synchronisiert sind. Dies ermöglicht es, ein Steckerteil 7, das in der zu den Seitenwänden 6 parallelen Richtung des Buchsenteiles 1 nur einen bestimmten Abschnitt des Buchsenteiles 1 belegt, jeder beliebigen Gruppe von Stiften oder Messern 4 des Buchsenteiles 1 zuzuordnen.The grooves 11 are distributed over the side walls 6 of the socket part 1 in such a way that they are at a distance from one another which corresponds to the grid spacing of the pins or knives 4 or the channels 3 in the plate 2 and are synchronized with this grid. This makes it possible to assign a plug part 7, which only occupies a certain section of the socket part 1 in the direction of the socket part 1 parallel to the side walls 6, to any group of pins or knives 4 of the socket part 1.

Wie FIG 1b zeigt, können die Stifte oder Messer 4 Kontaktstifte oder Kontaktmesser einer Stift- bzw. Messerleiste 25 sein, die mit der Anschlußseite der Kontaktstifte oder Kontaktmesser durch eine im Rastermaß der Kontaktstifte oder Kontaktmesser mit Bohrungen versehene Gehäuserückwand 26 gesteckt ist.As FIG 1b shows, the pins or knives 4 can be contact pins or contact knives of a pin or knife strip 25 which is inserted with the connection side of the contact pins or contact knives through a housing rear wall 26 provided with bores in the pitch of the contact pins or contact knives.

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  1. Connector having a socket part (1) which essentially comprises a flat plate (2) which is penetrated by pins or blades (4) arranged in a specific array, and which has, at least on the longitudinal sides of the plate (2), side walls (6) which project away from the pins or blades (4) parallel thereto and are provided on their inside (9) facing the pins or blades (4) with grooves (11) which extend parallel to the pins or blades (4), and having at least one plug part (7), which can be plugged in between the side walls (6) of the socket part (1) and contains contact springs which can be plugged onto the pins or blades (4), and having hook parts (19) which can be manipulated separately, have prongs (21), which can be latched with the socket part (1) and have prong tips that are constructed in a hook-shaped fashion and can be plugged through cutouts (24) in the socket part (1), and project away from the socket part (1) in a continuation of the side walls (6) thereof and are provided with projections (23) which can engage behind latching edges of the plug parts (7), characterised in that each plug part (7) of the socket part (1) is constructed symmetrically and the cutouts (24) on the plate (2) of the plug part (1) are provided in a continuation of each groove (11) of the side walls (6), in that each plug part (7) is provided with only one wall articulated in a chamber-like fashion into prongs (12) that can be broken out, in that each hook part (19) is provided with a wall articulated in a chamber-like fashion into prongs (21) and the prongs (12) of each plug part (7) as well as the prongs (21) of each hook part (19) fit into the grooves (11) in the side walls (6), that each hook part (19) assigned to a plug part (7) is inserted into the socket part (1) on the side of the plug part (7) opposite the wall articulated into prongs (12) and in that further prongs (18) are provided which can be manipulated separately, can be inserted into the grooves (11) of the side walls (6) and are constructed capable of latching with the socket part (1).
  2. Connector according to Claim 1, characterised in that the grooves (11) of the side walls (6) are arranged at the array spacing of the pins or blades (4).
  3. Connector according to Claim 1 or 2, characterised in that the prongs (12) are provided at the free end of one of the two U side walls (13) of the plug part (7).
  4. Connector according to one of Claims 1 to 3, characterised in that each hook part (19) has a crossbar (20) which, when a hook part (19) is connected to a side wall (6) of the socket part (1), is seated on the free rim of the relevant side wall, and which supports the prongs (21) on one side and on the other side has an elastic locking lug (22) with a locking hook (23).
  5. Connector according to Claim 4, characterised in that the crossbar (20) of a hook part (19) extends over the entire length of that zone of the socket part (1) which is to be occupied by a plug part (7).
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