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EP1303891B1 - Assemblage comprenant un connecteur monte dans un boitier - Google Patents

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EP1303891B1
EP1303891B1 EP01953121A EP01953121A EP1303891B1 EP 1303891 B1 EP1303891 B1 EP 1303891B1 EP 01953121 A EP01953121 A EP 01953121A EP 01953121 A EP01953121 A EP 01953121A EP 1303891 B1 EP1303891 B1 EP 1303891B1
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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
    • H01R35/00—Flexible or turnable line connectors, i.e. the rotation angle being limited
    • H01R35/02—Flexible line connectors without frictional contact members
    • H01R35/025—Flexible line connectors without frictional contact members having a flexible conductor wound around a rotation axis

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  • the invention relates to an assembly for installation in a housing, in particular gear or motor housing, a motor vehicle, which comprises a support plate and attached to the support plate, designed as a separate part connector, wherein the connector is provided for, in the installed state by a plug opening to protrude through the housing.
  • German utility model DE 298 08 526 U1 an electrical connector is described in which prevents rotation of the plug relative to a housing over a rotation, but a displacement of the same within certain tolerance limits is made possible.
  • the anti-rotation consists of two in different planes and mutually perpendicular Schlitzkulissen- and Kulis sen-engaging pieces, which require a relatively large overall depth
  • the invention has for its object to provide an assembly of the type mentioned, which provides a cost-effective flexibilization of the connector with respect to the support plate.
  • the design provided for this purpose should have a small footprint.
  • the gap width between an outer periphery of the base portion of the connector and the inner circumference of the receptacle can be sized so that no bending stresses on the connector occur even with large installation tolerances.
  • a damping ring is preferably provided, which is arranged and pressed on the connector in the installed state between a support surface on the base portion of the connector and the housing.
  • the connector is aligned during installation of the module with the insertion opening and fixed in the installed position.
  • the assembly according to the invention is characterized in that complementary shaped engagement portions are provided on receiving and plug socket.
  • the engagement portions on the plug base and on the support plate preferably form bearing surfaces for the damping ring.
  • a rotational securing of the plug connector is realized in the support plate by the engaging portions.
  • the connector via a mounted on the bottom of the connector socket flexible printed circuit board e contacted lektrisch.
  • the electrical circuit board can be designed as an integral connecting element for distributing electrical signals throughout the transmission or engine.
  • an integral portion of the support plate is designed as a housing cover for an electrical control unit, and the flexible circuit board extends to the underside of the support plate to the control unit and electrically contacts the control electronics accommodated in the control unit.
  • Fig. 1 shows an embodiment of an assembly 1 according to the invention for installation in a motor vehicle transmission.
  • a section of the transmission housing 2 with a plug opening 3 is in the upper part of Fig. 1 recognizable.
  • the assembly 1 comprises a plastic support plate 4 and a connector 5.
  • a hood-shaped cover 4a is formed for an electronic transmission control unit.
  • the cover 4 a is circulated by a sealing groove 6, which is introduced into the surface of the plastic support plate 4 facing away from the transmission housing 2.
  • a molded seal 7 is inserted.
  • An aluminum plate 8 forms the bottom plate of the gearbox control unit.
  • the aluminum plate 8 serves as a heat sink of an electronic circuit, e.g. is realized on a ceramic substrate 9, which is mounted on the aluminum plate 8.
  • the electrical contacting of the electronic circuit takes place via a flexible printed circuit board 10.
  • the flexible printed circuit board 10 has a central recess 10a, through which the ceramic substrate 9 protrudes in the assembled state. In the lateral direction, the flexible circuit board 10 extends to sensors and actuators, which are located outside of the gearbox control unit and may optionally be mounted in the plastic support plate 4, see e.g. a temperature sensor designated by reference numeral 12. Furthermore, the flexible printed circuit board 10 extends to the connector 5.
  • the assembly of the unit consisting of transmission control unit and connector 5 is carried out as follows:
  • the flexible circuit board 10 is oil-tight laminated on the surface of the aluminum plate 8. Thereafter, the ceramic substrate 9 is attached to the electronic circuit on the aluminum plate 8 and by bonding wires or other suitable Contacting elements electrically connected to the flexible printed circuit board 10.
  • the temperature sensor 12 is inserted into the plastic support plate 4 and the connector 5 from below (in the direction of arrow P) inserted into a receiving opening 4b of the plastic support plate 4, so that it is in the in Fig. 1 is shown position.
  • the connector 5 has a longitudinal axis Z which is substantially perpendicular to the support plate plane XY.
  • the aluminum plate 8 is attached with the electronic circuit mounted thereon and the flexible circuit board 10 to the plastic support plate 4.
  • the molded gasket 7 a defined by the aluminum plate 8 and the lid 4a interior of the transmission control unit is sealed against the ingress of oil.
  • the flexible printed circuit board 10 is performed between the molded seal 7 and the aluminum plate 8.
  • the aluminum plate 8 can be continued in the lateral direction by means of an optional flexible carrier element 13, which adjoins the aluminum plate 8 flush.
  • the flex support member 13 serves to support and specify a defined course of the flexible printed circuit board 10 outside of the aluminum plate 8 and secures the connector 5 against falling out in the opposite direction to the arrow P.
  • the temperature sensor 12 and the connector 5 are electrically connected to the flexible circuit board 10.
  • the AnAuthierung takes place for example by means of a laser welding process.
  • the flex carrier element 13 at the corresponding points openings 13a, through which the laser radiation can be directed to the underside of the flexible circuit board.
  • the entire assembly is used in the transmission as part of the gearbox assembly. Due to the structure of the assembly according to the invention explained in more detail below installation tolerances can be compensated by a displacement of the connector 5 in the receiving opening 4b of the plastic support plate.
  • the plastic support plate 4 and the wall 2 of the gear housing in the region of the plug opening 3 extend parallel to one another and the plug connector 5 projects through the plug opening 3.
  • the seal between the connector 5 and the plug opening 3 is achieved by two seated on the plug body sealing rings 14a, 14b.
  • a damping ring 18 is mounted on the connector 5 in the area above the support plate 4, which clamps the connector 5 after assembly in the transmission relative to the transmission housing.
  • the damping ring 18 causes a fixation and position damping of the connector 5 in the installed state.
  • Fig. 2 shows a sectional view of the connector 5 in the installed position.
  • the plastic connector 5 comprises a plug socket 5a and a connector socket 5b attached to the plug head.
  • the plug head 5b has a neck section 5.1 with a 90 ° bend as well as an adjoining plug section 5.2.
  • the plug-in section 5.2 is formed from a cylindrical plug housing 5.3, in the center of which a plug housing 5.3uß committeer central mandrel 5.4 is arranged, see also Fig. 3 ,
  • the central mandrel 5.4 is provided with a tapered centering 5.5, which cooperates with a correspondingly arranged pin of a socket (not shown).
  • Another possibility is that the connector 5 uniaxial, ie executed without a 90 ° bend in the neck portion 5.1.
  • the male plug portion 5.2 may be designed as a female socket, which cooperates with an external male male part, not shown.
  • Plug socket 5a and plug head 5b are traversed by electrical conductors 15.
  • the electrical conductors are formed in the region of the plug housing 5.3 as protruding pins 15.1. With their other ends 15.2, the electrical conductors 15 are exposed at the bottom of the plug socket 5a and are contacted there by printed conductors of the flexible printed circuit board 10.
  • the entire assembly When installed, the entire assembly is composed of flex carrier plate 13, flexible circuit board 10 and the assembly according to the invention (plastic support plate 4 with connector 5) on a hydraulic circuit board 16 of the transmission.
  • the hydraulic circuit board 16 extends parallel and at a small distance to the wall 2 of the transmission housing.
  • the plug base 5a is provided with a part-circular ring base 5.6, which is provided with radial webs 5.6 '(see also Fig. 5 ), supported on the hydraulic circuit board 16.
  • the remaining area of the plug base bottom is withdrawn relative to the ring base 5.6, so that in this area a gap between the hydraulic circuit board 16 and the bottom of the plug socket 5a is present.
  • the flexible printed circuit board 10 at least in the vicinity of the contact points to the conductor ends 15.2 is not fixed to the flex carrier element 13, but with respect to this free is mobile.
  • a mechanical fixation of the flexible printed circuit board 10 takes place on the one hand at the bottom of the plug socket 5a as a result of Antitleleiter to the conductor ends 15.2 (being provided for strain relief of the contact points on the plug bottom pins 17 which protrude through holes in the flexible circuit board 10) and on the other hand in one place, which is far enough away from the connector 5 to ensure a free displaceability of the flexible printed circuit board 10 in the connector area.
  • strain relief circuit board material can be kept in the form of a circuit board shaft 10.1.
  • the receiving opening 4b of the support plate 4 is dimensioned so that between the edge 4.1 of the opening and an outer periphery of the plug socket 5a (in Fig. 2 is a lower portion 5.9 and an overlying section 5.7 of this outer circumference visible) a circumferentially continuous gap is present.
  • the gap width can be approximately between 0.5 mm and 2 mm, whereby a movement path of 1 mm to 4 mm in all directions of the XY plane is realized.
  • the outer circumference of the plug socket 5a in the upper portion at height of the portion 5.7 further circumferential recesses 5.8.
  • Fig. 4 shows a section through the plug base 5a and the plastic support plate 4 at the height of the peripheral portions 5.7 and the circumferential recesses 5.8 along the line II-II in Fig. 3 , Distributed over the circumference four circumferential recesses 5.8 are provided. The remaining between the circumferential grooves 5.8 circumferential segments are bounded by the peripheral sections 5.7. In the circumferential recesses 5.8 project complementarily formed projections 4.2 of the plastic support plate 4, which are realized at corresponding sections on the edge of the receiving opening 4b, see also Fig. 3 ,
  • the circumferential recesses 5.8 of the plug socket 5a form with the projections 4.2 of the support plate 4 also a rotation lock.
  • the gap is set with substantially constant gap width over the entire circumferential course between the sections 4.2 and 5.8 or 4.1 and 5.7 and in particular also in the area of transitions between the sections mentioned above.
  • the outer circumference 5.9 of the plug socket 5a is circular. This lower, annular region of the plug socket 5a engages under the projections 4.2 of the support plate 4 and secures the plug connector 5 from falling out in the direction of the arrow P.
  • Fig. 5 shows a section through the assembly according to the invention at the level of the flexible printed circuit board 10 along the line III-III in Fig. 3 , From the plastic support plate 4, the opening edge 4.1 can be seen in the region of the plug socket 5a, the section through the part-circular ring base 5.6 and by radial webs 5.6 'runs. The two outer radial webs 5.6 'are formed only in the form of short stub. Through the lateral opening of the part-circular Ringfußes 5.6, the Flexlyelement 13 extends under the plug socket 5a.
  • the flex carrier element 13 is in the region of the conductor ends 15.2 with a recess Provided 13 a, through which the underside of the flexible circuit board 10 can be seen.
  • the contact points between the conductor ends 15.2 of the connector 5 and printed conductors (not shown) of the flexible printed circuit board 10 are identified by the reference numeral 19. They can be manufactured, for example, by a laser welding step. Furthermore, the protruding through openings in the flexible circuit board 10 pins 17 can be seen.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un assemblage à intégrer dans un boîtier (2). Cet assemblage comprend une plaque de base (4), sur laquelle un connecteur (5) est monté en tant que pièce séparée. Ce connecteur (5) s'étend à travers une ouverture de connecteur du boîtier. Une section embase (5a) du connecteur (5) est introduite dans un logement (13) de la plaque de base, ce qui permet la formation d'un jeu du connecteur (5), nécessaire au montage, au niveau de la plaque de base (13).

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  1. Module à incorporer dans un boîtier, qui comprend une plaque de support (4) et un connecteur (5) monté sur la plaque de support (4) et conformé en pièce séparée, dans lequel le connecteur (5) fait saillie à l'état incorporé à travers un évidement de passage (3) du boîtier (2), dans lequel un axe longitudinal Z du connecteur (5) s'étendant parallèlement à l'axe de l'évidement de passage (3) du boîtier est orienté sensiblement perpendiculairement à un plan XY de la plaque de support et dans lequel une partie formant culot (5a) du connecteur (5) est insérée dans un logement (4b) de la plaque de support (4), qui permet un jeu de déplacement du connecteur (5) dans le plan XY, caractérisé en ce qu'il est prévu, distribuées sur la périphérie, des parties d'accouplement (5.8, 4.2) formées de manière complémentaire sur le logement (4b) et sur la partie formant culot (5a) du connecteur (5).
  2. Module selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce qu'à l'état centré entre une périphérie interne (4.1 ; 4.2) du logement (4b) et une périphérie externe 25 de la partie formant culot (5a), un espace (5.7, 5.8 ; 5.9) d'une largeur sensiblement constante s'étend.
  3. Module selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que la largeur de l'espace est comprise entre 0,5 et 2,0 mm.
  4. Module selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé par un anneau amortisseur (18), qui est agencé sur le connecteur (5) à l'état incorporé entre une surface d'appui sur la partie formant culot (5a) du connecteur (5) et le boîtier (2).
  5. Module selon la revendication 4, caractérisé en ce que des surfaces, tournées vers l'évidement de passage (3), des parties d'accouplement (5.8, 4.2) formées de manière complémentaire forment des surfaces d'appui pour l'anneau amortisseur (18).
  6. Module selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le connecteur (5) est mis en contact électrique par le biais d'une plaque conductrice (10) flexible montée au fond de la partie formant culot (5a).
  7. Module selon la revendication 6, caractérisé en ce que :
    - une section intégrale de la plaque de support (4) forme un couvercle de boîtier (4a) pour un appareil de commande électrique, et
    - la plaque conductrice (10) flexible s'étend sur la face inférieure 20 de la plaque de support (4) jusqu'à l'appareil de commande et est mise en contact électrique avec celui-ci.
  8. Module selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le boîtier (2) est une boîte de vitesses ou un carter de moteur d'un véhicule automobile.
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DE10036138A DE10036138C1 (de) 2000-07-25 2000-07-25 Baugruppe mit Gehäusestecker
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PCT/DE2001/002372 WO2002009240A1 (fr) 2000-07-25 2001-06-27 Assemblage comprenant un connecteur monte dans un boitier

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