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EP2445060A1 - Verbindungssystem zwischen elektronischen karten - Google Patents

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EP2445060A1
EP2445060A1 EP11185387A EP11185387A EP2445060A1 EP 2445060 A1 EP2445060 A1 EP 2445060A1 EP 11185387 A EP11185387 A EP 11185387A EP 11185387 A EP11185387 A EP 11185387A EP 2445060 A1 EP2445060 A1 EP 2445060A1
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Leo Yin
Marnix Van Der Mee
Fabrice Bernard
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    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01RELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R12/00Structural 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
    • H01R12/50Fixed connections
    • H01R12/51Fixed connections for rigid printed circuits or like structures
    • H01R12/52Fixed connections for rigid printed circuits or like structures connecting to other rigid printed circuits or like structures
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01RELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R12/00Structural 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
    • H01R12/70Coupling devices
    • H01R12/91Coupling devices allowing relative movement between coupling parts, e.g. floating or self aligning
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01RELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R13/00Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/46Bases; Cases
    • H01R13/502Bases; Cases composed of different pieces
    • H01R13/506Bases; Cases composed of different pieces assembled by snap action of the parts
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01RELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R13/00Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/46Bases; Cases
    • H01R13/514Bases; Cases composed as a modular blocks or assembly, i.e. composed of co-operating parts provided with contact members or holding contact members between them

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  • the present invention relates to an interconnection system between two electronic cards.
  • the invention applies for example to the interconnection of equipment for telecommunications, medical equipment, or more generally all electronic equipment, these equipment having electronic cards, in particular arranged parallel to one another .
  • Hyper-droop is the result, for example, of the method used to interconnect the electronic boards, the need for peripheral shielding around the interconnected electronic boards, the need for robustness of the assembly obtained and / or the large number of interconnections to be made. .
  • the patent is known US 6,231,352 in the name of the Applicant, a system of interconnection between electronic cards, said system comprising a connector disposed between the two cards and rigidly fixed at one end to one of the cards and having, at a second end opposite the first, tabs configured to bear against the second card.
  • Such a system is limited to making a coaxial connection between two electronic cards.
  • the new ranges of electronic equipment require compact solutions incorporating a plurality of different types of connectors, for example coaxial or signals, including radiofrequency or optoelectronic.
  • the connector according to the patent US 6,231,352 is not completely satisfactory to fight misalignments occurring when interconnecting the two electronic cards. It may be desirable to have an interconnection system to compensate the misalignments of one electronic card to another in two or even three dimensions, so as to make possible the interconnection between the electronic cards.
  • the object of the invention is to propose a system for interconnecting two electronic cards adapted to a large number of different types of connectors, that is to say both coaxial connectors and signals, and that makes it possible to interconnect both cards in a simple, efficient and robust way.
  • Such an interconnection system thanks to the coupling sub-assembly, can make it possible to take into account, during assembly, misalignments of different types between the different electronic boards, for example axial and / or angular misalignments.
  • the first and second subassemblies can be housings.
  • first and second sub-assemblies are housings, the third subassembly not being a housing.
  • the connectors can be held removably in the housing of the first and second subassemblies, for example by snapping.
  • the connectors arranged in the sub-assemblies may comprise connectors of two different types, in particular coaxial connectors, for example coaxial bases, and signal connectors.
  • coaxial connectors for example coaxial bases
  • signal connectors there are two types of connectors, at least among the coaxial connectors, the radio frequency connectors, the optoelectronic connectors. Thereafter, the term will also be used.
  • Connector to designate signal contacts, in particular radiofrequency, optoelectronic contacts, etc.
  • the connectors may further be pairs of shielded connectors configured to carry analog or digital electrical signals at low or high frequency.
  • the connectors can still be connectors configured to provide power to the electronic cards.
  • the ends of the connectors of the first subassembly disposed opposite the third subassembly during assembly may be of the same type as the ends of the connectors of the second subassembly disposed opposite the third subassembly during assembly. , said ends being for example only ends of the male type. In a variant, said ends are only female-type ends. As a further variant, the ends of the connectors of the first subassembly disposed facing the third subassembly during assembly of the system are of different types of ends of the connectors of the second subassembly disposed opposite the third subassembly when of the assembly, some being for example only of the male type and the others that of female type or vice versa.
  • each connector connector can be of the same type, for example male.
  • each connector has two female-type ends.
  • each connection has a male-type end and another female-type end.
  • the third subassembly may receive connectors having both ends of the male type, connectors having both ends of the female type and / or connectors whose end facing the first subassembly is male type and whose end facing the second subassembly is female type.
  • the invention thus makes it possible to provide an interconnection system between two electronic cards incorporating different signals.
  • At least one of the first, second and third subassemblies advantageously comprises at least one guide arm configured to come into contact with the other of the first, the second subassembly and the third subassembly during the first assembly. assembly of the interconnection system.
  • Such guiding structures can facilitate the centering of a subassembly relative to others and thus the assembly of the system.
  • the third subassembly may comprise guide means and / or attachment to at least one of the first and second subsets.
  • the presence of such hooking means, which can protrude from the third subassembly towards the first or second subassembly can protect male ends of connector connectors received in the third subassembly.
  • the first or the second subassembly comprises these attachment means to the third subassembly, the third subassembly comprising only guide means vis-à-vis the first or second subassembly.
  • the first, respectively second, respectively third, subassembly advantageously comprises a plurality of units configured to be removably assembled to form the first, respectively second, respectively third subset.
  • the invention thus makes it possible to obtain an interconnection system of great modularity, a large number of units being able to be assembled to form the subassemblies. It is thus possible to vary the number of connectors interconnecting the two electronic cards depending on the use.
  • the removable attachment of the units together to form the first, the second or the third subassembly is for example implemented by cooperations of reliefs of complementary shape carried by said units, in particular ribs and grooves, and / or thanks to actuable latching means such as latching lugs.
  • At least one unit in particular each unit, may comprise between two and two hundred dwellings or between two and four hundred dwellings.
  • the first, respectively second, respectively third, subset may comprise at least one unit comprising only housings receiving connectors of a single type, for example coaxial connectors, and at least one other unit may comprise housings receiving only connectors of another type, for example signal connectors.
  • a unit comprises housings receiving connectors of a first type and another unit comprises housings receiving connectors of a first type and housings receiving connectors of a second type, different from the first type, connectors of the first type being, for example, coaxial connectors and the connectors of the second type being, for example, signal connectors.
  • a subset is formed of units of different sizes, including a different number of slots, these units receiving only connectors of the same type.
  • a subset may be formed of at least one unit comprising housings receiving connectors of a first type only, of at least one unit comprising housings receiving connectors of a second type only and of at least one unit having housings receiving connectors of the first and second types.
  • the third subassembly may comprise at least one unit comprising two hulls of complementary shapes, for example two half-shells, which define, when assembled, the housings receiving the connector connectors, each of said housings being open to two opposite ends defined by openings in the wall of each shell.
  • the third subassembly comprises two shells intended to be each attached to one of the first and second subassemblies.
  • Each shell comprises, for example, hooking means on one of the first and second subassemblies.
  • the shells can promote the tilting of connector connectors in the third subassembly to compensate for misalignments between the electronic boards.
  • the shell or hulls of the third subassembly reported on the first subassembly and the shell or hulls of the third subassembly reported on the second subassembly may not be connected to each other other than via the couplings. connectors when the system is assembled. With such a third subset, the system can be used to interconnect electronic cards spaced at different distances. Indeed, only the height of the connectors connectors of the third subset then depends on the distance separating the two electronic boards and only this height of the connector connectors must then be modified. The same shells can thus be used to make the third subset of an interconnection system, regardless of the distance between the cards to be interconnected.
  • the third subassembly may comprise means for connecting the shell or shells reported on the first subset to the shell or shells reported on the second subset.
  • These connecting means may or may not be configured to be elastically deformable, so as to be able to adapt to distances between different electronic cards.
  • These connecting means may for example be made of rubber. Said connecting means, can maintain the neutral position between the shells, that is to say a position in which the connector connectors are received straight in each shell, not being in the tilted position.
  • the third subassembly is integral, that is to say in one piece, once each shell in place on the first, respectively second subassembly and the assembled system.
  • the attachment means of a shell of the third subassembly on the first or the second subassembly can be configured so that the facing surfaces of a shell and the first or second subassembly on which the shell hung are not in contact, a game in a direction substantially perpendicular to the plans in which the electronic cards extend being formed between these facing surfaces.
  • This clearance can be between 0 and 10 mm, being for example less than 3 mm.
  • the presence of such a game can make it possible to compensate for the construction tolerances of all or part of the components of the interconnection system in a dimension perpendicular to the planes in which the electronic cards extend.
  • each shell and the first and / or second subassembly can be configured so that when a shell is hung on the first or second subassembly, a portion of the shell is disposed around a portion of the first or second subassembly with a game in a direction belonging to a plane parallel to the planes in which the electronic cards extend.
  • This clearance is for example between 0 and 2 mm and can allow the tilting of the connector connectors carried by the shell relative to the first or second subassembly, this game to compensate for a misalignment in the plans in which the electronic cards extend.
  • At least one connector connector and a unit of the third subassembly may comprise means configured to maintain said connector, particularly indemountably, in a housing.
  • Connector connectors can thus be made captive in the third subassembly, the latter then forming a solidarity structure.
  • Said means for holding the connector connector in the housing comprise for example at least one relief, in particular an annular groove, formed in the outer surface of the connector and tabs formed in the wall of a shell facing at least one opening forming one end of the housing.
  • Each connection comprises for example near its two ends such a relief, including such a groove, and each opening forming an end of each housing is bordered by such tabs.
  • the legs can be evenly distributed around the opening.
  • the tabs are for example two by two separated by slots, said slots forming a star-shaped pattern when the third subassembly is seen from above.
  • Such tabs are advantageously configured to deform during the introduction of the fittings in the third subassembly, so as to allow assembly of the fittings in the third subassembly which is easy and unmountable.
  • each opening forming one end of each housing may not be provided with tabs but with a lip, for example made by thinning material of a shell, projecting into the housing and ensuring the maintenance of the connector connector received in said housing.
  • each housing formed in the third subassembly may comprise, in the vicinity of at least one of its openings, a portion whose interior surface is conical and each connector connection may have a portion whose outer surface is spherical and the cooperation between these spherical and conical surfaces can achieve a controlled reception connectors connectors in the housings in the third subassembly, the third subassembly further comprising the means of connection between hulls mentioned above.
  • Each housing of the first, respectively second, subset may comprise an end intended to come opposite the third subassembly when the interconnection system is assembled, at least one of said housing having an end portion extending from said end of the housing inwardly of said first or second subassembly and having a decreasing cross section as one moves away from said end.
  • This end portion has for example a funnel shape, which guides in the housing of the first and / or second subassembly connector connectors of the third subassembly.
  • the connectors and / or connector connectors may be of generally tubular shape, for example being straight connectors, that is to say in particular not bent.
  • the various units and / or hulls mentioned above can be made of plastics or any other electrically insulating material.
  • a first pre-centering of the different subassemblies relative to each other is for example allowed by the or the guide arms.
  • a second pre-centering can be enabled by the cooperation of the coaxial connector connectors arranged in the third subassembly and end portions of the housing of the first and / or second subassemblies when these coaxial connectors come into contact with them.
  • a third pre-centering may be enabled by the cooperation of the signal connector connectors disposed in the third subassembly and portions end of the housing of the first and / or second subassemblies when these connectors coaxial signal connectors come into contact with them.
  • FIG. 1 an interconnection system generally designated by 1 interconnecting two electronic cards 2 and 3.
  • These electronic cards 2 and 3 are for example cards used in telecommunications equipment, medical equipment or others. These cards have for example a width of between 10 mm and 1000 mm and a length of between 10 mm and 1000 mm.
  • a first subset designated generally by 4 is fixed on the card 2 and a second subset designated generally by 5 is fixed on the card 3.
  • the system 1 further comprises, in the illustrated example, a third subset, also referred to as a coupling subassembly, and generally denoted by 6, the latter being configured to be disposed between the first subset 4 and the second subset 5 when the interconnection system 1 is assembled .
  • the system 1 allows the interconnection of connectors of a single type or, alternatively, connectors 7 and 8 of different types between the electronic boards 2 and 3. These connectors 7 or 8 may protrude beyond the cards 2 and 3 when arranged in the first subassembly 4 and the second subassembly 5 and when these subassemblies 4 and 5 are attached to the cards 2 and 3.
  • each of the subassemblies 4, 5 or 6 may be formed by a plurality of units, these units comprising housings receiving in the case of subassemblies 4 and 5 connectors and, in the case of the subassembly 6, connector fittings, as will be described later.
  • the subsets 4, 5 and 6 are monoblock, that is to say that they are not formed by assembling several units.
  • subsets 4, 5 and 6 form casings but the invention is not limited to such an example.
  • FIG. 2 and 3 in more detail units of a first or a second subset.
  • a subset is formed by two types of units 10a and 10b but the invention is not limited to a particular number of different types of units.
  • Each unit 10a or 10b has in the illustrated examples a generally rectangular shape.
  • Unit 10a shown in FIG. figure 2 comprises two different types of housing, respectively designated by the references 12 and 13. These housings 12 and 13 are through, in the example. As can be seen on the figure 2 , the housings 12 have a cross section greater than that of the housings 13, these housings 12 being configured to receive connectors of a different type of the connectors received in the housings 13. In the example considered, the unit 10a has more housings 13 12, but the invention is not limited to a particular ratio between the number of housing 12 and the number of housing 13.
  • the housings 12 and 13 comprise an end portion 15 opening towards the outside of the unit 10a.
  • This end portion 15 may have, as can be seen on the figure 2 , a cross section that increases when one approaches the outside of the unit 10a. This increase in the cross section of the end portion 15 may be continuous or not.
  • the end portion 15a for example in the form of a funnel.
  • connectors configured to be disposed in the recesses in the unit 10a.
  • Each connector is for example held by snapping into a housing.
  • the connectors comprise coaxial connectors 17, here coaxial bases, and signal connectors 18, these signal connectors 18 being, for example, radio-frequency or optoelectronic connectors.
  • the lateral surface 20 of the unit 10a may have reliefs 21, these reliefs 21 being for example grooves and ribs configured to cooperate with reliefs 21 complementary to other units 10a or 10b to form a subset 4 or 5.
  • the lateral surface 20 is composed of four lateral faces and each of these faces bears reliefs 21. Two opposite lateral faces may carry complementary reliefs, one of said faces bearing ribs and the other of said faces bearing grooves.
  • a latching lug 22 may be provided in each groove 21.
  • FIG 3 another example of unit 10b which differs from that shown in figure 2 in that it comprises only housings 13 of the same type, these housings 13 being in the example configured to receive only connectors 18 of signals.
  • unit 10a of the figure 2 Six dwellings are in total in unit 10a of the figure 2 while ten dwellings are in total in unit 10b of the figure 3 .
  • the number of units per unit 10a or 10b is for example between two and two hundred or two and four hundred.
  • the units 10a and 10b are, as shown on the figures 4 and 5 positioned relative to each other so that ribs 21, respectively grooves, carried by a side face of a unit 10a are facing grooves 21, respectively ribs, carried by a side face of a unit 10b.
  • the cooperation of these reliefs can allow the guiding and the maintenance of the units with respect to each other.
  • each rib 21 of a first unit can slide in a groove 21 of a second unit until the lug 22 formed in this groove is actuated and snap into a cavity 24 formed under the rib 21 of the first unit.
  • Unit 10a shown in FIG. figure 2 may have the same dimensions as the unit 10b shown in FIG. figure 3 , especially the same height, which allows the subset 4 or 5 obtained after assembly of several units 10a and 10b has a uniform height.
  • the first subset 4 or the second subset 5 may be as shown in FIG. figure 6 or 7 .
  • the first subassembly 4 and / or the second subassembly 5 can be provided with at least one, in particular a plurality of guide arms 25.
  • the latter is in the example considered configured to be removably mounted on the first subassembly 4 or the second subassembly 5. This attachment is for example made by cooperation of the reliefs 21 already described of the lateral surface Units 10a or 10b and complementary type reliefs carried by the guide arm 25.
  • Several guide arms 25 may be attached to the same unit 10a or 10b, for example two guide arms 25 per unit.
  • the reliefs for fixing a guide arm on a unit 10a or 10b are formed in a fixing portion 27 of the guide arm.
  • This fixing portion 27 may be surmounted by a portion 28 of smooth surface, extending predominantly along a plane P.
  • This portion 28 is surmounted by an upper portion 29 extending mainly in a plane P 'forming an angle with the plane P in which extends mainly the part 28.
  • the guide arms 25 may be mounted on the subassembly 4 or 5 such that the parts 29 move away from the subassembly 4 or 5.
  • the third subset 6 is composed, like the first and second subsets 4 and 5, of different units 30a and 30b.
  • the unit 30a similarly to the unit 10a described above, allows the interconnection of different types of connectors while the unit 30b allows the interconnection of only one type of connector.
  • the unit 30a thus comprises two different types of housing 32 and 33 while the unit 30b comprises only one and same type of housing 33.
  • the housings receive connectors connectors 35 and 36.
  • the housings 32 receive in the housing Example describes coaxial connector connectors 36 configured to connect coaxial connectors 17 and housings 33 receive signal connector connectors 35, for example radiofrequency or optoelectronic connector connectors and configured to connect connectors 18.
  • each unit 30a or 30b may be formed by shells 37 of complementary shapes, for example half-shells.
  • the Figures 10 and 11 respectively represent sectional views along XX of a unit 30a of the figure 9 and according to XI-XI of a unit 30b according to the figure 9 .
  • the housings 32 and 33 pass through the units 30a and 30b. These housings 32 and 33 comprise two opposite ends defined by openings formed in end walls 40 of the shells 37. Locking means may be provided to hold two shells 37 one on the other, so as to form a unit 30a or 30. These locking means put for example a latching.
  • each shell 37 may have a lateral surface 45 carrying reliefs 46 and / or lugs 47 to allow the attachment of two units 30a and 30b together, similar to what has been described with reference to the lateral surface 20 of the units of the first subassembly 4 or second subassembly 5.
  • reliefs 46 of the first shell may be superimposed on reliefs of the complementary type of the second shell 37.
  • each connection 35 or 36 may comprise, close to each of its ends a relief 50, for example an annular groove, in which lugs 52 formed in the end wall 40 of each shell 37 can snap together.
  • the tabs 52 are in the example considered separated in pairs by slots 53.
  • the slots 53 may represent a star-shaped pattern.
  • the tabs 52 may be replaced by a lip extending over all or part of the periphery of the housing 32 or 33.
  • connection of connectors 35 or 36 received in a housing 32 or 33 the ends of this connection can project outside each unit 30a or 30b of the third subassembly 6.
  • each subassembly 4 and 5 is fixed, for example by welding, on the electronic card 2, respectively 3.
  • the third subassembly 6 is assembled on the second subassembly 5.
  • a pre-centering of the third subassembly 6 on the second subassembly 5 can be carried out in several ways.
  • the portions of the coaxial connector connectors 36 protruding out of the third subassembly 6 may be guided by the end portions 15 of the housings 12 formed in the units 10a and 10b of the second subassembly 5.
  • the portions of the signal connector connectors 35 protruding out of the third subassembly 6, these connections 35 being less bulky than the coaxial connector connectors 36, may be guided in turn by the portions of end 15 of the housings 13 of the units 10a and 10b of the second subassembly 5.
  • the different subsets are in the arrangement shown in FIG. figure 12 .
  • Subassemblies 5 and 6 are then assembled to the first subassembly 4.
  • these pre-centerings including pre-centerings between the end portions 15 of the housings 12 and 13 of the first subassembly 4 and the portions of the connectors 35 and 36 projecting out of the third subassembly 6, similar to what has just been described by the second and third subassemblies.
  • Another pre-centering is allowed by the guide arms 25 which bear against the lateral surfaces 20 and 45 of the units of the second subassembly 5 and the third subassembly 6.
  • the interconnection system 1 is as shown in section on the figure 13 .
  • the portions of the connectors 35 and 36 protruding from the housings of the third subassembly 6 are then received in the housings 12 and 13 in which the connectors 17 and 18 connected to the electronic boards 2 and 3 are already arranged.
  • each subset comprises only two subunits, the invention is not limited to such an example.
  • the invention may comprise for each subset a plurality of units, each unit being configured to interconnect only one and the same type of connector, these units differing by their size and / or number of dwellings.
  • first subassembly 4 is provided with guide arm 25, the second subassembly 5 or the third subassembly 6 could also be provided.
  • the third subassembly 6 can first be assembled with the first subassembly provided with guide arms, the resulting assembly then being assembled with the second subassembly. subassembly without guide arm 25.
  • the subassembly 6 comprises two shells 60. These shells 60 have, for example, dimensions in the plane of the electronic cards 2 and 3 that are greater or greater than those of the shells 37 of the units 10a and 10b previously described.
  • each shell 60 comprises for example a plate 62 and two attachment arms 63 projecting from the plate 62.
  • Each arm is for example arranged at one end of the plate 62 and each plate 62 is for example traversed by a plurality slots 32 or 33 configured to receive the connector connectors 35 and 36 described above.
  • These housings are for example arranged in a grid.
  • the second subassembly 5 and the first subassembly 4 comprise only one unit in the form of a housing.
  • attachment zones 64 are provided, these zones 64 allowing, by cooperation with the attachment arms 63, the removable fixing of the shells 60 on the first and second sub-assemblies 4 and 5.
  • the cooperation arms 63 and zones 64 may also allow guiding the third subassembly 6 relative to the first or second subassembly during the assembly of the system 1 or, alternatively, only allow said guidance.
  • attachment and / or guide arms cooperate with two attachment and / or guide zones in the example described, the invention is not limited to a particular number and arrangement of the arms 63 and areas 64.
  • a clearance J may be provided in a direction perpendicular to the plane in which the electronic boards 2 and 3 extend between the surfaces facing the shell 60 and of the first or second subassembly 4 or 5.
  • This clearance J is for example between 0 and 3 mm.
  • the arms 63 may be configured to extend around a side wall 68 of each subassembly 4 or 5 with a clearance L in a direction belonging to the plane in which the electronic cards 2 extend and 3.
  • the hulls 60 of the third structure 6 are not interconnected. There is thus an empty zone V between the two shells 60, this empty zone V receiving a median portion of each connector connector 35 or 36.
  • the cumulative height of the hulls 60 is thus less than the height of the third subassembly, being for example less than half the height of the third subassembly.
  • the connectors 35 and 36 can be maintained in each shell 60 with tabs similar to the tabs 52 described above.
  • An interconnection system according to the invention according to the figure 15 allows to compensate a misalignment D in the plane in which the electronic boards 2 and 3 extend.
  • the figure 16 represents in isolation a third subset 6 according to another embodiment of the invention.
  • This subset 6 differs from that of figures 14 and 15 in that the shells 60 are connected together by a connecting member, in particular elastically deformable 70, the latter being for example made of rubber.
  • This connecting member 70 may extend over the entire periphery of the third subassembly 6 or, alternatively, only a fraction of the perimeter of the third subassembly 6, for example discontinuously, especially in the form of strips.
  • the housings 32 or 33 formed in each shell may have openings near the narrowed portions 71 whose inner surface is tapered and the connector connectors 35 or 36 may have a portion 72 spherical outer surface.
  • the reception of the connector connectors 35 or 36 in the housings 32 or 33 can then be favored by the cooperation between these conical surfaces 71 and these spherical surfaces 72.

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