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DE102004030810B4 - Connector and method for its manufacture - Google Patents
Connector and method for its manufacture
DE102004030810B4
DE102004030810B4 DE200410030810 DE102004030810A DE102004030810B4 DE 102004030810 B4 DE102004030810 B4 DE 102004030810B4 DE 200410030810 DE200410030810 DE 200410030810 DE 102004030810 A DE102004030810 A DE 102004030810A DE 102004030810 B4 DE102004030810 B4 DE 102004030810B4
DE200410030810
DE102004030810A1 (en
Sho Yokkaichi Miyazaki
2003-06-27 Priority to JP2003-185227 priority Critical
2003-06-27 Priority to JP2003185227A priority patent/JP2005019321A/en
2004-06-25 Application filed by Sumitomo Wiring Systems Ltd, AutoNetworks Technologies Ltd, Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd filed Critical Sumitomo Wiring Systems Ltd
2005-01-13 Publication of DE102004030810A1 publication Critical patent/DE102004030810A1/en
2009-01-29 Publication of DE102004030810B4 publication Critical patent/DE102004030810B4/en
A connector (20) with:
a housing (21) having a terminal made by resin or plastic molding; and
an annular sealing member (31) made of rubber material, which is adhered by synthetic resin or plastic casting along a circumference of the terminal to provide a seal between the terminal and the housing,
the terminal has an alignment portion (32) for aligning the seal member (31) by engaging the seal member with the alignment portion, and
the alignment portion is an alignment groove (32) provided circumferentially on the circumference of the terminal main body (27).
The The present invention relates to a connector housed in a housing is that is molded from synthetic resin or plastic and a connection Has.
It is a connector of the construction, in which a housing Synthetic resin or plastic is poured in such a way that a connection connected to a wire connection and a connection section received or inserted between the terminal and the wire herein is. This connector is used in environments where waterproofness is required necessary is. However, the housing, which is simply made of synthetic resin or plastic is poured, columns or other passages in a contact portion between the terminal and the housing or a contact portion between the wire cover or wire sheath and the housing due to low adhesion of materials so that there is a risk that water or oil over the Gap in the housing entry.
Conventionally, therefore, a method is used in which a sealant is thinly applied to the outer peripheral surface of the terminal or the wire cover, and when the housing is molded, waterproofness is ensured with the sealant or sealant. The above construction, in which the plastic-molded terminal is waterproofed with the sealant, is disclosed in U.S. Pat JP-A-60-124374 described.
at the described waterproofing method, wherein the sealant However, it is difficult to control the amount of sealant to control during application and there is a risk that the sealing property due a non-uniform coating is worsened.
The publication DE 100 41 812 A1 describes a connector having a housing and a conductor leading through a wall element of the housing. In addition, a sealing member is circumferentially provided on the conductor, which seals the gap between the conductor and the wall element.
The publication DE 101 27 488 A1 describes a conductor having a housing with terminals housed in the housing, wherein the terminals are formed as flat parts. As a seal between the housing and the terminals, a respective seal is formed by injection molding the terminals into respective recesses.
The The present invention has been made in view of the above problems and it is an object of the invention to provide a connector and a method to create the same, received in a housing is, which has a connection made of synthetic resin or plastic is poured, wherein the sealing properties or the sealing performance is improved.
The Task becomes according to the characteristics the claims 1 and 2 solved.
There the sealing member made of rubber by caking on the outer peripheral surface of the Terminal is attached as a sealing device, it is possible to use a Gap between the connector and the housing due to an elastic To seal the property of the sealing member securely, without the coating amount of sealant must be handled correctly, what is necessary is when the sealant in the manner of a coating is applied.
The Sealing part will be safe at a certain position due to Aligning portion attached to the connection provided is and the sealing performance or sealing property of the sealing member will be reached safely.
Further Details, aspects and advantages of the invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description in synopsis with the drawing.
1 a perspective view of a device-side connector according to an embodiment;
2 a front view of the device-side connector;
3 a horizontal section through the device-side connector;
4 a longitudinal section through the device-side connector;
5 a side view of a device-side terminal prior to the attachment of a sealing member;
6 a side view of the device-side terminal with the attached sealing member;
7 an enlarged, partially sectioned side view of a Anheftabschnittes between the device-side terminal and the sealing;
8th a longitudinal sectional view through the device-side connector and the wire-side connector in the connected state; and
9 a horizontal sectional view through the device-side connector and the wire-side connector in the connection state.
Referring to the 1 to 9 A preferred, but not limiting embodiment of the present invention will be explained in more detail.
A device-side connector 20 (A connector according to the invention) of this embodiment is on a device 10 (For example, a converter for an electric vehicle) and is connected to a wire-side connector 50 connected with shielding, so that a conductive path A is formed (see 8th and 9 ).
In the device 10 is a device main body (not shown) within a conductive shield case 11 and the device-side connector 20 which is connected to the device main body is in the shield case 11 added. At the upper end portion of a side wall of the shield case 11 are from left to right running three circular mounting holes 12 formed with a certain distance in the longitudinal direction continuously. On an outer surface of the shield case 11 is a prominent section 13 formed where the open areas of the three mounting holes 12 and their peripheral areas extend to the outside. The outer circumference of the protruding portion 13 is of relatively simple shape (eg, elongate, rectangular with rounded corners, trapezoidal with rounded corners) in which a flat and a curved surface smoothly merge into one another. On a protruding end surface of the protruding portion 13 (left end face in 1 ) open the three mounting holes 12 and three female threaded holes (not shown) extend obliquely downward into the mounting holes 12 ,
The device-side connector 20 is housed or embedded in a device-side housing, which has three device-side ports 26 which are cast from synthetic resin or plastic and run lengthwise. The device-side housing 21 has a one-piece connecting portion 22 which is substantially elongated slender in the transverse direction, with three substantially columnar insertion sections 23 Side by side from the connection section 22 extend forward (in 1 to the left). The connecting section 22 has from left to right running three sleeve sections 24 extending from the rear end surface thereof and coaxial with the insertion portion 23 extend to the rear, and a pair of plate-shaped mounting portions 25 on the left and right sides, which extend laterally from the left and right end portions. At a front end portion of each insertion portion 23 is a circular concave fitting section 23F formed, which opens to the front surface. Furthermore, around a circumference of a circular portion of each Einsetzabschnittes a sealing ring 30 set.
Inside the device-side housing 21 are the three device-side connections 26 according to the insertion sections 23 and the sleeve sections 24 made of synthetic resin or plastic cast and absorbed or embedded. Each device side connection 26 consists of a terminal main body 27 , a tongue 28 and a device connection section 29 , The device main body 27 has circular cross-section, is slender / elongated in the longitudinal direction and in the Einsetzabschnitt 23 embedded or incorporated herein. The tongue 28 stands from the front end of the terminal main body 27 in the form of a plate wider than the terminal main body 27 before and lies within the concave fitting section 23F , The device connection section 29 extends with a larger diameter than the terminal main body 27 and concentric with the terminal main body 27 from the rear end of the terminal main body 27 out to the rear and is in the sleeve section 24 incorporated or embedded herein. A conductive part 33 For example, a cable extending from the device main body is in an internal thread 29H of the device connection section 29 screwed.
A contact portion between the device side terminal 26 and the device side housing 21 is by a cylindrical sealing part 31 sealed or sealed around the circumference of the device-side connector 26 is arranged around. The sealing part 31 is generally cylindrical and is in close contact with the outer circumference of the circular terminal main body 27 , A flat alignment recess 32 ("Alignment section" according to this invention) is circumferentially circumferentially on the periphery of the terminal main body 27 educated. This alignment recess 32 has the shape of a circle with a smaller diameter than the terminal main body 27 and is concentric with the terminal main body 27 , The sealing part 31 is in the alignment recess 32 used. The sealing part 31 is in the longitudinal or axial direction of the terminal main body 27 by engagement or contact of both longitudinal ends with the umlau Stepped sections of the alignment recess 32 established.
An inner peripheral side of the sealing member 31 contacts the outer peripheral side or surface of the alignment recess 32 in the form of a circular circumferential surface of constant radial size in the longitudinal direction. On the other hand, the outer peripheral surface of the sealing member 31 a curved curved surface with the largest diameter in the middle in the longitudinal direction and gradually decreasing diameter in the direction of both longitudinal ends ( 6 ). The alignment recess 32 is practically in the same position as the sealing ring 30 around the insertion section 23 seen in the longitudinal direction.
The sealing part 31 becomes on the terminal main body 27 attached or attached by a baking process. At the terminal main body 27 For example, an injection molding process and a processing can be carried out by a pressing tool. An injection molding method includes inserting a portion of the terminal main body 27 where the alignment recess 32 is formed, in a casting tool (not shown), the injection of a thermally molten rubber material in a cavity of the mold, the curing in the mold to form the sealing member 31 and at the same time for connecting the sealing member 31 with the connection main body 27 , A press working method includes pressing a mold (not shown) on the periphery of the sealing member 31 in a state in which the cylindrical molded sealing member 31 around the alignment recess 32 is set around and at the same time the heating for fixing the sealing member 31 at the terminal main body 27 , The sealing part 31 may be, for example, polyphenylsulfite (PPS).
The device side connection 26 at which the sealing part 31 thus adhered (joined) by the caking operation, is put in a mold (not shown), and molten resin or molten resin is injected into the casting cavity. When the injected material has cured, the device-side housing is 21 cast from the synthetic resin or plastic such that the device-side connection 26 is received or embedded, so that the device-side housing 21 and the device side connector 26 form a unit. The manufacturing process for the device-side connector 20 is completed by this.
Such a device-side connector 20 is inserted into the shield case using a bolt (not shown) passing through a bolt hole 25H in the plate-shaped attachment portion 25 runs, in a state in which each insertion section 23 tight in the mounting hole 12 from the inside of the shield case 11 ago is inserted and the connecting section 22 and the plate-shaped attachment portion 25 on the inner surface of the shield case 11 issue. In the assembled state, the fitting portion 23F and his inner tongue 28 in a wait state ready for connection between the wire-side connector 50 and a wire-side connector 70 inside each mounting hole 12 ,
A shielded wire 40 which forms the conductive path A is provided by a core 42 made of insulating plastic or synthetic resin around the circumference of a conductor 41 and by covering the circumference of the core 42 with a shield 43 which has a net-like woven metal wire. The shielded wire 40 has the shield 43 over its entire length. On a connection part of the shielded wire 40 becomes an end portion of the shield 43 cut back and thus an end portion of the core 42 exposed. Furthermore, a connecting part of the core 42 removed to the end section of the conductor 41 expose. The shielded wire 40 is formed by bundling together three individual wires.
The main part of the shielded wire 40 except the end section is in a ribbed tube 45 used. Furthermore, the end portion of the shielded wire becomes 40 from a rubber hood 46 covered. The ribbed tube 45 is made of a synthetic resin or plastic, for example, a cylindrical bellows or the like, and is flexible along a wiring path of the shielded wire 40 deformable in a state in which the shielded wire 40 is included in their interior. The rubber hood 46 has a total hood or cup shape and widens in the direction of its front. A front end portion of the rubber hood 46 thus has a passport section 47 larger diameter, around the protruding section 13 of the shielding housing 11 is set, with a lip portion 48 on the circumference of the inner circumference of the section 47 extends. A rear end section of the rubber hood 46 has a circular cross-section with a smaller diameter and forms a mounting portion 49 that passes over one end of the tube 45 is set, wherein a portion having inner projections, which on the outer peripheral shape of the tube 45 are adapted, formed on the inner circumference. The tube 45 and the rubber hood 46 thus surround the three shielded wires 40 together.
The wire-side connector 50 has a wire-side housing 51 , an edition 60 and the wire-side connector 70 on. The wire-side housing 51 is made of synthetic resin or plastic and overall approximately cylindrical. Inside the wire-side housing 51 passes through a circular recess 52 both longitudinal end surfaces. On a lower surface at the front end portion of the recess 52 is a lance 53 for preventing slippage of the wire-side terminal 70 educated. A sealing part 57 is along the circumference of the wire-side housing 51 set. At the rear end portion of the wire-side housing 51 is the edition 60 of a conductive material, for example metal in the form of approximately an oval plate. The edition 60 is with the shield 43 of the shielded wire 40 conductive.
The connection 70 is generally slim in the longitudinal direction and has a device connecting portion 71 approximately in the form of an annular sleeve, which with the tongue 28 approximately in its lower half part with the device-side connection 26 connected is. An elastic contact piece 72 is within the device connection section 71 arranged and a lance hole 73 is in a lower surface of the device connecting portion 71 educated. Furthermore, an approximately lower half part of the wire-side terminal 70 a wire clamping part 74 , A front end part of the ladder 41 of the shielded wire 40 which from the core 42 protrudes, becomes conductive by a compression process with the wire clamping part 74 connected.
The wire-side housing 51 the wire-side connector 50 gets into the mounting hole 12 of the shielding housing 11 used. Inside the mounting hole 12 stands the device-side housing 21 ready. If the wire-side housing 51 sufficiently deep, so that the plant 60 in contact with the outer surface of the shield case 11 device, the front end part is in the insertion or fitting section 23F of the device side housing 21 used and the tongue 28 enters the device connection section 71 of the wire-side connection 70 one, leaving a spring contact with the elastic contact piece 72 takes place and thus the two connections 26 and 70 are conductively connected.
In a state in which the wire-side housing 51 in the mounting hole 12 is used, becomes a bolt 69 which has a bolt opening (not shown) of the support 60 passes, into an internally threaded bore (not shown) of the shield case 11 screwed in and tightened, leaving the device-side housing 51 on the shield case 11 is fixed. In this condition is the edition 60 Conductive in conjunction with the outer wall surface of the shielding 11 so that the shielding layer 53 of the shielded wire 40 conductive with the shielding housing 11 communicates.
Furthermore, the fitting section 47 larger diameter at the front end of the rubber hood 46 around the previous section 13 of the shielding housing 11 set and the lip section 48 reaches elastically in contact with the local outer circumference. Thus, a connecting portion between the support 60 and the shield 43 waterproof.
Inside the mounting hole 12 creates the sealing part 57 a seal or seal between the inner periphery of the attachment opening 12 and the outer periphery of the wire-side housing 51 , Furthermore, a gap between the inner circumference of the attachment opening 12 and the device side housing 21 through the sealing ring 30 closed, around the insertion section 23 is set around. Furthermore, the sealing part creates 31 which around the circumference of the Einsetzabschnitts 23 is disposed around, a seal or seal between the outer periphery of the device-side terminal 26 and the inner circumference of the device side housing 21 , These seals or seals create an oil within the shield case 11 certainly prevented from passing through the mounting hole 12 from the shielding housing 11 withdraw. Furthermore, water outside the shield can 11 be safely prevented from passing through the mounting hole 12 in the shield case 11 penetrate.
As described above, in this embodiment, the rubber sealing member 31 as a device for sealing or sealing between the device-side housing 21 and the device-side connector 26 by caking on the outer peripheral surface of the device side terminal 26 attached. Thus, the sealing member 31 a secure seal between the device-side connection 26 and the device side housing 21 create, without a sealing or sealing means must be applied as a sealing device, in which case the application rate would be monitored. In other words, the sealing part 31 is fixed by caking or bake to seal between the outer peripheral surface of the device side terminal 26 and the inner peripheral surface of the sealing member 31 sure. The sealing part 31 is in close contact with the inner peripheral surface of the device side housing 21 due to its elastic compliance, to provide a secure closure between the outer peripheral surface of the sealing member 31 and the inner peripheral surface of the apparatus side housing 21 to accomplish.
Since the device-side An Enough 26 with the alignment recess 32 is provided, is the sealing member 31 safely at a certain position due to this alignment recess 32 set, so that the sealing property of the sealing member 31 is maintained with certainty.
The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment described with reference to the drawings. For example, the following embodiments and modifications fall within the scope of the invention and further modifications may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.
(1) Although the device-side connector is used in the above embodiment, the invention is also applicable to connectors other than a device connector (for example, in the connection or connection of wire harnesses).
(2) Although, in the above embodiment, the device-side connector of the wire-side connector and the device-side connector are concerned, this invention is applicable to the wire-side connector alone.
(3) Although, in the above embodiment, the housing of the wire-side connector and the housing-side connector housing are assembled, this invention is also applicable to the case where the terminal of the wire-side connector is connected to the bare-device-side terminal without the device-side housing is used.
(4) Although, in the above embodiment, a plurality of device side terminals are held in a device side housing, in the invention, only one device side terminal may be held in a device side housing.
(5) Although in the above embodiment, the connector insert (device-side connector) is of the male type, this invention can be applied to a female connector connector or connector.
(6) Although, in the above embodiment, the connecting portion of the sealing member in the port (the apparatus side port) is circular in cross section, this invention is also applicable to a case where the connecting portion of the sealing member with the port is not circular (eg, elongated , elliptical, square with arched rounded corners, polygonal, ie not quadrangular etc.).
One Connector according to the invention Thus, in summary, comprises a housing with a connection manufactured by resin or plastic casting. An annular sealing part Made of rubber material is made by a casting process along a circumference attached to the connector, allowing a stable and durable seal is formed between the terminal and the housing. It is not necessary to adjust and monitor the amount of a sealing material, which is applied to the terminal in the case that the Sealant is applied to the terminal.
The preceding description of preferred embodiments of the invention was for the purpose of explanation and presentation made. It is not limiting on the illustrated and described embodiment and modifications and variations of the above teaching are possible or result from a practical implementation of the invention. The embodiments were selected and described to the essence of the invention and its fundamental Application to a person skilled in the art, so that the Invention in its various embodiments and modifications adapted to the respective purpose. The object of The present invention thus ultimately results from the wording the attached Claims and their equivalents.
A connector ( 20 ) with: a housing ( 21 ) with a connection made by resin or plastic casting; and an annular sealing part ( 31 rubber material, which is adhered by synthetic resin or plastic molding along a circumference of the terminal to provide a seal between the terminal and the housing, the terminal having an alignment section (FIG. 32 ) for aligning the sealing part ( 31 ) by engaging the sealing member with the alignment section, and the alignment section comprises an alignment recess (Fig. 32 ) which is circumferentially on the periphery of the terminal main body ( 27 ) is provided.
A method of making a connector comprising the steps of: providing a connector; Aligning an annular sealing member ( 31 ) of rubber material by engaging the sealing member ( 31 ) having an alignment portion formed on the terminal, adhering the annular seal member (10) 31 ) of rubber material along the circumference of the connector by resin or plastic molding; Embedding the terminal in a housing; and sealing between the terminal and the housing by the sealing member (14) 31 ) wherein the alignment section comprises an alignment recess ( 32 ) which is circumferentially on the periphery of the terminal main body ( 27 ) is provided.
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