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WIRE CONNECTION MODULE - ADC GmbH
United States Patent Application 20080305674
Neumetzler, Heiko (Berlin, DE)
12/134012
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1. A wire connection module, comprising a two-part housing and a number of contact elements, the contact elements having at least one connection side, which is in the form of a contact for connecting wires, the contact element further having an interface, via which surge protection elements can be connected, wherein the first housing part is formed with receptacles, into which two-pole surge arresters are inserted, the contact element has a contact face, which is in the form of an interface for the surge arrester, protrudes into the receptacle and makes contact with a first pole of the surge arrester, contact being made with the other pole of the surge arrester by means of a ground element.
2. The wire connection module as claimed in claim 1, wherein the contact element has a second connection side, which is in the form of a contact for a printed circuit board.
3. The wire connection module as claimed in claim 2, wherein the wire connection module is in the form of a plug-type connector for printed circuit boards.
4. The wire connection module as claimed in claim 2, wherein the pluggable contact for the printed circuit board is in the form of a fork contact.
5. The wire connection module as claimed in claim 1, wherein the contact element is designed in one piece.
6. The wire connection module as claimed in claim 1, wherein in each case two receptacles are arranged in the transverse direction of the housing, which receptacles are separated by a common wall.
9. The wire connection module as claimed in claim 8, wherein the grounding contact is in the form of a fork contact or ring contact.
11. The wire connection module as claimed in claim 1, wherein the contact for connecting the wires is in the form of an insulation displacement contact.
12. The wire connection module as claimed in claim 10, wherein the insulation displacement contact is positioned at an angle of 45° with respect to the fork contact.
13. The wire connection module as claimed in claim 4, wherein the fork contact is aligned perpendicularly with respect to the contact face of the contact element.
15. The wire connection module as claimed in claim 14, wherein a web-shaped extension protrudes from the contact for the printed circuit board and/or from the contact for connecting the wires, which extension is adjoined by the contact face via a web, the web-shaped extension having different lengths for the contact elements.
16. The wire connection module as claimed in claim 15, characterized in that the contact face of the contact elements is bent back from the web-shaped extension, the bends in the contact faces being different for the contact elements, namely being bent back in opposition to one another.
17. The wire connection module as claimed in claim 11, wherein the first housing part has raised webs, between which the insulation displacement contacts are guided, the webs being arranged in a row, which extends in the longitudinal direction, the webs being raised with respect to the grounding comb in such a way that the lifting operation of a positioning tool is not impeded.
In a further preferred embodiment, the contact for connecting the wires is in the form of an insulation displacement contact, which is preferably positioned at an angle of 45° (+/−50) to the fork contact. In a further preferred embodiment, the fork contact is aligned perpendicularly to the contact face of the contact element.
FIGS. 6a-c show various perspective illustrations of a contact element,
FIG. 7a shows a front view of a grounding comb,
FIG. 7b shows a plan view of the grounding comb,
FIG. 7c shows a side view of the grounding comb,
The plug-type connector 1 for printed circuit boards comprises a first housing part 2 and a second housing part 3, which are preferably connected to one another by a latching connection. The first housing part 2 has raised webs 4, between which insulation displacement contacts 11 of contact elements 10 (see FIGS. 6a-c) are guided. The webs 4 are arranged in a row which extends in the longitudinal direction L. In this case, webs 4 are arranged laterally offset with respect to the center line, the other side being positioned deeper. On this side of the upper side 5, the first housing part 2 has openings, into which a grounding comb 6 is inserted (see FIGS. 7a-c). The second housing part 3 is formed with guides 7, in which the fork contacts 12 of the contact elements 10 are guided, preferably the guides 7 completely accommodating the fork contacts 12, i.e. said fork contacts not protruding beyond the underside 8 of the second housing part 3.
Before the construction of the plug-type connector 1 is explained in more detail, the construction of the contact element 10 should first be explained in more detail with reference to FIGS. 6a-c and that of the grounding comb 6 with reference to FIGS. 7a-c.
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