IP Library Granted Patent US 7,201,601
Granted Patent B2
US 7,201,601 · App. 11/272,454 · Granted Apr 10, 2007

Insulation displacement multipoint connector for electrical plug connectors

Assignee: ERNI Elektroapparate GmbH
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Patent No.
US 7,201,601
App. No.
11/272,454
Granted
Apr 10, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

An insulation displacement multipoint connector for electrical plug connectors includes connection elements which form at one end thereof an insulation displacement termination area for a connection of electrical conductors without requiring stripping and, at the other end, a plug contact area for a multipoint counter connector. The insulation displacement termination area has flat, slotted insulation displacement terminals. The connection elements are arranged such that for one row of plug contacts of the connection elements embedded next to each other, the insulation displacement terminals of these connection elements are located in several rows in the insulation displacement multipoint connector.

Claims (24)

1. An insulation displacement multipoint connector for electrical plug connectors, comprising

combined connection elements which form at one end thereof an insulation displacement termination area for a connection of electrical conductors without requiring stripping and, at another end, a plug contact area for a multipoint counter connector, wherein

the insulation displacement termination area has flat, slotted insulation displacement terminals,

the connection elements are designed such that for one row of plug contacts of the connection elements embedded next to each other, the insulation displacement terminals of these connection elements are located in several rows in the insulation displacement multipoint connector,

the plug contacts of the connection elements are located in a row next to each other in the insulation displacement multipoint connector and the insulation displacement terminals of the connection elements are in arranged two rows,

and wherein the insulation displacement terminals of the connection elements are alternatingly located in two rows in the insulation displacement multipoint connector and the connection elements are inserted with regard to their plug contacts alternatingly offset in opposite directions within a connection element row, wherein the insulation displacement multipoint connector has a two-part case comprising an upper and a bottom case part which can be put together, wherein the connection elements are fastened in the upper case part and the insulation displacement terminals are inserted into the bottom case part.

2. The insulation displacement multipoint connector according to claim 1 , wherein identically offset connection elements are inserted alternatingly pivoted by 180° around their longitudinal axes into the insulation displacement multipoint connector.

3. The insulation displacement multipoint connector according to claim 1 , wherein only every second connection element of the connection element row is offset in the same direction with regard to its plug contacts and the other connection elements are not offset.

4. The insulation displacement multipoint connector according to claim 1 , wherein the offsettings are located approximately centrically in the area of the connection elements.

5. The insulation displacement multipoint connector according to claim 1 , wherein insertion openings arranged in the bottom case part in multiple rows for the insulation displacement terminals intersect with or overlap each other in the direction of alignment.

6. The insulation displacement multipoint connector according to claim 1 , wherein the case parts are locked together by locking contours arranged laterally in broad sides of the body of the upper case part.

7. The insulation displacement multipoint connector according to claim 1 , wherein the plug contacts of the connection elements form two-armed contact springs.

8. The insulation displacement multipoint connector according to claim 1 , wherein the plug contacts of the connection elements form contact blades or contact pins.

9. The insulation displacement multipoint connector according to claim 1 , wherein the number of poles is discretionary.

10. The insulation displacement multipoint connector according to claim 1 , wherein the plug connector has two or more rows.

11. The insulation displacement multipoint connector according to claim 1 , wherein the multipoint counter connector has a case trough made of insulation material.

12. The insulation displacement multipoint connector according to claim 11 , wherein at least one snap-in slot is provided in the case trough of the multipoint counter connector into which at least one notch of the bottom case part of the insulation displacement multipoint connector locks in the plugged state.

13. The insulation displacement multipoint connector according to claim 12 , wherein the case trough of the multipoint counter connector has two fastening clamps which interlock with the snap-in slots behind the locking contours at the narrow sides of the case trough.

14. The An insulation displacement multipoint connector for electrical plug connectors, comprising

combined connection elements which form at one end thereof an insulation displacement termination area for a connection of electrical conductors without requiring stripping and, at another end, a plug contact area for a multipoint counter connector, wherein

the insulation displacement termination area has flat, slotted insulation displacement terminals,

the connection elements are designed such that for one row of plug contacts of the connection elements embedded next to each other, the insulation displacement terminals of these connection elements are located in several rows in the insulation displacement multipoint connector, the plug contacts of the connection elements are located in a row next to each other in the insulation displacement multipoint connector and the insulation displacement terminals of the connection elements are in arranged two rows,

and wherein the insulation displacement terminals of the connection elements are alternatingly located in two rows in the insulation displacement multipoint connector and the connection elements are inserted with regard to their plug contacts alternatingly offset in opposite directions within a connection element row, wherein the insulation displacement multipoint connector has a two-part case comprising an upper and a bottom case part which can be put together, wherein the connection elements are fastened in the upper case part and the insulation displacement terminals are inserted into the bottom case part, wherein a notch provided on the insulation displacement multipoint connector which serves the locking of the insulation displacement multipoint connector with the multipoint counter connector, is arranged in one of the broad sides of the body of the bottom case part, wherein the notch does not protrude beyond the surface of this broad side of the insulation displacement multipoint connector.

15. The insulation displacement multipoint connector according to claim 14 , wherein a recess is provided corresponding to the position of the notch in the bottom case part in the upper case part of the insulation displacement multipoint connector, wherein a space is formed between the surfaces of this recess and the notch which face each other, so that the notch can carry out a transverse motion.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF LEGAL FORM AND NAME Recorded Oct 27, 2022
From: ERNI ELEKTROAPPARATE GMBH
To: ERNI ELECTRONICS GMBH
Reel/Frame 061791/0123 →
CHANGE OF LEGAL FORM AND NAME Recorded Oct 27, 2022
From: ERNI ELECTRONICS GMBH
To: ERNI ELECTRONICS GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 061791/0200 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 27, 2022
From: ERNI ELECTRONICS GMBH & CO. KG
To: ERNI PRODUCTION GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 061793/0262 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 6, 2007
From: LAPPOHN, JURGEN
To: ERNI ELEKTROAPPARATE GMBH
Reel/Frame 019002/0887 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2004 054 203 · Nov 10, 2004 · national
Continuity (1)
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