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EP0261285A1
EP0261285A1 EP86307318A EP86307318A EP0261285A1 EP 0261285 A1 EP0261285 A1 EP 0261285A1 EP 86307318 A EP86307318 A EP 86307318A EP 86307318 A EP86307318 A EP 86307318A EP 0261285 A1 EP0261285 A1 EP 0261285A1
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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
    • H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/58—Means for relieving strain on wire connection, e.g. cord grip, for avoiding loosening of connections between wires and terminals within a coupling device terminating a cable
    • H01R13/595—Bolts operating in a direction transverse to the cable or wire
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R2201/00—Connectors or connections adapted for particular applications
    • H01R2201/16—Connectors or connections adapted for particular applications for telephony

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  • This invention relates in general to an electrical connector for low current devices, such as cord terminating and connecting plugs for telephones and the like. More particularly, it is concerned with a new and improved one-piece modular plug for terminating multi-wire telephone cords.
  • Modular type terminal plugs of the type described are now being used extensively in the telephone industry as a rapid and easy means of providing the requisite interconnection between a base and hand set of a telephone, between the base and wall terminal block of such units and between wall blocks and other components of the system.
  • the plugs are mounted on both ends of a length of multi-wire telephone cordage and are operatively secured thereto.
  • the plugs may then be cooperatively received within receptacles or jacks in the various telephone units to accruately align the contacts connected to the wires in the plug with mating terminals within the various components of the system.
  • a typical example of a connecting plug used in this manner can be found in the Hardesty U.S. Patent No.
  • the present invention advantageously provides a connector of the type described that positively locks the individual wires in place within the connector at each terminal making it virtually impossible to separate the cord from the connector, even when the jacket of the cord or the insulative covering on the wire is not firmly anchored. This is achieved in an economical fashion while eliminating the disadvantages associated with the pointed tangs of the terminals. At the same time there is provided both a positive electrical connection between the terminal and the wire core and a secure mechanical interlock between the terminal, the wire and the housing of the connector plug.
  • the connector comprises a one piece dielectric housing having a cord receiving aperture with a plurality of terminal receiving slots extending between the aperture and a first or top exterior surface of the connector.
  • the connector includes a recess operatively associated with the slots and extending from the aperture toward the exterior surface of the connector opposite the first or top exterior surface.
  • Individual terminal blades of simplified configuration are positioned within the slots and have a wire contact portion adapted to pass through the longitudinal plane of the aperture into the recess. As the terminals are pressed into the housing for making electrical contact with the wire of the cord, they engage the wires of the cord and bend the wires out of the plane of the aperture and into the recess while simultaneously providing the requisite electrical contact.
  • the invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combination of elements and arrangement of parts which will be exemplified in the construction hereafter set forth in the detailed disclosure.
  • Fig. 1 is a perspective view, partially broken away, of a modular type connector plug of the present invention prior to being mounted on the end of a multi-wire telephone cord.
  • Fig. 2 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view of the front portion of the connector plug of Fig. 1 showing a wire of a telephone cord secured within the plug and
  • Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the plug of Fig. 1 showing the cord inserted within the plug prior to being secured therein.
  • the present invention is shown as embodied within a one piece modular connector 10 of the telephone plug type.
  • the one piece modular plug may be designed so as to accommodate multi-wire telephone cords of different construction, such as flat or round cords having four, six, eight, or more solid, stranded or tinsel core wires.
  • the plug illustrated in the drawings is one that will accommodate an eight-wire round cord, such as the cord 12 shown in Fig. 3.
  • the plug is completely formed and no further assembly or bonding is required since the unit is designed as a unitary single piece member requiring no additional component other than the separate blade-like metal terminals 14 mounted thereon.
  • the plug 10 comprises a generally rectangular housing portion 16 and an integral depending locking tab portion 18 which, for clarity of description, will be referred to as extending generally rearwardly from the bottom of the housing adjacent the forward or front end thereof.
  • the plug is designed to be easily moulded using conventional injection moulding techniques so as to result in a rigid dielectric member of one-piece construction that can be rapidly and economically produced in large quantities.
  • the elongated, substantially rectangular housing portion 16 is formed with a central aperture extending longitudinally therealong from the rear wall 20 toward but stopping short of the front end or face 22.
  • the aperture takes the form of a large cord-receiving entrance portion 24 of a size and configuration adapted to receive a fully jacketed multi-wire telephone cord 12 of the type described.
  • the entrance portion 24 is flared at its lip 26 for receiving the cord and extends for a distance of about one-third to one-half the length of the plug.
  • the aperture constricts, predominantly as a result of the tapering top and bottom surfaces 28, 30 respectively, and communicatively flows directly into a relatively nar rower longitudinally extending wire receiving portion 32.
  • This narrower portion of the aperture extends toward the front face 22 of the plug terminating at the interior of the front wall 36.
  • the aperture may be divided within this portion into a plurality of parallel elongated wire receiving slots or stations of a size that accommodates both the wire and its insulative covering. This is achieved through the use of a plurality of tooth like ridges disposed in confronting relationship in either or both the top and bottom surfaces of the aperture.
  • the transverse array of transversely communicating, longitudinally extending channels for the individual insulated wires of the multi-wire cord has been utilized effectively heretofore whereby the conductors are restrained against unwanted lateral displacement.
  • the channels also assure the necessary distinct separation between the wire conductors during insertion of the telephone cord into the plug and the proper alignment of those wires within the housing for engagement by the terminals. Where a flat cord is utilized and the jacket is not removed, the confronting ridges are not necessary.
  • the housing 16 also is provided with means for securely holding both the cord and its insulated wires after they have been mounted within the plug.
  • This includes a cord anchoring wedge 38 integrally connected to a rear section of the plug housing through a plastic hinge 40.
  • the cord anchoring wedge 38 is positioned within a transversely extending recess 42 in the top surface of the housing above the entrance portion 24 of the central aperture and extends transversely across a major portion of the width of the housing while leaving the opposite sides of the housing as solid stabilizing portions of the plug.
  • the cord anchoring wedge 38 initially is connected to the housing at its forward end by a very thin web 44 of dielectric material that is readily ruptured when the wedge 38 is pressed inwardly into the central aperture.
  • the wedge 38 is contoured, as shown, to bear against the round cord 12 or a flat cord in a well known manner to provide its cord anchoring function.
  • the housing 16 further is provided with a similar type of anchoring or restraining member for engaging the insulative coverings on all of the individual wires 48 located within the wire receiving portion 32 of the aperture.
  • the top surface of the housing has a second recess 50 that extends transversely across the center portion of the housing between the rigid sides and a wire anchoring member is provided therein in the form of a deformable restraining bar 52.
  • the bar is spaced forwardly from the cord anchoring wedge 38 by a distance sufficient to place the bar 52 in overlying relationship with the narrow wire receiving portion 32 of the central aperture.
  • the bar 52 is integrally connected to the remainder of the housing so as to permit it to be moved or deformed inwardly toward and into the wire receiving portion 32 of the aperture for lockably engaging each and every wire positioned therein, as illustrated in Fig. 2.
  • the anchoring structures are similar to the corresponding structures described in greater detail in the aforementioned Hardesty U.S. Patent No. 3,860,316, and the disclosure therein is incorporated herein with respect to these members. As mentioned therein, these members not only independently secure the cord 12 and the multiple wires 48 carried therein, but also help to provide a strain-alleviating function on the conductors during customer usage.
  • a series of thin terminal receiving slots 54 extending longitudinally of the plug.
  • the number of slots conforms to the number of wires in the cord intended for use with the plug, such as eight slots in the illustrated embodiment, and the slots 54 are disposed in a transversely spaced, aligned, parallel or side-by-side array.
  • the slots 54 provide direct communication b etween the top surface of the plug and the wire receiving portion 32 of the central aperture.
  • the width of each slot is sufficient to comfortably receive a single plate-like terminal while the length thereof is defined by the front wall 36 of the plug and the forward wall 56 of the anchoring bar recess 50.
  • Longitudinally extending partitions 58 are provided on the top of the plug housing between each adjacent pair of slots 54 both to separate the slots and to provide guides for the terminal contacting components of the jack operatively associated with the plug.
  • a resilient locking tab portion 18 is integrally moulded to the underside of the housing so that its longitudinal axis extends along that of the housing yet is oriented at an angle of approximately 15° with respect to the plane of the housing.
  • the locking tab 18 should be of a configuration that will permit the insertion of the plug into a conventional jack whereby the tab portion is deflected toward the underside or bottom surface 64 of the housing and moves slideably into engagement with a corresponding locking surface on the jack as the ledge 62 engages the jack.
  • the configuration and function of the locking tab is also similar to the tab described in the aforementioned Hardesty patent.
  • the forward end of the housing is provided with a trough or recess 66 adjacent the interior of the plug's front wall 36 below the wire-receiving portion 32 of the central aperture.
  • the recess 66 extends transversely across the plug and communicates fully with the central aperture, extending downwardly through the bottom surface 64 to provide appropriate wire clearance.
  • the recess 66 may extend from the aperture toward the bottom surface of the plug to a depth approximately equal to its width. In either event, this results in a cavity having a generally L-shaped longitudinal cross section with the wire receiving portion 32 of the aperture forming a first long narrow leg of the cavity and the recess 66 forming a second short broader leg thereof.
  • the shoulder or ledge 68 formed at the juncture of the aperture 32 and the recess 66 provides an anvil that extends transversely across the housing between the rigid sides thereof and is integrally connected thereto.
  • the recess 66 and the anvil 68 underlie the array of terminal receiving slots 54, the anvil being of a sufficient size and strength to permit bending and shaping of the wires fully positioned within the aperture 32 when the wires are forced against the anvil by their respective blade-like terminals 14 mounted within the slots 54.
  • the terminal plates 14 utilized in the electrical connector of the present invention are electrically conductive metal members that take the simplified form of flat plates or sheets devoid of the protruding tangs utilized heretofore and having an L-shaped configuration.
  • Each terminal plate 14 has a flat top edge surface 72 for engagement by a complementary conductive component of the associate jack.
  • the top edge surface 72 is approximately equal in length to its intersecting front edge surface 74 and further is approximately equal to the size of the terminal receiving slot 54, this overall length being significantly greater than the width of the trough 66 underlying the slots.
  • the front edge surface 74 abuts the front wall 36 of the plug housing and tends to stabilize the terminal as it moves from the pre-secured position shown in Fig. 3 to the set or secured position of Fig. 2.
  • the terminal plate 14 includes an operating leg portion 76 provided with an abrupt sharp rear corner edge 78 which, together with the bottom surface 80 of the leg portion 76, initially engages a wire 48 within the wire-receiving aperture 32 as the terminal 14 moves toward its set position. Initially, the terminal 14 is placed within the slot 54 so that the top edge 72 thereof extends above the dividing partitions 58 and the bottom surface 80 of the operating leg portion 76 rests well above the longitudinal plane of the wire-receiving aperture. As the terminal is pressed into the plug housing, the bottom edge surface 80 of the depending leg portion 76 bears against the insulated wire 48 overhanging the recess 66, pushing the free end of the wire into the recess 66 against the restraining action of the anvil shoulder 68.
  • the sharp corner edge 78 cuts into and through the insulation of the wire 48 as it continues to bend, bringing it into electrical engagement with the core of the wire.
  • the further downward movement of the terminal 14 continues to bend and cut into the wire until the remainder of the terminal's main body portion comes into engagement with the supported portion of the wire immediately above the anvil shoulder 68.
  • This action lockably secures the bent wire against the anvil so as to provide a firm and secure mechanical interengagement between the wire, the terminal, and the plug housing.
  • the terminal plate provides a positive electrical connection between the core of the wire and the terminal plate thereby assuring electrical continuity coupled with mechanical retention.
  • this action operates smoothly, efficiently, and effectively regardless of whether the wire has a solid, stranded or tinsel core and positively provides the desired electrical contact between the wire and the terminal.
  • the resistance of the wire to bending tends to push the front edge surface 74 of the terminal 14 into secure abutting engagement with the front wall 36 of the plug housing thereby firmly anchoring the terminal within the housing as the wire is mechanically wedging within the recess. In this manner, the housing, the wire, and the terminal cooperate to provide mechanical retention of all of the assembled components.

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EP0442215A1 (fr) * 1990-02-12 1991-08-21 Photographic Sciences Corporation Ensemble connecteur modulaire assurant soulagement de traction
EP0568273A2 (fr) * 1992-04-30 1993-11-03 AT&T Corp. Fiche modulaire avec moyens améliorés pour atténuer l'effort de tension sur un câble
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US4049334A (en) * 1976-01-28 1977-09-20 Raychem Corporation Wire preparation and termination means and method

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US4049334A (en) * 1976-01-28 1977-09-20 Raychem Corporation Wire preparation and termination means and method

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EP0442215A1 (fr) * 1990-02-12 1991-08-21 Photographic Sciences Corporation Ensemble connecteur modulaire assurant soulagement de traction
EP0568273A2 (fr) * 1992-04-30 1993-11-03 AT&T Corp. Fiche modulaire avec moyens améliorés pour atténuer l'effort de tension sur un câble
EP0568273A3 (en) * 1992-04-30 1996-05-29 American Telephone & Telegraph Modular plug having enhanced cordage strain relief provisions
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