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EP1020964B1
EP1020964B1 EP99100687A EP99100687A EP1020964B1 EP 1020964 B1 EP1020964 B1 EP 1020964B1 EP 99100687 A EP99100687 A EP 99100687A EP 99100687 A EP99100687 A EP 99100687A EP 1020964 B1 EP1020964 B1 EP 1020964B1
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Massimo Colombo
Paolo Lorenzo Prigione
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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
    • H01R4/00—Electrically-conductive connections between two or more conductive members in direct contact, i.e. touching one another; Means for effecting or maintaining such contact; Electrically-conductive connections having two or more spaced connecting locations for conductors and using contact members penetrating insulation
    • H01R4/24—Connections using contact members penetrating or cutting insulation or cable strands
    • H01R4/2416—Connections using contact members penetrating or cutting insulation or cable strands the contact members having insulation-cutting edges, e.g. of tuning fork type
    • H01R4/242—Connections using contact members penetrating or cutting insulation or cable strands the contact members having insulation-cutting edges, e.g. of tuning fork type the contact members being plates having a single slot
    • H01R4/2425—Flat plates, e.g. multi-layered flat plates
    • H01R4/2429—Flat plates, e.g. multi-layered flat plates mounted in an insulating base
    • 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
    • H01R13/646—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00 specially adapted for high-frequency, e.g. structures providing an impedance match or phase match
    • H01R13/6461—Means for preventing cross-talk
    • H01R13/6464—Means for preventing cross-talk by adding capacitive elements
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R4/00—Electrically-conductive connections between two or more conductive members in direct contact, i.e. touching one another; Means for effecting or maintaining such contact; Electrically-conductive connections having two or more spaced connecting locations for conductors and using contact members penetrating insulation
    • H01R4/24—Connections using contact members penetrating or cutting insulation or cable strands
    • H01R4/2416—Connections using contact members penetrating or cutting insulation or cable strands the contact members having insulation-cutting edges, e.g. of tuning fork type
    • H01R4/242—Connections using contact members penetrating or cutting insulation or cable strands the contact members having insulation-cutting edges, e.g. of tuning fork type the contact members being plates having a single slot
    • H01R4/2425—Flat plates, e.g. multi-layered flat plates
    • H01R4/2429—Flat plates, e.g. multi-layered flat plates mounted in an insulating base
    • H01R4/2433—Flat plates, e.g. multi-layered flat plates mounted in an insulating base one part of the base being movable to push the cable into the slot
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R4/00—Electrically-conductive connections between two or more conductive members in direct contact, i.e. touching one another; Means for effecting or maintaining such contact; Electrically-conductive connections having two or more spaced connecting locations for conductors and using contact members penetrating insulation
    • H01R4/24—Connections using contact members penetrating or cutting insulation or cable strands
    • H01R4/2416—Connections using contact members penetrating or cutting insulation or cable strands the contact members having insulation-cutting edges, e.g. of tuning fork type
    • H01R4/242—Connections using contact members penetrating or cutting insulation or cable strands the contact members having insulation-cutting edges, e.g. of tuning fork type the contact members being plates having a single slot
    • H01R4/2437—Curved plates
    • H01R4/2441—Curved plates tube-shaped
    • 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
    • H01R13/646—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00 specially adapted for high-frequency, e.g. structures providing an impedance match or phase match
    • H01R13/6473—Impedance matching
    • H01R13/6474—Impedance matching by variation of conductive properties, e.g. by dimension variations

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  • This invention relates to a connector for termination of electrical cabling and in particular electrical cabling for communication systems.
  • the invention is especially applicable to the termination of twisted pair cables.
  • a connector with all features of the precharacterizing portion of claim 1 is known from WO 88/13 902.
  • US 5,186,847 utilises contacts that incorporate a cross-over to compensate for the capacitive and inductive coupling between adjacent contacts such that signal degradation is minimised.
  • US 5,547,405 incorporates lateral extensions onto signal contacts such that a capacitor can be formed to compensate for any capacitance/inductance induced by data transmission through the contacts.
  • the transmission line has be constructed to minimise cross-talk by way of the twisting of the pair and the connector it self can be optimised to minimise the capacitive or inductive coupling between signal contacts, a problem still exists where the transmission line needs to be connected to the contacts of the connector. The reason this is a problem is that typically the twisted pair will need to be untwisted and the separate wires connected to each of the contacts. Over this untwisted distance, it is possible that the signal carried within these lines is adversely effected. It is an additional problem that any shielding that might have been provided about these signal lines must typically end where the separate lines travel to their respective contacts.
  • a connector 102 includes a housing 104 having contacts 106, 108 therein where a stuffer 114 is provided for pushing wires (not shown) of the twisted pair into the respective contacts.
  • the contacts 106, 108 have IDC blade portions 107 with respective IDC slots 136, 142.
  • the wires are received in openings 110, 112 and an outer shield 116 is provided that generally surrounds the aforedescribed structure.
  • a primary difference between the embodiment of the terminator 102 and the aforedescribed terminator 2 is that the present embodiment is generally rectangular in configuration whereby the wires which would be received in openings 110, 112 are horizontally adjacent as opposed to the previous embodiment where they are vertically adjacent. This allows a number of particularly advantageous features to be realised as apparent from the description below.
  • the housing 104 includes a base 118 and a surrounding box-like shell. Above the base 118 the walls 120 of the box-like shell include guide groups 126 for guiding the stuffer gap 114 as will be described below and the inner surfaces 128 also co-operate to guide the stuffer cap 114. Positioning windows 130 are formed in the shell 120 in order to establish the pre-terminated and terminated positions. Additionally, tabs 132 are provided for locating the shield 116 thereabout.
  • the inner contact 106 is received in an inner channel 133 of the base 118. A similar outer channel 135 is also formed in the base 118. As the shell 120 is not fully closed on one side, a channel 134 is formed along the base 118.
  • the inner contact 105 includes a pair of plate section 135 with an IDC 136 therebetween having a lead-in cutting edge 138.
  • the inner contact 106 further includes a connection portion 141 for connecting to a complementary component.
  • the outer contact 108 is seen disposed within the outer groove 135.
  • the outer contact 108 is configured generally according to the inner contact 106 where a pair of plates 143 and an IDC 142 is precedad by lead-in cutting edges 144.
  • the outer contact 108 further includes an engaging portion 146 for mating with the complementary conductors.
  • the stuffer 114 is shown in the terminated position.
  • the stuffer 114 Includes lances 152 that are seen in the terminated opening 130. And guide ribs 150 positioned Within guide grooves 126.
  • the stuffer 114 further includes a raised pedestal portion 151 between the open side walls of the shell 120 in order to carry a biasing tongue 158 therein.
  • the stuffer 114 can be further viewed in figures 5 and 6. Additionally. In figure 5 it is apparent that advantageously a single stamping can be used for both the inner contact 106 and outer contact 108 by simply reversing the position. This reduces the numbers of parts that need to be manufactured and thereby reduces costs.
  • the shielding shell 116 is shown fixed to the structure of figure 4 by way of mounting tabs 132.
  • the tongue 158 associated therewith moves free of resilient free ends 169 of the shielding shell 116 allowing their natural resiliency to close about an inserted cable in order to form an electrical connection with the shielding as was previously described.
  • this embodiment provides a reduction in the number of parts required by enabling a single contact stamping to be used for both of the contacts. Additionally, In the construction of components of the base 104 and stuffer 114 are also simplified. Additionally the pair can be cut to the same length.
  • Figure 8 shows two pair terminator placed side by wide where the distance Y (distance from contact 106 of pair connector A and contact 106 of pair connector B) is much higher than the distance X (distance from contact 106 of pair connector A and contact 108 of pair connector B).
  • the energy that flows from the contact 106 of pair connector A to the contact 106 of pair connector B is lower than the energy that flows from the contact 106 of pair connector A to the contact 108 of pair connector B.
  • the residual noise between the contact 106 and contact 108 of pair connector B is greater than zero and will affect the high frequency performance of the pair connector B.
  • the same relation and results are valid for other combinations of contacts for two adjacent pair connectors.
  • Figure 10 shows two pair connectors placed side by side where the distance Y (distance from contact 106 of pair connector A to coupling portion 200 of contact 106 of pair connector B) is nearly equal to the distance X (distance from contact 108 of pair connector A to contact 108 of pair connector B).
  • the energy that flows from the contact 106 of pair connector A to the coupling portion 200 of the contact 106 of pair connector B is nearly equal to the energy that flows from the contact 106 of pair connector A to the contact 108 of pair connector B.
  • the residual noise between the contact 106 and contact 108 of pair connector B is nearly equal to zero, so the high frequency performance of the pair connector B is increased.
  • the overlapping of contacts of the same pair have a similar effect to twisting (wire) conductors, thereby reducing electromagnetic noise emission and reception. The same relation and results are valid for other combinations of contacts and additional areas for two adjacent pair connectors.
  • Figure 11 shows a pair connector with an outer metallic shell 216 and the stuffer 214 in the pre-terminated position.
  • the metallic shell 216 has two deflectable arms 268 placed below the openings 210 and 212. Due to their elasticity the arms 268 will provide a normal force on the conductive foil or on any other type of shielding around the pair.
  • the stuffer in the terminated position (figure 12) reacts the normal force from the arms 268 via the feature 300.
  • the shielding can be drained by way of contact legs 270 that would also be fixed to traces of a printed circuit board or similar contacts.
  • Figure 13 shows the metallic shell 216 that surrounds the housing 204 and is retained on it via the tabs 232.
  • FIG. 14-16 another embodiment of a connector according to this invention is shown comprising a housing 104' and two pairs A, B of contacts 106', 108'.
  • the housing may be provided with a plurality of contact pairs greater than two.
  • the connector embodiment of figures 14-16 differs from the embodiment shown In figures 8 and 10 in that the plurality of contact pairs are provided in a single housing, which renders the design more compact and cost-effective.
  • the contacts 106', 108' of a same pair have overlapping capacitive coupling portions 200' for the same purpose as the portions 200 of the previously described embodiment.
  • the overlapping portions 200' extend in a plane parallel to the IDC blade portions 107', but spaced therefrom such that the IDC blade portions 107' of the plurality of contacts 106', 108' are positionable in substantially the same plane.
  • the capacitive coupling portions 200' may be integrally stamped and formed with the IDC blade portions 107' of the contacts.
  • the plurality of contacts 106', 108' may be identically formed whereby the contacts 106', 108' of a pair A, B are rotated with respect to each other 180°.
  • conducting wires W are received in open ended slots 110', 112' of the housing that guide the wires into the IDC blade slots 136', 142'.
  • the wires may be inserted in the slots by means of stuffer tool, or the housing may be further associated with a cover member that stuffs the wires into the slots in a similar manner to the previously described embodiments.

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Claims (9)

  1. Verbinder zum Anschließen von mindestens zwei Paaren von Drähten, wobei der Verbinder mindestens ein Gehäuse (104, 104') und mindestens zwei Paare (A, B) von Kontakten (106, 108, 106', 108') aufweist, die nebeneinander angeordnet sind, wobei jedes Paar in einem Gehäuse montiert ist, wobei jeder Kontakt einen Schneidklemmkontakt(IDC)-Messerabschnitt (107, 107') aufweist, wobei jeder Kontakt (106, 106', 108, 108') außerdem einen kapazitiven Kopplungsabschnitt (200, 200') aufweist, der den entsprechenden anderen Kontakt des gleichen Paares (A, B) überdeckt, wobei die Kontakte (106, 108, 106', 108') miteinander identisch sind,
       dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Abstand (Y) vom ersten Kontakt (106, 106') eines ersten Paares (A) zum kapazitiven Kopplungsabschnitt (200, 200') des ersten Kontaktes (106, 106') eines zweiten Paares (B) nahezu gleich dem Abstand (X) vom ersten Kontakt (106, 106') des ersten Paares (A) zum zweiten Kontakt (108, 108') des zweiten Paares (B) ist.
  2. Verbinder nach Anspruch 1, bei dem jedes Kontaktpaar in einem einzelnen Gehäuse vorhanden ist.
  3. Verbinder nach Anspruch 1, bei dem die mindestens zwei Kontaktpaare in einem einzelnen Gehäuse vorhanden sind
  4. Verbinder nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, bei dem sich die kapazitiven Kopplungsabschnitte (200, 200') zusammenhängend von den Schneidklemmkontakt-Messerabschnitten (107, 107') erstrecken.
  5. Verbinder nach Anspruch 1, bei dem die Schneidklemmkontakt-Messerabschnitte (107') des Verbinders parallel zueinander sind.
  6. Verbinder nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, bei dem der Verbinder eine Stopfeinrichtung (114) mit einem Paar Öffnungen (110, 112) für das Aufnehmen von Drähten und deren Positionierung relativ zu den Schneidklemmkontakten (106, 108) aufweist, wobei die Stopfeinrichtung vom Gehäuse (104) aufgenommen werden kann und darin zwischen einer vorgegebenen Position und einer Endposition beweglich ist.
  7. Verbinder nach Anspruch 1, bei dem die Schneidklemmkontakte (106, 108) eines Paares mit Bezugnahme zueinander versetzt sind.
  8. Verbinder nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 6, bei dem die Schneidklemmkontakt-Messerabschnitte (107') in der gleichen Ebene angeordnet sind.
  9. Verbinder nach Anspruch 8, bei dem die Kopplungsabschnitte (200') in einer Ebene versetzt vom Schneidklemmkontakt-Messerabschnitt (107') angeordnet sind.
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