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EP1698209B1 - Contact locking device for an electric connector and electric connector containing said device - Google Patents

Contact locking device for an electric connector and electric connector containing said device Download PDF

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EP1698209B1
EP1698209B1 EP04803415A EP04803415A EP1698209B1 EP 1698209 B1 EP1698209 B1 EP 1698209B1 EP 04803415 A EP04803415 A EP 04803415A EP 04803415 A EP04803415 A EP 04803415A EP 1698209 B1 EP1698209 B1 EP 1698209B1
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Philippe Daudin
Gilles Schmitt
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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
    • H01R13/40—Securing contact members in or to a base or case; Insulating of contact members
    • H01R13/42—Securing in a demountable manner
    • H01R13/436—Securing a plurality of contact members by one locking piece or operation
    • 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
    • H01R13/40—Securing contact members in or to a base or case; Insulating of contact members
    • H01R13/42—Securing in a demountable manner
    • H01R13/436—Securing a plurality of contact members by one locking piece or operation
    • H01R13/4361—Insertion of locking piece perpendicular to direction of contact insertion
    • 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
    • H01R13/40—Securing contact members in or to a base or case; Insulating of contact members
    • H01R13/42—Securing in a demountable manner
    • H01R13/436—Securing a plurality of contact members by one locking piece or operation
    • H01R13/4364—Insertion of locking piece from the front
    • 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
    • H01R13/44—Means for preventing access to live contacts
    • 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
    • H01R13/44—Means for preventing access to live contacts
    • H01R13/447—Shutter or cover plate
    • H01R13/453—Shutter or cover plate opened by engagement of counterpart
    • 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
    • H01R13/44—Means for preventing access to live contacts
    • H01R13/447—Shutter or cover plate
    • H01R13/453—Shutter or cover plate opened by engagement of counterpart
    • H01R13/4538—Covers sliding or withdrawing in the direction of engagement

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  • the present invention relates to a contact locking device for electrical connector.
  • These locking systems may be primary locking systems when they provide the snap and retention of the contact in a socket of the connector or secondary locking systems when they complement a first locking means and provide a additional locking safety or additional resistance to tearing of the contact in the cell.
  • the locking devices are required to provide additional security which is the detection of incorrectly inserted or unclamped contacts and in particular to prevent the coupling of complementary connectors in the event of incorrect insertion of contacts and / or non-locking of the contacts. locking device.
  • the present invention aims to improve the devices for locking electrical contacts in the connector housings and in particular proposes a device for locking contacts in a contact holder box with different locking devices, the locking device having to further enable detection of contacts. badly locked.
  • the invention mainly relates to an electrical connector element comprising a first and second contacts receiving housing, provided with a first first contact locking device, movable between a release position and a locking position of said first contacts. , a second device for locking the second contacts, movable between a release position and a locking position of said second contacts, the electrical connector element comprising means for prohibiting operation of the second locking device as long as the first locking device is not in the locking position of the first contacts.
  • the connector element may in particular be such that the first locking and retention device of the first contacts comprises a rotary flap provided with fingers transverse to a direction of insertion of the first contacts in the housing, the second locking device comprising a grid front provided with retention elements of the second contacts directed towards the rear.
  • the prohibition means may comprise at least one stop element, integral with the housing, arranged on the path of an arm part of the second locking device and opposing the operation of the second locking device. from the release position to the locking position of the second contacts.
  • the arm may advantageously be a flexible arm provided with a lug provided with a first locking profile with a complementary profile of the abutment element and a second profile forming, after flexion of the arm, sliding exhaust profile against the stop element.
  • the first locking device in the contact locking position, may comprise a shoulder positioned at least partially in front of the abutment element or positioned in front of at least a portion of the abutment element and allowing the operation of the second device of FIG. locking towards its locking position by flexing the arm.
  • the arm and the abutment element comprise inclined rear surfaces such that once the gate in its retracted position for locking the second contacts, the arm and the stop element hold the grid in retracted position by the cooperation of the inclined rear surface of the arm and the inclined rear surface of the stop element.
  • the second locking device in the locking position comprises a locking element for actuating the first locking device from its locking position to its position of release of the first contacts.
  • the maneuver prohibition device may in particular consist of a pin carried by the second locking device and received in a housing forming part of the first locking device.
  • the housing may in particular be part of a resilient snap element.
  • the figure 1a represents an element 1 of electrical connector provided with a grid 11 for restoring and locking pin contacts.
  • the figure 1b represents the connector element in front of a complementary connector element.
  • the element 1 of electrical connector shown in section at the figure 2 comprises a housing 2 provided with cavities 21, 22 for receiving first contact 3 and second contacts 4.
  • the first contacts 3 are, according to the example, contacts provided with a metal locking lance 23 abutting against a partition 24 of the housing and retaining the contact 3 in the direction of its extraction from the housing.
  • the housing is provided with a first device 5 for locking the first contacts 3.
  • This first locking device is according to the example in the form of a rotating shutter 9, connected to the housing by a hinge 25, and movable between a position release and a locking position of said first contacts 3.
  • the flap is provided with fingers 10, retention and locking of the first contacts in the cells 22, transverse to a direction of insertion of the first contacts 3 in the housing, and bearing against a shoulder 26 of the contacts 3.
  • the housing receives second contacts 4, here contacts having windows 27 in which snap latches 28 locking the second contacts 4 in the direction of extraction of these contacts from the housing.
  • the first and second contacts are pin contacts.
  • the connector element 1 comprises a second device 6 for locking the second contacts 4, movable between a release position and a locking position of said second contacts 4.
  • This second device for locking and retaining the second contacts 4 is constituted by elements 12 in the form of rods directed rearwardly and intended to lock the latches 28 to lock the second contacts.
  • the rods are integral with a grid 11 before the points of the contact pins 3, 4 pass through, the grid being able to move between an advanced position of protection of the tips and release of the latches and a retracted position discovering the points of the pins of contact and, for which, the retention elements 12 that form the rods block the latches 28 and thus lock the second contacts 4.
  • the locking device of the invention aims to ensure the correct locking of the contacts.
  • the grid 11 is made such that if one of the contacts it must lock is only partially inserted into its cell, the rod 12 abuts against the latch 28 corresponding which prohibits the recoil of the grid.
  • the flap 9 can not be pushed into the locking position.
  • an additional security which is to allow the backward movement of the gate 11 in the locking position of the second contacts only if the flap 9 is itself in the locking position.
  • the invention provides means 7, 8 for preventing operation of the second locking device 6, constituted by the pins 10 of the shutter 9, as long as the first locking device constituted by the rods 12 of the grid 11 is not in the locking position of the first contacts 3.
  • the means of prohibition of maneuver represented in Figures 3a, 3b, 3c comprise on the one hand at least one abutment element 7 made in the housing 2 and on the other hand an arm 8 integral with the grid 11 and directed towards the rear of the grid along the axis of the cells 21, 22.
  • the stop member is disposed on the path of the arm 8 and opposes the operation of the second locking device 6, the release position to the locking position of the second contacts 4, preventing the backward movement of the gate.
  • the arm 8 and the abutment element comprise profiles 14, 29 facing parallel to each other and perpendicular to the direction of movement of the gate 11.
  • the arm 8 is flexible and provided with a lug 13 provided with the first locking profile 14 with the profile 29 complementary to the stop element.
  • the first locking device 5 comprises a shoulder 16 which, when the first locking device 5 is in the locking position of the first contacts 3, is positioned in front of at least a part of the stop element 7 and pushes the arm in a direction perpendicular to the direction of operation of the gate 11.
  • the shoulder 16 shifts the profile 14 and away from the stop element.
  • the locking profile on the lug 13 is followed by a sloping profile 15 which, when the arm 8 is flexed and pushed by the shoulder 16 can slide against the stop element 7.
  • the arm 8 resumes its position parallel to the axis of the cells and retains the grid in the retracted position by the cooperation of an inclined rear surface 31 of the lug 13 and an inclined rear surface 30 of the abutment element 7.
  • the locking of the gate 11 can only be done when the flap is in its locking position.
  • the invention provides for allowing the unlocking of the first device only when the second device is itself unlocked.
  • the gate comprising the second locking device 6, in the locked position, is provided with a locking element for actuating the first device 5 to lock its locking position towards its position of release of the first contacts 3 .
  • This maneuver prohibition element is in the example consisting of a pin 17 carried by the grid 11 and received in a housing 18 forming part of the flap 9 having first locking device 5.
  • the housing 18 is part of a resilient snap-fastening element 19 ensuring effective retention of the shutter.
  • the invention is not limited to the example described and may in particular be used for a connector element receiving female contacts or comprising locking devices acting in other directions.

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The device has a stop unit (7) opposing manipulation of a locking device from a contacts releasing position to a contacts locking position, while preventing backward movement of a grill. The grill is designed in such a manner that if one of the contacts that it has to lock is partly inserted in its socket, a rod supports against a corresponding breaker arm which prohibits the backward movement of the grill.

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La présente invention concerne un dispositif de verrouillage de contacts pour connecteur électrique.The present invention relates to a contact locking device for electrical connector.

Il est connu notamment dans le cadre de la connectique automobile de prévoir des boîtiers isolants porte contacts pourvus de systèmes de verrouillage de contacts électriques s'encliquetant avec les contacts ou avec des organes primaires de rétention des contacts.It is known in particular in the context of automotive connections to provide insulators contact housing provided with locking systems of electrical contacts snapping with the contacts or with primary contact retention members.

Ces systèmes de verrouillage peuvent être des systèmes de verrouillage primaire lorsqu'ils assurent l'encliquetage et la rétention du contact dans un alvéole du connecteur ou des systèmes de verrouillage secondaire lorsqu'ils viennent en complément d'un premier moyen de verrouillage et apportent une sécurité de verrouillage supplémentaire ou une résistance supplémentaire à l'arrachement du contact dans l'alvéole.These locking systems may be primary locking systems when they provide the snap and retention of the contact in a socket of the connector or secondary locking systems when they complement a first locking means and provide a additional locking safety or additional resistance to tearing of the contact in the cell.

Le document US 5 931 700 A décrit un tel connecteur à verrouillage primaire et secondaire de contacts alors que le document EP 1 276 175 A1 décrit un connecteur comportant deux rangées de contacts, chacune munie d'un dispositif de verrouillage indépendant de ses contacts et une grille de protection des broches des contacts dépourvue de moyens de verrouillage.The document US 5,931,700 A describes such a primary and secondary locking connector of contacts while the document EP 1 276 175 A1 discloses a connector having two rows of contacts, each provided with a locking device independent of its contacts and a contact pin protection grid without locking means.

il est demandé aux dispositifs de verrouillage d'apporter une sécurité supplémentaire qui est la détection de contacts mal insérés ou mal encliquetés et en particulier d'interdire l'accouplement de connecteurs complémentaires en cas de mauvaise insertion de contacts et/ou de non verrouillage du dispositif de verrouillage.the locking devices are required to provide additional security which is the detection of incorrectly inserted or unclamped contacts and in particular to prevent the coupling of complementary connectors in the event of incorrect insertion of contacts and / or non-locking of the contacts. locking device.

La présente invention vise à perfectionner les dispositifs de verrouillage de contacts électriques dans les boîtiers de connecteur et propose notamment un dispositif de verrouillage de contacts dans un boîtier porte contacts à dispositifs de verrouillage différents, le dispositif de verrouillage devant en outre permettre une détection de contacts mal encliquetés.The present invention aims to improve the devices for locking electrical contacts in the connector housings and in particular proposes a device for locking contacts in a contact holder box with different locking devices, the locking device having to further enable detection of contacts. badly locked.

Pour ce faire l'invention concerne principalement un élément de connecteur électrique comportant un boîtier de réception de premiers et seconds contacts, pourvu d'un premier dispositif de verrouillage des premiers contacts, mobile entre une position de libération et une position de verrouillage desdits premiers contacts, d'un second dispositif de verrouillage des seconds contacts, mobile entre une position de libération et une position de verrouillage desdits seconds contacts, l'élément de connecteur électrique comportant des moyens d'interdiction de manoeuvre du second dispositif de verrouillage tant que le premier dispositif de verrouillage n'est pas en position de verrouillage des premiers contacts.To do this, the invention mainly relates to an electrical connector element comprising a first and second contacts receiving housing, provided with a first first contact locking device, movable between a release position and a locking position of said first contacts. , a second device for locking the second contacts, movable between a release position and a locking position of said second contacts, the electrical connector element comprising means for prohibiting operation of the second locking device as long as the first locking device is not in the locking position of the first contacts.

L'élément de connecteur peut notamment être tel que le premier dispositif de verrouillage et de rétention des premiers contacts comporte un volet rotatif pourvu de doigts transversaux à une direction d'insertion des premiers contacts dans le boîtier, le second dispositif de verrouillage comportant une grille avant munie d'éléments de rétention des seconds contacts dirigés vers l'arrière.The connector element may in particular be such that the first locking and retention device of the first contacts comprises a rotary flap provided with fingers transverse to a direction of insertion of the first contacts in the housing, the second locking device comprising a grid front provided with retention elements of the second contacts directed towards the rear.

En mode de réalisation particulier, les moyens d'interdiction peuvent comporter au moins un élément de butée, solidaire du boîtier, disposé sur le parcours d'un bras partie du second dispositif de verrouillage et s'opposant à la manoeuvre du second dispositif de verrouillage de la position de libération vers la position de verrouillage des seconds contacts.In a particular embodiment, the prohibition means may comprise at least one stop element, integral with the housing, arranged on the path of an arm part of the second locking device and opposing the operation of the second locking device. from the release position to the locking position of the second contacts.

Le bras peut avantageusement être un bras flexible muni d'un ergot pourvu d'un premier profil de blocage avec un profil complémentaire de l'élément de butée et d'un deuxième profil formant, après flexion du bras, profil d'échappement par glissement contre l'élément de butée.The arm may advantageously be a flexible arm provided with a lug provided with a first locking profile with a complementary profile of the abutment element and a second profile forming, after flexion of the arm, sliding exhaust profile against the stop element.

Le premier dispositif de verrouillage, en position de verrouillage des contacts, peut comporter un épaulement se positionnant au moins partiellement devant l'élément de butée ou se positionnant devant au moins une partie de l'élément de butée et permettant la manoeuvre du second dispositif de verrouillage vers sa position de verrouillage par mise en flexion du bras.The first locking device, in the contact locking position, may comprise a shoulder positioned at least partially in front of the abutment element or positioned in front of at least a portion of the abutment element and allowing the operation of the second device of FIG. locking towards its locking position by flexing the arm.

Selon un mode de réalisation avantageux de l'invention, le bras et l'élément de butée comportent des surfaces arrières inclinées telles qu'une fois la grille dans sa position reculée de verrouillage des seconds contacts, le bras et l'élément de butée retiennent la grille en position reculée par la coopération de la surface arrière inclinée du bras et de la surface arrière inclinée de l'élément de butée.According to an advantageous embodiment of the invention, the arm and the abutment element comprise inclined rear surfaces such that once the gate in its retracted position for locking the second contacts, the arm and the stop element hold the grid in retracted position by the cooperation of the inclined rear surface of the arm and the inclined rear surface of the stop element.

Avantageusement, le second dispositif de verrouillage, en position de verrouillage comporte un élément d'interdiction de manoeuvre du premier dispositif de verrouillage de sa position de verrouillage vers sa position de libération des premiers contacts.Advantageously, the second locking device, in the locking position comprises a locking element for actuating the first locking device from its locking position to its position of release of the first contacts.

Le dispositif d'interdiction de manoeuvre peut être notamment constitué d'un pion porté par le second dispositif de verrouillage et reçu dans un logement faisant partie du premier dispositif de verrouillage.The maneuver prohibition device may in particular consist of a pin carried by the second locking device and received in a housing forming part of the first locking device.

Le logement peut notamment faire partie d'un élément élastique d'encliquetage.The housing may in particular be part of a resilient snap element.

D'autres caractéristiques et avantages de l'invention seront mieux compris à la lecture de la description qui va suivre d'un exemple non limitatif de réalisation de l'invention en référence aux figures qui représentent:

  • En figures 1a et 1b: des vues en perspective d'un élément de connecteur selon l'invention;
  • En figure 2: une vue en perspective coupe selon une cavité de réception de contact de l'élément de connecteur de la figure 1a;
  • En figures 3a, 3b et 3c: des vues en coupe de l'élément de connecteur de la figure 1a représentant un dispositif de verrouillage selon l'invention.
Other features and advantages of the invention will be better understood on reading the following description of a nonlimiting exemplary embodiment of the invention with reference to the figures which represent:
  • In Figures 1a and 1b perspective views of a connector element according to the invention;
  • In figure 2 : a perspective view cut according to a contact-receiving cavity of the connector element of the figure 1a ;
  • In Figures 3a, 3b and 3c : sectional views of the connector element of the figure 1a representing a locking device according to the invention.

La figure 1a représente un élément 1 de connecteur électrique pourvu d'une grille 11 de repilotage et de verrouillage de contacts broches. La figure 1b représente l'élément de connecteur en face d'un élément de connecteur complémentaire.The figure 1a represents an element 1 of electrical connector provided with a grid 11 for restoring and locking pin contacts. The figure 1b represents the connector element in front of a complementary connector element.

L'élément 1 de connecteur électrique représenté en coupe à la figure 2 comporte un boîtier 2 pourvu d'alvéoles 21, 22 de réception de premiers contact 3 et de seconds contacts 4. Les premiers contacts 3 sont selon l'exemple des contacts pourvus d'une lance métallique de verrouillage 23 venant en butée contre une cloison 24 du boîtier et retenant le contact 3 dans le sens de son extraction du boîtier.The element 1 of electrical connector shown in section at the figure 2 comprises a housing 2 provided with cavities 21, 22 for receiving first contact 3 and second contacts 4. The first contacts 3 are, according to the example, contacts provided with a metal locking lance 23 abutting against a partition 24 of the housing and retaining the contact 3 in the direction of its extraction from the housing.

Le boîtier est pourvu d'un premier dispositif 5 de verrouillage des premiers contacts 3. Ce premier dispositif de verrouillage est selon l'exemple sous la forme d'un volet 9 rotatif, relié au boîtier par une charnière 25, et mobile entre une position de libération et une position de verrouillage desdits premiers contacts 3. Pour verrouiller les premiers contacts 3, le volet est pourvu de doigts 10, de rétention et de verrouillage des premiers contacts dans les alvéoles 22, transversaux à une direction d'insertion des premiers contacts 3 dans le boîtier, et venant en appui contre un épaulement 26 des contacts 3.The housing is provided with a first device 5 for locking the first contacts 3. This first locking device is according to the example in the form of a rotating shutter 9, connected to the housing by a hinge 25, and movable between a position release and a locking position of said first contacts 3. To lock the first contacts 3, the flap is provided with fingers 10, retention and locking of the first contacts in the cells 22, transverse to a direction of insertion of the first contacts 3 in the housing, and bearing against a shoulder 26 of the contacts 3.

Le boîtier reçoit des seconds contacts 4, ici des contacts comportant des fenêtres 27 dans lesquelles viennent s'encliqueter des linguets 28 de verrouillage retenant les seconds contacts 4 dans le sens d'extraction de ces contacts du boîtier.The housing receives second contacts 4, here contacts having windows 27 in which snap latches 28 locking the second contacts 4 in the direction of extraction of these contacts from the housing.

Selon l'exemple représenté, les premiers et seconds contacts sont des contacts broches.According to the example shown, the first and second contacts are pin contacts.

Selon l'invention, l'élément de connecteur 1 comporte un second dispositif 6 de verrouillage des seconds contacts 4, mobile entre une position de libération et une position de verrouillage desdits seconds contacts 4.According to the invention, the connector element 1 comprises a second device 6 for locking the second contacts 4, movable between a release position and a locking position of said second contacts 4.

Ce second dispositif de verrouillage et de rétention des seconds contacts 4 est constitué par des éléments 12 en forme de tiges dirigées vers l'arrière et destinées à bloquer les linguets 28 pour verrouiller les seconds contacts. Les tiges sont solidaires d'une grille 11 avant traversée par les pointes des broches de contact 3, 4, la grille pouvant se déplacer entre une position avancée de protection des pointes et de libération des linguets et une position reculée découvrant les pointes des broches de contact et, pour laquelle, les éléments de rétention 12 que forment les tiges bloquent les linguets 28 et verrouillent ainsi les seconds contacts 4.This second device for locking and retaining the second contacts 4 is constituted by elements 12 in the form of rods directed rearwardly and intended to lock the latches 28 to lock the second contacts. The rods are integral with a grid 11 before the points of the contact pins 3, 4 pass through, the grid being able to move between an advanced position of protection of the tips and release of the latches and a retracted position discovering the points of the pins of contact and, for which, the retention elements 12 that form the rods block the latches 28 and thus lock the second contacts 4.

Le dispositif de verrouillage de l'invention a pour but de s'assure du verrouillage correct des contacts.The locking device of the invention aims to ensure the correct locking of the contacts.

Particulièrement dans les applications de connecteurs automobiles, il est souhaité que toute mauvaise insertion de contact soit détectée au cours du câblage du véhicule. Ainsi, de manière connue, la grille 11 est réalisée de telle sorte que si l'un des contacts qu'elle doit verrouiller n'est que partiellement inséré dans son alvéole, la tige 12 bute contre le linguet 28 correspondant ce qui interdit le recul de la grille.Particularly in automotive connector applications, it is desired that any bad contact insertion be detected during the wiring of the vehicle. Thus, in known manner, the grid 11 is made such that if one of the contacts it must lock is only partially inserted into its cell, the rod 12 abuts against the latch 28 corresponding which prohibits the recoil of the grid.

De même, dans le cas où un premier contact 3 n'est que partiellement inséré, le volet 9 ne peut être poussé en position de verrouillage.Similarly, in the case where a first contact 3 is only partially inserted, the flap 9 can not be pushed into the locking position.

Selon l'invention, il est prévu une sécurité supplémentaire qui est de n'autoriser le recul de la grille 11 en position de verrouillage des seconds contacts que si le volet 9 est lui même en position de verrouillage.According to the invention, there is provided an additional security which is to allow the backward movement of the gate 11 in the locking position of the second contacts only if the flap 9 is itself in the locking position.

Ainsi l'invention prévoit des moyens 7, 8 d'interdiction de manoeuvre du second dispositif 6 de verrouillage, constitués par les pions 10 du volet 9, tant que le premier dispositif 5 de verrouillage constitué par les tiges 12 de la grille 11 n'est pas en position de verrouillage des premiers contacts 3.Thus, the invention provides means 7, 8 for preventing operation of the second locking device 6, constituted by the pins 10 of the shutter 9, as long as the first locking device constituted by the rods 12 of the grid 11 is not in the locking position of the first contacts 3.

Les moyens d'interdiction de manoeuvre représentés en figures 3a, 3b, 3c comportent d'une part au moins un élément de butée 7 réalisé dans le boîtier 2 et d'autre part un bras 8 solidaire de la grille 11 et dirigé vers l'arrière de la grille selon l'axe des alvéoles 21, 22. L'élément de butée est disposé sur le parcours du bras 8 et s'oppose à la manoeuvre du second dispositif 6 de verrouillage, de la position de libération vers la position de verrouillage des seconds contacts 4, en empêchant le recul de la grille. Pour ce faire, le bras 8 et l'élément de butée comportent des profils 14, 29 en regard parallèles entre eux et perpendiculaires au sens de déplacement de la grille 11.The means of prohibition of maneuver represented in Figures 3a, 3b, 3c comprise on the one hand at least one abutment element 7 made in the housing 2 and on the other hand an arm 8 integral with the grid 11 and directed towards the rear of the grid along the axis of the cells 21, 22. L the stop member is disposed on the path of the arm 8 and opposes the operation of the second locking device 6, the release position to the locking position of the second contacts 4, preventing the backward movement of the gate. To do this, the arm 8 and the abutment element comprise profiles 14, 29 facing parallel to each other and perpendicular to the direction of movement of the gate 11.

Pour permettre le recul de la grille il faut que le profil 14 du bras 8 soit décalé et écarté du profil 29 de l'élément de butée.To allow the recoil of the grid must be that the profile 14 of the arm 8 is offset and spaced from the profile 29 of the stop element.

Selon l'exemple, le bras 8 est flexible et muni d'un ergot 13 pourvu du premier profil 14 de blocage avec le profil 29 complémentaire de l'élément de butée. Comme représenté en figure 3b, le premier dispositif 5 de verrouillage comporte pour sa part un épaulement 16 qui, lorsque le premier dispositif 5 de verrouillage est en position de verrouillage des premiers contacts 3, se positionne devant au moins une partie de l'élément de butée 7 et pousse le bras dans une direction perpendiculaire à la direction de manoeuvre de la grille 11. Ainsi l'épaulement 16 décale le profil 14 et l'écarte de l'élément de butée.According to the example, the arm 8 is flexible and provided with a lug 13 provided with the first locking profile 14 with the profile 29 complementary to the stop element. As represented in figure 3b , the first locking device 5 comprises a shoulder 16 which, when the first locking device 5 is in the locking position of the first contacts 3, is positioned in front of at least a part of the stop element 7 and pushes the arm in a direction perpendicular to the direction of operation of the gate 11. Thus the shoulder 16 shifts the profile 14 and away from the stop element.

Pour permettre la manoeuvre du second dispositif 6 de verrouillage vers sa position de verrouillage, le profil de blocage sur l'ergot 13 est suivi d'un profil en pente 15 qui, lorsque le bras 8 est mis en flexion et poussé par l'épaulement 16 peut glisser contre l'élément de butée 7.To enable the second locking device 6 to be actuated to its locking position, the locking profile on the lug 13 is followed by a sloping profile 15 which, when the arm 8 is flexed and pushed by the shoulder 16 can slide against the stop element 7.

Une fois la grille 11 dans sa position reculée de verrouillage des seconds contacts 4, comme représenté en figure 3c, le bras 8 reprend sa position parallèle à l'axe des alvéoles et retient la grille en position reculée par la coopération d'une surface arrière inclinée 31 de l'ergot 13 et d'une surface arrière inclinée 30 de l'élément de butée 7.Once the gate 11 in its retracted position of locking second contacts 4, as shown in FIG. figure 3c , the arm 8 resumes its position parallel to the axis of the cells and retains the grid in the retracted position by the cooperation of an inclined rear surface 31 of the lug 13 and an inclined rear surface 30 of the abutment element 7.

Selon l'invention, le verrouillage de la grille 11 ne peut donc se faire que lorsque le volet est dans sa position de verrouillage.According to the invention, the locking of the gate 11 can only be done when the flap is in its locking position.

Une fois les deux dispositifs de verrouillage correctement positionnés, l'invention prévoit de n'autoriser le déverrouillage du premier dispositif que lorsque le second dispositif est lui même déverrouillé. Pour ce faire, la grille comportant le second dispositif 6 de verrouillage, en position de verrouillage, est pourvue d'un élément d'interdiction de manoeuvre du premier dispositif 5 de verrouillage de sa position de verrouillage vers sa position de libération des premiers contacts 3.Once the two locking devices are correctly positioned, the invention provides for allowing the unlocking of the first device only when the second device is itself unlocked. To do this, the gate comprising the second locking device 6, in the locked position, is provided with a locking element for actuating the first device 5 to lock its locking position towards its position of release of the first contacts 3 .

Cet élément d'interdiction de manoeuvre est selon l'exemple constitué d'un pion 17 porté par la grille 11 et reçu dans un logement 18 faisant partie du volet 9 comportant premier dispositif 5 de verrouillage.This maneuver prohibition element is in the example consisting of a pin 17 carried by the grid 11 and received in a housing 18 forming part of the flap 9 having first locking device 5.

Ainsi pour déplacer le volet 9 de sa position de verrouillage vers sa position de déverrouillage, il faut d'abord remettre la grille 11 en position avancée ce qui offre une sécurité supplémentaire au verrouillage des contacts puisque ainsi le volet ne peut s'ouvrir lorsque l'élément de connecteur 1 est accouplé à un connecteur complémentaire 50 tel que représenté en figure 1a et la grille en position reculée.Thus to move the flap 9 from its locking position to its unlocking position, it is first necessary to put the gate 11 in the advanced position which provides additional security to the locking of the contacts since the flap can not open when the connector element 1 is coupled to a complementary connector 50 as shown in FIG. figure 1a and the grid in retracted position.

Selon les figures 3a, 3b, 3c, le logement 18 fait partie d'un élément élastique 19 d'encliquetage assurant une rétention efficace du volet.According to Figures 3a, 3b, 3c , the housing 18 is part of a resilient snap-fastening element 19 ensuring effective retention of the shutter.

L'invention ne se limite pas à l'exemple décrit et peut notamment être utilisée pour un élément de connecteur recevant des contacts femelles ou comprenant des dispositifs de verrouillage agissant dans d'autres direction.The invention is not limited to the example described and may in particular be used for a connector element receiving female contacts or comprising locking devices acting in other directions.

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  1. An electric connector element (1) comprising a housing (2) for receiving first (3) and second (4) contacts, a first locking device (5) for the first contacts (3), which can move between a release position and a locking position for said first contacts (3), a second locking device (6) for second contacts (4), which can move between a release position and a locking position for said second contacts (4), characterized in that it comprises means (7, 8) for preventing a maneuvering of second locking device (6) when the first locking device (5) is not in locking position for first contacts (3).
  2. The electrical connector element according to claim 1, further characterized in that first locking device (5) comprises a rotary flap (9) provided with digits (10) for holding the first contacts, crosswise to a direction of insertion of first contacts (3) in the housing, second locking device (6) comprising a front grid (11) provided with elements 12 for holding second contacts (4), directed towards the rear.
  3. The electric connector element according to claim 1 or 2, further characterized in that the prevention means comprise at least one stop element (7), joined to the housing, positioned in the path of an arm (8) which is part of second locking device (6) and which opposes the maneuvering of second locking device (6) from the release position towards the locking position for second contacts (4).
  4. The electric connector element according to claim 3, further characterized in that arm (8) is flexible and equipped with a spur (13) provided with a first profile (14) for interlocking with a complementary profile of the stop element and a second profile (15) forming, after the arm is bent, a profile for release by sliding against stop element (7).
  5. The electric connector element according to claim 3 or 4, further characterized in that first locking device (5) comprises a shoulder (16) which is positioned in front of at least a part of stop element (7) and permits maneuvering second locking device (6) towards its locking position by bending arm (8), when first locking device (5) is in locking position for first contacts (3).
  6. The electric connector element according to one of claims 3 to 5, further characterized in that the arm and the stop element comprise rear inclined surfaces (30, 31) such that once grid (11) is in its set-back position for locking second contacts (4), arm (8) and stop element (7) hold the grid in set-back position by cooperation of rear inclined surface (31) of arm (8) with rear inclined surface (30) of stop element (7).
  7. The electric connector element according to one of the preceding claims, further characterized in that second locking device (6), in locking position, comprises an element (17) for preventing the maneuvering of first locking device (5) from its locking position toward its release position for first contacts (3).
  8. The electric connector element according to claim 7, further characterized in that said element (17) for preventing maneuvering is made up of a piece borne by second locking device (6) and received in a recess (18) that is part of first locking device (5).
  9. The electric connector element according to claim 8, further characterized in that recess (18) makes up a part of elastic latching element (19).
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