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EP3649705B1 - Contact carrier arrangement and method for installing the contact carrier arrangement - Google Patents

Contact carrier arrangement and method for installing the contact carrier arrangement Download PDF

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EP3649705B1
EP3649705B1 EP18733593.0A EP18733593A EP3649705B1 EP 3649705 B1 EP3649705 B1 EP 3649705B1 EP 18733593 A EP18733593 A EP 18733593A EP 3649705 B1 EP3649705 B1 EP 3649705B1
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Pascal Wölffle
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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
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    • H01R13/73—Means for mounting coupling parts to apparatus or structures, e.g. to a wall
    • H01R13/74—Means for mounting coupling parts in openings of a panel
    • H01R13/748—Means for mounting coupling parts in openings of a panel using one or more screws

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  • the invention relates to a method for assembling a contact carrier arrangement and the contact carrier arrangement.
  • the invention is therefore based on the object of overcoming the aforementioned disadvantages and of providing a contact carrier arrangement and a method for assembling the contact carrier arrangement, through which the contact carrier arrangement can be mounted with a pre-assembled cable harness from the back of a contact carrier housing and without a pre-assembled cable harness from the front of the contact carrier housing . Furthermore, a standardized contact carrier should be usable and assembly should be carried out quickly and cost-efficiently.
  • the adapter plate (30), the contact carrier housing (10) and the contact carrier (20) are made of an electrically conductive material.
  • the contact carrier arrangement corresponds to a plug connector arrangement, wherein the contact carrier has the plug face, i.e. socket or plug body, and the contact carrier housing corresponds to the plug connector housing.
  • the front of the contact carrier housing is the side on which a mating face of the contact carrier lies when the contact carrier arrangement is fully assembled.
  • the back of the contact carrier housing is the side opposite it, on which the contacts for connecting the cables or cable harness are provided. When fully assembled, the contact carrier housing rests on the rear side against the surface of the system or the system housing on which the contact carrier arrangement is to be mounted.
  • the method provides that at least one cable is electrically conductively connected to a contact body or contact of the contact carrier before the contact carrier is passed through the contact carrier housing. This makes it possible to use pre-assembled cables in which only the contact carriers that are already connected to the cables still have to be mounted in the contact carrier housing.
  • the at least one adapter plate each has at least one threaded hole and the contact carrier has at least one through hole or vice versa.
  • the at least one adapter plate is mounted on the contact carrier, the at least one adapter plate is then fixed to the contact carrier by a first screw that runs through the through hole and engages in the threaded hole.
  • the adapter plates do not get misjudged in the contact carrier housing when arranging the adapter plates.
  • the adapter plates only rest on the contact carrier housing in the area of the guides, so that only the guides and the guide panels have to be designed to correspond to one another.
  • the remaining areas of the adapter plates that face the contact carrier housing can be manufactured with less precision because they are not in contact with the contact carrier housing. This results in lower manufacturing costs.
  • the adapter plate has at least one through hole and the stop surface has a threaded hole or a through hole.
  • the fastening means with which the adapter plate is fixed to the stop surface is a second screw which runs through the through hole and which engages in the threaded hole. If the stop surface has a through hole, the screw also runs through the through hole of the stop surface and is fixed behind it in the system housing by a nut or a thread.
  • the contact carrier housing has a passage that runs from its back to its front and is particularly rectangular in its basic shape.
  • the stop surfaces extend orthogonally to the passage and are preferably designed as webs which are connected to the contact carrier housing on three sides.
  • the contact carrier housing has at least one fastening element for attaching the contact carrier housing to a mounting surface. The contact carrier is guided through the passage when passing through.
  • the contact carrier housing is fastened with its rear side to the mounting surface by the at least one fastening element before the contact carrier is passed through the contact carrier housing.
  • the mounting surface is formed by a system housing or is arranged on a system housing.
  • the contact carrier housing can therefore be assembled as intended before the contact carrier is installed.
  • the contact carrier housing can then be guided from the back through an opening in the system housing through the contact carrier housing and fixed to the contact carrier housing by means of the adapter plates.
  • the cables can also be guided through the opening in the system housing and contacted on the front of the contact carrier housing with the contact carrier or the contacts of the contact carrier before the contact carrier is fixed in the contact carrier housing by means of the adapter plates.
  • the at least one adapter plate is mounted on the contact carrier before or after the contact carrier is arranged in the contact carrier housing.
  • a contact carrier arrangement with a contact carrier, a contact carrier housing that is open on both sides and has a front and a back side and at least one adapter plate is also proposed.
  • the contact carrier housing has a passage. The passage is designed so that the contact carrier can be passed through from a back to a front of the contact carrier housing.
  • the contact carrier housing is designed such that the contact carrier with cables contacted therewith can be passed through the contact carrier housing.
  • the at least one adapter plate is designed to be attached to the contact carrier as intended.
  • the contact carrier can be arranged with the at least one adapter plate attached thereto on at least one stop surface formed by the contact carrier housing and can be fixed to the contact carrier housing.
  • the contact carrier arrangement is designed such that the contact carrier can also be arranged in the contact carrier housing from the front of the contact carrier housing without having to pass the contact carrier through the contact carrier housing.
  • contact carrier housings, adapter plates and contact carriers are made of an electrically conductive material.
  • the stop surfaces formed by the contact carrier housing are in particular integrally designed as grounding surfaces, so that the contact carrier or contact carrier housing can be grounded by flying onto the stop surfaces using the adapter plates.
  • the at least one through hole of the adapter plate is designed in particular as an elongated hole in order to enable play and alignment of the contact carrier with the adapter plates in the contact carrier housing, the guide grooves being wider than the guides in order to enable an alignment movement.
  • the guide grooves do not enable any alignment movement of the adapter plates relative to the stop surfaces, with the through holes designed as elongated holes requiring lower manufacturing precision for assembly, so that manufacturing costs decrease.
  • an embodiment is advantageous in which a sealing element, in particular a sealing ring, runs on the front of the contact carrier housing around the through opening.
  • the contact carrier arrangement is also designed to be contacted on the front of the contact carrier housing with a counterpart or counter-contact element or to be closed by a cover which rests sealingly on the sealing element. Becomes If the contact carrier (plug or socket) contacts a mating contact carrier (socket or plug), the respective housings are sealed together by the sealing element.
  • Figure 1 shows the not yet fully assembled contact carrier arrangement without the adapter plates 30.
  • a cable K has already been connected to the contact carrier 20, so that the contact carrier 20 with the connected cable K is arranged on the back R of the contact carrier housing 10.
  • the contact carrier housing 10 is already mounted on a mounting surface M of a system housing, which is only partially shown.
  • the system housing has an opening, with the through opening 14 of the contact carrier housing 10 being arranged above the opening of the system housing.
  • the back R of the contact carrier housing 10 faces the system housing or the mounting surface M and the front V of the contact carrier housing 10 faces away from the mounting surface M or the system housing.
  • FIG. 1 The condition in Figure 1 The state of the contact carrier arrangement shown is shown in the in Figure 2 shown state by the contact carrier 20 with the cable K connected to it or a part of the cable K connected to it being guided from the back R through the opening in the system housing and the passage 14 of the contact carrier housing 10 to the front V of the contact carrier housing 10.
  • the adapter plates 30 are then arranged on the contact carrier 20 and fixed to one another by the screws 22.
  • the screws 22 extend through a through hole 21 and rest with the screw heads on the contact carrier 20, the screws engaging in the threaded holes 31 of the adapter plates 30 and thereby fixing the contact carrier 20 and adapter plates together.
  • the contact carrier 20 is connected to the adapter plates 30, as in Figure 3 shown, arranged in the contact carrier housing 10.
  • the guide grooves 32 of the adapter plates 30 are brought into engagement with the guides 12 of the contact carrier housing 10 and the contact carrier housing 10 with the adapter plates 30 is pushed from the front V along the guides 12 towards the back R until the adapter plates 30 are flat on the stop surfaces 11 lie on.
  • Figure 5 shows the contact carrier housing 10 and two adapter plates 30 in a perspective view, so that in particular the essentially rectangular passage 14 and the guides 12 of the contact carrier housing 10 can be seen.
  • the contact carrier housing could be divided into two and arranged around the cable harness during the process and fixed to one another.

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Die Erfindung betrifft ein Verfahren zur Montage einer Kontaktträgeranordnung und die Kontaktträgeranordnung.The invention relates to a method for assembling a contact carrier arrangement and the contact carrier arrangement.

Aus dem Stand der Technik sind verschiedene Steckverbinder bzw. und Steckverbindergehäuse bekannt. Bei vielen Steckverbindern ist das jeweilige Gehäuse von dem eigentlichen Kontaktträger getrennt, sodass beispielsweise erst die Kabel durch das Gehäuse geführt werden, bevor die Kabel an die Kontakte des Kontaktträgers angeschlossen werden und der Kontaktträger im Gehäuse montiert wird.Various connectors and connector housings are known from the prior art. In many connectors, the respective housing is separated from the actual contact carrier, so that, for example, the cables are first routed through the housing before the cables are connected to the contacts of the contact carrier and the contact carrier is mounted in the housing.

Für die Montage von Anlagen oder Produkten ist es jedoch vorteilhaft bei der Montage fertig konfektionierte Kabelstränge mit den daran angeschlossenen Kontaktträgern bereitzustellen. Dazu gehört auch, dass die einzelnen Kabel bzw. Leiter der Kabelstränge an die jeweiligen Kontaktträger angeschlossen sind. Die Kabelstränge können mit dem daran angeschlossenen Kontaktträger jedoch meist nicht mehr durch Öffnungen geführt werden oder in dem Gehäuse des Kontaktträgers montiert werden, da dazu erst der Kontaktträger von dem Kabelstrang demontiert werden müsste. Ist ein Steckverbinder bzw. ein Steckverbindergehäuse so ausgebildet, dass der Kontaktträger nicht durch das Gehäuse geführt werden muss, sondern von der Kabelseite her montierbar ist, ist der Steckverbinder meist für einen normalen Einsatz, bei dem die Kabel erst nach dem durchführen durch die Öffnung mit dem Kontaktträger kontaktiert werden, ungeeignet, da die Montage dann meist von der Rückseite her erfolgen muss.However, for the assembly of systems or products, it is advantageous to provide ready-made cable harnesses with the contact carriers connected to them. This also means that the individual cables or conductors of the cable harnesses are connected to the respective contact carriers. However, the cable harnesses with the contact carrier connected to them can usually no longer be guided through openings or mounted in the housing of the contact carrier, since the contact carrier would first have to be dismantled from the cable harness. If a connector or a connector housing is designed in such a way that the contact carrier does not have to be guided through the housing, but can be mounted from the cable side, the connector is usually for normal use in which the cables are only inserted after they have been passed through the opening are contacted with the contact carrier, unsuitable because assembly then usually has to be done from the back.

Abhängig von der Verwendung muss bei den im Stand der Technik bekannten Steckverbindern also ein bestimmter Steckverbinder verwendet werden, der für die Montage des Kontaktträgers in dem Kontaktträgergehäuse von der Rückseite her oder von der Vorderseite her ausgebildet ist, der sich jedoch nicht für beide Montagearten eignet.Depending on the use, with the connectors known in the prior art, a specific connector must be used, which is designed for mounting the contact carrier in the contact carrier housing from the back or from the front, but which is not suitable for both types of assembly.

Druckschriftlicher Stand der Technik im vorliegenden technischen Gebiet, welcher den Oberbegriff des Anspruch 1 widerspiegelt, ist in dem Dokument WO 2011/038238 A2 offenbart. Dieses Dokument offenbart den Oberbegriff des unabhängigen Anspruchs 1.Printed prior art in the present technical field, which reflects the preamble of claim 1, is in the document WO 2011/038238 A2 disclosed. This document discloses the preamble of independent claim 1.

Der Erfindung liegt deshalb die Aufgabe zugrunde die vorbesagten Nachteile zu überwinden und eine Kontaktträgeranordnung sowie ein Verfahren zur Montage der Kontaktträgeranordnung bereitzustellen, durch die die Kontaktträgeranordnung mit einem vorkonfektionierten Kabelstrang von der Rückseite eines Kontaktträgergehäuses aus und ohne einem vorkonfektionierten Kabelstrang von der Vorderseite des Kontaktträgergehäuses montierbar ist. Desweiteren soll ein standardisierter Kontaktträger verwendbar und die Montage schnell und kosteneffizient durchführbar sein.The invention is therefore based on the object of overcoming the aforementioned disadvantages and of providing a contact carrier arrangement and a method for assembling the contact carrier arrangement, through which the contact carrier arrangement can be mounted with a pre-assembled cable harness from the back of a contact carrier housing and without a pre-assembled cable harness from the front of the contact carrier housing . Furthermore, a standardized contact carrier should be usable and assembly should be carried out quickly and cost-efficiently.

Diese Aufgabe wird durch die Merkmalskombination gemäß Patentanspruch 1 gelöst.This task is achieved by the combination of features according to claim 1.

Erfindungsgemäß wird ein Verfahren zur Montage einer Kontaktträgeranordnung vorgeschlagen. Die Kontaktträgeranordnung umfasst einen Kontaktträger (20), der in seinem montierten Zustand in einem beidseitig offenen, eine Vorder- und eine Rückseite (V, R) aufweisenden Kontaktträgergehäuse (10) angeordnet ist. Das Verfahren umfasst hierzu zumindest die folgenden Schritte:

  • Durchführen des Kontaktträgers (20) durch das Kontaktträgergehäuse (10) von der Rückseite (R) des Kontaktträgergehäuses;
  • Montieren zumindest einer Adapterplatte (30) an dem durchgeführten Kontaktträger (20);
  • Anordnen des Kontaktträgers (20) in dem Kontaktträgergehäuse (10), wobei die zumindest eine Adapterplatte (30) auf jeweils einer durch das Kontaktträgergehäuse (10) ausgebildeten Anschlagsfläche (11) aufliegend angeordnet wird;
  • Fixieren der zumindest einen Adapterplatte (30) durch Befestigungsmittel an der jeweiligen Anschlagsfläche (11);
wobei beim Anordnen des Kontaktträgers (20) in dem Kontaktträgergehäuse (10) zumindest zwei an der zumindest einen Adapterplatte (30) ausgebildete Führungsnuten (32) mit an dem Kontaktträgergehäuse (10) ausgebildeten, korrespondierenden Führungen (12) in Eingriff gebracht werden und der Kontaktträger (20) entlang der Führungen (12) in Richtung der Rückseite (R) des Kontaktträgergehäuses (10) bewegt wird, bis die zumindest eine Adapterplatte (30) auf der jeweiligen Anschlagsfläche aufliegt, und wobei die Adapterplatte (30) zumindest ein Durchgangsloch und die Anschlagsfläche (11) ein Gewindeloch oder ein Durchgangsloch (13) aufweist, wobei das Befestigungsmittel, mit dem die Adapterplatte (30) an der Anschlagsfläche (11) fixiert wird, eine Schraube (34) ist, die durch das Durchgangsloch (33) der Adapterplatte (30) verläuft und in das Gewindeloch eingreift oder durch das Durchgangsloch (13) der Anschlagsfläche (11) verläuft.According to the invention, a method for assembling a contact carrier arrangement is proposed. The contact carrier arrangement comprises a contact carrier (20) which, in its assembled state, is arranged in a contact carrier housing (10) which is open on both sides and has a front and a rear side (V, R). The procedure includes at least the following steps:
  • Passing the contact carrier (20) through the contact carrier housing (10) from the back (R) of the contact carrier housing;
  • Mounting at least one adapter plate (30) on the inserted contact carrier (20);
  • Arranging the contact carrier (20) in the contact carrier housing (10), wherein the at least one adapter plate (30) is arranged resting on a stop surface (11) formed by the contact carrier housing (10);
  • Fixing the at least one adapter plate (30) to the respective one using fasteners stop surface (11);
wherein when arranging the contact carrier (20) in the contact carrier housing (10), at least two guide grooves (32) formed on the at least one adapter plate (30) are brought into engagement with corresponding guides (12) formed on the contact carrier housing (10) and the contact carrier (20) is moved along the guides (12) towards the back (R) of the contact carrier housing (10) until the at least one adapter plate (30) rests on the respective stop surface, and wherein the adapter plate (30) has at least one through hole and the Stop surface (11) has a threaded hole or a through hole (13), the fastening means with which the adapter plate (30) is fixed to the stop surface (11) being a screw (34) which passes through the through hole (33) of the adapter plate (30) extends and engages in the threaded hole or runs through the through hole (13) of the stop surface (11).

Des Weiteren sind die Adapterplatte (30), das Kontaktträgergehäuse (10) und der Kontaktträger (20) erfindungsgemäß aus einem elektrisch leitfähigen Material ausgebildet.Furthermore, according to the invention, the adapter plate (30), the contact carrier housing (10) and the contact carrier (20) are made of an electrically conductive material.

Die Kontaktträgeranordnung entspricht im Sinne der Erfindung einer Steckverbinderanordnung, wobei der Kontaktträger das Steckgesicht, also Buchsen- oder Steckkörper aufweist, und das Kontaktträgergehäuse dem Steckverbindergehäuse entspricht. Durch die Verwendung von Adapterplatten die ausgebildet sind an standardisierten Kontaktträgern fixiert zu werden, können diese standardisierten Kontaktträger verwendet werden ohne speziell dafür vorgesehene Kontaktträger dafür vorsehen zu müssen.In the sense of the invention, the contact carrier arrangement corresponds to a plug connector arrangement, wherein the contact carrier has the plug face, i.e. socket or plug body, and the contact carrier housing corresponds to the plug connector housing. By using adapter plates that are designed to be fixed to standardized contact carriers, these standardized contact carriers can be used without having to provide specially designed contact carriers.

Die Vorderseite des Kontaktträgergehäuses ist die Seite, auf der bei der vollständig montierten Kontaktträgeranordnung ein Steckgesicht des Kontaktträgers liegt. Die Rückseite des Kontaktträgergehäuses ist die ihr gegenüberliegende Seite, auf der die Kontakte zum Anschluss der Kabel bzw. des Kabelstrangs vorgesehen sind. Das Kontaktträgergehäuse liegt an der Rückseite im vollständig montierten Zustand an der Fläche der Anlage bzw. des Anlagengehäuses, an dem die Kontaktträgeranordnung montiert werden soll, an.The front of the contact carrier housing is the side on which a mating face of the contact carrier lies when the contact carrier arrangement is fully assembled. The back of the contact carrier housing is the side opposite it, on which the contacts for connecting the cables or cable harness are provided. When fully assembled, the contact carrier housing rests on the rear side against the surface of the system or the system housing on which the contact carrier arrangement is to be mounted.

Ferner sieht das Verfahren in einer Variante vor, dass vor dem Durchführen des Kontaktträgers durch das Kontaktträgergehäuse zumindest ein Kabel elektrisch leitend mit einem Kontaktkörper oder Kontakt des Kontaktträgers verbunden wird. Dadurch ist es möglich vorkonfektionierte Kabel zu verwenden, bei denen lediglich die Kontaktträger, die bereits an die Kabel angeschlossen sind, noch in dem Kontaktträgergehäuse montiert werden müssen.Furthermore, in a variant, the method provides that at least one cable is electrically conductively connected to a contact body or contact of the contact carrier before the contact carrier is passed through the contact carrier housing. This makes it possible to use pre-assembled cables in which only the contact carriers that are already connected to the cables still have to be mounted in the contact carrier housing.

Zur Durchführung des Verfahrens weist die zumindest eine Adapterplatte jeweils zumindest ein Gewindeloch und der Kontaktträger zumindest ein Durchgangsloch oder umgekehrt auf. Die zumindest eine Adapterplatte wird dann beim Montieren der zumindest einen Adapterplatte an dem Kontaktträger durch jeweils eine erste, durch das Durchgangsloch verlaufende und in das Gewindeloch eingreifenden Schraube an dem Kontaktträger fixiert.To carry out the method, the at least one adapter plate each has at least one threaded hole and the contact carrier has at least one through hole or vice versa. When the at least one adapter plate is mounted on the contact carrier, the at least one adapter plate is then fixed to the contact carrier by a first screw that runs through the through hole and engages in the threaded hole.

Durch die Führungen kommt es beim Anordnen der Adapterplatten nicht zum Verkannten der Adapterplatten in dem Kontaktträgergehäuse. Zudem liegen die Adapterplatten nur im Bereich der Führungen an dem Kontaktträgergehäuse an, sodass lediglich die Führungen und die Führungsnutzen korrespondierend zueinander ausgebildet werden müssen. Mit Ausnahme der Führungen bzw. den an den Führungen anliegenden Bereiche und den der Anschlagfläche zugewandten Flächen können die verbleibenden Bereiche der Adapterplatten, die dem Kontaktträgergehäuse zugewandt sind, mit einer geringeren Genauigkeit gefertigt werden, da sie nicht mit dem Kontaktträgergehäuse in Kontaktstehen. Dadurch ergeben sich geringere Fertigungskosten.Thanks to the guides, the adapter plates do not get misjudged in the contact carrier housing when arranging the adapter plates. In addition, the adapter plates only rest on the contact carrier housing in the area of the guides, so that only the guides and the guide panels have to be designed to correspond to one another. With the exception of the guides or the areas adjacent to the guides and the surfaces facing the stop surface, the remaining areas of the adapter plates that face the contact carrier housing can be manufactured with less precision because they are not in contact with the contact carrier housing. This results in lower manufacturing costs.

Erfindungsgemäß weist die Adapterplatte zumindest ein Durchgangsloch und die Anschlagsfläche ein Gewindeloch oder ein Durchgangsloch auf. Das Befestigungsmittel, mit dem die Adapterplatte an der Anschlagsfläche fixiert wird, ist eine zweite Schraube, die durch das Durchgangsloch verläuft und die in das Gewindeloch eingreift. Weist die Anschlagsfläche ein Durchgangsloch auf, verläuft die Schraube auch durch das Durchgangsloch der Anschlagsfläche und wird dahinter durch eine Mutter oder ein Gewinde in dem Anlagengehäuse fixiert.According to the invention, the adapter plate has at least one through hole and the stop surface has a threaded hole or a through hole. The fastening means with which the adapter plate is fixed to the stop surface is a second screw which runs through the through hole and which engages in the threaded hole. If the stop surface has a through hole, the screw also runs through the through hole of the stop surface and is fixed behind it in the system housing by a nut or a thread.

Das Kontaktträgergehäuse weist ein von seiner Rückseite zu seiner Vorderseite durchlaufenden, in seiner Grundform insbesondere rechteckigen Durchgang auf. Die Anschlagsflächen erstrecken sich orthogonal zu dem Durchgang und sind vorzugsweise als Stege ausgebildet, die zu drei Seiten hin mit dem Kontaktträgergehäuse verbunden sind. Das Kontaktträgergehäuse weist zumindest ein Befestigungselement zur Befestigung des Kontaktträgergehäuses an einer Montagefläche auf. Der Kontaktträger wird beim Durchführen durch den Durchgang geführt.The contact carrier housing has a passage that runs from its back to its front and is particularly rectangular in its basic shape. The stop surfaces extend orthogonally to the passage and are preferably designed as webs which are connected to the contact carrier housing on three sides. The contact carrier housing has at least one fastening element for attaching the contact carrier housing to a mounting surface. The contact carrier is guided through the passage when passing through.

In einer vorteilhaften Weiterbildung wird das Kontaktträgergehäuse vor dem Durchführen des Kontaktträgers durch das Kontaktträgergehäuse durch das zumindest eine Befestigungselement mit seiner Rückseite an der Montagefläche befestigt.In an advantageous development, the contact carrier housing is fastened with its rear side to the mounting surface by the at least one fastening element before the contact carrier is passed through the contact carrier housing.

Die Montagefläche wird bei einer Weiterbildung des Verfahrens von einem Anlagengehäuse ausgebildet oder ist an einem Anlagengehäuse angeordnet. Das Kontaktträgergehäuse kann also vor der Montage des Kontaktträgers bestimmungsgemäß montiert werden. Der Kontaktträgergehäuse kann dann von der Rückseite durch eine Öffnung in dem Anlagengehäuse durch das Kontaktträgergehäuse geführt und mittels der Adapterplatten am Kontaktträgergehäuse fixiert werden. Alternativ können auch die Kabel durch die Öffnung in dem Anlagengehäuse geführt und auf der Vorderseite des Kontaktträgergehäuses mit dem Kontaktträger bzw. den Kontakten des Kontaktträgers kontaktiert werden, bevor der Kontaktträger mittels der Adapterplatten in dem Kontaktträgergehäuse fixiert wird.In a further development of the method, the mounting surface is formed by a system housing or is arranged on a system housing. The contact carrier housing can therefore be assembled as intended before the contact carrier is installed. The contact carrier housing can then be guided from the back through an opening in the system housing through the contact carrier housing and fixed to the contact carrier housing by means of the adapter plates. Alternatively, the cables can also be guided through the opening in the system housing and contacted on the front of the contact carrier housing with the contact carrier or the contacts of the contact carrier before the contact carrier is fixed in the contact carrier housing by means of the adapter plates.

Die zumindest eine Adapterplatte wird bei einer vorteilhaften Ausbildungsform vor oder nach dem Anordnen des Kontaktträgers in dem Kontaktträgergehäuse an dem Kontaktträger montiert.In an advantageous embodiment, the at least one adapter plate is mounted on the contact carrier before or after the contact carrier is arranged in the contact carrier housing.

Erfindungsgemäß wird ferner eine Kontaktträgeranordnung mit einem Kontaktträger, einem beidseitig offenen, eine Vorder- und eine Rückseite aufweisenden Kontaktträgergehäuse und zumindest einer Adapterplatte vorgeschlagen. Das Kontaktträgergehäuse weist einen Durchgang auf. Der Durchgang ist so ausgebildet, dass der Kontaktträger von einer Rückseite zu einer Vorderseite des Kontaktträgergehäuses hindurchführbar ist. Insbesondere ist das Kontaktträgergehäuse so ausgebildet, dass der Kontaktträger mit damit kontaktierten Kabeln durch das Kontaktträgergehäuse durchführbar ist. Die zumindest eine Adapterplatte ist bestimmungsgemäß ausgebildet, an dem Kontaktträger befestigt zu werden. Der Kontaktträger ist mit der zumindest einen daran befestigten Adapterplatte an zumindest einer von dem Kontaktträgergehäuse ausgebildeten Anschlagsfläche anordenbar und an dem Kontaktträgergehäuse fixierbar. Ferner ist die Kontaktträgeranordnung so ausgebildet, dass der Kontaktträger auch von der Vorderseite des Kontaktträgergehäuses in dem Kontaktträgergehäuse anordenbar ist, ohne den Kontaktträger durch das Kontaktträgergehäuse durchführen zu müssen.According to the invention, a contact carrier arrangement with a contact carrier, a contact carrier housing that is open on both sides and has a front and a back side and at least one adapter plate is also proposed. The contact carrier housing has a passage. The passage is designed so that the contact carrier can be passed through from a back to a front of the contact carrier housing. In particular, the contact carrier housing is designed such that the contact carrier with cables contacted therewith can be passed through the contact carrier housing. The at least one adapter plate is designed to be attached to the contact carrier as intended. The contact carrier can be arranged with the at least one adapter plate attached thereto on at least one stop surface formed by the contact carrier housing and can be fixed to the contact carrier housing. Furthermore, the contact carrier arrangement is designed such that the contact carrier can also be arranged in the contact carrier housing from the front of the contact carrier housing without having to pass the contact carrier through the contact carrier housing.

Erfindungsgemäß sind Kontaktträgergehäuse, Adapterplatten und Kontaktträger aus einem elektrisch leitenden Material ausgebildet. Die durch das Kontaktträgergehäuse ausgebildeten Anschlagsflächen sind insbesondere integral als Erdungsflächen ausgebildet, sodass der Kontaktträger bzw. Kontaktträgergehäuse durch das Auffliegen auf den Anschlagsflächen mittels der Adapterplatten geerdet werden kann.According to the invention, contact carrier housings, adapter plates and contact carriers are made of an electrically conductive material. The stop surfaces formed by the contact carrier housing are in particular integrally designed as grounding surfaces, so that the contact carrier or contact carrier housing can be grounded by flying onto the stop surfaces using the adapter plates.

Das zumindest eine Durchgangsloch der Adapterplatte ist insbesondere als Langloch ausgebildet, um ein Spiel und eine Ausrichtung des Kontaktträgers mit den Adapterplatten in dem Kontaktträgergehäuse zu ermöglichen, wobei die Führungsnuten breiter ausgebildet sind als die Führungen um eine Ausrichtbewegung zu ermöglichen. Alternativ ermöglichen die Führungsnuten keine Ausrichtbewegung der Adapterplatten gegenüber der Anschlagsflächen, wobei die als Langloch ausgebildeten Durchgangslöcher eine geringere Fertigungsgenauigkeit für die Montage voraussetzen, sodass die Kosten der Fertigung sinken.The at least one through hole of the adapter plate is designed in particular as an elongated hole in order to enable play and alignment of the contact carrier with the adapter plates in the contact carrier housing, the guide grooves being wider than the guides in order to enable an alignment movement. Alternatively, the guide grooves do not enable any alignment movement of the adapter plates relative to the stop surfaces, with the through holes designed as elongated holes requiring lower manufacturing precision for assembly, so that manufacturing costs decrease.

Ferner ist eine Ausbildungsform vorteilhaft, bei der auf der Vorderseite des Kontaktträgergehäuses um die Durchgangsöffnung ein Dichtelement, insbesondere ein Dichtring, verläuft. Die Kontaktträgeranordnung ist zudem ausgebildet auf der Vorderseite des Kontaktträgergehäuses mit einem Gegenstück bzw. Gegenkontaktelement kontaktiert oder durch einen Deckel verschlossen zu werden, der dichtend an dem Dichtelement anliegt. Wird der Kontaktträger (Stecker bzw. Buchse) mit einem Gegenkontaktträger (Buchse bzw. Stecker) kontaktiert, schließen die jeweiligen Gehäuse durch das Dichtelement dicht miteinander ab.Furthermore, an embodiment is advantageous in which a sealing element, in particular a sealing ring, runs on the front of the contact carrier housing around the through opening. The contact carrier arrangement is also designed to be contacted on the front of the contact carrier housing with a counterpart or counter-contact element or to be closed by a cover which rests sealingly on the sealing element. Becomes If the contact carrier (plug or socket) contacts a mating contact carrier (socket or plug), the respective housings are sealed together by the sealing element.

Die vorstehend offenbarten Merkmale sind beliebig kombinierbar, soweit dies technisch möglich ist und diese nicht im Widerspruch zueinander stehen.The features disclosed above can be combined in any way, as long as this is technically possible and they do not contradict each other.

Andere vorteilhafte Weiterbildungen der Erfindung sind in den Unteransprüchen gekennzeichnet bzw. werden nachstehend zusammen mit der Beschreibung der bevorzugten Ausführung der Erfindung anhand der Figuren näher dargestellt. Es zeigen:

Fig. 1
einen ersten Schritt des Montageverfahrens der Kontaktträgeranordnung;
Fig. 2
einen zweiten Schritt des Montageverfahrens der Kontaktträgeranordnung;
Fig. 3
einen dritten Schritt des Montageverfahrens der Kontaktträgeranordnung;
Fig. 4
einen vierten Schritt des Montageverfahrens der Kontaktträgeranordnung;
Fig. 5
ein Kontaktträgergehäuse und zwei Adapterplatten der Kontaktträgeranordnung.
Other advantageous developments of the invention are characterized in the subclaims or are shown in more detail below together with the description of the preferred embodiment of the invention with reference to the figures. Show it:
Fig. 1
a first step of the assembly method of the contact carrier arrangement;
Fig. 2
a second step of the assembly method of the contact carrier arrangement;
Fig. 3
a third step of the assembly method of the contact carrier arrangement;
Fig. 4
a fourth step of the assembly method of the contact carrier arrangement;
Fig. 5
a contact carrier housing and two adapter plates of the contact carrier arrangement.

Die Figuren sind beispielhaft schematisch. Gleiche Bezugszeichen in den Figuren weisen auf gleiche funktionale und/oder strukturelle Merkmale hin.The figures are exemplary schematic. The same reference numbers in the figures indicate the same functional and/or structural features.

Figur 1 zeigt die noch nicht vollständig montierte Kontaktträgeranordnung ohne die Adapterplatten 30. Ein Kabel K wurde bereits an den Kontaktträger 20 angeschlossen, sodass der Kontaktträger 20 mit dem angeschlossenen Kabel K an der Rückseite R des Kontaktträgergehäuses 10 angeordnet ist. Das Kontaktträgergehäuse 10 ist bereits auf einer Montagefläche M eines nur partiell dargestellten Anlagengehäuses montiert. Das Anlagengehäuse weist eine Öffnung auf, wobei die Durchgangsöffnung 14 des Kontaktträgergehäuses 10 über der Öffnung des Anlagengehäuses angeordnet ist. Die Rückseite R des Kontaktträgergehäuses 10 weist zu dem Anlagengehäuse bzw. der Montagefläche M hin und die Vorderseite V des Kontaktträgergehäuses 10 ist von der Montagefläche M bzw. dem Anlagengehäuse abgewandt. Figure 1 shows the not yet fully assembled contact carrier arrangement without the adapter plates 30. A cable K has already been connected to the contact carrier 20, so that the contact carrier 20 with the connected cable K is arranged on the back R of the contact carrier housing 10. The contact carrier housing 10 is already mounted on a mounting surface M of a system housing, which is only partially shown. The system housing has an opening, with the through opening 14 of the contact carrier housing 10 being arranged above the opening of the system housing. The back R of the contact carrier housing 10 faces the system housing or the mounting surface M and the front V of the contact carrier housing 10 faces away from the mounting surface M or the system housing.

Der Zustand in Figur 1 gezeigte Zustand der Kontaktträgeranordnung wird in den in Figur 2 gezeigten Zustand überführt, indem der Kontaktträger 20 mit dem daran angeschlossenen Kabel K bzw. einem Teil des daran angeschlossenen Kabels K von der Rückseite R durch die Öffnung in dem Anlagengehäuse und den Durchgang 14 des Kontaktträgergehäuses 10 auf die Vorderseite V des Kontaktträgergehäuses 10 geführt wird. Anschließend werden die Adapterplatten 30 an dem Kontaktträger 20 angeordnet und durch die Schrauben 22 aneinander fixiert. Die Schrauben 22 erstrecken sich dazu durch ein Durchgangsloch 21 und liegen mit den Schraubenköpfen an dem Kontaktträger 20 an, wobei die Schrauben in die Gewindelöcher 31 der Adapterplatten 30 eingreifen und dadurch Kontaktträger 20 und Adapterplatten aneinander fixieren.The condition in Figure 1 The state of the contact carrier arrangement shown is shown in the in Figure 2 shown state by the contact carrier 20 with the cable K connected to it or a part of the cable K connected to it being guided from the back R through the opening in the system housing and the passage 14 of the contact carrier housing 10 to the front V of the contact carrier housing 10. The adapter plates 30 are then arranged on the contact carrier 20 and fixed to one another by the screws 22. For this purpose, the screws 22 extend through a through hole 21 and rest with the screw heads on the contact carrier 20, the screws engaging in the threaded holes 31 of the adapter plates 30 and thereby fixing the contact carrier 20 and adapter plates together.

Nachdem die Adapterplatten 30 durch die Schrauben 22 an dem Kontaktträger 20 fixiert wurden, wird der Kontaktträger 20 mit den Adapterplatten 30, wie in Figur 3 gezeigt, in dem Kontaktträgergehäuse 10 angeordnet. Dazu werden die Führungsnuten 32 der Adapterplatten 30 mit den Führungen 12 des Kontaktträgergehäuses 10 in Eingriff gebracht und das Kontaktträgergehäuse 10 mit den Adapterplatten 30 von der Vorderseite V entlang der Führungen 12 in Richtung der Rückseite R geschoben, bis die Adapterplatten 30 flächig auf den Anschlagsflächen 11 aufliegen.After the adapter plates 30 have been fixed to the contact carrier 20 by the screws 22, the contact carrier 20 is connected to the adapter plates 30, as in Figure 3 shown, arranged in the contact carrier housing 10. For this purpose, the guide grooves 32 of the adapter plates 30 are brought into engagement with the guides 12 of the contact carrier housing 10 and the contact carrier housing 10 with the adapter plates 30 is pushed from the front V along the guides 12 towards the back R until the adapter plates 30 are flat on the stop surfaces 11 lie on.

In Figur 4 ist dargestellt, dass, nachdem die Adapterplatten 30 mit den Anschlagsflächen 11 zur Auflage gebracht wurden, der Kontaktträger 20 über die Adapterplatten 30 mittels der Schrauben 34 an dem Kontaktträgergehäuse 10 und dem Anlagengehäuse fixiert werden.In Figure 4 It is shown that after the adapter plates 30 have been brought into contact with the stop surfaces 11, the contact carrier 20 is fixed via the adapter plates 30 by means of the screws 34 to the contact carrier housing 10 and the system housing.

Figur 5 zeigt das Kontaktträgergehäuse 10 und zwei Adapterplatten 30 in einer perspektivischen Ansicht, sodass insbesondere der im wesentliche rechteckige Durchgang 14 und die Führungen 12 des Kontaktträgergehäuses 10 zu sehen sind. Figure 5 shows the contact carrier housing 10 and two adapter plates 30 in a perspective view, so that in particular the essentially rectangular passage 14 and the guides 12 of the contact carrier housing 10 can be seen.

Die Erfindung beschränkt sich in ihrer Ausführung nicht auf die vorstehend angegebenen bevorzugten Ausführurigsbeispiele. Vielmehr ist eine Anzahl von Varianten denkbar, welche von der dargestellten Lösung auch bei grundsätzlich anders gearteten Ausführungen Gebrauch macht. Beispielsweise könnte das Kontaktträgergehäuse zweigeteilt sein und bei dem Verfahren um den Kabelstrang angeordnet und aneinander fixiert werden.The implementation of the invention is not limited to the preferred exemplary embodiments given above. Rather, a number of variants are conceivable, which make use of the solution presented even in fundamentally different designs. For example, the contact carrier housing could be divided into two and arranged around the cable harness during the process and fixed to one another.

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  1. Method for mounting a contact carrier arrangement, comprising a contact carrier (20), in a contact carrier housing (10) which is open on both sides and has a front side and a rear side (V, R), comprising at least the following steps:
    • passing the contact carrier (20) through the contact carrier housing (10) from the rear side (R) of the contact carrier housing;
    • mounting at least one adapter plate (30) on the passed-through contact carrier (20);
    • arranging the contact carrier (20) in the contact carrier housing (10), wherein the at least one adapter plate (30) is arranged resting on a respective stop surface (11) formed by the contact carrier housing (10);
    • fixing the at least one adapter plate (30) to the respective stop surface (11) by fastening means;
    • wherein, when the contact carrier (20) is arranged in the contact carrier housing (10), at least two guide grooves (32) formed on the at least one adapter plate (30) are brought into engagement with corresponding guides (12) formed on the contact carrier housing (10), and the contact carrier (20) is moved along the guides (12) in the direction of the rear side (R) of the contact carrier housing (10) until the at least one adapter plate (30) rests on the respective stop surface (11), and
    • wherein the adapter plate (30) has at least one through-hole (33) and the stop surface (11) has a threaded hole or a through-hole (13), wherein the fastening means with which the adapter plate (30) is fixed to the stop surface (11) is a screw (34) which runs through the through-hole (33) in the adapter plate (30) and engages in the threaded hole or runs through the through-hole (13) in the stop surface (11), characterized in that
    • the adapter plate (30), the contact carrier housing (10) and the contact carrier (20) are formed from an electrically conductive material.
  2. Method according to Claim 1, characterized in that, before the contact carrier (20) is passed through the contact carrier housing (10), at least one cable (K) is connected in an electrically conductive manner to a contact body or contact of the contact carrier (20).
  3. Method according to either of the preceding claims, wherein the at least one adapter plate (30) in each case has at least one threaded hole (31) and the contact carrier (20) has at least one through-hole (21), or vice versa, and, when the at least one adapter plate (30) is mounted on the contact carrier (20), the at least one adapter plate (30) is fixed to the contact carrier by in each case a first screw (22) running through the through-hole (21) and engaging in the threaded hole (31).
  4. Method according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the contact carrier housing (10) has a passage (14) which runs through from the rear side (R) thereof to the front side (V) thereof and is in particular rectangular in its basic shape, the stop surfaces (11) extend orthogonally to the passage, the contact carrier housing (10) has at least one fastening element for fastening the contact carrier housing (10) to a mounting surface (M), and the contact carrier (20), as it is passed through, is guided by the passage (14).
  5. Method according to the preceding claim, wherein, before the contact carrier (20) is passed through the contact carrier housing (10), the contact carrier housing (10) is fastened by its rear side (R) to the mounting surface (M) by the at least one fastening element.
  6. Method according to either of the preceding Claims 4 and 5, wherein the mounting surface (M) is formed by a system housing or is arranged on a system housing.
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