Socket soldering contact and contact module for a printed circuit board

Abstract

A solder socket contact for a printed circuit board, comprising a first contact element and a second contact element, wherein the first contact element has at least one soldering pin which is designed to be soldered to the printed circuit board, the first contact element has a contact region for contacting a plug contact, the second contact element has at least one soldering pin which is designed to be soldered to the printed circuit board, the second contact element has a contact region for contacting the plug contact, and the first contact element and the second contact element form an individual pole for contacting the plug contact.

Claims

1. A socket soldering contact for a printed circuit board, comprising: a first contact element; and a second contact element, wherein: the first contact element has at least one soldering pin which is designed for soldering with the printed circuit board; the first contact element has a contact area for contacting a plug contact; the second contact element has at least one soldering pin for soldering with the printed circuit board; the second contact element has a contact area for contacting the plug contact; the first contact element and the second contact element form a single pole for contacting the plug contact; the first contact element has at least two soldering pins; the second contact element has at least two soldering pins; at least one soldering pin of the first contact element is arranged between two soldering pins of the second contact element; and at least one soldering pin of the second contact element is arranged between two soldering pins of the first contact element.

2. The socket soldering contact according to claim 1, wherein: the contact area of the first contact element has a local narrowing for the form-locking and/or force-locking insertion of the plug contact; the contact area of the second contact element has a local narrowing for the form-locking and/or force-locking insertion of the plug contact; and the local narrowing of the first contact element is offset along an insertion direction of the plug contact relative to the local narrowing of the second contact element.

3. The socket soldering contact according to claim 2, wherein: the contact area of the first contact element has at least two free-projecting webs, wherein the local narrowing of the first contact element has at least one contact nib provided at a web and wherein the contact nib is at least partially extended in the direction of the other web; the contact area of the second contact element has at least two free-projecting webs, wherein the local narrowing of the second contact element has at least one contact nib provided at a web and wherein the contact nib is stretched at least in sections in the direction of the other web; and the contact nib of the first contact element along an insertion direction of the plug contact is offset relative to the contact nib of the second contact element.

4. The socket soldering contact according to claim 3, wherein: the local narrowing of the first contact element has two contact nibs facing each other, which are formed at the webs of the first contact element; and/or the local narrowing of the second contact element has two mutually facing contact nibs formed at the webs of the second contact element.

5. The socket soldering contact according to claim 3, wherein: the local narrowing of the first contact element is provided at the end in the area of the free web ends of the webs of the first contact element; and/or the local narrowing of the second contact element is provided at the end in the area of the free web ends of the webs of the second contact element.

6. The socket soldering contact according to claim 3, wherein at least one of the webs has a resting protrusion for locking in a plastics material housing of a contact module, wherein the resting protrusion is arranged on a side of the web facing away from the contact nib.

7. The socket soldering contact according to claim 1, wherein: the soldering pin of the first contact element has a crank in the direction of the second contact element; the soldering pin of the second contact element has a crank in the direction of the first contact element; and from the respective crank, projecting, free ends of the soldering pins are lined up in an aligned, comb-like manner along an insertion direction of the plug contact.

8. The socket soldering contact according to claim 1, wherein: the first contact element and the second contact element abut each other at least partially in a gap-free manner; and/or the first contact element and the second contact element are at least partially interconnected in a material-locking and/or adhesive and/or form-locking, and/or force-locking manner.

9. A contact module for a printed circuit board, comprising: a plastics material housing; at least one receiving opening for inserting a plug; at least one socket soldering contact assigned to the receiving opening and received in the plastic housing, wherein the socket soldering contact is formed according to claim 1.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) In the following, the invention is described more closely on the basis of an embodiment of the present drawings. In the drawings:

(2) FIG. 1 shows a socket soldering contact according to the invention in a perspective view from above;

(3) FIG. 2 shows contact elements of the socket soldering contact from FIG. 1 in a perspective view from above;

(4) FIG. 3A shows a contact module according to the invention with the socket soldering contact from FIG. 1 in a first perspective view;

(5) FIG. 3B shows the contact module of FIG. 3A in a second perspective view;

(6) FIG. 3C shows the contact module of FIG. 3A in a third perspective view.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

(7) FIG. 1 shows a socket soldering contact 2 for a printed circuit board. The socket soldering contact 2 has a first contact element 4 and a second contact element 6.

(8) The position of the first contact element 4 shown in FIG. 1 relative to the second contact element 6 describes the socket soldering contact 2 in the finished mounted state, soldered on a printed circuit board. In the finished mounted state shown in FIG. 1 of the socket soldering contact 2, the first contact element 4 and the second contact element 6 abut each other in a gap-free manner.

(9) FIG. 2 shows the contact element 4 and the contact element 6 each separately in individual representations to clarify the structural embodiment of the contact elements 4, 6 forming the socket soldering contact 2.

(10) The first contact element 4 has a first soldering pin 8 and a second soldering pin 10. The soldering pins 8, 10 of the first contact element 4 are designed for soldering with a printed circuit board.

(11) The first contact element 4 has a contact area 12 for contacting a plug contact.

(12) The second contact element 6 has a first soldering pin 14 and a second soldering pin 16. The first soldering pin 14 and the second soldering pin 16 of the second contact element 6 are designed for soldering with a printed circuit board.

(13) The second contact element 6 has a contact area 18 for contacting a plug contact.

(14) The first contact element 4 and the second contact element 6 form a single pole for contacting the plug contact.

(15) The contact area 12 of the first contact element 4 has a local narrowing 20. The local narrowing 20 of the first contact element 4 is provided for the form-locking and/or force-locking reception of the plug contact. The contact area 18 of the second contact element 6 has a local narrowing 22. The local narrowing 22 of the second contact element 6 is provided for the form-locking and/or force-locking reception of the plug contact. The local narrowing 20 and the local narrowing 22 are arranged offset to each other along an insertion direction R of the plug contact.

(16) The contact area 12 of the first contact element 4 has two free-projecting webs 24, 26. The local narrowing 20 of the first contact area 12 is formed in the present case by two contact nibs 28, 30. Here, the contact nib 28 extends in the direction of the web 26. The contact nib 30 extends in the direction of the web 24.

(17) The local narrowing 22 of the contact area 18 of the second contact element 6 is formed by contact nibs 32, 34 facing each other, which are provided at projecting webs 36, 38 of the contact area 18 of the second contact element.

(18) The contact nibs 28, 30 of the first contact element and the contact nibs 32, 34 of the second contact element 6 are arranged, viewed along the insertion direction R, offset to each other.

(19) The local narrowing 20 or the contact nibs 28, 30 are arranged at the end in the area of the free web ends of the webs 24, 26. Similarly, the local narrowing 22, which is formed by the contact nibs 32, 34, is provided at the end in the area of the free web ends of the webs 36, 38. At each web 24, 26, 36, 38, a resting protrusion 40 is provided for locking a plastics material housing 62 of a contact module 58 (FIG. 3A).

(20) Each resting protrusion 40 is arranged on a side facing away from the respective contact nib 28, 30, 32, 34 of the respective free web end of the assigned web 24, 26, 36, 38.

(21) The soldering pins 8, 10 of the first contact element 4 each have a crank 42, 44 in the direction of the second contact element 6. The soldering pins 14, 16 of the second contact element each have a crank 46, 48 in the direction of the first contact element 4. From the respective crank 42, 44, 46, 48, projecting, free ends 50, 52, 54, 56 of the soldering pins 8, 10, 14, 16 are lined up in an aligned, comb-like manner along the insertion direction R of the plug contact.

(22) The soldering pin 10 of the first contact element 4 is arranged between the soldering pins 14, 16 of the second contact element 6. The soldering pin 14 of the second contact element 6 is arranged between the soldering pins 8, 10 of the first contact element 4.

(23) FIGS. 3A, 3B, and 3C show a contact module 58 according to the invention for a printed circuit board 60. The contact module 58 has a plastics material housing 62, having at least one receiving opening 64 for inserting a plug. The contact module 58 has at least one socket soldering contact 2 assigned to the receiving opening 64 and received in the plastics material housing 62, wherein the socket soldering contact 2 is formed according to the FIGS. 1 and 2 in a manner according to the invention.

REFERENCE NUMERALS

(24) 2 socket soldering contact

(25) 4 first contact element

(26) 6 second contact element

(27) 8 soldering pin

(28) 10 soldering pin

(29) 12 contact area

(30) 14 soldering pin

(31) 16 soldering pin

(32) 18 contact area

(33) 20 local narrowing

(34) 22 local narrowing

(35) 24 web

(36) 26 web

(37) 28 contact nib

(38) 30 contact nib

(39) 32 contact nib

(40) 34 contact nib

(41) 36 contact nib

(42) 38 contact nib

(43) 40 resting protrusion

(44) 42 crank

(45) 44 crank

(46) 46 crank

(47) 48 crank

(48) 50 free end

(49) 52 free end

(50) 54 free end

(51) 56 free end

(52) 58 contact module

(53) 60 printed circuit board

(54) 62 plastics material housing

(55) 64 receiving opening