ARRANGEMENT OF MODULAR PLUG CONNECTORS FOR A PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD

Abstract

An arrangement includes a first modular circuit board plug connector and at least one second modular circuit board plug connector for installation on a printed circuit board, wherein the circuit board plug connectors each include a plurality of individual plug connector modules and the plug connector modules are each arranged in rows on at least one connector and reversibly fastened thereto, wherein the first circuit board plug connector and the at least second circuit board plug connector are reversibly connected together via a coupling element.

Claims

1. An arrangement comprising a first modular printed circuit board plug connector and at least one second modular printed circuit board plug connector wherein the arrangement is provided for mounting on a printed circuit board, wherein the printed circuit board plug connectors are assembled in each case from multiple individual plug connector modules, wherein the first printed circuit board plug connector and the at least second printed circuit board plug connector are connected to one another in a reversible manner by way of the coupling element.

2. The arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the plug connector modules are in each case arranged in a row on at least one connector and are fastened thereto in a reversible manner.

3. The arrangement as claimed in claim 2, wherein each modular printed circuit board plug connector has in each case two connectors that are oriented parallel to one another and that the plug connector modules are arranged between the connectors.

4. The arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the length of the connector is greater than the length of the plug connector modules that are arranged in a row.

5. The arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one connector of the first printed circuit board plug connector and at least one connector of the second printed circuit board plug connector are connected to one another in a reversible manner by way of the coupling element.

6. The arrangement as claimed in claim 3, wherein two connectors of the first printed circuit board plug connector and two connectors of the second printed circuit board plug connector are connected to one another in a reversible manner by way of the coupling element.

7. The arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the coupling element has a coding pin or an appropriate matching coding opening so as to avoid incorrect mating connections of two arrangements of printed circuit board plug connectors.

8. The arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the plug connector modules are connected to the connector by way of a dovetail joint.

9. The arrangement as claimed in claim 2, wherein the length of the connector is greater than the length of the plug connector modules that are arranged in a row.

10. The arrangement as claimed in claim 2, wherein at least one connector of the first printed circuit board plug connector and at least one connector of the second printed circuit board plug connector are connected to one another in a reversible manner by way of the coupling element.

11. The arrangement as claimed in claim 5, wherein two connectors of the first printed circuit board plug connector and two connectors of the second printed circuit board plug connector are connected to one another in a reversible manner by way of the coupling element.

12. The arrangement as claimed in claim 2, wherein the coupling element has a coding pin or an appropriate matching coding opening so as to avoid incorrect mating connections of two arrangements of printed circuit board plug connectors.

13. The arrangement as claimed in claim 2, wherein the plug connector modules are connected to the connector by way of a dovetail joint.

14. The arrangement as claimed in claim 3, wherein the length of the connector is greater than the length of the plug connector modules that are arranged in a row.

15. The arrangement as claimed in claim 3, wherein at least one connector of the first printed circuit board plug connector and at least one connector of the second printed circuit board plug connector are connected to one another in a reversible manner by way of the coupling element.

16. The arrangement as claimed in claim 3, wherein the coupling element has a coding pin or an appropriate matching coding opening so as to avoid incorrect mating connections of two arrangements of printed circuit board plug connectors.

17. The arrangement as claimed in claim 3, wherein the plug connector modules are connected to the connector by way of a dovetail joint.

18. The arrangement as claimed in claim 4, wherein at least one connector of the first printed circuit board plug connector and at least one connector of the second printed circuit board plug connector are connected to one another in a reversible manner by way of the coupling element.

19. The arrangement as claimed in claim 4, wherein the coupling element has a coding pin or an appropriate matching coding opening so as to avoid incorrect mating connections of two arrangements of printed circuit board plug connectors.

20. The arrangement as claimed in claim 4, wherein the plug connector modules are connected to the connector by way of a dovetail joint.

Description

EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENT

[0021] An exemplary embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the drawings and is explained in detail below. In the drawings:

[0022] FIG. 1 illustrates a perspective view of a first exemplary embodiment of an arrangement comprising multiple modular printed circuit board plug connectors.

[0023] FIG. 2 illustrates a perspective view of a first exemplary embodiment of a coupling element for connecting two modular printed circuit board plug connectors.

[0024] FIG. 3 illustrates a perspective view of a second exemplary embodiment of a coupling element for connecting two modular printed circuit board plug connectors.

[0025] FIG. 4 illustrates a perspective view of a second exemplary embodiment of an arrangement comprising multiple modular printed circuit board plug connectors.

[0026] FIG. 5 illustrates a perspective view of a third exemplary embodiment of a coupling element for connecting two modular printed circuit board plug connectors and

[0027] FIG. 6 illustrates a perspective view of a fourth exemplary embodiment of a coupling element for connecting two modular printed circuit board plug connectors.

[0028] The figures illustrate in part simplified schematic views. In part, identical reference numerals are used for similar but possibly not identical elements. Different views of the same elements may be scaled differently.

[0029] The FIGS. 1 to 3 illustrate a first embodiment of the invention.

[0030] FIG. 1 illustrates an arrangement comprising a first modular printed circuit board plug connector 1, a second modular printed circuit board plug connector 1′ and a third modular printed circuit board plug connector 1″. Such an arrangement of modular printed circuit board plug connectors 1, 1′, 1″, is provided for mounting on a printed circuit board (not illustrated). Such a plug arrangement provides an appropriate socket arrangement that in FIG. 1 comprises the modular printed circuit board plug connectors 1′″, I.sup.IV and 1.sup.V. Only the reference character “1” is used below for a printed circuit board plug connector 1, 1′, 1″, 1′″, I.sup.IV and 1.sup.V. This then means the common features of the different embodiments.

[0031] The printed circuit board plug connectors 1 comprise in each case multiple individual plug connector modules 2, 2′, 2″. The plug connector modules 2, 2′, 2″ can be embodied differently and for example comprise different types and a different number of contact elements 3, 3′. 3″. The plug connector modules 2, 2′, 2″ can also be embodied geometrically different from one another and for example have a different width, viewed in a transverse manner with respect to the plugging-in direction.

[0032] The plug connector modules 2, 2′, 2″ are in each case arranged in a row on a connector 4 and are also fastened thereto in a reversible manner by way of a dovetail profile. The first printed circuit board plug connector 1 and the second printed circuit board plug connector 1′ are connected to one another in a reversible manner by way of a coupling element 5, 5′.

[0033] In the case of the plug arrangement, the coupling element 5 is connected on one side to the connector 4 and on the other side to a plug connector module 2. So as to lock on the connector 4, the coupling element 5 has an inner-lying dovetail guide 6. The connector 4 comprises an appropriate matching dovetail contour 10. So as to lock on the plug connector module 2, the coupling element 5 has an inner-lying dovetail guide 7.

[0034] In the case of the socket arrangement, the coupling element 5′ is connected on one end to the connector of the first modular printed circuit board plug connector 1′″ and on the other end to the connector 4 of the second modular printed circuit board plug connector 1.sup.IV. In this case, the coupling element 5′ is also connected on both sides to a connector 4.

[0035] So that the coupling elements 5, 5′ can be fixed on a connector 4, the length L.sub.V of the connector 4 must be greater than the length L.sub.S of the modular printed circuit board plug connector 1 (L.sub.V>L.sub.S).

[0036] FIGS. 4 to 6 illustrate a second embodiment of the invention.

[0037] The second embodiment differs essentially by means of the coupling element 5″ by means of which the modular printed circuit board plug connectors 1, 1′, 1″, 1′″ are connected to one another. The description of this embodiment is therefore limited essentially to the differences with respect to the first embodiment.

[0038] The connector 4 protrudes on both sides beyond the plug connector modules 2, 2′, 2″ that are arranged in a row. This means that the length L.sub.V of the connector 4 is greater than the length L.sub.S of the plug connector modules 2, 2′, 2″ that are arranged in a row.

[0039] The coupling element 5″ of the plug arrangement comprises two cuboid parts 8 that are connected to one another by way of a connecting piece 9. Each cuboid part 8 has two dovetail guides 6 that correspond to corresponding dovetail contours 10 of the connectors 4.

[0040] The coupling element 5″ of the plug arrangement has a coding pin 1 that is inserted during the mating procedure into a coding opening 12 of the socket arrangement. As a consequence, incorrect mating connections are avoided.

[0041] The coupling element 5′″ of the socket arrangement is embodied in a geometrically inverse manner to the coupling element 5″ of the plug arrangement. As a consequence, the coupling elements 5″ and 5′″ are likewise plugged together in the mating procedure. A particularly precise guidance is achieved hereby during the mating procedure. Moreover, the pulling force of the mating connection can thereby increase and as a result the mating connection is prevented from being inadvertently separated.

[0042] Even if different aspects or features of the invention are illustrated in the figures in each case in combination, it is obvious to the person skilled in the art—unless otherwise indicated—that the illustrated and discussed combinations are not the only possible combinations. In particular, units or feature complexes of different exemplary embodiments that correspond to one another may be exchanged with one another.

Arrangement of Modular Plug connectors for a Printed Circuit Board

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMERALS

[0043] 1 Module printed circuit board plug connector [0044] 2 Plug connector module [0045] 3 Contact element [0046] 4 Connector [0047] 5 Coupling element [0048] 6 Dovetail guide [0049] 7 Contour [0050] 8 Cuboid part [0051] 9 Connecting piece [0052] 10 Dovetail contour [0053] 11 Coding pin [0054] 12 Coding opening [0055] LV Length of the connector [0056] LS Length of the modular printed circuit board plug connector