Framatome Connectors International

Souriau

Thierry Quillet

Gerard Boiret

Roger Sureau

Christian Tabareau

Olivier Gaumont

Pascal M Ribeau

Christophe F Dehan

Herve Le Gallic

Daniel Gloaguen

Alain Gillet

Franck Jollivet

Hubert Le Goff

Christian Laisne

Christian Camus

Joel Roux

Marisa Vriotte

Jean-Louis Perrono

In a linking device () between strands () of a cable () and a contact element () comprising a hollow intermediate tube () provided with a channel, the tube has a first aperture () used for the insertion of one end () of the cable into the channel and a second aperture () to cooperate with the contact element. The tube is a solid part like the contact element. It is made of a material having a coefficient of expansion similar to that of the strands. This tube enables connexion between strands with a coefficient of expansion different from that of the contact element with which they have to be connected.

Linking device between a cable and contact element

An input/output connector (1) intended to be surface mounted on a printed circuit board comprising contacts (3) and two positioning and fixing means (5). The contacts (3) are to be soldered to the printed circuit board. The two positioning and fixing means (5) are also to be soldered to the printed circuit board. Each of the two positioning and fixing means (5) comprise a part (51) intended to come into contact with the printed circuit board. The part (51) intended to come into contact with the printed circuit board of each of the two positioning and fixing means has a projection (52) of small height. The projection (51) determines an axis of rotation XX' of the input/output connector (1) wherein the projection participates in the defining of a reference plane of the said connector (1) on the printed circuit board.

Input/output connector for portable device and process for mounting said

An electrical connector for a portable communication device. The connector is intended to be surface mounted to a printed circuit board of the portable communication device. The connector has a housing and contacts to be soldered to the printed circuit board. The housing has snap-fit lugs and positioning dogs to locate the housing for pressing the contacts on the printed circuit board with coflatness of the contacts before soldering of the contacts to the printed circuit board.

Input/output connector for portable communication device and process for

An input/output connector for a portable communication device, wherein the input/output connector is intended to be surface mounted on a printed circuit board. The input/output connector comprises an insulating housing, contacts, and elastic means for holding the contacts. The insulating housing has two positioning dogs fixed to lateral parts of the insulating housing, wherein the two positioning dogs are to be soldered to the printed circuit board when the input/output connector is mounted thereto. The contacts are also to be soldered to the printed circuit board when the input/output connector is surface mounted to the printed circuit board. When the input/output connector is placed on the printed circuit board for surface mounting thereto, the elastic means hold the contacts pressed on the printed circuit board so that, the surface soldering of each contact to the printed circuit board is contained in a common reference plane for the coflatness of the said contacts. The housing has a rear part (7) with a reservoir for receiving an insulating compound (8).

Process for obtaining an input/output connector for portable

The device (1') of the invention comprises a clamp (10') and a ring (11) adapted to be screwed to a connector (2) to form a stress relief removably attached to the rear of the connector. In accordance with the invention, the clamp (11') has two parts: a rear part (102') forming a receptacle and a front part (102') which is open, having a 'C' shape. The material of the clamp (10') is a composite material having elastic properties. By compressing it, the branches of the 'C' can be moved closer together and the clamp (10') inserted in or removed from the ring (11). The clamp (11') also includes pegs (105) providing insertion abutments, preventing withdrawal of the ring (11). The clamp (10') can be straight or angled.

Stress relief device for cables adapted to be removably attached to the

An electrical connector has a base having two mutually parallel side walls and a plug displaceable parallel to the side walls of the base in an insertion and extraction direction and having outwardly projecting studs, orthogonal to the direction of insertion and located in a zone which remains outside the base in a fully-inserted position. It further comprises a bracket for forcibly inserting and extracting the plug into and out of the base, having branches slidable along the side walls orthogonal to the insertion and extraction direction. The branches are formed with stud receiving passages of such a shape that displacement of the bracket causes the studs to move farther into and along said passages from open ends thereof, or expels the studs from the passages, depending on the direction of displacement. The plug further has resilient latching tabs located to engage behind the bracket when the plug is fully inserted, thereby resiliently retaining the plug.

Electrical connector having an insertion and extraction bracket

The electrical connector is connectable to a matching connector and has a body for receiving contacts that carries a threaded rotary locking nut for cooperation with a threaded portion of the matching connector. The nut is fast with internal ratchet teeth having edges each separating a face with a lower slope from a face with a steeper slope relative to a circumferential direction. The body of the connector is non-rotatably connected to a one-piece ring having teeth cooperating with notches formed by the ratchet teeth to establish a ratchet effect that opposes rotation of the ring in an unscrewing direction in which the teeth abut the steeper faces.

Electrical connector having a threaded ring and means for retaining it

A connector system comprises a socket having at least one locking pin and a plug comprising a plug body and a locking ring having at least one slot along which the pin can move and an elastic member disposed at one end of the slot defining a first area in which the slot tapers and a second area in which the pin is selectively lodged. The aforementioned one end of the slot terminates at an abutment. The second area is wider than the pin and the first area so that the elastic member is retracted elastically when the pin enters the first area and returns to its initial position without being compressed by the pin when the pin is in the second area near the abutment. The elastic member of the connector system is a cantilever beam having a notch at its free end.

Connector system

The invention concerns a connector system comprising a plug having a first part comprising first signal contact members, a second part comprising first electrical power supply contact members and an intermediate part and a socket having a first part comprising second signal contact members, a second part comprising second electrical power supply contact members disposed to cooperate electrically with the first electrical power supply contact members and an intermediate part. The intermediate part of the plug has a first ground contact member and the intermediate part of the socket has a second .ground contact member to cooperate electrically with the first member.

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La Milesse, France

Thierry Quillet