Connecting device, assembly thereof and assembly method therefor
AssigneeJacksavior IP B.V.
InventorBoudewijn John Van Sambeek
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Abstract
A connecting device including a substantially elongated inserting member extending in a longitudinal direction and comprising a transverse direction transverse thereto, said inserting member comprising an outer surface with at least two electrically conductive parts with insulating material arranged there between; and wherein the inserting member is configured to mechanically and electrically connect the at least two electrically conductive parts with wire ends of a connection cable within the space enclosed by the outer surface. The invention is further related to an assembly of a connection cable and a connecting device, as well as a method for connecting a connecting device to a connection cable.
Claims27
Connecting device for insertion into a connection jack, said connecting device comprising:
- a substantially elongated inserting member that is extending in a longitudinal direction and that is insertable into the connection jack of an electronic device, said inserting member further comprising a transverse direction extending transverse thereto, said inserting member further comprising an outer surface with at least two electrically conductive parts with insulating material arranged there between;
- wherein the inserting member is configured to, by means of compression, clamping at least two wire ends between an inner wall of the least one of the at least two electrically conductive parts and an outer wall of an insulation member, mechanically and electrically connect the at least two electrically conductive parts with the at least two wire ends of a connection cable within a space enclosed by the outer surface of the inserting member, wherein the at least two wire ends of the connection cable extend directly from the connection cable into the inserting member without any electrical connection between exiting the connection cable and entering the inserting member, and all of the electrical connections between wires extending from the connection cable and the at least two electrically conductive parts take place within the inserting member;
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- the inserting member is configured such that wires of the connection cable branch out in different directions inside the space enclosed by the outer surface of the inserting member.
A method of connecting a connecting device to a connection cable, said method comprising the steps of:
- providing a connecting device in the form of an audio jack plug, said connecting device including a substantially elongated inserting member that is extending in a longitudinal direction and that is insertable into a connection jack of an electronic device, said inserting member further comprising a transverse direction extending transverse thereto, said inserting member further comprising an outer surface with at least two electrically conductive parts with insulating material arranged there between, and wherein the inserting member is configured to mechanically and electrically connect the at least two electrically conductive parts with at least two wire ends of a connection cable within a space enclosed by the outer surface;
- arranging a closing member, at least one conducting member and a tip member insulator on the connection cable;
- placing wire end of a first wire in contact with a tip member, wherein the tip member comprises a tip and a shaft;
- sliding the tip member insulator over the shaft towards and against the tip of the tip member, wherein the wire end is arranged in an inner slot and is electrically and mechanically connected in said slot to the tip member by means of compression;
- arranging a wire end of a second electrically conducting wire in an outer slot that is arranged in an outer wall of the tip member insulator;
- sliding a first conducting member over the outer wall of the tip member insulator, wherein the wire end is electrically and mechanically connected to the first conducting member by means of compression;
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- connecting a closing member with a conducting member, wherein said closing member functions as an abutment member and wherein the connection cable is guided through the closing member in a non-sliding way and wherein the connection cable is attached to the closing member.
A connecting device for insertion into a connection jack, said connecting device comprising:
- a substantially elongated inserting member that is extending in a longitudinal direction and that is insertable into the connection jack of an electronic device, said inserting member further comprising a transverse direction extending transverse thereto, said inserting member further comprising an outer surface with at least two electrically conductive parts with insulating material arranged there between;
- wherein the inserting member, by means of compression, clamping at least two wire ends between an inner wall of the least one of the at least two electrically conductive parts and an outer wall of an insulation member, mechanically and electrically connects the at least two electrically conductive parts with the at least two wire ends of a connection cable within a space enclosed by the outer surface of the inserting member, wherein the at least two wire ends of the connection cable extend directly from the connection cable into the inserting member without any electrical connection between exiting the connection cable and entering the inserting member, and all of the electrical connections between wires extending from the connection cable and the at least two electrically conductive parts take place within the inserting member;
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- the wires of the connection cable branch out in different directions inside the space enclosed by the outer surface of the inserting member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.