CN102834986B - Bus bar adapter - Google Patents

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CN102834986B
CN102834986B CN201180017812.1A CN201180017812A CN102834986B CN 102834986 B CN102834986 B CN 102834986B CN 201180017812 A CN201180017812 A CN 201180017812A CN 102834986 B CN102834986 B CN 102834986B
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F·霍特曼
K·古特兹-沙费尔
J·托勒
哈罗德·格林德尔
马丁·博曼
赫尔诺特·博曼
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    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01RELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R25/00Coupling parts adapted for simultaneous co-operation with two or more identical counterparts, e.g. for distributing energy to two or more circuits
    • H01R25/14Rails or bus-bars constructed so that the counterparts can be connected thereto at any point along their length
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Abstract

The invention relates to a bus bar adapter (1) for fastening a luminaire or a spotlight to a U-shaped bus bar and for contacting conductors present inside the bus bar, wherein the bus bar adapter (1) comprises a housing (2), which has a T-shaped cross-section and a central part (10) provided for engaging in the bus bar, and a base part (20), which connects to the central part (10) and is oriented transversely thereto and which is seated against the outside of the bus bar in the inserted state. A core element (60) that is provided for mounting the luminaire or spotlight is arranged inside the housing (2), said core element extending both into the central part (10) and into the base part (20), wherein the core element (60) preferably has an integral design.

Description

Bus-bar adapter
Technical field
The present invention relates to bus-bar adapter, it is arranged for being fixed on by lamp especially spotlight on U-shaped bus-bar and contacting the wire extended in bus-bar.
Background technology
This adapter is known very early.They allow flexible arrangement lighting unit and being correspondingly often used in following situation on the busbar, and illumination now must be made to adapt to some situation.Such as in order to illuminate the showroom in shop or museum, suggested such system, this is because the position of multiple independent illumination parts just can be changed without too much like hard work.
Such as by the open a kind of corresponding adapter of DE 20 2,005 001 472 U1.First this known adapter has two sections, and namely arrange for the first section inserted in this bus-bar and the second section be positioned under it, the second section is used for the fixing of spotlight and has adapter operating mechanism.In the case, the first section has multiple tactile tongue, and they can be moved to contact position from resting position, and on contact position, the wire stylet extended in bus-bar is touched in tactile whip graft.Usually, make these tactile tongue side direction show for this reason.In addition, adapter also allows so to be mechanically anchored on this bus-bar, that is, except tactile tongue, mechanical lock also can be made to shift out.Mechanism for operating or shift out tactile tongue and mechanical lock is positioned in the mounted state against the compresses lower section of bus-bar bottom surface.
Also other solution with known is so far the same, and the bus-bar adapter disclosed in DE 20 2,005 001 472 U1 is designed to larger.In the mounted state, can know the section seen and being positioned on bus-bar bottom surface, this correspondingly has influence on the overall appearance image of system.
Summary of the invention
Now, the present invention is based on following setting task, provide a kind of and construct novel bus-bar adapter, its compact conformation and only affect the outward appearance of illuminator especially in the mounted state indistinctively.
Solution of the present invention is especially based on using the so-called chipware being positioned at the housing of bus-bar adapter.Chipware is responsible for connecting lamp or spotlight and will will be so design, that is, its gives adapter with extra high steadiness.This achieves again structure and forms this adapter especially small and exquisitely, only slightly outward appearance is had influence in the mounted state like that for desired, but allow reliable fixing on the busbar simultaneously, thus reliably can bear the force and moment caused by the lighting unit be fixed on adapter.Propose for this reason, in the housing that cross section is T-shaped, be provided with chipware, this chipware preferably one forms and so designs, namely, it not only extends to and is inserted in the casing section of bus-bar, and extends under adapter installment state against in the section of bus-bar outer surface.
According to the present invention, correspondingly propose a kind of for lamp being fixed on U-shaped bus-bar and being used for contacting the bus-bar adapter of the wire extended in bus-bar, wherein this bus-bar adapter has the T-shaped housing in cross section, this housing has and arranges for the central part that inserts in this bus-bar and connect with this central part and the base portion of the centrally horizontal orientation in portion, base portion reclines in installment state the outer surface of bus-bar, and in housing, be provided with a chipware arranged for keeping lamp or spotlight, chipware not only extends in central part, and extend in base portion, wherein, this chipware preferably Integral design.
The chipware be such as made up of aluminium preferably T-shaped shape again, the size being wherein located at the transverse section in this base portion is so setting, that is, its covers bus-bar.
By using this chipware, the housing of this adapter can structure be formed very compactly.Now especially can specify, the thickness of this base portion is less than 1/3 of this center part thicker.In other words, can only see not too thick plate in the mounted state, it is arranged on bus-bar bottom surface.Especially, the reduction of base portion thickness now causes bus-bar adapter to seem very exquisite especially in the mounted state.
Adapter of the present invention is not only configured to lamp to fix on the busbar, is also configured to spotlight to fix on the busbar.For the situation keeping spotlight, bus-bar adapter especially has cantilever, and spotlight is placed on the bottom surface of cantilever.Keep this cantilever for this reason, now this chipware can have can from bottom surface close to and the cavity extended upward.So the fixing of cantilever realizes by screw.
In addition, preferably especially on chipware, be provided with earthing member at bus-bar adapter, this earthing member such as can be formed with ground spring form, especially project upwards in the side away from this base portion.So, by being fixed on the ground spring on chipware by screw, ensure that from confluxing and queue through ground spring and adapter until the last coherent ground connection route arriving the lighting unit be fixed on adapter.
Bus-bar adapter of the present invention also has at least one operating parts, and mechanical lock and/or electric contact can proceed to from the resting position of retracting the latched position contact position in other words stretched out by means of this operating parts.This operating parts can be such as from the outstanding lever of base portion side direction.Also the regulating wheel that alternative use or supplementary use can be close from bottom side can be expected.
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Below, the present invention will be described in detail by reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein:
Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 is the view of bus-bar adapter of the present invention, this bus-bar adapter be included in that bottom side is given prominence to, for installing the cantilever of spotlight;
Fig. 3 and Fig. 4 is the view of adapter, does not have cantilever in figure;
Bus-bar adapter when Fig. 5 illustrates that housing section is separated from each other; With
Fig. 6 to Fig. 8 is the various views of chipware.
Embodiment
Bus-bar adapter of the present invention is totally arranged for as mentioned above and lighting unit is connected to U-shaped bus-bar.Can not only fix classical lighting unit, also can fix spotlight, wherein the advantage of adapter is especially effective for spotlight, this is because spotlight there is the physical dimension less than the lamp of classics and general also and adapter interval arrange.But, the present invention is in no way limited to the adapter for connecting spotlight.
Usually, multiple bus-bar takes the shape of the letter U formation.They have the elongated supporting member opened wide towards bottom side, and wherein, wire stylet is in bus-bar and especially extend on two sidewalls.Arranging must correspondingly on the one hand can contact wire core for being connected to adapter on such bus-bar, and on the other hand, the machinery that should obtain on the busbar is fixed.
That the present invention proposes for this reason and adapter as shown in Figures 1 to 41 correspondingly has housing 2, this housing can be divided into two sections different from each other.First section is now made up of central part 10, and it is arranged for inserting this bus-bar.The bottom surface of central part 10 is formed the second section, and the second section is made up of base portion 20.This base portion is tabular and perpendicular to central part 10, thus obtains T-shape for housing 2 generally.Under the state on the busbar of installation, base portion 20 so reclines bus-bar bottom surface, that is, its covers bus-bar.
Two components (i.e. central part 10 and base portion 20) complete different setting tasks.Such as, first the task of central part 10 is that the machinery be responsible on the busbar is fixed and the contacting of wire stylet, and this base portion has the mechanism for operating this adapter 1.
In bus-bar adapter 1 of the present invention, the contact of wire stylet and machinery are on the busbar fixed and are obtained by mechanical lock 11 with from the tactile tongue 12 that central part 10 extends laterally.By the mechanism also will described in detail subsequently, locking piece 11 and tactile tongue 12 can reach latched position contact position in other words from the resting position of retracting.So these locking pieces 11 catch on the projection of this bus-bar, thus obtain locking.And these tactile tongues 12 are forced on wire stylet, and set up the connection to power supply or wire (it such as can be used for Signal transmissions).
Locking piece 11 and the flexible of tactile tongue 12 realize by lever 21, and described lever is arranged in this base portion.Base portion 20 has the bottom surface being roughly rectangle according to the view of Fig. 4.The end of lever 21 is outstanding on opposed two ends respectively, and this lever is placed in housing 2 rotationally.So, the axis of two levers 21 is all also mounted with locking piece 11 and tactile tongue 12, as especially can seen from the view of Fig. 5.By the rotation of two levers 21, component 11 and 12 can be correspondingly made to retract and stretch out.Now, in order to operate one of two levers 21, the bottom surface of base portion 20 is also provided with regulating wheel 22.Regulating wheel 22 is especially made up of the bottom surface of lever 21 corresponding disc-shaped component provided thereon.Under the state that adapter 1 is installed on the busbar, can correspondingly can use it for remove and the mechanical caging of bus-bar close to regulating wheel 22 well.
Now, a feature of bus-bar adapter 1 of the present invention is, its structure is formed very small and exquisitely.This especially so accomplishes, designs the following part of this adapter according to particular form, and described part is responsible for fixing on the busbar and is responsible for connecting cantilever 50 to keep spotlight.Especially, adapter 1 has from now on the chipware being positioned at housing 2, and this chipware gives adapter 1 with special high stability, although this adapter structure is compact, correspondingly achieves and is held in place reliably.
Look over from bottom surface, housing 2 in other words base portion 20 has the bottom surface that is approximately rectangle and so sets size, that is, it covers the bottom surface of bus-bar in the mounted state.Look over from front side, this housing is T-shaped, and here, central part 10 is the same with bus-bar passage broadly to be formed.The fact of bus-bar outer surface because this base portion reclines in installment state, so adapter 10 can reliably bear generally from cantilever 50 and the force and moment being arranged on the spotlight on this cantilever.To this, need firm project organization, this project organization is by using so-called chipware to realize.As shown in Figure 5, Fig. 6-Fig. 8 shows the different views of chipware to the layout of chipware in housing 2.
In other words, the task of chipware 60 gives adapter 1 with special steadiness.To this, the chipware 60 be preferably made up of aluminium is integrally formed.Its cross section T-shaped again and its especially so form, that is, its extends in central part 10 on the one hand, extend in base portion 20 on the other hand.The size of the section of this chipware 60 now so sets, that is, latticing 61 upward corresponds essentially to the width of bus-bar passage, and the base plate 62 be substantially square covers this bus-bar in installment state.Like this, chipware 60 can bear the various force and moments acting on adapter 1 in installment state.It shows as the load-bearing girth member of adapter 1, and other part is placed on this load-bearing girth member.
As shown in Figure 5, housing 2 is made up of two L-shaped housing section 40,41 substantially, and they can be assembled into T-shape.Each housing section to be arranged to from the side on chipware 60 and to be connected with chipware by multiple screw subsequently and to be connected to each other.A housing section 40 in two housing section 40 also has central opening 42, and this central opening is closed by an additional lid 43.Born by chipware 60 because power is almost complete, so housing section 40 and 41 undertakes main weight-bearing function hardly.It is very thin and be such as made up of plastics that these two parts 40 and 41 correspondingly can be designed to wall.
Because there is above-mentioned particular design, so the thickness of base portion 20 significantly can be reduced.Because be first provided with two levers 21 in base portion 20, its thickness can be reduced to such value, and described value is less than 1/3 of central part 10 thickness.Under the state that adapter 1 is installed on the busbar, correspondingly can only see the flat board of base portion 20.
Cantilever 50 fixedly realizing by cylindrical openings 30 on adapter 1, this opening extends to the central part 10 of adapter 1 from bottom side through chipware 60.The end of cantilever 50 can with in form fit mode insertion opening 30, and here, opening 30 and cantilever 50 end are preferably so formed, that is, obtain anti-rotating and fix.Then, stop cantilever 50 to drop out by screw, at this, the end of respective screws passage 31 can be seen in the diagram.Like this, chipware 60 especially also bears the power being acted on adapter 1 by cantilever 50.
In order to by this device ground connection, adapter 1 is provided with earthing member, especially ground spring 35, it is fixed on chipware 60 by screw 36.The end of spring 35 projects upwards from central part 10, is also extruded with side arm 37 here.Thus one, ensure when adapter 1 is installed in bus-bar to obtain reliable ground, here, ground connection route extends to housing 2, cantilever 50 and and then final to spotlight through ground spring 35 from bus-bar.Reliability when being connected with bus-bar also will be enhanced in the following manner, towards the Structure composing reverse polarity protection that side direction is formed on housing 2, prevent adapter to be installed on this bus-bar by mistake whereby.
In a word, correspondingly provide a kind of compact structure for lamp or spotlight being fixed adapter on the busbar, its structure forms very compactly and improves image appearance accordingly, but ensure that the connection with bus-bar in common safe and reliable mode simultaneously.

Claims (11)

1. a bus-bar adapter (1), it is for be fixed on lamp on U-shaped bus-bar and to be used for contacting the wire extended in this bus-bar,
Wherein, this bus-bar adapter (1) has the T-shaped housing in cross section (2), this housing has and arranges for the central part (10) that inserts in this bus-bar and connect with this central part (10) and the base portion (20) of horizontal orientation along this central part, this base portion reclines in installment state the outer surface of this bus-bar
It is characterized in that,
The chipware (60) for keeping lamp is provided with in this housing (2), this chipware not only extends in this central part (10), also extend in this base portion (20), wherein this chipware (60) is that one is formed
The cross section of this chipware (60) is T-shaped, and wherein the size of the transverse section (62) be located in this base portion (20) of this chipware (60) is so setting, that is, this transverse section can cover this bus-bar,
The thickness of this base portion (20) is less than 1/3 of the thickness of this central part (10).
2. bus-bar adapter according to claim 1, is characterized in that, this lamp is spotlight.
3. bus-bar adapter according to claim 1, is characterized in that, this chipware (60) is made up of aluminium.
4. bus-bar adapter according to claim 2, is characterized in that, this chipware (60) is configured to keep cantilever (50), so that fixing described spotlight.
5. bus-bar adapter according to claim 4, is characterized in that, this chipware (60) have can from bottom side close to and the cavity (30) extended upward, in order to hold this cantilever (50).
6. bus-bar adapter according to claim 1, is characterized in that, this chipware (60) is provided with earthing member.
7. bus-bar adapter according to claim 1, is characterized in that, this housing (2) is made up of the housing section (41,42) that two cross sections are substantially L-shaped, and these two housing section are interconnected separably.
8. bus-bar adapter according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, described bus-bar adapter has at least one operating parts (21), mechanical lock (11) and/or electric contact (12) can be made to proceed to extended position from retracted position by this operating parts.
9. bus-bar adapter according to claim 8, is characterized in that, this operating parts (21) is from the outstanding lever of this base portion (20) side direction.
10. bus-bar adapter according to claim 8 or claim 9, it is characterized in that, this operating parts is the regulating wheel (22) be arranged on the bottom surface of this base portion (20).
11. bus-bar adapters according to claim 6, is characterized in that, described earthing member is from the outstanding ground spring (35) of this housing (2).
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