Detailed Description
The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present application.
In the description of the present application, it should be noted that, the azimuth or positional relationship indicated by the terms "inner", "outer", etc. are based on the azimuth or positional relationship shown in the drawings, or the azimuth or positional relationship that is commonly put in use of the product of this application, are merely for convenience of describing the present application and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element to be referred to must have a specific azimuth, be configured and operated in a specific azimuth, and therefore should not be construed as limiting the present application. Furthermore, the terms "neutral", "hot", and the like are used solely to distinguish one from another and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.
It should also be noted that, unless explicitly stated or limited otherwise, the terms "disposed" and "connected" should be construed broadly, and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected, directly connected, indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, or communicating between two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present application will be understood in specific cases by those of ordinary skill in the art.
The prior plug-in circuit breaker is plugged in the base 20 through a plug board, the plug board is complex in molding, unstable in contact, inconvenient in plug-in, high in cost and large in occupied area, and the popularization and the use of the plug-in circuit breaker are affected.
In view of the above, referring to fig. 1, an embodiment of the application provides an electrical connection structure, which includes a contact assembly 11 disposed on a circuit breaker body 10 and a conductive member 21 disposed on a base 20, and is electrically connected to the circuit breaker body 10 and the base 20 by plugging and unplugging the contact assembly 11 and one side of the conductive member 21.
The circuit breaker body 10 is provided with contact assemblies 11 respectively in both sides, is provided with conductive member 21 on the base 20, and one side of circuit breaker body 10 passes through contact assembly 11 and conductive member 21 to be connected, and the opposite side passes through contact assembly 11 external wire 30, forms face contact or line contact respectively between contact assembly 11 and the conductive member 21 of one side, between contact assembly 11 and the wire 30 of opposite side to make circuit breaker body 10 and base 20 plug electricity connect.
The breaker body 10 and the base 20 are connected in a pluggable manner, and for example, the breaker body 10 can be plugged into and pulled out from the base 20 along the up-down direction in fig. 1, and the plugging manner is simple and convenient to operate. Terminals are respectively arranged on the left side and the right side of the breaker body 10, one end of the terminals is a wire inlet end, the other end of the terminals is a wire outlet end, the wire inlet end and the wire outlet end are respectively connected with contact assemblies 11 on the same side, and the contact assemblies 11 are used for conducting the breaker body 10 and an external circuit.
And a conductive member 21 is provided at one side of the base 20, the conductive member 21 being adapted to be brought into contact with the contact assembly 11 at one side of the breaker body 10, such that the breaker body 10 and the base 20 are plugged and brought into contact by surface contact or line contact between the contact assembly 11 and the conductive member 21 when the breaker body 10 is inserted into the base 20, and the contact assembly 11 and the conductive member 21 are separated when the breaker body 10 is pulled out from the base 20, and the breaker body 10 and the base 20 are disconnected.
In the conventional plug-in circuit breaker, the plug-in circuit breaker is usually plugged into the base by clamping, and needs to be contacted with both sides of the conductive part of the base, but in the application, the contact assembly 11 is contacted with one side of the conductive part 21, so that the plug-in conduction of the circuit breaker body 10 and the base 20 can be realized.
In the present application, the conductive member 21 is a bus bar, and in other embodiments, the conductive member 21 may be a wiring board, a wire, or the like.
As shown in fig. 12 and 13, a contact assembly 11 is also provided at the other side of the breaker body 10, the contact assembly 11 at the side being used to connect a wire 30, the load being connected by the wire 30, the wire 30 passing through the base 20 and the contact assembly 11 to make a surface contact or a line contact.
The contact assembly 11 on one side and the conductive member 21 form surface contact or line contact, and the contact assembly 11 on the other side and the wire 30 also form surface contact or line contact, so that circuit connection between the breaker body 10 and the base 20 and circuit connection between the breaker body 10 and a load are realized, and the surface contact or line contact mode enables the contact between the breaker body 10 and the base 20 and the contact between the breaker body 10 and the load to be more stable, and the base 20 is more convenient to insert and extract.
Therefore, according to the electrical connection structure provided by the embodiment of the application, the circuit breaker body 10 can be plugged and arranged on the base 20 through the electrical connection structure, the two sides of the circuit breaker body 10 are respectively connected with the contact assemblies 11 through the wiring terminals, correspondingly, the base 20 is provided with the conductive parts 21, surface-to-surface contact is formed between the contact assemblies 11 and the conductive parts 21 on one side, so that the circuit breaker body 10 is plugged and electrically connected with the base 20, the contact assemblies 11 on the other side are connected with the load through the wires 30, surface-to-surface contact is also formed between the contact assemblies 11 and the wires 30, so that the circuit breaker body 10 is in surface contact or line contact with the conductive parts 21 on the base 20, further, the circuit connection between the circuit breaker body 10 and the load is realized through the contact assemblies 11 on the other side and the wires 30, and the circuit connection mode of surface contact or line contact can enable the circuit breaker body 10 and the base 20 to be more stable, meanwhile, the circuit breaker body 10 is plugged and pulled out on the base 20 more conveniently and more conveniently. In addition, the structure of the conductive component 21 formed on the base 20 is simple, the integral structure of the electric connection structure can be simplified, the cost and the occupied area are reduced, and the applicability popularization of products is facilitated.
Specifically, in one possible mode of the present application, as shown in fig. 2, a conductive portion 21a is provided on the conductive member 21, and the contact assembly 11 is abutted against the conductive portion 21a so that the contact assembly 11 is in surface contact or line contact with the conductive member 21.
The conductive member 21 includes a row and a conductive portion 21a, and the contact assembly 11 and the conductive portion 21a are in surface contact or line contact with each other, and the circuit breaker body 10 and the base 20 are electrically connected by the contact assembly 11 and the conductive portion 21a abutting each other.
The conductive portion 21a forms a conductive surface in a direction toward the contact assembly 11, and similarly, the contact assembly 11 forms a conductive surface in a direction toward the conductive portion 21a, and after the two conductive surfaces abut, surface contact or line contact is formed.
As shown in fig. 14 and 15, the plurality of conductive portions 21a are arranged side by side so as to be respectively arranged in one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of contact assemblies 11, and similarly, the plurality of contact assemblies 11 on the other side are arranged in one-to-one correspondence with the wires 30.
Further, as shown in fig. 3, the contact assembly 11 includes a contact plate 110, and an elastic member 111 provided at one side of the contact plate 110, and the other side of the contact plate 110 forms a contact portion 110a.
As illustrated in fig. 4 and 5, the contact plate 110 of the present application is formed with a protruding contact portion 110a, and the contact portion 110a protrudes out of the housing 101 of the circuit breaker 10 for forming a surface contact or a line contact area with the conductive portion 21a of the base 20.
The wiring assembly 11 is located in the housing 101 of the circuit breaker 10 and is connected to the terminals of the circuit breaker 10, the base 20 is provided with a conductive member, the conductive member is provided with a conductive portion 21a, and the contact portion 110a of the contact plate 110 is used for connection to the conductive portion 21a of the base 20. The contact portion 110a is provided to protrude, so that an electrical gap is formed between the base 20 and the circuit breaker 10. The contact 110a may extend out of the housing 101 of the circuit breaker 10 or may not extend out of the housing 101.
Alternatively, as shown in fig. 6 and 7, the contact plate 110 has a flat plate structure, and the conductive member is formed with a protrusion portion, and the protrusion portion and the contact portion 110a of the conductive member are electrically conductive. The protruding arrangement of the conductive portion 21a is referred to as protruding portion, and the protruding portion (conductive portion 21 a) of the conductive member penetrates into the housing 101 of the circuit breaker 10 to be in conductive contact with the contact plate 110.
When the conductive portion 21a of the conductive member is extended into the housing 101 of the circuit breaker 10, the inside of the circuit breaker 10 can be made in a very simple state, a large amount of space inside the circuit breaker 10 is saved, and the circuit breaker 10 is smaller and more compact.
Further, a first bump is formed on the contact portion 110a, and the conductive member is connected to the first bump, and/or a second bump 21a1 is formed on the protruding portion, and the second bump 21a1 is connected to the contact portion 110a, as shown in fig. 8 and 9.
The bump is provided to make the connection more stable, and the bump may be provided on the contact portion 110a, the protruding portion (for example, the second bump 21a1 in fig. 7), and the contact portion 110a and the protruding portion may be provided with bumps.
The contact portion 110a and the conductive portion 21a are abutted to form a surface contact or line contact area, and the larger the surface contact or line contact area is, the more stable the contact portion 110a and the conductive portion 21a are abutted to each other, and the more stable the circuit breaker 10 and the base 20 are contacted to each other.
Referring to fig. 4 again, when the contact portion 110a protrudes from the contact plate 110, the contact plate 110 forms extending contact ends 110b on two sides of the contact portion 110a, the extending contact ends 110b and the contact portion 110a are located on different planes, and two ends of the elastic member 111 are respectively fixed on the two extending contact ends 110 b.
The extending contact end 110b on one side, the contact part 110a and the extending contact end 110b on the other side are sequentially connected to form the contact plate 110, the contact part 110a protrudes out of the extending contact end 110b, so that the contact plate 110 forms a shape of a Chinese character 'ji', wherein the extending contact end 110b on one side extends upwards, the extending contact end 110b on the other side extends downwards and is bent into an L shape, and two ends of the elastic piece 111 along the up-down direction are fixed on the corresponding extending contact ends 110b, so that the contact plate 110 is connected with the elastic piece 111.
When the contact plate 110 is connected to the elastic member 111, the elastic member 111 is provided with a waist-shaped hole 111a, and both ends of the elastic member 111 are respectively fixed to the extending contact end 110b by screws passing through the waist-shaped hole 111 a. The waist-shaped hole 111a is provided to change the relative position between the elastic member 111 and the contact plate 110, so that the displacement stroke of the relative movement of the circuit breaker 10 and the base 20 can be ensured.
In addition, the wiring assembly 11 further includes a support member engaged with the elastic member 111, the support member being located at a side of the elastic member 111 away from the contact portion 110 a.
The side of the elastic member 111 away from the contact plate 110 is connected with a fixing base 113, the fixing base 113 is fixed on the housing 101 of the circuit breaker 10, or the fixing base 113 and the housing 101 are integrally arranged, and the fixing base 113 is used for providing fixing support for the elastic member 111. The fixing base 113 can be used for fixing the elastic piece 111, and provides a squat reaction force guarantee for deformation of the elastic piece 111.
In one embodiment, the supporting member is a supporting shaft 112 fixed between the elastic member 111 and the fixing base 113, so as to balance the stress of the elastic member 111 located at two sides of the supporting shaft 112. The support shaft 112 is only for supporting the elastic member 111.
The supporting shaft 112 is a supporting shaft, and the supporting shaft is located at a supporting position of the fixing seat 113 to the elastic member 111, so as to ensure stress balance on two sides of the supporting shaft 112. Illustratively, the support shaft 112 is located on a center line of the elastic member 111 in the up-down direction.
Further, a first groove 111b is formed on the elastic member 111, a second groove 113a is formed on the fixing base 113, and the first groove 111b and the second groove 113a are oppositely disposed to form a receiving space for receiving the supporting shaft 112.
The notch of the first groove 111b of the elastic member 111 faces the fixed seat 113, the notch of the second groove 113a of the fixed seat 113 faces the elastic member 111, a containing space is formed after the first groove 111b and the second groove 113a are opposite, and the supporting shaft 112 is located in the containing space and fixed.
In addition, the first groove 111b protrudes toward the contact plate 110, so that the elastic member 111 forms a quasi-zigzag structure, the protruding direction of the first groove 111b is the same as the protruding direction of the contact portion 110a, and the first groove 111b corresponds to the contact portion 110a of the contact plate 110.
In another embodiment, the supporting member is a boss 1130 facing the elastic member 111 on the fixing base 113, and the fixing base 113 has both supporting and fixing functions.
As for the conductive member 21, as shown in fig. 11, in one embodiment of the present application, the conductive portion 21a is located on the row of the conductive member 21, and the conductive portion 21a is protruded from the row, so that the conductive member 21 forms a wave-like structure.
The conductive part 21 forms a bulge at the position of the conductive part 21a, so that the conductive part 21a protrudes from the row body, and thus the conductive part 21 integrally forms a wave-shaped structure, and the contact assembly 11 also protrudes from the side surface of the breaker body 10, and a certain gap can be formed between the side surface of the breaker body 10 and the base 20 through the bulged conductive part 21a and the contact assembly 11, so that the electrical gap and the limit can be increased.
In another embodiment of the present application, the conductive parts 21a are located on the row of conductive parts 21, and the conductive parts 21a and the row are located on the same plane, so that the conductive parts 21 form a flat plate structure.
The conductive part 21 is of a flat plate structure, the conductive part 21a and the row body are on the same plane, the flat plate structure is convenient for processing and manufacturing the conductive part 21, the cost can be effectively reduced, and the surface contact or line contact of the conductive part 21a and the contact assembly 11 can be realized. In addition, the contact assembly 11 protrudes out of the side surface of the breaker body 10, and a certain gap can be formed between the side surface of the breaker body 10 and the base 20, which is beneficial to electrical gap and limit. When the conductive member 21 has a flat plate structure, the contact portion 110a of the breaker body 10 may be provided with a protruding portion to contact the flat plate, or a bump may be added to the flat plate structure to contact the contact portion 110a of the breaker body 10.
For connection of the wire 30, a fixing hole is formed in the base 20, one end of the wire 30 is connected to the contact assembly 11 through the fixing hole, and the other end extends out of the base 20.
The circuit breaker body 10 is inserted and pulled on the base 20, and then the wire 30 is fixed and limited through the fixing hole on the base 20, so that the circuit breaker body 10 and the wire 30 are electrically connected and externally connected with corresponding loads.
The electrical connection is generally divided into a neutral wire and a neutral wire, in the present application, as shown in fig. 10 and 11, the conductor 30 includes the neutral wire and the neutral wire, the conductive member 21 includes the neutral wire conductive member 21N and the neutral wire conductive member 21L, and the contact assembly 11 includes the neutral wire contact assembly 11N connected to the neutral wire conductive member 21N and the neutral wire, respectively, and the neutral wire contact assembly 11L connected to the neutral wire conductive member 21L and the neutral wire, respectively.
The neutral wire, the neutral wire contact assembly 11N and the neutral wire conductive part 21N are correspondingly connected on the same breaker body 10, and the live wire, the live wire contact assembly 11L and the live wire conductive part 21L are correspondingly connected, that is, the neutral wire contact assembly 11N and the live wire contact assembly 11L form a group of contact assemblies 11, and a group of contact assemblies 11 are respectively arranged on two sides of the breaker body 10.
Similarly, the conductive members 21 include a neutral conductive member 21N and a live conductive member 21L, and for the contact assembly 11 on one side, the neutral conductive member 21N corresponds to the neutral contact assembly 11N, the live conductive member 21L corresponds to the live contact assembly 11L, the neutral conductive member 21N and the live conductive member 21L are each provided with a plurality of conductive portions 21a, one conductive portion 21a on the neutral conductive member 21N and one conductive portion 21a on the live conductive member 21L form a group, and two conductive portions 21a of the group are respectively in surface contact or line contact with the neutral contact assembly 11N and the live contact assembly 11L corresponding to the same side on the same circuit breaker body 10.
For the contact assembly 11 on the other side of the breaker body 10, the neutral wire is directly connected to the neutral contact assembly 11N on that side and the live wire is directly connected to the live wire contact assembly 11L on that side.
When the circuit breaker is a multipole circuit breaker, the multipole circuit breaker has a main circuit breaker body 10a and a plurality of branch circuit breaker bodies 10b arranged in parallel, and a plurality of conductive parts 21a are correspondingly arranged on the conductive part 21 of the base 20 so as to be electrically connected with the main circuit breaker body 10a and the branch circuit breaker bodies 10b respectively.
In the multipolar circuit breaker, both sides of each circuit breaker body 10 are respectively connected with a set of wires 30 (including a neutral wire and a live wire) and a set of conductive parts 21a (conductive parts 21a of a neutral wire conductive part 21N and conductive parts 21a of a live wire conductive part 21L) on the conductive part 21.
The contact assembly 11 of the inlet end of the total circuit breaker body 10a is connected with a total wire, the contact assembly 11 of the outlet end of the total circuit breaker body 10a is connected with a conductive component 21, and a plurality of branch circuit breaker bodies 10b are connected in parallel through the conductive component 21.
Illustratively, the wire inlet end of one side of the main breaker body 10a adopts a round hard single-core wire 30, passes through the contact assembly 11 of the wire inlet end, passes through the inside of the main breaker body 10a to reach the contact assembly 11 of the wire outlet end of the other side, is connected with the conductive part 21 through the conductive part 21a, and reaches each branch breaker body 10b through the conductive part 21. Each branch breaker body 10b is led in through the conductive member 21 and led out through the left side of the branch breaker body 10b, forming a circuit connection of the multipole breaker.
Or the multi-strand wire 30 is externally provided with a wiring terminal or is additionally provided with a copper sleeve, and corresponding wiring results can be realized.
In other words, the incoming line end of the total breaker body 10a and the outgoing line end of the adjacent one of the branch breaker bodies 10b are located on the same side (left side in fig. 1), the incoming line ends of the plurality of branch breaker bodies 10b are located on the same side (right side in fig. 1), and the outgoing line ends of the plurality of branch breaker bodies 10b are located on the same side (left side in fig. 1) or different sides. And taking one of the circuit breakers as a branch total circuit breaker of the next-stage circuit breaker, wherein the branch conductive component and the inlet end of the main circuit breaker body are positioned on the same side.
As shown in fig. 1, the total circuit breaker body 10a is provided with a plurality of branch circuit breaker bodies 10b, the total conductor 30 is connected to the total circuit breaker body 10a from the left side, the total circuit breaker body 10a is connected to the conductive member 21 through the right side outgoing line, the conductive member 21 is further connected to the right incoming line of each branch circuit breaker body 10b from the right side, and each branch circuit breaker body 10b is further connected to the respective load from the left side outgoing line through the branch conductor 30.
The above description is only an example of the present application and is not intended to limit the scope of the present application, and various modifications and variations will be apparent to those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, etc. made within the spirit and principle of the present application should be included in the protection scope of the present application.