CN1874657A

CN1874657A - Modular electrical insert

Info

Publication number: CN1874657A
Application number: CN 200610087758
Authority: CN
Inventors: A·N·金; G·S·道森
Original assignee: Schneider Electric NZ Ltd
Current assignee: Schneider Electric NZ Ltd
Priority date: 2005-05-31
Filing date: 2006-05-30
Publication date: 2006-12-06
Anticipated expiration: 2026-05-30
Also published as: AU2006202186A1; AU2006202186B2; CN1874657B; NZ540457A; HK1100199A1

Abstract

Disclosed is a module electrical connector which comprises: a shell body for accommodating electrical and/or electronic component; at least one fixing device for fixing the connector in hole of standard component parts; and an exterior board which can be fixed on the shell, and its size is taken as predetermined area of the most outer part that the connector being covered when it is fixed in the standard component parts.

Description

Modular electrical insert

Technical field

The present invention relates to a kind of modular electrical insert, this electrical insert can fit in the standard electrical switchboard removedly.The invention still further relates to a kind of motion sensor of modular insert form.

Background technology

So far, the electrical/electronic element such as timer, thermostat and motion sensor has been made into to be installed in independently the independent component on the stayed surface of metope and so on for example.But, when many such elements must be assemblied in same zone, perhaps when there have been many electric fittings a certain specific region,, then can show outward appearance preferably if all these elements can color coordinations and had similar size and dimension.

Summary of the invention

An object of the present invention is to provide a kind of modular electrical insert, it can be assembled in the existing standard accessory, and can be apace and easily make itself and existing accessory color coordination.

The invention provides a kind of modular electrical insert, described plug-in unit comprises: housing, and it is suitable for holding electric and/or electronic component; At least one fixture, it is used for plug-in unit is fixed on the hole of standard fitting; And outer plaque (fascia plate), it is fixed on the housing releasedly, and the size of described outer plaque is made into to cover the presumptive area of plug-in unit outermost part when plug-in unit is fixed in the described standard fitting.

Preferably, each plug-in unit all is provided with the outer plaque of a cover different colours.

Preferably, housing is designed to open and close to allow insertion, the examination and maintenance of element.

Preferably, standard fitting is the standard switch plate, and the size of plug-in unit is made into to insert in the switchboard usually in the hole that is occupied by one of switch or switch.

Preferably, fixture is become by a pair of elasticity wedge shape set of protrusions, and this protrusion-shaped is formed on the opposed outer surface of housing.

The present invention also provides a kind of motion sensor of form of as above-mentioned modular electrical insert, and wherein motion sensor is provided with passive infrared sensor, LED ON/OFF indicator light, regulates bolt and has the intensity level transducer of corresponding adjusting bolt.

Description of drawings

Only by way of example, in conjunction with the accompanying drawings the preferred embodiment that is applied to motion sensor of the present invention is described in detail.Wherein:

Fig. 1 is the three-dimensional exploded view of the first embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is the stereogram of the embodiment of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is the stereo amplification figure of outer plaque of the embodiment of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is the three-dimensional exploded view of the second embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 5 is the plug-in unit of second embodiment and the three-dimensional exploded view of standard switch plate;

Fig. 6 is the view of the element of Fig. 5, and wherein plug-in unit is fixed in the switchboard.

Embodiment

Two preferred embodiments describing later relate to a kind of electrical/electronic plug-in unit of motion sensor form.But, it should be understood that plug-in unit of the present invention can be used for the different elements of wide kind.

Referring to Fig. 1-3, the first embodiment of the present invention provides a kind of plug-in unit 2, and this plug-in unit comprises two-

piece housing

3,4 and outer plaque 5.The cross section of

housing

3,4 is a rectangle, and the size of the outer surface of the housing except header board 6 makes and make the housing slidable fit advance in the hole of standard switch plate, describes with reference to Fig. 6 as the back.

Housing

3,4 comes down to a box, and its inside comprises the electrical/electronic element (not shown) that is used for transducer usually.The part 3 of housing can be separated from part 4 fully, to allow to enter enclosure interior.Part 3 provides the part of the upper surface and the sidewall of housing, and be fixed to part 4 by means of flange 7, in the slit 8 that described flange 7 injects on the header board 6, and the rear portion engage in snap engagement of buckle on the part 49 and part 3, so that part 3 and part 4 are kept together.

Part 4 provides the remainder of bottom, rear wall and housing sidewall.Header board 6 is fixed to part 4 or forms integral body with part 4.A pair of elasticity wedge-shaped projection 10 is formed on the sidewall of part 4, with header board 6 adjacency.Each projection arrangement becomes the wedge-like portion of broad and header board 6 the most close.

Header board 6 forms porose,

lens

11 and 12 outstanding these holes of passing through.Lens 11 are sensor leads, and one of them is the LED lens for lens 12, and all the other are light sensing lens.Lens and relevant element thereof all are known types.Transducer, LED and optical sensor all are installed in the housing.In addition, header board 6 is provided with a pair of hole 13 that housing is regulated bolt that is used for, and described housing is regulated bolt and is used to regulate transducer (just regulating intensity level and device open-interval length that transducer brings into operation).The residue element of transducer is the standard component that is used for passive motion sensor, will not be described in detail.

Specifically, the outer plaque 5 of amplification is shown referring to Fig. 3.Described outer plaque has two purposes: be used for hiding and regulate bolt and be used for changing the plug-in unit color of the unique part that can be seen except that

lens

11,12 in use.What can expect is, the any given device that is arranged in this plug-in unit will be supplied to a series of outer plaques, one in every kind of Standard Colors is used for the standard switch plate, is installed in wherein switchboard thereby the user can select suitable outer plaque to mate device.

Outer plaque 5 comprises that one has and the identical plate of header board 6 external dimensions, and it is formed with the sensor leads 11 outstanding centre bores 14 that pass wherein when outer plaque is in place; With pair of slits 15, lens 12 are given prominence to and are passed described slit.The inboard of outer plaque (i.e. a side that contacts with header board 6 in use) is formed with a pair of groove opposite 16 and a pair of elastic protrusion 17, described groove 16 is used for auxiliary user and catches outer plaque, and each described projection 17 is all given prominence to perpendicular to outer plaque and its cross section is J-shaped substantially.

For outer plaque 5 is fixed on the header board 6, outer plaque is forced on the front of header board 6, and projection 17 is aimed at the otch 18 in the header board simultaneously.These two plates are pressed and engage up to the hook portion 17a of each projection 17 and the rear portion engage in snap engagement of notch portion 18, keep outer plaque 5 closely to contact securely with the front of header board 6.In this position, lens 11 and lens 12 are given prominence to respectively and are passed corresponding hole 14,15.In order to change outer plaque 5 and/or to regulate the adjusting bolt in (in the hole 13) on the header board 6, on groove 16, catch outer plaque 5 and extract out from header board 6, be disengaged up to projection 17 and notch portion 18.

Referring to Fig. 4,5 and 6, in the second embodiment of the present invention, outer plaque 20 is not to be formed with the sensor leads 11 outstanding holes of passing wherein 14, but being formed with the transparent dome 21 of segmentation, the shape and size of this dome are provided for the lid of lens 11 when making on outer plaque is positioned at header board 6.This just makes the user can select transducer to need the zone of sense movement: the user excises those zones corresponding to the dome 21 in the zone at the motion place that will detect, stays all the other zones that dome blocks.In addition, the second embodiment of the present invention is identical with first embodiment, will not be described in detail.

Fig. 5 and 6 illustrates the mode that plug-in unit of the present invention fits into standard switch plate 22, and described switchboard 22 has center for standard hole 23.Plug-in unit 2 is pushed in the hole 23, thus the sidewall in hole 24 extruding wedge-shaped projection 10; The sidewall that elastic protrusion 10 and they connect part 4 thereon is firmly held in plug-in unit 2 in the hole 23 in mode shown in Figure 6.In this position, the unique part that can be seen of plug-in unit is an outer plaque 5/20, adds lens 11 or dome 21 and lens 12.

It should be understood that the different designs of many standard switch plates, the some of them switchboard has a plurality of holes.

For plug-in unit is shifted out from hole 23, inwardly press projection 10, with the rear section of switchboard from so that plug-in unit can by from the hole 23 front extract.It should be understood that outer plaque 5/20 can be removed, device can be conditioned and/or outer plaque can be replaced, and does not need plug-in unit is removed from hole 23.

What can expect is, the mode that outer plaque 5/20 is fixed on the header board 6 can change, and for example, in use the surface of the outer plaque 5/20 that contacts with header board 6 can be formed with pin or the projection that coupling is formed at the projection in hole in the plate 6 or slit.

Claims

1. modular electrical insert, it comprises: housing, it is suitable for holding electric and/or electronic component; At least one fixture, it is used for plug-in unit is fixed on the hole of standard fitting; And outer plaque, it is fixed on the housing releasedly, and the size of described outer plaque is made into to cover the presumptive area of plug-in unit outermost part when plug-in unit is fixed in the described standard fitting.

2. plug-in unit according to claim 1, it comprises that also a cover has the outer plaque that substitutes of different colours.

3. plug-in unit according to claim 1, wherein, housing forms the part more than, and can be open for examination and maintenance.

4. according to claim 1 or 3 described plug-in units, wherein, the adjusting device that is used for being contained in the element of housing is positioned at the described outermost part of described plug-in unit, and is positioned to be covered by outer plaque.

5. plug-in unit according to claim 1, wherein, outer plaque can be fixed to housing releasedly by protrusion thereon, and described protrusion is suitable for the corresponding depressed part in the outermost part of engage.

6. plug-in unit according to claim 1, wherein, described standard fitting is the standard switch plate, and the size of plug-in unit is made into to inject usually by in the occupied hole of switch.

7. plug-in unit according to claim 6, wherein, described fixture is become by a pair of elasticity wedge shape set of protrusions, and this is formed on the opposed outer surface of housing protrusion-shaped.

8. according to each described plug-in unit in the aforementioned claim, wherein, plug-in unit provides motion sensor, and housing holds or supports passive infrared sensor, LED ON/OFF indicator light and intensity level transducer.