CN205303797U

CN205303797U - Plug type collector

Info

Publication number: CN205303797U
Application number: CN201490000518.9U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 托尔斯滕·迪塞尔; 丹尼斯·施普伦格
Original assignee: Phoenix Electric Manufacturing Co
Current assignee: Phoenix Electric Manufacturing Co
Priority date: 2013-03-18
Filing date: 2014-03-13
Publication date: 2016-06-08
Anticipated expiration: 2024-03-13
Also published as: WO2014146960A1; EP2976813A1; DE102013004551A1; EP2976813B1

Abstract

The utility model relates to a plug type collector who has casing (1), wherein this casing (1) has casing lower part (2) and is used for closing cap (3) of these casing lower part (2), wherein this cap (3) are with the aid of fixing device (4) in order can the pivoted mode setting up on these casing lower part (2), wherein this fixing device (4) have and fix holding on this casing lower part (2) part (5), fix support component (6) and elastomeric element (7) on this cap (3), this support component has supporting regional (32), this support component (6) are regional in order can the setting of pivoted mode to locate holding part (5) through this supporting, this elastomeric element holds in this holds part (5), and extend to supporting regional (32) of this support component (6) always, wherein fix on casing lower part (2) and construct protruding (the 26a of at least one interlock in order to hold part (5), 26b), the protruding interlock of this interlock is at first opening (18a, 18b), in, and wherein the guide is with at least one fixed part (8) of the form of screw or rivet through elastomeric element (7) with hold part (5) and fix this fixed part in casing lower part (2).

Description

Plug connector

Technical field

This utility model relates to a kind of plug connector, this plug connector has housing, wherein this housing has lower housing portion and for closing the cap of this lower housing portion, and wherein this cap is rotatably fixed in lower housing portion by means of fixing device.

Background technology

Plug connector, particularly heavy industrial plug connector is generally of the housing of two-piece construction, and this housing is made up of lower housing portion and cap substantially. Lower housing portion is provided with the contact component with plug surface mostly, wherein when contact component does not connect with corresponding contact component time, by cap being placed in lower housing portion and thereby turning off housing, cap by the covering of this plug surface or covers in. Cap is fixed in lower housing portion by fixing device for rotating setting. This fixing device be mostly connected by screw or rivet interlacement and be connected with this lower housing portion. If only use a screw or a rivet with regard to this, then may therefore cause the fixing less desirable rotation of device, particularly when making this fixing device usually load by opening or closing cap. In order to realize preventing from rotating, it is necessary to arrange two or more screw or rivet, but this is also required to high installation cost, especially for the effort of lower housing portion and/or cap and the reprocessing of high cost. Additionally, be likely to be susceptible to mistake in the installation of multiple screws or rivet.

Utility model content

The purpose of this utility model, wherein can the lower housing portion place being mounted to originally to realize anti-rotationally being fixed on cap plug connector housing to decrease therefore that provide a kind of plug connector.

In that class plug connector being described in detail above, this purpose is realized thus according to this utility model, namely, this fixing device is made to have the containing component being fixed in lower housing portion, it is fixed on cap and supports parts and elastomeric element, these support parts have support region, these support parts are rotatably arranged on containing component place by this support region, this elastomeric element is contained in this containing component, and extend to the support region of these support parts, wherein in order to containing component being fixed in lower housing portion and constructing at least one occlusion projection, this occlusion projection is engaged in the opening, and wherein guide at least one the fixing parts with screw or rivet form by elastomeric element and containing component and these fixing parts to be fixed on lower housing portion.

Design and favourable expansion scheme that this utility model is suitable for provide in the dependent claims.

According in plug connector of the present utility model, multiple components being configured to the fixing device being fixed on by cap in lower housing portion, these components cooperation with each other in the assembled state.

Fixing device mainly has containing component, supports parts and elastomeric element, and these parts construct preferably as independent component, but can also mutually be configured to single type. This containing component and support parts preferably as housing (i.e. lower housing portion and cap) equally by plastics, it is preferable that by reinforced plastics, it is particularly preferred to be made up of fiberglass reinforced plastics. This containing component preferably may be detachably retained on the outside of lower housing portion in the mounted state. These support parts be preferably fixed on the outside of cap in non-removable mode on the contrary and it is preferred to cap single type construct. But can also, by means of be such as connected or bolt connect make support parts be removably attached on cap. Support parts and there is support region, can will support parts and therefore, it is possible to be pivotally fixed on containing component by cap by this support region. This support region such as can have one or two trunnion, and these trunnions can be rotatably mounted on containing component in the housing region of structure. In order to apply the power that cap can be reliably held on closed position and open position and centre position on cap, elastomeric element can be additionally set, this elastomeric element is contained in containing component or containing component place, this containing component is pointing to prominent on the seamed edge supporting parts and is therefore extending in the support region supporting parts, thus the support region of support parts can be made in the process of cap rotational motion to be squeezed relative to elastomeric element together with supporting parts such that it is able to tensioning elastomeric element. The fixing device fixing fixing parts constructed with screw or rivet form that first pass through in lower housing portion realize, and are wherein preferably provided with just what a this kind of fixing parts. By elastomeric element, traverse guides and is fixed in lower housing portion fixing parts. Therefore can also elastomeric element be fixed on containing component by means of fixing parts, without arranging extra fixing means for this. In addition in order to fix the fixing of device, particularly fixing containing component fixing of device, arrange that at least one occlusion is protruding and at least one opening, this occlusion projection lower can be engaged in the openings in off position. Can be such as structure occlusion projection on containing component and the opening in lower housing portion. But it is also possible that structure is at the occlusion projection of lower housing portion and the opening on containing component. This occlusion is protruding collectively forms reliable anti-torsion insurance with opening, particularly in the way of being combined with fixing parts, with less installation exercise, between housing and fixing device, particularly can constitute this reliable anti-torsion between lower housing portion and containing component and insure. With regard to this, the protruding and more than one opening of more than one occlusion can also be set. If only arranging an occlusion projection, then this occlusion projection preferably constructs with the form of long shaped plate, and this long shaped plate preferably extends along at least the 2/3 of containing component width. If being provided with two or more occlusion projection, so these occlusion projections are preferably adjacent to, arrange at each interval in one plane and it is therefore preferred to relative to each other do not arrange with staggering, but wherein, the setting relative to each other staggered also is feasible.

When fixing parts are configured to screw, this screw preferably is from thread-cutting screw, thus can reduce installation exercise further.For self-tapping screw, it is not required to before fixing device is arranged on housing, introduces costing the screwed hole that power is made in lower housing portion, but make this self-tapping screw by material, the particularly fluting to the plastic material of housing, and independently screw in the material of housing. In order to simplify screw-in process or grooving process, a hole can be constructed in lower housing portion, in installation process, screw may be engaged in this hole, but wherein this hole but can not have screw thread, but makes screw self by screwing in and therefore being introduced this screw thread by the fluting of screw.

In order to realize the cap reliable maintenance on diverse location, it is preferable that arrange, make elastomeric element abut in the support region supporting parts with free terminal, wherein by the free terminal tensioning of elastomeric element in the rotational motion process of cap. In the rotational motion process of cap, support region is squeezed relative to the free terminal of elastomeric element and the side slip of free terminal along elastomeric element, so that the free terminal tensioning of elastomeric element, and therefore by elastomeric element to one power of support region effect, in order to rotate further cap then must pull against this power. The power being applied on support region by elastomeric element achieves, make cap first can be stably maintained on the open position of cap and on closed position, and this power also achieves and is stably held on the centre position between open position and closed position by cap. When the cap closed, the compression of elastomeric element or pre-pressing for being pressed in the edge of lower housing portion by cap, it is preferable that being close on the sealing member on lower housing portion edge, this sealing member thus constitutes the end face of lower housing portion.

The support parts of this cap preferably have recess, and wherein under the closed mode of cap, elastomeric element is at least partially deep into supporting in the recess constructed on parts at cap. Particularly the free terminal of elastomeric element can be deep in recess under the closed mode of cap. It is possible to realize the design of the compact conformation of fixing device, it is possible to thus reduce required structure space.

Elastomeric element is preferably configured as leaf spring. Elastomeric element as leaf spring structure is preferably tabular, particularly construct with shape essentially rectangular, plane plate, wherein in the region of the free terminal of elastomeric element, this elastomeric element reduces on its width, so that the free terminal of elastomeric element is configured to narrower compared with the remainder of this elastomeric element. Therefore the free terminal of elastomeric element can have the shape of tongue-shaped reed.

In order to, between housing and fixing device, particularly realize extra fixing between lower housing portion and containing component, further preferably arrange, making containing component have groove type guide portion, structure protuberance in lower housing portion is engaged in this guide portion.

The guide portion of groove-like is preferably limited by sidewall, and sidewall is configured to elastic. In assembling process, particularly the guide portion of groove-like is being inserted in process over the projections, it is possible to thus make sidewall at least slightly elastically outwardly deform, thus can simplify assembling process, because being particular enable to reduce the power needed for the process of plugging. In addition can be reduced the frictional force between sidewall and the protuberance outer surface of confinement groove shape guide portion by the elastic deformation of sidewall, thus can reduce again the appearance of abrasion, particularly when fixing device is fixed in multiple times and dismantled from housing.

In addition, also has the preferred design of such a, in the region that the support region supporting parts is rotatably arranged on containing component, making containing component have two relative sidewalls, these sidewalls are configured to elastic and support region and are clampingly maintained between these sidewalls.Support region keeps between the sidewalls in the mounted state, by the elastic design of this sidewall to containing component, the support region supporting parts is inserted in containing component process and can assembling be simplified, because sidewall can slightly elastically outwardly deform.

Accompanying drawing explanation

Below with reference to accompanying drawing according to preferred embodiment further illustrating this utility model. Wherein:

Fig. 1 illustrates the schematic diagram according to plug connector of the present utility model of the cap having in a closed position;

Fig. 2 illustrates first schematic diagram of the lower housing portion according to plug connector of the present utility model;

Fig. 3 illustrates second schematic diagram of the lower housing portion according to plug connector of the present utility model;

Fig. 4 illustrates the schematic diagram of the containing component according to plug connector of the present utility model;

Fig. 5 illustrates the schematic diagram of the elastomeric element according to plug connector of the present utility model;

Fig. 6 show in a schematic the lower housing portion being fixed on containing component and elastomeric element according to plug connector of the present utility model;

Fig. 7 illustrates the schematic diagram of the cap according to plug connector of the present utility model; And

Fig. 8 illustrates the schematic diagram according to plug connector of the present utility model of the cap having in the open position.

Detailed description of the invention

Fig. 1 illustrates according to plug connector of the present utility model, and this plug connector has the housing 1 being preferably made up of plastic material. This housing 1 has lower housing portion 2 and for closing the cap 3 of this lower housing portion 2, can arrange here without the contact component illustrated in this lower housing portion. This cap 3 is rotatably arranged in lower housing portion 2 by fixing device 4, so that this cap 3 can be changed in closed position as shown in Figure 1 and open position as shown in Figure 8. This fixing device 4 has the containing component 5 being fixed in lower housing portion 2, be fixed on cap 3 support parts 6 and elastomeric element 7, these support parts are rotatably engaged with this containing component 5, this elastomeric element is contained in containing component 5 (place), wherein by fixing parts 8, especially by screw, preferably by self-tapping screw, this elastomeric element 7 is fixed on containing component 5, also this containing component 5 is fixed in lower housing portion 2.

In order to, on the closed position of cap 3, be securely maintained in lower housing portion 2 by this cap 3, arrange clamping plate 9 in addition, these clamping plate can pass through the structure fixing tenon portion 10,11 in lower housing portion 2 and on cap 3 and lock. The seal between lower housing portion 2 and the cap 3 being in this lower housing portion 2 can be improved under closed mode by means of clamping plate 9. But the embodiment being not provided with clamping plate is also feasible.

This lower housing portion 2 has base 12 in addition, and this base structure is tabular and has length and width bigger compared with the other parts of lower housing portion 2, so that this base 12 protrudes from the other parts of this lower housing portion 2 at the bottom surface place of this lower housing portion 2. In multiple the first boring 13 passed through for screw of this base 12 place structure such that it is able to by base 12 and therefore lower housing portion 2 is fixed, for instance be fixed on the wall of switch cubicle.

Illustrate only lower housing portion 2 in fig. 2, illustrated in Figure 1 where it can be seen that, the outside of this lower housing portion 2 is provided with protuberance 14, containing component 5 engage or hook over the projections. In design shown in fig. 2, this protuberance 14 is configured to wedge shape.Protuberance 14 extends from base 12 to the direction of the end face 15 of lower housing portion 2, and cap 3 is in down on this end face in off position. The end face 15 of lower housing portion 2 can be made up of the sealing member on the edge being in lower housing portion 2. In order to the structure of wedge-shaped design makes protuberance 14 tapering gradually from base 12 to the direction of end face 15, in design wherein shown here, protuberance 14 close with flushing to the transition position of base 12 and with base 12 single type be connected. But this protuberance 14 can also individually or construct with base 12 compartment of terrain, thus the connection being not intended that between base 12 and protuberance 14.

Protuberance 14 have in the design shown in Fig. 2 multiple be here four arranged in parallel, be configured to ringent space 16.

Below space 16, the transitional region place between protuberance 14 and base 12 arranges screwing through hole 17 in the form of a hole.

The first opening 18a of two spaced settings is constructed further in the lower section of protuberance 14,18b, the design that these openings are shown here constructs at base 12 place, but other region place near protuberance 14 in lower housing portion 2 can also be constructed. These first openings 18a, 18b, protuberance 14 and screwing through hole 17 here construct the outside of the longitudinal side, particularly longitudinal side of the longer design in lower housing portion 2.

Fig. 3 illustrates the another kind of design of lower housing portion 2, and this design is different from the protuberance 14 shown in Fig. 2 basically by the design of protuberance 14. In fig. 2 shown in design in, protuberance 14 constructs in the form of a plate, but also seem similarly in fig. 2 shown in scheme in be equally configured to wedge shape. With the plate-shaped design of the protuberance 14 in embodiment shown in figure 3 by contrast, in the design shown in Fig. 2, protuberance 14 is configured to bulk and thus has width significantly larger compared with the tabular protuberance 12 shown in Fig. 3.

Figure 4 illustrates containing component 5. This containing component has housing region 19, supports parts 6 and be rotatably contained in the assembled condition on containing component 5 in this housing region. This housing region 19 constructs on two relative web elements 20a, 20b, and these web elements are collectively forming containing component 5 with the plate 21 being arranged between web elements 20a, 20b. These web elements 20a, 20b are preferably configured to single type with plate 21, and wherein web elements 20a, 20b form the side restriction of containing component 5 respectively and be molded over outside 22 place of plate 21, outside this in the assembled condition from lower housing portion 2 outwardly. Housing region 19 is respectively configured at web elements 20a, the terminal of 20b, wherein in order to construct the longitudinal fluting 23a with semicircular bending at the corresponding terminal of web elements 20a, 20b formation housing region 19,23b, supporting parts 6 can rotatably hook in such recesses. Outwards limiting these grooves 23a respectively through sidewall 24a, 24b, these sidewalls are parts of web elements 20a, 20b, but but have less thickness as compared to the remainder of web elements 20a, 20b. In order to support the assembling of the parts 6 simplification in housing region 19, sidewall 24a, 24b are configured to elastic, so that sidewall 24a, 24b, can slightly elastically outwardly deform especially in the assembling supporting parts 6, in order to can as far as possible unhinderedly receive support parts 5.

Containing component 5, the inner side 25 of pointing to lower housing portion 2 direction in the assembled condition construct two occlusions protruding 26a, 26b, these occlusions are protruding prominent from the surface of inner side 25. The protruding 26a of occlusion, 26b constructs or is molded in the lower zone of containing component 5, particularly in the lower zone of the inner side 25 of containing component 5, and design shown here has elliptical shape, but wherein these containing components can also have other shape, seems circular or polygonal shape. These occlusions protruding 26a, 26b are arranged spaced reciprocally, and wherein these projections are respectively configured in an angular zone of the inner side 25 of containing component 5. In the mounted state, these occlusions protruding 26a, 26b nip structure in the first opening 18a, 18b of lower housing portion 2, and these openings are similarly configured as ellipse, as visible in Fig. 2 and Fig. 3.

The second opening 27 is additionally constructed at plate 21 place of containing component 5, fixing parts 8 are in the process being assembled to lower housing portion 2, can be passed by this opening, thus except being engaged protruding 26a, can also utilize fixing parts 8 that this containing component 5 is fixed on lower housing portion 2 beyond 26b, particularly reverse and latchingly fix. These fixing parts 8 are arranged in the middle of above occlusion protruding 26a, 26b in the mounted state, thus so arranging these fixing parts and occlusion projection relative to each other, i.e. make fixing parts 8 and these protruding 26a, 26b constitute the triangle of plane.

Above the second opening 27, in the inner side 25 place shaping groove shape guide portion 28 of containing component 5. It is assembled in the process of lower housing portion 2 at containing component 5, this groove-like guide portion 28 and protuberance 14 combined effect being molded in this lower housing portion 2, being contained at least partially in this groove-like guide portion 28 of protuberance 14. Correspondingly being configured to wedge shape in the design that this groove-like guide portion 28 is shown here with protuberance 14 and therefore have gradient, this guide portion is by sidewall 29a, 29b restriction, and these sidewalls are configured to elastic. Being assembled in the process on protuberance 14 by the guide portion 28 of groove type, therefore sidewall 29a, 29b can slightly elastically outwardly deform. In the design of the protuberance 14 shown in Fig. 2, sidewall 29a, 29b be engaged in the mounted state protuberance 14 in two ringent spaces 16 being disposed adjacent. In the design of the protuberance 14 shown in Fig. 3, sidewall 29a, 29b surround protuberance 14 in the mounted state.

Show separately elastomeric element 7 in Figure 5. This elastomeric element 7 is configured to the shape of tabular, plane leaf spring, and this shape has essentially rectangular plane. This elastomeric element 7 has the width reduced relative to the remainder of elastomeric element 7 at free terminal 30, thus constitutes the characteristic of reed or tongue-shaped reed. The terminal constructions second relative with free terminal 30 at elastomeric element 7 holes 31, can pass through this boring in order to elastomeric element 7 is fixed on containing component 5 by the traverse of fixing parts 8, as shown in Figure 6 the same.

Fig. 6 illustrates a kind of state, and containing component 5 and elastomeric element 7 are fixed on lower housing portion 2 by means of fixing parts 8 in this condition. This elastomeric element 7 is contained between web elements 20a, the 20b of containing component 5 and abuts in the outside 22 of the plate 21 of elastomeric element 7, and wherein the free terminal 30 of this elastomeric element 7 at least slightly protrudes from this containing component 5.This elastomeric element 7 and containing component 5 also protrude from the end face 15 of lower housing portion 2.

Fig. 7 illustrates the cap 3 of housing 1. Cap 3 essential structure is the support parts 6 that rectangle the lateral surface in the longitudinal side of cap 3 have single type molding on cap 3. These support parts 6 have and the support region 32 at molding place interval on cap 3, support parts 6 and can pass through this support region can be arranged in the way of rotating in the housing region 19 of containing component 5. This support region 32 has two sides trunnion 33a, 33b outwardly, and this support region 32 can be engaged in groove 23a, the 23b of the housing region 19 of containing component 5 by means of these trunnions. In assembling process, trunnion 33a, 33b passes through its end face sidewall 24a relative to containing component 5, the web elements 20a of 24b or containing component 5,20b and be under pressure, so that trunnion can outside elastic deformation thus more easily support region 32 or trunnion 33a, 33b being incorporated in housing region 19.

Above support region 32 and therefore between support region 32 and the support parts 6 molding place on cap 3, arranging recess 34 supporting on parts 6, under the closed mode of cap 3, elastomeric element 7 can be deep in this recess by its free terminal 30.

Cap 3 is installed in lower housing portion 2 by fixing device 4 and is illustrated with the open position of cap 3 in fig. 8. As seen therein, elastomeric element 7 extends to the support region 32 supporting parts 6 in the mounted state, and wherein this elastomeric element 7 abuts in support region 32 place by means of its free terminal 30. In the rotational motion process of cap 3, particularly cap 3 is from the open position shown in Fig. 8 to the motor process of the closed position shown in Fig. 1, support region 32 extrudes free terminal 30 towards the direction of lower housing portion 2, thus tensioning elastomeric element 7, and thus make cap 3 can be reliably held on different positions, it is also possible to it is reliably held on the position between open position and closed position.

Description of reference numerals

Housing 1

Lower housing portion 2

Cap 3

Fixing device 4

Containing component 5

Support parts 6

Elastomeric element 7

Fixing parts 8

Clamping plate 9

Occlusion protruding 10,11

Base 12

First boring 13

Protuberance 14

End face 15

Space 16

Screwing through hole 17

First opening 18a, 18b

Housing region 19

Web elements 20a, 20b

Plate 21

Outside 22

Groove 23a, 23b

Sidewall 24a, 24b

Inner side 25

Occlusion protruding 26a, 26b

Second opening 27

Groove-like guide portion 28

Sidewall 29a, 29b

Free terminal 30

Second boring 31

Support region 32

Trunnion 33a, 33b

Recess 34.

Claims

1. a plug connector, described plug connector has housing (1), wherein this housing (1) has lower housing portion (2) and is used for closing the cap (3) of described lower housing portion (2), wherein, described cap (3) is rotatably arranged in described lower housing portion (2) by means of fixing device (4), it is characterized in that, described fixing device (4) has the containing component (5) being fixed in described lower housing portion (2), it is fixed on the support parts (6) on described cap (3) and elastomeric element (7), described support parts have support region (32), described support parts (6) are rotatably arranged on described accommodation section part (5) place by described support region, described elastomeric element is contained in described accommodation section part (5), and extend to the described support region (32) of described support parts (6), wherein in order to described accommodation section part (5) is fixed in described lower housing portion (2) and construct the protruding (26a of at least one occlusion, 26b), described occlusion projection is engaged in the first opening (18a, in 18b), and wherein guide at least one fixing parts (8) of the form with screw or rivet to be fixed on described lower housing portion (2) by described elastomeric element (7) and described accommodation section part (5) and by described fixing parts.

2. plug connector according to claim 1, it is characterised in that when described fixing parts (8) are configured to screw, described screw is self-tapping screw.

3. plug connector according to claim 1 and 2, it is characterized in that, described elastomeric element (7) abuts on the support region (32) of described support parts (6) by free terminal (30), wherein the free terminal (30) of elastomeric element (7) described in tensioning in the rotational motion process of described cap (3).

4. plug connector according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, under the closed mode of described cap (3), described elastomeric element (7) is at least partially deep in the recess (34) of the upper structure of support parts (6) of described cap (3).

5. plug connector according to claim 1, it is characterised in that described elastomeric element (7) is configured to leaf spring.

6. plug connector according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, described accommodation section part (5) has groove-like guide portion (28), and structure protuberance (14) in described lower housing portion (2) is snapped in described groove-like guide portion.

7. plug connector according to claim 6, it is characterised in that described groove-like guide portion (28) is limited by sidewall (29a, 29b), and described sidewall is configured to elastic.

8. plug connector according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, at the described support region (32) of described support parts (6) on the part of described accommodation section rotatably and in the region arranged, described accommodation section part (5) has two relative sidewall (24a, 25b), described sidewall (5) is configured to elastic and described support region (32) and clampingly keeps between the side walls.