DK1920502T3 - Fixture FOR CONNECTING AN ELECTRICAL WIRE WITHOUT barking insulation - Google Patents
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
- H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
- H01R13/02—Contact members
- H01R13/10—Sockets for co-operation with pins or blades
- H01R13/11—Resilient sockets
- H01R13/112—Resilient sockets forked sockets having two legs
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
- H01R11/00—Individual connecting elements providing two or more spaced connecting locations for conductive members which are, or may be, thereby interconnected, e.g. end pieces for wires or cables supported by the wire or cable and having means for facilitating electrical connection to some other wire, terminal, or conductive member, blocks of binding posts
- H01R11/03—Individual connecting elements providing two or more spaced connecting locations for conductive members which are, or may be, thereby interconnected, e.g. end pieces for wires or cables supported by the wire or cable and having means for facilitating electrical connection to some other wire, terminal, or conductive member, blocks of binding posts characterised by the relationship between the connecting locations
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
- H01R11/00—Individual connecting elements providing two or more spaced connecting locations for conductive members which are, or may be, thereby interconnected, e.g. end pieces for wires or cables supported by the wire or cable and having means for facilitating electrical connection to some other wire, terminal, or conductive member, blocks of binding posts
- H01R11/03—Individual connecting elements providing two or more spaced connecting locations for conductive members which are, or may be, thereby interconnected, e.g. end pieces for wires or cables supported by the wire or cable and having means for facilitating electrical connection to some other wire, terminal, or conductive member, blocks of binding posts characterised by the relationship between the connecting locations
- H01R11/05—Individual connecting elements providing two or more spaced connecting locations for conductive members which are, or may be, thereby interconnected, e.g. end pieces for wires or cables supported by the wire or cable and having means for facilitating electrical connection to some other wire, terminal, or conductive member, blocks of binding posts characterised by the relationship between the connecting locations the connecting locations having different types of direct connections
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
- H01R4/00—Electrically-conductive connections between two or more conductive members in direct contact, i.e. touching one another; Means for effecting or maintaining such contact; Electrically-conductive connections having two or more spaced connecting locations for conductors and using contact members penetrating insulation
- H01R4/24—Connections using contact members penetrating or cutting insulation or cable strands
- H01R4/2416—Connections using contact members penetrating or cutting insulation or cable strands the contact members having insulation-cutting edges, e.g. of tuning fork type
- H01R4/242—Connections using contact members penetrating or cutting insulation or cable strands the contact members having insulation-cutting edges, e.g. of tuning fork type the contact members being plates having a single slot
- H01R4/2425—Flat plates, e.g. multi-layered flat plates
- H01R4/2429—Flat plates, e.g. multi-layered flat plates mounted in an insulating base
- H01R4/2433—Flat plates, e.g. multi-layered flat plates mounted in an insulating base one part of the base being movable to push the cable into the slot
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
- H01R9/00—Structural associations of a plurality of mutually-insulated electrical connecting elements, e.g. terminal strips or terminal blocks; Terminals or binding posts mounted upon a base or in a case; Bases therefor
- H01R9/22—Bases, e.g. strip, block, panel
- H01R9/24—Terminal blocks
- H01R9/2408—Modular blocks
Description
DESCRITPION Technical Field
The invention relates to a clamping device having the features of the preamble of claim 1.
State of the Art
Document DE 199 56 750 A1 discloses such a clamping device. It is used therein in a plug connector, within the housing of which there is arranged a plurality of blade contacts. Together with the associated housing part of the plug connector, each of these blade contacts forms a clamping device, the current path which is routed through the blade contact being routed out of the housing part in question by means of a pin contact. Contact of the conductor that is to be connected with the respective blade contact is effected by means of the movable actuating part which accommodates the conductor and inserts same when being shifted into its contact position between the contacting blades of the blade contact that penetrate the conductor insulation. The blade contact and the contact pin are parts that are manufactured separately and assembled to form a one-piece component. Manufacture of this component is costly because the pin contact must be secured to the rear web of the blade contact by means of soldering, welding, riveting, or pressing. Such joined contact points also include the uncertainty that contact security is influenced by corrosive, thermal, or mechanical effects.
Utility model DE 203 12 123 U1 discloses a clamping device with similar structure. The actuating part of this clamp is mounted within the clamp housing so that it can pivot between the receiving position and the contact position, whereby the insulated conductor accommodated in the duct of the actuating part is moved into the contact position between the contacting blades of the blade contact when the actuating part is pivoted. The current path within the clamp continues via a bus bar which is inserted with electrical contact into the rear web of the blade contact.
Document US-A-4,07335560 discloses an electrical connector for connecting electrical conductors without stripping the insulation. Here, the electrical conductors for connection without stripping the insulation are pressed between the spring legs of a blade contact, contacting blades cutting the insulation on final edges of the spring legs that run into each other and thus being able to contact the conductor. In this respect, the blade contacts are configured in each case with a second contact piece as a monolithic form of the contact element, the second contact piece being configured as a tulip contact. In addition, document WO 99/36987 discloses a connection element for telephone lines which also allows contact of the electrical conductors without stripping the insulation by means of a blade contact having opposite spring legs.
Document US 2004/0029431 A1 discloses a clamping device in another configuration with one-piece contact parts which have blade contacts that are displaced 90° with respect to one another at their first ends, and plug contacts at their second ends.
The Invention
The invention is based on the objective of creating a clamping device for connection without stripping the insulation of the type mentioned at the beginning, in which the blade contact and the second contact that exits the clamp can be manufactured in a particularly rational manner and the electrical connection thereof being secure.
This objective is achieved with the clamping device having the features of claim 1.
It is essential for the invention that the cross-section of the spring legs tapers in the direction away from the rear web.
Advantageous configuration features of the invention are obtained from the dependent claims.
Brief Description of the Drawings
The invention will be explained in further detail below by means of the drawings with respect to an embodiment. In this respect:
Figure 1 shows a perspective, partially exploded depiction of a clamp arrangement consisting of several clamping devices,
Figure 2 shows a perspective illustration of the contact element of each of the clamping devices forming the current path according to Figure 1,
Figure 3 shows a side view of one of the clamping devices,
Figure 4 shows a side view of the contact element of the clamping devices and of the actuating part cooperating therewith in the receiving position and
Figure 5 shows a depiction corresponding to Figure 4 with the actuating part being located in the contact position.
Way to Implement the Invention
Figure 1 shows in detail the clamp arrangement 10 formed by a number of identical modules 12. Each of the modules 12 represents a clamping device which has a housing 14. The interior of the housing 14 has a particularly shaped inner space 16 which is open on one side of the housing 14 because an opening 16.1 is formed by means of a contoured recess in the housing side wall 16.2 in question. The special configuration of the housing opening 16.1 and of the inner space 16 serves for the reception of a contact element 18 which will be described in further detail below by means of Figure 2.
Engaging pegs 20 project laterally from the housing 14 which is made of insulating material. These engaging pegs 20 are located on that side of the housing 14 on which the housing opening 16.1 is provided. On the opposite (not depicted) side, the housing 14 is closed, and engaging openings arranged such that they correspond to the engaging pegs 20 are located on this side. Two or more of the modules 12 are correspondingly capable of being assembled and engaged together, and thus the clamp arrangement 10 can be formed by means of placing the modules 12 adjacent to one another. In this respect, the closed side wall of the housing 14 of each module 12 covers the housing opening 16.1 of the adjacent module 12. A cover part 19 is provided for the module arranged at one end of the series whose housing opening 16 in the housing 14 is not closed by an adjacent module, in order to be able to close the housing opening 16.1 in this case.
An actuating part 22 is mounted within the housing 14 of each module 12 or each clamping device so that it can pivot. The actuating part 22 serves to accommodate the electrical conductor that is to be contacted. When the conductor is being introduced, it is located in its first pivot end position in the receiving position and can be transferred from there into its second pivot end position, the contact position, by means of corresponding actuation. In this respect, the actuating part 22 rotates by means of axial pegs 24 within bearing openings which are located in the upper regions of the housing side walls 16.2. The actuating part 22 is provided with a duct 26 to receive the conductor 50 that is to be contacted (Figure 4), which duct 26 has an insertion opening located on the upper side of the module 12. Furthermore, a plug insertion opening 28 for an actuation tool is formed in the actuating part 22, which plug insertion opening 28 can also be accessed from the upper side of the module 12. Furthermore, a pressing surface 30 is located on the upper side of the actuating part 22.
As shown in Figure 2, the contact element 18 is a monolithic component which is free-stamped out of a metal plate, such as a steel plate, and which is given its final shape by means of forming, namely bending. The contact element 18 consists of a blade contact 18.1 and of a second contact piece 18.2. The central connection piece of the blade contact 18.1 and of the second contact piece 18.2 is a rear web 32 which has an elongated portion 32.1 extending over the region of the blade contact 18.1, which is assigned to the second contact 18.2. Spring legs 36 which are angled upwards are attached to the long sides of the rear web 32 in the region of the blade contact 18.1, the cross-section of which tapers away from the rear web 32. Particularly, the thickness of the spring legs 36 is reduced. Contacting blades 48 are configured in the region of the upper edges of the spring legs 36, which contacting blades 48 extend along the face edges of end portions 44 on the spring legs 36, these end portions 44 being bent towards one another away from the spring legs 36 and being adjacent to one another along a slot 42. At the transition point 38 between the rear web 32 and the web portion 32.1 that is adjacent to it, the rear web 32 is angled slightly upwards with respect to the mentioned portion 32.1 in order to bring the spring legs 36 with their contacting blades 48 into a position which is favourable for the contact of the conductor 50 in question. The contacting blades 48 are located on that face side of the blade contact 18.1 that is proximate to the web portion 32.1.
Spring arms 34 are placed at an angle from the long sides of the web portion 32.1 in the opposite direction to the spring legs 36 of the blade contact 18.1, i.e., downwards, which spring arms 34 converge towards each other in the direction away from the web portion 32.1 and whose free ends are formed into a contact tube or tulip contact. The cross-section of the spring arms 34 also tapers in the direction away from the web portion 32.1, particularly their thicknesses decrease in this direction. The contact tube or tulip contact 40 formed by the spring arms 34 serves for contacting the contact pin 41 (Figure 3) which is arranged on a base element, such as a circuit board.
In a configuration different from the depicted one, the spring arms 34 of the second contact 18.2 can be placed at an angle away from the rear web 32 or the peg portion 32.1 thereof in the same direction as the spring legs 36 of the blade contact 18.1. In this respect, the spring arms 34 of the second contact 18.2 leave a gap to the spring legs 36 of the blade contact 18.1. In order to be able to insert the conductor 50 that is to be contacted in the contacting blades 48 of the spring legs 36 of the blade contact 18.1, in this configuration the contacting blades 48 are arranged on the edges of the spring legs 36 of the blade contact 18.1 which he away from the side of the blade contact 18.1, adjacent to the second contact 18.2.
The spring legs 36 of the blade contact 18.1 are configured such that they are stronger than the spring arms 34 of the second contact piece 18.2. Thus, the spring legs 36, as seen in the longitudinal direction of the rear web 32, extend over a greater length than the spring arms 34 of the second contact piece 18.2. In the region of the slot 42, the end portions 44 which are bent towards one another at the spring legs 36 can be separated from one another. However, the spring legs 36 of the blade contact 18.1 can also be pre-tensioned, such that their end portions 44 lie against each other in the region of the slot 42 with spring tension, which serves to increase the contact pressure against a clamped conductor. The contacting blades 48 on the face edges of the spring legs 36 in the region of the end portions 44 thereof are concavely shaped and extend as far as the slot 42.
As can be seen in Figures 1 and 3, the housing 14 of the modules 12 has a box-shaped upper part 14.1, and a hollow base part 46 of the housing 14 is attached from below thereto. The inner space 16 within the housing and the opening 16.1 in the side wall 16.2 in question of the housing 14 extend from the housing upper part 14.1 into the housing base part 46. Thus, in the installation position, the contact element 18 with the spring legs 36 of its blade contact 18.1 and with the spring arms 34 of its second contact part 18.2 is fitted into the inner space 16 of the housing 14, whereby the blade contact 18.1 is accommodated in the housing upper part 14.1 and the second contact 18.2 is accommodated in the housing base part 46. In this respect, the blade contact 18.1 is located below the actuating part 22 configured as a pressing element. The cover part 19 is adapted to the special contour of the opening 16.1, whereby on the lower side thereof there is formed an extension 19.1 which covers the region of the opening 16.1 above the base part 46.
Contact of the conductor 50 that is to be clamped upon separating the conductor insulation is derived from the depictions of Figure 4 and Figure 5. Figure 4 shows one of the modules 12 or of the clamping devices in the conductor insertion position. In this respect, the actuating part 22 is rotated upwards counter-clockwise so that the pressing surface 30 is located above the housing 14. The conductor 50 is inserted into the receiver duct 26 of the actuating part 22 to the point that its end rests against a stop 52. The conductor 50 can have a metal core that is either solid or twisted together out of individual wires. After the conductor 50 is inserted into the duct 26 of the actuating part 22, a long tool is inserted into its plug insertion opening 28 and/or the pressing surface 30 is pressed down and the actuating part 22 is thereby rotated clockwise from its conductor receiving position into its contact position, which is illustrated in Figure 5. In the contact position of the actuating part 22, its pressing surface 30 is flush with the upper side of the housing 14.
When the actuating part 22 with the conductor inserted therein is pivoted into the contact position, the conductor comes into contact with the contacting blades 48 of the blade contact 18.1. The contacting blades 48 cut the insulation of the conductor 50 in order to expose the conductor core 51. When the conductor core 51 is forced into the slot 42 between the end portions 44 of the spring legs 36, the spring legs 36 are spread apart, and a reliable electrical contact is made between the blade contact 18.1 and the conductor core 51 due to spring tension.
In order to release the conductor 50 from the module 12, a correspondingly long tool is in turn inserted into the plug insertion opening 28 of the actuating part 22 and the actuating part 22 is pivoted counter-clockwise from the contact position into the conductor receiving position, whereby the conductor 50 is released from the spring legs 36 of the blade contact 18.1. The conductor 50 can then be extracted from the conductor receiver duct 26 of the actuating part 22.
The pivotable pressing part 22 has an engaging cam 54. When the pressing part 22 pivots between the conductor receiving position and the contact position, the engaging cam 54 slides into a slot 56 in one of the housing side walls 16.2, whereby it engages in the pivot end positions in each case with a circularly-shaped, widened end of the slot 56.
When the clamp arrangement 10 is used as a plug element, the conductors 50 are first clamped to the individual modules 12 and then the clamp arrangement 10 is positioned onto a corresponding number of contact pins 41 which are arranged on the base component in question of the respective circuit. Subsequently, these pins 41 are electrically connected with the conductors 50 or their conductor cores 51 attached to the modules 12, by means of the contact elements 18.
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US71221005P | 2005-08-29 | 2005-08-29 | |
PCT/EP2006/008327 WO2007025677A2 (en) | 2005-08-29 | 2006-08-25 | Clamping device for connecting a conductor without stripping the insulation |
PCT/EP2006/008495 WO2007025745A1 (en) | 2005-08-29 | 2006-08-29 | Clamping device for connecting a conductor without stripping the insulation |
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