EP0061383B1 - Schalter mit gleichgültiger Arbeitslage und dessen Anwendung in einem Relais - Google Patents

Schalter mit gleichgültiger Arbeitslage und dessen Anwendung in einem Relais Download PDF

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EP0061383B1
EP0061383B1 EP19820400420 EP82400420A EP0061383B1 EP 0061383 B1 EP0061383 B1 EP 0061383B1 EP 19820400420 EP19820400420 EP 19820400420 EP 82400420 A EP82400420 A EP 82400420A EP 0061383 B1 EP0061383 B1 EP 0061383B1
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Jacques Legrand
Gérard Holvoet
Philippe Pouyez
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H51/00—Electromagnetic relays
    • H01H51/28—Relays having both armature and contacts within a sealed casing outside which the operating coil is located, e.g. contact carried by a magnetic leaf spring or reed
    • H01H51/287—Details of the shape of the contact springs
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H1/00—Contacts
    • H01H1/02—Contacts characterised by the material thereof
    • H01H1/0201—Materials for reed contacts

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  • the present invention relates to a switch in any operating position provided with two electrical contacts disposed respectively on a support and a movable blade connected to a third contact, each switch being disposed inside a housing, said housing being constituted a base made of magnetic material and a cover made of non-magnetic material, said blade being able to tilt from the first to the second contact or vice versa under the action of an external magnetic field.
  • Such a switch generally consists of a metal base having a metal outlet which is electrically connected to it and outlet contacts or posts which are isolated therefrom by glass beads forming a tight seal.
  • a movable blade of magnetic material which can pivot freely and which comes to bear on a first or a second contact connected by the supports to the posts.
  • the base is covered with a cover of non-magnetic material sealed in a sealed manner.
  • the interior of the case is wetted with mercury which improves the functioning of the assembly.
  • Such a switch is generally controlled using two electromagnetic coils arranged laterally and which attract the blade either on one side or the other or more generally using a permanent magnet placed on the cover and cooperating with an electromagnetic coil.
  • the permanent magnet permanently polarizes the end of the fixed contacts.
  • the movable blade under the action of the magnetic field created by the coil is polarized in one direction or the other according to the direction of the excitation current of the coil so as to cause it to switch from one position to another.
  • the fixed contact supports usually used in this type of switches as well as in all similar switches are generally made from magnetic material such as an alloy of iron and nickel.
  • magnetic material such as an alloy of iron and nickel.
  • the base of the housing being generally itself made of magnetic material, that is to say generally of steel, the magnetic flux derived along these fixed contacts follows a circuit which closes on this base. As this magnetic flux does not intervene in the operation of the switch, it constitutes a significant loss of the flux delivered by the magnet.
  • the magnetic flux produced by the coil and channeled by the magnetic circuit towards the moving blade is also subdivided by passing not only in said moving blade but also in the fixed contacts which also causes a significant loss of magnetic flux. Consequently, it is necessary to have sufficient control power to, taking into account these losses, allow the tilting of the movable blade from one fixed contact to the other or vice versa.
  • the switch according to the invention makes it possible to solve the problem thus posed.
  • the first and second contact supports include a part made of electrically conductive and non-magnetic material, so as to reduce the losses of magnetic flux.
  • this non-magnetic intermediate part disposed between the electrical contact and the post will be made of copper or a copper alloy, for example with nickel.
  • very good results are obtained by using the non-magnetic alloys of the above metals well known under the name monel @.
  • the invention also relates to an electromagnetic relay comprising electromagnetic control means and a switch as defined above.
  • electro-magnetic control means use will preferably be made of a permanent magnet placed above the casing associated with an electromagnetic coil provided with a suitable magnetic circuit. These means will for example conform to those defined above.
  • a switch 1 as described in the article above referenced. It comprises a metal base 2 coated with a non-magnetic cover 3.
  • This base comprises a contact which is electrically connected to it 11, and drilled in 12 and 13 to receive the fixed contact supports 4 and 5 which are extended by the external contacts or posts respectively 10 and 9.
  • the crossing of the base in 12 and 13 is carried out by means of a bead of watertight glass, allowing sealing under a controlled atmosphere of the base 2 and of the housings 3.
  • a mobile magnetic blade 6 pivoting at 7 comes to bear on the contacts 24 and 25 which extend the contact supports 4 and 5.
  • Au- above the cover 3 is disposed a permanent magnet 14 and an electromagnetic coil 15 supplied with current by 17 and 18 and provided with a magnetic circuit 16 disposed substantially in line with the blade 6.
  • FIG 2 there is shown an electromagnetic relay provided with a device as shown in Figure 1, the same elements as those of this figure bearing the same references.
  • This device is arranged in a housing 100 comprising a base 102 and a cover 101, two output contacts being shown 103 and 104.
  • FIG. 3 represents a device similar to that of FIG. 1 but fitted with electrodes according to the invention which considerably improve the operation of the relay.
  • the contact supports 4 and 5 of FIG. 1 have here been replaced by supports 44 and 45 made of non-magnetic material such as monel. At their ends are arranged respectively contacts made of magnetic material 46 and 47 oriented substantially perpendicular to the non-magnetic parts 44 and 45.
  • the contact supports 44 and 45 are also connected at their other end to the posts 10 and 9, the connections being made in both cases without any difficulty, for example by welding.
  • the length of these non-magnetic parts 44 and 45 depends of course on the intensity of the magnetic field generated by the magnetic bar 14 and the coil 15.
  • each contact 46 and 47 will be provided with a non-magnetic part 61, 62 which will project at least 0.05 mm and preferably 0.1 mm from the contacts 46 and 47. This improves the operation of the relay by avoiding the blade sticking in contact when the two are of the same pole and in intimate contact. This phenomenon is well known to those skilled in the art.
  • the contact support and the post may consist of one and the same continuous piece, made of mate non-magnetic line, possibly having a flattened part inside the housing.

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1. Schalter mit zwei je auf einem Träger angebrachten elektrischen Kontakten (46, 47) und einer beweglichen Zunge (6), die mit einem dritten Kontakt verbunden ist, wobei jeder Schalter sich im Inneren eines Gehäuses befindet, das von einer Grundplatte (2) aus magnetischen Material und von einer Haube (3) aus unmagnetischen Material gebildet wird, und wobei die Zunge unter dem Einfluß eines äußeren magnetischen Felds vom ersten zum zweiten Kontakt oder umgekehrt umschlagen kann, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Träger (44, 45) des ersten und des zweiten Kontakts (46, 47) einen Bereich aus einem elektrisch leitenden und unmagnetischen Material aufweisen, um die magnetischen Flußverluste zu verringern.
2. Schalter nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Träger (44 und 45) des ersten und zweiten Kontakts (46, 47) je in einen Stift (9, 10) übergehen, der die Grundplatte des Gehäuses (1) durchdringt und aus einem unmagnetischen Material besteht.
3. Schalter nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Kontaktträger und der Stift ein gemeinsames Bauteil aus unmagnetischem Material bilden.
4. Schalter nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der unmagnetische Teil aus Kupfer oder einer Kupferlegierung besteht.
5. Schalter nach Anspruch 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der unmagnetische Teil aus unmagnetischem Monel besteht.
6. Schalter nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 5, bei dem das Gehäuse (1) eine Grundplatte (2) aufweist, die der erste und der zweite Stift durchdringen, wobei auf diesen Stiften die Träger des ersten bzw. zweiten Kontakts befestigt sind, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Kontaktträger sich je aus einem senkrechten Teil aus unmagnetischen Material und aus einem daran anschließenden Endstück zusammensetzen, das im wesentlichen in einem Winkel von 90° verläuft und aus einem elektrisch leitenden magnetischen Material besteht.
7. Schalter nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Kontaktträger (46, 47) im Inneren des Gehäuses (1) mindestens einen ebenen Bereich aufweist, dessen Ebene im wesentlichen parallel zu der der beweglichen Zunge verläuft, derart, daß die Nachgiebigkeit des ebenen Bereichs die' durch den Stoß der Zunge auf den Kontakt entwickelte Energie absorbiert.
8. Schalter nach Anspruch 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der ebene Bereich jedes Kontakts eine Dicke besitzt, die geringer als die Dicke des Stiftes ist.
9. Elektromagnetisches Relais mit mindestens einem Schalter und mit elektromagnetischen Steuermitteln, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß dieser Schalter gemäß einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 8 ausgebildet ist.
10. Elektromagnetisches Relais nach Anspruch 9, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die elektromagnetischen Steuermittel aus mindestens einer Spule bestehen, die einen einem Dauermagneten zugeordneten Magnetkreis oberhalb der Haube des Gehäuses aufweist, wobei die Haube aus einem unmagnetischen Material besteht, während die Grundplatte aus einem magnetischen Material besteht.
11. Bistabiles Relais nach einem der Ansprüche 9 oder 10, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Dauermagnet und der Magnetkreis der Spule symmetrisch bezüglich der Ebene der beweglichen Zunge angeordnet sind.
EP19820400420 1981-03-20 1982-03-09 Schalter mit gleichgültiger Arbeitslage und dessen Anwendung in einem Relais Expired EP0061383B1 (de)

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FR8105660A FR2502389A1 (fr) 1981-03-20 1981-03-20 Interrupteur a position de fonctionnement indifferente et relais utilisant un tel interrupteur

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