EP0185828B1 - Prise de courant plus particulièrement destinée aux courants de forte intensité - Google Patents

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EP0185828B1
EP0185828B1 EP84402722A EP84402722A EP0185828B1 EP 0185828 B1 EP0185828 B1 EP 0185828B1 EP 84402722 A EP84402722 A EP 84402722A EP 84402722 A EP84402722 A EP 84402722A EP 0185828 B1 EP0185828 B1 EP 0185828B1
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Yves Le Magourou
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Societe dExploitation des Procedes Marechal SEPM SA
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Priority to AU51090/85A priority patent/AU586207B2/en
Priority to MX990A priority patent/MX161412A/es
Priority to CA000498273A priority patent/CA1243343A/fr
Priority to US06/811,475 priority patent/US4678254A/en
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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
    • H01R13/66—Structural association with built-in electrical component
    • H01R13/70—Structural association with built-in electrical component with built-in switch
    • H01R13/707—Structural association with built-in electrical component with built-in switch interlocked with contact members or counterpart
    • 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
    • H01R13/46—Bases; Cases
    • H01R13/53—Bases or cases for heavy duty; Bases or cases for high voltage with means for preventing corona or arcing
    • 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
    • H01R13/66—Structural association with built-in electrical component
    • H01R13/70—Structural association with built-in electrical component with built-in switch
    • H01R13/703—Structural association with built-in electrical component with built-in switch operated by engagement or disengagement of coupling parts, e.g. dual-continuity coupling part
    • 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
    • H01R13/66—Structural association with built-in electrical component
    • H01R13/70—Structural association with built-in electrical component with built-in switch
    • H01R13/71—Contact members of coupling parts operating as switch, e.g. linear or rotational movement required after mechanical engagement of coupling part to establish electrical connection

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  • the invention relates to a socket outlet more particularly intended for high intensity currents.
  • the sockets comprise in known manner a base and a plug each provided with power contacts arranged to be electrically connected or disconnected between them.
  • a low intensity parallel circuit is generally provided, hereinafter called the pilot circuit, which is provided with pilot contacts arranged in the base and the plug, and which is intended to control, by closing or respectively its opening, a device for energizing, or respectively de-energizing, the power contacts of the base.
  • connection and disconnection of the power contacts of the plug and the base generally being effected by the operations of inserting and respectively separating the plug and the base.
  • the invention relates to a socket of this type provided with a pilot circuit and which is remarkable in that the pilot contacts of the base and of the plug are connected or disconnected together, to close or open the pilot circuit, by means of an operating device which acts on the pilot contacts of the base or of the plug and which is arranged on the base or respectively of the plug, in such a way that said device prevents at least certain operations of plugging in and separating the plug and of the base, when it is in the closed position of the pilot circuit, to prohibit, in this position, the connection and disconnection of the power contacts respectively and, on the contrary, authorizes said operations when it is in the open position of the pilot circuit.
  • Such a device offers great security since it prohibits on the one hand, a connection and, on the other hand, a disconnection of the power contacts of the plug and the base when the power contacts of the latter are energized.
  • the plug and / or respectively the base are provided with means which prevent actuation of the operating device towards its closed position of the pilot circuit as long as the plug is not plugged in. sufficient to cause the connection of the power contacts.
  • the contact heads of the pilot contacts of the base or of the plug are mobile and those of the plug or of the base respectively are fixed, while the operating device acts on said mobile contact heads to bring them towards or opposite the fixed contact heads in order to operate the connection or disconnection of the pilot contacts.
  • the pilot contacts are end contacts, the movable contact heads of the base or of the plug being arranged using springs and flexible conductors or braids in a block which is mounted axially movable and which is driven by the operating device.
  • the operating device is a rotary device provided with a drive lug which cooperates with a housing in the block of the contact heads so as to drive the latter in translation when said lug describes an arc of a circle.
  • the invention relates more particularly, but not exclusively, to a socket outlet the insertion of which consists in first inserting the plug into the base and then turning it in the base, to obtain the connection of the power contacts.
  • the device for operating the pilot contacts has a rotating actuating part in the form of a cam arranged outside the base or the plug on which it is mounted. and that the plug or respectively the base has at least one stop whose shape cooperates with the shape of the cam so that, in the relative position of insertion of the plug into the base, the cam, when it is in closed position of the pilot circuit, strikes at least part of said stop and prevents said introduction while it does not hinder this introduction when it is in the open position, while the closing operation of the pilot circuit by rotation of the cam is possible after the rotation of the plug and therefore the connection of the power contacts, said cam then blocking in this position reverse rotation of the plug by cooperating with a corresponding part of said stopper e t thanks to hooking means arranged on the plug and the base.
  • the attachment means are for example formed by pins arranged in the plug and projections arranged on the base, the pins being intended to come under the projections by rotation of the plug in the base.
  • the projections of the base then have an inclined face whose orientation allows the plug to be brought closer into the base during the rotation of said plug in the base and the crushing of a seal placed between the plug. and the base.
  • the base has at least one stop intended to prevent rotation of the plug in the wrong direction after its introduction into the base and at least one stop. intended to limit the end of the rotation of the plug in the base, said stops cooperating with the pins of the plug.
  • the base advantageously has a rim provided with reserves intended for the passage of the pins of the plug, the angular position of the reserves being such that it requires a good introduction into position of the plug in the base.
  • the device for operating the pilot contacts is provided with a locking means in the closed and / or open position of the pilot circuit.
  • the plug handle 4 is bent to facilitate the maneuvers which will be discussed below.
  • the plug includes power contacts and pilot contacts in the form of pins respectively 6 and 7a, 7b ( Figures 5 and 6).
  • the base is also provided with power contacts 8 and pilot contacts 9a, 9b.
  • power contacts is meant the phase contacts, the neutral, and possibly an earth connection, and by pilot contacts, the contacts intended to form a pilot circuit for controlling, as has already been said, a device for breaking the current disposed upstream of the base.
  • pilot contacts can also serve as auxiliary contacts for controlling other devices or lighting, for example, indicator lights.
  • the base is provided with a safety disk 10 (figure 2, 5, 6 and 7a to 7d), which is provided with openings 11 to 11e and 12a to 12d (figure 2) for the passage of the power and pilot contacts of the plug respectively.
  • a safety disk 10 (figure 2, 5, 6 and 7a to 7d)
  • openings 11 to 11e and 12a to 12d (figure 2) for the passage of the power and pilot contacts of the plug respectively.
  • the openings 11a to 11e and 12a to 12d are not vertically in line with the contacts of the base in order to prevent them being touched inadvertently.
  • the power contacts 8 of the base are formed by contact heads biased towards the outside by springs 13 which bear on an insulating part of the base, while said heads are electrically fixedly connected to the base by flexible strips 14 made of copper ( Figures 5 and 6).
  • the pilot contacts 9a, 9b of the base are formed in a known manner, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 by contact heads stressed outwards by springs 15a, 15b while they are electrically fixedly connected to the base. by conductive braids 16a, 16b. These braids can be full braids which more or less undulate or hollow braids which can compress or other flexible conductors.
  • the contact heads of the pilot contacts 9a, 9b of the base are mounted according to the invention in an insulating block 17 made up of two parts (for reasons of mounting said contacts), the contact heads being movable inside said block, and urged towards the upper part of the block by the springs 15a, 15b which are wedged between said heads and a part of the block.
  • the block 17 is mounted axially movable in the base and has a housing into which is introduced a drive lug secured to an operating device 19 ( Figures 5 and 6) rotatably mounted in a sealed manner in the base using '' an O-ring 20.
  • the operating device 19 crosses the base and has an external part in the form of a cam 21 (FIGS. 1,5,6 and 7a to 7d).
  • This outer part or cam 21 has the shape of a disc from which a segment has been removed (FIGS. 1, 7a to 7d)
  • the plug 2 comprises hooking stops in the form of pins 22a and 22b while the base has a rim 23 and projections 24a, 24b as well as at least one stop 25 which will be question below.
  • the rim 23 of the base is provided with reserves 26a to 26c for the passage of the pins 22a, 22b of the plug (plus a pin not visible in Figure 1).
  • the protrusions 24a, 24b (plus one not visible in Figure 1) of the base have an inclined face and a right angle return 27 ( Figure 1).
  • the plug is further provided with a stop, here in the form of a housing 28 (FIGS. 1 and 5,6) of shape and dimensions which correspond to the shape of the cam 21, by presenting a flat part 28a and a convex part 28b.
  • a stop here in the form of a housing 28 (FIGS. 1 and 5,6) of shape and dimensions which correspond to the shape of the cam 21, by presenting a flat part 28a and a convex part 28b.
  • the plug 2 is brought by its handle above the base 1 (FIGS. 1 and 7a), the cam 21 being in the position shown in FIG. 1.
  • the contacts 7a, 7b and 8 of the plug are then introduced into the openings 11a to 11e and 12a to 12c of the safety disc 10 of the base.
  • the pins 22a, 22b of the plug pass during this introduction into the corresponding reserves 26a, 26b of the base.
  • the plug is in the position shown in Figures 3 and 7b, that is to say that the power contacts 6 and 8 and the pilot contacts 7a, 7b and 9a, 9b, are not connected the power contact heads 6 and 8, however, being substantially in the same plane but angularly offset.
  • this introduction can only be carried out for the position of the cam 21 shown in particular in FIGS. 1 and 7b.
  • the position of the cam 21 for the introduction is also that seen in FIG. 5 which shows that in this position the movable block 17 is in its lowest position.
  • the rotation of the plug can only be effected in one direction because of the stop 25 cooperating with the pin 22b, and of an angular value limited by the angle returns 27 of the projections 24a, 24b of the base which serve as end of travel stop to the pins 22a, 22b, the latter coming to hang under said projections.
  • the inclined faces of the projections 24a, 24b are oriented downward relative to the direction of rotation of the plug so that the plug is tightened more on the base by crushing a seal 29 ( Figures 5 and 6) provided between the plug and the base.
  • the plug During rotation, the plug contacts drive the safety disk 10.
  • the power contacts 6 of the plug come into electrical connection with the power contacts 8 of the base by rotation as shown in FIG. 4, the springs 13 ensuring a contact pressure.
  • the pilot contacts 7a, 7b of the plug come opposite the pilot contacts 9a, 9b of the base, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 7c, but without touching (the block 17 being in the low position as already said).
  • the last operation consists in connecting the pilot contacts and to do this, it suffices to rotate the cam 21 by 180 ° using a key inserted in a hexagonal imprint 30 provided in its center.
  • the housing 28 is provided with a notch 31 ( Figure 1) for the passage of the key.
  • the drive lug 18 of the device 19 (FIGS. 5 and 6) describes a semicircle and drives the insulating block 17 in axial translation so that the heads of the pilot contacts 9a and 9b of the base touch the pilot contacts 7a, 7b of the plug (FIG. 6 and FIG. 7d on which the anterior position of the head of the contact 9a is indicated by dotted lines at 9'a).
  • the pilot contacts 9a, 9b are also in electrical contact under pressure with the pilot contacts 7a, 7b thanks to the springs 15a and 15b.
  • the cam 21 can also be locked in the position in FIGS. 6 and 7d by means, for example, of a captive screw actuated by a key inserted into an imprint 32 provided for this purpose, the key passing through a notch 33 in the housing 28 ( figure 1). This locking can also be provided for the open position of the pilot circuit of Figures 1.5 and 7a to 7c.
  • connection of the pilot contacts causes the power contacts 8 of the base to be energized, these being already connected to the power contacts 6 of the plug.
  • the described embodiment can undergo many modifications, in particular as regards the number and the forms of the power and pilot contacts, as well as on the number and the forms of stops and projections.
  • the device 18 and the block 17 are arranged in the base, it is conceivable to provide an embodiment where these are provided in the sheet.

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EP84402722A EP0185828B1 (fr) 1984-12-27 1984-12-27 Prise de courant plus particulièrement destinée aux courants de forte intensité
DE8484402722T DE3471408D1 (en) 1984-12-27 1984-12-27 Receptacle, especially for power currents
AU51090/85A AU586207B2 (en) 1984-12-27 1985-12-11 High intensity power plug
MX990A MX161412A (es) 1984-12-27 1985-12-17 Mejoras a toma de corriente particularmente destinada a las corrientes de fuerte intensidad
CA000498273A CA1243343A (fr) 1984-12-27 1985-12-20 Prise de courant plus particulierement destinee aux courants de forte intensite
US06/811,475 US4678254A (en) 1984-12-27 1985-12-20 High intensity power plug
JP60293377A JPH0630265B2 (ja) 1984-12-27 1985-12-27 コンセント，特に強電流用コンセント
IN1115/DEL/85A IN164610B (es) 1984-12-27 1985-12-30

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MX161412A (es) 1990-09-24
US4678254A (en) 1987-07-07
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