EP0236260A1 - Building block for construction kits, especially for a toy construction kit - Google Patents

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EP0236260A1
EP0236260A1 EP87810007A EP87810007A EP0236260A1 EP 0236260 A1 EP0236260 A1 EP 0236260A1 EP 87810007 A EP87810007 A EP 87810007A EP 87810007 A EP87810007 A EP 87810007A EP 0236260 A1 EP0236260 A1 EP 0236260A1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63H—TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS
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  • the invention relates to a component for construction models, in particular construction toys, according to the preamble of patent claim 1.
  • a construction model of this type is known from European publication No. 0,116,519 or from United States patent No. 4,556,393.
  • the side walls and a known component having a wall perpendicular thereto have on one side of the wall two rows of coupling pins and on the other side mating coupling tubes for mechanically coupling two components by means of a clamping action.
  • every second coupling pin has an electrically conductive surface, while the coupling pins in between are electrically insulating.
  • One row is shifted from the other row by a coupling pin in the row direction.
  • a contact rail is arranged along each longitudinal side wall, which is electrically connected to the conductive coupling pins of the row in question and which has a contact surface to the side has an electrical contact with a series of conductive coupling pins of an adjacent, coupled component.
  • construction models are now formed with components of this known type, in which the components are mechanically and electrically connected to one another in more than two levels, and in particular if an electrical loop formation occurs with such a construction of the construction model, there is a risk of causing a short circuit of the two Circuits whose connection is absolutely short-circuit proof when using only two or three components.
  • the object of the present invention is therefore to provide a component of the type mentioned at the outset which ensures an absolutely short-circuit-proof connection of the two electrically separated current conductors even when a large number of such components are coupled to one another in several levels with the formation of electrical loops.
  • the exemplary embodiment of the component according to the invention for toy toys according to the invention differs only slightly from similar components that have long been known, for example, under the registered trademark "LEGO".
  • This component too has a cuboid-shaped hollow body 1 consisting of a plastic and open at the bottom in FIG. 1 with an upper wall 2 and long and short side walls 3 and 4.
  • the upper wall 2 is provided in a known manner with two parallel rows 5 and 6 of cylindrical coupling pins 7 and 8, respectively, in order to be able to mechanically couple the component shown to the hollow side of a further, similar component by being plugged on one another.
  • Different from the known, one-piece plastic components is the fact that in the component shown in FIG.
  • all coupling pins 7 and 8 have metallically conductive surfaces which comprise at least the outer surfaces of the cylindrical coupling pins.
  • the metallically conductive coupling pins are connected to one another in two groups in such a way that all coupling pins 7 each form a first current conductor and all coupling pins 8 form a second current conductor.
  • the arrangement of the conductive coupling pins is therefore that of two nested zigzag conductor systems which are offset by the longitudinal distance between two adjacent coupling pins.
  • FIG. 1 The construction of the component according to FIG. 1 is in the order of FIGS. 2 to 5 setting components shown in detail.
  • the lowermost component is a cuboid-shaped base part 9 which is formed from plastic and is designed as a hollow body (cannot be seen from FIG. 5).
  • the top 10 of the base part 9 is provided with various openings, recesses and projections, namely: - With two rows of slots 11 which are located along and adjacent to the long side walls 3 of the base part 9 and whose position in the longitudinal direction corresponds to that of the coupling pins 7 and 8 in Fig.
  • FIGS. 3 and 4 each show a band-like, metallic structure 15 and 16, respectively, which contains half of the coupling pins 7 and 8 of FIG. 1 designed as a hollow cylinder in the aforementioned zigzag arrangement.
  • the coupling pins 7, 8 are connected to one another by band-shaped conductor sections 17 (FIG. 3) and 18 (FIG. 4).
  • the conductor sections 17 of the coupling pins 7 are bent upwards and the conductor sections 18 of the coupling pins 8 are bent downwards.
  • a downwardly directed tongue 19 is formed, the width of which corresponds to the length of the slots 11 in the base part 9 (FIG. 5) and the length of which is somewhat less than the height of the long side walls 3 of the base some is 9.
  • the structures 15 and 16 according to FIGS. 3 and 4 can be formed in one piece from a metal strip.
  • FIG. 2 a fourth component is shown in FIG. 2, namely a plate-shaped, relatively thin, plastic cover part 20, which has the same rectangular dimensions as the base part 9.
  • the cover part 20 is provided with holes 21 for the passage of the coupling pins 7, 8 (FIGS. 1, 3, 4) and has on its underside molded pins 22 with conical ends, the position and thickness of which are the holes 12 in the base part 9 (FIG. 5) correspond.
  • FIGS. 6 to 8 show a view of the underside of the cover part 20 or sections along the line VII-VII and VIII-VIII in FIG. 6 and 8 you can see the holes 21 for the coupling pins 7 and 8, as well as the molded pins 22 in FIGS. 6 to 8.
  • the cover part 20 on its underside along the Center line is provided with rectangular recesses 23, which are each at an angle of 45 ° between two adjacent holes 21 of the same longitudinal row of holes or in the diagonal connecting line of two holes 21 of the two longitudinal rows of holes, the recesses 23 alternatingly being rotated by 90 °.
  • projections 24 are again formed in pairs on the longitudinal edges of the recesses 23.
  • FIGS. 9 to 12 Further details of the base part 9 are shown in FIGS. 9 to 12, FIGS. 9 and 10 showing views of the top and bottom of the base part 9 and FIGS. 11 and 12 sections along the lines XI-XI and XII- Show XII in Fig. 9.
  • the slots 11 for the tabs 19 of the metallic structures 15 and 16 (Fig. 3, 4), the holes 12 for the pin 22 of the cover part 20 (Fig. 6 to 8) and the recesses 13 with the side Projections 14 can be seen.
  • the slots 11 and the holes 12 can also be seen in FIG. 10.
  • FIGS. 6 and 9 accordingly show that both the top of the base part 9 and the underside of the cover part 20 are provided with similar rectangular recesses 13 and 23 and laterally pairs of projections 14 and 24 at the same location on the respective component are.
  • the angular positions of the recesses 13 and 23 in the base part 9 and in the cover part 20 are different, namely rotated by 90 ° relative to one another. This can be seen from FIGS. 6 and 9, taking into account the fact that the underside of the cover part 20 shown in FIG. 6 is intended to lie on the upper side of the base part 9 shown in FIG. 9.
  • the assembly of the four present components namely the base part 9 (FIG. 5), the one metallic structure 16 with coupling pin 8 (FIG. 4), the other metallic structure 15 with coupling pin 7 (FIG. 3) and of the cover part 20 (Fig. 2).
  • the conductor structure 16 of FIG. 4 with the conductive, hollow coupling pins 8 and the associated, molded-on tongues 19 is inserted into the base part 9 of FIG. 5, by inserting the tongues 19 of the structure 16 into the corresponding slots 11 of the base part 9 and pressing the structure 16 onto the top 10 of the base part 9. It can be seen that this causes the downwardly bent conductor sections 18 of the conductor structure 16 to lie in the recesses 13 of the base part 9.
  • the conductor structure 15 of FIG. 3 with the conductive, hollow coupling pins 7 and the associated, molded-on tongues 19 is inserted into the base part 9 by the tongues 19 of the structure 15 into the corresponding, still open slots 11 of the base part 19 are plugged and the structure 15 is in turn pressed onto the top 10 of the base part 9. Since the conductor structure 15 differs from the conductor structure 16 only by an offset by the distance between two adjacent slots 11 in the longitudinal direction of the base part 9 and also in that the conductor sections 17 of the structure 15 are bent upwards instead of downwards, these conductor sections 17 come on Projections 14 to lie and are thus spatially and electrically separated from the conductor sections 18 of the structure 16 crossing them.
  • the cover part 20 of FIG. 2 is put on, the coupling pins 7, 8 of the conductor structures 15 and 16 already inserted into the base part 9 being guided through the holes 21 of the cover part 20 and the pins 22 of the cover part 20 in the corresponding holes 12 of the base part 9 are inserted, which is facilitated by the conical design of the ends of the pins 22. Then the pins 22 protruding from the holes 12 on the lower inside of the base part 9 are anchored to the relevant wall of the base part 9, which is preferably done by means of ultrasound or purely thermally.
  • the pins 22 When the pins 22 are anchored by means of ultrasound, the ultrasonic energy is already applied when the pins 22 are inserted into the holes 12 in the base part 9, so that the pins 22 are immediately welded to the walls of the holes 12.
  • the pins 22 When using a thermal method, the pins 22 are initially inserted into the holes 12 of the base part 9, whereupon the ends of the pins 22 projecting on the inside of the base part 9 are riveted hot while exerting pressure between the cover part 20 and the base part 9.
  • the cover part 20 When the cover part 20 is placed on the base part 9, the upwardly bent conductor sections 17 of the structure 15 (FIG. 3) come into the recesses 23 (Fig. 6) of the cover part 20 to lie while the conductor sections 18 of the structure 16 (Fig. 4) lie on the projections 24 (Fig.
  • each conductor section 17, 18 is held in place by corresponding projections 14 and 24 in the recess 23 and 13 receiving the conductor section 17, 18, and this results in a perfect electrical separation of the crossing conductor sections 17, 18 without the aid of insulating pieces placed between them achieved.
  • the tongues 19 of the conductor structures 15 and 16 have a curved outer end which, after the assembly described, bears against the inside of the longer side walls 3 of the base part 9.
  • the tongues 19 are resilient, so that they can be plugged onto one another at will 1, a reliable electrical contact between the conductive coupling pins 7, 8 of one component and the relevant tongues 19 of the other component is achieved.
  • the component 1 according to FIG. 1 also corresponds to a conventional component of the same construction system with regard to the outer dimensions and the arrangement and dimensions of the coupling pins 7, 8 and the hollow pins 25 provided as mating coupling elements, the mechanical installation capability is also included such components of the same system which have no electrical circuits.
  • any mechanical combination of any number of components according to FIG. 1 in any configuration always results in a connection of the two separate circuits on the one hand, provided that at least two conductive coupling pins of one component are always detected by the adjacent component, and on the other hand excludes a short circuit of the two circuits.

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A building block is provided comprising a support part, two zig-zag shaped conductive tapes connecting a series of coupling pins with conductive surfaces positioned on the support part, and a cover plate. The coupling pins which extend through openings in the cover plate define two separate electrical circuits with the coupling pins arranged in two rows and the pins of one row being displaced by one pin with respect to the pins of the other row. A prong extends from each of the coupling pins to the inner sidewall of the support part. The building block may be connected to another similar building block with the electrical circuits separated in a short-circuit proof fashion.

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Die Erfindung betrifft ein Bauelement für Bau­modelle, insbesondere Bauspielzeuge, gemäss dem Ober­begriff des Patentanspruches 1.The invention relates to a component for construction models, in particular construction toys, according to the preamble of patent claim 1.

Ein Baumodell dieser Art ist aus der euro­päischen Publikation Nr. 0,116,519 oder aus dem USA-Patent Nr. 4,556,393 bekannt. Das Seitenwände und eine dazu senkrechte Wand aufweisende bekannte Bauelement hat auf der einen Seite der Wand zwei Reihen von Kupplungszapfen und auf der anderen Seite Gegenkupplungsrohre zum mecha­nischen Kuppeln zweier Bauelemente mittels Klemmwir­kung. In jeder Reihe weist jeder zweite Kupplungszapfen eine elektrisch leitende Oberfläche auf, während die dazwischen liegenden Kupplungszapfen elektrisch isolierend sind. Die eine Reihe ist gegenüber der anderen Reihe um einen Kupplungszapfen in der Reihenrichtung verschoben. Auf der anderen Seite der Wand ist längs jeder Längs­seitenwand eine Kontaktschiene angeordnet, die mit den leitenden Kupplungszapfen der betreffenden Reihe elek­trisch verbunden ist und die eine Kontaktfläche zur Her­ stellung eines elektrischen Kontakts mit einer Reihe von leitenden Kupplungszapfen eines benachbarten, gekuppelten Bauelementes hat. Dadurch wird beim Kuppeln zweier Bau­elemente in deren Längsrichtung oder senkrecht dazu eine eindeutig definierte, kurzschlusssichere Verbindung zweier getrennter Stromkreise ermöglicht.A construction model of this type is known from European publication No. 0,116,519 or from United States patent No. 4,556,393. The side walls and a known component having a wall perpendicular thereto have on one side of the wall two rows of coupling pins and on the other side mating coupling tubes for mechanically coupling two components by means of a clamping action. In every row, every second coupling pin has an electrically conductive surface, while the coupling pins in between are electrically insulating. One row is shifted from the other row by a coupling pin in the row direction. On the other side of the wall, a contact rail is arranged along each longitudinal side wall, which is electrically connected to the conductive coupling pins of the row in question and which has a contact surface to the side has an electrical contact with a series of conductive coupling pins of an adjacent, coupled component. This allows a clearly defined, short-circuit-proof connection of two separate circuits when coupling two components in their longitudinal direction or perpendicular to it.

Wenn nun mit Bauelementen dieser bekannten Art Baumodelle gebildet werden, bei welchen die Bauelemente in mehr als zwei Ebenen mechanisch und elektrisch mit­einander verbunden werden, und insbesondere wenn bei einem derartigen Aufbau des Baumodelles eine elektrische Schlaufenbildung eintritt, besteht die Gefahr der Be­wirkung eines Kurzschlusses der beiden Stromkreise, deren Verbindung bei der Verwendung von nur zwei oder drei Bauelementen an sich absolut kurzschlusssicher ist.If construction models are now formed with components of this known type, in which the components are mechanically and electrically connected to one another in more than two levels, and in particular if an electrical loop formation occurs with such a construction of the construction model, there is a risk of causing a short circuit of the two Circuits whose connection is absolutely short-circuit proof when using only two or three components.

Die Aufgabe der vorliegenden Erfindung besteht demnach darin, ein Bauelement der eingangs erwähnten bekannten Art zu schaffen, das eine absolut kurzschluss­sichere Verbindung der beiden elektrisch getrennten Stromleiter auch dann sicherstellt, wenn eine grössere Anzahl solcher Bauelemente in mehreren Ebenen unter elektrischer Schlaufenbildung miteinander gekoppelt wer­den.The object of the present invention is therefore to provide a component of the type mentioned at the outset which ensures an absolutely short-circuit-proof connection of the two electrically separated current conductors even when a large number of such components are coupled to one another in several levels with the formation of electrical loops.

Zur Lösung dieser Aufgabe weist das Bauele­ment der eingangs genannten Art die im kennzeichnenden Teil des Patentanspruchs 1 angeführten Merkmale auf.To solve this problem, the component of the type mentioned has the features stated in the characterizing part of patent claim 1.

Es zeigt sich überraschenderweise, dass sich mit Bauelementen, die den erfindungsgemässen Aufbau aufweisen, dank der sich kreuzenden Zickzack-Anordnung der leitenden Oberflächen der Kupplungszapfen, ihrer zugeordneten Kontaktelemente und ihrer Verbindungen in beliebigem Aufbau auch einer grösseren Anzahl solcher Bauelemente kein Kurzschluss der beiden Stromleiter her­vorrufen lässt, so dass das erfindungsgemässe Bauele­ment auch in der Hand eines ungeübten Anwenders, insbe­sondere eines Kindes, problemlos die Herstellung elektri­scher Stromkreise ermöglicht.It has surprisingly been found that, with components having the structure according to the invention, thanks to the intersecting zigzag arrangement of the conductive surfaces of the coupling pins, their associated contact elements and their connections in any structure, even a larger number of such components do not cause a short circuit of the two current conductors can, so that the component according to the invention enables the creation of electrical circuits without any problems even in the hands of an inexperienced user, in particular a child.

Ein Ausführungsbeispiel des erfindungsgemässen Bauelementes, das auch die industrielle Herstellbarkeit des Bauelementes darlegt, wird nachstehend anhand der Zeichnungen erläutert. Es zeigen :

  • Fig. 1 eine perspektivische Ansicht eines Bau­elementes nach der Erfindung ;
  • Fig. 2 bis 5 perspektivische Ansichten der einzelnen Bestandteile des Bauelementes gemäss Fig. 1 in der Reihenfolge ihres Zusammenbaus ;
  • Fig. 6 eine Ansicht der Unterseite des oberen Abdeckteils gemäss Fig. 2 ;
  • Fig. 7 einen Längsschnitt des oberen Abdeck­teils längs der Linie VII-VII in Fig. 6 ;
  • Fig. 8 einen Querschnitt des oberen Abdeck­teils längs der Linie VIII-VIII in Fig. 6 ;
  • Fig. 9 eine Draufsicht auf das untere Sockel­teil gemäss Fig. 5 ;
  • Fig. 10 eine Ansicht der Unterseite des unteren Sockelteils der Fig. 5 ;
  • Fig. 11 einen Längsschnitt des unteren Sockel­teils längs der Linie XI-XI in Fig. 9; und
  • Fig. 12 einen Querschnitt des unteren Sockel­teils längs der Linie XII-XII in Fig. 9.
An embodiment of the component according to the invention, which also explains the industrial manufacturability of the component, is explained below with reference to the drawings. Show it :
  • Figure 1 is a perspective view of a component according to the invention.
  • FIGS. 2 to 5 are perspective views of the individual components of the component according to FIG. 1 in the order of their assembly;
  • FIG. 6 shows a view of the underside of the upper cover part according to FIG. 2;
  • FIG. 7 shows a longitudinal section of the upper cover part along the line VII-VII in FIG. 6;
  • FIG. 8 shows a cross section of the upper cover part along the line VIII-VIII in FIG. 6;
  • FIG. 9 shows a plan view of the lower base part according to FIG. 5;
  • FIG. 10 is a view of the underside of the lower base part of FIG. 5;
  • 11 shows a longitudinal section of the lower base part along the line XI-XI in FIG. 9; and
  • 12 shows a cross section of the lower base part along the line XII-XII in FIG. 9.

Wie aus Fig. 1 ersichtlich ist, unterscheidet sich das nachstehend noch näher erläuterte Ausführungs­beispiel des erfindungsgemässen Bauelementes für Spiel­bauzeuge der äusseren Form und den Abmessungen nach nur geringfügig von gleichartigen, seit langer Zeit beispiels­weise unter der eingetragenen Markenbezeichnung "LEGO" bekannten Bausteinen. Auch das vorliegende Bauelement weist einen aus einem Kunststoff bestehenden, quader­förmigen, in Fig. 1 nach unten offenen Hohlkörper 1 mit einer oberen Wand 2 und langen sowie kurzen Seiten­wänden 3 bzw. 4 auf. Die obere Wand 2 ist in bekannter Weise mit zwei parallelen Reihen 5 und 6 von zylindri­schen Kupplungszapfen 7 bzw. 8 versehen, um das darge­stellte Bauelement mit der Hohlseite eines weiteren, ähnlichen Bauelementes durch Aufeinanderstecken mecha­nisch kuppeln zu können. Unterschiedlich gegenüber den bekannten, einstückig aus Kunststoff bestehenden Bau­steinen ist die Tatsache, dass bei dem in Fig. 1 darge­stellten Bauelement alle Kupplungszapfen 7 und 8 metal­lisch leitende Oberflächen haben, welche mindestens die Mantelflächen der zylindrischen Kupplungszapfen umfas­sen. Wie nachfolgend noch näher erläutert wird, sind die metallisch leitenden Kupplungszapfen in zwei Grup­pen derart miteinander verbunden, dass jeweils alle Kupplungszapfen 7 einen ersten Stromleiter und alle Kupplungszapfen 8 einen zweiten Stromleiter bilden. Die Anordnung der leitenden Kupplungszapfen ist also diejenige von zwei verschachtelten, d.h. um den Längs­abstand zweier benachbarter Kupplungszapfen versetzter Zickzack-Leitersysteme.As can be seen from FIG. 1, the exemplary embodiment of the component according to the invention for toy toys according to the invention, which will be explained in more detail below, differs only slightly from similar components that have long been known, for example, under the registered trademark "LEGO". This component too has a cuboid-shaped hollow body 1 consisting of a plastic and open at the bottom in FIG. 1 with an upper wall 2 and long and short side walls 3 and 4. The upper wall 2 is provided in a known manner with two parallel rows 5 and 6 of cylindrical coupling pins 7 and 8, respectively, in order to be able to mechanically couple the component shown to the hollow side of a further, similar component by being plugged on one another. Different from the known, one-piece plastic components is the fact that in the component shown in FIG. 1, all coupling pins 7 and 8 have metallically conductive surfaces which comprise at least the outer surfaces of the cylindrical coupling pins. As will be explained in more detail below, the metallically conductive coupling pins are connected to one another in two groups in such a way that all coupling pins 7 each form a first current conductor and all coupling pins 8 form a second current conductor. The arrangement of the conductive coupling pins is therefore that of two nested zigzag conductor systems which are offset by the longitudinal distance between two adjacent coupling pins.

Der Aufbau des Bauelementes nach Fig. 1 ist in den Fig. 2 bis 5 in der Reihenfolge der zusammenzu­ setzenden Bauteile im einzelnen dargestellt.The construction of the component according to FIG. 1 is in the order of FIGS. 2 to 5 setting components shown in detail.

Gemäss Fig. 5 ist das unterste Bauteil ein quaderförmiges, aus Kunststoff geformtes Sockelteil 9, das als Hohlkörper ausgebildet ist (aus Fig. 5 nicht ersichtlich). Die Oberseite 10 des Sockelteils 9 ist mit verschiedenen Oeffnungen, Ausnehmungen und Vor­sprüngen versehen, nämlich :
    - mit zwei Reihen von Schlitzen 11, die sich entlang und benachbart zu den langen Seitenwänden 3 des Sockelteils 9 befinden und deren Lage in der Längsrich­tung derjenigen der Kupplungszapfen 7 und 8 in Fig. 1 entspricht;
    - mit zwei Reihen von runden Löchern 12, die sich innerhalb der Schlitze 11 und jeweils zwischen diesen befinden, wobei zwei weitere runde Löcher 12 in der Mittellinie des Sockelteils 9 nahe den kurzen Seitenwänden 4 vorhanden sind;
    - mit längs der Mittenlinie des Sockelteils 9 befindlichen rechteckigen Ausnehmungen 13, die sich je­weils unter einem Winkel von 45° zwischen zwei benach­barten Schlitzen 11 der gleichen Längsreihe von Schlitzen bzw. in der diagonalen Verbindungslinie zweier Schlitze 11 der beiden Längsreihen von Schlitzen befinden, wobei die Ausnehmungen 13 abwechselnd eine um 90° gedrehte Lage haben; und
    - mit Vorsprüngen 14, die paarweise jeweils mittig zu jeder Ausnehmung 13 an deren Längsrändern ausgebildet sind.5, the lowermost component is a cuboid-shaped base part 9 which is formed from plastic and is designed as a hollow body (cannot be seen from FIG. 5). The top 10 of the base part 9 is provided with various openings, recesses and projections, namely:
- With two rows of slots 11 which are located along and adjacent to the long side walls 3 of the base part 9 and whose position in the longitudinal direction corresponds to that of the coupling pins 7 and 8 in Fig. 1;
with two rows of round holes 12 which are located within the slots 11 and between them, two further round holes 12 being provided in the center line of the base part 9 near the short side walls 4;
- With along the center line of the base part 9 rectangular recesses 13, which are each at an angle of 45 ° between two adjacent slots 11 of the same longitudinal row of slots or in the diagonal connecting line of two slots 11 of the two longitudinal rows of slots are located, the recesses 13 alternately have a position rotated by 90 °; and
- With projections 14, which are formed in pairs in the center of each recess 13 on the longitudinal edges.

Der Zweck der angeführten Oeffnungen, Aus­nehmungen und Vorsprünge ergibt sich aus der nachfolgen­den Beschreibung der weiteren Bauteile des Bauelementes nach Fig. 1.The purpose of the openings, recesses and projections mentioned results from the following description of the further components of the component according to FIG. 1.

In den Fig. 3 und 4 ist je ein bandartiges, metallisches Gebilde 15 bzw. 16 dargestellt, das die Hälfte der als Hohlzylinder ausgebildeten Kupplungs­zapfen 7 bzw. 8 der Fig. 1 in der erwähnten Zickzack-­Anordnung enthält. Die Kupplungszapfen 7, 8 sind durch bandförmige Leiterabschnitte 17 (Fig. 3) bzw. 18 (Fig. 4) miteinander verbunden. Wie ersichtlich, sind die Leiter­abschnitte 17 der Kupplungszapfen 7 nach oben gebogen und die Leiterabschnitte 18 der Kupplungszapfen 8 nach unten gebogen. Ferner ist auf der Aussenseite jedes Kupplungszapfens 7, 8 eine nach unten gerichtete Zunge 19 angeformt, deren Breite der Länge der Schlitze 11 im Sockelteil 9 (Fig. 5) entspricht und deren Länge etwas geringer als die Höhe der langen Seitenwände 3 des Sockel­ teils 9 ist. Es ist einzusehen, dass die Gebilde 15 und 16 gemäss Fig. 3 bzw. 4 einstückig aus einem Metallband geformt werden können.3 and 4 each show a band-like, metallic structure 15 and 16, respectively, which contains half of the coupling pins 7 and 8 of FIG. 1 designed as a hollow cylinder in the aforementioned zigzag arrangement. The coupling pins 7, 8 are connected to one another by band-shaped conductor sections 17 (FIG. 3) and 18 (FIG. 4). As can be seen, the conductor sections 17 of the coupling pins 7 are bent upwards and the conductor sections 18 of the coupling pins 8 are bent downwards. Furthermore, on the outside of each coupling pin 7, 8 a downwardly directed tongue 19 is formed, the width of which corresponds to the length of the slots 11 in the base part 9 (FIG. 5) and the length of which is somewhat less than the height of the long side walls 3 of the base some is 9. It can be seen that the structures 15 and 16 according to FIGS. 3 and 4 can be formed in one piece from a metal strip.

Schliesslich ist in Fig. 2 ein viertes Bauteil dargestellt, nämlich ein plattenförmiges, verhältnis­mässig dünnes, aus Kunststoff bestehendes Abdeckteil 20, welches die gleichen Rechteck-Abmessungen wie das Sockel­teil 9 hat. Das Abdeckteil 20 ist mit Löchern 21 zur Durchführung der Kupplungszapfen 7, 8 (Fig. 1, 3, 4) ver­sehen und weist auf seiner Unterseite angeformte Zapfen 22 mit konischen Enden auf, deren Lage und Dicke den Löchern 12 im Sockelteil 9 (Fig. 5) entsprechen.Finally, a fourth component is shown in FIG. 2, namely a plate-shaped, relatively thin, plastic cover part 20, which has the same rectangular dimensions as the base part 9. The cover part 20 is provided with holes 21 for the passage of the coupling pins 7, 8 (FIGS. 1, 3, 4) and has on its underside molded pins 22 with conical ends, the position and thickness of which are the holes 12 in the base part 9 (FIG. 5) correspond.

Diese und weitere Einzelheiten des Abdeckteils 20 sind besser aus den Fig. 6 bis 8 ersichtlich, welche eine Ansicht der Unterseite des Abdeckteils 20 bzw. Schnitte längs den Linie VII-VII sowie VIII-VIII in Fig.6 zeigen. In Fig. 6 und 8 sieht man die Löcher 21 für die Kupplungszapfen 7 und 8, sowie in den Fig. 6 bis 8 die angeformten Zapfen 22. Ferner ist insbesondere aus Fig. 6 ersichtlich, dass auch das Abdeckteil 20 an seiner Unterseite längs der Mittenlinie mit recht­eckigen Ausnehmungen 23 versehen ist, die sich jeweils unter einem Winkel von 45° zwischen zwei benachbar­ten Löchern 21 der gleichen Längsreihe von Löchern bzw. in der diagonalen Verbindungslinie zweier Löcher 21 der beiden Längsreihen von Löchern befinden, wobei die Ausnehmungen 23 abwechselnd eine um 90° gedrehte Lage haben. Ferner sind an den Längsrändern der Ausnehmungen 23 wiederum paarweise Vorsprünge 24 ausgebildet.These and other details of the cover part 20 can be better seen in FIGS. 6 to 8, which show a view of the underside of the cover part 20 or sections along the line VII-VII and VIII-VIII in FIG. 6 and 8 you can see the holes 21 for the coupling pins 7 and 8, as well as the molded pins 22 in FIGS. 6 to 8. Furthermore, it can be seen in particular from FIG. 6 that the cover part 20 on its underside along the Center line is provided with rectangular recesses 23, which are each at an angle of 45 ° between two adjacent holes 21 of the same longitudinal row of holes or in the diagonal connecting line of two holes 21 of the two longitudinal rows of holes, the recesses 23 alternatingly being rotated by 90 °. Furthermore, projections 24 are again formed in pairs on the longitudinal edges of the recesses 23.

Weitere Einzelheiten des Sockelteils 9 gehen aus den Fig. 9 bis 12 hervor, wobei die Fig. 9 und 10 Ansichten der Oberseite bzw. der Unterseite des Sockel­teils 9 und die Fig. 11 und 12 Schnitte längs der Linien XI-XI bzw. XII-XII in Fig. 9 zeigen. Aus Fig. 9 sind die Schlitze 11 für die Lappen 19 der metallischen Ge­bilde 15 und 16 (Fig. 3, 4), die Löcher 12 für die Zapfen 22 des Abdeckteils 20 (Fig. 6 bis 8) sowie die Aus­nehmungen 13 mit den seitlichen Vorsprüngen 14 ersicht­lich. In Fig. 10 sind ebenfalls die Schlitze 11 und die Löcher 12 zu sehen. Ferner geht aus Fig. 10 hervor, dass die Unterseite des Sockelteils 9 in an sich be­kannter Weise mit angeformten Hohlzapfen 25 versehen ist, welche als mechanische Gegenkupplungsorgane für die Kupplungszapfen 7, 8 beim Zusammenstecken von zwei Bau­elementen gleicher Art dienen. Die Hohlzapfen 25 sowie die Ausnehmungen 13 und die Vorsprünge 14 sind auch aus den Schnittdarstellungen gemäss Fig. 11 und 12 er­sichtlich.Further details of the base part 9 are shown in FIGS. 9 to 12, FIGS. 9 and 10 showing views of the top and bottom of the base part 9 and FIGS. 11 and 12 sections along the lines XI-XI and XII- Show XII in Fig. 9. From Fig. 9, the slots 11 for the tabs 19 of the metallic structures 15 and 16 (Fig. 3, 4), the holes 12 for the pin 22 of the cover part 20 (Fig. 6 to 8) and the recesses 13 with the side Projections 14 can be seen. The slots 11 and the holes 12 can also be seen in FIG. 10. 10 that the underside of the base part 9 is provided in a manner known per se with molded hollow pins 25, which serve as mechanical counter-coupling elements for the coupling pins 7, 8 when two components of the same type are plugged together. The hollow pin 25 and the recesses 13 and the projections 14 can also be seen in the sectional views according to FIGS. 11 and 12.

Fig. 6 und 9 zeigen demnach, dass sowohl die Oberseite des Sockelteils 9 als auch die Unterseite des Abdeckteils 20 mit gleichartigen rechteckigen Aus­nehmungen 13 bzw. 23 und seitlich daran befindlichen Paaren von Vorsprüngen 14 bzw. 24 am jeweils gleichen Ort auf dem betreffenden Bauteil versehen sind. Unter­schiedlich sind jedoch die Winkellagen der Ausnehmungen 13 und 23 im Sockelteil 9 bzw. im Abdeckteil 20, näm­lich um 90° gegeneinander verdreht. Dies wird aus den Fig. 6 und 9 unter Berücksichtigung des Umstandes er­sichtlich, dass die in Fig. 6 dargestellte Unterseite des Abdeckteils 20 dazu bestimmt ist, auf die in Fig. 9 dar­gestellte Oberseite des Sockelteils 9 zu liegen zu kommen.6 and 9 accordingly show that both the top of the base part 9 and the underside of the cover part 20 are provided with similar rectangular recesses 13 and 23 and laterally pairs of projections 14 and 24 at the same location on the respective component are. However, the angular positions of the recesses 13 and 23 in the base part 9 and in the cover part 20 are different, namely rotated by 90 ° relative to one another. This can be seen from FIGS. 6 and 9, taking into account the fact that the underside of the cover part 20 shown in FIG. 6 is intended to lie on the upper side of the base part 9 shown in FIG. 9.

Zur weiteren Erläuterung wird nachstehend der Zusammenbau der vier vorliegenden Bauteile, nämlich des Sockelteils 9 (Fig. 5), des einen metallischen Gebildes 16 mit Kupplungszapfen 8 (Fig. 4), des anderen metallischen Gebildes 15 mit Kupplungszapfen 7 (Fig. 3) und des Abdeckteils 20 (Fig. 2) beschrieben.For further explanation, the assembly of the four present components, namely the base part 9 (FIG. 5), the one metallic structure 16 with coupling pin 8 (FIG. 4), the other metallic structure 15 with coupling pin 7 (FIG. 3) and of the cover part 20 (Fig. 2).

In einem ersten Schritt des Zusammenbaus wird in das Sockelteil 9 der Fig. 5 das Leitergebilde 16 der Fig. 4 mit den leitenden, hohlen Kupplungszapfen 8 und den zugehörigen, angeformten Zungen 19 eingelegt, indem die Zungen 19 des Gebildes 16 in die entsprechen­den Schlitze 11 des Sockelteils 9 gesteckt werden und das Gebilde 16 auf die Oberseite 10 des Sockelteils 9 gedrückt wird. Es ist ersichtlich, dass hierdurch die nach unten gebogenen Leiterabschnitte 18 des Leiterge­bildes 16 in die Ausnehmungen 13 des Sockelteils 9 zu liegen kommen.In a first step of the assembly, the conductor structure 16 of FIG. 4 with the conductive, hollow coupling pins 8 and the associated, molded-on tongues 19 is inserted into the base part 9 of FIG. 5, by inserting the tongues 19 of the structure 16 into the corresponding slots 11 of the base part 9 and pressing the structure 16 onto the top 10 of the base part 9. It can be seen that this causes the downwardly bent conductor sections 18 of the conductor structure 16 to lie in the recesses 13 of the base part 9.

In einem zweiten Schritt wird das Leiterge­bilde 15 der Fig. 3 mit den leitenden, hohlen Kupplungs­zapfen 7 und den zugehörigen, angeformten Zungen 19 in das Sockelteil 9 eingelegt, indem die Zungen 19 des Gebildes 15 in die entsprechenden, noch offenen Schlitze 11 des Sockelteils 19 gesteckt werden und das Gebilde 15 wiederum auf die Oberseite 10 des Sockel­teils 9 gedrückt wird. Da sich das Leitergebilde 15 vom Leitergebilde 16 nur durch eine Versetzung um den Abstand zweier benachbarter Schlitze 11 in der Längs­richtung des Sockelteils 9 sowie dadurch unterscheidet, dass die Leiterabschnitte 17 des Gebildes 15 nach oben statt nach unten gebogen sind, kommen diese Leiterab­schnitte 17 auf die Vorsprünge 14 zu liegen und sind damit von den sie kreuzenden Leiterabschnitten 18 des Gebildes 16 räumlich und elektrisch getrennt.In a second step, the conductor structure 15 of FIG. 3 with the conductive, hollow coupling pins 7 and the associated, molded-on tongues 19 is inserted into the base part 9 by the tongues 19 of the structure 15 into the corresponding, still open slots 11 of the base part 19 are plugged and the structure 15 is in turn pressed onto the top 10 of the base part 9. Since the conductor structure 15 differs from the conductor structure 16 only by an offset by the distance between two adjacent slots 11 in the longitudinal direction of the base part 9 and also in that the conductor sections 17 of the structure 15 are bent upwards instead of downwards, these conductor sections 17 come on Projections 14 to lie and are thus spatially and electrically separated from the conductor sections 18 of the structure 16 crossing them.

In einem dritten und letzten Schritt wird das Abdeckteil 20 der Fig. 2 aufgesetzt, wobei die Kupp­lungszapfen 7, 8 der bereits in das Sockelteil 9 einge­setzten Leitergebilde 15 bzw. 16 durch die Löcher 21 des Abdeckteils 20 geführt und die Zapfen 22 des Abdeck­teils 20 in die entsprechenden Löcher 12 des Sockel­teils 9 gesteckt werden, was durch die konische Ausbil­dung der Enden der Zapfen 22 erleichtert wird. Hierauf werden die auf der unteren Innenseite des Sockelteils 9 aus den Löchern 12 ragenden Zapfen 22 mit der be­treffenden Wand des Sockenteils 9 verankert, was vorzugsweise mittels Ultraschall oder rein thermisch erfolgt. Bei der Verankerung der Zapfen 22 mittels Ultra­schall wird die Ultraschallenergie bereits beim Einführen der Zapfen 22 in die Löcher 12 des Sockelteils 9 ange­legt, so dass eine sofortige Verschweissung der Zapfen 22 mit den Wandungen der Löcher 12 erfolgt. Bei Anwendung eines thermischen Verfahrens werden die Zapfen 22 vor­erst in die Löcher 12 des Sockelteils 9 gesteckt, worauf unter Ausübung eines Druckes zwischen dem Abdeckteil 20 und dem Sockelteil 9 die auf der Innenseite des Sockel­teils 9 vorstehenden Enden der Zapfen 22 heiss vernietet werden. Bei auf das Sockelteil 9 aufgesetztem Abdeck­teil 20 kommen die nach oben gebogenen Leiterabschnit­te 17 des Gebildes 15 (Fig. 3) in die Ausnehmungen 23 (Fig. 6) des Abdeckteils 20 zu liegen, während die Leiterabschnitte 18 des Gebildes 16 (Fig. 4) auf den Vorsprüngen 24 (Fig. 6) des Abdeckteils 20 aufliegen. Somit wird jeder Leiterabschnitt 17, 18 durch entspre­chende Vorsprünge 14 bzw. 24 in der den Leiterabschnitt 17, 18 aufnehmenden Vertiefung 23 bzw. 13 festgehalten, und es wird dadurch eine einwandfreie elektrische Tren­nung der sich kreuzenden Leiterabschnitte 17, 18 ohne Zuhilfenahme von dazwischen gelegten Isolierstücken erzielt.In a third and final step, the cover part 20 of FIG. 2 is put on, the coupling pins 7, 8 of the conductor structures 15 and 16 already inserted into the base part 9 being guided through the holes 21 of the cover part 20 and the pins 22 of the cover part 20 in the corresponding holes 12 of the base part 9 are inserted, which is facilitated by the conical design of the ends of the pins 22. Then the pins 22 protruding from the holes 12 on the lower inside of the base part 9 are anchored to the relevant wall of the base part 9, which is preferably done by means of ultrasound or purely thermally. When the pins 22 are anchored by means of ultrasound, the ultrasonic energy is already applied when the pins 22 are inserted into the holes 12 in the base part 9, so that the pins 22 are immediately welded to the walls of the holes 12. When using a thermal method, the pins 22 are initially inserted into the holes 12 of the base part 9, whereupon the ends of the pins 22 projecting on the inside of the base part 9 are riveted hot while exerting pressure between the cover part 20 and the base part 9. When the cover part 20 is placed on the base part 9, the upwardly bent conductor sections 17 of the structure 15 (FIG. 3) come into the recesses 23 (Fig. 6) of the cover part 20 to lie while the conductor sections 18 of the structure 16 (Fig. 4) lie on the projections 24 (Fig. 6) of the cover part 20. Thus, each conductor section 17, 18 is held in place by corresponding projections 14 and 24 in the recess 23 and 13 receiving the conductor section 17, 18, and this results in a perfect electrical separation of the crossing conductor sections 17, 18 without the aid of insulating pieces placed between them achieved.

Es ist einzusehen, dass die beschriebenen Schritte des Zusammenbaus von nur vier Bestandteilen ohne Schwierigkeit auf einer entsprechenden Bestückungs­maschine automatisch und in hoher Kadenz vorgenommen werden können. Als Resultat des Zusammenbaus liegt dann das Bauelement 1 der Fig. 1 vor, bei welchen die me­tallisch leitenden Kupplungszapfen 7 und 8 je einen getrennten Stromkreis bilden.It can be seen that the described steps of assembling only four components can be carried out automatically and with high cadence without difficulty on an appropriate assembly machine. As a result of the assembly, component 1 of FIG. 1 is then available, in which the metallically conductive coupling pins 7 and 8 each form a separate circuit.

Wie aus den Fig. 3 und 4 ersichtlich ist, weisen die Zungen 19 der Leitergebilde 15 und 16 ein gekrümmtes äusseres Ende auf, das nach dem beschriebenen Zusammenbau an der Innenseite der längeren Seitenwände 3 des Sockelteils 9 anliegt. Somit sind die Zungen 19 federnd, so dass beim beliebigen Aufeinanderstecken zweier Bauelemente nach Fig. 1 ein verlässlicher elek­trischer Kontakt zwischen den leitenden Kupplungszapfen 7, 8 des einen Bauelementes und den betreffenden Zungen 19 des anderen Bauelementes erzielt wird. Da das Bau­element 1 gemäss Fig. 1 auch bezüglich der äusseren Abmessungen sowie der Anordnung und Dimensionen der Kupplungszapfen 7, 8 und der als Gegenkupplungsorgane vorgesehenen Hohlzapfen 25 (Fig. 10) mit einem üblichen Bauelement des gleichen Bausystems übereinstimmt, ist auch die mechanische Verbaubarkeit mit solchen keine elektrischen Stromkreise aufweisenden Bauelementen des gleichen Systems gewährleitet.As can be seen from FIGS. 3 and 4, the tongues 19 of the conductor structures 15 and 16 have a curved outer end which, after the assembly described, bears against the inside of the longer side walls 3 of the base part 9. Thus, the tongues 19 are resilient, so that they can be plugged onto one another at will 1, a reliable electrical contact between the conductive coupling pins 7, 8 of one component and the relevant tongues 19 of the other component is achieved. Since the component 1 according to FIG. 1 also corresponds to a conventional component of the same construction system with regard to the outer dimensions and the arrangement and dimensions of the coupling pins 7, 8 and the hollow pins 25 provided as mating coupling elements, the mechanical installation capability is also included such components of the same system which have no electrical circuits.

Es kann durch Versuche nachgewiesen werden, dass jede mechanische Kombination einer beliebigen An­zahl von Bauelementen nach Fig. 1 in beliebiger Kon­figuration einerseits immer eine Verbindung der beiden getrennten Stromkreise bewirkt, vorausgesetzt, dass immer mindestens zwei leitende Kupplungszapfen des einen Bauelementes vom benachbarten Bauelement erfasst werden, und andererseits einen Kurzschluss der beiden Stromkreise ausschliesst.It can be demonstrated by tests that any mechanical combination of any number of components according to FIG. 1 in any configuration always results in a connection of the two separate circuits on the one hand, provided that at least two conductive coupling pins of one component are always detected by the adjacent component, and on the other hand excludes a short circuit of the two circuits.

Statt zylindrischer Kupplungszapfen und Gegen­kupplungsorganen können selbstverständlich auch solche mit anderen Geometrien vorgesehen werden, beispielsweise solche mit quadratischem Querschnitt.Instead of cylindrical coupling pins and counter-coupling elements, it is of course also possible to provide those with other geometries, for example those with a square cross section.

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Bauelement für Baumodelle, insbesondere Bauspielzeuge, mit zwei parallelen Reihen (5, 6) von auf der einen Seite einer Wand (2) des Bauelementes (1) angeordneten Kupplungszapfen (7, 8) und mit auf der Gegenseite angeordneten Gegenkupplungsorganen (25), wobei die Kupplungszapfen (7, 8) mit leitenden Ober­flächen versehen sind, welche mit auf der Gegenseite angeordneten Kontaktelementen (19) in elektrischer Ver­bindung stehen, und wobei die leitenden Oberflächen der Kupplungszapfen (7, 8) und die Kontaktelemente (19) derart miteinander verbunden sind, dass sie zwei elektrisch getrennte Stromleiter längs der Reihen (5, 6) bilden, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass alle Kupplungs­zapfen (7, 8) leitende Oberflächen haben, dass ferner an der Stelle jedes Kupplungszapfens (7, 8) ein mit der leitenden Oberfläche dieses Kupplungszapfens (7, 8) verbundenes Kontaktelement (19) angeordnet ist, und dass die leitenden Oberflächen und die Kontaktelemente (19) jedes zweiten Kupplungszapfens (7; 8) jeder Reihe (5; 6) miteinander und mit den leitenden Oberflächen und Kontaktelementen (19) des zweiten Kupplungszapfens (7; 8) der anderen Reihe (6; 5) elektrisch verbunden sind, wobei die betreffenden jeweils zweiten Kupplungs­zapfen (7; 8) der einen Reihe (5) gegenüber denjenigen der anderen Reihe (6) um den Abstand zweier benachbar­ter Kupplungszapfen (7, 8) in der Richtung der Reihen (5, 6) versetzt sind.1. Component for construction models, in particular construction toys, with two parallel rows (5, 6) of coupling pins (7, 8) arranged on one side of a wall (2) of the component (1) and with counter-coupling elements (25) arranged on the opposite side , wherein the coupling pins (7, 8) are provided with conductive surfaces which are in electrical connection with contact elements (19) arranged on the opposite side, and wherein the conductive surfaces of the coupling pins (7, 8) and the contact elements (19) are connected to one another in this way are connected to form two electrically separate current conductors along the rows (5, 6), characterized in that all the coupling pins (7, 8) have conductive surfaces, and that in addition each coupling pin (7, 8) has one with the conductive one Surface of this coupling pin (7, 8) connected contact element (19) is arranged, and that the conductive surfaces and the contact elements (19) of each second coupling pin (7; 8) of each row (5; 6) with each other and with the conductive surfaces and contact elements (19) of the second coupling pin (7; 8) of the other row (6; 5) are electrically connected, the respective second coupling pins (7; 8) of one row (5) compared to those of the other row (6) by the distance between two adjacent coupling pins (7, 8) in the direction of the rows (5, 6) are offset. 2. Bauelement nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekenn­zeichnet, dass die Kupplungszapfen (7, 8) als metalli­sche Hohlkörper, insbesondere als metallische Hohlzylin­der ausgebildet sind.2. Component according to claim 1, characterized in that the coupling pins (7, 8) are designed as a metallic hollow body, in particular as a metallic hollow cylinder. 3. Bauelement nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Kontaktelemente (19) als Zungen ausgebildet sind.3. Component according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the contact elements (19) are designed as tongues. 4. Bauelement nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die den gleichen Stromlei­ter bildenden leitenden Oberflächen der Kupplungszapfen (7, 8) und/oder Kontaktelemente (19) durch bandförmige Leiterabschnitte (17, 18) miteinander elektrisch ver­bunden sind.4. Component according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the conductive surfaces of the coupling pins (7, 8) and / or contact elements (19) forming the same conductor are electrically connected to one another by band-shaped conductor sections (17, 18). 5. Bauelement nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekenn­zeichnet, dass die den gleichen Stromleiter bildenden elektrisch verbundenen Kupplungszapfen (7; 8) und Kon­taktelemente (19) einschliesslich verbindender Leiter­abschnitte (17; 18) einstückig aus einem bandförmigen Metallteil geformt sind.5. The component according to claim 1, characterized in that the electrically connected coupling pins (7; 8) and contact elements (19) including connecting conductor sections (17; 18) forming the same conductor are formed in one piece from a band-shaped metal part. 6. Bauelement nach den Ansprüchen 3 und 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die als Zungen ausgebilde­ten Kontaktelemente (19) federnd an den Kupplungszapfen (7, 8) angeformt sind.6. Component according to claims 3 and 5, characterized in that the contact elements (19) designed as tongues are resiliently formed on the coupling pins (7, 8). 7. Bauelement nach den Ansprüchen 4 und 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die zum gleichen Stromleiter gehörenden bandförmigen Leiterabschnitte (17; 18) entwe­der nach unten oder nach oben ausgebogen sind.7. The component according to claims 4 and 5, characterized in that the band-shaped conductor sections (17; 18) belonging to the same conductor are bent out either downwards or upwards. 8. Bauelement nach einem der Ansprüche 5 bis 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass es aus einem Sockelteil (9), zwei je einstückigen Stromleiterteilen (15, 16) und einem plattenförmigen Abdeckteil (20) zusammengesetzt ist, wobei jedes Stromleiterteil (15; 16) mehrere in den beiden Reihen (5, 6) befindliche und in deren Längs­richtung versetzte Kupplungszapfen (7; 8) aufweist, wobei die Kupplungszapfen (7, 8) der beiden Strom­leiterteile (15, 16) in jeder Reihe (5, 6) zwischen­einander liegen, wobei ferner das Sockelteil (9) mit Schlitzen (11) versehen ist, durch welche die Zungen (19) der Stromleiterteile (15, 16) gesteckt sind, und wobei das Abdeckteil (20) mit Löchern (21) versehen ist, durch welche sich die Kupplungszapfen (7, 8) er­strecken.8. Component according to one of claims 5 to 7, characterized in that it is composed of a base part (9), two each one-piece current conductor parts (15, 16) and a plate-shaped cover part (20), each current conductor part (15; 16) has a plurality of coupling pins (7; 8) located in the two rows (5, 6) and offset in the longitudinal direction thereof, the coupling pins (7, 8) of the two current conductor parts (15, 16) lying between each other in each row (5, 6) , wherein the base part (9) with Slots (11) are provided, through which the tongues (19) of the current conductor parts (15, 16) are inserted, and wherein the cover part (20) is provided with holes (21) through which the coupling pins (7, 8) extend . 9. Bauelement nach den Ansprüchen 7 und 8, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die einander gegenüberlie­genden Seiten des Sockelteils (9) und des Abdeckteils (20) mit Ausnehmungen (13; 23) zur Aufnahme der jeweili­gen ausgebogenen Leiterabschnitte (17; 18) je eins der Stromleiterteile (16; 15) und mit Vorsprüngen (14; 24) zur Distanzierung der ausgebogenen Leiterabschnitte (17) des einen Stromleiterteils (15) von den ausgebogenen Leiterabschnitten (18) des anderen Stromleiterteils (16) versehen sind.9. The component according to claims 7 and 8, characterized in that the opposite sides of the base part (9) and the cover part (20) with recesses (13; 23) for receiving the respective bent-out conductor sections (17; 18) each one of the Current conductor parts (16; 15) and with projections (14; 24) for distancing the bent conductor sections (17) of one current conductor part (15) from the bent conductor sections (18) of the other current conductor part (16). 10. Bauelement nach Anspruch 9, dadurch gekenn­zeichnet, dass das Abdeckteil (20) auf seiner dem Sockel­teil (9) zugewandten Seite mit Zapfen (22) versehen ist und dass das Sockelteil (9) den Zapfen (22) entsprechende Löcher (12) aufweist, in welchen die Zapfen (22) aufge­nommen und verankert sind.10. The component according to claim 9, characterized in that the cover part (20) on its side facing the base part (9) is provided with pins (22) and in that the base part (9) has holes (12) corresponding to the pins (22) in which the pins (22) are received and anchored.
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