EP0513010B1 - Relais electromagnetique - Google Patents

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EP0513010B1
EP0513010B1 EP91900774A EP91900774A EP0513010B1 EP 0513010 B1 EP0513010 B1 EP 0513010B1 EP 91900774 A EP91900774 A EP 91900774A EP 91900774 A EP91900774 A EP 91900774A EP 0513010 B1 EP0513010 B1 EP 0513010B1
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H50/00—Details of electromagnetic relays
    • H01H50/44—Magnetic coils or windings
    • H01H50/443—Connections to coils
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H50/00—Details of electromagnetic relays
    • H01H50/02—Bases; Casings; Covers
    • H01H50/04—Mounting complete relay or separate parts of relay on a base or inside a case
    • H01H50/041—Details concerning assembly of relays
    • H01H50/042—Different parts are assembled by insertion without extra mounting facilities like screws, in an isolated mounting part, e.g. stack mounting on a coil-support
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H50/00—Details of electromagnetic relays
    • H01H50/44—Magnetic coils or windings
    • H01H2050/446—Details of the insulating support of the coil, e.g. spool, bobbin, former
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H50/00—Details of electromagnetic relays
    • H01H50/02—Bases; Casings; Covers
    • H01H50/021—Bases; Casings; Covers structurally combining a relay and an electronic component, e.g. varistor, RC circuit
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H50/00—Details of electromagnetic relays
    • H01H50/44—Magnetic coils or windings

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  • Such relays are known in many configurations, for example from EP-A-0 281 950.
  • the problem with such relays is to connect the coil and the base including the functional parts of the relay attached to them as well and as simply as possible.
  • contact elements can be fastened in the base or in the coil body by plugging in, which also enables automated assembly without further ado.
  • a possibility is already given to form an additional holding arm on a contact element for fastening the coil former on the base. Otherwise, the connection of the coil and base is essentially secured by welded-on winding connections and finally by a housing cap.
  • the aim of the invention is to improve the connection of the bobbin and base in a relay of the type mentioned, with as few individual parts as possible to enable automated assembly.
  • the connection elements should be designed so that the winding ends can be wound easily and without additional winding elements, with as few connection points as possible in the electrical circuit of the coil.
  • a method for producing such a relay is to be specified.
  • the coil connection elements each have hook-shaped mounting legs which are parallel to the coil axis and thus to the base plane and which engage in corresponding plug-in channels on at least one coil flange, but expediently, however, on both coil flanges.
  • the coil connection elements By anchoring the coil connection elements in the base, the coil body is thus held in a form-fitting manner on the base. Since these fastening legs also have molded-on winding pieces, which of course protrude from the respective plug-in channel, no additional winding support points are required for winding the winding ends; in the coil circuit, there is also no need for additional electrical connection points.
  • An expedient method for producing a relay according to the invention is that the coil connection elements are first inserted with their fastening legs into a corresponding plug-in channel of a coil flange, that the winding is then applied to the coil former and the winding ends are each connected to a winding piece of a connection element and that finally the coil is connected to the base, the coil connecting elements being anchored in plug-in shafts of the base.
  • the fastening legs are in each case from the outside of a coil flange facing away from the winding in the direction of the winding inserted into the flange, the winding pieces each lying outside the plug-in channel.
  • the fastening legs and the associated plug-in channels are each designed so that they can be fixed both in an intermediate position and in an end position, the respective winding piece being closer to the winding in the end position than when it is in the intermediate position.
  • each coil connecting element has in each case a fastening section lying parallel to the base plane of the base with the one or more horizontal fastening legs, from each of which a flat plug is bent vertically downward.
  • the flat plugs are used not only to anchor the coil or the coil assembly in the base, but also for the direct plug connection of both winding ends in a mounting base.
  • the contact is made from the respective attachment piece to the plug contact via the one-piece coil connecting element, without any connection points in the form of a welding point or a soldering point being located therebetween.
  • a coil former 1 made of insulating material, the hollow coil tube of which serves to receive a core (not shown).
  • the coil former 1 has a flange 11 and 12 at each end.
  • the fully wound and equipped coil former is placed on a base 2 (FIG. 3), which is also made of insulating material.
  • coil connection elements 3 and 4 are inserted into the coil flanges, which connect the coil body to the base.
  • contact elements 5 and 6 with their connecting elements and, if appropriate, also separate connecting elements 7 and 8 are anchored in corresponding formations and recesses in the coil former or the base.
  • the design of these parts is known, as is the rest of the structure, so that it will not be discussed further here.
  • each coil flange has plug-in channels which run parallel to the coil axis or parallel to the base plane of the relay.
  • the coil flange 11 has a laterally open plug-in channel 13 and a closed plug-in channel 14 and also a not visible plug-in channel 15.
  • a laterally open plug-in channel 16 is provided next to a closed plug-in channel 17.
  • the coil connecting element 3 forms a flat plug 31, which is perpendicular in the normal installation position, and a fastening part 32 bent at right angles on the upper side. On the latter, three fastening legs 33, 34 and 35 are cut free, which for horizontal insertion into the corresponding plug-in channels 13, 14 and 15 (not visible ) serve.
  • a winding piece 36 is formed on the side, which remains outside the insertion channel 13 even when the fastening legs 33, 34 and 35 are inserted into the corresponding plug-in channels of the coil flange 11 and is therefore suitable for winding a winding end.
  • a Retaining web 37 formed with a clamping slot 37a for fastening and contacting an additional component.
  • Embossments 38 are formed on the fastening legs 34 and 35 and are used to temporarily fix the respective fastening leg in the associated plug-in channel.
  • connection element 3 In a similar manner to that of the connection element 3, a vertical flat plug 41 and a fastening part 42 bent at right angles to it are also formed in the coil connection element 4.
  • Fastening legs 43 and 44 are in turn formed on this fastening part, which can be inserted into corresponding plug-in channels 16 and 17 of the bobbin flange 12.
  • a winding piece 46 is formed on the side, which always protrudes laterally from the open plug-in channel 16 even when it is inserted into the coil former, in order to serve for winding a winding end.
  • a retaining web 47 with a clamping slot 47a for fastening and contacting an additional component is formed on the fastening leg 43.
  • An embossing 48 corresponding to the embossing 38 is also formed in each of the fastening legs 43 and 44.
  • the coil connecting elements 3 and 4 are inserted into the coil body 1, the mounting legs 33, 34 and 35 being inserted into the plug-in channels 13, 14 and 15 up to an intermediate position in which the respective mounting legs and the flat plug 31 are not yet connected to the Project the inner wall of the coil flange 11 facing the winding area.
  • the coil connecting element 4 with its fastening legs 43 and 44 is inserted into the coil flange 12 up to a corresponding intermediate position.
  • the respective fastening legs are temporarily locked by the embossments 38 and 48.
  • the winding 10 is then applied, the winding ends 10a and 10b being wound onto the corresponding winding pieces 36 and 46 and being soldered or welded.
  • the coil former After the coil former has been fitted with the further magnetic circuit parts (not shown), it is placed on the base 2, the tabs 31 and 41 being inserted into the corresponding plug-in shafts 21 and 22 of the base 2. After insertion, the connection elements 3 and 4 are fixed with the latching tabs 39 and 49, which are bent out laterally (FIG. 3).
  • FIGS. 1 to 3 show an application example in which the winding ends are led out of the relay directly via the two coil connection elements 3 and 4 and their tabs 31 and 41, respectively.
  • a component such as a resistor or a diode
  • FIG. 4 shows a section of the coil flange 11 from FIG. 2.
  • the coil connecting element 3 is replaced by a modified connecting element 130 which, as in the case described above, has a fastening section 132 with fastening legs 133 and 134 and with these in the plug-in channels 13 and 14 the coil flange 11 is attached.
  • the corresponding winding end is fastened to the winding piece 136, and the holding web 137 with the clamping slot 137a is used for the clamping fastening of a connecting wire for the component mentioned.
  • the coil connection element 130 does not have a flat plug, but only a holding pin formed vertically downwards, the length of which extends only far enough into the base and to the underside thereof, that an anchoring, for example by notching, in the base is possible.
  • the current path thus leads from the winding end in question via the coil connection element 130 and the holding web 137 to the component (not shown), the end of the component opposite the holding web 137 being connected in a suitable manner to a separate connector plug (not shown) (or also a soldering pin), which in turn is anchored electrically separately from the coil connection element 130 in the base or in the coil body.
  • a separate connector plug not shown
  • soldering pin soldering pin

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Claims (12)

  1. Relais électromagnétique présentant les particularités suivantes :
    a) un corps de bobine (1) porte un enroulement (10) déposé entre deux flasques de bobine (11, 12) en matériau isolant, ainsi que d'autres éléments de circuit magnétique;
    b) le corps de bobine (1) est fixé sur un socle (2) en matériau isolant, l'axe de la bobine étant parallèle au plan de base du socle;
    c) dans le socle (2), des éléments de raccordement (3, 4) de la bobine et des éléments de raccordement (7, 8) de contact sont ancrés dans des logements d'enfichage (21, 22) perpendiculairement au plan de base;
    remarquable par les caractéristiques suivantes :
    d) au moins l'un des flasques de bobine (11, 12) possède au moins un canal d'enfichage (13, 14, 15, 16, 17) parallèle à l'axe de la bobine pour une broche de fixation (33, 34, 35, 43, 44; 133, 134), qui est formée d'un seul tenant sur un élément de raccordement (3; 4; 103) de la bobine;
    e) aux branches de fixation de chaque élément de raccordement de bobine est raccordé respectivement et d'un seul tenant, un élément d'enroulement (36; 46; 136) pour respectivement une extrémité d'enroulement (10a, 10b).
  2. Relais suivant la revendication 1, caractérisé par le fait que les branches de fixation (33, 34, 35; 43, 44; 133, 134) sont enfichées respectivement à partir de la face extérieure, tournée à l'opposé de l'enroulement (10), d'un flasque de bobine (11; 12) dans la direction de l'enroulement dans le flasque (11, 12), l'élément d'enroulement (36, 46; 136) étant situé respectivement à l'extérieur du canal d'enfichage (13, 16).
  3. Relais suivant la revendication 2, caractérisé par le fait que la branche de fixation (33, 34, 35; 43, 44; 133, 134) peut être fixée dans le canal d'enfichage associé (13, 14, 15, 16, 17) aussi bien dans une position intermédiaire qu'également dans une position d'extrémité, l'élément d'enroulement (36, 46; 133, 134) dans la position d'extrémité étant respectivement plus proche de l'enroulement (10) que dans le cas où il prend sa position intermédiaire.
  4. Relais suivant la revendication 3, caractérisé par le fait que, lorsque la branche de fixation (33, 34, 35, 43, 44; 133, 134) est dans la position intermédiaire, les extrémités (36, 46; 136) de l'enroulement sont situées à l'extérieur de la zone d'enroulement, alors que lorsque la branche de fixation passe dans la position d'extrémité, les extrémités de l'enroulement pénètrent dans la zone d'enroulement.
  5. Relais suivant la revendication 4, caractérisé par le fait qu'au moins une partie des branches de fixation (34, 35, 43, 44; 133, 134) comporte, à proximité de son extrémité libre, une partie gaufrée (38, 48; 138), qui garantit une fixation préalable dans le canal associé d'enfichage (14, 15, 16, 17), lorsque l'élément de raccordement (3, 4; 130) de la bobine est dans la position intermédiaire.
  6. Relais suivant l'une des revendications 1 à 5, caractérisé par le fait que respectivement un élément de raccordement (3, 4; 130) de la bobine est fixé par au moins une branche de fixation (33, 34, 35, 43, 44; 133, 134) dans chacun des deux flasques de bobine (11, 12), les branches de fixation étant enfichées dans des directions réciproquement opposées.
  7. Relais suivant la revendication 1 à 5, caractérisé par le fait que chaque élément de raccordement de la bobine possède une section de fixation (32, 42) qui est parallèle au plan de base du socle et à partir de laquelle s'étendent horizontalement une ou plusieurs branches de fixation (33, 34, 35, 43, 44), tandis qu'un connecteur plat (31, 41) est replié verticalement vers le bas.
  8. Relais suivant l'une des revendications 1 à 7, caractérisé par le fait qu'au moins l'un des éléments de raccordement (130) de la bobine possède une section de fixation (32) qui est parallèle au plan de base du socle (2) et possède une ou plusieurs branches de fixation (133, 134), à partir de laquelle un téton de retenue (131) est replié vers le bas, perpendiculairement au plan de base, et est ancré dans le socle (2).
  9. Relais suivant l'une des revendications 1 à 8, caractérisé par le fait qu'au moins sur l'un des éléments de raccordement (3, 4; 130) de la bobine est prévue une barrette de retenue (37, 47; 137) formée d'un seul tenant et servant à fixer un composant électrique ou électronique et à établir le contact avec ce dernier.
  10. Relais suivant la revendication 9, caractérisé par le fait que chaque barrette de retenue (37, 47, 137) possède au moins une fente de serrage (37a, 47a, 137a) pour l'établissement d'un contact de serrage sans brasure.
  11. Procédé pour fabriquer un relais suivant l'une des revendications 1 à 10, caractérisé par le fait qu'on enfiche les éléments de raccordement (3, 4) de la bobine respectivement par leurs branches de fixation (33, 34, 35, 43, 44) dans un canal d'enfichage correspondant (13, 14, 15, 16, 17) du flasque de bobine associé (11, 12),
    qu'ensuite on met en place l'enroulement (10) sur le corps de bobine (1) et on relie les extrémités (10a, 10b) de l'enroulement à un élément d'enroulement (36, 46) d'un élément de raccordement, et
    qu'enfin on relie le corps de bobine (1) au socle (2), les éléments de raccordement (3, 4) de la bobine étant ancrés dans des logements d'enfichage (21, 22) du socle (2).
  12. Procédé pour fabriquer un relais suivant la revendication 11, caractérisé par le fait qu'avant le montage de l'enroulement (10) on enfiche les branches de fixation (33, 34, 35, 43, 44) jusque dans une position intermédiaire dans les canaux d'enfichage (13, 14, 15, 16, 17) du flasque de bobine respectif (11, 12) et qu'après l'enroulement et avant le montage du corps de bobine sur le socle, on enfiche d'une manière plus conséquente les branches de fixation dans les canaux d'enfichage jusqu'à ce qu'elles atteignent leur position finale.
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US5235301A (en) 1993-08-10
DE59005036D1 (de) 1994-04-21
CA2074807A1 (fr) 1991-07-31
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