Classifications

• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
  • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
  • H01R12/00—Structural associations of a plurality of mutually-insulated electrical connecting elements, specially adapted for printed circuits, e.g. printed circuit boards [PCB], flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures, e.g. terminal strips, terminal blocks; Coupling devices specially adapted for printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures; Terminals specially adapted for contact with, or insertion into, printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures
  • H01R12/50—Fixed connections
  • H01R12/59—Fixed connections for flexible printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables or like structures
  • H01R12/65—Fixed connections for flexible printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables or like structures characterised by the terminal
  • H01R12/67—Fixed connections for flexible printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables or like structures characterised by the terminal insulation penetrating terminals
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E04—BUILDING
  • E04C—STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS; BUILDING MATERIALS
  • E04C2/00—Building elements of relatively thin form for the construction of parts of buildings, e.g. sheet materials, slabs, or panels
  • E04C2/44—Building elements of relatively thin form for the construction of parts of buildings, e.g. sheet materials, slabs, or panels characterised by the purpose
  • E04C2/52—Building elements of relatively thin form for the construction of parts of buildings, e.g. sheet materials, slabs, or panels characterised by the purpose with special adaptations for auxiliary purposes, e.g. serving for locating conduits
  • E04C2/521—Building elements of relatively thin form for the construction of parts of buildings, e.g. sheet materials, slabs, or panels characterised by the purpose with special adaptations for auxiliary purposes, e.g. serving for locating conduits serving for locating conduits; for ventilating, heating or cooling
• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
  • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
  • H01R4/00—Electrically-conductive connections between two or more conductive members in direct contact, i.e. touching one another; Means for effecting or maintaining such contact; Electrically-conductive connections having two or more spaced connecting locations for conductors and using contact members penetrating insulation
  • H01R4/24—Connections using contact members penetrating or cutting insulation or cable strands
  • H01R4/2404—Connections using contact members penetrating or cutting insulation or cable strands the contact members having teeth, prongs, pins or needles penetrating the insulation
  • H01R4/2406—Connections using contact members penetrating or cutting insulation or cable strands the contact members having teeth, prongs, pins or needles penetrating the insulation having needles or pins
• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
  • H02G—INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINED OPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES
  • H02G3/00—Installations of electric cables or lines or protective tubing therefor in or on buildings, equivalent structures or vehicles
• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
  • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
  • H01R11/00—Individual connecting elements providing two or more spaced connecting locations for conductive members which are, or may be, thereby interconnected, e.g. end pieces for wires or cables supported by the wire or cable and having means for facilitating electrical connection to some other wire, terminal, or conductive member, blocks of binding posts
  • H01R11/11—End pieces or tapping pieces for wires, supported by the wire and for facilitating electrical connection to some other wire, terminal or conductive member
  • H01R11/20—End pieces terminating in a needle point or analogous contact for penetrating insulation or cable strands
• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
  • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
  • H01R25/00—Coupling parts adapted for simultaneous co-operation with two or more identical counterparts, e.g. for distributing energy to two or more circuits
  • H01R25/14—Rails or bus-bars constructed so that the counterparts can be connected thereto at any point along their length

Definitions

• Modular panel for producing a conductive network, associated connectors, and methods of manufacturing the panels The present invention relates to a modular panel for producing a conductive network, the associated connectors, as well as the methods of manufacturing the panels.
• conductive networks whether they are data or power supply networks, require sets of conductive wires specific to the transfer of current or data. These sets of wire bundles pose problems of bulk on the one hand and make the cabling systems complex or expensive. On the other hand, these bundles are not flexible to use because for any implementation of on-site implantation, it is necessary to add wires to the bundles or else to remove them or at least to move the wires concerned. by modification. This is even more true for temporary installations on stands at trade fairs, exhibition fairs or other similar events.
• Patent application FR-A-2 601 519 is known, which describes a device for assembling and supplying simultaneously a group of light-emitting diodes.
• This device comprises a sheet obtained by the superposition of two layers of spongy electrically conductive materials which are separated and re-
• REPLACEMENT SHEET covered by layers of insulating spongy material.
• Patent FR-A-1 638 914 describes an electrical current distribution device which takes up the structure described above.
• the connectors are applied more widely than just the diodes. These connectors include two plugs, or even a single plug comprising two independent conductive parts separated by an insulating zone.
• Patent application FR-A-2 131 075 with a structure of the same type as the previous ones, provides for the use of connectors forming a socket.
• the layers are more than two in number and the combination of the layers two by two makes it possible to obtain different results, blinking, constant feeding, for example. It turns out that many problems remain for the production of panels which function and which provide all the advantages expected when using the associated connectors.
• the connectors must be plugged in easily but simultaneously, they must be mechanically fixed to the panel, in particular during mounting on the ceiling.
• Another important problem is the connection of the panels to each other and the present invention provides an effective solution and its variant embodiments for electrically connecting the panels.
• the manufacture of the panels also poses numerous constraints.
• the present invention also relates to the development of panels.
• the purpose of the present invention is to provide a modular panel for the production of a conductive network which eliminates the bundles of wires, which allows positioning and modifications at will and this immediately, which presents all the safety requirements when used for power supply, which is easy to install and which can be removable or fixed to demeu ⁇ re, the manufacture of which can be easily industrialized, the cost of which, depending on the choice of materials, may be relatively low, which nonetheless lends itself to the installation of sophisticated materials for certain particular applications, and which applies to many fields of activity while offering great reliability of con ⁇ nection and operation.
• the present invention also relates to the associated connectors and to the methods of manufacturing the panels.
• the invention also provides a connector intended to cooperate with such modular panels which include a base supporting an apparatus and at least two pins, this connector being characterized in that at least one of the pins is movable relative to the '' base at an angle greater than or less than 90 °.
• the pins of the connector comprise at least one abrasive part arranged upstream and / or in line with the conductive zone of this pin in the direction of penetration so as to sand the layer of conductive material during this penetration.
• the connector takes intermediate penetrating sockets provided for receiving the pins.
• the invention also relates to a method of fabricating a panel which is characterized in that the various conductive and insulating layers are superimposed between two external plates of rigid material, in particular wood, so as to lay the layers together against others and allow cutting to size as needed.
• a variant of the manufacturing process consists of interposing layers of insulating material between layers of insulating material. In this case, the different sheets of the conductive material are joined together, in particular by sewing using a conductive wire.
• a particularly interesting variant of the manufacturing process consists in fixing the conductive material to the insulating material by fusion of this same conductive material.
• the manufacturing process also provides for injecting the insulating material between the conductive layers, the injection parameters permitting setting and obtaining the desired thicknesses.
• FIG. 1 shows a schematic sectional view of a panel with integrated conductive material, on which an apparatus is mounted
• FIG. 2 represents a first embodiment of a connector according to the invention
• FIG. 3 represents an alternative embodiment of a connector according to the invention with sockets
• FIG. 4 shows an alternative embodiment of a connector according to the invention equipped with self-tapping screw, isolated on the unconnected part
• FIG. 5 shows an alternative embodiment of a connector according to the invention with abrasive pins
• FIG. 6 represents a three-phase socket
• FIG. 7 represents the result obtained by the manufacturing process with a multi-sheet conductor
• FIG. 8 represents the result obtained using the manufacturing process by fusion
• FIG. 9 represents a schematic view of ca ⁇ dres surrounding the panels allowing the connection of said panels
• FIG. 10 shows a particular embodiment of the invention with electrical connection by hinges
• FIG. 11 represents a detailed view of such a hinge
• FIG. 12 represents a schematic view of a first method of manufacturing by fusion
• FIG. 13 represents a variant of the fusion manufacturing process
• FIG. 14 represents another variant of the process of manufacturing by fusion
• FIG. 15 is an alternative embodiment of panels
• FIG. 16 shows a method of joining panels by tenons and mortises.
• FIG. 1 shows an apparatus 10 equipped with a base 12, a first pin 14 and a second pin 16.
• This apparatus is mounted on a panel 18 which comprises first and second conductive layers 20, 22, separated by layers 24, 26 and 28 of insulating material.
• Each of the pins 14 and 16 has a conductive portion, respectively 15 and 17, which cooperates with the layers 20 and 22 of conductive material, the length of the pins 14 and 16 being adapted.
• This panel 18 is optionally covered with a finishing layer, not shown.
• FIG 2 there is shown a particular connector according to the invention which comprises a base 12, as well as two connectors 14 and 16 but one of the connectors 14 is inclined by a greater angle or less than 90 ° relative to the base so as to avoid tearing of the apparatus 10 according to arrow 30.
• the alternative embodiment of the con ⁇ nector comprises a second base 13 equipped with • bushings 32, 34 which have a connection function with the conductive material layers 20 and 22, these sleeves being designed to receive pins 14 and 16 of the apparatus 10 proper.
• FIG. 4 the embodiment shown proposes pins 14 and 16 mounted free in rotation relative to the base and equipped with a file 36, 38 which allows a mechanical fixing of great solidity while ensuring a suitable electrical contact.
• FIG. 5 there is shown an alternative embodiment of the pins of the apparatus 10, variant in which the pins 14 and 16 have an abrasive part 40 and 42, this part being located upstream and possibly as far as the right conductive parts 15 and 17 of each of the pins in the direction of penetration of the pins so as to cause slight abrasion of the conductive layers 20 and 22 during penetration.
• FIG. 6 represents a concrete embodiment of an electrical outlet corresponding to three-phase current equipped with earth, each of the plugs 44, 46, 48 and 50 being fixed to the panel using a corresponding screw 45, 47, 49 and 51.
• the lengths of the screws allow the corresponding phases to be reached.
• a standard color code can be applied to these different plugs and to the corresponding pins or screws.
• Figure 7 corresponds to the result obtained by a manufacturing process which consists of interposing between the layers of material and the layers of multi-sheet conductive material.
• the layers 20 and 22 comprise a superpo ⁇ sition of thin sheets, the sum of these thicknesses corresponding to the thickness sought for the corresponding conductive layer. It is indeed possible to increase the conducting section without increasing the punching force since each of the sheets being very thin, remains easy to perforate.
• An important advantage of the multi-sheet conductor is to allow frank contact with the connector.
• the glue may possibly disturb the contact of the connector with the first sheet or sheets in the direction of penetration by interposing as an insulator between the edge and the connector but not with the last sheets.
• the different sheets of the multi-sheet material they can be connected between them by sewing using a wire of conductive material, by gluing, in this case a brittle adhesive will be used after hardening in order to bed the contacts and to prevent the glue from interposing between the conductive elements, but also by spot welding as is well known in the context of lattices. It is also possible to sew all of the conductive and non-conductive layers, but in this case an insulating wire will be used.
• Another manufacturing process consists of using "bonding" by fusion.
• the insulating materials generally polymers, can be adhered to the layers of metallic material in different ways in order to avoid the interposition of 'glue. Schematic representations of these methods and of the corresponding devices are made in FIGS. 12, 13 and 14.
• FIG. 12 simply shows the realization of an element comprising two layers 24, 26 of insulating material, and a conductive layer 20.
• the molten metal 52 is contained in a tank and pumped to be poured out by a supply fountain 54 onto the layer 26 of insulating material, this during the movement of these layers of insulating material, in the direction of arrow 56.
• the bowl shape of the layer of insulating material 26 allows the deposition of a layer of molten metal on which is pressed the second layer 24 of insulating material and the molten metal causes the adhesion of this second layer 24 of insulating material on the thin layer of entrained molten metal by capillarity through the first layer of insulating material 26.
• This system has the advantage of being continuous, but it is possible to provide a discontinuous device, as shown in FIG. 12.
• a base 58 supports a plate of insulating material 26, held flat by means of a suction symbolized by the tube 60.
• This base 58 has a particular profile with a bowl 62 in the central part in which is de ⁇ poured part of the molten material.
• the second plate of insulating material 24 is pressed on the first and pressed strongly so as to spread the molten metal 52.
• Another discontinuous method consists in placing a layer of metallic material in the form of a thin sheet or lattice covered with a metal with a low melting point.
• adhesion leads to a high intensity mechanical connection because the molten material penetrates into the cells of the insulating material, which facilitates attachment.
• the manufacturing process which consists in using a metallic material with a low melting point is also an element of security with regard to the panel because, in the event of a short circuit and overheating. ment abnormal to the right of the spindle, the metal melts and disconnects itself from the conductive part 15 or 17 of the corresponding pin. There is therefore an automatic "fuse" effect.
• hot-melt adhesives it suffices to deposit a layer of glue on a metallic core, to pass a current through this core, at the same time as the layers of insulating material are plated on this core. so that the glue in fusion adheres well during re ⁇ cooling.
• FIG 15 there is also shown a variant of a panel embodiment.
• a very thin metallic film 20 forming the conductive layer is interposed between two films of thermo-adhesive and two layers of insulator 24, 26.
• a direct or alternating electric current passing through the electric film causes the glue to melt. When cooling, everything is united.
• each of the hinges corresponding for example to one of the phases.
• These hinges are conductive only in the male part 66 and the female part 68 so as to be able to supply the panels with current from the sector with all the security necessary for the users.

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