EP0809333A2 - Connecteur à prises multiples - Google Patents

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EP0809333A2
EP0809333A2 EP97106387A EP97106387A EP0809333A2 EP 0809333 A2 EP0809333 A2 EP 0809333A2 EP 97106387 A EP97106387 A EP 97106387A EP 97106387 A EP97106387 A EP 97106387A EP 0809333 A2 EP0809333 A2 EP 0809333A2
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Karoly Kalocsay
Karoly Szebenyi
Istvan Angyal
Hans Flamme
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Knuerr Mechanik fuer die Electronik AG
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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
    • H01R24/00—Two-part coupling devices, or either of their cooperating parts, characterised by their overall structure
    • H01R24/76—Two-part coupling devices, or either of their cooperating parts, characterised by their overall structure with sockets, clips or analogous contacts and secured to apparatus or structure, e.g. to a wall
    • H01R24/78—Two-part coupling devices, or either of their cooperating parts, characterised by their overall structure with sockets, clips or analogous contacts and secured to apparatus or structure, e.g. to a wall with additional earth or shield contacts
    • 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
    • H01R13/648—Protective earth or shield arrangements on coupling devices, e.g. anti-static shielding  
    • H01R13/655—Protective earth or shield arrangements on coupling devices, e.g. anti-static shielding   with earth brace
    • 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
    • H01R25/006—Coupling parts adapted for simultaneous co-operation with two or more identical counterparts, e.g. for distributing energy to two or more circuits the coupling part being secured to apparatus or structure, e.g. duplex wall receptacle
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R2103/00—Two poles

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  • the invention relates to a multiple socket according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • a multiple socket with the features of the preamble is known for example from DE-OS 16 40 545 or EP 0 109 876 B1.
  • DE-OS 16 40 545 describes a multiple socket for angled plugs, which are arranged at an angle to the longitudinal direction of the multiple socket, for example at an angle of 45 ° .
  • Two contact rails with contact sockets are arranged parallel to the longitudinal axis of the multiple socket between webs or ribs of a base.
  • the contact sockets are formed by spring arches of two-part, vertically arranged contact rails.
  • a grounding rail or protective contact rail is arranged on the base webs or base ribs between the contact rails.
  • Earthing bars of the earthing bar are attached perpendicular to the connecting line of the contact sockets of a pair of plugs.
  • the earthing bar is fixed to the earthing rail by rivets, for example by means of tubular rivets, which are anchored in the base. In principle, screw connections are also possible.
  • a carrier arrangement consisting of a base carrier is placed in a U-shaped housing with parallel contact rails, a bridge with a grounding rail and protective contacts and a cover with plug inserts inserted as a unit.
  • the contact rails which have two parts with arches for elliptically designed contact sockets, are arranged in longitudinal grooves between transverse ribs of the base support.
  • the earthing bar can be provided with protective contacts in accordance with the VDE standard or the French, English or another national standard.
  • contact rails with a vertically oriented longitudinal web and one-sided 90-degree bends are known, each of which defines a socket with spread-apart side webs.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a multiple socket, which is inexpensive and can be manufactured in accordance with the safety regulations and ensures safe and reliable contact connections in use.
  • the invention is based on the idea of ensuring a particularly efficient and reliable contact connection, in particular with an angular position of the plug, by means of a constructive design and arrangement of the contact rails and in particular the contact socket regions and the protective contact rail and the protective contacts.
  • flat strips with spring contact sockets and spring areas which are arranged on the circumference of the spring contact sockets, are used as contact rails.
  • Flat strips with spring contact sockets and several spring areas, which are integrated in the flat strip can be formed, for example, by forming processes, such as rolling or rolling and / or bending.
  • a flat strip with spring contact sockets and spring areas for example, an electrolytically galvanized steel sheet of approximately 0.6 mm thickness and uniform width is used.
  • the rolled steel strip is held on a carrier arrangement and, for example, is resiliently clamped between holding elements which are formed on the carrier arrangement, in particular in the region of the spring regions of the spring contact sockets.
  • Brass can also be used as the material for the flat strip.
  • a secure and long-term stable contact connection is achieved with almost circular or oval spring contact sockets, the center of which lies in particular on the longitudinal axis of the vertically arranged flat strip.
  • a particularly advantageous resilient contact connection is achieved with spring contact sockets, which are arranged almost symmetrically on both sides of the flat strip or the spring contact socket Have spring areas.
  • two almost circular spring areas can be formed on both sides of an approximately round spring contact socket.
  • the spring contact sockets can be oval and the spring regions can be approximately acute-angled and / or polygonal with rounded corners.
  • the holding elements or clamping and support areas of the carrier arrangement or a base plate, for example pins, support webs or approximately complementarily shaped support areas, in particular in front of the first spring area and immediately after the third spring area, are provided in order to achieve a secure positioning of the entire spring contact arrangement.
  • a flat band, the spring contact bushings of which are surrounded by spring areas in a triangular arrangement, is inexpensive and requires little material. It is expedient to form two spring areas on the inside and one spring area on the outside.
  • Such a flat contact strip is extremely inexpensive to manufacture.
  • devices with vertically and / or horizontally adjustable rollers or rollers can be used, the arrangement of which corresponds to the spring contact socket design according to the invention.
  • a flat strip for example an electrolytically galvanized brass or steel strip of a defined width or height, is arranged vertically and then subjected to the presses of the rolls or rollers. After the forming process has been completed, the rolls or rollers are removed, i.e. adjusted up or down and the deformed contact band removed.
  • the flat strip can also be inserted horizontally if the rolls or rollers are arranged to be horizontally adjustable.
  • two contact strips are basically arranged in mirror image and are preferably fixed to holding elements of a carrier arrangement, inserted into a housing or pushed in at the end.
  • the contact strips are offset depending on the angle. It is advantageous if the holding elements of the carrier arrangement are arranged in such a way that the different angular arrangements of the plugs are predetermined.
  • the carrier arrangement is also designed to receive the grounding rail or a protective contact rail, it is advantageous to first fix it to the carrier arrangement and to insert the entire insert into a housing or to insert it at the end.
  • protective contacts for example protective contact clamps or terminals of the VDE standard
  • the complex rivet or screw fastenings can then be omitted.
  • the prefabricated protective contact rail is fixed in or on the carrier arrangement and arranged in a housing together with the contact strips clamped on holding elements.
  • the preferably one-piece carrier arrangement which is in particular a plastic support part or a plastic extrusion part, with pre-assembled contact strips and grounding rail, is pushed into the front of a one-piece housing.
  • the recesses for plug inserts that can be inserted from above are already provided in the housing, in which openings for the contact pins the plug is designed for the purpose of passage into the spring contact sockets and through openings for vertically upward protective contacts.
  • a pre-assembly of the protective contact bracket or clamps on the grounding rail by means of an embossed or clinch connection produces a reliable arrangement which can implement the different angular arrangements in a particularly simple manner. An unintentional adjustment or rotation is largely excluded.
  • the contact or flat strips with the spring contact sockets and spring regions are clamped or locked between holding elements directed downward, in particular L-shaped webs.
  • a carrier arrangement which consists of an almost horizontal plate, on the underside of which the L-shaped webs are formed, is particularly expedient.
  • the protective contact strip or the earthing bar is arranged on the top of the support plate and is guided, for example, in grooves or held by detents.
  • a multiple socket 3 shown by way of example in FIG. 1 has a housing 2, which is manufactured, for example, from a flat material blank as a one-piece housing.
  • the design of the multiple socket 3 according to the invention is equally suitable for U-shaped housings with a snap-in or insertable cover, in which, for example, the plug inserts are already included or are contained in an integrated arrangement.
  • a carrier arrangement 5 is arranged with an almost horizontal support plate 7 and holding webs 9 supported on the bottom 4 of the housing 2.
  • the carrier arrangement 5 is produced in particular from a plastic and as a molded part or by extrusion and has contact rails 11 which run parallel to one another and to a longitudinal axis 25 and which are designed as flat strips 13, 15 (see FIG. 3).
  • the flat strips 13, 15 are preassembled in a vertical arrangement in the region of the holding and supporting webs 9 on the carrier arrangement 5 and, in the case of a one-piece housing 2, are pushed into the housing 2 by way of an end face with the carrier arrangement 5.
  • a protective conductor or protective contact rail 17 is fixed above the flat strips 13, 15 and in an almost central arrangement.
  • This protective contact rail 17 is designed as a flat band on which protective contact clips 19 are fastened in a required angular position by stamping.
  • An embossed or clinch connection 10 is indicated in FIGS. 1 and 2. The angular position is shown in Fig. 2.
  • FIG. 2 shows a protective contact rail 17 with a protective contact clip 19 or a protective contact clip.
  • the angular arrangement corresponds to the offset arrangement of the flat strips 13, 15 according to FIG. French protective contacts can also be attached in this way.
  • FIG. 3 shows the contact rails 11 designed as rolled flat strips 13, 15.
  • the offset arrangement corresponds to a plug arrangement with respect to the contact pins of 45 o in relation to the longitudinal axis 25 of a multiple socket.
  • the flat strips 13, 15 face each other in relation to the design of the spring contact bushings 20. If the spring contact sockets 20 were arranged in parallel, this would correspond to a mirror-image arrangement.
  • the spring contact sockets 20 are integrated in the flat strips 13, 15 and are formed by a forming process by means of rolling, rolling or rolling.
  • the spring contact sockets 20 are characterized by a particularly reliable and long-term stable spring action, so that a secure contact connection can be achieved when inserting the contact pins of a plug.
  • This spring action is attributed to a defined, in this example almost circular, configuration of a spring contact socket 20 and the interaction with spring areas 23 formed on the circumference.
  • the spring areas 23 are additional, also largely circular arcs, which are formed at regular intervals in a flat band 13, 15 on the circumference of a spring contact socket 20. 3 to 5, three spring regions 23 are formed on each spring contact socket 20.
  • An upper extension 21 of the spring contact socket 20 is indicated in FIG. 5.
  • the spring contact sockets 20 are formed on the longitudinal axis 25 of the flat strips 13, 15, and the three spring regions 23 form the corners of an almost isosceles triangle in their arrangement.
  • Fig. 5 also illustrates the fixation and tensioning of the spring contact area 20.
  • Two holding or support webs 9 cooperate on one side of the flat strip 15 with a first spring area 23.1 and a third spring area 23.3, so that there is sufficient play for the spring contact socket 20 with a necessary spring tension, in particular by a second, inner spring area 23.2.
  • the inside spring areas 23.1 and 23.3 and a gap opening 22 of the spring contact socket 20 are shown in a side view of the flat strip 15.
  • the flat strip 15 is an electrolytically galvanized steel strip, the thickness of which is 0.6 mm and the height is 8 mm. A brass band can also be used. The distance between two spring contact sockets 20 is 50 mm.
  • 6 and 7 are 11 as rolled contact strips 13, 15 with alternatively designed spring contact bushings 40 and spring areas 43.1, 43.2 and 43.3.
  • the offset arrangement of the flat strips 13, 15 in turn corresponds to a connector arrangement with respect to the contact pins of 45 o .
  • the spring contact sockets 40 integrated in the flat strips 13, 15 have a largely oval shape and are given an extremely reliable spring action by two spring areas 43.1 and 43.3 which are approximately mirror-angled to one another and on one side of the longitudinal axis 45 running through the contact areas 40 and a polygonal spring area 43.2 on the opposite side of the longitudinal axis 45. Both the acute-angled spring regions 43.1 and 43.3 and the polygonal spring region 43.2 have rounded corners and arches.
  • FIG. 7 shows a spring contact socket 40 which is delimited by the rounded, acute-angled spring regions 43.1 and 43.3 and the polygonal spring region 43.2.
  • mounting is carried out via holding areas 49, which ensures a resilient fit of a contact rail 11 with the spring contact sockets 40 and spring areas 43.
  • the holding areas 49 in turn engage before the first spring area 43.1 and after the third spring area 43.3.
  • An extension 41 on the spring contact sockets 40 facilitates the insertion of a contact pin of a plug.

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EP97106387A 1996-05-21 1997-04-17 Connecteur à prises multiples Expired - Lifetime EP0809333B1 (fr)

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DE19620445A DE19620445C1 (de) 1996-05-21 1996-05-21 Mehrfachsteckdose

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FR2518831A1 (fr) * 1981-12-18 1983-06-24 Outillage Moule Etu Fabr Fiche a prises multiples, a elements de securite incorpores
DE4125604A1 (de) * 1991-04-02 1992-10-08 Meyer A & H Leuchten Bueroelek Steckdosenbox

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DE1640545A1 (de) * 1967-07-31 1970-10-22 Jung Albrecht Mehrfachsteckdose mit in einer Laengsreihe paarweise nacheinander angeordneten Kontakten
FR2518831A1 (fr) * 1981-12-18 1983-06-24 Outillage Moule Etu Fabr Fiche a prises multiples, a elements de securite incorpores
DE4125604A1 (de) * 1991-04-02 1992-10-08 Meyer A & H Leuchten Bueroelek Steckdosenbox

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EP2216856A1 (fr) * 2009-02-06 2010-08-11 Schneider Electric Industries SAS Boîtier électrique multiprise
FR2942085A1 (fr) * 2009-02-06 2010-08-13 Schneider Electric Ind Sas Boitier electrique multiprise.

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HUP9700798A3 (en) 1999-10-28
EP0809333B1 (fr) 2002-09-18
DE59708232D1 (de) 2002-10-24
DE19620445C1 (de) 1997-12-04
HU9700798D0 (en) 1997-06-30

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