EP0898341A2 - Steckverbinderpaar, Steckverbinder und Bauteil eines elektrischen Netzwerks - Google Patents

Steckverbinderpaar, Steckverbinder und Bauteil eines elektrischen Netzwerks Download PDF

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EP0898341A2
EP0898341A2 EP98660079A EP98660079A EP0898341A2 EP 0898341 A2 EP0898341 A2 EP 0898341A2 EP 98660079 A EP98660079 A EP 98660079A EP 98660079 A EP98660079 A EP 98660079A EP 0898341 A2 EP0898341 A2 EP 0898341A2
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Jarmo Virtanen
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Ensto Electric Oy
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/62—Means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts or for holding them in engagement
    • H01R13/627—Snap or like fastening
    • H01R13/6271—Latching means integral with the housing
    • 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
    • H01R13/62—Means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts or for holding them in engagement
    • H01R13/629—Additional means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts, e.g. aligning or guiding means, levers, gas pressure electrical locking indicators, manufacturing tolerances
    • H01R13/633—Additional means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts, e.g. aligning or guiding means, levers, gas pressure electrical locking indicators, manufacturing tolerances for disengagement only

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  • This invention relates to a plug-in contact pair which consists of a male contact and a female contact, of which the male contact comprises a body with connecting means for receiving at least a first electric wire, and with a first coupling element that is coupled to the connecting means of the male contact, the female contact comprises a body with connecting means for receiving at least a second electric wire, and with a second coupling element that is coupled to the connecting means of the female contact, whereby the first coupling element of the male contact and the second coupling element of the female contact are formed to be each other's counterparts such that they can be coupled to each other to provide an electric contact between the first and the second electric wire, and the male and the female contacts are provided with locking means which lock the male and the female contacts together when the first and the second coupling elements are coupled to each other.
  • the invention further relates to a plug-in contact comprising a body with an upper side and a lower side, connecting means arranged in the body to receive at least two electric wires, at least two parallel, elongated coupling elements arranged in the body, the coupling elements being coupled to the connecting means and formed to provide a contact with corresponding coupling elements of a counterpart of the plug-in contact, and which are adjacently positioned with a spacing when the upper side of the plug-in contact is seen from above, and locking means which include at least one elongated element formed with a hooked part in order to lock the plug-in contact with its counterpart when the coupling elements establish a contact with the corresponding coupling elements of the counterpart of the plug-in contact.
  • the invention relates to an electric network component with plug-in contacts comprising at least a first male contact and a first female contact
  • the first male contact comprises connecting means for receiving at least one electric wire, and a first coupling element that is coupled to the connecting means of the first male contact
  • the first female contact comprises connecting means for receiving at least one electric wire
  • a second coupling element that is coupled to the connecting means of the first female contact
  • the connecting means of the first male contact are connected with a electric wire to the connecting means of the first female contact
  • the first coupling element of the first male contact and the second coupling element of the first female contact are formed to be each other's counterparts such that a second female contact, corresponding in structure to the first female contact, can be connected to the first male contact, and correspondingly, a second male contact, corresponding in structure to the first male contact, can be connected to the first female contact
  • the male contacts and the female contacts are provided with locking means which lock the first male contact with the second female contact, and correspondingly, the first female contact to the second
  • This invention relates to the construction of an electric network and to the connection of apparatuses and devices to the electric network. Particularly, the invention relates to interlocking plug-in contacts by means of which various components of the electric network can be connected to each other.
  • the known plug-in contacts are provided with locking means by the action of which the female contacts and the male contacts to be coupled interlock in connection with installation.
  • the locking is achieved in such a way that one of the plug-in contacts to be coupled has at least one locking element that can be unlocked, and in turn, the other has a fixed counterpart of the locking element that can be unlocked, to which counterpart the locking element is attached.
  • the locking of the plug-in contacts can be unlocked and the contacts can be detached from one another, when a force is exerted on the locking element that can be used for unlocking, for instance, by pressing with hand.
  • the object of this invention is to solve the above-described problem and to provide a solution by means of which the interlocking of the plug-in contacts can be undone more easily than before, whereby the construction and removal of the electric network, the connection of apparatuses and device to the electric network and their disconnection therefrom, and the extension of the electric network become quicker and more flexible than before, and by means of which the above operations cause as little inconvenience as possible to the environment.
  • the plug-in contact pair in accordance with the invention which is characterized in that the locking means of both the male contact and the female contact are formed for unlocking, whereby a force exerted on the locking means of either one of the plug-in contacts unlocks the interlocking of the male contact and the female contact.
  • the invention is based on the idea that, when both the male contact and the female contact are provided with locking elements that can be used for unlocking, the interlocking of these two contacts can be undone by either one of the contacts, so that under no circumstances a situation arises when that contact of the plug-in contact pair, which has the locking element that can be unlocked, is located in an inaccessible place.
  • the plug-in contact pair in accordance with the invention makes it easier than before to unlock the interlocking of two plug-in contacts, and consequently the installation and removal of electric networks, as well as the implementation of alterations in couplings, become considerably more flexible and easier.
  • the invention also relates to a plug-in contact that can be utilized as a contact in the plug-in contact pair in accordance with the invention.
  • the plug-in contact in accordance with the invention is characterized in that the hooked part of the elongated element included in the locking means is formed to be free upwards or downwards, when the upper side of the plug-in contact body is seen from above.
  • the design of the plug-in contact in accordance with the invention makes it possible that the locking means which can be used for unlocking of said plug-in contact can grip another corresponding plug-in contact with the locking means which can be used for unlocking, the hooked part of the elongated element in said other plug-in contact being free to the opposite direction. Then the hooked parts, free upwards and downwards, of said plug-in contacts grip each other to the effect that the plug-in contacts interlock.
  • the design of the plug-in contact in accordance with the invention also makes it possible that said plug-in contact can be connected, apart from another plug-in contact with a locking means which can be used for unlocking, to another such plug-in contact that has no locking means which can be used for unlocking, but instead of it, for instance, a fixed hook or pin which the hooked part of the plug-in contact can grip.
  • the invention relates to an electric network component having male and female contacts, in which component the plug-in contact pair and the plug-in contact in accordance with the invention can be utilized.
  • the electric network component in accordance with the invention is characterized in that the locking means of both the first male contact and the first female contact are formed for unlocking whereby a force exerted on the locking means of the first male contact unlocks the interlocking of the first male contact and the second female contact, and a force exerted on the locking means of the first female contact unlocks the interlocking of the first female contact and a second male contact.
  • the electric network component in accordance with the invention may consist of e.g.
  • both the male contact and the female contact thereof having locking means which can be used for unlocking.
  • Figure 1 illustrates the first preferred embodiment of the plug-in contact pair of the invention.
  • a male contact 1 is shown on the left from two different angles of view
  • a female contact 2 is shown on the right from two different angles of view.
  • Connecting means 4 and 5 to receive three separate electric wires are arranged in the bodies 3 of the male contact 1 and the female contact 2.
  • the ends of the separate electric wires are inserted into openings 5, whereafter their connection to the plug-in contacts is secured with fixing screws 4.
  • the connecting means 4 and 5 of the male contact are coupled to pin-shaped coupling elements 6, of which one is illustrated by broken lines in Figure 1.
  • the coupling element 6 is located inside a barrel-shaped plastic plug 7 protruding from the body 3 of the contact 1.
  • An opening 8 of the barrel-shaped plastic plug 7 is shown in the lower figure illustrating the male contact.
  • the connecting means 4 and 5 of the female contact 2 are coupled to barrel-shaped coupling elements 9, of which one is illustrated by broken lines in Figure 1.
  • the barrel-shaped coupling element 9 is located in a cavity formed by a plastic part 10 protruding from the body 3 of the female contact 1, an opening 11 of the cavity being shown in the lower figure illustrating the female contact.
  • the male and the female contacts of Figure 1 both comprise locking means which interlock the plug-in contacts when their coupling elements 6 and 9 are connected to each other.
  • the locking means comprise elongated elements 12 and 13 with hooked parts 14 and 15.
  • the elongated elements 12 of the male contact 1 shown on the left comprise hooked parts 14 that are free upwards.
  • the elongated elements 13 of the female contact 2 shown on the right comprise hooked parts 15 that are free downwards.
  • the elongated elements 12 and 13 of the plug-in contacts grip each other by means of their hooked parts 14 and 15, when the plug-in contacts 1 and 2 are connected to each other.
  • the elongated elements 12 and 13 are attached to the body 3 of the plug-in contacts with an arm 16 protruding from the body. Since said arm 16 and the elongated elements 12 and 13 are made of flexible/resilient plastic, the interlocking of the elongated elements can be undone by exerting a force, directed towards the body 3 or away from the body 3, on the elongated elements 12, 13 of either one of the plug-in contacts 1 or 2. As a consequence, said elongated element and/or the arm 16 bends to the effect that the hooked parts 14 and 15 detach from each other.
  • Figure 2 illustrates a second preferred embodiment of the plug-in contact pair in accordance with the invention.
  • the plug-in contacts are shown connected to each other.
  • Figure 2 does not show the coupling means of the plug-in contacts, but only the locking means and the fixing screws 4' by means of which the electric wires are connected to the plug-in contacts are shown in the figure.
  • the male contact 1' of Figure 2 comprises an elongated element 12' whose hooked part 14' is free towards the contact body.
  • an elongated element 13' of the female contact 2' comprises a hooked part 15' that is free away from the contact body.
  • the positioning of an arm 16" that connects the elongated element 13' of the female contact 2' to the body deviates from the embodiment of Figure 1.
  • the interlocking of the male contact 1' and the female contact 2' can be undone by pressing the end, indicated by the reference numeral 17', of the elongated element 12' of the male contact towards the body of the contact 1'.
  • said interlocking can be undone by pressing the elongated element 13' of the female contact 2' towards the body of the female contact.
  • FIG 3 illustrates a first preferred embodiment of an electric network component in accordance with the invention.
  • the electric network component shown in Figure 3 consists of an electric cable 17, at the ends of which plug-in contacts are arranged i.e. a male contact 1' and a female contact 2'.
  • the male contact and the female contact 2' are designed to form each other's counterparts, i.e. they could be connected to each other, if desired.
  • FIG 4 illustrates a second preferred embodiment of the electric network component in accordance with the invention.
  • the electric network component of Figure 4 consists of a lighting fixture, in the body of which the plug-in contacts 1' and 2' are arranged.
  • the lighting fixture includes a branching piece 19, by means of which a lamp of the lighting fixture 18 and the male contact 1' are coupled to the female contact with wires 20 to 22.
  • the lighting fixture can be used as a part of the electric network, for instance, to the effect that electricity is supplied by means of it also to other lighting fixtures.
  • FIG. 5 illustrates a third preferred embodiment of the electric network component in accordance with the invention.
  • the electric network component of Figure 5 consists of a branching piece 23 with one female contact 2' forming an input and two male contacts 1' forming outputs.
  • the electric network can be readily branched in the desired manner by means of said branching piece.

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FI973473A FI102861B (fi) 1997-08-22 1997-08-22 Pistoliitinpari, pistoliitin ja sähköverkon komponentti

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