EP1109191A1 - Elementensatz zur Herstellung von Sicherungskasten - Google Patents

Elementensatz zur Herstellung von Sicherungskasten Download PDF

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EP1109191A1
EP1109191A1 EP00403502A EP00403502A EP1109191A1 EP 1109191 A1 EP1109191 A1 EP 1109191A1 EP 00403502 A EP00403502 A EP 00403502A EP 00403502 A EP00403502 A EP 00403502A EP 1109191 A1 EP1109191 A1 EP 1109191A1
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Bertrand Tourcheux
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Leoni Wiring Systems France SAS
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Valeo Electronique et Systemes de Liaison SA
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H85/00—Protective devices in which the current flows through a part of fusible material and this current is interrupted by displacement of the fusible material when this current becomes excessive
    • H01H85/02—Details
    • H01H85/20—Bases for supporting the fuse; Separate parts thereof

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  • the present invention relates to a set of elements for the realization of a fuse box.
  • One of the aims of the present invention is to make a modular fuse box, depending needs, the box being of the type in which the assembly fuses can be crossed by an electric current having the same potential.
  • the set of elements for the realization of fuse boxes according to the invention is intended for be used with fuses of the type with two contact pads connected by a fusible wire housed in a insulating body, said assembly being characterized in that that it comprises a support plate made of insulating material, a contact strip in which is cut a series of tabs, a terminal attached to the bar contact and intended to be connected to a conductor, a series of insulating modules, means for fixing the modules to the support plate, each module being arranged to receive, on the one hand, a tongue and, on the other hand, a support fuse comprising a first compartment in which is housed an electrical connection member having, at one end, means for its electrical connection on the tongue and, at its other end, means for receipt of a fuse pad, said fuse holder being provided with a second compartment arranged to receive an electrical contact member connected by a conductor to an electrical circuit and provided with receiving means on the other side of the fuse.
  • the terminal comprises a head and the support plate a housing intended to receive the head, said housing being provided with retaining hooks of the head.
  • the plate support has a protective housing element the terminal and the conductor connected to it and it is provided a complementary housing element fixed to said element of housing.
  • the element housing has, on one side of a wall, a handle, and on two opposite walls, a hollow, while the element additional housing is formed by a hollow body with, along a wall, a hook intended to snap on the handle, and on two opposite walls, bosses intended to be inserted in the excavations.
  • the support plate is provided, on its face opposite to that intended to receive the bar contact, means for fixing it on a support.
  • the assembly can be fixed on the side of a box with an existing fuse, for example.
  • the bar contact is cut along an edge to present a series of wings which are folded perpendicularly in the plane of said bar and on the side opposite to the face intended to cooperate with the support plate, said wings being themselves cut and folded to form the tabs that extend perpendicular to the wings.
  • each module includes a body of generally parallelepiped shape with two side walls, a front wall, a floor wall and a ceiling wall, one of the side walls comprising means for fixing it to the side wall of a neighboring module.
  • one side walls have dovetail grooves, while the other side wall has projections corresponding dovetail.
  • the dovetail projections are extended with hooks, while the grooves are finished by stops with which the hooks cooperate.
  • each module in the vicinity from their end opposite to the front wall, are extended, each, by a plate, said plates being each pierced with an opening, while the support plate has, in the vicinity of two of its opposite edges, hooks intended to be inserted in the openings of said plates.
  • the support plate comprises, on its face intended to receive the contact strip, a series of nipples, said contact strip and the corresponding plate of modules with holes for the passage of nipples.
  • the ceiling wall of each module has an opening receiving the first compartment of the fuse holder.
  • the fuse holder compartments are separated by a veil, the front wall of the modules having a slot into which said veil is inserted.
  • each module and each support of fuse are provided with combined locking means.
  • the combined means of locking fuse holders on modules include a stopper protruding locking on the face of the turned supports opposite the plate, modules with a hole for the passage of nipples, said stop comprising a ramp terminated by a steep, while the plate modules with the nipple passage hole is provided with a projecting stop having a finished ramp by a steep, the steep and the ramps of the two stops being arranged so that when set up fuse holders on the modules, said ramps glide over each other until the steep come to bear against each other.
  • the set of elements shown in the various figures comprises a support plate 1 of insulating plastic material of generally rectangular shape with a large side 1 a along which extend, at regular intervals, hooks 2 projecting from one face 1b .
  • From side 1b extend a series nipples 4 and, laterally along a short side 1d, a housing element 5 provided, on its bottom 6, with two nipples 7.
  • the support plate 1 is intended to receive a contact strip 9 pierced with holes 10 for the passage nipples 4.
  • the bar 9, on a small side 9a, has a tab 12 pierced with two holes 13 intended to receive nipples 7 and an opening 14 for the passage of a terminal 15 receiving a terminal 16 set on a conductor 17, the terminal being fixed on the terminal by a nut 19.
  • housing element 25 of element 5 is intended to hide terminal 15, this complementary element being formed of a hollow body with a bottom 25a, two side walls 25b, a wall upper 25c, the part opposite to the wall 25c being open to allow passage of the conductor 17.
  • the side walls 25b have, internally, bosses 26, the corresponding external walls of the housing element 5 are provided with corresponding hollows 27.
  • the housing element 5 is provided with a handle 28 on which a hook hooks elastically 29 provided along the upper wall 25c. So the element of additional housing 25 comes to snap elastically on the housing element 5.
  • the dorsal face of the plate 1 can be provided means for fixing it to a support member, for example, grooves 31.
  • the bar 9 is cut and folded to present a series of wings 20 extending perpendicular to the plane of the bar 9; said wings being themselves cut to present tabs 21 which are folded to extend perpendicularly in the plane of the wings 20.
  • the wall 35b is provided with a series of projections 37 in the shape of a dovetail and terminated by hooks 38, while the wall 35c has grooves 39 corresponding so that modules 35 can be assembled side by side, the grooves 39 being completed by stops 36.
  • the end of the wall 35c, opposite the wall 35a, is extended by a plate 40 provided, on the one hand, a hole 41 for the passage of a nipple 4 and, on the other hand, an opening 42 intended to receive a hook 2, said plate 40 being provided, between the hole 41 and the opening 42, of a locking stop 43 with a ramp 43a and a steep 43b (see figures 5, 7 and 13).
  • the edge of the wall 35d is also extended by a plate 44 pierced with an opening 45 intended to receive a hook 3.
  • the wall 35e is provided with an opening 46, while the wall 35a has a slot 47 which extends from opening 46 to the vicinity of the wall of floor 35d.
  • Each module 35 is intended to receive a support 50 of a fuse 51 having two contact pads 52 and 53 connected by a fusible wire housed in a body insulating.
  • Support 50 (see Figure 11) consists of a body of insulating material comprising two compartments 71 and 72 separated by a veil 73 intended to be inserted in the slot 47, the first compartment 71 engaging in the opening 46 and comprising, on its side wall 117, a locking stop 118 having a ramp 118a and a steep 118b ( Figure 11).
  • the first compartment 71 is intended to receive an electrical connection member 55 formed from a properly conductive plate of electricity cut and folded to present a first clamp 56 formed by a bottom 58 and two folds 57 of which the free edges cooperate with the bottom, the tabs 21 being intended to be inserted in this clamp.
  • the electrical connection member 55 has also a second clamp 59 having a section body rectangular 60 with extensions 61 folded inside of the body which is provided on one of its faces with a opening 63.
  • the second clamp 59 is intended to receive one of the contact pads 52 or 53 of the fuse.
  • the first compartment 71 comprises, in one of its side walls 75, an elastic tab 76 ended with a hook 77 projecting inside of the compartment which is open at its lower end and whose upper end, also open, is bordered by a rim 78.
  • the electrical contact member abuts by the free end of the clamp 59 against the flange 78.
  • the second compartment 72 is open to its upper end and at its lower end and it is intended to receive an electrical contact member female 80 (see figures 10 and 12).
  • This organ 80 comprises, at one end, tabs 81 for crimping a stripped end of an electrical conductor 83 and tabs 84 for crimping the latter.
  • the member 80 is shaped to present a body with rectangular section whose long sides are extended and folded inside said body to form an elastic clamp 85 intended to receive one of the studs contact 52 or 53 of fuse 51, one of the short sides 87 of the body being pierced with an opening 86, while one adjacent sides 88 is cut to form a tongue restraint 89.
  • the second compartment 72 has internally an elastic tab 90 having, in the vicinity from its free end, a projection 91, a free space 92 being formed between the elastic tab 90 and the internal wall 93 corresponding to said compartment 72.
  • a groove 95 is formed with a stop 96, while the upper end of said compartment 72 is provided with a flange 97 constituting a stop for organ 80.
  • Organ 80 is inserted in the second compartment 72 so that its end provided with the clamp 85 door against ledge 97, while the tongue of retainer 89 is engaged in groove 94 and is supported against the stop 96, the projection 91 being inserted into the opening 86. Organ 80 is thus blocked in the compartment 72, but so that it is perfectly locked, a key 100 is provided (see FIG. 12) which is inserted in free space 92.
  • This key is made up by a flat plate which, at one end 101, is cut to present two slots 102 determining tabs elastics 103 provided laterally, each with a projection 104 in the vicinity of their free end.
  • Compartment 72 in free space 92, presents 105 notches intended to receive the projections 104.
  • the support plate 1 has two projections 107 dovetail-shaped with free ends are terminated by hooks 108.
  • the housing element 5 includes a housing 110 with a bottom 111, two side walls 112 and two hooks 113, the terminal 15 comprising a head 115 which is placed in the housing 110 and which is locked in the latter by the hooks 113.
  • the support plate 1 receives the head first 115 from terminal 15, then the contact strip 9 of which holes 10 and 13 are crossed by the pins respectively 4 and 7, while terminal 15 crosses the opening 14 and receives the terminal 16 set at one end of a conductor 17, the nut 19 then being tightened.
  • Terminal 15 is masked by the housing element complementary 25 whose hook 28 cooperates with the core 29 and the bosses 26 with the hollows 27.
  • the modules 35 are assembled side by side by engaging the projections 37 in the grooves 39 so that the hooks 38, with a slight deformation elastic, cross the stops 36 and ensure locking said modules together.
  • the set of modules 35 thus formed is fixed to the support plate 1, on the one hand, by the end module whose grooves 39 receive the projections 107 and the hooks 108 and, on the other hand, by hooks 2 and 3 which are inserted respectively in the openings 42 and 45.
  • the pins 4, by engaging in the holes 41, allow to center the modules so that the wings 21 thus housed in the modules are located exactly to the right of openings 46.
  • the electrical connection members 55 are housed in supports 50 and wedged in compartment 71 by hooks 77 which penetrate into openings 63 and the edges 78 against which the free ends of the clamp 59.
  • the female electrical contact members 80 are placed in compartments 72 and locked by the hooks 91 engaged in the openings 86, the tabs 89 bearing against the stops 96, and by the keys 100 inserted in the free spaces 92.
  • the fuses 51 are then fitted and their stud 53 are inserted in clamp 55, while the other studs are engaged in clamp 85.
  • the supports 50 are then, by the part delimiting compartment 71, engaged in the openings 46, the web 73 fitting into the slot 47 and the locking supports 50, on the modules 35, being provided by stops 43 and 118. Indeed, during engagement of the web 73 in the slot 47, the ramps 43b and 118b slide one on the other until the steep 43a and 118a coincide (see Figure 13).

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US5088940A (en) * 1989-10-24 1992-02-18 Yazaki Corporation Electrical junction device
GB2279822A (en) * 1993-07-07 1995-01-11 Sumitomo Wall Systems Ltd Construction for fixing bus bar miniature fuses to electrical connection box
DE19745857A1 (de) * 1996-10-17 1998-04-23 Whitaker Corp Sicherungsleiste
DE19742585A1 (de) * 1997-09-26 1999-06-17 Whitaker Corp Sicherungsanordnung

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US5088940A (en) * 1989-10-24 1992-02-18 Yazaki Corporation Electrical junction device
GB2279822A (en) * 1993-07-07 1995-01-11 Sumitomo Wall Systems Ltd Construction for fixing bus bar miniature fuses to electrical connection box
DE19745857A1 (de) * 1996-10-17 1998-04-23 Whitaker Corp Sicherungsleiste
DE19742585A1 (de) * 1997-09-26 1999-06-17 Whitaker Corp Sicherungsanordnung

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