EP1286427B1 - Reihenklemme mit Verriegelungshebel für Steckverbinder - Google Patents

Reihenklemme mit Verriegelungshebel für Steckverbinder Download PDF

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EP1286427B1
EP1286427B1 EP02356125A EP02356125A EP1286427B1 EP 1286427 B1 EP1286427 B1 EP 1286427B1 EP 02356125 A EP02356125 A EP 02356125A EP 02356125 A EP02356125 A EP 02356125A EP 1286427 B1 EP1286427 B1 EP 1286427B1
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Stéphane M. Prost
Sylvain M. Barrat
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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
    • H01R9/00—Structural associations of a plurality of mutually-insulated electrical connecting elements, e.g. terminal strips or terminal blocks; Terminals or binding posts mounted upon a base or in a case; Bases therefor
    • H01R9/22—Bases, e.g. strip, block, panel
    • H01R9/24—Terminal blocks
    • H01R9/2491—Terminal blocks structurally associated with plugs or sockets
    • 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
    • H01R13/639—Additional means for holding or locking coupling parts together, after engagement, e.g. separate keylock, retainer strap

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  • the present invention relates to the technical field of terminal blocks or interconnection, modular or not, used for the supply and control of electrical installations.
  • the invention relates more particularly to terminal blocks intended to receive one or more plug-in connectors.
  • Such terminal blocks generally comprise an insulating housing in which is arranged at least one receiving housing of a plug connector.
  • the abutment and its complementary recess effectively make it possible to lock the connector on the housing, but nevertheless has the drawback of making it particularly difficult to remove the connector once the latter is connected to the terminal block.
  • the abutment and its complementary recess are designed so as not to offer too much resistance to the withdrawal of the connector, in which case the locking function is not properly ensured, is, on the contrary, the stop and its recess are designed to provide high resistance to removal of the connector in which case the locking function is perfectly ensured but it is almost impossible to remove the connector without damaging the terminal block or the connector itself.
  • the attachment tab is attached to the connector, it is necessary, during the implementation of the connector, to provide this latching lug which increases the number of components necessary for the production of the connector. a junction and connection assembly.
  • the attachment tab has a size that makes it difficult to use in a small environment.
  • the locking arm is integral with the terminal block, it is not possible to lose it. Moreover, this presence at home avoids any risk of forgetting when assembling and assembling a junction and connection assembly using one or more terminal blocks according to the invention.
  • the axis of rotation ⁇ of the arm is substantially perpendicular to the direction D plugging in the connector.
  • the locking arm may be made in any suitable manner and, according to a feature of the invention, the locking arm has an elongated shape of axis d and carries, at one end, the fastening element, and at opposite end, hinge means on the housing.
  • the hinge means can then be made in any appropriate manner, for example in the form of a bearing intended to cooperate with an axis carried by the terminal block housing.
  • the interconnection means may also be in the form of a fixed axis of the locking arm and intended to engage in a bearing arranged on the insulating housing of the terminal block.
  • the locking means of the locking arm comprise a stop provided on the housing to provide support for the arm in the locking position and to prevent the passage of the arm in the erasing position from of this locking position.
  • the locking arm then has, at its hinge end and opposite the fastening element, a bead intended to bear against the abutment of the housing when the arm is in the locked position.
  • the heel is located opposite the receiving housing of the connector relative to the ⁇ axis of rotation of the arm.
  • the locking means comprise a rack arranged on the housing and at least one tooth carried by the locking arm and intended to cooperate with the rack to slow the movement of the locking arm between its position. erasure and its locking position, and vice versa. So preferred but not strictly necessary, the rack is used in combination with the stopper on the housing.
  • the locking element of the locking arm can be made in any appropriate manner such as for example in the form of a male or female coupling element intended to cooperate with a complementary shaped element arranged on the connector.
  • the hooking element is constituted by a finger intended to cooperate with a stop provided by the connector to prevent removal of the connector from the receiving housing.
  • the abutment of the connector is formed by the edge of a receiving cavity of the latching finger arranged in the outer wall of the connector.
  • the arm has, in order to facilitate its manipulation between the locking position and the erasing position and vice versa, a receiving cavity of an external actuator .
  • this operating cavity is arranged at the end of the arm opposite to the hinge end on the housing and has a shape adapted to receive the end of a screwdriver blade.
  • the locking arm has connecting means for connecting the locking arm with another locking arm of an adjacent link block.
  • the connecting means may be made in any suitable manner and, according to a preferred but not strictly necessary embodiment of the invention, the connecting means comprise a tenon, arranged on a lateral face of the arm, and a mortise of complementary shape. to that of the tenon, arranged on the opposite lateral face of the locking arm.
  • the invention also relates to an assembly of at least two junction blocks, according to the invention, juxtaposed.
  • This assembly is characterized in that the locking arms of at least two adjacent terminal blocks are connected to each other.
  • connection can then result from the implementation of the connection means as mentioned above and is therefore removable.
  • the connection of the adjacent block locking arms may also result from the one-piece manufacture of the locking arms of the two adjacent blocks. It can also be envisaged to produce, in one piece, the locking arms of more than two blocks.
  • this embodiment does not exclude the possibility of involving removable connecting means, arranged at the side faces of the component part juxtaposed connecting arms.
  • the figure 1 illustrates a set of six juxtaposed junction blocks 1 to 6 according to the invention.
  • Each terminal block comprises an insulating housing 10 in which is disposed an interconnection piece 11 of conductive material.
  • the interconnection piece 11 is then equipped with various connection accessories such as for example but not exclusively a spring 12 for connecting an electric cable, a lyre 13 for connecting an interconnection comb 14.
  • connection accessories such as for example but not exclusively a spring 12 for connecting an electric cable, a lyre 13 for connecting an interconnection comb 14.
  • the interconnection piece 11 could be equipped with any other interconnection accessory such as, for example, screw connection files, insulation displacement connection systems, connector plug connection means or any other combination of these accessories.
  • the insulating housing 10 has at least one housing 15 for receiving a plug-in connector 16, as is apparent from FIG. figure 1 .
  • the interconnection piece 11 is then equipped with a male or female connection device 17 intended to cooperate with the plug connector 16.
  • the connection device 16 is made in the form of a pin D axis corresponding to the direction of insertion of the connector on the block 1.
  • the connection device 17 of the terminal block could also be constituted by a female device for, for example, to receive a pin connector.
  • the terminal block has locking means 20 of the connector 16 on the housing 10.
  • the locking means 20 comprise a locking arm 21 which is integral with the housing 10 and which is fitted on the housing so as to be able to oscillate about an axis of rotation ⁇ between a position of erase E, more particularly illustrated in figure 2 , and a locking position V, as illustrated in FIG. figure 3 .
  • the axis of rotation ⁇ is preferably substantially perpendicular to the insertion direction D.
  • the arm 21 has a substantially parallelepipedal overall shape elongate axis d.
  • the locking arm 21 then carries, at one of its so-called hooking ends 22, a hooking element 23 intended to cooperate with a complementary fastening element 24 of the connector 16.
  • the fastening element 23 is constituted by a finger intended to bear, in the locking position, on a stop 25 defined by an edge of a cavity 24 which is arranged in the connector and which forms the element of complementary hanging of the finger 23.
  • the arm 21 has, moreover, at its end 27 opposite the attachment end 22, hinge means 28 on the housing 10.
  • the hinge means 28 can be made anyway appropriate and, according to the example shown, they are constituted by two pivots 29 of axis ⁇ each arranged on a side face of the arm 21 and intended to engage in a complementary housing 32 offered by the housing 10, as is illustrated at figure 5 .
  • the arm 21 is then fitted on the housing 10 in a housing 30 arranged near the housing 15 for receiving the connector 16.
  • junction block 1 thus constituted is implemented in the following manner.
  • the arm 21 Before placing the connector 16, the arm 21 is placed in the erasing position E as illustrated in FIG. figure 2 .
  • the connector 16 can be freely inserted or removed from the housing 15 by a translation movement parallel to the insertion direction D.
  • the arm 21 is moved in the direction of the arrow F1 to the locking position V in which the finger 23 is engaged in the housing 24 of the connector 16 to bear against the abutment 25 and thus oppose a removing the connector 16 in the direction of the arrow F2, as illustrated in FIG. figure 3 .
  • the locking means 20 further comprise locking means 35 of the arm in the locking position V.
  • the locking means 35 comprise a stop 36 arranged in the bottom of the housing 30 in which the arm 21 is mounted.
  • the abutment 36 is then intended to provide a support in the locking position of the arm 21, a heel 37 of the hinge end 27 of the arm 21.
  • the engagement of the heel 37 on the abutment 36 blocks the movements of the arm and then prevents a return of the arm 21 in the erasing position.
  • the locking position V corresponds to a stable position of the arm 21.
  • the heel 37 is situated at the opposite end along a diagonal of the fastening element 23.
  • the heel 36 is opposite the housing 15 with respect to the hinge axis ⁇ of the arm 21.
  • the bottom of the mounting housing of the arm 21 is adapted to oppose the passage of the arm 21 in the locking position. The positions erasure and locking then correspond to two stable states of the arm 21.
  • the arm 21 comprises, preferably but not strictly necessary, at its end 22, a cavity 39 for receiving a control member. maneuver.
  • the cavity 39 is shaped to receive the end of the screwdriver blade 40 which allows to have a leverage to unlock the arm 21 of its locking position.
  • the arm 21 further comprises connecting means 41 with the locking arm 21 'of an adjacent junction block 2.
  • This advantageous arrangement of the invention makes it possible to ensure concordance of positions between the locking arms 21, 21 'of the adjacent terminal blocks 1, 2.
  • the connecting means 41 are made in the form, on the one hand, of a post 42 arranged in a lateral face of the locking arm 21 and, on the other hand, of a mortise 43, corresponding to the post 42, arranged in the opposite lateral face of the locking arm 21.
  • the pin 42 of the connecting arm 21 engages in the corresponding mortise 43 of the adjacent locking arm 21 'during the juxtaposition of the terminal blocks 1 and 2 l one next to the other.
  • the connecting means can be made in any other suitable form.
  • the figure 6 illustrates another embodiment of the invention according to which the connecting means 40, between the various locking arms 21, are constituted by a through bore 45 arranged in each arm and allowing the establishment of a connecting rod 46 extending between the different locking arms 21, 21 'to be connected.
  • the connecting means 40 between the adjacent locking arms 21, 21 'are removable.
  • this connection is not necessarily removable.
  • the connecting means 40 are formed by a connecting segment 47 connecting the two connecting arms 21.
  • the two arms 21, 21 'then form a one-piece assembly, so that it is not possible to separate them.
  • the locking means of the movement of the locking arm 21 comprise only the stop 36 intended to cooperate with the post 37 of the arm 21.
  • the locking means 20 can be made under another form.
  • the figure 8 illustrates an alternative embodiment in which the abutment 36 and the heel 37 are completed by a rack 51 arranged on the housing 10, the rack is then intended to cooperate with at least and, according to the illustrated example, several teeth 52 arranged on the arm 21.
  • the friction and the engagement of the teeth 52, on the rack 51, then slow down the movements of the arm 21 and thus make it possible to reinforce its locking in the locked position in particular.
  • the rack 51 and the teeth 52 could be implemented alone as locking means 20 without adding the blocking provided by the abutment 36 and the heel 37.

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  1. Steckverbinder, welcher ein isolierendes Gehäuse (10), das mindestens eine Aussparung (15) zur Aufnahme eines in einer Richtung (D) in die Aussparung (15) einführbaren Steckers (16), und Mittel zum Verriegeln (20) des Steckers im Gehäuse beinhaltet, wobei die Mittel zum Verriegeln
    - mindestens einen Verriegelungshebel (21), der fest mit dem Gehäuse (10) verbunden, zwischen einer zurückgezogenen Stellung (E) und einer Verriegelungsstellung (V) um eine Drehachse (Δ) oszillierend schwenkbar sowie mit einem rastenden Element, das in der Verriegelungsstellung mit einem hierzu passenden Verankerungselement des Steckers zusammenwirkt, versehen ist, sowie
    - Mittel zum Sperren (35) des Hebels in der Verriegelungsstellung (V) umfassen, wobei die Mittel zum Sperren (35) einen am Gehäuse befindlichen Anschlag (36) derart beinhalten, dass der Hebel (21) in der Verriegelungsstellung anliegt und das Umlegen des Hebels in die zurückgezogene Stellung behindert wird, wobei der Verriegelungshebel (21) in Richtung einer Achse (d) länglich ausgebildet ist und an einem Ende (22) das rastende Element (23) sowie am gegenüberliegenden Ende Mittel (28) zum Schwenken gegenüber dem Gehäuse (10) trägt, und
    wobei der Elektroverbinder dadurch gekennzeichnet ist, dass der Verriegelungshebel (21) in Höhe seines schwenkenden Endes (27) einen dem einrastenden Element (23) gegenüberliegenden Ansatz (37) trägt, der sich in der Verriegelungsstellung (V) des Verriegelungshebels (21) gegen den Anschlag (36) im Gehäuse abstützt.
  2. Steckverbinder nach Anspruch 1 gekennzeichnet dadurch, dass die Drehachse (Δ) des Hebels im Wesentlichen senkrecht zur Richtung (D) der Steckeraufnahme angeordnet ist.
  3. Steckverbinder nach Anspruch 1 oder 2 gekennzeichnet dadurch, dass der Ansatz (37) bezüglich der Drehachse (Δ) des Verriegelungshebels (21) der Aussparung (15) gegenüberliegend angeordnet ist.
  4. Steckverbinder nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3 gekennzeichnet dadurch, dass die Mittel zum Sperren (35)
    - eine Zahnreihe (S1), welche am Gehäuse (10) angeordnet ist, und
    - mindestens einen Zahn (S2), welcher am Verriegelungshebel (21) angeordnet ist und mit der Zahnreihe (51) derart zusammenwirkt, dass die Bewegung des Verriegelungshebels gebremst wird,
    umfassen.
  5. Steckverbinder nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 4 gekennzeichnet dadurch, dass das Rastelement des Verriegelungshebels (21) aus einem Finger (23) besteht, der mit einem Anschlag (25), welcher sich am Stecker (16) befindet, derart zusammenwirkt, dass er das Herausziehen des Steckers (16) aus der Aussparung zur Aufnahme (15) verhindert.
  6. Steckverbinder nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 5 gekennzeichnet dadurch, dass der Verriegelungshebel (21) einen Hohlraum (39) zur Aufnahme eines Bewegungsmittels aufweist.
  7. Steckverbinder nach Anspruch 6 gekennzeichnet dadurch, dass der Hohlraum (39) zur Aufnahme des Klingenendes eines Schraubenziehers (40) geeignet ist.
  8. Steckverbinder nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 7 gekennzeichnet dadurch, dass der Verriegelungshebel (21) Verbindungsmittel (41) aufweist, welche zum Verbinden des Verriegelungshebels (21) mit einem anderen Verriegelungshebel (21') eines benachbarten Steckverbinders bestimmt sind.
  9. Steckverbinder nach Anspruch 8 gekennzeichnet dadurch, dass das die Verbindungsmittel einen Zapfen (42), weicher sich auf einer Seitenfläche des Verriegelungshebels (21) befindet, sowie ein Zapfenloch (43) in zum Zapfen passender Form, welches sich auf der gegenüberliegenden Seitenfläche des Verriegelungshebels (21) befindet, beinhalten.
  10. Gruppe von mindestens zwei Steckverbindern (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 9, nebeneinander angeordnet und gekennzeichnet dadurch, dass die Verriegelungshebel (21, 21') mindestens zweier benachbarter Steckverbinder (1, 22) miteinander verbunden sind.
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