EP1354384A1 - Adaptateur de profile support - Google Patents

Adaptateur de profile support

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Publication number
EP1354384A1
EP1354384A1 EP20020703573 EP02703573A EP1354384A1 EP 1354384 A1 EP1354384 A1 EP 1354384A1 EP 20020703573 EP20020703573 EP 20020703573 EP 02703573 A EP02703573 A EP 02703573A EP 1354384 A1 EP1354384 A1 EP 1354384A1
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EP
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Prior art keywords
adapter
mounting rail
latching means
device module
electrical device
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German (de)
English (en)
Inventor
Othmar Gaidosch
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Hirschmann Electronics GmbH and Co KG
Hirschmann Electronics GmbH
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Hirschmann Electronics GmbH and Co KG
Hirschmann Electronics GmbH
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Publication of EP1354384A1 publication Critical patent/EP1354384A1/fr
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02B—BOARDS, SUBSTATIONS OR SWITCHING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE SUPPLY OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02B1/00—Frameworks, boards, panels, desks, casings; Details of substations or switching arrangements
    • H02B1/015—Boards, panels, desks; Parts thereof or accessories therefor
    • H02B1/04—Mounting thereon of switches or of other devices in general, the switch or device having, or being without, casing
    • H02B1/052—Mounting on rails
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S439/00—Electrical connectors
    • Y10S439/953—Electrical connectors with latch rod to be retainingly received by opening of mating connector

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  • the invention relates to a modular electrical device, which has at least one device module, preferably a plurality of device modules, the at least one device module being attachable to a mounting rail, according to the features of the preamble of patent claim 1.
  • a modular electrical device is known from EP 0 527 247 B1.
  • Such a device consists of several device modules which can be electrically connected to one another and are adapted to the respective application.
  • Electronic controls in particular programmable logic controllers, are particularly suitable as the intended use.
  • EP 0 527 247 B1 discloses a flat mounting rail which is angled at its side edges and onto which the device modules are hung with one side edge and fixed to the mounting rail by means of a screw connection on the opposite side edge. This type of mounting of the device modules on the mounting rail has several disadvantages.
  • the device modules can jam with their one side edge on the mounting rail when inserted, so that problem-free assembly or disassembly is hindered.
  • the design of the electrical device prevents the removal of several arranged side by side. ten device modules is not readily possible; in particular, when a device module is swiveled out, the connection module part, which electrically connects the device modules that are lined up with one another, can tilt.
  • the invention is therefore based on the object of improving a modular electrical device as described in the introduction in such a way that problem-free assembly or disassembly of the device modules on the mounting rail is made possible.
  • the device module can be fastened to the mounting rail via an adapter.
  • Attaching the device module to the mounting rail using an adapter has several advantages.
  • the device module itself can be detached and replaced, regardless of the mounting rail. This enables a quick exchange or installation of another device module with several device modules lined up next to each other.
  • the adapter can be designed in such a way that, after it has been mounted on the mounting rail, it establishes the electrical connection to its neighboring adapter or its neighboring adapters, while there is also an electrical connection between the adapter and the attached device module. This means that there are no problems with the electrical connection when inserting or replacing the device module.
  • the adapter when inserting or replacing the device module after it has been detached from the adapter, it can be removed upwards perpendicularly to it, resulting in no damage to the electrical connection, in particular the plug connection between the adapter and the device module.
  • the adapter is an integral part of the device module and is firmly connected to it, or device module and adapter form a structural unit.
  • the adapter can be designed such that no tools are required for manual assembly or disassembly.
  • This has the advantage that the device module can be placed on the mounting rail by hand and fastened there or, conversely, can be detached from the mounting rail by hand. This eliminates the need to carry tools for assembly or disassembly, which means that fasteners that would require a tool can also be omitted.
  • the adapter has various types of fastening means, in particular latching means.
  • latching means are available with which the adapter has various types of fastening means, in particular latching means.
  • locking means are available with which the
  • Device module is held on the adapter.
  • locking means with which the adapter is held on the mounting rail.
  • This increases the flexibility of the entire system, since different adapters for different mounting rails and different device modules can be kept.
  • an increased variety of parts is avoided with uniformly designed locking means on the adapter and thus corresponding locking means on the device module and / or the mounting rail.
  • the latching means and the snap connection associated therewith again enable a tool-free connection between the device modules and the adapter on the one hand and the adapter and mounting rail on the other.
  • the fastening means can also be screw connections or elements having the same effect, combinations also being conceivable.
  • At least one of the locking means is arranged in a stationary manner on the adapter.
  • These stationary and optionally elastic or resiliently designed locking means arranged on the adapter form a system for the corresponding areas in the device module or on the mounting rail, in particular their longitudinally running side edge.
  • other locking means are movably arranged on the adapter. Depending on the direction of movement of the movable retaining means, the device module can thereby be attached or detached to the adapter, just like the adapter to the
  • Carrier rail is fixed or released.
  • one or more operating parts are present which act on a respective movable latching means, or groups thereof or all of them.
  • a control unit is provided for the movable latching means in order to fix or release the device module on the adapter.
  • Another control unit is provided to move the movable locking means on the adapter, to fix the adapter to the mounting rail or to detach it from the latter.
  • only a single operating part is provided in order to move all movable latching means simultaneously, in order to simultaneously fix or detach the device module on the adapter and the adapter on the mounting rail.
  • the movable latching means are subjected to spring force.
  • the spring force is advantageously applied in such a direction that when the device module is placed on the adapter or the adapter on the mounting rail, the movable latching means are moved out of their rest position against the spring force and after the device module is put on or on
  • FIG. 1 shows a side view of a device module
  • FIG. 2 shows a view from below of an adapter of the device module
  • FIGS. 9 to 11 show further detailed views of the adapter
  • FIG. 1 schematically shows a device module 1, which can be, for example, a control module, a sensor, an actuator, a combination of the components mentioned or the like.
  • a device module 1 can be, for example, a control module, a sensor, an actuator, a combination of the components mentioned or the like.
  • Several such device modules 1 are generally mounted with their long sides parallel to one another on a mounting rail 2, preferably a mounting rail according to EN 50022 or EN 50023, in particular positioned in relation to one another, in order to maintain predetermined positions of the device modules 1 with one another.
  • the position of the plurality of device modules 1 is fixed next to one another by the mounting rail 2, which can be mounted in a fixed position. From there, they can be electrically wired, if necessary with the help of connections to one another.
  • the device module 1 is attached to the mounting rail 2 via an adapter 3, in particular made of plastic.
  • the adapter 3 initially assumes a pure fastening function between the device module 1 and the mounting rail 2.
  • the adapter 3 can also perform connection functions, in particular electrical connections, between a plurality of device modules 1.
  • the adapter 3 shown in Figure 1 is designed such that it can be placed in the Z direction from above onto the mounting rail 2 and fixed in position there, in particular without a tool being required for assembly or disassembly.
  • Embodiments are also conceivable in which the device module 1 and the adapter 3 form a structural unit, so that this structural unit can be mounted on or removed from the mounting rail 2 in the Z direction.
  • FIG. 2 shows a view from below of an adapter 3 without a device module 1, with a section of the mounting rail 2 running under the adapter 3 being recognizable.
  • FIGS 3 to 5 show individual or detailed views of the invention
  • FIG. 4 shows the underside of the adapter 3 directed in the direction of the mounting rail 2, with latching hooks 6 protruding from the adapter 3.
  • Figure 5 shows the adapter 3 from its top, which is directed towards the bottom of the device module 1.
  • the adapter 3 has a middle bridge 7, at the end of which an operating part 8 is arranged. Furthermore, there is an associated stop 9 which can, but does not have to, act on the latching hooks 5 when the control part 8 is actuated, as a result of which these are shifted out of their latching position and the device module 1 can be removed from the adapter 3.
  • the middle bridge 7 can be moved in the longitudinal direction of the adapter 3. To detach the device module 1 from the adapter 3, these can be arranged on a bridge, in particular the bridge 7, the latching hooks 4 and / or 5.
  • the middle bridge 7 there are two side bridges 10 which are similarly or identically guided in the same direction and which are connected to the middle bridge 7 via at least one pressure element, in particular a plurality of pressure elements 11, and via associated film hinges 12 in order to generate a spring force ,
  • the bridges 7 and / or 0 are fastened and guided on the frame of the adapter 3 via resilient guide elements 13.
  • Snap hooks 14 are in turn arranged on the side bridges 10.
  • FIG. 7 shows, after the intermediate plate 15 has been connected to the adapter 3, the underside of the adapter 3, from which it can be seen that the intermediate plate 15 has latching hooks 18 directed in the direction of the mounting rail 2.
  • the location and configuration of the locking hooks 18 can be seen, namely that the intermediate plate 15 has on its underside a longitudinal edge 19 with which it can rest on the upper edge of the mounting rail 2, optionally resiliently. Furthermore, in the end region of the longitudinal edge 19 there is a nose 20 which forms the latching hook 18 and corresponds to the angling on the side edges of the mounting rail 2. The latching hook 18 of the intermediate plate 15 can thus engage behind the longitudinal edge of the mounting rail 2.
  • the adapter 3 fulfills a fastening function with respect to the mounting rail 2, which is based on a bistable snap process.
  • the snap action takes place in the adapter 3 between the middle bridge 7 and the two side bridges 10, which are rigidly coupled to one another via the intermediate plate 15.
  • the snap force is generated by moving the operating part 8 in the X direction in the pressure elements 11, the detent hooks 6 being released when the detent hooks 18 of the intermediate plate 15 are initially fixed on the mounting rail 2. After the X components of the forces generated in the pressure elements 11 have undergone a reversal of direction, a defined one is used
  • a snap point above the path of the operating part 8 or the middle bridge 7 rigidly connected to this initiates an opposite movement of the side bridges 10 and the intermediate plate 15 connected to them in the negative X direction, which consequently causes the latching hooks 18 to be released.
  • the opposing paths of the latching hooks 6 and 18 with respect to the snap point can be defined, if necessary, via appropriately coordinated stops and / or latches with respect to the stop 9, which stops can be provided either on the adapter 3 or on the device module 1 to be fastened ,
  • the or the locking means required to fix the adapter 3 on the mounting rail 2 are largely free of force on the mounting rail 2 after installation in order to avoid tension within the adapter 3. Only a small force is exerted on the mounting rail 2 in order to ensure that there is no play between the adapter 3 and mounting rail 2 (pretension).
  • FIGS. 9 to 11 show further individual or detailed views of the adapter 3, which is used in particular when there is no electrical connection, but only a pure fastening function between the device module 1 and the mounting rail 2. Then the adapter 3 can be made in one piece from plastic. There is again a fastening plate 21 (made of metal or plastic), the adapter 3 furthermore having an elongated recess 22 on the side. When looking at FIG. 10, the latching hooks 23 corresponding to the latching hooks 18 are not fastened to the fastening plate 21 but to the side bridge and are therefore also movable.
  • the fastening plate 21 is arranged on the other side bridge by means of a hinged hinge 24 (or film hinge) and is fixed thereon by a snap element 25 parallel to the surface of the bridges.
  • the latching hooks 23 corresponding to the latching hooks 18 are firmly attached to the side bridges 12 (analogously to the latching hooks 6 on the middle bridge 7) by the injection molding process.
  • the rigid coupling of the side bridges 10 is ensured by the fastening plate 21, which is connected to one of the side bridges 10 via the folding hinge 24 and to the opposite side bridge via the corresponding snap element 25.
  • An opposite movement of the locking hooks 6 and 18 is in both directions, i.e. initiated both when attaching and when detaching the adapter 3 from the mounting rail 2 with only one movement of the control element 8.
  • connecting the device module 1 to the mounting rail 2 is a very cost-saving two-part or one-part solution.
  • the adapter 3 is very easy to demold in only one direction in both solutions, i. H. it can be easily manufactured with just two tool halves.
  • FIGS. 12 to 23 analogous to the previous figures, show alternative configurations for fastening the device module 1 to the mounting rail 2 via the adapter 3, the fastening principle already described, namely the bistable snap action, being retained. Only the structural design of the adapter 3 is optimized with regard to its functionality (in particular smooth movement) and its handling.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un appareil électrique de construction modulaire présentant au moins un module et, de préférence, plusieurs modules qui sont fixés sur un profilé support. Pour pouvoir monter ou démonter facilement un module, la fixation du module sur le profilé support est assurée par l'intermédiaire d'un adaptateur. Cet adaptateur est conçu pour permettre une fixation par encliquetage bistable, ce qui permet de réaliser le montage ou le démontage manuel du module sans outil.
EP20020703573 2001-01-26 2002-01-24 Adaptateur de profile support Withdrawn EP1354384A1 (fr)

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