EP1394904B1 - Electrical terminals - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to electrical terminals and in particular to electrical terminals for cordless electrical appliances such as kettles and hot water jugs.
- a power socket connected to a power supply is pushed onto the terminal pins of an appliance.
- the terminal pins are traditionally made from brass.
- an appliance is placed down on a power supply base connected to a power supply and in so doing, terminal pins in the appliance makes electrical contact with contacts provided in an electrical connector provided on the base. It has been found that in such applications brass terminal pins are susceptible to wear and degradation due to arcing which occurs as the terminal pin is brought into engagement with the corresponding base contact.
- GB 2262195 discloses a terminal pin according to the preamble of claim 1 in which a contact surface is provided by a metallic material not containing zinc.
- the present invention seeks to overcome the above problem.
- the present invention provides a terminal pin for a cordless electrical appliance, said pin having an elongated contact surface, said contact surface being provided by a metallic material which does not contain zinc, characterised in that the elongate contact surface is formed by a separate elongate member which is attached to the pin.
- the material may be a precious metal such as gold, silver or alloys thereof, or other metals such as copper tin, nickel or iron or alloys thereof.
- the member may be attached to an external planar surface of the pin or be laid into a slot, recess or groove in the pin surface.
- the member may be welded, for example electron beam or laser welded, to the pin or pressed onto the pin.
- the member may be in the form of a strip of material, a cap which clips over the pin or a sleeve of material which is arranged around the pin. Again the cap or sleeve may be attached by any of the processes described above.
- the member is greater than 0.2 mm, more preferably greater than 0.3 mm in thickness to provide the requisite strength and erosion resistance.
- the contact surface extends for at least 10 mm along the pin.
- the contact material may be a precious metal such as silver or gold.
- Silver is particularly useful for this purpose and alloys thereof may also be used.
- the alloy may comprise substantially silver, but with alloy additions of for example nickel, cadmium or tin.
- the pin itself can be made of any material, for example brass or iron.
- the invention provides a terminal pin for a cordless electrical appliance according to claim 1 said terminal pin being formed of non-zinc containing metal or metal alloy.
- the pin may be of a precious metal such as silver or a silver alloy. It could also be iron, copper, tin, nickel or alloys thereof.
- the pins described above are particularly for use in a cordless electrical connectors.
- the pins may be mounted in any suitable manner on the appliance, but preferably they form a part of a thermally sensitive control of the appliance, such as one of the Applicant's R7 series of controls.
- the invention also extends to a cordless electrical connector set comprising an appliance connector part comprising a pin in accordance with the invention and power base connector part comprising a contact for making contact with the pin.
- the power base contact may be mounted on or provided by a leaf spring of for example copper, iron or alloys thereof.
- the contact may be a copper backed silver, silver alloy, tin, tin alloy, nickel or nickel alloy contact.
- a solid silver, silver alloy, tin, tin alloy, nickel, nickel alloy, copper or copper alloy contact could also be used. Typically these contacts will be rivetted into position on the leaf spring.
- the leaf spring may have a silver, copper, tin, nickel (or alloys thereof) onlay laminated to its surface.
- these materials are supplied in the form of a wire or tape which can be welded or otherwise attached to the pin.
- the contact surface may also be formed by plating a material as above onto the leaf spring.
- a contact as described above may be mounted on a coil spring.
- the power base contact is arranged to wipe along the contact surface as the appliance is placed on the power base.
- a cordless electrical kettle 2 comprises a kettle body 4 which rests on a power base 6.
- a cordless power connector 8 extends upwardly from the surface of the power base 6 and receives terminal pins 10 of the kettle 4.
- a power lead 12 is connected to the connector 8, the lead 12 having a plug 14 which can be inserted into a wall socket.
- the terminal pins 10 of the kettle 4 comprise live and neutral pins 10a, 10b and an earth terminal 10c.
- the terminal pins 10 may form an integral part of a thermally sensitive control unit 16 for the kettle, as is known in the art.
- the control unit may be one of the Applicant's R7 series of controls.
- the live and neutral terminal pins 10a, 10b engage with respective leaf spring mounted contacts 18 housed within the electrical connector 8, which in this instance is one of the Applicant's commercially available P69 connectors (only one pin is shown for clarity, but both engage in the same manner).
- the pins 10a, 10b, 10c are introduced through slots 20 provided in the top of the connector 8, the slots 20 being closed in normal use by a spring loaded shutter 22 which is pushed out of the way by the earth pin 10c as the kettle 4 is placed down on the power base 6.
- the earth terminal 10c engages an earthed leaf spring (not shown) when inserted into the connector 8.
- the pin 30 is just a solid pin of a non-zinc containing metal, such as silver, iron, copper, tin, nickel or alloys thereof.
- the pin 32 comprises a main body 34 which may also be of materials as discussed above or even brass and a contact area 36 formed by an inlay, onlay, throughlay or edgelay of an electrically more conductive material, for example silver, copper, tin, nickel or alloys thereof.
- the inlay etc material 36 may be welded, for example laser welded or electron beam welded, or otherwise attached to the main body 34 of the pin.
- the contact area 36 is downwardly facing, and may extend over the entire length of the pin 10a, 10b or just over a limited longitudinal extent, as shown, sufficient to encompass the range of movement of the connector contact 18.
- the pin 38 comprises a main body 40 of a material as discussed above and a cap or sleeve 42 fitted onto the body 40 to form a .contact surface.
- the cap or sleeve 42 is preferably of an electrically more conductive material than the main body 40 such as silver, copper, tin, nickel or alloys thereof.
- the cap or sleeve 42 is greater than 0.3 mm in thickness to give the required strength.
- the cap or sleeve 42 is attachable to the pin by any suitable method, for example welding as discussed above. The advantage of this arrangement is that irrespective of which way the pin 10 is mounted in a control unit or other connector body one surface of the pin will always have a contact forming region.
- FIG. 6A to 6E there are shown various contact member constructions suitable for use with the pins of Figure 5 .
- the contact member 50 of Figure 6A comprises a leaf spring 52 typically of a copper or iron alloy having a contact 54 rivetted onto it.
- the contact 54 comprises a copper backing 56 and a facing of silver, tin, nickel or alloys thereof.
- the contact member 60 of Figure 6B comprises a leaf spring 62 again typically of a copper or iron alloy having a contact 54 rivetted onto it.
- the contact 54 in this embodiment is of a solid silver, tin, nickel or alloys thereof and is rivetted to the leaf spring 62.
- the contact member 70 of Figure 6C comprises a leaf spring 72 again typically of a copper or iron alloy having a plated contact surface 74.
- the contact surface is of silver, tin, nickel or alloys thereof.
- the contact member 80 of Figure 6D comprises a leaf spring 82 again typically of a copper or iron alloy having a contact 84 attached to it.
- the contact 84 is of silver, tin, nickel or alloys thereof and typically is applied to the leaf spring 82 in the form of a tape or wire.
- a contact member 90 comprises a coil spring 92 for example of copper, iron or alloys thereof, which mounts a contact 94.
- the contact 94 can be of the type shown in Figures 6A and 6B , for example, i.e. solid or copper backed contacts.
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Abstract
Description
- The present invention relates to electrical terminals and in particular to electrical terminals for cordless electrical appliances such as kettles and hot water jugs.
- In traditional corded appliances, a power socket connected to a power supply is pushed onto the terminal pins of an appliance. The terminal pins are traditionally made from brass. In cordless appliances, an appliance is placed down on a power supply base connected to a power supply and in so doing, terminal pins in the appliance makes electrical contact with contacts provided in an electrical connector provided on the base. It has been found that in such applications brass terminal pins are susceptible to wear and degradation due to arcing which occurs as the terminal pin is brought into engagement with the corresponding base contact.
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GB 2262195 claim 1 in which a contact surface is provided by a metallic material not containing zinc. - The present invention seeks to overcome the above problem. the present invention provides a terminal pin for a cordless electrical appliance, said pin having an elongated contact surface, said contact surface being provided by a metallic material which does not contain zinc, characterised in that the elongate contact surface is formed by a separate elongate member which is attached to the pin.
- The material may be a precious metal such as gold, silver or alloys thereof, or other metals such as copper tin, nickel or iron or alloys thereof.
- The member may be attached to an external planar surface of the pin or be laid into a slot, recess or groove in the pin surface.
- The member may be welded, for example electron beam or laser welded, to the pin or pressed onto the pin.
- The member may be in the form of a strip of material, a cap which clips over the pin or a sleeve of material which is arranged around the pin. Again the cap or sleeve may be attached by any of the processes described above.
- Preferably the member is greater than 0.2 mm, more preferably greater than 0.3 mm in thickness to provide the requisite strength and erosion resistance.
- Preferably the contact surface extends for at least 10 mm along the pin.
- As has been stated above, the contact material may be a precious metal such as silver or gold. Silver is particularly useful for this purpose and alloys thereof may also be used. Typically the alloy may comprise substantially silver, but with alloy additions of for example nickel, cadmium or tin.
- The pin itself can be made of any material, for example brass or iron.
- It may also be feasible to make the whole pin from a non-zinc metal so the invention provides a terminal pin for a cordless electrical appliance according to
claim 1 said terminal pin being formed of non-zinc containing metal or metal alloy. - The pin may be of a precious metal such as silver or a silver alloy. It could also be iron, copper, tin, nickel or alloys thereof.
- The pins described above are particularly for use in a cordless electrical connectors. The pins may be mounted in any suitable manner on the appliance, but preferably they form a part of a thermally sensitive control of the appliance, such as one of the Applicant's R7 series of controls.
- The invention also extends to a cordless electrical connector set comprising an appliance connector part comprising a pin in accordance with the invention and power base connector part comprising a contact for making contact with the pin.
- The power base contact may be mounted on or provided by a leaf spring of for example copper, iron or alloys thereof. For example, the contact may be a copper backed silver, silver alloy, tin, tin alloy, nickel or nickel alloy contact. A solid silver, silver alloy, tin, tin alloy, nickel, nickel alloy, copper or copper alloy contact could also be used. Typically these contacts will be rivetted into position on the leaf spring.
- Alternatively the leaf spring may have a silver, copper, tin, nickel (or alloys thereof) onlay laminated to its surface. Typically these materials are supplied in the form of a wire or tape which can be welded or otherwise attached to the pin.
- The contact surface may also be formed by plating a material as above onto the leaf spring.
- In an alternative embodiment, a contact as described above may be mounted on a coil spring.
- Preferably the power base contact is arranged to wipe along the contact surface as the appliance is placed on the power base.
- Some embodiments of the invention will now be described by way of example only with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:
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Figure 1 shows a cordless electrical kettle; -
Figure 2 shows the arrangement of the terminal pins of the kettle ofFigure 1 ; -
Figure 3 shows a side view of one of the pins ofFigure 2 ; -
Figure 4 shows the engagement of the pins of the kettle with the power base connector; -
Figures 5A to 5C show various terminal pins constructed in accordance with the invention; and -
Figures 6A to 6E show various base contacts constructed in accordance with the invention. - With reference to
Figure 1 , a cordlesselectrical kettle 2 comprises akettle body 4 which rests on apower base 6. Acordless power connector 8 extends upwardly from the surface of thepower base 6 and receivesterminal pins 10 of thekettle 4. Apower lead 12 is connected to theconnector 8, thelead 12 having aplug 14 which can be inserted into a wall socket. - As shown in
Figure 2 , theterminal pins 10 of thekettle 4 comprise live andneutral pins earth terminal 10c. Theterminal pins 10 may form an integral part of a thermallysensitive control unit 16 for the kettle, as is known in the art. For example, the control unit may be one of the Applicant's R7 series of controls. - As shown in
Figure 4 , the live andneutral terminal pins contacts 18 housed within theelectrical connector 8, which in this instance is one of the Applicant's commercially available P69 connectors (only one pin is shown for clarity, but both engage in the same manner). Thepins slots 20 provided in the top of theconnector 8, theslots 20 being closed in normal use by a spring loadedshutter 22 which is pushed out of the way by theearth pin 10c as thekettle 4 is placed down on thepower base 6. Theearth terminal 10c engages an earthed leaf spring (not shown) when inserted into theconnector 8. - As can be further seen in
Figure 4 , as thekettle 4 andcontrol unit 16 is placed downwardly over theconnector 8 the contact 18a moves from the dotted position to the solid position i.e. it moves along a longitudinal portion of theterminal pins terminal pins - Turning now to
Figure 5A to 5C , various terminal pin constructions are shown. - In
Figure 5A , thepin 30 is just a solid pin of a non-zinc containing metal, such as silver, iron, copper, tin, nickel or alloys thereof. - In
Figure 5B , thepin 32 comprises amain body 34 which may also be of materials as discussed above or even brass and a contact area 36 formed by an inlay, onlay, throughlay or edgelay of an electrically more conductive material, for example silver, copper, tin, nickel or alloys thereof. The inlay etc material 36 may be welded, for example laser welded or electron beam welded, or otherwise attached to themain body 34 of the pin. The contact area 36 is downwardly facing, and may extend over the entire length of thepin connector contact 18. - In
Figure 5C , thepin 38 comprises amain body 40 of a material as discussed above and a cap orsleeve 42 fitted onto thebody 40 to form a .contact surface. Again the cap orsleeve 42 is preferably of an electrically more conductive material than themain body 40 such as silver, copper, tin, nickel or alloys thereof. - Typically the cap or
sleeve 42 is greater than 0.3 mm in thickness to give the required strength. The cap orsleeve 42 is attachable to the pin by any suitable method, for example welding as discussed above. The advantage of this arrangement is that irrespective of which way thepin 10 is mounted in a control unit or other connector body one surface of the pin will always have a contact forming region. - Turning now to
Figures 6A to 6E , there are shown various contact member constructions suitable for use with the pins ofFigure 5 . - The contact member 50 of
Figure 6A comprises aleaf spring 52 typically of a copper or iron alloy having acontact 54 rivetted onto it. Thecontact 54 comprises acopper backing 56 and a facing of silver, tin, nickel or alloys thereof. - The
contact member 60 ofFigure 6B comprises a leaf spring 62 again typically of a copper or iron alloy having acontact 54 rivetted onto it. Thecontact 54 in this embodiment is of a solid silver, tin, nickel or alloys thereof and is rivetted to the leaf spring 62. - The
contact member 70 ofFigure 6C comprises a leaf spring 72 again typically of a copper or iron alloy having a platedcontact surface 74. The contact surface is of silver, tin, nickel or alloys thereof. - The
contact member 80 ofFigure 6D comprises a leaf spring 82 again typically of a copper or iron alloy having acontact 84 attached to it. Thecontact 84 is of silver, tin, nickel or alloys thereof and typically is applied to the leaf spring 82 in the form of a tape or wire. - All the
above contact members Figure 4 . In the arrangement ofFigure 6E , however, acontact member 90 comprises a coil spring 92 for example of copper, iron or alloys thereof, which mounts acontact 94. Thecontact 94 can be of the type shown inFigures 6A and 6B , for example, i.e. solid or copper backed contacts. - The various pins of
Figures 5A to 5C can be used with any of the pins ofFigures 6A to 6E .
Claims (22)
- A terminal pin (10) for a cordless electrical appliance (2), said pin having an elongate contact surface (36), said contact surface being provided by a metallic material which does not contain zinc, characterised in that the elongate contact surface is formed by a separate elongate member (36; 42) which is attached to the pin.
- A terminal pin as claimed in claim 1 wherein said metal is selected from the group containing gold, silver, tin, nickel or iron or alloys of any of these metals.
- A terminal pin as claimed in claim 2 wherein the the contact material is a silver alloy containing nickel, cadmium or tin.
- A terminal pin as claimed in claim 1, 2 or 3 wherein the member is attached to an external planar surface of the pin or be laid into a slot, recess or groove in the pin surface.
- A terminal pin as claimed in any preceding claim wherein the member is welded, for example electron beam or laser welded, to the pin or pressed onto the pin.
- A terminal pin as claimed in any preceding claim wherein the member is in the form of a strip of material (36), a cap which clips over the pin or a sleeve (42) of material which is arranged around the pin.
- A terminal pin as claimed in any preceding claim wherein the member is greater than 0.2 mm and more preferably greater than 0.3 mm in thickness.
- A terminal pin as claimed in any preceding claim wherein the contact surface extends for at least 10 mm along the pin.
- A terminal pin as claimed in claim 1, 2 or 3 wherein the whole pin (30) is made from the contact material.
- A cordless electrical connector part comprising a pin as claimed in any preceding claim.
- A cordless electrical connector set (8) comprising a connector part as claimed in claim 10 and a second connector part having a contact for making contact with the pin.
- A cordless electrical connector set as claimed in claim 11 wherein the contact is a copper backed silver, silver alloy, tin, tin alloy, nickel or nickel alloy contact.
- A cordless electrical connector set as claimed in claim 11 wherein the contact is a solid silver, silver alloy, tin, tin alloy, nickel, nickel alloy, copper or copper alloy contact.
- A cordless electrical connector set as claimed in claim 11, 12 or 13 wherein the contact is mounted on or provided by a leaf spring (52; 62; 72; 82).
- A cordless electrical connector set as claimed in claim 14 wherein the leaf spring is of copper, iron or alloys thereof.
- A cordless electrical connector set as claimed in claim 14 wherein the the leaf spring has a silver, copper, tin nickel (or alloys thereof) onlay laminated to its surface.
- A cordless electrical connector set as claimed in claim 14 wherein the contact (74) is formed by plating a material onto the leaf spring.
- A cordless electrical connector set as claimed in claim 11, 12 or 13 wherein the contact (94) is mounted on a coil spring (92).
- A cordless electrical connector set as claimed in any of claims 11 to 18 wherein the contact is arranged to wipe along the contact surface of the pin as the connector parts are brought together.
- A cordless electrical appliance comprising a connector part as claimed in claim 10.
- A cordless electrical appliance as claimed in claim 20 wherein said pin forms a part of a thermally sensitive control of the appliance.
- A cordless electrical appliance (2) comprising a connector set as claimed in claim 11.
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