EP1429420A1 - Dispositif de raccordement, notamment pour installation électrique - Google Patents

Dispositif de raccordement, notamment pour installation électrique Download PDF

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EP1429420A1
EP1429420A1 EP03016844A EP03016844A EP1429420A1 EP 1429420 A1 EP1429420 A1 EP 1429420A1 EP 03016844 A EP03016844 A EP 03016844A EP 03016844 A EP03016844 A EP 03016844A EP 1429420 A1 EP1429420 A1 EP 1429420A1
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Manfred Sterzik
Ernst Höfer
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Vossloh Schwabe Deutschland GmbH
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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
    • H01R9/2425—Structural association with built-in components

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  • the invention relates to a connection device, the is provided in particular for electrical equipment.
  • ballasts Gas discharge lamps, in particular so-called ballasts, Small transformers or the like. Occasionally must be such as electrical equipment designated, devices are connected upstream, the to protect the devices, to meet general safety conditions, for interference suppression or for other purposes serve. In addition, such equipment must be external Network are connected, for which purpose a connection device anyway is required.
  • connection terminal known as a connection device for electrical equipment serves.
  • the connection terminal has a terminal housing a temperature-sensitive element housed in it on. This is on the underside of the terminal box attached in such a way that it heats up a carrier plate, on which it is mounted, is affected first.
  • the terminal box contains three individual, side by side arranged terminal elements, two of which are connected to the electrical Component are connected. Every terminal element each has two clamping screws, two of which are for Define connecting wires of the component.
  • the thermally sensitive electrical component lies in a separate chamber and thus takes it Temperature.
  • the response speed, in particular on rapid temperature changes depends on the quality the heat transfer between the heat transfer wall of the Housing and the component.
  • connection device has Housing on in which the connection terminals and in addition at least one electrical component are accommodated.
  • the electrical component is via spring contacts with the Connected terminals, the spring contacts of are not accessible from the outside. You are thus in front of the outside Protection against manipulation - by connecting and disconnecting of individual lines from the connection terminals the electrical contact between the spring contacts and the Terminals are not affected.
  • connection device It has been shown that the reliability of a such connection device is very good.
  • connection device also allows a particularly simple manufacture. It just has to the housing with the connection terminals and the electrical Component are populated. This is a pure joining process, where the spring contacts on the corresponding Connect terminals. Special other measures are not to be met.
  • connection terminal designed as a feedthrough clamp while the other two connection terminals each with one connection (Spring contact) of the component, but not are interconnected.
  • the latter two Terminals are preferably arranged on a line, the parallel to the longitudinal axis of the other, two Terminal points, aligned terminal is.
  • connection terminals are preferably screw terminals educated. However, if necessary, they can also as spring clips, insulation displacement contacts or otherwise be trained. Mixed contact systems are also possible, where both spring terminals and screw terminals available.
  • the electrical component can be a PTC resistor be used as a temperature sensitive current limiting device serves.
  • this can Component can also be designed as a varistor, the overvoltages between the two parallel to each other, then as Through contacts. It can also be used as an interference suppression capacitor or as another electrical component be formed. preferably, it’s a temperature sensitive device, that between the terminals and the bottom Wall of the housing is arranged to be as quick as possible to detect the temperature of the carrier on which the connection device is mounted.
  • the component is preferably in by locking means secured the housing. It can then be inserted after the Terminals in the housing simply in a corresponding Compartment of the same are inserted, the spring contacts, the necessary electrical connections automatically produce.
  • the two chambers are for the concerned Terminals with the receiving chamber for the electrical Component connected.
  • the two reception chambers for the connection clamps from the receiving chamber for the wall separating the component can have a corresponding one Have slot that penetrated by the spring contacts becomes.
  • FIG. 1 is a ballast 1 for a Fluorescent lamp illustrated.
  • the ballast choke 1 stands for various electrical equipment, via a connection device according to the invention 2 can be connected electrically.
  • the series choke 1 comprises a carrier plate 3, which has an iron core 4 with a winding 5 and the connection device 2 wears.
  • connection device 2 has, for example made of plastic and thus electrically insulating Housing 6, which is screwed to the carrier plate 3 is.
  • the housing 6 encloses receiving spaces 7, 8, 9, 11, in those, as illustrated in Figures 2 and 3, terminals 12, 13, 14 and an electrical component 15 are arranged.
  • connection terminals 12, 13, 14 are by their clamping screws held in their respective recording rooms 7, 8, 9. In addition, they can be frictionally engaged in the housing 2 sit.
  • the connection terminals 14 form a feed-through terminal, whose a clamping screw for connecting a supply line and their other clamping screw for contacting a connection the winding 5 is used. To contact the other Connection of the winding 5 is the connection terminal 13, while the terminal 12 for connecting an outer Line serves.
  • connection device 2 The basic structure of the connection device 2 can be seen from Figure 4 and Figure 5.
  • the housing 6 has two approximately cuboid sections arranged side by side 16, 17 on each other by two, one Fastening bore 18 defining webs 19, 21 connected are. Extend from the top of sections 16, 17 tubular extensions 22, 23, 24, 25 away, which, as in Luster terminals common, in two parallel rows are arranged and house clamping screws.
  • Figure 4 illustrates the clamping screws 26, 27 of the connection terminals 12, 13.
  • the recording rooms 7, 8 that house them are separated from each other by a partition 28 and are electrical isolated. They are also from the recording room 9 ( Figure 5) electrically isolated.
  • the receiving space 11 is below the receiving spaces 7, 8 arranged and separated from it by a bottom 29. As can be seen from FIG. 8, this does not take the entire one Base area of the recording rooms 7, 8, but leaves, entirely on the contrary, a slot 31 free through which the receiving spaces 7, 8 are connected to the receiving space 11.
  • the electrical component 15 is preferably approximately cuboid and lies with its flat underside 32 on a thin lower housing wall 33, the the housing 6 closes at the bottom.
  • the housing wall 33 is flat in the assembled state of the connection device 2 on the carrier plate 3. Power transmission with regard to the support of a clamping screw, which passes through the mounting hole 18 outgoing Forces lateral webs 34, 35, 36, 37 ( Figure 5 and 6), the Completely close the receiving space 11 or below of the receiving space 9 from the bottom of the carrier plate 3 to extend.
  • the receiving space 11 is a flat, cuboid Space below the receiving space 7 to one end is open, as Figures 4 and 5 illustrate.
  • the receiving space 11 is on the opposite side also open, as Figure 6 illustrates, lateral Projections 38, 39 narrow the opening. If necessary, the housing can also be completely closed here, like figure 4 shows.
  • the projections 38, 39 or one continuous there Wall serves as a sling for the component 15. Zur Securing the same in the receiving space 11 serves a locking means 41, through one or more, on the housing wall 33 formed locking lugs 42, 43 is formed, as Figure 4 illustrated in connection with Figure 7.
  • the latches 42, 43 each have an oblique ramp shape towards the outside while falling steeply inside. In Due to the inherent elasticity of the housing wall 33, they can dodge resiliently when the component 15 in the receiving space 11 is pushed.
  • the component 11 is, for example, a thermal switch or a combined current-sensitive thermal switch. This can be in the form of a PTC element, for example be trained that preheated by current flow and at Reaching a transition temperature becomes high resistance.
  • the component 15 connects the two connection terminals 12, 13 electric.
  • it has at least two spring contacts 44, 45 on the top 46 or the end faces 47, 48 of the component 15 stand obliquely upwards.
  • the spring contacts 44, 45 slightly curved, wherein they form an acute angle with the top 46. They can be directed towards each other or also directed directly be arranged.
  • the spring contacts 44, 45 are preferred protected against corrosion, for example by a Silver coating.
  • the base material can be spring steel.
  • the Terminals 12, 13 are also preferably with the same material (e.g. silver) protected against corrosion.
  • the on their preferably flat underside 44, 45 thus make reliable electrical contact forth.
  • they load the component 15 in the direction on the housing wall 33 and thus form a spring means, that for the flat contact of the bottom 32 on the Housing wall 33 contributes.
  • connection device 2 is installed as follows:
  • the terminals 12, 13, 14 After manufacturing the housing 6 and providing the Terminals 12, 13, 14 become the terminals 12, 13, 14 first inserted into their receiving spaces 7, 8, 9 or, if they have a certain excess, pressed in.
  • the receiving space 9 can be provided with ribs 51 be that narrow him and a press fit of those concerned Effect terminal 14.
  • Such projections, ribs or the like can also in the other recording rooms 7, 8 can be provided. After inserting the clamping screws the terminals 12, 13, 14 are in place secured.
  • the component 15 is now in the Recording room 11 used. To do this, it is only in Inserted in the longitudinal direction (from right to left in FIG. 4), its spring contact 44 through the slot 31, according to Figure 8 is running. Thus both spring contacts reach each the associated terminal 12 or 13.
  • the spring contacts 44, 45 can be diagonally opposite Positions of the component 15 may be arranged so that the Component 15 in two possible positions in the receiving space 11 can be used.
  • the bottom 29 is like Figure 8 illustrates, preferably shortened, so that it the receiving space 8 downwards, i.e. to the recording room 11, essentially leaves blank. Should, however, one Confusion of direction of the component 15 can be avoided, the bottom 29 can be extended accordingly, whereby then a correspondingly polarized component only in one Direction of insertion are introduced into the receiving space 11 can.
  • connection device efficient and automated production. This is especially true with regard to the screwless connection technology between the component 15 and the terminals 12, 13. It this results in a compact design of the connection device 2. In addition, there is a total of only two poles Version in contrast to previously known three-pole Versions that do not rule out confusion between assemblies.
  • connection device 2 is a in this housed electrical component 15 over screwless contacts, for example spring contacts 44, 45, with two otherwise electrically separated Terminals 12, 13 connected.
  • spring contacts 44, 45 at the same time an improvement in the heat transfer to the Component 15 can cause if this as a temperature sensor is trained. This is achieved by the spring contacts 44, 45 the component 15 against an underside Press the housing wall 33 of the housing 6.

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EP03016844A 2002-12-13 2003-07-24 Dispositif de raccordement, notamment pour installation électrique Expired - Fee Related EP1429420B1 (fr)

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DE10258281A DE10258281B4 (de) 2002-12-13 2002-12-13 Anschlusseinrichtung, insbesondere für elektrische Betriebsmittel
DE10258281 2002-12-13

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EP1787764A1 (fr) * 2005-11-21 2007-05-23 HILTI Aktiengesellschaft Outil portatif électrique

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ATE390734T1 (de) 2008-04-15
DE10258281B4 (de) 2007-02-08
EP1429420B1 (fr) 2008-03-26
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