EP1475565B1 - Lamp assembly - Google Patents

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EP1475565B1
EP1475565B1 EP04005040A EP04005040A EP1475565B1 EP 1475565 B1 EP1475565 B1 EP 1475565B1 EP 04005040 A EP04005040 A EP 04005040A EP 04005040 A EP04005040 A EP 04005040A EP 1475565 B1 EP1475565 B1 EP 1475565B1
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    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01RELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R25/00Coupling parts adapted for simultaneous co-operation with two or more identical counterparts, e.g. for distributing energy to two or more circuits
    • H01R25/14Rails or bus-bars constructed so that the counterparts can be connected thereto at any point along their length
    • H01R25/142Their counterparts
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21LIGHTING
    • F21SNON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS
    • F21S4/00Lighting devices or systems using a string or strip of light sources
    • F21S4/20Lighting devices or systems using a string or strip of light sources with light sources held by or within elongate supports
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21LIGHTING
    • F21VFUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F21V21/00Supporting, suspending, or attaching arrangements for lighting devices; Hand grips
    • F21V21/34Supporting elements displaceable along a guiding element
    • F21V21/35Supporting elements displaceable along a guiding element with direct electrical contact between the supporting element and electric conductors running along the guiding element
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21LIGHTING
    • F21VFUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F21V23/00Arrangement of electric circuit elements in or on lighting devices
    • F21V23/06Arrangement of electric circuit elements in or on lighting devices the elements being coupling devices, e.g. connectors
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21LIGHTING
    • F21VFUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F21V25/00Safety devices structurally associated with lighting devices
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21LIGHTING
    • F21VFUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F21V27/00Cable-stowing arrangements structurally associated with lighting devices, e.g. reels 
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21LIGHTING
    • F21YINDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO THE FORM OR THE KIND OF THE LIGHT SOURCES OR OF THE COLOUR OF THE LIGHT EMITTED
    • F21Y2103/00Elongate light sources, e.g. fluorescent tubes
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01RELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R13/00Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/648Protective earth or shield arrangements on coupling devices, e.g. anti-static shielding  
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01RELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R4/00Electrically-conductive connections between two or more conductive members in direct contact, i.e. touching one another; Means for effecting or maintaining such contact; Electrically-conductive connections having two or more spaced connecting locations for conductors and using contact members penetrating insulation
    • H01R4/58Electrically-conductive connections between two or more conductive members in direct contact, i.e. touching one another; Means for effecting or maintaining such contact; Electrically-conductive connections having two or more spaced connecting locations for conductors and using contact members penetrating insulation characterised by the form or material of the contacting members
    • H01R4/64Connections between or with conductive parts having primarily a non-electric function, e.g. frame, casing, rail

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  • the invention relates to a luminaire arrangement, in particular for trunking systems, according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • Trunking systems are juxtaposed lamp arrangements, which each have a mounting rail and a device carrier, among other things for ballasts and for the sockets of the bulbs.
  • the support rails are made of a galvanized sheet steel, e.g. by roll forming, and painted.
  • Carrier rails can be provided for the arrangement of one to three consecutively arranged fluorescent lamps, which are then one to three-length versions.
  • the DIN rails are equipped with a through-wiring, which is multi-pole and usually consists of five or seven lines with simple operating insulation.
  • a plug or a socket part is mounted in order to ensure the connection to the adjacent mounting rail with through-wiring.
  • electrical adapter For the electrical through-wiring connectors are, hereinafter referred to as electrical adapter known, which have a fixed in the mounting rail socket part and arranged in the equipment carrier plug part. To the To ensure required protective conductor connection of the lamp assembly, it is known to connect a protective conductor of the multipole through-wiring via a contact point in the electrical adapter and an electrical connection to the mounting rail. In this way, the required grounding or electrical protection measure is achieved.
  • a protective conductor connection which is designed as a mounting unit.
  • the electrical connection to the mounting rail is carried out with the aid of a clamping element, which must be connected to the connecting line and then pushed onto a longitudinal web of the mounting rail in the region of a lower opening.
  • Disadvantages of the known protective conductor connection are the required manual operations, which also preclude integration of the protective conductor connection into a mechanized assembly of the through-wiring in a mounting rail.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a lamp assembly, which allows a mechanized assembly consisting of a support rail, through-wiring, electrical adapters and a protective conductor connection unit.
  • the object is achieved by a luminaire arrangement in which a grounding plate is provided for the electrical connection of a protective conductor of a through-wiring and a mounting rail, which can be fixed on or to an electrical adapter or connector for the through-wiring and can be mounted therewith in the mounting rail.
  • An advantage of the luminaire arrangement according to the invention in which at least the mounting rail is connected to the protective conductor of the through-wiring, is that the mounting rail, the adapter mounted in the mounting rail and the grounding plate are designed such that no further components are necessary in addition to the grounding plate to realize the protective conductor connection. Compared to the known protective conductor connection fewer components are required. By integrating the production of the protective conductor connection into the assembly of the electrical through-wiring with adapters in the mounting rail, the manual operations required for this purpose are considerably reduced. This leads to less installation effort and consequently to lower costs for the production and installation of lighting systems.
  • grounding plate can be made of a stainless, springy sheet steel or a resilient sheet steel with a stainless steel coating by a punching and bending process. This allows an extremely cost-effective production.
  • the assembly of the pre-wired mounting rail can be designed particularly efficiently, since the grounding plate is provided with a plug contact for the electrical connection to the protective conductor contact in the electrical adapter of the mounting rail and only has to be inserted into a corresponding opening of the electrical adapter.
  • grounding plate and the integrable in the installation of a wired mounting rail attachment with simultaneous production of the electrical connection is achieved by a corresponding structural design of the grounding plate.
  • the grounding plate is matched in its dimensions and structural design on the electrical adapter of the support rail and on a ceiling-side profile region of the mounting rail, so that the required electrical protective conductor connection during the assembly process can be made automatically and extremely reliable and durable.
  • the grounding plate is approximately U-shaped in cross-section, wherein the spring clips form the vertical legs, which are integrally formed on a horizontal, almost flat connecting surface.
  • the spring clips are advantageously formed complementary to latching or clamping profiles of a cover-side profile region of the support rail.
  • the electrical connection to the mounting rail in the region of the locking or clamping profiles is produced when arranged during mounting the mounting rail via the through-wiring with electrical adapters and plugged grounding plates and pressed.
  • the extremely advantageous mechanized assembly in which the electrical protective conductor connection according to the invention can be integrated, takes place with the aid of a mounting device, for example a mounting table.
  • the assembly table has at intervals of the length of a device carrier receptacles for the electrical adapter. These electrical adapters are inserted into the recordings in such a way that the electrical contacts with the insulation displacement side up.
  • the grounding plates are first attached to the adapters. Then the adapters with the earthing plates are put on the mounting of the mounting table and then the through-wiring is inserted.
  • the through-wiring at the ends of which the male and female parts are already mounted, is inserted into the adapters and then the closure covers are applied.
  • the closure cover and the electrical lines are pressed into the insulation displacement contacts.
  • the support rail is arranged with its lower opening over the complete through-wiring and pressed.
  • the electrical connection between the ground plates and the mounting rail is made automatically by the grounding plates penetrate in the region of the cutting edges of the spring clip through the paint of the mounting rail in the locking or clamping profiles to conductive galvanizing the support rail.
  • the luminaire arrangement according to FIG. 1 has a mounting rail 2 with a multi-pole through-wiring 3 and an electrical adapter 5, which in this exemplary embodiment is designed as a socket part and fixed in the mounting rail 2.
  • an electrical adapter 5 which in this exemplary embodiment is designed as a socket part and fixed in the mounting rail 2.
  • a grounding plate 10 is arranged, which serves the electrical connection between the protective conductor 4 and at least the support rail 2.
  • the mounting rail 2 is like a housing and formed in cross-section approximately U-shaped and has vertically oriented longitudinal sides 21 with longitudinal webs 22 which define a downwardly directed opening 20 of the support rail 2 (see also Fig. 2).
  • a device carrier 7 which is used to hold electrical operating devices and components (not shown) and lamp sockets 8 for one or two bulbs, usually fluorescent lamps, is arranged in the region of the lower opening 20 of the support rail 2 and releasably secured (not shown ).
  • An electrical adapter 6 of the device carrier 7 is in this embodiment, the Plug part, which is complementary to the socket part of the electrical adapter 5 of the support rail 2 is formed.
  • the through-wiring 3 consists in this embodiment of seven electrical lines, including the protective conductor 4.
  • the electrical adapter 5 for connecting the devices and the lighting means (not shown) of the device carrier 7 by means of insulation displacement technology electrically connected ,
  • Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 show the arrangement and design of the grounding plate 10 with the protective conductor 4 in the region of the electrical adapter 5 and the support rail 2.
  • the electrical connection to the support rail 2 is via two spring clip 12, which each have a locking or clamping profile 24 of a cover-side profile region 25 of the support rail 2 engage behind in the assembled state, made.
  • Fig. 3 the grounding plate 10 is shown prior to attachment to the electrical adapter 5.
  • the spring clips 12 are bent on both sides of a connecting surface 14 upwards and have at the level of the locking or clamping profile 24 of the support rail 2 cutting edges 13 which scratch a paint layer of the support rail 2 during assembly and to an electrical connection with the galvanized steel sheet of the support rail 2 lead.
  • the spring clip 12 are bent or angled approximately S-shaped, so that a snap-in connection or a clamping bracket is achieved in cooperation with the locking or clamping profile 24 of the ceiling-side profile portion 25 of the support rail 2, when mounting the support rail 2 as shown in FIG from the top of the adapter 9 with plugged grounding plate 10 and a pressed with a cover 9 through wiring 3 is slipped over.
  • the fully assembled support rail 2 is shown in Fig. 4.
  • the clamping fingers 15 pass between the sockets 17th or engage around the bushes 17 arranged on the outside.
  • the cover 9 of the electrical adapter 5 snaps into the latching or clamping profiles 24 of the mounting rail 2 after the compression.

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The arrangement has a carrier rail (2) with through wiring (3), an earth line (4) and an electrical adapter (5) and an equipment carrier (7) for operating equipment and light sources. An earthing plate (10) provided for electrical connection of the earth line, through wiring and at least the carrier rail can be fixed to the adapter and mounted with it and the through wiring in the carrier rail.

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Die Erfindung betrifft eine Leuchtenanordnung, insbesondere für Lichtbandsysteme, gemäß dem Oberbegriff des Anspruchs 1.The invention relates to a luminaire arrangement, in particular for trunking systems, according to the preamble of claim 1.

Lichtbandsysteme sind aneinandergereihte Leuchtenanordnungen, welche jeweils eine Tragschiene sowie einen Geräteträger, unter anderem für Vorschaltgeräte und für die Fassungen der Leuchtmittel aufweisen. In der Regel sind die Tragschienen aus einem verzinkten Stahlblech hergestellt, z.B. durch Rollformen, und lackiert. Tragschienen können zur Anordnung von ein bis drei hintereinander angeordneten Leuchtstofflampen vorgesehen sein, wobei es sich dann um ein- bis dreilängige Ausführungen handelt.Trunking systems are juxtaposed lamp arrangements, which each have a mounting rail and a device carrier, among other things for ballasts and for the sockets of the bulbs. In general, the support rails are made of a galvanized sheet steel, e.g. by roll forming, and painted. Carrier rails can be provided for the arrangement of one to three consecutively arranged fluorescent lamps, which are then one to three-length versions.

Insbesondere für Lichtbandsysteme werden die Tragschienen mit einer Durchgangsverdrahtung ausgestattet, welche mehrpolig ausgebildet ist und in der Regel aus fünf oder sieben Leitungen mit einfacher Betriebsisolierung besteht. Jeweils am Anfang und am Ende der auf die Länge einer Tragschiene abgestimmten Durchgangsverdrahtung wird ein Stecker bzw. ein Buchsenteil montiert, um die Verbindung zu der angrenzenden Tragschiene mit Durchgangsverdrahtung zu gewährleisten.In particular, for trunking systems, the DIN rails are equipped with a through-wiring, which is multi-pole and usually consists of five or seven lines with simple operating insulation. In each case at the beginning and at the end of the through-wiring matched to the length of a mounting rail, a plug or a socket part is mounted in order to ensure the connection to the adjacent mounting rail with through-wiring.

Für die elektrische Durchgangsverdrahtung sind Steckverbinder, nachfolgend elektrische Adapter genannt, bekannt, welche ein in der Tragschiene befestigtes Buchsenteil und ein im Geräteträger angeordnetes Steckerteil aufweisen. Um die erforderliche Schutzleiterverbindung der Leuchtenanordnung zu gewährleisten, ist es bekannt, einen Schutzleiter der mehrpoligen Durchgangsverdrahtung über eine Kontaktstelle im elektrischen Adapter und eine elektrische Verbindung mit der Tragschiene zu verbinden. Auf diese Weise wird die erforderliche Erdung bzw. elektrische Schutzmaßnahme erreicht.For the electrical through-wiring connectors are, hereinafter referred to as electrical adapter known, which have a fixed in the mounting rail socket part and arranged in the equipment carrier plug part. To the To ensure required protective conductor connection of the lamp assembly, it is known to connect a protective conductor of the multipole through-wiring via a contact point in the electrical adapter and an electrical connection to the mounting rail. In this way, the required grounding or electrical protection measure is achieved.

Aus dem deutschen Gebrauchsmuster 94 04 548.8 ist eine Schutzleiterverbindung bekannt, welche als eine Montageeinheit ausgebildet ist. Die elektrische Verbindung mit der Tragschiene erfolgt mit Hilfe eines Klemmelementes, welches mit der Verbindungsleitung verbunden und danach auf einen Längssteg der Tragschiene im Bereich einer unteren Öffnung aufgeschoben werden muss. Nachteile der bekannten Schutzleiterverbindung sind die erforderlichen manuellen Arbeitsgänge, welche auch einer Integration der Schutzleiterverbindung in eine mechanisierte Montage der Durchgangsverdrahtung in eine Tragschiene entgegenstehen.From the German Utility Model 94 04 548.8 a protective conductor connection is known, which is designed as a mounting unit. The electrical connection to the mounting rail is carried out with the aid of a clamping element, which must be connected to the connecting line and then pushed onto a longitudinal web of the mounting rail in the region of a lower opening. Disadvantages of the known protective conductor connection are the required manual operations, which also preclude integration of the protective conductor connection into a mechanized assembly of the through-wiring in a mounting rail.

Der Erfindung liegt die Aufgabe zugrunde, eine Leuchtenanordnung zu schaffen, welche eine mechanisierte Montage der aus einer Tragschiene, Durchgangsverdrahtung, elektrischen Adaptern und einer Schutzleiterverbindung bestehenden Einheit ermöglicht.The invention has for its object to provide a lamp assembly, which allows a mechanized assembly consisting of a support rail, through-wiring, electrical adapters and a protective conductor connection unit.

Erfindungsgemäß wird die Aufgabe durch eine Leuchtenanordnung gelöst, bei welcher zur elektrischen Verbindung eines Schutzleiters einer Durchgangsverdrahtung und einer Tragschiene ein Erdungsblech vorgesehen ist, welches auf oder an einen elektrischen Adapter bzw. Steckverbinder für die Durchgangsverdrahtung fixierbar und mit diesem in der Tragschiene montierbar ist.According to the invention, the object is achieved by a luminaire arrangement in which a grounding plate is provided for the electrical connection of a protective conductor of a through-wiring and a mounting rail, which can be fixed on or to an electrical adapter or connector for the through-wiring and can be mounted therewith in the mounting rail.

Ein Vorteil der erfindungsgemäßen Leuchtenanordnung, bei welcher wenigstens die Tragschiene mit dem Schutzleiter der Durchgangsverdrahtung verbunden wird, besteht darin, dass die Tragschiene, der in der Tragschiene befestigte Adapter und das Erdungsblech derart ausgebildet sind, dass neben dem Erdungsblech keine weiteren Bauteile notwendig sind, um die Schutzleiterverbindung zu realisieren. Im Vergleich zur bekannten Schutzleiterverbindung werden weniger Bauteile erforderlich. Indem die Herstellung der Schutzleiterverbindung in die Montage der elektrischen Durchgangsverdrahtung mit Adaptern in die Tragschiene integriert werden kann, werden die hierfür erforderlichen manuellen Arbeitsgänge erheblich reduziert. Das führt zu einem geringeren Montageaufwand und in der Folge zu geringeren Kosten für die Herstellung und Montage von Lichtbandsystemen.An advantage of the luminaire arrangement according to the invention, in which at least the mounting rail is connected to the protective conductor of the through-wiring, is that the mounting rail, the adapter mounted in the mounting rail and the grounding plate are designed such that no further components are necessary in addition to the grounding plate to realize the protective conductor connection. Compared to the known protective conductor connection fewer components are required. By integrating the production of the protective conductor connection into the assembly of the electrical through-wiring with adapters in the mounting rail, the manual operations required for this purpose are considerably reduced. This leads to less installation effort and consequently to lower costs for the production and installation of lighting systems.

Von Vorteil ist außerdem, dass das Erdungsblech aus einem nichtrostenden, federnden Stahlblech oder einem federnden Stahlblech mit einem nichtrostenden Überzug durch einen Stanz- und Biegeprozess hergestellt werden kann. Das ermöglicht eine außerordentlich kostengünstige Fertigung.Another advantage is that the grounding plate can be made of a stainless, springy sheet steel or a resilient sheet steel with a stainless steel coating by a punching and bending process. This allows an extremely cost-effective production.

Besonders effizient kann die Montage der vorverdrahteten Tragschiene gestaltet werden, da das Erdungsblech mit einem Steckkontakt für die elektrische Verbindung mit dem Schutzleiterkontakt im elektrischen Adapter der Tragschiene versehen ist und lediglich in eine entsprechende Öffnung des elektrischen Adapters eingeführt werden muss.The assembly of the pre-wired mounting rail can be designed particularly efficiently, since the grounding plate is provided with a plug contact for the electrical connection to the protective conductor contact in the electrical adapter of the mounting rail and only has to be inserted into a corresponding opening of the electrical adapter.

Die elektrische Verbindung zur Tragschiene erfolgt über Federbügel mit Schneidkanten, welche im montierten Zustand durch den Lack der Tragschiene kratzen und mit der leistenden Verzinkung der Tragschiene eine dauerhafte, nicht korrodierende, gasdichte Verbindung herstellen.The electrical connection to the mounting rail via spring clip with cutting edges, which scrape in the assembled state through the paint of the support rail and make the permanent galvanizing of the support rail a durable, non-corrosive, gas-tight connection.

Die vorteilhafte rationelle Fertigung des Erdungsblechs und die in die Montage einer verdrahteten Tragschiene integrierbare Befestigung mit gleichzeitiger Herstellung der elektrischen Verbindung wird durch eine entsprechende konstruktive Ausbildung des Erdungsblechs erreicht.The advantageous rational production of the grounding plate and the integrable in the installation of a wired mounting rail attachment with simultaneous production of the electrical connection is achieved by a corresponding structural design of the grounding plate.

Zweckmäßigerweise ist das Erdungsblech in seiner Dimensionierung und konstruktiven Ausbildung auf die elektrischen Adapter der Tragschiene und auf einen deckenseitigen Profilbereich der Tragschiene abgestimmt, damit die erforderliche elektrische Schutzleiterverbindung während des Montagevorgangs selbsttätig und außerordentlich zuverlässig und langlebig hergestellt werden kann.Conveniently, the grounding plate is matched in its dimensions and structural design on the electrical adapter of the support rail and on a ceiling-side profile region of the mounting rail, so that the required electrical protective conductor connection during the assembly process can be made automatically and extremely reliable and durable.

Das Erdungsblech ist im Querschnitt etwa U-förmig ausgebildet, wobei die Federbügel die vertikalen Schenkel bilden, welche an einer horizontalen, nahezu ebenen Verbindungsfläche angeformt sind. Im Bereich der Schneidkanten sind die Federbügel vorteilhafterweise komplementär zu Rast- oder Klemmprofilen eines deckenseitigen Profilbereichs der Tragschiene geformt. In Verbindung mit der federnden Wirkung der Federbügel wird die elektrische Verbindung mit der Tragschiene im Bereich der Rast- bzw. Klemmprofile hergestellt, wenn während der Montage die Tragschiene über die Durchgangsverdrahtung mit elektrischen Adaptern und aufgesteckten Erdungsblechen angeordnet und aufgepresst wird.The grounding plate is approximately U-shaped in cross-section, wherein the spring clips form the vertical legs, which are integrally formed on a horizontal, almost flat connecting surface. In the region of the cutting edges, the spring clips are advantageously formed complementary to latching or clamping profiles of a cover-side profile region of the support rail. In conjunction with the resilient action of the spring clip, the electrical connection to the mounting rail in the region of the locking or clamping profiles is produced when arranged during mounting the mounting rail via the through-wiring with electrical adapters and plugged grounding plates and pressed.

Die außerordentlich vorteilhafte mechanisierte Montage, in welche die erfindungsgemäße elektrische Schutzleiterverbindung integriert werden kann, erfolgt mit Hilfe einer Montagevorrichtung, beispielsweise einem Montagetisch. Der Montagetisch hat im Abstand der Länge eines Geräteträgers Aufnahmen für die elektrischen Adapter. Diese elektrischen Adapter werden derart in die Aufnahmen eingelegt, dass die elektrischen Kontakte mit der Schneidklemmseite nach oben ragen. Die Erdungsbleche werden zunächst auf die Adapter aufgesteckt. Dann werden die Adapter mit den Erdungsblechen auf die Aufnahme des Montagetisches gesteckt und danach die Durchgangsverdrahtung eingelegt. Beim Aufstecken der Erdungsbleche auf die elektrischen Adapter wird der in Aufsteckrichtüng horizontal nach vorn ragende Steckkontakt des Erdungsblechs in eine vorgegebene Öffnung des elektrischen Adapters im Bereich eines Kontaktes des Schutzleiters gesteckt. Klemmfinger, welche in etwa parallel zu dem Steckkontakt ausgebildet sind, gelangen zwischen die Buchsen oder in Anlage an die äußeren Buchsen des elektrischen Adapters und bewirken eine Steck- oder Klemmhalterung.The extremely advantageous mechanized assembly, in which the electrical protective conductor connection according to the invention can be integrated, takes place with the aid of a mounting device, for example a mounting table. The assembly table has at intervals of the length of a device carrier receptacles for the electrical adapter. These electrical adapters are inserted into the recordings in such a way that the electrical contacts with the insulation displacement side up. The grounding plates are first attached to the adapters. Then the adapters with the earthing plates are put on the mounting of the mounting table and then the through-wiring is inserted. When attaching the grounding plates on the electrical adapter of plug-in direction horizontally protruding forward plug contact of the grounding plate is inserted into a predetermined opening of the electrical adapter in the region of a contact of the protective conductor. Clamping fingers, which are formed approximately parallel to the plug contact, reach between the sockets or in abutment against the outer sockets of the electrical adapter and cause a plug-in or clamping bracket.

Nachdem die Adapter und die auf die Adapter aufgesteckten Erdungsbleche angeordnet sind, wird die Durchgangsverdrahtung, an deren Enden bereits das Stecker- und Buchsenteil montiert ist, in die Adapter eingelegt und danach die Verschlussdeckel aufgebracht. Beispielsweise mit Hilfe von hydraulischen Pressen werden die Verschlussdeckel und die elektrischen Leitungen in die Schneidklemmkontakte eingepresst. Danach wird die Tragschiene mit ihrer unteren Öffnung über die komplette Durchgangsverdrahtung angeordnet und aufgepresst. Dabei wird die elektrische Verbindung zwischen den Erdungsblechen und der Tragschiene selbsttätig hergestellt, indem die Erdungsbleche im Bereich der Schneidkanten der Federbügel durch den Lack der Tragschiene im Bereich der Rast- bzw. Klemmprofile bis zur leitenden Verzinkung der Tragschiene dringen.After the adapters and the grounding plates plugged onto the adapters are arranged, the through-wiring, at the ends of which the male and female parts are already mounted, is inserted into the adapters and then the closure covers are applied. For example, by means of hydraulic presses, the closure cover and the electrical lines are pressed into the insulation displacement contacts. Thereafter, the support rail is arranged with its lower opening over the complete through-wiring and pressed. In this case, the electrical connection between the ground plates and the mounting rail is made automatically by the grounding plates penetrate in the region of the cutting edges of the spring clip through the paint of the mounting rail in the locking or clamping profiles to conductive galvanizing the support rail.

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Fig. 1
einen Querschnitt durch eine erfindungsgemäße Leuchtenanordnung;
Fig. 2
einen Querschnitt gemäß Fig. 1, jedoch ohne Adapter-Steckerteil und Geräteträger;
Fig. 3
eine perspektivische schematische Darstellung der Montage einer Durchgangsverdrahtung mit Schutzleiterverbindung und
Fig. 4
eine Tragschiene mit montierter Durchgangsverdrahtung und Schutzleiterverbindung.
The invention will be further described below with reference to a drawing; show in this
Fig. 1
a cross section through a lamp assembly according to the invention;
Fig. 2
a cross-section of Figure 1, but without adapter plug part and device carrier ..;
Fig. 3
a perspective schematic representation of the assembly of a through-wiring with protective conductor connection and
Fig. 4
a DIN rail with mounted through-wiring and protective conductor connection.

Die Leuchtenanordnung nach Fig. 1 weist eine Tragschiene 2 mit einer mehrpoligen Durchgangsverdrahtung 3 und einem elektrischen Adapter 5 auf, welcher in diesem Ausführungsbeispiel als ein Buchsenteil ausgebildet und in der Tragschiene 2 befestigt ist. Im Bereich des elektrischen Adapters 5 ist ein Erdungsblech 10 angeordnet, welches der elektrischen Verbindung zwischen dem Schutzleiter 4 und wenigstens der Tragschiene 2 dient. Zur konstruktiven Ausbildung des Erdungsblechs 10 wird auch auf die Figuren 3 und 4 verwiesen.The luminaire arrangement according to FIG. 1 has a mounting rail 2 with a multi-pole through-wiring 3 and an electrical adapter 5, which in this exemplary embodiment is designed as a socket part and fixed in the mounting rail 2. In the region of the electrical adapter 5, a grounding plate 10 is arranged, which serves the electrical connection between the protective conductor 4 and at least the support rail 2. For structural design of the grounding plate 10, reference is also made to Figures 3 and 4.

Die Tragschiene 2 ist gehäuseartig und im Querschnitt etwa U-förmig ausgebildet und weist vertikal ausgerichtete Längsseiten 21 mit Längsstegen 22 auf, welche eine nach unten gerichtete Öffnung 20 der Tragschiene 2 begrenzen (siehe auch Fig. 2).The mounting rail 2 is like a housing and formed in cross-section approximately U-shaped and has vertically oriented longitudinal sides 21 with longitudinal webs 22 which define a downwardly directed opening 20 of the support rail 2 (see also Fig. 2).

Ein Geräteträger 7, welcher zur Aufnahme von elektrischen Betriebsgeräten und Einbauteilen (nicht dargestellt) dient und Lampenfassungen 8 für ein oder zwei Leuchtmittel, in der Regel Leuchtstofflampen, aufweist, wird im Bereich der unteren Öffnung 20 der Tragschiene 2 angeordnet und lösbar befestigt (nicht dargestellt). Ein elektrische Adapter 6 des Geräteträgers 7 ist in diesem Ausführungsbeispiel das Steckerteil, welches komplementär zum Buchsenteil des elektrischen Adapters 5 der Tragschiene 2 ausgebildet ist.A device carrier 7, which is used to hold electrical operating devices and components (not shown) and lamp sockets 8 for one or two bulbs, usually fluorescent lamps, is arranged in the region of the lower opening 20 of the support rail 2 and releasably secured (not shown ). An electrical adapter 6 of the device carrier 7 is in this embodiment, the Plug part, which is complementary to the socket part of the electrical adapter 5 of the support rail 2 is formed.

Die Durchgangsverdrahtung 3 besteht in diesem Ausführungsbeispiel aus sieben elektrischen Leitungen, darunter der Schutzleiter 4. An der Durchgangsverdrahtung 3 sind die elektrischen Adapter 5 für den Anschluss der Geräte und die Leuchtmittel (nicht dargestellt) des Geräteträgers 7 mittels Schneid-Klemm-Technik elektrisch leitend verbunden.The through-wiring 3 consists in this embodiment of seven electrical lines, including the protective conductor 4. At the through-wiring 3, the electrical adapter 5 for connecting the devices and the lighting means (not shown) of the device carrier 7 by means of insulation displacement technology electrically connected ,

Fig. 1 und Fig. 2 zeigen Anordnung und Ausbildung des Erdungsblechs 10 mit dem Schutzleiter 4 im Bereich des elektrischen Adapters 5 und der Tragschiene 2. Die elektrische Verbindung mit der Tragschiene 2 wird über zwei Federbügel 12, welche jeweils ein Rast- bzw. Klemmprofil 24 eines deckenseitigen Profilbereichs 25 der Tragschiene 2 im montierten Zustand hintergreifen, hergestellt.Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 show the arrangement and design of the grounding plate 10 with the protective conductor 4 in the region of the electrical adapter 5 and the support rail 2. The electrical connection to the support rail 2 is via two spring clip 12, which each have a locking or clamping profile 24 of a cover-side profile region 25 of the support rail 2 engage behind in the assembled state, made.

In Fig. 3 ist das Erdungsblech 10 vor dem Aufstecken auf den elektrischen Adapter 5 gezeigt. Die Federbügel 12 sind beidseitig einer Verbindungsfläche 14 nach oben abgewinkelt und weisen in Höhe des Rast- bzw. Klemmprofils 24 der Tragschiene 2 Schneidkanten 13 auf, welche bei der Montage eine Lackschicht der Tragschiene 2 aufkratzen und zu einer elektrischen Verbindung mit dem verzinkten Stahlblech der Tragschiene 2 führen. Die Federbügel 12 sind etwa S-förmig abgebogen oder abgewinkelt, so dass eine Rastverbindung bzw. eine Klemmhalterung im Zusammenwirken mit dem Rast- oder Klemmprofil 24 des deckenseitigen Profilbereichs 25 der Tragschiene 2 erreicht wird, wenn bei der Montage die Tragschiene 2 gemäß Fig. 3 von oben auf die Adapter 9 mit aufgestecktem Erdungsblech 10 und einer mit einer Abdeckung 9 verpressten Durchgangsverdrahtung 3 übergestülpt wird.In Fig. 3, the grounding plate 10 is shown prior to attachment to the electrical adapter 5. The spring clips 12 are bent on both sides of a connecting surface 14 upwards and have at the level of the locking or clamping profile 24 of the support rail 2 cutting edges 13 which scratch a paint layer of the support rail 2 during assembly and to an electrical connection with the galvanized steel sheet of the support rail 2 lead. The spring clip 12 are bent or angled approximately S-shaped, so that a snap-in connection or a clamping bracket is achieved in cooperation with the locking or clamping profile 24 of the ceiling-side profile portion 25 of the support rail 2, when mounting the support rail 2 as shown in FIG from the top of the adapter 9 with plugged grounding plate 10 and a pressed with a cover 9 through wiring 3 is slipped over.

Die fertig montierte Tragschiene 2 ist in Fig. 4 dargestellt. Der Steckkontakt 11 des Erdungsblechs 10, welcher in Aufsteckrichtung parallel zu Klemmfingern 15 an der Verbindungsfläche 14 angeformt ist, gelangt beim Aufstecken in eine Öffnung 16 einer Buchse 17 des elektrischen Adapters 5 und kontaktiert hier den Schutzleiterkontakt 4. Die Klemmfinger 15 gelangen zwischen die Buchsen 17 bzw. umgreifen die außenseitig angeordneten Buchsen 17. Die Abdeckung 9 des elektrischen Adapters 5 rastet, wie in den Figuren 1 und 2 gezeigt, in die Rast- bzw. Klemmprofile 24 der Tragschiene 2 nach dem Verpressen.The fully assembled support rail 2 is shown in Fig. 4. The plug-in contact 11 of the grounding plate 10, which is integrally formed in the mounting direction parallel to clamping fingers 15 on the connection surface 14, passes when plugged into an opening 16 of a socket 17 of the electrical adapter 5 and contacted here the protective conductor contact 4. The clamping fingers 15 pass between the sockets 17th or engage around the bushes 17 arranged on the outside. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the cover 9 of the electrical adapter 5 snaps into the latching or clamping profiles 24 of the mounting rail 2 after the compression.

Die erfindungsgemäße Ausbildung der Leuchtenanordnung gemäß Fig. 1 mit dem komplementär zur Tragschiene 2 und dem elektrischen Adapter 5 der Durchgangsverdrahtung 3 ausgebildeten Erdungsblech 10 wird eine kostengünstige Herstellung sowie eine außerordentlich rationelle Montage von mit einer Durchgangsverdrahtung und Schutzleiterverbindung versehenen Tragschienen, insbesondere für Lichtbandsysteme, erreicht.1 with the complementary to the mounting rail 2 and the electrical adapter 5 of the through-wiring 3 trained earthing plate 10 is a cost-effective production and an extremely efficient installation of provided with a through-wiring and protective conductor connection rails, especially for trunking systems achieved.

Claims (10)

  1. Lamp assembly, particularly for light band systems, having a bearing rail (2), which is provided with a through wiring (3) with a protective conductor (4) and electrical adaptors (5), as well as an appliance carrier (7) for operating devices and lighting means,
    characterized in that
    for the electrical connection of the protective conductor (4) of the through wiring (3) and at least the bearing rail (2) an earth plate (10) is provided and that the earth plate (10) can be fixed on or to the electrical adaptor (5) and can be fitted together with the latter and the through wiring (3) in the bearing rail (2).
  2. Lamp assembly according to claim 1,
    characterized in that
    the earth plate (10) is constructed in such a way that the fastening on or to the electrical adaptor (5) can be integrated into a mechanized installation of the through wiring (3).
  3. Lamp assembly according to claim 1 or 2,
    characterized in that
    the earth plate (10) can be manufactured from a stainless, resilient steel sheet or a resilient steel sheet with a stainless coating using a punching and bending process.
  4. Lamp assembly according to one of the preceding claims,
    characterized in that
    the earth plate (10) has a plug contact (11) for electrical connection to the protective conductor (4) in the vicinity of the electrical adaptor (5) and two spring clips (12) with cutting edges for the electrical connection to the bearing rail (2).
  5. Lamp assembly according to claim 4,
    characterized in that
    the earth plate (10) is cross-sectionally U-shaped and on a connecting surface (14) the spring clips (12) are constructed as vertical legs and the plug contact (11) in pin-like manner.
  6. Lamp assembly according to claim 5,
    characterized in that
    the earth plate (10) is constructed in complementary manner to the electrical adaptor (5) and a ceiling side profile area (25) of bearing rail (2) and that the plug contact (11) in the plugging direction is shaped onto the earth plate (10) and with the through wiring (3) installed contacts the contact of adaptor (5) for protective conductor (4).
  7. Lamp assembly according to claim 6,
    characterized in that
    the ceiling side profile area (25) of the bearing rail has on either side of an upper surface area (23) a locking or clamping profile (24) and that the spring clips (12) of earth plate (10) are constructed for locking or engaging behind the locking or clamping profile (24).
  8. Lamp assembly according to claim 7,
    characterized in that
    the cutting edges (13) are constructed on the spring clips (12) of the earth plate (10) in such a way that in the fitted state of the through wiring (3) they engage in electrically conductive manner in the vicinity of the locking or clamping profile (24) of bearing rail (2).
  9. Lamp assembly according to claim 8,
    characterized in that
    the bearing rail (2) is made from galvanized, varnished steel sheeting and that the earth plate (10) is constructed in such a way that the cutting edges (13) of spring clips (12) of the earth plate (10) during installation scratch the varnishing up to the galvanizing of the bearing rail (2).
  10. Lamp assembly according to one of the preceding claims,
    characterized in that
    the through wiring (3) and protective conductor connection of the bearing rail (2) can be produced with the aid of the electrical adaptors (5) and earth plates (10) in an assembly device.
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