EP1714363B1 - Electric installation unit - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to an electric installation unit comprising at least one socket that consists of at least one upper section (2) and a lower section (4) and a remote-controlled switching and/or regulating module (7). The aim of the invention is to simplify the installation and the adaptation of said unit to the design of the electric installation range. To achieve this, a common cover or supporting frame (1) is provided in order to position the flush socket (2, 4) next to the switching and/or regulating module (7) in a flush-mounting socket (8).

Description

The invention relates to an electrical installation unit having at least one flush-mounted socket having a top part and a bottom part and a remotely controllable switching and / or regulating module, wherein a coexistence of the flush-mounted socket and the switching and / or regulating module can be arranged side by side. or support frame is provided.

When switching / dimming sockets is known to run the remote controllable switching and / or regulator module as a separate module in which a radio receiver is housed in a housing having a socket and a plug. This housing with radio receiver can thus be plugged into any existing socket, with the load to be switched (electrical consumers) is now turned on via the existing socket in the housing of the module. The socket mounted in the housing is electrically connected via a switching / dimming element (for example relay or semiconductor), which is controlled by a radio receiver, to the plug which is likewise present on the housing. A disadvantage of this embodiment is that the housing of the switching and / or controller module does not match the design of the existing installation series.

From the US 2003/111250 A1 are known movable covers for the electrical outputs of a mobile connector housing.

The US 2002/131262 A1 which is to be regarded as the closest prior art, describes a wall-mounted night light. The night light is arranged together with a socket, switches and a regulator in a special cover frame. The entire arrangement takes place in a correspondingly large, common flush-mounted box. A night light according to the US 2002/131262 A1 has a control module in the form of a photosensitive electronics. A disadvantage of such an arrangement is that it requires a large common flush-mounted box, and the control module only reacts to environmental influences.

From the DE 299 20 219 U is the structure of a multi-part cover frame and the known arrangement of switches and sockets in a cover known.

The further known GB 2 298 973 A describes a clamping device for an installation device. A wall-mounted installation device (a socket with a switch) with a clamp for the cables to be connected is described.

The US 6 011 680 A describes an executable as a socket connection device for monitoring and controlling a network. Grid-connected monitoring and control electronics, which are equipped with a bus, monitor parameters such as current consumption, fault currents, fault voltages, etc., of a connected consumer in order to disconnect it from the grid when limit values are exceeded or fallen below. The US 6 011 680 A However, does not address the problem of such a flush mounting of such a "smart" socket.

From the US 2003/0092297 A1 is a usable in a wall outlet night or additional light which has power outlets known. In the housing which houses the plugs and the plug night light is also arranged a control electronics. It may be provided that a light sensor is provided in the arrangement, or a timer, which is programmable and switches the electrical outputs. A disadvantage of all these, in the US 2003/0092297 A1 proposed embodiments is that these are all provided only for plugging into an existing outlet.

Furthermore, it is known to arrange the switching and / or regulator module in its own flush-mounted box, wherein the radio receiver is connected to the socket with scarf part. A disadvantage of this embodiment is that an additional flush-mounted box is required, as well as a piping to connect the radio receiver with switching element with the existing socket.

The object of the invention is to provide an electrical installation unit of the type mentioned above which allows integration of a remotely controllable switching and / or regulator module in an existing socket arrangement, without an additional flush-mounted box or piping is required, and adapted to the existing design line of Easy to customize installer series.

According to the invention, this is achieved in that the switching and / or regulator module is designed entirely as a surface-cleaning module.

This results in the advantage that no additional flush-mounted box is necessary for the Femschaltung or regulation of a socket via radio, and by juxtaposition to a common cover or support frame it is sufficient to make this according to the installation series to the design adaptation to reach.

In continuation of the invention can be provided that the cover and / or support frame is formed in the manner of cover frame for switch or socket of the electrical installation technology. By using electrical installation components of existing design lines, it is possible to integrate the remote-controllable switching and / or control module into all offered design lines without additional components to be manufactured.

According to a further embodiment of the invention, it can be provided that the remotely controllable switching and / or regulator module has a cover. As a result, safety requirements can be met, furthermore, the sensitive electronics are protected against contamination and against unauthorized access, and the entire arrangement is integrated into the design line of the existing electrical installation.

In a further embodiment of the invention, it may be provided that the cover and / or support frame for the determination of the socket and the switching and / or regulator module or its cover is formed with mutually congruent recesses. As a result, a cover and / or support frame which is intended for receiving two sockets can be used for this application, whereby the production costs for the electrical installation unit is significantly reduced.

In a further embodiment of the invention, it may be provided that is formed in one piece with the cover or support frame training of Einsteckbereiches the socket of the cover or support frame with a recess whose boundary is congruent with the boundary of the Einsteckbereiches. This makes it possible to integrate the electrical installation unit according to the invention in an existing electrical installation in which the insertion of the socket is designed in one piece with the cover or support frame, which increases the scope of the invention.

A further feature of the invention may consist in that receptacles for connecting and / or connecting lines are formed on the cleaning-side inside of the covering or supporting frame. By providing recordings such as for connecting lines, the installation of the electrical installation unit according to the invention is simplified, any caulking for additional piping is unnecessary.

In a further embodiment of the invention, it may be provided that both the phase and the neutral conductor of the socket is switchable by the remotely controllable switching and / or regulator module. As a result, a double-pole shutdown can be realized which for safety reasons when used in wet rooms or outdoors is beneficial.

• Fig. 1 eine Draufsicht auf eine erfindungsgemäße Elektro- Installationseinheit,
• Fig. 2 einen Seitenriss einer erfindungsgemäße Elektro- Installationseinheit,
• Fig. 3 ein Blockschaltbild der erfindungsgemäße Elektro- Installationseinheit,
• Fig. 4 eine Explosionsdarstellung einer erfindungsgemäße Elektro- Installationseinheit und
• Fig. 5 eine Explosionsdarstellung einer erfindungsgemäße Elektro- Installationseinheit.

The invention will be further described with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which embodiments are shown. Showing:

• Fig. 1 a top view of an electrical installation unit according to the invention,
• Fig. 2 a side elevation of an electrical installation unit according to the invention,
• Fig. 3 a block diagram of the electrical installation unit according to the invention,
• Fig. 4 an exploded view of an electrical installation unit according to the invention and
• Fig. 5 an exploded view of an electrical installation unit according to the invention.

Figures 1, 2 . 4 and 5 show an inventive electrical installation unit comprising a socket with upper part 2 and lower part 4 and a remotely controllable switching and / or control module 7, wherein the side-by-side arrangement in a flush-mounted box 8 (in the figures only schematically, without leads shown) can be used flush-mounted Socket 2, 4 and designed as a surface-mounted module switching and / or controller module 7, a common Abdeck- or support frame 1 is provided. It can be provided to arrange the switching and / or control module 7 both on the right and left or above or below the socket. Furthermore, it is possible to arrange a plurality of sockets in a correspondingly extended cover frame 1, one or more of which can be connected to switching and / or control modules 7.

The cover and / or support frame 1 used is designed in the manner of cover frame for switch or socket of the electrical installation technology. This allows cost-effective adaptation of existing assemblies and easy integration into existing design lines.

The cover and / or support frame 1 for fixing the socket 2, 4 and the switching and / or regulator module 7 and its cover 5 is formed with mutually congruent recesses 10, whereby the use of a cover and / or support frame 1 of designed for two lances is enabled.

With the remotely controllable switching and / or control module 7, the output voltage of the adjacent socket 2, 4 is regulated. This makes it possible to regulate a directly connected to the socket 2, 4 consumers, such as a lamp, a fan or a radiator.

Remote control may be by any suitable technology such as radio, infrared, ultrasound, using cellular or cordless telephones or the technology known in those fields (such as Bluetooth) or by wireless LAN.

The remotely controllable switching and / or control module 7 is surface plaster arranged in a recess 10 of the cover or support frame 1 and is protected by the cover 5, which is not essential to the invention attachment means 11, such. Screws, clamp closures or locking lugs in cover or support frame 1 is held. The cover 5 is preferably made of non-conductive material such as plastic. In order to indicate the operating state, it may be provided that the switching and / or regulating module 7 is connected via a number of display elements 9, e.g. Light emitting diodes, incandescent lamps, LCD or plasma displays has, wherein in such an embodiment of the switching and / or control module 7, the use of a cover 5 is provided with corresponding transparent or translucent areas 12, which allows detection of the display elements 9.

It may further be provided to carry out the cover 5 as a control element 6 to allow manual intervention in the control process. This can be done, for example, by using a rotary knob, a slider or a touch-sensitive surface (such as a touchpad or touch screen), which makes access to the dimmer function more flexible. Furthermore, it can be provided to connect the remotely controllable switching and / or control module by means of a network connection with a computer, such as a PC (laptop, Pocket PC) or microcontroller and to control certain control and regulating functions by this. Such a network connection may e.g. via an installation bus, e.g. EIB (European Installation Bus), LON (Local Operating Network) or via Powerline, which requires no additional control lines.

On the cleaning side of the cover or support frame 1 receptacles 13 are formed for connection and / or connecting lines. These recordings allow the wiring of the switching and / or regulator module 7 with the socket 2, 4, without additional piping or without the necessary caulking.

As in the block diagram Fig. 3 the phase L of the outlet 2, 4 to be regulated is connected to the switching and / or regulating module 7. The switching and / or regulator module 7 regulates the voltage and gives the regulated current-carrying phase LA to the lower part 4 (shown only schematically in the figures, without supply lines) that it is connected.

Furthermore, a connection of the neutral conductor N from the lower part 4 to the switching and / or regulator module 7 is provided. Since it is not necessary for the regulation of the voltage to regulate the neutral conductor, this is connected directly to the lower part 4 and from there to the switching and / or regulator module 7 further connected.

In a further embodiment of the invention is provided in addition to the phase and the neutral conductor by the remote controllable switching and / or control module to switch or to regulate (so-called double-pole shutdown), since this is for safety reasons, e.g. when used in wet rooms or outdoors is beneficial.

Since the switching and / or regulating module 7 does not comprise externally accessible conductive parts, the connection of a protective contact conductor (ground) PE is not necessary and is therefore limited to the lower part 4.

In principle, the use of the electrical installation unit according to the invention is not limited to the 110V (USA) or 240V network. A use in the field of power or three-phase technology or on board ships, trains or aircraft is certainly provided. In other embodiments, it may be provided that a plurality of current-carrying phases are regulated.

The use of the invention is not limited to electrical installation components in which the upper part 2 is present separately from the cover frame 1. When integral with the cover or support frame 1 training the Einsteckbereiches the socket of the cover or support frame 1 is formed with a recess 10, the boundary is congruent to the boundary of the insertion.

Claims (7)

1. An electric installation unit, comprising at least one flush-type socket outlet (2, 4) having an upper part (2) and a bottom part (4) and a remote-controllable switching and/or controller module (7), with a common cover and support frame (1) being provided for arranging adjacent to each other the flush-type socket outlet (2, 4) and the switching and/or controller module (7), characterized in that the switching and/or controller module (7) is arranged entirely as an unconcealed module.
2. An electric installation unit according to claim 1, characterized in that the cover and/or support frame (1) is arranged in the manner of cover frames for switch boxes and socket outlets of electrical installation technology.
3. An electric installation unit according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the remote-controllable switching and/or controller module (7) comprises a cover jacket (5).
4. An electric installation unit according to claim 1, 2 or 3, characterized in that the cover and /or support frame (1) for fixing the socket outlet (2, 4) and the switching and/or controller module (7) and its cover jacket (5) are provided with recesses (10) which are in coincidence with each other.
5. An electric installation unit according to claim 1, 2 or 3, characterized in that when insertion area of the socket outlet (2, 4) is arranged integrally with the cover and support frame (1) the cover and support frame (1) is arranged with a recess (10) whose boundary is in coincidence with the boundary of the insertion area.
6. An electric installation unit according to one of the claims 1 to 5, characterized in that receptacles (13) for supply and/or connecting leads are arranged on the plaster-side inside of the cover and support frame (1).
7. An electric installation unit according to one of the claims 1 to 6, characterized in that both the phase (L) as well as the neutral conductor (N) of the socket outlet can be switched by the remote-controllable switching and/or controller module (7).

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