EP2227840A1 - Bride de connexion, en particulier pour une borne de connexion électrique - Google Patents

Bride de connexion, en particulier pour une borne de connexion électrique

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EP2227840A1
EP2227840A1 EP08854532A EP08854532A EP2227840A1 EP 2227840 A1 EP2227840 A1 EP 2227840A1 EP 08854532 A EP08854532 A EP 08854532A EP 08854532 A EP08854532 A EP 08854532A EP 2227840 A1 EP2227840 A1 EP 2227840A1
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screw
shaft
section
cross
connecting flange
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EP2227840B1 (fr
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Dieter Holste
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Phoenix Contact GmbH and Co KG
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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
    • H01R4/00—Electrically-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
    • H01R4/28—Clamped connections, spring connections
    • H01R4/30—Clamped connections, spring connections utilising a screw or nut clamping member
    • H01R4/302—Clamped connections, spring connections utilising a screw or nut clamping member having means for preventing loosening of screw or nut, e.g. vibration-proof connection

Definitions

  • Connection flange in particular for an electrical connection terminal
  • connection flange in particular for an electrical connection terminal or another electrical component, which comprises a housing and a slot provided thereon for receiving a screw, wherein the shaft has a shaft wall, in particular of an elastic material and wherein a
  • Securing device is provided to take the screw captive in the shaft.
  • the invention will be described below with reference to the use as a connecting flange, the invention can also be used for securing screws in the shafts to electrical components in general.
  • Locking arrangements for screws have become known in the prior art.
  • a fferklemme in which the screw head is covered by a cover except for a screwdriver opening.
  • Distributed over the circumference are provided in the cover housing in the axial direction formed ribs which have a minimum distance from each other, which is smaller than the diameter of the screw head.
  • the ribs are deformed and abraded in this prior art. Due to the elasticity of the ribs, the screw is taken captive in the cover housing.
  • a terminal has become known in which the clamping screw is arranged retractable in a shaft of a body.
  • the shaft profiling is provided, which can be deformed elastically when screwing in and when sweeping the head. After sweeping the profiling, the profiling deforms only partially elastically back, so that the profiling performed as a bead serves as a backup.
  • Screw head exceed the durability of the component. Such a system works with slow assembly by hand or even with exact compliance with the tolerances, which in turn but causes a considerable manufacturing effort and thus higher costs.
  • connection flange according to the invention is provided in particular for an electrical connection terminal or another electrical component and comprises at least one housing and at least one shaft provided therein for receiving a screw.
  • the shaft has a shaft wall made of an elastic material.
  • a securing device is designed or provided, so that the screw from the shaft, at least in a non-bolted state captive is receivable.
  • the length of an inner circumference of the securing device is adapted to the length of the outer circumference of the screw.
  • a free cross section of the securing device and the largest cross section of the screw have different shapes.
  • the invention offers many advantages.
  • a considerable advantage is that due to the different cross-sectional shapes, the screw in the shaft is taken captively even in the non-bolted state.
  • the length of the inner periphery of the securing device is adapted to the length of the outer circumference of the screw, this means that the screw diameter is at least one point greater than the corresponding free diameter of the shaft.
  • the screw is introduced by utilizing the elastic properties of the shaft wall. Characterized in that the length of the outer circumference of the screw and the inner circumference of the securing device are adapted to each other, this means that while the insertion of the screw, a local deformation of the shaft wall must occur so that the screw is inserted, but since the circumferential lengths are adjusted, no Stretching of the entire circumference of the shaft wall takes place, but in each case "local bends are sufficient, but do not lead to an elongation of the shaft as a whole.” After passing through the screw or the screw head, the shaft wall deforms elastically, so that the screw is taken captive.
  • the length of the inner circumference of the securing device that is approximately the length of the outer circumference of the screw, wherein the length of the inner circumference of the
  • Securing device in particular slightly larger than the length of the outer circumference of the screw, so as to ensure that a total of no stretching of the shaft wall over the entire circumference occurs or is required.
  • the inner circumference of the securing device for example, 1%, 3% or even about 5% or more longer than the outer circumference of the screw.
  • the cross-sectional shape of the shaft is polygonal, while the screw has a rounded cross-section. Also possible is a polygonal screw, which has a number of corners, which is significantly higher than the number of corners of the shaft.
  • circumferential lengths are adapted to one another causes a slight local deformation of the shaft walls by the introduction of the screw into the polygonal shaft, the shaft wall being locally bent, in particular at the corners of the shaft.
  • the shaft wall on the securing device between four and eight corners, wherein the corners can also be performed rounded.
  • Cross-sectional shape of the screw is polygonal, while the shaft has a rounded or round cross-section.
  • a compression and stretching of the material is locally effected analogous to the previous embodiment, with a total of a complete extension of the shaft circumference is reliably avoided, thereby overloading the shaft during insertion of the screw is prevented.
  • the shaft wall preferably consists at least partially of an insulating material.
  • the shaft wall is thin-walled in order to increase the elasticity.
  • the shaft wall can be of thin-walled construction and can be surrounded radially at least in sections by a trench or the like which preferably extends deeper from the surface than the distance between the securing device and the surface.
  • a trench or the like which preferably extends deeper from the surface than the distance between the securing device and the surface.
  • the housing consists at least partially of a plastic and in particular of a thermoplastic material which has elastic properties.
  • the securing device is arranged at or in the vicinity of the accessible end of the shaft, whereby the required installation depth is limited.
  • the securing device comprises at least one inwardly projecting holding device or holder.
  • two approximately opposite and in each case inwardly projecting retaining ribs are preferably provided on the housing or on the wall of the shaft. Two opposite holding ribs provide a reliable hold.
  • the shaft wall preferably has a phase on its outer side in the region of the securing device.
  • the shaft is at least partially made of an insulating material.
  • the screw is equipped with an enlarged screw head and a shaft with a threaded section.
  • the securing device In the depth of the shaft extends behind the securing device preferably a central portion of the shaft, in which the screw or the screw head is fully circumferentially with game accepted, so that the securing device forms an undercut, which extends over an angular portion or more angular portions or even around extending the shaft around.
  • the shaft is formed round and there, the inner circumference of the shaft is significantly larger than the outer circumference of the screw head and the screw.
  • the connecting flange according to the invention allows the captive capture of screws with significantly reduced requirement for accuracy of manufacture, so that a more cost-effective production with higher quality is possible.
  • connection flange according to the invention in a plan view.
  • FIG. 2 shows the connecting flange of Figure 1 in cross-section A-A with a screw shown schematically.
  • FIG. 3 shows a screw for the connection flange according to FIG. 1;
  • FIG. and Fig. 4 shows the cross sections of the shaft and the
  • Fig. 1 is a plan view of the connecting flange 1 according to the invention is shown, which comes in particular for use on electrical terminals. This can be the
  • Terminal serve to receive one or more conductors and be provided for example at one or both ends of the housing with a connecting flange according to the invention to attach such a terminal to another component.
  • the invention for
  • the connecting flange 1 has a housing 2, in which a shaft 3 is provided, in which the screw 4 is received, as is apparent in particular from the illustration of FIG. In Fig. 2, the cross section A-A of Fig. 1 is shown.
  • the housing 2 and in particular the shaft wall 5 of the shaft 3 are here in the embodiment made of an elastic material and in particular consist of a thermoplastic material that can be elastically deformed.
  • the screw 4 is shown only schematically, which is equipped with a screw head 24 and with a threaded screw shaft 25.
  • the screw 4 is captively received in the shaft 3 of the housing 2, so that the state shown in Fig. 2 results in 7, in which the screw is taken captive and in particular in the non-screwed state captive.
  • the shaft wall 5 a safety device 6, which is designed in the manner of an undercut and causes the free diameter of the shaft 3 at least one point is smaller than the corresponding diameter of the screw 4 at this point.
  • the largest diameter of the screw 4 has a different cross section than the smallest cross section of the shaft 3, while the circumferential lengths of the largest screw cross section and the circumferential length of the smallest shaft cross section are at least approximately matched. This has the consequence that the smallest shaft diameter is greater than the smallest screw diameter, so that the screw 4 is taken captive in the shaft 3 after sweeping the securing device 6.
  • the largest diameter 9 of the screw head 24 formed here round greater
  • the eight corners 12 of the securing device 6 are provided radially outside of the largest diameter 9 of the screw head 24, so that the screw head 24 by the retaining ribs 14 of the securing device. 6 captive is received in the shaft 3, while the circumferential lengths of the securing device of the screw head are adapted to each other.
  • the length of the inner circumference 10 of the securing device 6 is adapted to the length of the outer circumference 11 of the screw 4 or here the screw head 24.
  • the length of the inner periphery of the securing device 6 is slightly larger than the length of the outer periphery 11th the screw head 24, so that an elongation of the entire circumference of the securing device 6 during insertion the screw 4 is reliably prevented, because in such cases, this can lead to damage to the component.
  • the difference of the circumferential lengths may be several percent e.g. 5% or 10% or even 15%. It is essential that the shaft wall 5 can locally deform when sweeping the screw head 24, so that in the elastic deformation substantially a bending and no overstretching of the shaft wall 5 takes place.
  • the width of the connecting flange 1 is about 5.4 mm, while the free diameter 20,21 and 22 are equal and amount to about 3.9 ram.
  • the free diameter 19 in the region of the securing device 6 is smaller and is here 3.65 mm, while the
  • Shaft wall 5 in the region of the accessible end 13 also has a free diameter 18 of 3.9 mm. This means that, in the area of the securing device 6, the free diameter 18 is conditionally reduced by the holding ribs 14 of the securing device 6 from 3.9 to 3.65 mm. Thus, a slight insertion of the screw is made possible in the accessible end 13 of the shaft 3 until the screw abuts the securing device 6.
  • the screw 4 for the connecting flange 1 is shown in more detail.
  • the screw head 24 and the screw shank 25 having screw 4 has here in the embodiment a circular head designed, which has a diameter of 3.8 mm.
  • the screw head 24 is provided with a slot 26.
  • a Phillips or an internal or external hexagon of the like. be provided.
  • the screw shaft 25 has a length of 6.2 mm and is provided over the greater part of its length with an external thread 30, which here as M 2.5 thread is executed.
  • the screw shaft 25 is passed through the lower through hole 23 of the connection flange 1.
  • the connecting flange 1 and the shaft 3, and the screw 4 are possible.
  • the dimensions can be larger and smaller.
  • a phase 16 is provided in the region of the securing device 6 on the outside of the shaft wall 5, which increases the elasticity of the shaft wall.
  • the screw head here in the embodiment designed around and the shaft wall 5 has a polygonal cross-section, it is also possible to make the screw 4 out of round and the shaft 3 around.
  • At least in the region of the shaft bottom 33 of the free diameter of the shaft 5 is larger everywhere than the outer diameter of the screw 4 to allow easy and undisturbed rotation of the screw 4 in the shaft 3.

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  • Connections By Means Of Piercing Elements, Nuts, Or Screws (AREA)
  • Clamps And Clips (AREA)
  • Connection Of Plates (AREA)
  • Bolts, Nuts, And Washers (AREA)
  • Motor Or Generator Frames (AREA)

Abstract

Bride de connexion pour une borne de connexion électrique, comprenant un boîtier et un puits prévu sur ce boîtier pour recevoir une vis, sachant que le puits présente une paroi de puits en un matériau élastique sur laquelle est formé un organe de sécurité, de sorte que la vis peut, dans l'état non vissé, être reçue par le puits de manière imperdable. Une section libre de l'organe de sécurité et la section maximale de la vis présentent des formes différentes, sachant que la longueur d'un pourtour intérieur de l'organe de sécurité est adaptée à la longueur du pourtour extérieur de la vis.
EP08854532.2A 2007-11-30 2008-11-27 Bride de connexion, en particulier pour une borne de connexion électrique Active EP2227840B1 (fr)

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DE102007058041A DE102007058041A1 (de) 2007-11-30 2007-11-30 Anschlussflansch, insbesondere für eine elektrische Anschlussklemme
PCT/EP2008/010082 WO2009068286A1 (fr) 2007-11-30 2008-11-27 Bride de connexion, en particulier pour une borne de connexion électrique

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DE102007058041A1 (de) 2009-06-10
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