EP2263286B1 - Plaque à borne à contacts modulaires - Google Patents

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EP2263286B1
EP2263286B1 EP09716563A EP09716563A EP2263286B1 EP 2263286 B1 EP2263286 B1 EP 2263286B1 EP 09716563 A EP09716563 A EP 09716563A EP 09716563 A EP09716563 A EP 09716563A EP 2263286 B1 EP2263286 B1 EP 2263286B1
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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
    • H01R9/28—Terminal boards
    • 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
    • H01R4/36—Conductive members located under tip of screw
    • 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
    • H01R4/48—Clamped connections, spring connections utilising a spring, clip, or other resilient member
    • H01R4/4809—Clamped connections, spring connections utilising a spring, clip, or other resilient member using a leaf spring to bias the conductor toward the busbar
    • H01R4/48185—Clamped connections, spring connections utilising a spring, clip, or other resilient member using a leaf spring to bias the conductor toward the busbar adapted for axial insertion of a wire end

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  • the present invention relates to a terminal board, preferably of the N-terminal (multi pole) type, having modular contacts. Terminal boards of this type are particularly useful for making the electric connections required for powering air conditioning apparatuses.
  • 'terminal boards' which consist of an electrically non-conducting body, to which a plurality of electric contacts, possibly interconnected, are mounted.
  • the most used contacts are screw terminals, generally consisting of a threaded nut or matrix engaged by a fastening screw for a stripped end of an electric wire, or of faston-type reed contacts.
  • Spring contacts are also used, e.g. of the type illustrated in JP-A-6333632 , inorder to make quick connections, particularly on wires having stripped ends or preferably, on wires butted by means of a rigid tip, or by tinplating.
  • the known terminal boards of the aforesaid type are not, however, able to simultaneously / indifferently make connections of different type, so as, for example, to be able to use the same terminal board, both for making connections which require contacts consisting of screw terminals, and for connections using spring contacts. If contacts of both types were installed on the same terminal board, the interconnections between the contacts would need to be doubled, with consequent additional costs, an excessively complex layout of the terminal board and, above all, a large bulk, which is not acceptable in the field of electric household appliances, where the spaces available for this type of devices are always smaller.
  • a terminal board is thus provided as defined in claim 1.
  • the terminal board comprises a body made of an electrically non-conducting material delimited between a first and a second opposite longitudinal faces making connections which require contacts consisting of screw terminals, and for connections using spring contacts. If contacts of both types were installed on the same terminal board, the interconnections between the contacts would need to be doubled, with consequent additional costs, an excessively complex layout of the terminal board and, above all, a large bulk, which is not acceptable in the field of electric household appliances, where the spaces available for this type of devices are always smaller.
  • GB-A-1220643 reflected in claim 1 and US-A-5741161 do not fully solve this problem.
  • a terminal board is thus provided as defined in claim 1.
  • the terminal board comprises a body made of an electrically non-conducting material delimited between a first and a second opposite longitudinal faces thereof and thoroughly crossed, transversally to the faces, by first and second cavities, the first cavities being reciprocally arranged side-by-side in sequence in a longitudinal direction of extension of said faces, from a first end of the body, following description of a preferred embodiment thereof, exclusively provided by way of non-limitative example, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
  • numeral 1 indicates as a whole a terminal board, specifically of the N-terminal type, comprising a body 2 made of electrically nonconductive material, typically by injection molding a synthetic plastic material, delimited between a first longitudinal face 3 and a second longitudinal face 4, opposite to each other, and thoroughly crossed, transversally to faces 3, 4, by first cavities 5 and second cavities 6 ( figures 2 and 5 ).
  • the first cavities 5 are reciprocally arranged side-by-side in sequence, in a longitudinal direction of extension of the faces 3,4, from a first end 7 of the body, and the second cavities 6 are reciprocally arranged side-by-side in sequence, parallelly to the first cavities 5, from the latter and up to a corresponding second end 8 of the body 2, opposite to the first.
  • Each second cavity 6 ( figure 2 , shown with a dashed line) defines a first chamber 10 at the first face 3 and a second chamber 12 at the second face 4, which chambers 10,12 are connected to each other by the remaining portion of the cavity 6, as clearly shown in figure 5 ;
  • the first chambers 10 of at least some of the cavities 6 (in this illustrated case all the cavities 6 existing in the body 2) each accommodate a respective first electric contact 14, while the corresponding second chambers 12 of the same cavities 6 accommodate a second electric contact 16 other than the contact 14 and electrically connected to the contact 14 of the corresponding chamber through a bridge element 18 transversally inserted into the body 2 through the corresponding cavity 6.
  • each first electric contact 14 consists of a double spring contact, or 'quick type' contact
  • each second electric contact 16 consists of a screw termina120, inthis illustrated case formed by a threaded nut and having a quadrangular based, prismatic shape.
  • the cavities 5 each accommodate a screw terminal 20 at a first end 21 and at a second end 22 thereof, opposite to each other; the two screw terminals 20 accommodated in use in each cavity 5 are further electrically connected to each other by a bridge element 18 transversally inserted into the body 2 through the corresponding cavity 5, similarly to the cavities 6.
  • the cavities 5 each have a first mouth 23 and a second mouth 24, opposite and facing each other, obtained at the opposite ends 21 and 22, substantially being flush with the longitudinal faces 3,4 of the body 2; the mouths 23,24 are shaped so as to allow both the screw terminals 20 and the bridge elements 18 to be introduced therethrough into the cavities 5 and, in use, with screw terminals 20 accommodated in the cavities 5 ( figure 1 ), to leave space for the insertion of respective electric conductors (e.g. power wires/cables), known and not shown for simplicity, on the terminals 20 and within the cavities 5.
  • respective electric conductors e.g. power wires/cables
  • the cavities 6 each have at least one respective mouth 30 (in this case a pair of mouths 30 placed side-by-side) obtained flush with the face 3 and shaped so as to allow in use an electric conductor (such as a wire or cable 30d, figure 6 ) to be introduced from the outside into the corresponding chamber 10 of each cavity 6, and a respective, opposite mouth 31 obtained flush with the face4, ina position facing the mouth 30, shaped so as to allow the spring contacts 14, the screw terminals 20 and the bridge elements 18 to be introduced therethrough into the chambers 10 and 12 of the cavities 6, and, in use, with the screw terminals 20 accommodated in the respective chambers 12, to leave space for inserting respective electric conductors (e.g. known electric wires or cables 30b, figure 6 ) on such screw terminals 20 and within the chambers 12.
  • respective electric conductors e.g. known electric wires or cables 30b, figure 6
  • the body 2 further has a third longitudinal face 40, transversally connecting the longitudinal faces 3,4 for the entire respective length of the same, and with respect to which the cavities 5 and 6 are arranged, in the body 2, parallel to and immediately underneath the face 40; the latter is further provided with a plurality of first through holes 42, obtained at all the chambers 12 of the cavities 6 and at all the opposite ends 21,22 of the cavities 5, for the introduction therein, in engagement with the screw terminals 20 accommodated therein, of respective retaining screws 44; such screws 44 thoroughly engage in use respective transverse holes 45 of the bridge elements 18, to then engage the underneath screw terminals 20, so as to prevent the accidental release from the cavities 5,6 ( figure 6 ).
  • the face 40 further has through holes 46 obtained through the same at each first chamber 10 of the second cavities 6, through which through holes 46 the spring contacts 14, accommodated in the chambers 10, are accessible from the outside, e.g. by a tool.
  • the face 40 preferably has also through holes 47, one for each cavity 6, substantially obtained at the middle line thereof and each between a pair of holes 42,46, through which the bridge elements 18 are visible and accessible from the outside.
  • the body 2 is substantially shaped as a parallelepiped and the faces 3,4 are parallel to each other, while the cavities 5,6 are obtained in the body 2 perpendicularly to the faces 3,4 and are placed side-by-side in sequence parallelly to the faces 3,4 themselves.
  • the terminal board 1 may receive in use, as additional element, a standard 'pin' terminal board 101 ( figure 3 ), consisting of a plurality of insulating body portions 103 integrally obtained side-by-side and held together by bridge-shaped body elements 104 which may possibly, easily be cut, each of the body portions being provided with a pair of screw terminals105, afirst one (105b) of which is adapted to transversally receive ( figure 6 ) one end of an electric wire 30e and the other one (105c) holds a cylindrical fork-shaped pin 106 having an oval tip.
  • the distance between the bands 100 and the size of the holes 47 is chosen so that the pins 106 are freely insertable in use into the holes 47 by inserting the fork-shaped, oval tips thereof into the void between each pair of bands 100 placed side-by-side (slightly smaller than the diameter of the pins 106), thus elastically deforming the same in a direction for producing the elastic bending thereof in the longitudinal direction of extension of the terminal board 1, so as to pinch the pins 106, thus blocking them in the holes 47 and in electric contact with both the contacts 14 and 16.
  • Acomplex terminal board la is thus formed by joining the terminal board 1 and the terminal board or optional element 101, even more versatile than the terminal board 1 alone.
  • the double spring contacts 14 are preferably each formed by a respective flat metal foil 60 bent at an angle along the middle line so as to be V-shaped; the respective edges of each foil 60 are further provided with grasping projections 61 adapted to cooperate with the body2 inuse to lock the spring contacts 14 inthe first chambers 10, which are shaped so as to have different dimensions from those of chambers 12 of the same cavities 6.
  • the foils 60 are each divided by its V-shaped fold into two wings 71 and 72; the wings 72 are provided with ridges 61, while the wings 71 are each divided for nearly the entire length, in two portions placed side-by-side by means of a slot 73; in use, the slot 73 is arranged between the pair of mouths 30 and thereby each contact 14 may independently receive two wires 30d, instead of only one.

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  1. Plaque à bornes, en particulier du type à N bornes, comportant un corps (2) formé d'un matériau électriquement non conducteur délimité entre des première et deuxième faces longitudinales opposites (3,4) de celui-ci et traversé, transversalement aux faces, par des premières et deuxièmes cavités, les premières cavités (5) étant réciproquement agencées côte à côte en séquence dans une direction longitudinale d'extension desdites faces, à partir d'une première extrémité (7) du corps, et les deuxièmes cavités (6) étant réciproquement agencées côte à côte en séquence, parallèlement aux premières cavités, à partir de celles-ci et jusqu'à une deuxième extrémité (8) correspondante du corps, opposée à la première; chaque deuxième cavité (6) définissant une première chambre (10) au niveau de la première face et une deuxième chambre (12) au niveau de la deuxième face ; les premières chambres d'au moins une partie des deuxièmes cavités logeant chacune un premier contact électrique (14) respectif et les deuxièmes chambres correspondantes des mêmes deuxièmes cavités logeant un deuxième contact électrique (16) d'un type différent par rapport au premier et relié électriquement au premier contact de la première chambre par l'intermédiaire d'un élément (18) de pontage inséré transversalement dans le corps à travers la deuxième cavité correspondante : chacun desdits premiers contacts électriques étant constitué d'un contact (14) à ressort double et chacun desdits deuxièmes contacts électriques étant constitué d'un borne (16) à vis ; et ledit corps présentant une troisième face longitudinale (40), reliant transversalement la première face longitudinale (3) à la deuxième (4) sur toute la longueur respective de celles-ci et par rapport à laquelle lesdites deuxièmes et deuxièmes cavités (5,6) sont agencées, dans ledit corps, réciproquement parallèles à celui-ci et immédiatement sous celui-ci ; ladite troisième face (40) étant pourvue d'une pluralité de premiers trous débouchants (42) au niveau de toutes lesdites deuxièmes chambres (12) des deuxièmes cavités (6) et de toutes les extrémités opposées des premières cavités (5), servant à introduire dans ceux-ci, en interaction avec lesdites bornes à vis qui y sont logées, de vis (44) de retenue respectives ; ladite troisième face comportant en outre des deuxièmes trous débouchants (46) réalisés à travers celle-ci au niveau de chacune desdites premières chambres (10) desdites deuxièmes cavités (6), lesdits contacts (14) à ressorts doubles étant accessibles, par ex. par un outil, à travers lesdits deuxièmes trous débouchants ;
    caractérisé en ce que
    ladite troisième face comporte en outre des troisièmes trous débouchants (47) respectifs, un pour chacune desdites deuxièmes cavités (6), essentiellement réalisés au niveau de la ligne médiane de celle-ci et situés chacun entre une paire de premier et deuxième trous (42,46) à travers lesquels des parties respectives (100) de bandes élastiquement déformables desdits éléments (18) de pontage sont visibles et accessibles de l'extérieur, agencées en vis-à-vis et leur plan d'appui étant agencé perpendiculairement à la troisième face.
  2. Plaque à bornes selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que lesdites premières cavités (5) logent chacune à des première et deuxième extrémités réciproquement opposés de celles-ci, une desdites bornes (16) à vis ; lesdites deux bornes à vis de chaque première cavité étant reliées électriquement l'une à l'autre par un desdits éléments (18) de pontage, inséré transversalement dans le corps à travers la première cavité correspondante.
  3. Plaque à bornes selon la revendication 2, caractérisée en ce que lesdites premières cavités (5) présentent chacune une première et une deuxième embouchure, réciproquement opposées l'une à l'autre et en vis-à-vis, réalisés auxdites première et deuxième extrémités opposées de la première cavité, affleurant sensiblement lesdites première et deuxième faces longitudinales (3,4) du corps ; lesdites première et deuxième embouchure présentant une forme telle qu'elles permettent l'introduction à travers celles-ci, dans les premières cavités (5), desdites bornes (16) à vis et desdits éléments (18) de pontage et ménagent, en cours d'utilisation, les bornes à vis étant logées dans les premières cavités, un espace pour l'insertion, dans lesdites premières cavités, de conducteurs électriques respectifs présents sur lesdites bornes.
  4. Plaque à bornes selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce que lesdites deuxièmes cavités (6) comportent chacune: au moins une première embouchure respective réalisée de façon à affleurer la première face longitudinale (3), présentant une forme telle qu'elle permet, en cours d'utilisation, l'introduction, à partir de l'extérieur, d'un fil électrique dans la première chambre correspondante de chaque deuxième cavité ; et une deuxième embouchure réalisée de façon à affleurer la deuxième face longitudinale (4), en position opposée à la première embouchure et face à celle-ci, présentant une forme telle qu'elle permet l'introduction, à travers celle-ci et dans les première et deuxième chambres des deuxièmes cavités, desdits contacts (14) à ressorts et bornes (16) à vis et desdits éléments (18) de pontage de liaison électrique et ménage, en cours d'utilisation, les bornes à vis étant logées dans les deuxièmes chambres des deuxièmes cavités, un espace pour l'insertion, dans lesdites deuxièmes chambres, de fils électriques respectifs sur lesdites bornes à vis.
  5. Plaque à bornes selon la revendication 4, caractérisée en ce que chaque deuxième cavité comporte une paire desdites premières embouchures agencées réciproquement côte à côte.
  6. Plaque à bornes selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce que lesdites vis (44) coopèrent en les traversant avec des trous transversaux (45) respectifs desdits éléments (18) de pontage ; chacun desdits premiers et deuxièmes contacts (14,16) et desdits éléments (18) de pontage étant des éléments tous indépendants les uns des autres.
  7. Plaque à bornes selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce que ledit corps (2) est de forme essentiellement parallélépipédique ; lesdites première et deuxième faces longitudinales (3,4) du corps étant réciproquement parallèles, lesdites premières et deuxièmes cavités étant réalisées dans le corps perpendiculairement auxdites première et deuxième faces et étant réciproquement agencées côte à côte en séquence parallèlement auxdites faces.
  8. Plaque à bornes selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce que chacun desdits contacts (14) à ressorts doubles est constitué d'une feuille métallique plate respective coudée à un certain angle le long de la ligne médiane de façon à présenter la forme d'un V, dont une première branche (71) est partagée en deux par une fente respective ; des bords respectifs d'une deuxième branche (72) de la feuille étant munis de protubérances (61) de préhension prévues pour coopérer avec ledit corps pour bloquer les contacts à ressorts dans les premières chambres.
  9. Plaque à bornes selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce que lesdites premières chambres (10) des deuxièmes cavités (6) sont d'une taille différente de celle des deuxièmes chambres (12) de ces mêmes deuxièmes cavités.
  10. Plaque à bornes selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce que la plaque à bornes comporte en outre un élément supplémentaire (101) comportant une plaque à bornes standard avec broches constituée d'une pluralité de parties de corps isolant réalisées d'un seul tenant, réciproquement côte à côte et maintenues ensemble par des éléments de corps en forme de pont qui peuvent éventuellement être coupés facilement, chacun d'eux étant muni d'une paire de bornes (105) à vis dont l'une est prévue pour recevoir transversalement une extrémité d'un fil électrique et l'autre retient une broche cylindrique (106) à bout ovale fourchu ; la distance entre lesdites bandes (100) desdits éléments (18) de pontage et la taille des troisièmes trous (47) étant choisies de telle façon que lesdites broches (106) puissent, en cours d'utilisation, être insérées librement dans les troisièmes trous (47) en insérant les bouts ovales fourchus de celle-ci dans le vide entre chaque paire desdites bandes (100) placées côte à côte, qui est de taille légèrement inférieure au diamètre des broches (106), déformant ainsi élastiquement ces dernières.
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