EP2272133B1 - Terminal board for an electric household appliance, in particular for the connection of rigid cables - Google Patents

Terminal board for an electric household appliance, in particular for the connection of rigid cables Download PDF

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EP2272133B1
EP2272133B1 EP09718681A EP09718681A EP2272133B1 EP 2272133 B1 EP2272133 B1 EP 2272133B1 EP 09718681 A EP09718681 A EP 09718681A EP 09718681 A EP09718681 A EP 09718681A EP 2272133 B1 EP2272133 B1 EP 2272133B1
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R9/00—Structural associations of a plurality of mutually-insulated electrical connecting elements, e.g. terminal strips or terminal blocks; Terminals or binding posts mounted upon a base or in a case; Bases therefor
    • H01R9/22—Bases, e.g. strip, block, panel
    • H01R9/24—Terminal blocks
    • H01R9/2491—Terminal blocks structurally associated with plugs or sockets
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R11/00—Individual connecting elements providing two or more spaced connecting locations for conductive members which are, or may be, thereby interconnected, e.g. end pieces for wires or cables supported by the wire or cable and having means for facilitating electrical connection to some other wire, terminal, or conductive member, blocks of binding posts
    • H01R11/03—Individual connecting elements providing two or more spaced connecting locations for conductive members which are, or may be, thereby interconnected, e.g. end pieces for wires or cables supported by the wire or cable and having means for facilitating electrical connection to some other wire, terminal, or conductive member, blocks of binding posts characterised by the relationship between the connecting locations
    • H01R11/09—Individual connecting elements providing two or more spaced connecting locations for conductive members which are, or may be, thereby interconnected, e.g. end pieces for wires or cables supported by the wire or cable and having means for facilitating electrical connection to some other wire, terminal, or conductive member, blocks of binding posts characterised by the relationship between the connecting locations the connecting locations being identical
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/58—Means for relieving strain on wire connection, e.g. cord grip, for avoiding loosening of connections between wires and terminals within a coupling device terminating a cable
    • H01R13/582—Means for relieving strain on wire connection, e.g. cord grip, for avoiding loosening of connections between wires and terminals within a coupling device terminating a cable the cable being clamped between assembled parts of the housing
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R31/00—Coupling parts supported only by co-operation with counterpart
    • H01R31/02—Intermediate parts for distributing energy to two or more circuits in parallel, e.g. splitter

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  • the present invention relates to a terminal board, particularly useful for the electric household appliance power supply.
  • terminal boards are used to tidily connect the terminals of the wires of an electric supply cable to the various utilities of an electric household appliance, so as to supply them on one hand, and to ground both the utilities of the electric household appliance and, preferably, the carcass of the electric household appliance itself, which is generally metal-made on the other, by means of the grounding wire of the power supply cable.
  • the known terminal boards e.g. as from FR 2569501A , consist of a supporting body variously shaped, made of an electrically insulating plastic material, and a plurality of metal terminals or contacts carried by the body, on which the various required electric connections are made, often with the aid of jumpers.
  • the present invention thus relates to a terminal board for electric household appliances, as defined in claim 1.
  • the terminal board comprises a plate body made of an electrically non-conducting material, a plurality of first blade contacts of the faston type integrally carried by the plate body on a first face thereof, at least one ground connection and reception means for one end of an electric cable, the reception means being integrally carried by the plate body at a first end thereof and optionally including a cable clamp device of any known type.
  • the ground connection is arranged on a first longitudinal side of the plate body, in a position immediately adjacent to the first end of the same, and in combination, the reception means of the end of the electric cable are arranged on a second face of the plate body, opposite to the first, on which first and second electric connection screw means for corresponding terminals of corresponding wires of the electric cable are further arranged, the first connection means belonging to the ground connection and the second connection means being arranged facing the reception means of the end of the cable, but at a second end of the plate body, opposite to the first.
  • the first blade contacts of the faston type are divided into first and second groups arranged in alignment along the first side and a second longitudinal side of the plate body, respectively, and in a vicinal position to the second end of the latter; each first and second group of first blade contacts is further integrally obtained in one piece with corresponding first and second metal plates, perpendicularly to the same, the first and second metal plates being arranged parallel to each other and respectively adjacent to the first and second longitudinal sides of the plate body, resting in abutment against the first face of the same; the metal plates are further directly connected to the second connection screw means.
  • the latter comprise corresponding hexagonal-head screws accommodated with their heads within corresponding seats of the plate body obtained on the second face of the same and mounted so as to pass through the plate body and through corresponding ends of the first and second metal plates; corresponding screwing nuts for the screws are then carried on the first face of the plate body and held in use by the screws themselves arranged tightened in abutment against the metal plates; on the side facing towards the metal plates, the nuts are preferably provided with corresponding knurlings adapted in use to cut into the metal plates themselves.
  • the terminal board is thus obtained, which allows the user and/or an operator (e.g. the electric household appliance assembler) to simply and rapidly make all the required electric connections, even in the presence of a supply cable of rigid type; indeed, the line and neutral wires are kept essentially rectilinear, while the ground wire with a simple, short 90° curve is taken to the side, thus allowing to obtain a better maneuvering space and, above all, to increase the size of the heads of the screws belonging to the first and second electric connection means, which are further hexagonal, so as to allow a firmer fastening of the wire terminals, and therefore a better electric connection.
  • the line and neutral wires are kept essentially rectilinear, while the ground wire with a simple, short 90° curve is taken to the side, thus allowing to obtain a better maneuvering space and, above all, to increase the size of the heads of the screws belonging to the first and second electric connection means, which are further hexagonal, so as to allow a firmer fastening of the wire terminals, and
  • the particular arrangement of electric connection means on one face and contacts on the opposite face on the body of the terminal board allows to obtain all the required connections without using jumpers.
  • the size of the cable clamp device belonging to the electric wire reception means may be increased as compared to those of the traditional terminal boards, so as to allow a firmer fastening. This all keeping the dimensions equal to those of the current terminal boards used for the same applications.
  • the ground connection of the carcass of the electric household appliance is also facilitated by the side arrangement of the whole grounding connection itself.
  • numeral 1 indicates as a whole a terminal board for an electric household appliance (not shown) having a metal carcass 2 ( figure 3 ) provided with a through seat or perforation 3 for housing the terminal board 1.
  • This comprises a plate body 5 made of an electrically non-conducting material, typically an injection molded synthetic plastic, a plurality of first blade contacts 6 of the faston type ( figure 2 ) integrally carried by the plate body 5 on a first face 7 thereof, at least one ground connection, indicated as a whole by numeral 10, and reception means 11 for one end 12 of an electric cable 13, e.g. formed by three conducting wires 14,15,16 ( figure 1 ) inserted into a sheath 18.
  • the reception means 11 of cable 13 are integrally carried in one piece by the plate body 5 at a first end 19 thereof; furthermore, according to a first feature of the invention, the ground connection 10 is arranged on a first longitudinal side 20 of the plate body5, ina position immediately adjacent to first end 19 of the same, and in combination, the reception means 11 of the end 12 of the electric cable 13 are arranged on a second face 21 ( figure 1 ) of the plate body 5, opposite to face 7, on which face 21, first 22 and second 23 electric connection screw means are further arranged for corresponding terminals of corresponding wires 14,15,16 of the cable 13.
  • the first electric connection means 22 are an integral part, as will be seen in greater detail below, of the ground connection 10, while according to the invention the second connection means 23 are arranged facing the reception means 11 of the end 12 of the cable 13, but at a second end 25 of the plate body 5, opposite to the end 19.
  • the reception means 11 of the end 12 of the electric wire 13 preferably comprise a cable clamp device 26 of known type, integrally carried in one piece by the second face 21 of the plate body 5, perpendicularly to the longitudinal side 20 of the same.
  • the cable clamp device 26 comprises a seat 27 obtained in the end 19, on the face 21, thoroughly and transversally crossed in use by the cable 13, and a pressing and blocking element 28 which may be inserted into the seat 27 straddling the cable 13 (and pressure-blocked here by means of a screw, not shown), as shown in figure 1 ; on the other hand, in figures 2 and 3 , the element 28 is shown in its molding position, outside the seat 27; the element 28 is also obtained integrally in one piece with the body 5 through a flexible tongue 29.
  • the blade contacts 6 of the faston type are divided into a first group 36 and a second group 46 ( figure 2 ) arranged in alignment along the side 20 and along an opposite longitudinal side 30 of the plate body 5, respectively, and in a vicinal position to the end 25 of the latter; in particular, each group 36 and 46 of blade contacts 6 is integrally obtained in one piece with a corresponding first metal plate 31 and a second metal plate 32, respectively, in a perpendicular direction to the same; the metal plates 31 and 32 are in turn arranged parallel to each other and respectively adjacent to the sides 20 and 30 of the plate body 5, resting in abutment against the face 7 of the same; according to a further feature of the invention, they are further directly connected to the electric connection screw means23 in the manner shown below.
  • the blade contacts 6 of the faston type are defined by corresponding semi-sheared portions of the plates 31,32 carried along both corresponding opposite longitudinal sides 33 of each of the plates 31,32, parallel to each other and to the longitudinal sides 20 and 30 of the body 5, L-folded outside the laying plane of the plates 31,32, so as to protrude in use from the first face 7 of the body, perpendicularly thereof.
  • the screw connection means 23 comprise corresponding hexagonal-head screws 34 accommodated with their heads within corresponding seats 35 of the plate body 5 obtained on the second face 21 of the same and mounted so as to pass through the plate body 5 and through respective corresponding ends of the metal plates 31,32 adjacent to the end 25; corresponding screwing nuts 38 ( figure 2 ) for screws 34 are carried on the first face 7 of the plate body 5 and held in use by the screws 34 themselves, arranged tightened in abutment against the metal plates 31,32; in particular, on the side facing towards the metal plates 31,32, the nuts 38 are provided with corresponding knurlings 40 adapted in use to cut into the metal plates 31,32 themselves to increase the electric conductivity of the connection means 23 on one side, and to prevent the screws 34 from accidentally loosening, on the other hand.
  • the ground connection 10 comprises a metal blade element 41 having a first flat portion 42, L-shaped in plan, arranged essentially flush with the first face 7 of the plate body 5 and laterally projecting so as to protrude from the first longitudinal side 20 of the same, with a first wing 43 thereof, vicinal to the first side 20, arranged perpendicularly to the same and with a second wing 44 thereof, distal from the first side 20, arranged parallelly to the same and protruding from the first wing 43 towards the second end 25 of the plate body 5.
  • the metal blade element 41 has a second portion 45 adjacent to the portion 42 on the opposite side with respect to the second wing 44 and L-folded outside the laying plane of the first portion 43 so as to extend in use in a position facing the second face 21 of the plate body 5 and parallel to the same;
  • the first electric connection means 22 then comprising a hexagonal-head screw 48, which is engaged into a seat 49 of face 21 of the plate body 5, which is laterally crossed by the second portion 45 of the blade element 41; the screw 48 thus engages the portion 45 of the metal element41 ina directly through manner; on one end 52 of the second portion 45 of the blade element 41, opposite to the portion 42, corresponding second blade contacts 60 of the faston type are finally obtained integrally in one piece ( figure 2 ), shaped so as to protrude from the first face 7 of the plate body 5 perpendicularly thereof.
  • the plate body 5 comprises peripheral shoulder means 50 adapted to abut against a peripheral edge 51 of the through perforation3, inuse; such peripheral shoulder means50, inthis case defined by an elastically deformable, suction cap-shaped, radially protruding edge, are also obtained integrally in one piece with the body 5, essentially flush with the first face 7 of the same.
  • the terminal board 1 further comprises a lid 55 ( figure 3 ) which may be snap-fitted (in any known manner, not described for simplicity) onto the plate body 5 on the side of the second face 21 thereof, and covering the face itself and the electric connection means 22 and 23.
  • the lid 55 may include a hole 56 for further fastening it by means of a screw (not shown), if required by standards.
  • the screws 34 and 48 have corresponding hexagonal heads, provided with corresponding hexagonal Allen heads 90 at the top, which allow to obtain a double maneuverability of the screws themselves, while preserving an excellent holding ability.

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  • Multi-Conductor Connections (AREA)
  • Coupling Device And Connection With Printed Circuit (AREA)
  • Connections By Means Of Piercing Elements, Nuts, Or Screws (AREA)
  • Connections Arranged To Contact A Plurality Of Conductors (AREA)
  • Cable Accessories (AREA)
  • Insulated Conductors (AREA)
  • Communication Cables (AREA)
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PL09718681T PL2272133T3 (pl) 2008-03-14 2009-03-13 Listwa zaciskowa do elektrycznego sprzętu gospodarstwa domowego zwłaszcza do podłączania sztywnych przewodów

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IT000195A ITTO20080195A1 (it) 2008-03-14 2008-03-14 Morsettiera per un elettrodomestico, in particolare per il collegamento di cavi rigidi
PCT/IB2009/051057 WO2009113039A1 (en) 2008-03-14 2009-03-13 Terminal board for an electric household appliance, in particular for the connection of rigid cables

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AT14208U2 (de) 2015-06-15

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