EP2482385B1 - Elektrische Geräte, die mit Haltemitteln für eine Überbrückungsvorrichtung ausgestattet sind - Google Patents

Elektrische Geräte, die mit Haltemitteln für eine Überbrückungsvorrichtung ausgestattet sind Download PDF

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EP2482385B1
EP2482385B1 EP12305101.3A EP12305101A EP2482385B1 EP 2482385 B1 EP2482385 B1 EP 2482385B1 EP 12305101 A EP12305101 A EP 12305101A EP 2482385 B1 EP2482385 B1 EP 2482385B1
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Pierre Albe
Denis Deckert
Cédric Schmitt
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    • 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
    • H01R4/305—Clamped connections, spring connections utilising a screw or nut clamping member having means for facilitating engagement of conductive member or for holding it in position
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    • 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
    • H01R9/26—Clip-on terminal blocks for side-by-side rail- or strip-mounting
    • H01R9/2675—Electrical interconnections between two blocks, e.g. by means of busbars

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  • the present invention relates to modular type electrical appliances contiguous to each other and mounted on a support rail to form an electrical distribution circuit, for example arranged in a distribution board.
  • connection of the devices of the same row is effected by means of bridging combs, as mentioned above, comprising conductive bars provided to carry each of the phases or the neutral, and extending parallel to the rail .
  • bridging combs as mentioned above, comprising conductive bars provided to carry each of the phases or the neutral, and extending parallel to the rail .
  • These combs have at regular intervals teeth oriented perpendicularly to the busbars and intended to be introduced into the holes of the apparatuses fixed to the rail, as set forth in the document EP 1 916 744 .
  • the holes are equipped with a connecting device, which can be elastic blade or terminal cage type and is intended to receive the teeth of the combs.
  • the screw heads of the terminal cages, used for screwing the teeth are accessible from the front of the devices located directly in front of the panel so that the tightening / loosening can be done with good visibility.
  • the insertion of the teeth of the bridging combs in the holes is however more difficult, especially if the distribution board is well filled, and there are several combs.
  • the fact that the insertion holes are not or hardly visible, the smallness of the access volume to these holes as well as the lighting conditions in the switchboard that are not always optimal, sometimes make the task of complicated editor. Added to this is the fact that the bridging combs tend to fall to the bottom of the table between the moment when the builder positions them in the holes and the moment when he comes to fix them.
  • connection means are removable, that is to say detachable from the device, so that the connection can be made regardless of the location of the device.
  • This solution disclosed in the patent EP-1,124,286 , however, is technically complicated due in particular to the increase in the number of pieces and the need additional to add clipping means to reassemble the parts.
  • the document FR 2,766,628 presents another solution where all the teeth of the comb have latching members which cooperate with notches having a relative elasticity in the walls of the apparatus forming spaces in which are housed terminal cages. The comb is thus held in position before the clamping operation.
  • the major disadvantage lies in the structural modification of the comb and the apparatus, and in the fact that it is necessary to cut the useless teeth before installing the comb, the maintenance of the latter only being done inside the holes provided with electrical connection means (terminal cages) to the apparatus.
  • the idea underlying the present invention is to allow the holding in position of a bridging comb when connected to a device without structural modification of the device. This position retention must in addition be possible with or without means for transplanting a driver of the bridging comb.
  • the universal bridging combs successively distribute several phases (generally three phases) and a neutral, the phase teeth being located on a row facing a row of neutral teeth, each neutral tooth being interposed at regular intervals in staggered rows. between two adjacent phase teeth.
  • These universal combs are compatible with all electrical devices (unipolar, three-pole, four-pole, remote control, remote control, etc.), regardless of the number of conductors to connect, and regardless of the standard width of the device.
  • the electrical devices according to the invention are characterized in that they have an arrangement of holes reflecting the arrangement of the teeth on the universal comb, each hole being intended to receive a tooth. All these electrical devices can be joined to each other, without space, on the rail, little important function.
  • some holes are used to connect the conductors (phase / neutral) to the terminals and are equipped with connection means to the terminals, while the other holes ensure the maintenance of the bridging comb in connection position by means spring located inside the hole and having at least one flexible leaf spring capable of wedging the tooth after its introduction into the hole.
  • the comb is thus held in position before and during its screwing to the devices.
  • This solution has the advantage of no longer requiring cutting unnecessary teeth before installing the comb, since all the teeth now have a function for mounting purposes and / or for connection purposes.
  • the invention allows a double time saving during assembly of the table, since, in addition to the removal of a possible step of sectioning, the actual assembly is facilitated, so faster.
  • the spring means consist of a flexible leaf spring fixed inside the hole.
  • This leaf spring can be simply positioned in the hole and held in position by stops, or it can be welded, glued or clipped, or molded directly with the housing, etc ...,
  • the spring means consist of a flexible leaf spring belonging to a sleeve clipped into the hole, said sleeve then marrying the walls of the hole.
  • the sleeve and the spring blade are preferably molded in one piece, for example plastic.
  • the spring blade extends inside the hole in a direction at an angle to the axis of the hole, one of its ends being fixed to a first inner wall of the sleeve or hole while its other end is free and directed towards the bottom of the hole, a tooth can then be inserted between the spring blade and a second wall facing the first inner wall of the sleeve or hole.
  • the biased position of the spring blade is also likened to a ramp for guiding the tooth during insertion into the hole.
  • the free end of the spring blade deflects during the insertion of the tooth into the hole. This deformation of the blade, however, remains in the elastic range of the material that constitutes it.
  • the spring blade then exerts pressure on at least one face of the tooth positioned in the hole or the sleeve in order to wedge the tooth against one of their inner wall. Due to the existence of this pressure, the tooth is therefore sufficiently tight not to come out of the hole under the weight of the comb.
  • the panel builder can therefore perform in good conditions the connections of adjacent teeth, especially in the terminal cages.
  • Another advantage of this solution lies in the possibility of transplanting a potential of the comb already attached to the devices without disassembly of the latter.
  • Such a subculture is advantageous in the holes equipped with spring means, that is to say in the holes having no connection function, equipped with terminal cages.
  • a transplanting component is mounted on said comb already attached to the apparatus and mechanically cooperates with the tooth (whose potential is to be transplanted) introduced into a hole used to mechanically hold the comb.
  • transplanting components are generally provided with a connection plug passing through a through hole made in the comb, and then plugged into the hole.
  • the spring means thus provide sufficient space to accommodate a tooth and a plug connection within the same hole.
  • the free end of the spring blade exerts a pressure applied to the plug / tooth assembly plugged into the hole, allowing the plug and the tooth to be in contact with one another so as to make a connection while wedging the plug / tooth assembly against an inner wall of the sleeve or hole.
  • the leaf spring can be made of a conductive material as well as an insulating material since the transplanting is effected by the contact between the tooth and the plug, and not via the leaf spring.
  • the figure 1 shows an example of electrical apparatus (1) concerned by the invention.
  • it is an electrical appliance (1) of line protection circuit breaker three-phase and a neutral.
  • the facade has two rows (3, 4) of four holes, the upper row (3) being intended to accommodate the phase teeth of the comb, while the lower row (4) is adapted to accommodate the neutral teeth .
  • the first three holes (5, 6, 7) of the upper row (3) are used to connect the three phases and the last hole (12) of the lower row (4) is used to connect the neutral .
  • the other holes (8, 9, 10, 11) have the function of mechanically holding the bridging comb in position during the phase and neutral connection operation.
  • connection holes (5, 6, 7, 12) have terminal cages, which is why they are relatively large.
  • This dimensional feature allows not only to introduce a tooth, but also to introduce a connection cable of large section, type 16mm 2 if necessary.
  • the tooth and / or the cable are first introduced into the terminal cage and then clamped following a screwing operation.
  • the other four holes (8, 9, 10, 11) then have the function of maintaining the comb during screwing. To do this, these holes are provided with spring means.
  • the first three holes (9, 10, 11) of the lower row (4) have a first possible configuration of the spring means, while the last hole (8) of the upper row (3) is provided with a second possible configuration of the spring means.
  • FIGS. 2 to 4 illustrate the first configuration with sectional views of the third hole (11) of the lower row (4).
  • the spring means consist of a flexible leaf spring (13) extending inside the hole (11). This leaf spring (13) is molded with the front (2) of the circuit breaker (1). A first end (14) of the blade (13) is attached to an inner wall (15) of the hole (11), and its second end (16) is free.
  • the blade (13) is in the rest position on the figure 3 , and is urged by a tooth (17) of a bridging comb (18) into figure 4 .
  • the free end (16) of the blade (13) is directed towards the bottom of the hole (11) in a direction at an angle to the axis (X) of the hole (11).
  • the space between the opposite wall (19) of the hole (11) and the blade (13) is sized to accommodate a tooth (17) and for the blade (13) to plate the tooth (17) against the opposite wall ( 19) so as to hold the tooth (17) in the hole (11) after its insertion.
  • FIGS. 5 and 6 represent a second configuration of spring means, which consist of a flexible blade (20) belonging to a sheath (21) whose outer shape matches the inner walls (15, 19) of the hole (8) of the upper row (3) of the electrical apparatus (1).
  • the blade (20) and the sheath (21) are molded in one piece of plastic material for example.
  • the sheath (21) itself has a U-shape seen from above (as illustrated in FIG. figure 1 ), and has a bottom (22) connecting the three inner walls (23, 24, 25) of the U.
  • a flange (26) protrudes from the upper periphery (27) of the sleeve (21) and extends perpendicularly to the insertion direction (D) of the sleeve (21) in the hole (8) to act as a stop with respect to the front (2) of the apparatus casing (1) during the introduction of the sleeve (21) into the hole (8).
  • a rounded protrusion (33) elastically projecting from an outer face (28) of the U cooperates with a recess formed in an inner wall of the hole (8) (not shown here) so as to clip the sleeve (21) in the hole ( 8).
  • the sheath (21) is thus provided with a flexible spring blade (20) extending obliquely inside the sheath (21) towards the bottom (22).
  • the blade spring (20) is composed of a first section (29) curved connected to a first inner wall (24) of the sleeve (21) and a second section (30) rectilinear ending in a free end (31).
  • the spring blade (13) of the first configuration As the spring blade (13) of the first configuration, it is inclined with respect to the insertion direction (D) of a tooth in the sheath (21), the second section (30) of the blade ( 20) being adapted to undergo a deflection when introducing a tooth into the sheath (21).
  • the third inner wall (23) of the sleeve (21), opposite the first wall (24), has a portion (32) slightly inclined in its upper part. This inclined portion (32) and the leaf spring (20) form two guide ramps facilitating the insertion of a tooth in the sleeve (21).
  • the solution of the sheath (21) is for example used when the implementation of a molding of a blade spring (13) directly with the front (2) of the electrical apparatus (1), in other words the implementation of the first configuration, is too complicated.
  • FIG. 7 A third possible configuration of spring means is illustrated in figures 7 and 8 . It is a leaf spring (40) relatively long compared to the two blades (13, 20) presented above. This blade (40), snail shaped, follows the inner walls of the hole and has two free ends (41, 42).
  • the first end (41), directed outwardly of the hole, is slightly inclined and serves as a guide rail for the tooth.
  • the second end (42), directed towards the inside of the hole, is bent.
  • the blade (40) inserted into the hole is held in position by means of at least one stop (43), so as not to come out of the hole when the tooth is removed.
  • a tooth (17) of a comb (18) is inserted into the hole and is clamped between the two ends (41, 42) of the blade (40).
  • the second end (42) of the blade (40) is sufficiently flexible to allow a tooth (17) and a connection plug (44), for example, to be inserted into the hole, as shown in FIG. figure 8 .
  • this connection plug (44) belongs to a subchanging element (45) of a potential mounted on the bridging comb (18).
  • the spring means according to the invention allow easy transplanting phase and neutral potentials. To do this, simply mount the subchanging element (45) on the comb (18) already in place.
  • the bridging comb (18) is provided for this purpose with through holes (46) through which pass the plugs (44) before being introduced into the holes of the devices.
  • the through holes (46) of the comb (18) are located opposite the holes of the apparatus (1).
  • the electrical connection is made by the physical contact between the tooth (17) and the connection plug (44), both being clamped together by the two ends (41, 42) of the spring (40). .

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  1. Elektrische Geräte (1) vom modularen Typ:
    - die in einer Reihe auf einer Montageschiene im Inneren eines Gehäuses angeordnet sind;
    - die über Anschlussklemmen mit einer Vorrichtung vom kammartigen Typ (18), die zum Überbrücken der gesamten Geräte bestimmt ist, zusammenwirken, die sich parallel zur Schiene erstreckt und mehrere Zähne (17) aufweist, die nacheinander mehrere Phasen und einen Neutralleiter verteilen, wobei die Phasenzähne (17) in einer Reihe angeordnet sind, die einer Reihe von Neutralleiterzähnen (17) gegenüberliegt, wobei jeder Neutralleiterzahn (17) in regelmäßigen Abständen zwischen zwei benachbarten Phasenzähnen (17) versetzt angeordnet ist;
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sie eine Anordnung von Öffnungen aufweisen, die die Anordnung der Zähne (17) auf dem Kamm (18) widerspiegelt, wobei jede Öffnung dazu bestimmt ist, einen Zahn aufzunehmen, wobei einige Öffnungen (5, 6, 7, 12) Mittel zum Anschließen an die Klemmen aufweisen, wobei die anderen (8, 9, 10, 11; 47) das Halten des Kamms (18) in der Anschlussposition durch Federmittel gewährleisten, die im Inneren der Öffnung (8, 9, 10, 11; 47) angeordnet sind und mindestens eine flexible Blattfeder (13, 40; 20) aufweisen, die geeignet ist, den Zahn (17) nach seinem Einführen in die Öffnung (8, 9, 10, 11; 47) einzuklemmen.
  2. Elektrische Geräte (1) vom modularen Typ nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Federmittel aus einer flexiblen Blattfeder (13; 40) bestehen, die im Inneren der Öffnung (11; 47) angeordnet ist.
  3. Elektrische Geräte (1) vom modularen Typ nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Federmittel aus einer flexiblen Blattfeder (20) bestehen, die zu einer Hülse (21) gehört, die in die Öffnung (8) geklipst ist, wobei sich die Hülse (21) an die Wände der Öffnung (8) anschmiegt.
  4. Elektrische Geräte (1) vom modularen Typ nach dem vorhergehenden Anspruch, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Blattfeder (20) und die Hülse (21) einstückig ausgebildet sind.
  5. Elektrische Geräte (1) vom modularen Typ nach einem der Ansprüche 2 bis 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sich die Blattfeder (13, 20) im Inneren der Öffnung (8, 9, 10, 11) in einer Richtung schräg zur Achse (X) der Öffnung (8, 9, 10, 11) erstreckt, wobei eines ihrer Enden (14, 29) an einer ersten Innenwand (24, 15) der Hülse (21) oder der Öffnung (8, 9, 10, 11) befestigt ist, während ihr anderes Ende (16, 31) frei ist und zum Boden der Öffnung (8, 9, 10, 11) gerichtet ist, wobei ein Zahn (17) zwischen der Blattfeder (13, 20) und einer zweiten Innenwand (23, 19) eingefügt werden kann, die der ersten Innenwand (24, 15) der Hülse (21) oder der Öffnung (8, 9, 10, 11) gegenüberliegt.
  6. Elektrische Geräte (1) vom modularen Typ nach dem vorhergehenden Anspruch, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Blattfeder (13, 20) einen Druck auf mindestens eine Seite des Zahns (17) ausübt, der in der Hülse (21) oder der Öffnung (8, 9, 10, 11) angeordnet ist, um den Zahn (17) gegen eine ihrer Innenwände (23, 19) zu klemmen.
  7. Elektrische Geräte (1) vom modularen Typ nach einem der Ansprüche 2 bis 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Federmittel einen Raum erzeugen, der ausreichend ist, um einen Zahn (17) und einen Steckverbinder (44) einer Versetzkomponente (45) im Inneren der gleichen Öffnung (8, 9, 10, 11; 47) aufzunehmen.
  8. Elektrische Geräte (1) vom modularen Typ nach dem vorhergehenden Anspruch, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das freie Ende (16, 31, 42) der Blattfeder (13, 20, 40) einen Druck ausübt, der auf die Anordnung Steckverbinder (44)/Zahn (17), die in die Öffnung (8, 9, 10, 11; 47) gesteckt ist, aufgebracht wird, der dem Steckverbinder (44) und dem Zahn (17) ermöglicht, miteinander derart in Kontakt zu sein, um eine elektrische Verbindung herzustellen, indem die Anordnung Steckverbinder (44)/Zahn (17) gegen eine Innenwand (23, 19) der Hülse (21) oder der Öffnung (8, 9, 10, 11; 47) geklemmt wird.
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