EP2997626B1 - Multi-cable socket connector - Google Patents

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EP2997626B1
EP2997626B1 EP14885063.9A EP14885063A EP2997626B1 EP 2997626 B1 EP2997626 B1 EP 2997626B1 EP 14885063 A EP14885063 A EP 14885063A EP 2997626 B1 EP2997626 B1 EP 2997626B1
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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
    • H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/44—Means for preventing access to live contacts
    • H01R13/447—Shutter or cover plate
    • 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
    • H01R13/46—Bases; Cases
    • H01R13/50—Bases; Cases formed as an integral body
    • H01R13/501—Bases; Cases formed as an integral body comprising an integral hinge or a frangible part
    • 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
    • H01R4/308—Conductive members located parallel to axis 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
    • 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
    • H01R11/11—End pieces or tapping pieces for wires, supported by the wire and for facilitating electrical connection to some other wire, terminal or conductive member
    • H01R11/26—End pieces terminating in a screw clamp, screw or nut
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R2101/00—One pole
    • 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
    • H01R4/26—Connections in which at least one of the connecting parts has projections which bite into or engage the other connecting part in order to improve the contact

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  • Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to a multi-cable socket connector, and more particularly relate to a multi-cable socket connector for connecting cables of a multi-cable to a terminal of a switch or other device.
  • Figs. 1A-1D The existing solutions of the multi-cable connector assembly are shown in Figs. 1A-1D .
  • Two traditional connectors have several cables clamped together.
  • these solutions are involved in a lot of drawbacks.
  • the connector has a low adaptability because the room to house different number of cables is different and the diameter of the connector has a fix value, so one connector can just be available for fixed number of cables.
  • thermal overheat problem is found occasionally because of clamping quality.
  • the 2x70 mm 2 socket connector assembly mainly contains the following parts: 2x70 mm 2 socket connector 160 and 2x70 mm 2 bushing 170.
  • the first conductive part 162 of the conducting portion 160 has a hole 164, which is used for contacting the front cable core 149 of cable 142 when mounting.
  • a crimping tool can be used to crimp the first conductive part 162 and two cable cores 149, so that they can be a whole.
  • Next step is to insert the 2x70 mm 2 socket connector 160 with two cables 142 into the bushing 170.
  • the concaves 172 of the bushing 170 can limit concaves 161 of the socket connector 160.
  • the connector can be fastened to a terminal 150 of a device.
  • the other example is for 3x70 mm 2 cables assembly solution, as shown in Figs.1C .
  • the mounting steps are similar to the 2x70 mm 2 cables assembly solution.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a new solution for a multi-cable socket connector, so as to solve or at least partially mitigate at least a part of problems in the prior art, and to improve usability, security and reliability.
  • a multi-cable socket connector for connecting cables of a multi-cable to a terminal of a device.
  • the connector comprises: a conducting portion, which comprises a first conductive part and a second conductive part; the first conductive part, configured to have a plurality of holes, which are electrically connected to a plurality of mating terminals of the cables, each mating terminal of each cable respectively passing through the corresponding hole; the second conductive part, configured to electrically connect to the terminal of the device; a mounting assembly, configured to house and fix the conducting portion and the mating terminals of the cables, which comprises a cover and a bushing; the cover, having a cover part and a fixing part, the cover part being configured to cover the bushing, the fixing part being in close contact with the mating terminals of the cables; the bushing, configured to receive and retain the first conductive part and the second conductive part respectively.
  • the mounting assembly further includes a plurality of first mounting screws, each first mounting screw being configured to fasten the mating
  • the fixing part of the cover further has a peelable part, which is connected to the other part of the fixing part of the cover with thin slots, the peelable part being easy to be peeled manually, for keeping close contact with different number of the mating terminals of the cables.
  • the first conductive part of the conducting portion further has at least one protruded limiting portion, configured to keep the cables immovable when connecting and increase the contact area.
  • the first conductive part of the conducting portion has two or more said protruded limiting portions to closely contact to concaves of the mating terminals of the cables.
  • the mounting assembly further comprises a plurality of first mounting washers and the same amount of first mounting screws, each first mounting washer and the corresponding first mounting screw being configured to fasten the mating terminal of the cable to the first conductive part of the conducting portion after the terminal of the cable pass through the respective hole.
  • the mounting assembly further comprises at least one second mounting washer and the same amount of second mounting screw, to fasten the connector to the terminal of the device.
  • the bushing further has a plurality of fins, which are configured to keep close contact with a limiting hole of the device plate when mounting, and available for avoiding the rotation of the connector.
  • the bushing has four said fins, configured to closely contact with rectangular said limiting hole of the device plate when mounting the connector in said device.
  • the cover part of the cover further has at least one front hook and at least one rear hook
  • the bushing further has at least one front protruding part and at least one rear protruding part, each hook respectively hooking the corresponding protruding part.
  • the cover part of the cover further has two or more said front hooks and two or more said rear hooks.
  • the number of the cables is two, three, four or more.
  • the connector is suitable for 35mm 2 , 50mm 2 or 70mm 2 cable.
  • the conducting portion is made of copper, tin, copper-tin alloy, silver, gold, steel or aluminum.
  • the device is a switch, a low voltage cable distribution panel or an outgoing feeder.
  • the multi-cable is configured to transmit high current.
  • the high current is no less than 200A.
  • the connector can be used for connecting multi-cable to one terminal of different switches, distribution panels or outgoing feeder cubicles if necessary. Besides, the connector is available for different number of cables.
  • IP20 touch protection it is a mark showing touch protection degree, which is well-known by the person skilled in the art.
  • the first numeral refers to the degree of protection against access to hazardous parts indicated.
  • numeral 2 means protected against access to hazardous parts with a finger.
  • the secondary numeral refers to the degree of protection against water indicated.
  • numeral 0 means non-protected for against ingress of water with harmful effects.
  • the connector comprises a conducting portion 20 and a mounting assembly.
  • the mounting assembly comprises a cover 10 and a bushing 30.
  • the multi-cable socket connects multi-cables so that it can carry heavy current. It can extend to connect more cables by designing the conducting portion 20 with more holes. And it can be applied to other fields, such as a low voltage cable distribution panel or an outgoing feeder cubicle, etc.
  • the conducting portion 20 is made of copper. It can also be made of tin, copper-tin alloy, silver, gold, steel or aluminum or other metal upon request.
  • the multi-cable socket connector can further provide a function that supports different number of cables.
  • the cover 10 has a peelable part 11, which is connected to the other part of the fixing part of the cover 10 with thin slots 14, 15.
  • the peelable part is easy to be peeled manually, so it can keep close contact with different number of the mating terminals 40 of the cables 42.
  • the cover is suitable for 2x70 mm2 cables solution as shown in Fig.3 .
  • the cover is suitable for 3x70mm2 cables solutions as shown in Fig.5 .
  • the number of the cables can also be four or more.
  • the multi-cable is available to transmit a high current, for example, no less than 200A.
  • the conducting portion 20 comprises a first conductive part 23 and a second conductive part 24.
  • the first conductive part 23 has a plurality of holes 25.
  • the holes are electrically connected to a plurality of mating terminals 40 of the cables 42.
  • Each mating terminal 40 respectively passes through the corresponding hole 25.
  • the second conductive part 24 electrically connects to the terminal of the device.
  • the mounting assembly comprises a cover 10 and a bushing 30.
  • the mounting assembly is used to house and fix the conducting portion 20 and the mating terminals 40 of the cables 42.
  • the cover 10 has a cover part and a fixing part.
  • the cover part covers the bushing, and the fixing part is in close contact with the mating terminals 40 of the cables.
  • the bushing 30 is used to receive and retain the first conductive part 23 and the second conductive part 24 respectively.
  • Step 1 is shown in Fig. 7 .
  • the first conductive part 23 of the conducting portion 20 has two protruded limiting portions 21, 22, to keep the cables 42 immovable when connecting and increase the contact area.
  • the protruded limiting portions 21, 22 can closely contact to concaves 41 of the mating terminals 40 of the cables 42. So it can avoid the cables to bend or swing.
  • the multi-cable socket connector is suitable for 35mm 2 , 50mm 2 or 70mm 2 cables.
  • Step 2 is shown in Fig. 8 .
  • the mounting assembly comprises two first mounting washers 43 and two first mounting screws 44.
  • Each first mounting washer 43 and the corresponding first mounting screw 44 can fasten the mating terminal 40 of the cable 42 to the first conductive part 23 of the conducting portion 20 after the terminal 40 of the cable 42 pass through the hole 25. So it is reliable and convenient to fasten cables to the conducting portion 20.
  • Step 3 is shown in Fig. 9 .
  • the lower part of the bushing 30 is used to receive and retain the second conductive part 24. So the conducting portion 20 is inserted into the bushing 30.
  • Step 4 is shown in Fig. 10 .
  • the mounting assembly comprises a second mounting washer 51 and a second mounting screw 52. So the connector can be fastened to the terminal 50 of the device.
  • Step 5 is shown in Fig. 11 .
  • the cover part of the cover 10 has two front hooks 12 and two rear hooks 13, and the bushing 30 also has two front protruding parts 31 and two rear protruding parts 32. Each hook respectively hooks the corresponding protruding part when mounting.
  • this socket connector As each mating terminal respectively passes through the corresponding hole, it improves usability, security and reliability of the multi-cable connector. It is easy for installation and maintenance when changing quantity of cable or overhauling cable. Also, it is easy to solve the thermal overheat problem.
  • the conducting portion 20 comprises a first conductive part 23 and a second conductive part 24.
  • the first conductive part 23 has a plurality of holes 25.
  • the holes are electrically connected to a plurality of mating terminals 40 of the cables 42.
  • Each mating terminal 40 respectively passes through the corresponding hole 25.
  • the second conductive part 24 electrically connects to the terminal of the device.
  • the mounting assembly comprises a cover 10 and a bushing 30.
  • the mounting assembly is used to house and fix the conducting portion 20 and the mating terminals 40 of the cables 42.
  • the cover 10 has a cover part and a fixing part.
  • the cover part covers the bushing, and the fixing part is in close contact with the mating terminals 40 of the cables.
  • the bushing 30 is used to receive and retain the first conductive part 23 and the second conductive part 24 respectively.
  • the steps to mount three cables socket connector are similar to two cables socket connector, except adding one additional step to peel the peelable part 11 manually to adapt to three cables.
  • the multi-cable socket connector is available for different number of cables. It is not only suitable for two or three cables, but also available for four or more cables.
  • the bushing 30 has a plurality of fins 33.
  • the fins 33 can keep close contact with a limiting hole 61 of the device plate 60 when mounting, to avoid the rotation of the connector.
  • the bushing 30 has four fins 33 to closely contact with rectangular limiting hole 61 when mounting.
  • the mounting assembly comprises a second mounting washer 51 and a second mounting screw 52. So the multi-cable socket connector can be fastened to the terminal 50 of the device.
  • OS630/800 is only to be interpreted openly as referring to one instance of the device.
  • the multi-cable socket connector is also suitable for T5, T6, OS250, OS400 withdrawer solutions.
  • the cover 10 of the multi-cable socket connector can be opened. It is easy to operate, so it is easy for installation and maintenance when changing quantity of cable or overhauling cable.

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