EP3047540B1 - Cage de serrage pour bloc de jonction à insertion directe - Google Patents

Cage de serrage pour bloc de jonction à insertion directe Download PDF

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EP3047540B1
EP3047540B1 EP14766684.6A EP14766684A EP3047540B1 EP 3047540 B1 EP3047540 B1 EP 3047540B1 EP 14766684 A EP14766684 A EP 14766684A EP 3047540 B1 EP3047540 B1 EP 3047540B1
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Constantin Classen
Karlo Stjepanovic
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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
    • H01R4/48—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
    • H01R4/4846—Busbar details
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R43/00—Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors
    • H01R43/16—Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors for manufacturing contact members, e.g. by punching and by bending
    • 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
    • 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
    • H01R4/4819—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 the spring shape allowing insertion of the conductor end when the spring is unbiased
    • H01R4/4821—Single-blade spring
    • 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
    • H01R4/4828—Spring-activating arrangements mounted on or integrally formed with the spring housing
    • H01R4/4833—Sliding arrangements, e.g. sliding button
    • 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
    • H01R4/4846—Busbar details
    • H01R4/485—Single busbar common to multiple springs
    • 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
    • H01R9/26—Clip-on terminal blocks for side-by-side rail- or strip-mounting

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  • the present invention relates to a connection module for an electrical direct plug-in terminal according to the preamble of claim 1, as well as the direct plug-in terminal.
  • connection module For connecting electrical conductors to an electrical assembly connection devices are often used in which the stripped end of the electrical conductor is pressed or pulled by a spring or a spring-loaded pressure piece against a busbar. In this case, the busbar is connected to the electrical assembly or connectable.
  • connection devices are usually manufactured in modular design and then have a clamping cage, in which there is the terminal point at which the spring or the pressure piece pushes or pulls the conductor end to the busbar.
  • connection modules For the production of such connection modules a variety of designs is known. The designs differ for example by the materials used for the clamping cage, the spring and the busbar.
  • clamping cage and spring are made in one piece from a material having good spring characteristics, for example, a spring steel, and the bus bar is made separately from a highly conductive material, such as copper. Or these components are all made separately, with the clamping cage optionally a very inexpensive, preferably thin-walled material is used.
  • Such connection devices with separately manufactured busbar shows, for example, the document DE 20 2011 000 714 U1 , Generic devices show the DE 102 53 858 A1 and DE 10 2010 010262 A1 , It is also known, busbar and clamping cage, and possibly also the spring to manufacture in one piece. In these connection modules of the clamping cage but is relatively expensive and requires much material due to large waste. In addition, good conductive material such as copper is expensive.
  • the one-piece production of busbar and terminal cage requires a large distance between a plurality of successively arranged connection modules.
  • the object of the invention is therefore to provide a connection module in which the clamping cage, although made of a highly conductive material, in particular a copper-containing metal or copper, but still inexpensive can be produced, as well as a direct plug-in terminal with the connection module, a series connection device with a plurality of connection modules and a method for producing the connection module.
  • connection module having the features of claim 1, a direct plug-in terminal having the features of claim 9, a series connection device having the features of claim 12 and a method having the features of claim 13. Further advantageous embodiments can be found in the dependent claims.
  • a connection module for an electrical connection device for connecting an electrical conductor to an electrical assembly which comprises a clamping cage and a busbar.
  • the clamping cage is provided for providing a terminal point for the electrical conductor.
  • the clamping cage and the busbar are each made in one piece from a well electrically conductive flat ribbon.
  • a copper alloy is preferably used for the flat strips.
  • the flat strips, from which the clamping cage and the busbar are made, each have two opposite broad sides and these connecting narrow sides.
  • the clamping cage and the busbar are intended for the conduction of an electric current.
  • clamping cage and / or the busbar are produced as stamped parts or as stamped and bent parts.
  • the narrow sides of the flat band of the busbar form such narrow sides of the busbar, and the narrow sides of the flat band of the clamping cage thus form narrow sides of the clamping cage.
  • the thickness of the busbar and the clamping cage is dimensioned so that both the busbar and the clamping cage have sufficient mechanical stability and sufficient current carrying capacity.
  • the clamping cage has at least three walls arranged at an angle to each other, which extend parallel or substantially parallel to a conductor insertion direction.
  • substantially parallel includes a clamping cage in which at least one of the walls is arranged at an acute angle to the conductor insertion direction, in particular at an angle of 0 ° -60 °.
  • all walls of the clamping cage parallel to the conductor insertion extend.
  • the walls are preferably arranged at a right angle to each other.
  • connection module is characterized in that the clamping cage is permanently attached to a narrow side of the busbar cohesively.
  • connection module Compared to a one-piece production of the clamping cage with busbar falls in this configuration of the connection module hardly any waste, so that the waste content and thus the material consumption in the production can be significantly reduced.
  • the production of this connection module requires an additional process step in which clamping cage and busbar are permanently attached to each other, the production of the connection module due to the saving of high-quality flat strip material is still considerably cheaper possible.
  • the narrow sides of the flat band for the clamping cage, the narrow sides of the clamping cage, and since the narrow sides of the flat strip for the busbar are the narrow sides of the busbar, the narrow sides of the clamping cage, the thickness of the flat strip used for the clamping cage, and the narrow sides of the busbar have the Thickness of the narrow sides of the ribbon used for the busbar on.
  • the clamping cage is U-shaped. It is preferred that two of the walls are narrow walls which are interconnected by the third wall, which is referred to below as the connecting wall. Preferably, one of the narrow walls is provided for supporting a spring. Further preferably, a clamping point for the electrical conductor is provided between the second narrow wall and the spring. In a likewise preferred embodiment, the clamping cage is square in cross section. In this embodiment, it is preferably circumferentially closed, or preferably also designed to be circumferentially open.
  • the clamping cage In the embodiment in which the clamping cage is U-shaped, it encloses the nip to a large extent. In the embodiment in which the clamping cage is quadrangular in cross-section, it encloses the clamping point almost completely or even completely.
  • clamping cage and the busbar are fastened to one another at a line-shaped connecting seam.
  • they are cohesively interconnected, most preferably by welding, in particular by resistance welding or by laser welding.
  • the clamping cage preferably has a longitudinal extent. It is preferred that it at least partially surrounds an interior in a circumferential direction to the longitudinal extent.
  • the clamping point for clamping the electrical conductor is arranged on the clamping cage or on the busbar in the interior.
  • the clamping cage is also open on two opposite end faces, which are arranged transversely to the longitudinal extent. It is preferred that the bus bar is arranged on one of the front sides and in particular parallel to it. The interior of the clamping cage remains accessible in this embodiment, at least from the opposite end side.
  • the clamping cage has a first wall which is extended relative to at least one further wall of the clamping cage, so that this wall has an extension.
  • the extension is preferably formed as a rectangular tongue.
  • the extension is extended relative to at least one upper edge, a lower edge or a side edge of a wall of the clamping cage. It is the busbar attached to the extension of the clamping cage.
  • the busbar with respect to the upper edge, the lower edge or the side edge is spaced and placed very flexible application specific in the connection module.
  • the object is further achieved with a direct plug-in terminal comprising such a connection module.
  • the direct plug-in terminal is preferably a spring-loaded terminal which has a spring.
  • the spring is preferably at least partially disposed in the interior of the clamping cage and provided to press an electrical conductor against the busbar or to pull the busbar.
  • the direct plug-in terminal comprises an insulating material housing.
  • the insulating material surrounds the clamping cage preferably fully.
  • a conductor insertion opening is provided in the insulating housing, through which an electrical conductor in the clamping cage, in particular in the nip, can be inserted.
  • the object is further achieved with a series connection device with at least two such connection modules.
  • the series connection device is characterized in that the connection modules have a common busbar and a distance between adjacent terminal cages of the connection modules smaller as a width of one of the clamping cages, in particular a narrow side of the clamping cage, is.
  • the clamping cages of the inventive series connection device can be produced independently of their width, in particular the width of their narrow walls. Therefore, they are closer to each other.
  • a distance between adjacent clamping cages of the series terminal device according to the invention is less than 0.7 times the width of a narrow wall of one of the clamping cages, more preferably less than 0.5 times the width of the narrow wall.
  • connection module The object is also achieved with a method for producing such a connection module, according to the subject matter of claim 13.
  • the fastening is preferably effected by material bonding by welding, preferably by resistance or laser welding.
  • connection module using high-quality materials due to the considerable material savings compared to a one-piece production of the connection module is significantly cheaper possible.
  • FIG. 1 shows a connection device 10 with a connection module 1 according to the invention.
  • the connection device 10 is designed as a direct plug-in terminal (Push In).
  • connection module 1 For this purpose, it has a housing 12, which is made of an electrically insulating material, with a housing interior 13, in which the connection module 1 is arranged.
  • the connection module 1 comprises a clamping cage 2 and a busbar 3, which are manufactured independently of each other and then attached to each other inseparably.
  • the connection device 10 has a spring 4 which extends into an inner space 24 of the clamping cage 2. The interior 24 of the clamping cage 2 is accessible through a conductor insertion opening 11.
  • the clamping cage extends in a longitudinal direction 60 here opposite to the conductor insertion direction 80.
  • the busbar 3 is arranged in this embodiment on the clamping cage 2, that it extends transversely to the conductor insertion direction 11.
  • the spring 4 is here approximately V-shaped and has two spring legs 41, 42. It is mounted about a housing pin 14 so that a conductor insertion opening 11 facing the first spring leg 41 in and against a pivoting direction 141 about the housing pin 14 is pivotable. With the second, the conductor insertion opening 11 facing away from the spring leg 42, the spring 4 is supported upon pivoting of the first spring leg 41 on the clamping cage 2.
  • a pressure piece 5 is provided, which is manually, in particular with a tool (not shown), operable.
  • the first spring leg 41 is actuated by pressing the pressure piece 5 in a Portereinfuelcardi 80 so that a clamping point (not shown), which is arranged in the interior 24 of the clamping cage 2, opens.
  • an electrical conductor 8 is inserted into the nip.
  • the clamping cage 2 is therefore provided here for providing the nip.
  • the electrical conductor 8 is in the Fig. 1 shown schematically. He has a stripped wire end 81, with which he can be inserted into the nip.
  • connection module 1 for such a connection device 10 is shown.
  • the spring 4 and the pressure piece 5 are shown in the position relative to the connection module 1, in which they are arranged in the connection device 10.
  • Fig. 1 (c) shows the flat strip 300, from which the busbar 3 is made. It has two opposite broad sides 320, which are interconnected by narrow sides 310.
  • the flat strip 300 extends in a unwinding direction 330, wherein the narrow sides 310 extend transversely and longitudinally to the unwinding direction 330.
  • the flat strip 300 has a constant thickness D3, which corresponds to a height H3 of the narrow sides 310.
  • a busbar 3 for the connection module 1 of Fig. 1 (b) manufacture the flat strip 300 is here only cut to length.
  • the busbar 3 is therefore preferably made here as a stamped part.
  • the narrow sides 310 of the flat strip 300 are therefore the narrow sides 31 of the busbar 3.
  • the clamping cage 2 is produced from a flat strip 200 unwound in the unwinding direction 230.
  • the shape of the broad sides 220 for example, by punching or sawing, adjusted.
  • the ribbon 200 is bent to the clamping cage 2.
  • the clamping cage 2 is therefore produced as a stamped and bent part.
  • the narrow sides 210 of the thus adapted and bent flat belt 200 are the narrow sides 21 of the clamping cage 2. They have a height H2, which corresponds to the thickness D2 of the flat belt 200.
  • the settlement of the clamping cage 2 shows the Fig. 1 (d) ,
  • the clamping cage 2 of Fig. 1 (b) . (E) is square in cross section. It therefore has four walls 221-223, three of which are shown here.
  • the walls 221-223 are disposed at an approximately right angle (not labeled) to each other. They each have an extension component 601 in the longitudinal extension direction 60 and an extension component 602 transversely to the longitudinal extension direction 60 of the clamping cage 2.
  • the longitudinal extension direction 60 extends counter to the conductor insertion direction 80.
  • the walls 221-223 are therefore provided parallel to the conductor insertion direction 80.
  • the clamping cage 2 has two mutually opposite walls 222, 223, which have a width Bw, here a width Bs of the busbar 3 plus the height H2 of the narrow sides 21 of the clamping cage 2 corresponds.
  • these opposing walls 222, 223 are referred to as narrow walls.
  • the spring 4 is supported.
  • the nip is disposed between the spring 4 and a second of the two narrow walls 222.
  • the narrow walls 222, 223 are interconnected by a connecting wall 221.
  • the connecting wall 221 has a greater width Bv determined by the spring and a clamping angle 41 of the spring 4 than the narrow walls 222, 223.
  • a first wall 221 of the clamping cage 2 is extended relative to its other walls 222, 223, so that this wall 221 has an extension 27 formed as a rectangular tongue.
  • extension 27 and tongue are used synonymously below. The tongue 27 therefore extends beyond a lower edge 281 of the clamping cage 2 seen in the conductor insertion direction 80.
  • the busbar 3 is attached to the extension 27 on the clamping cage 2. Namely, it is attached with one of its narrow sides 31 on the extension 27 on the clamping cage 2. It is flush with an edge 271 of the extension 27 is provided. As a result, it is spaced from the lower edge 281. The distance A is in the Fig. 1 (e) shown.
  • the attachment is preferably cohesive, preferably by welding.
  • FIGS. 2 and 3 show two further embodiments - not according to the invention - connection modules 1.
  • the busbar 3 is arranged on a narrow side 21 of the clamping cage 2.
  • the busbar 3 extends the Fig. 2 transverse to the longitudinal extension direction 60 of the clamping cage 2, that is parallel to the end faces 25, 26 of the clamping cage 2, and in the Fig. 3 in the longitudinal extension direction 60, that is transversely to the end faces 25, 26 of the clamping cage 2.
  • the clamping cage 2 of the Fig. 2 accessible from one of the end faces 25 from the outside, the clamping cage 2 of the Fig. 3 from both end faces 25, 26.
  • the first wall 221 is elongated.
  • the first wall 221 extended so that it protrudes in the conductor insertion direction 80 with respect to a lower edge 281 of a wall 222, 223 of the clamping cage 2 protrudes.
  • the busbar 3 is provided flush with an edge 271 of the extension 27. Therefore, in this embodiment, it is spaced from the lower edge 281 by the distance A.
  • the first wall 221 is extended so that, viewed in the conductor insertion direction 80, it projects beyond a side edge 282 of the clamping cage 2.
  • the busbar 3 is therefore spaced in this embodiment from the side edge 282 by the distance A.
  • connection modules 1 produced in this way have the advantage over previously known connection modules (not shown) that a considerable material saving of approximately 15% -25% is possible during their production.
  • the Fig. 4 shows in (a) - (d) respectively a series terminal device 100 with at least two such connection modules 1 each without a housing 12.
  • the connection modules 1 each have a common busbar 3, and at least two or more clamping cages 2.
  • the clamping cage 2 is welded in each case to the narrow side 31 of the busbar 3.
  • the clamping cage 2 is connected at its tongue 27 to the busbar 3.
  • connection modules 1 are provided.
  • the clamping cages 2 of the two connection modules 1 are arranged on the common busbar 3.
  • the busbar 3 has a bend 32 between the clamping cages 2, so that the conductor insertion directions 80 of an electrical conductor are arranged in the clamping cages 2 in an angle determined by the bend 32 (not designated) relative to one another.
  • the two clamping cages 2 are here also arranged in mirror symmetry to an axis of symmetry 9. As a result, they are oriented opposite each other. Your Portereintechnologyö réelleen 11 are therefore arranged on the side facing away from its adjacent clamping cage 2 side.
  • connection modules 1 oriented in the same direction are arranged with the smallest possible distance A1 between them.
  • the series connection device 100 has two such groups of connection modules 1, wherein the connection modules 1 of the two groups are arranged mirror-symmetrically to the mirror axis 9.
  • the clamping cages 2 of the two groups are therefore oriented opposite to each other.
  • the series connection arrangement 100 makes possible independently of each other manufacturing the busbar 3 and the clamping cages 2 a very close placement of the clamping cages 2 on the busbar 3 side by side.
  • the distance A1 between adjacent 2 clamping cages can therefore be chosen very small. It is smaller than the sum of the widths B of the narrow walls 223, 222 of the adjacent clamping cages 2 selectable.
  • connection modules 1 In the series terminal device 100 of Fig. 4 (c) are arranged oriented in the same direction connection modules 1 with the smallest possible distance A1 to each other.
  • the distance A1 is smaller than the sum of the widths B of the narrow walls 2222, 223 of the adjacent clamping cages 2.
  • the series terminal device 100 has a facing in the opposite direction connection module 1, which is further spaced from the four grouped connection modules 1.
  • the series terminal device 100 of Fig. 4 (d) has two to the mirror axis 9 mirror-symmetrically arranged connection modules 1, which are arranged widely spaced from each other.
  • FIG. 5 shows in (a) the series terminal device 100 of Fig. 4 (c) , and in (b) the series terminal devices 100 of Fig. 4 (b) , each with housing 12. Both series terminal devices 100 have locking feet 101, with which they on a Support rail (not shown) can be arranged. As a result, a plurality of such row connection devices 100 can be arranged next to each other on the same support rail in a row.

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  1. Module de connexion (1) pour un dispositif de connexion électrique (10) servant à relier un conducteur électrique à un sous-ensemble électrique, comprenant :
    a. au moins une cage de serrage (2),
    b. et une barre conductrice (3)
    c. qui sont fabriquées chacune à partir d'une bande plate (200, 300) électriquement conductrice, chaque bande plate (200, 300) présentant deux grands côtés (220, 320) opposés reliés par des petits côtés (210, 310),
    d. les petits côtés (310) de la bande plate (300) de la barre conductrice (3) étant des petits côtés (31) de la barre conductrice (3) et les petits côtés (210) de la bande plate (200) de la cage de serrage (2) des petits côtés (21) de la cage de serrage (2),
    e. la cage de serrage (2) présentant au moins trois parois (221 - 223), disposées à angle les unes par rapport aux autres, qui s'étendent chacune parallèlement ou sensiblement parallèlement à une direction d'insertion du conducteur (80),
    f. la cage de serrage (2) présentant une première paroi (221) qui présente un prolongement (27) par rapport à au moins une autre paroi (222, 223),
    caractérisé en ce que
    g. la cage de serrage (2) est fixée de manière inamovible par liaison de matière au prolongement sur un petit côté (31) de la barre conductrice (3).
  2. Module de connexion (1) selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que la cage de serrage (2) est fixée de manière inamovible par liaison de matière sur un petit côté (31) de la barre conductrice (3) par soudage.
  3. Module de connexion (1) selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que les parois (221 - 223) sont disposées à angle droit les unes par rapport aux autres.
  4. Module de connexion (1) selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que la cage de serrage (2) est réalisée en forme de U ou de rectangle en coupe transversale.
  5. Module de connexion (1) selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que la cage de serrage (2) et la barre conductrice (3) sont fixées l'une à l'autre à un joint de raccordement linéaire (7).
  6. Module de connexion (1) selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le prolongement (27) est une languette rectangulaire à laquelle la barre conductrice (3) est fixée à la cage de serrage (2).
  7. Module de connexion (1) selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que la cage de serrage (2) présente une direction d'extension longitudinale (60) opposée à la direction d'insertion du conducteur (80) et entoure, au moins partiellement, un espace intérieur (24) dans une direction circonférentielle (61) par rapport à la direction d'extension longitudinale (60).
  8. Module de connexion (1) selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que la cage de serrage (2) est conçue ouverte sur deux faces frontales opposées (25, 26) qui sont disposées transversalement à la direction d'extension longitudinale (60).
  9. Bloc de jonction à enfichage direct (10) comprenant un module de connexion (1) selon l'une des revendications précédentes.
  10. Bloc de jonction à enfichage direct (10) selon la revendication 9, caractérisé en ce qu'il est un bloc de jonction à ressort et présente un boîtier isolant (12).
  11. Bloc de jonction à enfichage direct (10) selon l'une des revendications 9 ou 10, caractérisé en ce qu'il présente un ressort (4), en particulier un ressort en forme de V qui est disposé au moins partiellement dans l'espace intérieur (24) de la cage de serrage (2) et prévu pour pousser ou pour tirer un conducteur électrique (8) contre la cage de serrage (2) ou la barre conductrice (3).
  12. Dispositif de connexion en série présentant au moins deux modules de connexion (2) selon l'une des revendications 1 à 8, caractérisé en ce qu'ils présentent une barre conductrice (3) commune et une distance (A1) entre des cages de serrage (2) adjacentes inférieure à une largeur (Bw) d'une des cages de serrage (2), en particulier d'un petit côté (222, 223) de la cage de serrage.
  13. Procédé de fabrication d'un module de connexion (1) pour un dispositif de connexion électrique (10) servant à relier un conducteur électrique à un sous-ensemble électrique, comprenant :
    a. au moins une cage de serrage (2),
    b. et une barre conductrice (3)
    c. qui sont fabriquées chacune à partir d'une bande plate (200, 300) électriquement conductrice, chaque bande plate (200, 300) présentant deux grands côtés (220, 320) opposés reliés par des petits côtés (210, 310),
    d. les petits côtés (310) de la bande plate (300) de la barre conductrice (3) étant des petits côtés (31) de la barre conductrice (3) et les petits côtés (210) de la bande plate (200) de la cage de serrage (2) des petits côtés (21) de la cage de serrage (2),
    e. la cage de serrage (2) présentant au moins trois parois (221 - 223), disposées à angle les unes par rapport aux autres, qui s'étendent chacune parallèlement ou sensiblement parallèlement à une direction d'insertion du conducteur (80),
    f. la cage de serrage (2) présentant une première paroi (221) qui présente un prolongement (27) par rapport à au moins une autre paroi (222, 223),
    caractérisé en ce que
    la cage de serrage (2) et la barre conductrice (3) sont fabriquées indépendamment l'une de l'autre d'une seule pièce à partir d'une bande plate (200, 300) bonne conductrice de l'électricité et qu'ensuite la cage de serrage (2) est fixée par liaison de matière au prolongement sur un petit côté (31) formé par un petit côté (310) de la bande plate (300) de la barre conductrice (3).
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