EP3123570B1 - Ensemble d'assemblage - Google Patents

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EP3123570B1
EP3123570B1 EP15707058.2A EP15707058A EP3123570B1 EP 3123570 B1 EP3123570 B1 EP 3123570B1 EP 15707058 A EP15707058 A EP 15707058A EP 3123570 B1 EP3123570 B1 EP 3123570B1
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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
    • H01R13/73—Means for mounting coupling parts to apparatus or structures, e.g. to a wall
    • 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
    • H01R13/73—Means for mounting coupling parts to apparatus or structures, e.g. to a wall
    • H01R13/74—Means for mounting coupling parts in openings of a panel
    • 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
    • H01R13/62—Means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts or for holding them in engagement
    • H01R13/627—Snap or like fastening
    • H01R13/6271—Latching means integral with the housing
    • H01R13/6273—Latching means integral with the housing comprising two latching arms

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  • the invention relates to a connection arrangement comprising a housing having a connecting portion, on which at least one housing contact wedge is formed with a bearing surface oriented at a wedge angle to a mounting direction abutment surface, and with an attachable to the connecting portion connecting body, on which a dacasstromkeil is provided, the one below the having the same wedge angle oriented contact surface.
  • connection arrangements with which, for example, terminals are attached to a device wall, are well known and widely used.
  • a bearing wedge is provided on the housing and on the connecting body.
  • the investment wedges are placed and clamped for fixing the housing and the connecting body to the device wall.
  • the geometry of the housing or the connecting body is adapted to the wall thickness of the device to set the terminals.
  • Each housing or each connecting body is then only suitable for specific device wall thicknesses.
  • the investment wedge may be formed comparatively long on the connecting body in order to achieve a high degree of flexibility and to ensure a determination with as different housing wall thicknesses.
  • the connecting body can protrude comparatively far.
  • EP 2 648 285 A1 discloses a connection arrangement according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • the object of the present invention is to make a generic connection assembly compact and further develop such that a simple definition and use at different device wall thicknesses is possible.
  • the invention in conjunction with the preamble of claim 1, characterized in that at the connecting portion of the housing spaced from one another a plurality of housing system wedges is provided and that between adjacent housing system wedges a receiving groove is formed for the connecting system wedge.
  • connection geometry or the device wall thickness of the connection system wedge can be applied to a suitable of the provided housing system wedges.
  • the provision of the plurality of housing system keys thus allows flexible use of the connector assembly for various device wall thicknesses.
  • the connecting body with the connecting system wedge can nevertheless be made compact. Moreover, since additional components, such as spacer elements, are dispensed with, assembly is easy.
  • a plurality of connecting system wedges is likewise provided on the connecting body. Between adjacent connection system wedges, a receiving groove is also formed here, which serves to receive a housing installation wedge.
  • the stability can be improved by providing parallel bearing wedges and a positionally accurate mounting can be achieved. Since a plurality of bearing wedge pairings is provided, each individual contact surface can be made smaller and the connection arrangement can be given a particularly compact shape.
  • a number of the connecting system wedges on the connecting body is less than a number of housing system wedges on the connecting section of the housing.
  • the connecting portion of the housing provides the opportunity to provide the necessary geometric compensation to adapt the connection arrangement to different housing wall thicknesses.
  • the connecting body can be made very compact. In this case, the flexibility with regard to the positioning of the connecting body at the connecting portion is maintained.
  • the housing attachment wedges are arranged regularly spaced in the extension direction of the connecting portion.
  • the connection system wedges can be arranged regularly.
  • the receiving grooves formed between adjacent bearing wedges preferably extend in the direction of the wedge angle.
  • a width of the receiving grooves or the bearing wedges is particularly equal to each other or coordinated so that the investment wedges can be used substantially accurately fit into the grooves.
  • the connecting portion is formed closed shell side.
  • the housing attachment wedges are provided on two opposite lateral side surfaces.
  • the connecting body may be U-shaped, with at least one connecting system wedge being provided on the free legs on mutually facing inner sides thereof.
  • the connecting body comprises the connecting portion on the shell side.
  • the investment wedges are assigned opposite each other. This results in the mounting position a favorable and possibly symmetrical load distribution. Moreover, good protection is ensured against unintentional tilting of the connection components (housing and connecting body) during assembly.
  • a locking connection is provided for fixing the connecting body to the connecting portion of the housing.
  • a locking element engages this in a locking receptacle.
  • the latching element is provided on the connecting body, while the latching receptacle is realized as part of the connecting section or of the housing.
  • the locking element may be provided on a free leg of the connecting body, wherein the free leg has an inherent elasticity due to its elongated shape or its individual design.
  • a contact surface of the locking element can be formed profiled.
  • a corresponding profiling can be found on the locking receptacle.
  • the profiling may be formed regularly on the contact surface and on the latching receptacle.
  • an improved protection against unintentional release is achieved by providing the latching connection in the mounting position of the connection arrangement.
  • this results in a variable locking position.
  • the detent position can be taken regardless of the geometric conditions and in particular dimensions of the housing wall thickness.
  • the locking connection is insofar as variable formed as the connection arrangement as a whole.
  • a housing 1 after the FIGS. 1 to 3 A connection arrangement according to the invention provides a connection section 2 and an abutment section 3 arranged adjacent to the connection section 2.
  • the connecting portion 2 has a substantially rectangular cross section.
  • At two mutually opposite lateral side surfaces 4, 5 adjacent to each other a plurality of in a direction of extension 25 of the connecting portion 2 regularly spaced housing system wedges 6 is formed.
  • the shell side surfaces 5 define longitudinal sides of the connecting portion 2.
  • the housing bearing wedges 6 or formed on the flanks of the housing attachment wedges 6 contact surfaces 7 are oriented at a wedge angle 8.
  • the wedge angle 8 is in the present embodiment of the invention about 10 °.
  • Recess grooves 23 extend at the same wedge angle 8, wherein a receiving groove 23 is formed between two adjacent housing system wedges 6.
  • the housing attachment wedges 6 are provided on each lateral side surface 4, 5 in two blocks 9.1, 9.2.
  • the blocks 9.1, 9.2 are spaced from each other.
  • a profiled surface 10 is formed between a first block 9.1 and a second block 9.2 .
  • the profiled surface 10 serves as a latching receptacle for a latching element 11, which is provided on a connecting body 12 of the connecting arrangement according to the invention.
  • the locking receptacle 10 and the locking element 11 form a latching connection for fixing or fixing the connecting body 12 to the housing 1 of the connection arrangement.
  • the contact section 3 has a connecting surface 2 facing, substantially flat or smooth contact surface 13.
  • the contact surface 13 is used in particular for conditioning of the housing 1 to a device wall, not shown.
  • the contact surface 13 protrudes in the radial direction beyond the lateral surface of the connecting portion 2.
  • the housing 1 is thus inserted with the connecting portion 2 in a recess provided on the device wall and positioned over the contact surface 13 relative to the housing wall.
  • the inclination of the contact surface 7 under the wedge angle 8 is superimposed on another inclination.
  • the contact surface 7 Perpendicular to the extension direction 25, the contact surface 7 is inclined by an angle of attack 28, wherein an undercut is formed.
  • the angle of attack 28 is presently about 30 °.
  • the connecting body 12 of the connecting arrangement according to the invention is in the FIGS. 4 to 8 shown.
  • the connecting body 12 is in particular U-shaped.
  • Two mutually opposite free legs 14, 15 of the connecting body 12 are elongate and, in particular flexurally elastic.
  • connecting system wedges 16 are provided on opposite inner sides of the free legs 14, 15 connecting system wedges 16 .
  • the connection system wedges 16 have a contact surface 17, which are pivoted at the wedge angle 8 to the longitudinal direction 26 of the free legs 14, 15 and inclined at the angle of attack 28 to the extension direction 25 of the connecting portion 2.
  • Between adjacent connection system wedges 16 receiving grooves 24 are provided.
  • the connection system wedges 16 are provided on both free legs 14, 15 in two blocks 9.3, 9.4.
  • a distance of a first block 9.3 to a second block 9.4 corresponds to the spacing of the blocks 9.1, 9.2 of the housing system wedges 6 of the connecting section 2.
  • the locking elements 11 are provided in the region of a front side 18 of the connecting body 12.
  • the latching elements 11, which are oriented in the direction of an inner side of the opposite free leg 14, 15, have a profiled contact surface 19 facing one another.
  • the profiling of the contact surface 19 corresponds to the profiling of the locking receptacle. 10 at the connecting portion 2 of the housing 1.
  • the profiling is formed in the manner of a oriented in the hiding direction 25 linear knurling.
  • a total of four resilient webs 21 are provided on a front side 18 opposite the back 20 abragend a total of four resilient webs 21 are provided.
  • the webs 21 serve the system of the connecting body 12 to the device wall, not shown.
  • FIGS. 9 and 10 show the assembly of the connection arrangement.
  • the connecting body 12 is placed on the connecting portion 2 of the housing 1.
  • the placing takes place such that the connecting body 12 is provided with the second block 9.4 of the connecting system wedges 16 between the first block 9.1 and the second block 9.2 of the housing system wedges 6.
  • the connecting body 12 is moved in the mounting direction 22.
  • the connection system keys 16 engage in the receiving grooves 23, which are formed on the connecting portion 2 of the housing 1 between the housing system wedges 6.
  • the housing system wedges 6 are guided in the receiving grooves 24, which are formed between the connecting system wedges 16.
  • the housing attachment wedges 6, the connecting system wedges 16 and the receiving grooves 23, 24 have a same width 27.
  • the connecting body 12 In the assembled state of the connection arrangement according to FIGS. 11 to 15 the connecting body 12 is fixed to the connecting portion 2 of the housing 1.
  • a device wall not shown, is located between the contact surface 7 of the contact section 3 and the back 20 of the connecting body 12.
  • the elastically formed webs 21 act as spring elements and ensure that the bearing surfaces 17 formed on the connecting system wedges 16 pressed against the contact surface 7 of the housing system wedges 6 become.
  • the locking elements 11, which are provided on the free legs 14, 15 engage in the locking receptacle 10, which is provided on the two opposite lateral side surfaces 4, 5 of the connecting portion 2 is. Due to the profiling of the contact surface 19 and the locking receptacle.
  • the wedge angle 8 may be selected so that a self-locking between the housing system keys 6 and the connecting system wedges 16 is formed.
  • the wedge angle 8 is less than 20 °.
  • the wedge angle 8 is in the range of 6 ° to 12 °.

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  1. Dispositif d'assemblage comprenant un boîtier (1) avec une portion d'assemblage (2) au niveau de laquelle est réalisée au moins une cale d'application de boîtier (6) avec une surface d'appui (7) orientée suivant un angle de cale (8) par rapport à une direction de montage (22), et comprenant un corps d'assemblage (12) pouvant être appliqué contre la portion d'assemblage (2), au niveau duquel est prévue une cale d'appui d'assemblage (16) qui présente une surface d'appui (17) orientée suivant le même angle de cale (8), caractérisé en ce qu'une pluralité de cales d'appui de boîtier (6) sont prévues à distance les unes des autres au niveau de la portion d'assemblage (2) du boîtier (1) et en ce qu'une rainure de réception (23) pour la cale d'appui d'assemblage (16) est formée entre des cales d'appui de boîtier adjacentes (6).
  2. Dispositif d'assemblage selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce qu'une pluralité de cales d'appui d'assemblage (16) sont prévues au niveau du corps d'assemblage (12), une rainure de réception (24) pour une cale d'appui de boîtier (6) étant formée entre des cales d'appui d'assemblage adjacentes (16).
  3. Dispositif d'assemblage selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce qu'une pluralité des cales d'appui d'assemblage (16) au niveau du corps d'assemblage (12) est inférieure à une pluralité des cales d'appui de boîtier (6) au niveau de la portion d'assemblage (2) du boîtier (1).
  4. Dispositif d'assemblage selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisé en ce que les cales d'appui de boîtier (6) sont prévues à une distance régulière dans une direction d'étendue (25) de la portion d'assemblage (2).
  5. Dispositif d'assemblage selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 4, caractérisé en ce que les rainures de réception (23, 24) s'étendent dans la direction de l'angle de cale (8).
  6. Dispositif d'assemblage selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 5, caractérisé en ce que les rainures de réception (23, 24) et/ou les cales d'appui du boîtier (6) et/ou l'au moins une cale d'appui d'assemblage (16) présentent une largeur identique (27).
  7. Dispositif d'assemblage selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 6, caractérisé en ce que la direction d'étendue (25) de la portion d'assemblage (2) est prévue suivant un angle droit par rapport à la direction de montage (22) du corps d'assemblage (12).
  8. Dispositif d'assemblage selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 7, caractérisé en ce que la portion d'assemblage (2) est réalisée sous forme fermée du côté de l'enveloppe et/ou les cales d'application de boîtier (6) sont prévues sur deux surfaces latérales d'enveloppe opposées (4, 5).
  9. Dispositif d'assemblage selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 8, caractérisé en ce que le corps d'assemblage (12) est réalisé en forme de U, deux branches libres (14, 15) du corps d'assemblage (12) étant réalisées sous forme flexible élastique et/ou à chaque fois au moins une cale d'appui d'assemblage (16) étant prévue au niveau des branches libres (14, 15) sur des côtés intérieurs tournés l'un vers l'autre.
  10. Dispositif d'assemblage selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 9, caractérisé en ce que pour la fixation du corps d'assemblage (12) à la portion d'assemblage (2), il est prévu une connexion par encliquetage, un élément d'encliquetage (11) réalisé sous forme élastique venant en prise dans un logement d'encliquetage (10).
  11. Dispositif d'assemblage selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 10, caractérisé en ce qu'une surface de contact (19) de l'élément d'encliquetage (11) est réalisée sous forme de profilé et en ce qu'un profilage correspondant est réalisé sur le logement d'encliquetage (10).
  12. Dispositif d'assemblage selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 11, caractérisé en ce que le profilage de la surface de contact (19) et le profilage correspondant du logement d'encliquetage (10) sont réalisés sous forme régulière.
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