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  • 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
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  • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
  • H01R25/00—Coupling parts adapted for simultaneous co-operation with two or more identical counterparts, e.g. for distributing energy to two or more circuits
  • H01R25/16—Rails or bus-bars provided with a plurality of discrete connecting locations for counterparts
  • H01R25/161—Details
  • H01R25/162—Electrical connections between or with rails or bus-bars
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  • 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
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  • 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
  • H01R4/48275—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 with an opening in the housing for insertion of a release tool
• • 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
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  • H01R4/485—Single busbar common to multiple springs
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  • 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
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  • 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
  • H01R9/2408—Modular blocks

Definitions

• the invention relates to a connecting device for conductors according to the preamble of claim 1.
• connection devices are known.
• a disadvantage of the known solutions is usually the complex structure, which makes it difficult to use the connection device for various applications.
• the solution to this problem is the object of the invention.
• the characterizing part of claim 1 is / are the one or more spring carrier made of non-conductive material to a corresponding receiving element made of non-conductive material attachable.
• This embodiment makes it possible in a simple manner to use the conductor connection in a variety of ways, as a single conductor connection, in a development as the one conductor connection of a double conductor connection, or as a single-conductor connection or double-conductor connection for terminal blocks or plugs.
• one or more mounting means for mounting the spring carrier of non-conductive material, in particular plastic, on a corresponding receiving element made of non-conductive material, in particular of plastic is / are formed on the one or more spring carriers.
• This embodiment makes it particularly easy to use the single conductor connection in a variety of ways. It is advantageous if the receiving element for the at least one spring carrier is in each case a further one of the spring carrier. Because so can be formed in a simple way double spring carrier and thus double-conductor connections. However, it is also advantageous if the receiving element for the at least one spring carrier is a housing, in particular a terminal block housing or a plug housing.
• the spring carrier, the clamping cages and the clamping springs are preassembled on a busbar.
• This can then be used in a housing.
• the busbar can then be locked on the housing.
• the one or more mounting means on the spring carrier is / are one or more positive locking means.
• one or more corresponding interlocking means is / are provided on the receiving element, in particular on the further spring carrier or on or in the housing.
• the corresponding form-fitting means are designed as pins and holes which can be joined together in a clamping manner.
• the clamping cage in plan view has a U-shape with a clamping cage rear wall and two perpendicular thereto extending clamping cage side walls and preferably a perpendicular to the clamping cage rear wall and the clamping cage side walls extending base wall or a base socket for attachment of the respective clamping cage on a busbar and when the spring carrier each have a U-shape in plan view with a base wall and two perpendicular thereto extending side walls.
• the spring carrier in plan view in each case have a U-shape and the clamping cages in plan view also have a U-shape
• the spring carrier and the clamping cages can each be assembled into a body with rectangular in plan view contour, so that on the one hand the clamping spring is well protected and on the other hand in a simple way a conductor guide to the terminal point is realized.
• the one or the spring carrier has one or more perpendicular to the base wall extending spring holding contour (s), so that in each case a clamping spring can be placed, which is V-shaped and a supporting leg and an acute angle thereto at an angle (10 ° ⁇ ⁇ 90 °) arranged clamping leg, wherein the support leg and the
• Clamping legs are connected to each other via a spring back and wherein the spring back of the respective clamping spring in each case overlaps the spring holding contour of the spring carrier. It is an advantageous variant of the invention that individual of the conductor terminals are arranged on the busbar in the main extension direction of the busbar one behind the other.
• This intermediate piece preferably has on one side of a base wall or on both sides mounting means, which are formed corresponding to the mounting means of the spring carrier in order to mount the spring carrier or two of the spring carrier on the intermediate piece.
• mounting means which are formed corresponding to the mounting means of the spring carrier in order to mount the spring carrier or two of the spring carrier on the intermediate piece.
• Fig. 1 in a) is a perspective view of a first connection device for
• Fig. 2 in a) is a perspective view of a second connection device for
• Fig. 3 in a) is a perspective view of a third connection device for
• FIG. 4 shows in a) to d) the assembly of a terminal housing with a fourth connecting device for conductors in four steps, starting from a blasting view in a) to the mounted state in d);
• Fig. 5 in a) another terminal housing and in b) a fifth connection device for conductors;
• Fig. 6 in a) another terminal housing and a sixth connection device for conductors and in b) another spring carrier.
• Fig. 1 shows a first embodiment of a connecting device 1 for conductors.
• This connection device 1 is designed as a multi-conductor connection and allows (purely by way of example) the connection of six conductor ends (not shown here)
• connection device has for this purpose six individual conductor connections 2a, 2b; 3a, 3b, 4a, 4b, which are summarized in Fig. 1 according to an advantageous option here to three parent double-wire connections, each serving to connect two of the conductors.
• the single conductor terminals 2a, 2b; 3a, 3b, 4a, 4b are each designed as direct plug-in connections (called push-in).
• Each of the (here exemplarily six) individual conductor connections 2a, 2b; 3a, 3b, 4a, 4b each have a metallic contact element, in particular a clamping cage 5 or 5 ', a spring carrier 6 or 6' of non-conductive material, in particular a non-conductive plastic and a clamping spring 7 on.
• a self-contained, functional single-conductor connection is formed, which, however, can preferably be combined with further individual conductor connections to superordinate arrangements.
• Each clamping cage 5 or 5 ' has in plan view a U-shape with a Klemmklafig- rear wall 5a or 5a' and two perpendicular thereto extending Klemmklafig- side walls 5b, 5c or 5b ', 5c' on. It also has a base wall 5d or 5d 'extending perpendicularly to the rear wall 5a or 5a' and the clamping cage side walls 5b, c.
• This clamping cage base wall 5d or 5d ' is used to attach the respective clamping cage 5 or 5' on a busbar 8.
• the base wall 5d or 5d ' is preferably soldered or welded to the busbar 8.
• the clamping cages 5 or 5 ' are arranged one behind the other in a longitudinal extension direction Y of the busbar 8. Since the clamping cages 5 are not formed in one piece with the busbar 8 but are fastened thereto, the clamping cages can be arranged in the longitudinal direction Y in close succession. In particular, their distance in the Y direction can be much smaller than that
• a conductive contact element as a clamping cage 5 in the sense of this application may also have only one or two conductive legs, although preferably more than two walls / legs are provided thereon.
• the spring supports 6 or 6 ' (see also Fig. 4a) have in plan view a U-shape with a base wall 6a or 6a' and two perpendicular thereto extending side walls 6b, 6c or 6b ', 6c' on. Perpendicular to the base wall 6a extends at least one spring retaining contour 6d or 6d ⁇
• the spring support 6 ' also have mounting means - in particular positive locking means - on their rear walls 6a, 6a', which for cooperation with corresponding mounting means - in particular also form-fitting means - formed on a receiving element are.
• This receiving element - for example, another spring carrier 6 or 6 'or a housing, in particular a plug or a terminal - is for mounting and mounting the respective spring carrier 6, 6 'or more of the spring carrier 6, 6' formed on a receiving element and can be designed in various ways. This will be explained in more detail below using various options.
• the clamping spring 7 (see also Fig. 4a) is substantially V-shaped and has a support leg 7a and an acute angle thereto at an angle 10 ° ⁇ ⁇ 90 ° arranged clamping leg 7b.
• the support leg 7a and the clamping leg 7b are connected to each other via a spring back 7c.
• the spring supports 6 and 6 ' are designed such that the clamping springs 7 can be placed on them.
• the spring back 7c engages over the spring retaining contour 6d, 6d 'of the spring support 6, 6'.
• the support leg 7a is preferably between the spring holding contour 6d, 6d 'and the one of the two side walls 6b, 6b'.
• the spring holding contour 6d, 6d ' is preferably aligned obliquely in a spring angle of preferably 0 ⁇ ⁇ 60 ° to the conductor insertion direction (in the coordinate system -Z).
• the spring retaining contour 6d, 6d ' is also preferably long enough to extend over the entire length of the supporting leg 7a of the clamping spring 7. In this way, the clamping spring 7 is well preassembled.
• the spring retaining contour 6d or 6d ' may also consist of several individual sections.
• Each of the double-conductor terminals of Fig. 1 a or 2a, composed of the conductor terminals 2a, b; 3a, b and 4a, b has two of the spring carrier 6, 6 'and two of the clamping springs 7, 7'.
• the one interlocking means as pin 6e and the corresponding interlocking means as corresponding holes 6e '(Fig. 1 c) and d)) formed, the clamping (and / or alternatively in a design of the mounting means as a latching means: latching) recording serve the pin 6e.
• These positive locking means are preferably each formed on the side facing away from the spring retaining contours sides of the rear walls 6a, 6a '. In this way, the rear walls 6a and 6a 'can be placed against each other and fastened to each other, so that a kind of double spring carrier is formed, on which on two sides facing away from each other one of the clamping springs 7, 7 'can be arranged or is arranged in the assembled state.
• the spring carrier 6 and 6 ' are preferably formed symmetrically except for the mounting means relative to a plane XY, which extends between the adjacent rear walls.
• the mounting means of the spring carrier 6 and 6 ' act together.
• the mounting means of the spring carrier 6 are each formed as the one or more pins 6 e on the rear wall of the base wall 6 a on the side facing away from the clamping spring 7 side.
• the mounting means of the spring carrier 6 ' however, as 6e'ausge justify or the corresponding holes.
• the spring supports 6 and 6 ' can be assembled into a type of double spring carrier (FIGS. 1 b, 1 c, d) so that their rear walls rest against one another and their mounting means hold them together.
• the single spring carrier to double spring carriers are easy to assemble.
• Fig. 1 to 6 preferably engages the one of the clamping cage side walls 5b or 5b 'of the clamping cages 5 or 5'
• the respective spring carrier 6, 6 'and the clamping cage 5, 5' in plan view provides a rectangular closed geometry with the two rear walls 5a, 5a '; 6a, 6a 'and the side walls 5b, 6b and 5c, 6c, respectively; 5b ', 6b' and 5c ', 6c', respectively.
• the spring carrier 6 and the clamping cages 5 engage each other and form a rectangular in plan view body.
• the clamping spring 7 and a conductor to be connected are so well protected. In particular, such fine-stranded conductors are easily connected by the good conductor management function.
• the clamping cage 5 could also be further reduced, for example, it could be limited to a single contact leg, on which the clamping leg 7a is supported and which is connected to the busbar 8 in one piece or via a connection such as a soldering or welding point (not shown). ,
• Intermediate pieces in the manner of intermediate walls 9 can also be placed between the spring supports 6 and 6 ', which in the assembled state would form "double spring supports" according to Fig. 1b, Such an intermediate piece 9 is shown in a side view in Fig. 2b and in a rear view in Fig. 2c.
• the mounting means, in particular form-fitting means, here pins and holes of the spring carrier 6 and 6 ' together.
• the intermediate piece 9 between the base walls 6a and 6a 'of the spring carrier 6 and 6' of the double spring carrier can be set (see Fig. 1 a).
• the width of the intermediate wall 9 is variable, so that in a simple manner different width double spring carrier can be formed (not shown here).
• the partition wall 9 even at corresponding Konturgabe form a spring carrier, so that could be formed on her a clamping spring and at least one central terminal for conductors (not shown here).
• connection device 2 is formed in a simple manner with a plurality of double conductor connections, which are accommodated on a bus bar 8 in a small space.
• This connection device can be used as a whole in a housing, for example a terminal block housing (not shown in FIG. 1, but see FIGS. 4, 5 and 6 for purely illustrative purposes), with at least one corresponding free space.
• the mounting means in particular the positive locking means, the spring carrier are arranged at so different positions of the rear walls of the spring carrier 6, 6 ', that overall a staggered arrangement of the two individual conductor terminals 2a, 2b to 4a, 4b of the parent double-wire connections in the main extension direction Y of the busbar 8 results.
• an intermediate piece 9 can be used to vary the width.
• the spring supports 6 or 6 ' are not assembled into double spring supports or even three or four-fold spring supports.
• Single conductor connections are formed and installed in this way.
• a housing here is preferably a terminal box housing 10 with at least one free space 1 1 or more free spaces 1 1 is provided.
• This free space 1 1 or the free spaces 1 1 in the housing, in particular terminal block housing is / are dimensioned such that a busbar 8 'can be inserted into the housing 10, on which one or preferably in a row one after another several individual of the conductor terminals 2 a, 2 b, 2c are arranged, each having one of the spring carrier 6, one of the clamping cages 5 and one of the clamping springs 7.
• the double-conductor connections of Figures 1 to 3 could be used in a suitably sized housing (not shown here).
• the housing 10 Perpendicular to a housing rear wall 15, the housing 10 has wall sections 16, which separate the free spaces 1 1 from one another and bound laterally.
• the spring carrier 6 and the clamping cage 5 in the free space 1 1 each form a circumferentially closed geometry in plan view.
• the clamping spring 7 and a conductor to be connected are so well protected.
• one or more conductor terminal mounting means may be provided in the region of the free spaces 11, which cooperate with corresponding conductor terminal mounting means (n) at the conductor terminals.
• holes 18 FIG. 5 a
• the rear wall 15 of the housing can be provided, for example in the region of the free spaces 11 as the conductor terminal mounting means
• latching edges or the like, for example latching pins 20 in the free space 11 can also be used. may be provided above of the housing rear wall 15 which cooperate with corresponding Rastaus- recesses 21 on the spring supports 6.
• housing 10 may also conductor insertion openings 12 and openings 13 for pushers or screwdrivers or the like. To open the nip between the respective clamping leg 7b and the respective clamping cage side wall 5b may be provided.
• the one mounting means are designed as latching means as one or more projections 17 on one or more of the clamping cages 5.
• one or more corresponding non-locking means for example, one or more locking edges is then formed at which the one or more projections 17 on the or the clamping cages 5 can be latched. This is illustrated in addition in Fig. 1 g.
• the one or more clamping springs 7 are placed on the spring carrier or supports 6 (FIGS. 4a and 4b). Then, the one or more spring carrier 6 are placed with the or the clamping springs 7 on the busbar 8, on which previously the clamping cages 5 have been attached. In this way, the bus bars 8 are simply preassembled with the conductor terminals and can be used as a preassembled unit in the terminal block housing 10, where the mounting means or devices cooperate with this housing and with the spring carrier (s) 6.
• FIGS. 1 and 4 illustrate in interaction that a use of the plastic part - spring carrier 6 or 6 '- is possible both for the double-conductor connection and for the single-conductor connection.
• the spring receiving contour 6d or another contour on the spring carrier 6 can also be designed such that a latching engagement in a detent hole 14 or the like is realized on the clamping cage 5. This facilitates the pre-assembly of the spring carrier on the clamping cage 5 and thus on the busbar. 8

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