EP3490074A1 - Agencement permettant de mettre en contact un blindage d'un câble - Google Patents

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EP3490074A1
EP3490074A1 EP17306618.4A EP17306618A EP3490074A1 EP 3490074 A1 EP3490074 A1 EP 3490074A1 EP 17306618 A EP17306618 A EP 17306618A EP 3490074 A1 EP3490074 A1 EP 3490074A1
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Johannes KRÖNERT
Jörg GERLITZ
Gert Stauch
Manfred BÄSCH
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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
    • 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
    • H01R9/03—Connectors arranged to contact a plurality of the conductors of a multiconductor cable, e.g. tapping connections
    • H01R9/05—Connectors arranged to contact a plurality of the conductors of a multiconductor cable, e.g. tapping connections for coaxial cables
    • H01R9/0512—Connections to an additional grounding conductor
    • 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
    • H01R13/648—Protective earth or shield arrangements on coupling devices, e.g. anti-static shielding  
    • H01R13/658—High frequency shielding arrangements, e.g. against EMI [Electro-Magnetic Interference] or EMP [Electro-Magnetic Pulse]
    • H01R13/6591—Specific features or arrangements of connection of shield to conductive members
    • 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
    • H01R13/648—Protective earth or shield arrangements on coupling devices, e.g. anti-static shielding  
    • H01R13/658—High frequency shielding arrangements, e.g. against EMI [Electro-Magnetic Interference] or EMP [Electro-Magnetic Pulse]
    • H01R13/6591—Specific features or arrangements of connection of shield to conductive members
    • H01R13/6592—Specific features or arrangements of connection of shield to conductive members the conductive member being a shielded cable
    • 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
    • H01R4/36—Conductive members located under tip of screw

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  • the invention relates to an arrangement for contacting a screen of a cable, in particular a high-voltage cable, as well as a shield connection with such an arrangement and a method for producing a shield connection.
  • High voltage cables generally have an inner cable core and a shield separated by an insulating layer from the cable core, which is usually grounded.
  • the screens are usually formed by a tubular closed around the cable core aluminum foil or by a plurality of wires made of copper and increasingly of aluminum.
  • cables are considered whose screens are formed in particular from a tubular aluminum foil closed around the cable core.
  • connection of the screen takes place by means of electric welding.
  • a considerable know-how of the assembly personnel and a considerable technical effort are required to ensure a reliable current-carrying connection without undue stress on the screen and the insulation of the cable.
  • the contacting device has two annular contact elements, one of which has a conical outer surface and the other an opposing conical inner surface, between which a cable shield of a cable, in particular a high-voltage cable is contactable.
  • the contact elements are clamped together by clamping screws and make in this way an electrically conductive contact to the cable shield ago.
  • a first object of the present invention to provide a further improved arrangement for contacting a screen or cable shield and a corresponding shield connection and their preparation.
  • the invention proposes according to a first aspect of an arrangement for contacting an electrical screen of a cable having an insulated conductor, which is designed as a cable core (102) which is surrounded over its entire length by the screen.
  • the assembly includes a first contact member having a central passage for the cable and a conical outer surface.
  • the arrangement has a second contact element, which has a central passage for the cable and a conical inner surface opposite the conical outer surface, which is adapted to the conical outer surface of the first contact element such that an end region of the screen between the conical inner surface and the conical outer surface is braced and contactable.
  • clamping means for clamping the first and the second contact element with each other.
  • the arrangement according to the invention is characterized in that a receptacle for at least one further cable is provided in the first and / or the second contact element.
  • This design has the advantage that relatively little space is required in relation to the introduced conductor cross-section.
  • the contact elements are cylindrical and each have a cylinder jacket.
  • the assembly additionally comprises a protective tube which extends over the cable and in this way can protect against external damage.
  • the protective tube has a receptacle for a further cable.
  • the receptacle is adapted to produce an electrically conductive connection to the other cable.
  • the recording makes it possible that the screen can be contacted in an advantageous manner with another cable.
  • a plurality of receptacles for a plurality of other cables may be provided, which allow a relatively concentric conductor guide, which also has a favorable effect on the required installation space, especially if a large conductor cross-section is required to ensure high current carrying capacity.
  • the electrically conductive connection to the further cable is produced by means of a screw contact.
  • the electrically conductive connection between the screen and the other cable is thus easy to manufacture and in particular requires no special tools or special equipment such as welding equipment.
  • the screw contact comprises a clamping screw with tear-off. This ensures that the tightening torque is always the same without a fitter must have a torque wrench available for this purpose.
  • the receptacle is produced by a bore in the first and / or second contact element and / or the protective tube.
  • This type of recording is manufacturing technology particularly easy to implement.
  • the receptacle is made by a flat area on the outer peripheral surface of the first and / or second contact element and / or the protective tube. Conveniently, threaded holes are provided in the flat area, so that another cable can be electrically contacted by a screw connection.
  • clamping means clamping screws which extend between the first and the second contact element.
  • a shield connection comprising an assembly according to any one of the preceding claims and a cable having a cable core surrounded by a screen along its entire length.
  • the screen is received in the arrangement for contacting. Since an arrangement according to the first aspect of the present invention is used for the shield connection, all the advantages mentioned in connection with the arrangement are also realized by the shield connection.
  • FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of an inventive arrangement for contacting a cable, which is designated as a whole by the reference numeral 100.
  • the assembly 100 is mounted on a cable 101, for example a high voltage cable 101.
  • the high voltage cable 101 has an inner cable core 102 which is surrounded by an insulating layer 103.
  • On the insulating layer is a screen 104, which is made of a metal strip.
  • the metal strip is made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy, although other metals, in particular copper for the production of the screen 104 come into question.
  • An insulating jacket 106 encloses the cable 101.
  • the high voltage cable 101 as a whole is preferably flexible, so that its components, ie the cable core 102, the insulating layer 103, the shield 104 and the outer insulating jacket 106 are flexible.
  • the high voltage cable 101 is connected to an electrical device (not shown), the z. B. may be another high voltage cable or an electrical set. It is usually necessary to electrically contact both the cable core 102 and the screen 104.
  • smooth umbrellas 104 which are made of a metal strip, prepares the contacting of Umbrella often difficulties, especially if more lines are to be connected to the screen 104.
  • the arrangement 100 serves for contacting the aluminum strip serving as screen 104.
  • the cable core 102 is complemented by a in FIG. 1 Cable set not shown connected or connected.
  • a mounting direction M extends from a cable end away in Fig. 1 left to right.
  • the arrangement 100 has a first contact element 107 and a second contact element 108.
  • the contact element 107 is referred to below as a clamping sleeve and the second contact element 108 as a counter-holder.
  • the two contact elements 107 and 108 are substantially cylindrical and have central passages 109 and 110, respectively.
  • the contact elements 107 and 108 are connected to each other by means of threaded bolts 111, nuts 112 and washers 113, in particular clamped together.
  • the threaded bolts 111 are screwed into threaded holes 114, which are provided in a flange 116, which is formed on the clamping sleeve 107.
  • the threaded bolts 111 are guided through through holes 117 in the second contact element 108, so that the two contact elements 107 and 108 can be clamped together by tightening the nuts 112.
  • the first contact element 107 may also be part of a housing of a further electrical device to which the cable 101 is connected.
  • the contact elements 107,108 are made of a highly electrically conductive metal, preferably of aluminum alloy.
  • the passage 109 of the first cylindrical contact element 107 is delimited by a cylinder jacket 118 with a conical outer surface 119, which forms a first contact region.
  • the conical outer surface 119 tapers in the mounting direction M conical, ie away from the cable end.
  • the conical outer surface 119 of the first contact element 107 and / or the conical inner surface 123 of the second contact element 108 has a structuring 121, which, for. B. by sand blasting, toothing or corrugation, is formed to the effective surface and the roughness of the first contact area increase. It is advantageous if the contact element has the structuring 121, which also contains the receptacle 201 for the cables 202.
  • the aluminum strip 104 is advantageously formed inside the high-voltage cable 101 as a closed aluminum foil, which surrounds the cable core 102 in a tubular manner.
  • the insulation jacket 106 is removed from the screen 104 and the otherwise closed aluminum foil that forms the screen 104 is divided into longitudinal strips 127.
  • the longitudinal strips 127 are radially bent slightly outwards, so that the conical outer surface 119 of the clamping sleeve 107 finds space under the longitudinal strips 127. In other words, the longitudinal strips 127 rest on the conical outer surface 119 of the contact element.
  • the longitudinal strips 127 between the conical outer surface 119 of the clamping sleeve 107 and the conical inner surface 123 of the counter-holder 108 lie and are clamped there as soon as the nuts 112 be attracted.
  • the structurings 121 or 123 in this case penetrate an aluminum oxide layer possibly present on the longitudinal strips 127, which may worsen or hinder the electrical contacting.
  • it may also be conically widened, e.g. by a likewise conically shaped drive wedge, which is driven under the aluminum tube and thus the aluminum tube widens conically with a corresponding angle to the contact element.
  • the drive wedge is divided into several segments to gradually drive with hammer blows to a large outer diameter, the segments of the drive wedge under the aluminum tube.
  • the drive wedge is also used when the screen is designed as a closed aluminum band.
  • FIG. 2A shows the arrangement 100 in a partially cutaway view and illustrates further features, which in the illustration in FIG. 1 are not visible.
  • the cut is guided by the counter-holder 108 so that a receptacle 201 in the anvil 108 is visible.
  • the receptacle 201 is formed as an axial blind hole in the cylinder jacket 122 of the counter-holder 108 and receives a cable core 202 of another cable 203, which is stripped at one end.
  • a radial threaded bore 204 opens vertically in the receptacle 201.
  • a clamping screw 206 is screwed, which clamps the cable core 202 of the other cable 203 and electrically connected to the anvil 108.
  • the clamping screw 206 is shown as a screw with tear-off to limit the tightening torque with which the other cable 203 is clamped. In other embodiments, however, screws without tear-off can be used, which are tightened with a torque wrench.
  • the diameter of the receptacle 201 can be varied as desired within the scope of what the material thickness of the cylinder jacket 122 permits in order to electrically connect further cables of different diameters to the arrangement 100 or to the screen 104.
  • the thickness of the cylinder jacket 102 and the diameter of the receptacle 201 are adjusted to one another in such a way that a mechanically stable screwed connection with the further cable 203 is always ensured.
  • FIG. 2B shows a further embodiment of a counter-holder 108 in a plan view, in which the receptacles are milled out of the counter-holder 108 as flat recesses 207. Radial threaded holes (not visible) are provided in the area of the recesses 207 so that a cable lug of a further cable can be screwed there.
  • the arrangement 100 according to the invention makes it possible to safely contact the screen of a cable by means of simple screw connections and, moreover, to connect further cables to the screen 104 by means of screw connections.
  • FIG. 3 shows a further embodiment of the inventive arrangement 100, which differs from the in FIG. 1 is distinguished by an additional protective tube 301 which extends over the cable 101 and protects the cable 101 from mechanical damage.
  • a receptacle 302 is provided, where another cable, for example a flat stranded wire 303 with a screw 304 can be fastened and makes an electrical contact to the protective tube 301.
  • the receptacle 302 is a flat radial projection with a threaded hole. In another embodiment, the receptacle 302 may also be just a threaded hole.
  • a cable is provided in a step S1 and an arrangement according to the invention is provided in a step S2.
  • the retainer 108 is pushed onto one end of the cable 101, namely in the in FIG. 1
  • the insulating jacket 106 is removed from the cable 101 to first expose the shield 104 and then widen it. If it is a smooth screen formed of a metal strip, before the screen 104 is expanded, the screen is previously divided into longitudinal strips 127 or the screen is flared. This creates a cavity under the screen.
  • a step S5 the clamping sleeve 107 is pushed onto the cable, so that the expanded screen 104 comes to lie on the conical outer surface 119 of the clamping sleeve 107.
  • the counter-holder is pushed onto the clamping sleeve 107, so that the expanded screen 104 comes to lie between the conical outer surface 119 of the clamping sleeve 107 and the conical inner surface 123 of the counter-holder 108.
  • step S7 clamping sleeve 107 and anvil 108 are clamped together to make electrical contact with the screen 104.
  • the invention has been described in the context of a metal foil screen 104. However, the invention is also applicable to the screens of wires or of a wire mesh. In these cases, the wires or the wire mesh instead of the longitudinal strips 127 of the screen 104 between the conical outer surface 119 of the clamping sleeve 107 and the conical inner surface 123 of the counter-age 108 placed and contacted by bracing the clamping sleeve with the anvil.
  • the cable core 102 and / or 202 is formed as strands which, when required, are provided with a crimping sleeve. Furthermore, it is not relevant for the present invention from which metal the cable core 102 or 202 are made. Suitable metals are, for example, copper and aluminum or aluminum alloys.

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US5151053A (en) * 1990-03-05 1992-09-29 Yazaki Corporation Electrical connector for shielding cable
EP0871254A2 (fr) * 1997-04-07 1998-10-14 Thomas & Betts Corporation Couplage rotatif pour la mise à la masse externe de boítiers
EP2874236A1 (fr) 2013-11-19 2015-05-20 Nexans Dispositif de contact pour la mise en contact d'un blindage de câble

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US5151053A (en) * 1990-03-05 1992-09-29 Yazaki Corporation Electrical connector for shielding cable
EP0871254A2 (fr) * 1997-04-07 1998-10-14 Thomas & Betts Corporation Couplage rotatif pour la mise à la masse externe de boítiers
EP2874236A1 (fr) 2013-11-19 2015-05-20 Nexans Dispositif de contact pour la mise en contact d'un blindage de câble

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