EP3869621B1 - Anschlussklemme - Google Patents

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EP3869621B1
EP3869621B1 EP21150888.2A EP21150888A EP3869621B1 EP 3869621 B1 EP3869621 B1 EP 3869621B1 EP 21150888 A EP21150888 A EP 21150888A EP 3869621 B1 EP3869621 B1 EP 3869621B1
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Philipp Henrici
Olaf Baumeister
Markus Nasse
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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
    • H01R4/48185—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
    • 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
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R12/00—Structural associations of a plurality of mutually-insulated electrical connecting elements, specially adapted for printed circuits, e.g. printed circuit boards [PCB], flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures, e.g. terminal strips, terminal blocks; Coupling devices specially adapted for printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures; Terminals specially adapted for contact with, or insertion into, printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures
    • H01R12/50—Fixed connections
    • H01R12/51—Fixed connections for rigid printed circuits or like structures
    • H01R12/515—Terminal blocks providing connections to wires or cables
    • 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
    • H01R4/48365—Spring-activating arrangements mounted on or integrally formed with the spring housing with integral release means
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R12/00—Structural associations of a plurality of mutually-insulated electrical connecting elements, specially adapted for printed circuits, e.g. printed circuit boards [PCB], flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures, e.g. terminal strips, terminal blocks; Coupling devices specially adapted for printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures; Terminals specially adapted for contact with, or insertion into, printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures
    • H01R12/50—Fixed connections
    • H01R12/51—Fixed connections for rigid printed circuits or like structures
    • H01R12/55—Fixed connections for rigid printed circuits or like structures characterised by the terminals
    • H01R12/57—Fixed connections for rigid printed circuits or like structures characterised by the terminals surface mounting terminals

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  • the invention relates to a connection terminal with the features of the preamble of claim 1.
  • a generic terminal is for example in EP 3 159 974 A1 disclosed.
  • the terminal there is intended for arrangement on a printed circuit board.
  • the contact frame forms a contact base, which has contact feet for a soldered connection to contact pads on the circuit board in its front end and in its rear end, viewed in the conductor insertion direction.
  • the contact frame also has contact side walls from which spring elements arise in the conductor insertion direction.
  • An inclined surface of the metallic contact base and an inclined surface arranged opposite the contact base and formed by the insulating material housing of the connection terminal have a guiding function for the conductor when it is fed through the conductor insertion opening of the insulating material housing to the terminal point.
  • connection terminals of the generic type are in US9,570,817 B1 , WO 2015/068907 A1 and CN 110 65 435 A
  • these three publications show connection terminals in which the insulating material housing insulates the conductor from the contact frame at least over a certain distance along the insertion channel. This is realized by a tube-like housing section which extends in the direction of the clamping point.
  • the document US9,570,817 B1 also discloses the preamble of claim 1.
  • Connection terminals according to the invention are now being manufactured in very small dimensions. They often measure no more than 3 to 4 mm in width with about the same height. The length of 8 mm is rarely exceeded.
  • connection terminal with the features of claim 1, in particular with its characterizing features, according to which the conductor insertion channel at its end facing away from the conductor insertion opening forms a conductor tongue near the contact base and/or a conductor tongue remote from the contact base, which extends in the direction of conductor insertion and the conductor tongue of the conductor insertion channel between the clamping springs is arranged
  • the invention deliberately dispenses with a conductor routing that is influenced by the contact base of the contact frame.
  • the invention allocates the conductor routing exclusively to the insulating material housing which accommodates the contact frame. An exact assignment of the unequal guide inclined surfaces known from the prior art can thus be avoided.
  • the conductor insertion channel formed by the insulating material housing is closed on all sides in the longitudinal direction of the contact and is only accessible via the conductor insertion opening, and at its end releases the routed connection conductor in the direction of the clamping point via a corresponding outlet opening.
  • the conductor is inserted via a comparatively long insertion path in relation to the connection terminal
  • Preliminary contact between metallic parts of the contact frame and the connecting conductor is avoided. This is particularly advantageous if the connection terminal is provided with a connection conductor when parts are live or when there is a residual charge from electronic components mounted on the circuit board.
  • connection terminal In addition to improved conductor routing, the operational reliability of the connection terminal is also significantly improved.
  • connection terminal Centered guidance relative to the contact bottom or the top of the connection terminal can be further improved with the guide tongue that adjoins the insertion channel and is arranged between the clamping springs Clamping springs is possible without impairing their function.
  • This embodiment is particularly useful if the insulating housing has a recess in a top wall through which an expanding tool can be inserted between the free ends of the clamping springs and the stop webs are arranged in side walls of the insulating housing in order to limit the opening spreading movement of the clamping springs.
  • the stop webs ensure that a deflection movement of the clamping springs that is necessary in relation to certain components of the connection terminal, in particular the contact frame, is prevented. For example, it may be necessary to laterally deflect the Limit clamping springs to prevent them from opening beyond the lateral limit of the contact base.
  • connection terminal 10 is given the reference number 10 as a whole.
  • connection terminals 10 are placed side by side on a printed circuit board 11 .
  • the insulating housing 14 has a collar 16 lying at the front in the direction of conductor insertion x, which surrounds a conductor insertion opening 17 and also overlaps the front contact foot 12 of the contact frame 13 .
  • the insulating material housing 14 has two side walls 18 that accommodate the contact frame 13 between them, a rear wall 19, which is arranged at the end of the insulating material housing 14 opposite the collar 16, and a top wall 20.
  • Each contact frame 13 has a contact base 23 , which forms a contact base 12 at its ends located at the front and rear in the conductor insertion direction x, which are used for the electrically conductive connection to contact fields 15 of the printed circuit board 11 .
  • the contact feet 12 are arranged in a common plane.
  • the the Contact feet 12 connecting bridge portion 24 of the contact base 23 is compared to the plane of the contact feet 12 upwards, ie pointing away from the printed circuit board 11, exhibited and thus arranged at a distance from the printed circuit board 11 .
  • the bridge section 24 of the contact frame 13 initially carries two contact side walls 25 which form a receiving space 26 between them which is open at the top, ie pointing away from the contact base 23 .
  • a clamping spring 27 arises from each contact side wall, the free ends of which are directed toward one another.
  • the ends of the clamping spring 27 can be prestressed against one another, merely rest against one another or also be spaced apart from one another with a small separating gap.
  • each clamping spring 27 On their edge pointing away from the contact base 23, the clamping springs 27 each carry a spreading extension 28.
  • the spreading extensions 28 serve to accommodate a spreading tool between them in order to spread the clamping springs away from one another while building up spring tension and thus inducing an opening movement which Clamping springs 27 formed terminal point 29 opens.
  • each clamping spring 27 serves as an abutment for its respective counterpart.
  • connection conductor 22 is pushed into the connection terminal 10 for electrical contact, the stripped conductor end being inserted into the terminal point 29 and being fixed there by the clamping springs 27 in an electrically contacting and mechanically retaining manner.
  • Insulating material housing 14 shown in various sectional views in its specific training.
  • the figures 5 and 6 show next to that insulating housing 14 and the contact frame 13.
  • figure 5 also shows the connection conductor 22.
  • the insulating housing 14 forms in its interior a conductor insertion channel 30 adjoining the conductor insertion opening 17 and the collar 16 surrounding it.
  • This conductor insertion channel is approximately tubular, i.e. it is surrounded on all sides by insulating material along its longitudinal axis and has a conductor exit opening 31 at the end remote from the conductor insertion opening 17.
  • the conductor insertion channel 30 tapers in the conductor insertion direction x in an approximately funnel shape and thus guides the stripped conductor end purposefully towards the clamping point 29 formed by the clamping springs 27 .
  • the conductor insertion channel 30 is located approximately in the area between the side walls 25 of the contact frame 13.
  • the conductor exit opening 31 is thus located approximately in the root area of the clamping springs 27 emerging from the side walls 25 in the conductor insertion direction x.
  • the clamping springs 27 are directed towards one another and therefore form an approximately wedge-shaped space between them (see Figures 2 to 4 ), can be realized in this area between the clamping springs 27 no channel-like guide surrounded on all sides.
  • the insulating material housing 14 forms a guide tongue 32 on the channel base side and on the top wall side following the conductor exit opening 31 . Both conductor tongues 32 have a contour that tapers conically in the conductor insertion direction.
  • the clamping springs 27 take over the horizontal guidance in the area of the guide tongues 32.
  • connection terminals without a conductor insertion channel 30 according to the invention parts of the contact frame 13 , generally at least the contact base 23 behind the conductor insertion opening 17 , are exposed.
  • a connection conductor 22 is pushed in, its stripped end strikes metallic parts of the contact frame 13 well before the terminal point is reached, and a preliminary contact is thus implemented.
  • This can lead to undesired faulty contacts when the connection conductor 22 is installed under voltage or when there is a residual charge from electronic components seated on the circuit board.
  • pre-contacting suggests reliable electrical contacting when the connecting conductor 22 is installed while a test voltage is applied, which is not present because the stripped connecting conductor end is not seated in the terminal point.
  • the figures 5 and 6 also show that the guide tongues 32 also prevent such pre-contacting.
  • the figures 5 and 6 also show that the expanding extensions 28 of the clamping springs 27 are arranged in the region of the opening 21 in the top wall 20 of the insulating material housing 14 .
  • the opening 21 of the insulating housing 14 serves to make the expansion extensions 28 and the clamping point 27 accessible for an expansion tool. This spreading tool can open the terminal point either for resistance-free assembly of the connecting conductor 22 or for disassembly of the connecting conductor.
  • the side walls 18 of the insulating material housing 14 each have at least one stop web 33 on their inner surfaces, which is arranged in the region of the clamping springs 27 of the contact frame 13 .
  • the stop web 33 serves to limit the deflection or opening movement of each clamping spring 27 in the direction of the respective side wall 18 limit. In this way it can be ensured that when the clamping point is opened, the clamping springs 27, for example, cannot be opened further than the width of the contact base. This prevents the stripped end of the connecting conductor from getting into a gap between the contact base 23 and the clamping spring 27 and thus preventing the clamping point 29 from closing.
  • connection conductor 22 can be installed securely and avoiding a preliminary contact in a connection terminal 10 by means of an insulating material conductor insertion channel 30 which is formed by the insulating material housing 14 itself.
  • the invention also shows how both the guidance and the avoidance of a preliminary contact can be further improved by means of conductor tongues 31 arranged near and far from the contact ground.
  • the invention advantageously limits the deflection path of the clamping springs 27 in order to ensure functional reliability of the clamping point 29 of the connection terminal 10 .

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