EP4498528B1 - Borne monobloc à ressort pour au moins un conducteur électrique - Google Patents

Borne monobloc à ressort pour au moins un conducteur électrique Download PDF

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EP4498528B1
EP4498528B1 EP23188465.1A EP23188465A EP4498528B1 EP 4498528 B1 EP4498528 B1 EP 4498528B1 EP 23188465 A EP23188465 A EP 23188465A EP 4498528 B1 EP4498528 B1 EP 4498528B1
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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
    • H01R4/4811—Spring details
    • H01R4/4814—Self-latching arrangements
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • 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
    • 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
    • H01R4/4823—Multiblade 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

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  • the present invention relates to a one-piece spring-loaded terminal for at least one electrical conductor, comprising at least one connection module, wherein the respective connection module comprises a clamping unit and a triggering unit, wherein the respective clamping unit has a clamping section for contacting and clamping an electrical conductor, as well as a clamping spring section in order to urge the clamping section into an end position with a spring force in a triggered state of the respective connection module, wherein the respective clamping unit further has an actuating surface section, wherein by pressing on the actuating surface section against the spring force of the clamping spring section, the connection module can be brought from the triggered state into a pre-tensioned state, wherein in the pre-tensioned state, the clamping section is held in position by a holding tongue of the respective triggering unit, which is in a holding position, wherein the respective triggering unit further comprises a triggering surface section and a triggering spring section, wherein by pressing on the triggering surface section against a spring force of the triggering spring section
  • Spring-loaded terminals are widely used in control cabinet construction and allow for fast, screwless wiring.
  • spring-in in which a spring must be pressed, particularly using a tool (slotted screwdriver or similar), to insert a conductor into a connection point.
  • a tool slotd screwdriver or similar
  • more advanced versions have been used that are equipped with some form of trigger mechanism. This allows the spring-loaded terminal to be pre-tensioned or "pulled open” using a screwdriver.
  • the principle of operation is similar to a mousetrap or other trigger mechanisms. This can further simplify and accelerate wiring in control cabinet construction. Furthermore, this type (like "push-in”) offers the potential for easier integration into an automated wiring process, as no rotating tools are required, only linearly moving pre-tensioning devices. Furthermore, with a reliable and robust trigger system, products containing such terminals can be delivered pre-tensioned or "pulled on,” thus reducing assembly effort for the user. To release a clamped A tool is required to tighten the ladder, or in systems with an integrated clamping element, this must be activated.
  • a disadvantage of the known spring-loaded terminals with a trigger mechanism is that false triggering can occur if the conductor does not exactly touch the intended trigger element when inserted, but instead, for example, touches another, particularly protruding, element of the trigger mechanism beforehand.
  • a further disadvantage of known spring-loaded terminals is that the actual clamping of the conductor is often not carried out with sufficient mechanical precision and stability and the clamped conductor has an imperfect arrangement and/or an undesirably large amount of freedom of movement.
  • a further problem with prior art spring-loaded terminal blocks with trigger or release mechanisms is that there is usually only one connection point per connection, which is sufficient, in particular, when used in terminal blocks.
  • Other applications require multiple connection points per connection so that multiple conductors can be clamped per connection - i.e. with one and the same spring-loaded terminal.
  • the clamped conductors are then electrically connected to one another via the spring-loaded terminal and/or a housing and/or an additional, electrically conductive element against which the clamped conductors are pressed.
  • One such application is in cam or control switches, for example, where there are two connection points per connection.
  • Another application example is distribution blocks with more than two connection points, e.g. with 8 connection points for clamping 8 electrical conductors.
  • the WO 2021/105280 A1 shows a spring-loaded terminal designed as a direct plug-in terminal with protruding holding means for connecting a conductor.
  • the spring-loaded terminal should prevent false triggering.
  • the spring-loaded terminal should enable clamping with a well-defined arrangement and/or with high mechanical stability or the smallest possible range of movement of the respective conductor.
  • the spring-loaded terminal should enable the clamping of multiple conductors per connection.
  • a one-piece spring-loaded terminal for at least one electrical conductor comprising at least one connection module
  • the respective connection module comprises a clamping unit and a triggering unit
  • the respective clamping unit has a clamping section for contacting and clamping an electrical conductor and a clamping spring section in order to, in a triggered state of the respective connection module to urge the clamping section into an end position with a spring force
  • the respective clamping unit further comprises an actuating surface section, wherein by pressing on the actuating surface section against the spring force of the clamping spring section, the connection module can be brought from the triggered state into a pre-tensioned state, wherein in In the pre-tensioned state, the clamping section is held in position by a holding tongue of the respective triggering unit, which holding tongue is in a holding position, the respective triggering unit further comprising a triggering surface section and a triggering spring section, the holding tongue being able to be brought from the holding position into a
  • Contacting or “contacting” here and below generally refers to mechanical contact. This may be accompanied by electrical contact, which will be noted separately.
  • the at least one electrical conductor for which the one-piece spring clamp terminal is suitable can be one or more stranded conductors and/or one or more single-core conductors.
  • connection module is used to connect a conductor and provides a connection point for the respective conductor as mentioned above.
  • the spring-loaded terminal is arranged at least partially, in particular at least with its at least one connection module, in a corresponding housing in the broadest sense.
  • the clamping of the respective conductor with the respective clamping section can take place in conjunction with the housing, whereby the housing forms a counter bearing or part of a counter bearing.
  • the end position When pushing the clamping section of the respective connection module into the corresponding end position, the end position is not to be understood as a fixed or always constant value, but rather such that the conductor is clamped with a certain force.
  • This force can depend, for example, on the geometry of the conductor and thus on how far the clamping section is deflected against the spring force of the clamping spring section compared to a "free" end position without conductor and housing.
  • pushing into the end position is to be understood as “toward an end position” if the end position cannot be assumed, for example, because a housing and/or a conductor are blocking the assumption of the end position.
  • the respective clamping section can press against the respective conductor in the triggered state, especially when the conductor is inserted into the said housing.
  • An actuating element may be provided for pressing on the actuating surface portion, which may be a separate tool (for example, any screwdriver) or an element of a system comprising the spring-loaded terminal, for example, a movable pin or lever.
  • the respective clamping section In the pre-tensioned state, the respective clamping section is held in position by the respective retaining tongue against the spring force of the respective clamping spring section.
  • the pressing on the respective triggering surface section is carried out by means of the respective conductor to be clamped, especially when this is inserted into the housing.
  • the spring force of the triggering spring section which must be overcome in order to insert the retaining tongue into the To transfer the clamping element to the release position, it must be designed to be correspondingly small. This transfers the respective connection module into the released state if it was initially in the pre-tensioned state, since the associated clamping section is no longer held by the associated retaining tongue and is forced into the end position due to the spring force of the associated clamping spring section.
  • the retaining tab of the tripping unit of the respective connection module By countersunk the retaining tab of the tripping unit of the respective connection module into the respective recess in the pre-tensioned state, it is ensured that the retaining tab protrudes only slightly or not at all.
  • the retaining tab forms a substantially flush surface with the clamping section in the pre-tensioned state. This means that the retaining tab does not pose any obstacle to the conductor being inserted, thus reliably preventing false triggering before the conductor touches the triggering surface section.
  • the shapes of the retaining tongue and the recess are clearly coordinated in such a way that problem-free pre-tensioning is ensured and the clamping section can slide along the retaining tongue, whereby the clamping section pushes the retaining tongue away against the spring force of the release spring section until the retaining tongue snaps back into the holding position.
  • the respective recess can be created by pressing, particularly embossing, the respective clamping section.
  • other manufacturing methods are also conceivable, such as the integral joining of several individual parts to form a clamping section with a recess or to form a one-piece spring-loaded clamp with the aforementioned clamping section.
  • centering embossing refers to an embossing or depression whose shape is designed to also center the conductor to be clamped during clamping.
  • the one-piece spring-loaded terminal is typically made of a resilient or spring-hard material, preferably metal, particularly preferably steel or a spring-hard steel alloy (also referred to as spring steel) or a copper alloy such as spring-hard bronze, to ensure reliable clamping of the conductor, with the conductor being mechanically contacted.
  • metal particularly preferably steel or a spring-hard steel alloy (also referred to as spring steel) or a copper alloy such as spring-hard bronze
  • the desired spring forces of the clamping spring section and the release spring section can be adjusted by appropriate shaping or bending and/or thermal treatment.
  • the one-piece spring-loaded terminal does not have to be electrically conductive.
  • electrical conductivity can be present, for example, if the spring-loaded terminal is made of one of the materials mentioned above.
  • the clamping section can (also) electrically contact the conductor.
  • a separate electrically conductive element a so-called contact piece, is provided for electrically contacting the clamped conductor. This element is arranged at least in sections in the aforementioned housing and can form the aforementioned counter-bearing, at least in sections.
  • the spring-loaded terminal is usually used in a housing.
  • the invention also provides a system with a one-piece spring-loaded terminal according to the invention and at least one clamping chamber body, wherein each connection module of the one-piece spring-loaded terminal is located in a respective associated clamping chamber unit of the at least one clamping chamber body is arranged and wherein the respective clamping chamber unit has an insertion opening through which the respective electrical conductor can be inserted into the respective clamping chamber unit in such a way that it presses against the triggering surface section of the triggering unit of the respective connection module in the prestressed state in order to transfer the respective connection module into the triggered state and to contact and clamp the respective electrical conductor with the clamping section of the respective connection module.
  • the at least one clamping chamber body with the at least one clamping chamber unit assumes the function of the housing described above. If multiple clamping chamber units are present, these can be formed by one or more clamping chamber bodies.
  • the at least one terminal chamber body can be a, in particular integral, component of an electrical installation device (i.e. an electrotechnical installation device), for example a switching device, in particular a control or cam switch, or a terminal.
  • an electrical installation device i.e. an electrotechnical installation device
  • a switching device in particular a control or cam switch, or a terminal.
  • connection module The prerequisite for triggering the connection module is that the respective connection module is in the pre-tensioned state when the respective electrical conductor is inserted into the clamping chamber unit assigned to the connection module.
  • the electrical conductor can press against the triggering surface section, thus triggering the connection module or transferring it to the triggered state.
  • clamping the respective electrical conductor with the respective clamping section serves to secure the clamping.
  • the clamping chamber unit forms at least part of a counter-bearing against which the clamping section presses the electrical conductor, possibly with the interposition of one or more additional components - in particular an (electrically conductive) contact piece intended for electrical contact with the conductor.
  • the retaining tongue of the trigger unit and the recess of the clamping unit of the respective connection module are designed such that, in the pre-tensioned state, the retaining tongue is hooked into the recess. This creates a barb effect that reliably prevents the connection module in the pre-tensioned state from releasing itself and being transferred from the pre-tensioned to the triggered state without actuating the trigger surface section or pressing against the trigger surface section. This improves the prevention of false triggering.
  • a particularly preferred embodiment of the one-piece spring-loaded terminal according to the invention provides that the recess has a holding surface and the holding tongue has an engagement surface.
  • the engagement surface contacts the holding surface and forms an angle of at most 30°, preferably at most 10°, with the latter.
  • said angle is substantially 0°, so that the engagement surface and the holding surface are substantially parallel to one another and, in particular, contact one another over a large area.
  • the recess of the clamping unit of the respective connection module has two boundary walls, between which the retaining tongue of the release unit of the respective connection module is arranged in the pre-tensioned state.
  • the boundary walls are opposite one another and serve, on the one hand, to lateral Shielding of the retaining tongue when the retaining tongue is recessed into the recess in the pre-tensioned state of the respective connection module. This means that the boundary walls further reduce the possibility of false triggering.
  • the boundary walls are designed to ensure that the conductor to be clamped is positioned between them, at least in sections, during clamping, depending on its lateral size or diameter. This means that the boundary walls limit any possible lateral movement of the conductor to be clamped or clamped. On the one hand, this increases mechanical stability and precision when clamping the respective conductor. On the other hand, it achieves a certain centering of the respective electrical conductor, thus perfecting the arrangement of the clamped conductor and ensuring, as far as possible, a desired arrangement of the clamped conductor.
  • the number of mechanical contact points or clamping points between the respective conductor and the respective clamping section can be increased by the respective electrical conductor not only touching - and being clamped with - a surface of the clamping section arranged between the boundary walls, in particular the aforementioned holding surface, but also touching at least one of the boundary walls.
  • the respective conductor usually has a round - not necessarily circular - cross-section, the respective resulting contact surfaces between the conductor and the clamping section are correspondingly relatively small or even almost point-like and are therefore referred to here and below as clamping points. Consequently, the mechanical stability between the clamped electrical conductor and the clamping section or the one-piece spring-loaded terminal is further improved.
  • a contact surface for the electrical conductor is arranged between the two boundary walls, connecting the two boundary walls to one another and pointing toward a free end of the clamping section.
  • the free end of the clamping section can be formed, at least in sections, by the surface of the clamping section arranged between the boundary walls, with which the respective conductor is clamped, in particular by the aforementioned holding surface.
  • the contact surface helps to center the respective electrical conductor during its insertion.
  • the conductor first touches the contact surface and slides along it so that it is positioned between the two boundary walls. If the conductor has sufficient strength or rigidity, it presses against the spring force of the clamping spring section and moves the clamping section towards its pre-tensioned state. While the conductor slides along the contact surface or clamping section until it slides off the free end of the clamping section, whereupon the conductor is clamped by the clamping section, which is pushed into its final position by the spring force of the clamping spring section.
  • the one-piece spring-loaded terminal can also be used in this way in the manner of a push-in variant mentioned above.
  • the contact surface for this purpose is not perpendicular to an upper side of the clamping section pointing away from the retaining tongue, but forms an acute angle with this upper side.
  • the contact surface is flat.
  • a curved design would also be conceivable, in particular a contact surface that is concavely curved relative to the free end of the clamping section, preferably with continuous and curved transitions to the holding surface and the boundary walls, in order to further improve the guidance and centering of the conductor during its insertion.
  • the actuating surface section of the clamping unit of the respective connection module is flat and adjoins the clamping section, with the actuating surface section and the clamping section forming an obtuse angle.
  • this geometry can facilitate reliable actuation or pressing of the actuating surface section, particularly by means of the actuating element.
  • this geometry promotes reliable triggering of the pre-tensioned connection module and thus reliable clamping of the respective electrical conductor when the actuating element continues to contact the actuating surface section in the pre-tensioned state or at least remains arranged in its immediate vicinity, so that the actuating element is in any case contacted and moved by the actuating surface section when the connection module is triggered or transferred to the triggered state.
  • This is because the direction of movement of the actuating element is at an angle to the actuating surface section that is closer to 90° or forms a smaller angle with the normal vector to the (flat) actuating surface section that is closer to 0°. This reduces the potential for the actuating element to become jammed during triggering because the actuating element is pushed more effectively away from the actuating surface section.
  • the said geometry can also effectively enlarge the resilient area without the clamping spring section itself having to be enlarged.
  • the actuating surface section of the clamping unit of the respective connection module is arranged between the clamping section and the clamping spring section, wherein the clamping spring section has a curved section and a directly adjacent flat section, and the curved section is arranged between the flat section and the actuating surface section.
  • the clamping spring section has a curved section and a directly adjacent flat section, and the curved section is arranged between the flat section and the actuating surface section.
  • the bent section ensures that the clamping spring section is sufficiently long so that it is deformed purely elastically. At the same time, the clamping spring section is kept short enough to generate a sufficiently high clamping force, especially to securely clamp or hold the conductor.
  • the bent section can be manufactured in a conventional manner.
  • a heat treatment after a bending process can be provided during production to ensure high elasticity even after the bending process.
  • the actuating surface section does not have to be directly adjacent to the bent section of the clamping spring section.
  • a tight bend can be arranged between the actuating surface section and the bent section of the clamping spring section, but this typically has little until nothing contributes to the elastic behavior of the clamping spring section.
  • the release spring section has a significantly lower spring force in order to enable reliable release even with weakly dimensioned conductors and/or stranded conductors or with conductors with relatively low rigidity.
  • a preferred embodiment of the one-piece spring-loaded terminal according to the invention provides that the release spring section of the release unit of the respective connection module is arranged between the release surface section and the clamping spring section and preferably has two flat band springs arranged parallel to one another.
  • the release spring section can thus be very lightly dimensioned, whereby, as already mentioned, only a relatively small spring force should or must be achieved.
  • the fact that no higher spring forces are required for the release spring section is also due to the fact that the spring force of the release spring section is hardly or not at all required to hold the retaining tongue in the recess.
  • connection modules and at least one connecting unit is provided, wherein two successive connection modules are connected to one another by a connecting unit which is arranged between the clamping units on the one hand and the triggering units of the two successive connection modules on the other hand.
  • connection unit results in a mechanical decoupling of the spring elements, in particular the clamping spring sections and release spring sections, of the consecutive connection modules. Accordingly, electrical conductors can be reliably clamped with the connection modules without the release and clamping behavior of one of the connection modules affecting the release and clamping behavior of another.
  • each connecting unit comprises a connecting web extending between the two consecutive connection modules connected to each other by the respective connecting unit.
  • the connecting web of the connecting unit allows a mechanically stable connection between the consecutive connection modules to be achieved.
  • the respective connecting unit can also be completely formed by the respective connecting web or consist of it.
  • the respective connecting unit can, of course, also comprise elements other than the respective connecting web or further elements.
  • the respective connecting unit can also overlap in sections with the two consecutive connection modules that it connects.
  • the at least one connecting unit comprises at least one centering hole, wherein preferably in the respective two consecutive connection modules that are connected to one another by the respective connecting unit, a centering hole is provided for each connection module, which is arranged between the clamping unit and the triggering unit of the respective connection module.
  • the at least one centering hole proves advantageous from a manufacturing point of view, as the one-piece spring-loaded terminal or its pre-product can be precisely positioned and held for further processing by at least one projection or similar engaging in the centering hole.
  • the pre-product can, for example, be a pre-bent or formed endless chain, from which only the one-piece spring-loaded terminals with the appropriate number of connection modules need to be separated.
  • the at least one centering hole can also be advantageous when using the one-piece spring-loaded terminal in the above-mentioned at least one clamping chamber body with the at least one clamping chamber unit, in that the one-piece spring-loaded terminal can be positioned and/or centered exactly in the at least one clamping chamber body with the at least one clamping chamber unit by means of one or more centering lugs that engage in the one or more centering holes.
  • the at least one connection module can be positioned or centered exactly in said clamping chamber unit in this way, ie with a projection or a centering lug in the associated at least one clamping chamber unit.
  • a preferred embodiment of the system according to the invention provides for a contact piece to be arranged in the respective clamping chamber unit, wherein a contact section of the contact piece is arranged opposite the clamping section of the clamping unit of the respective connection module when the respective connection module is in the prestressed state, in order to enable the respective electrical conductor to be arranged between the clamping section and the contact section when it is inserted into the respective clamping chamber unit, wherein one or more, preferably two, fixing lugs are provided on the contact section.
  • the contact piece with the contact section not only serves for electrical contact, but is also used when clamping the respective conductor, in that the conductor is pressed against the contact section by the clamping section.
  • the respective clamping chamber unit functions at least partially as a counterbearing, in that the contact piece or the contact section is supported in or on the clamping chamber unit.
  • the at least one fixing lug causes a locally increased contact pressure when the respective electrical conductor is pressed against the at least one fixing lug during clamping, thus achieving a particularly stable fixation of the conductor.
  • Multiple fixing lugs prove advantageous because they reliably prevent twisting of the clamped conductor transversely to its path in the area of the contact section, whereby Two fixing lugs prove to be a particularly economical solution for limiting or preventing movement of the clamped conductor as best as possible. With a single-core conductor and only one fixing lug, this typically results in two mechanical contact points or clamping points of the clamped conductor - a first clamping point between the clamping section and the conductor and a second clamping point between the fixing lug and the conductor.
  • clamping points define an axis around which the clamped conductor can be rotated back and forth to a certain extent.
  • this typically results in two further clamping points of the clamped conductor - a first further clamping point between the clamping section and the conductor and a second further clamping point between the second fixing lug and the conductor.
  • Another axis runs through these two further clamping points, which usually crosses or intersects the axis mentioned above, whereby overall, practically no rotation of the conductor is possible.
  • one (common) contact piece can be provided for several clamping chamber units.
  • several contact pieces are provided for several clamping chamber units, in particular one contact piece per clamping chamber unit.
  • the contact piece can be led out of the at least one clamping chamber unit or the at least one clamping chamber body at at least one point to enable an external electrical connection in a conventional manner. Particularly when several clamped electrical conductors are electrically connected to one another via a common contact piece, it is sufficient for the contact piece to be led out of one of the clamping chamber units.
  • the at least one contact piece is made of an electrically conductive material, preferably metal, particularly preferably made of copper or a copper alloy or a light metal such as aluminum or an aluminum alloy.
  • an externally actuated actuating plunger is provided for each clamping chamber unit in order to be able to press against the actuating surface section of the clamping unit of the respective connection module by displacing the actuating plunger parallel to a direction of displacement and thus to be able to bring the respective connection module from the triggered state into the prestressed state, wherein the direction of displacement and a normal vector to the actuating surface section enclose an angle of less than 40°, preferably less than 30°, at a point which can be contacted by the actuating plunger in the prestressed state of the respective connection module.
  • the actuating plunger enables particularly easy and convenient pre-tensioning for the user.
  • the aforementioned geometric design ensures that when the actuating plunger is triggered, the actuating surface section moves it as smoothly as possible, antiparallel to the direction of displacement. This prevents the actuating plunger from jamming, which in turn ensures reliable triggering—and subsequently clamping of the respective electrical conductor.
  • the invention provides a switching device, in particular a cam and/or control switch, comprising at least one system according to the invention.
  • the switching device can also comprise several one-piece spring-loaded terminals according to the invention.
  • Fig. 1 shows a first embodiment of a one-piece spring-loaded terminal 1 according to the invention for at least one electrical conductor 2 (cf. Fig. 10 ) in an axonometric view, wherein a connection module 3 is provided for each electrical conductor 2.
  • the one-piece spring-loaded terminal 1 has two connection modules 3 in the illustrated first embodiment and can accordingly be used to clamp two electrical conductors 2.
  • Each connection module 3 has a clamping unit 4 and a triggering unit 5, wherein each clamping unit 4 has a clamping section 6 for contacting and clamping the respective electrical conductor 2, cf. Fig. 4 . Furthermore, each clamping unit 4 has a clamping spring section 7 in order to urge the clamping section 6 into an end position with a spring force in a triggered state 9 of the respective connection module 3.
  • Fig. 3 and Fig. 4 each show the triggered state 9 of the connection modules 3 of the first embodiment of the one-piece spring-loaded terminal 1, wherein the clamping section 6 is free and also assumes the end position accordingly.
  • each clamping unit 4 has an actuating surface section 8, wherein by pressing on the actuating surface section 8 against the spring force of the clamping spring section 7, the respective connection module 3 can be brought from the triggered state 9 into a pre-tensioned state 10.
  • Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 each show the pre-tensioned state 10 of the connection modules 3 of the first embodiment of the one-piece spring-loaded terminal 1.
  • the clamping section 6 is held in position by a holding tongue 12 of the respective trigger unit 5 located in a holding position 15, cf. Fig. 2 .
  • the respective trigger unit 5 further comprises a trigger surface section 13 and a trigger spring section 14, cf. Fig. 4
  • the retaining tongue 12 can be moved from the holding position 15 to a release position 16 in order to transfer the connection module 3 from the pre-tensioned state 10 to the released state 9 by releasing the clamping section 6.
  • This pressing on the release surface section 13 in order to release the spring-loaded terminal 1 or to bring the respective connection module 3 into the released state 9 can in particular with the conductor 2 to be clamped, cf.
  • FIG. 10 in which a sectional view of a system according to the invention with a one-piece spring-loaded terminal 1 according to the invention in a clamping chamber unit 31 of a clamping chamber body 30 is shown, wherein the electrical conductor 2 is inserted into the clamping chamber unit 31 and just does not touch the trigger surface section 13, so that the connection module 3 is still in the pre-tensioned state 10.
  • the trigger unit 5 with the retaining tongue 12 in the release position 16 is indicated by dashed lines, wherein the trigger unit 5 and thus also the retaining tongue 12 are pressed downwards or bent relative to the rest of the connection module 3 compared to the case in which the retaining tongue 12 is in the holding position 15.
  • the dashed representation accordingly relates to a state of the connection module 3 immediately before the connection module 3 transitions from the pre-tensioned state 10 to the triggered state 9.
  • the clamping section 6 of the clamping unit 4 of the respective connection module 3 has a recess 17, which in the illustrated embodiments is designed as an embossing, in particular a centering embossing.
  • the retaining tongue 12 of the trigger unit 5 of the respective connection module 3 is recessed in this recess 17 in the pretensioned state 10.
  • each connection module 3 is arranged in an associated clamping chamber unit 31 of at least one clamping chamber body 30 is arranged and the respective clamping chamber unit 31 has an insertion opening 32 through which the respective electrical conductor 2 can be inserted into the respective clamping chamber unit 31 in such a way that it presses against the triggering surface section 13 of the triggering unit 5 of the respective connection module 3 which is in the prestressed state 10 in order to transfer the respective connection module 3 into the triggered state 9 and to contact and clamp the respective electrical conductor 2 with the clamping section 6 of the respective connection module 3.
  • the one-piece spring clamp 1 is made in the illustrated embodiments from a resilient or spring-hardened metal, in particular from steel or a spring-hardened steel alloy or a copper alloy such as spring-hardened bronze.
  • the metal construction facilitates the manufacture of the one-piece spring clamp 1.
  • the desired spring forces of the respective clamping spring section 7 on the one hand and of the respective release spring section 14 on the other hand can be adjusted by appropriate shaping or bending and/or thermal treatment.
  • the one-piece spring clamp 1 can be easily produced with any number of connection modules 3, for example by using a rolled endless chain 39, as shown by way of example in Fig. 5 shown, with the large arrow indicating the rolling direction. As shown in Fig. 5 As can be seen, the endless chain 39 already has the punchings necessary for the final shape as well as the embossed recesses 17.
  • the rolled endless chain 39 can then be finished by bending, ie the connecting modules 3 have their actual shape after the bending process, cf. Fig. 6 , which shows a finished endless chain 40, which corresponds to a sequence of interconnected connection modules 3.
  • a continuous separation or cutting off after the corresponding number of connection modules 3 is necessary, for example after each connection module 3 or after every second connection module 3 or after every third connection module 3 or after every fourth connection module 3 etc.
  • a connecting unit 27 is provided for connecting two consecutive connection modules 3.
  • This connecting unit 27 is arranged between the clamping units 4 and the triggering units 5 of the two consecutive connection modules 3, cf. e.g. Fig. 4 for the first embodiment shown and e.g. Fig. 7 for a second embodiment shown.
  • the aforementioned arrangement of the connecting unit 27 provides a mechanical decoupling of the resilient elements, in particular the clamping spring sections 7 and release spring sections 14, of the successive connection modules 3.
  • the connection modules 3 therefore do not influence each other in their release and clamping behavior.
  • each connecting unit 27 has a connecting web 28 which extends between the two successive connection modules 3 which are connected to one another by the respective connecting unit 27, cf. Fig. 7 .
  • the mentioned second embodiment of the one-piece spring-loaded terminal 1 differs from the first embodiment only in that the connecting unit 27 additionally has a centering hole 29 for each connection module 3. As can be seen in particular in Fig. 7 and Fig. 8 As can be seen, the respective centering hole 29 is arranged between the clamping unit 4 and the trigger unit 5 of the respective connection module 3. In the first In this embodiment, however, no centering holes are provided.
  • the centering holes 29 can also be advantageous when using the one-piece spring-loaded clamp 1 in the above-mentioned at least one clamping chamber body 30 with the at least one clamping chamber unit 31, in that the one-piece spring-loaded clamp 1 can be positioned and/or centered precisely in the at least one clamping chamber body 30 with the at least one clamping chamber unit 31 by means of one or more centering lugs (not shown) which engage in at least one of the centering holes 29.
  • the respective connection module 3 can be positioned or centered precisely in said clamping chamber unit 31 in this way, ie with a projection or a centering lug (not shown) in the associated clamping chamber unit 31.
  • the retaining tongue 12 of the trigger unit 5 and the recess 17 of the clamping unit 4 of the respective connection module 3 are designed such that in the pre-tensioned state 10, the retaining tongue 12 is hooked to the recess 17.
  • This achieves improved prevention of false triggering by creating a barb effect that reliably prevents the connection module 3 in the pre-tensioned state 10 from releasing itself and from being pulled out of the pre-tensioned state 10 into the released state 9.
  • the respective recess 17 has a holding surface 18, cf. Fig. 11
  • the retaining tongue 12 has an engagement surface 19, cf. Fig. 7 , wherein in the prestressed state 10 the engagement surface 19 contacts the holding surface 18 and encloses an angle of at most 30°, preferably at most 10°, with the latter.
  • the recess 17 of the clamping unit 4 of the respective connection module 3 has two boundary walls 20, between which the retaining tongue 12 of the triggering unit 5 of the respective connection module 3 is arranged in the prestressed state 10. Accordingly, the boundary walls 20 shield the retaining tongue 12 particularly well laterally and thus further reduce the possibility of false triggering.
  • the boundary walls 20 restrict any possible lateral movement of the conductor 2 to be clamped or clamped. On the one hand, this increases the mechanical stability and precision when clamping the respective conductor 2. On the other hand, a certain centering of the respective electrical conductor 2 is achieved, so that the arrangement of the clamped conductor 2 is perfected or a desired arrangement of the clamped conductor 2 is ensured as far as possible.
  • the number of clamping points 11 between the respective conductor 2 and the respective clamping section 6 can be increased by the respective electrical conductor 2 not only touching a surface of the clamping section 6 arranged between the boundary walls 20, in particular the aforementioned holding surface 18, and being clamped therewith, but also touching at least one of the boundary walls 20. Consequently, in particular, the mechanical connection between the clamped electrical conductor 2 and the clamping section 6 or the one-piece spring clamp 1, whereby in the illustrated embodiments, due to the electrically conductive material of the one-piece spring clamp 1, a certain electrical contact or connection between the conductor 2 and the clamping section 6 is also achieved. This is in Fig. 12, Fig.
  • the contact piece 33 is made of an (electrically conductive) metal, preferably copper or a copper alloy, although other metals or metal alloys, in particular light metals such as aluminum or aluminum alloys, are also conceivable as materials.
  • the contact piece 33 serves to electrically contact or connect the conductor 2 and is also used when clamping the respective conductor 2, in that the conductor 2 is pressed by the clamping section 6 against the contact section 34 of the contact piece 33.
  • the electrical conductor 2 is single-core and has a substantially circular cross-section.
  • the cross-sectional dimension or the diameter of the circular cross-section is so small that the electrical conductor 2, in its central arrangement between the boundary walls 20, does not touch them.
  • Fig. 13 there is a Fig. 12 An analogous case is present, but the electrical conductor 2 has a slightly larger diameter, so that the electrical conductor 2 touches both boundary walls 20. Accordingly, in addition to the clamping point 11 on the holding surface 18, two further clamping points 11 are formed between the electrical conductor 2 and the clamping section 6 on the boundary walls 20. Furthermore, in this case, too, a clamping point 11' is formed for electrical and mechanical contact between the electrical conductor 2 and the contact section 34 of the contact piece 33, which runs straight in the sectional view.
  • the electrical conductor 2 is multi-core with nineteen wires 41.
  • Three of these wires 41 each have a terminal point 11 with the holding surface 18.
  • Two further wires 41 each have a terminal point 11 with one of the boundary walls 20, so that a total of five terminal points 11 result between the conductor 2 and the clamping section 6.
  • five further wires 41 each have a terminal point 11' with the contact section 34 of the contact piece 33, which runs straight in the sectional view, so that a total of five terminal points 11' result for electrical and mechanical contact between the conductor 2 and the contact section 34.
  • a substantially flat contact surface 21 for the electrical conductor 2 is arranged between the two boundary walls 20, which contact surface connects the two boundary walls 20 to one another and points in the direction of a free end 22 of the clamping section 6, wherein the holding surface 18 forms part of the free end 22.
  • the contact surface 21 helps to center the respective electrical conductor 2 as it is inserted into the respective clamping chamber unit 31.
  • the conductor 2 first touches the contact surface 21 and slides along it so that it is arranged between the two boundary walls 20. If the conductor 2 has sufficient strength or rigidity for this purpose, it presses against the spring force of the clamping spring section 7 and moves the clamping section 6 in the direction of its pre-tensioned state 10, while the conductor 2 slides along the contact surface 21 or the clamping section 6 until it slides off the free end 22 of the clamping section 6, whereupon the clamping of the conductor 2 by the clamping section 6, which is urged into its end position by the spring force of the clamping spring section 7.
  • the one-piece spring-loaded terminal 1 can also be used in the manner of a push-in variant mentioned above.
  • the contact surface 21 is not perpendicular to an upper side 23 of the clamping section 6 facing away from the retaining tongue 12, but rather forms an acute angle with this upper side 23.
  • Fig. 4 and Fig. 8 As can be seen, in the illustrated embodiments of the one-piece spring-loaded terminal 1, the actuating surface section 8 of the clamping unit 4 of the respective connection module 3 is designed to be flat and adjoins the clamping section 6, wherein the actuating surface section 8 and the clamping section 6 form an obtuse angle. This facilitates the actuation or pressing of the actuating surface section 8 by means of an actuating element, which in the illustrated embodiments is designed as an actuating plunger 36, cf. Fig. 9 and Fig. 10 .
  • an actuating element which in the illustrated embodiments is designed as an actuating plunger 36, cf. Fig. 9 and Fig. 10 .
  • each clamping chamber unit 31 is provided with an externally actuated actuating plunger 36 in order to press against the actuating surface section 8 of the clamping unit 4 of the respective connection module 3 by displacing the actuating plunger 36 parallel to a displacement direction 37 and thus to be able to bring the respective connection module 3 from the triggered state 9 into the preloaded state 10.
  • the displacement direction 37 and a normal vector 38 to the actuating surface section 8 at a point which the actuating plunger 36 contacts or can contact in the preloaded state 10 of the respective connection module 3 enclose an angle ⁇ of less than 40°, preferably less than 30°, cf. Fig. 10 .
  • This geometric design ensures that, when triggered, the actuating plunger 36 is moved by the actuating surface section 8 as smoothly as possible in an antiparallel direction to the displacement direction 37. Jamming of the actuating plunger 36 can thus be avoided, which in turn ensures reliable triggering—and subsequently clamping—of the respective electrical conductor 2.
  • Fig. 4 combined with Fig. 7
  • the actuating surface section 8 of the clamping unit 4 of the respective connection module 3 is arranged between the clamping section 6 and the clamping spring section 7, wherein the clamping spring section 7 has a bent section 24 and a directly adjoining flat section 25, and the bent section 24 is arranged between the flat section 25 and the actuating surface section 8.
  • the bent section 24 ensures a sufficient length of the clamping spring section 7, so that it can be is elastically deformed.
  • the clamping spring section 7 is kept short enough to generate a sufficiently high clamping force, in particular to be able to securely clamp or hold the conductor 2.
  • Fig. 4 combined with Fig. 8
  • the trigger spring section 14 of the trigger unit 5 of the respective connection module 3 is arranged between the trigger surface section 13 and the clamping spring section 7 and has two flat band springs 26 arranged parallel to one another.
  • the trigger spring section 14 is thus very lightly dimensioned, whereby only a relatively small spring force is to be achieved, in particular because, due to the barb effect described above, practically no spring force is required to hold the retaining tongue 12 in the recess 17.
  • a contact piece 33 is provided in each clamping chamber unit 31 in order to reliably electrically contact the respective clamped electrical conductor 2 and to establish an electrical connection with the clamped electrical conductor 2.
  • the contact section 34 of the contact piece 33 is arranged opposite the clamping section 6 of the clamping unit 4 of the respective connection module 3 when the respective connection module 3 is in the pre-tensioned state 10 to enable the respective electrical conductor 2 to be arranged between the clamping section 6 and the contact section 34 when it is inserted into the respective clamping chamber unit 31, see in particular Fig. 10 .
  • two fixing lugs 35 are provided on the contact section 34, cf. Fig. 9 .
  • the contact piece 33 with the contact section 34 not only serves for electrical contact, but is also used when clamping the respective conductor 2, in that the conductor 2 is pressed by the clamping section 6 against the contact section 34.
  • the respective clamping chamber unit 31 functions at least partially as a counterbearing, in that the contact piece 33 or the contact section 34 is supported in or on the clamping chamber unit 31.
  • the two fixing lugs 35 each cause a locally increased contact pressure when the respective electrical conductor 2 is pressed against the fixing lug 35 during clamping, thus achieving a particularly stable fixation of the conductor 2. Furthermore, twisting of the conductor 2 transversely to its path in the region of the contact section 34 is reliably prevented.
  • a single (common) contact piece 33 is provided for all clamping chamber units 31, which is led out of one of the clamping chamber units 31 or out of the clamping chamber body 30 at only one point (in Fig. 9 and Fig. 10 bottom left) to enable an electrical connection from the outside in a conventional manner.
  • the system shown may be part of a switching device (not shown), in particular a cam and/or control switch.

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  1. Borne à ressort (1) d'une pièce pour au moins un conducteur électrique (2), comprenant au moins un module de connexion (3), dans laquelle module de connexion respectif (3) comprend une unité de serrage (4) et une unité de déclenchement (5), la unité de serrage respective (4) comprenant une section de serrage (6) pour la mise en contact et le serrage d'un conducteur électrique (2) et une section de ressort de serrage (7) pour pousser la section de serrage (6) dans une position finale sous une force de ressort dans un état déclenché (9) du module de connexion (3) correspondant, dans laquelle unité de serrage respective (4) comporte en outre une section de surface d'actionnement (8), le module de connexion (3) pouvant être amené de l'état déclenché (9) à un état précontraint (10) par une pression sur la section de surface d'actionnement (8) contre la force de ressort de la section de ressort de serrage (7), la section de serrage (6) étant retenue en position dans l'état précontraint (10) par une languette de maintien (12) de l'unité de déclenchement (5) correspondante qui se trouve dans une position de maintien (15), la unité de déclenchement respective (5) comprend en outre une section de surface de déclenchement (13) ainsi qu'une section de ressort de déclenchement (14), la languette de maintien (12) pouvant être amenée de la position de maintien (15) à une position de libération (16) par un appui sur la section de surface de déclenchement (13) contre une force de ressort de la section de ressort de déclenchement (14) pour faire passer le module de connexion (3) de l'état précontraint (10) à l'état déclenché (9) en libérant la section de serrage (6), caractérisée en ce que la section de serrage (6) de l'unité de serrage (4) du module de connexion respectif (3) comporte un creux (17), de préférence sous la forme d'une empreinte de centrage, dans lequel la languette de maintien (12) de l'unité de déclenchement (5) du module de connexion (3) en question est enfoncée dans l'état précontraint (10).
  2. Borne à ressort (1) d'une pièce selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que la languette de maintien (12) de l'unité de déclenchement (5) et le creux (17) de l'unité de serrage (4) du module de connexion respectif (3) sont conçus de telle façon que la languette de maintien (12) s'accroche dans le creux (17) dans l'état précontraint (10).
  3. Borne à ressort (1) d'une pièce selon la revendication 2, caractérisée en ce que le creux (17) comporte une surface de maintien (18) et la languette de maintien (12) une surface de prise (19), laquelle surface de prise (19) vient en contact avec la surface de maintien (18) dans l'état précontraint (10) et forme avec celle-ci un angle de 30° au maximum, de préférence de 10° au maximum.
  4. Borne à ressort (1) d'une pièce selon l'une des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisée en ce que le creux (17) de l'unité de serrage (4) du module de connexion respectif (3) comporte deux parois de délimitation (20) entre lesquelles la languette de maintien (12) de l'unité de déclenchement (5) du module de connexion (3) en question est disposée dans l'état précontraint (10).
  5. Borne à ressort (1) d'une pièce selon la revendication 4, caractérisée en ce qu'est disposée entre les deux parois de délimitation (20) une surface d'approche (21) pour le conducteur électrique (2), qui relie les deux parois de délimitation (20) l'une à l'autre et qui est orientée en direction d'une extrémité libre (22) de la section de serrage (6).
  6. Borne à ressort (1) d'une pièce selon l'une des revendications 1 à 5, caractérisée en ce que la section de surface d'actionnement (8) de l'unité de serrage (4) du module de connexion respectif (3) est plane et se raccorde à la section de serrage (6), la section de surface d'actionnement (8) et la section de serrage (6) formant un angle obtus.
  7. Borne à ressort (1) d'une pièce selon l'une des revendications 1 à 6, caractérisée en ce que la section de surface d'actionnement (8) de l'unité de serrage (4) du module de connexion respectif (3) est disposée entre la section de serrage (6) et la section de ressort de serrage (7), la section de ressort de serrage (7) comportant une section pliée (24) et une section plane (25) qui lui fait directement suite et la section pliée (24) étant disposée entre la section plane (25) et la section de surface d'actionnement (8).
  8. Borne à ressort (1) d'une pièce selon l'une des revendications 1 à 7, caractérisée en ce que la section de ressort de déclenchement (14) de l'unité de déclenchement (5) du module de connexion respectif (3) est disposée entre la section de surface de déclenchement (13) et la section de ressort de serrage (7) et comporte de préférence deux ressorts en feuillard plat (26) disposés parallèlement l'un à l'autre.
  9. Borne à ressort (1) d'une pièce selon l'une des revendications 1 à 8, caractérisée en ce que plusieurs modules de connexion (3), de préférence deux, et au moins une unité de liaison (27) sont prévus, deux modules de connexion (3) successifs étant raccordés respectivement l'un à l'autre par une unité de liaison (27) qui est disposée entre les unités de serrage (4), d'une part, et les unités de déclenchement (5), d'autre part, des deux modules de connexion (3) successifs.
  10. Borne à ressort (1) d'une pièce selon la revendication 9, caractérisée en ce que chaque unité de liaison (27) comprend une barrette de liaison (28) qui s'étend entre les deux modules de connexion (3) successifs reliés l'un à l'autre par l'unité de liaison (27) en question.
  11. Borne à ressort (1) d'une pièce selon l'une des revendications 9 à 10, caractérisée en ce que l'au moins une unité de liaison (27) comprend au moins un trou de centrage (29), un trou de centrage (29) disposé entre l'unité de serrage (4) et l'unité de déclenchement (5) du module de connexion respectif (3) étant de préférence prévu par module de connexion (3) pour les deux modules de connexion (3) respectifs reliés entre eux par l'unité de liaison (27) en question.
  12. Système muni d'une borne à ressort (1) d'une pièce selon l'une des revendications 1 à 11 et d'au moins un bloc de chambres de serrage (30), dans lequel chaque module de connexion (3) de la borne à ressort (1) d'une pièce est disposé dans une unité de chambre de serrage (31) correspondante de l'au moins un bloc de chambres de serrage (30) et dans lequel unité de chambre de serrage respectif (31) comporte une ouverture d'insertion (32) à travers laquelle conducteur électrique respectif (2) peut être introduit dans l'unité de chambre de serrage (31) correspondante de telle façon qu'il pousse contre la section de surface de déclenchement (13) de l'unité de déclenchement (5) du module de connexion (3) correspondant qui se trouve dans l'état précontraint (10), afin de faire passer le module de connexion (3) en question dans l'état déclenché (9) et de mettre le conducteur électrique (2) correspondant en contact avec la section de serrage (6) du module de connexion respectif (3) et de le serrer.
  13. Système selon la revendication 12, caractérisé en ce qu'un élément de contact (33) est disposé dans la unité de chambre de serrage respective (31), une section de contact (34) de l'élément de contact (33) étant disposée vis-à-vis de la section de serrage (6) de l'unité de serrage (4) du module de connexion respectif (3) quand le module de connexion (3) en question se trouve dans l'état précontraint (10), afin de permettre la disposition du conducteur électrique (2) correspondant, lors de l'introduction de celui-ci dans l'unité de chambre de serrage (31) correspondante, entre la section de serrage (6) et la section de contact (34), un ou plusieurs pattes de fixation (35), de préférence deux, étant prévus sur la section de contact (34).
  14. Système selon l'une des revendications 12 à 13, caractérisé en ce qu'un poussoir d'actionnement (36) pouvant être actionné de l'extérieur est prévu au niveau de chaque unité de chambre de serrage (31) pour pouvoir, par la translation du poussoir d'actionnement (36) parallèlement à une direction de translation (37), pousser contre la section de surface d'actionnement (8) de l'unité de serrage (4) du module de connexion (3) en question et amener ainsi le module de connexion (3) en question de l'état déclenché (9) à l'état précontraint (10), la direction de translation (37) et un vecteur (38) perpendiculaire à la section de surface d'actionnement (8) formant, en un point avec lequel le poussoir d'actionnement (36) peut venir en contact dans l'état précontraint (10) du module de connexion (3) en question, un angle (α) de moins de 40°, de préférence de moins de 30°.
  15. Appareillage de commutation, en particulier commutateur à cames et/ou de commande, comprenant au moins un système selon l'une des revendications 12 à 14.
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