FR2522202A1 - Auto-centring screw clamp for cable termination - has ridged V-groove bosses which grip cables of large or small dia without cutting or pinching them at edge of jaws - Google Patents

Auto-centring screw clamp for cable termination - has ridged V-groove bosses which grip cables of large or small dia without cutting or pinching them at edge of jaws Download PDF

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FR2522202A1
FR2522202A1 FR8202909A FR8202909A FR2522202A1 FR 2522202 A1 FR2522202 A1 FR 2522202A1 FR 8202909 A FR8202909 A FR 8202909A FR 8202909 A FR8202909 A FR 8202909A FR 2522202 A1 FR2522202 A1 FR 2522202A1
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    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01RELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R4/00Electrically-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
    • H01R4/28Clamped connections, spring connections
    • H01R4/30Clamped connections, spring connections utilising a screw or nut clamping member
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The cable termination comprises a folded-metal frame (18) having a threaded hole at the top to take a central bolt (20). A V-grooved plate (12) at the bottom of the frame has a central gully which automatically centres the bared cable. The upper plate (22) has a flat surface (26) with an indented groove (28) which is complementary to that in the lower plate. The bolt is screwed down onto the upper plate which pushes the wire into the bottom of the groove. The end of the wire is held fast between the V-groove ridges. The clamping plates and metal frame are made in a stamping process.

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BORNE DE CONNEXION A AUTOCENTRAGE DES CONDUCTEURS SERRES.SELF-CENTERING CONNECTION TERMINAL FOR GREEN CONDUCTORS.

L'invention est relative à une borne de connexion électrique ayant une cage recevant l'extrémité d'un conducteur à raccorder et une vis de serrage susceptible de serrer le conducteur entre deux surfaces de serrage dont l'une est constituée par le fond de la cage.The invention relates to an electrical connection terminal having a cage receiving the end of a conductor to be connected and a clamping screw capable of clamping the conductor between two clamping surfaces, one of which is formed by the bottom of the cage.

Les bornes à cage du genre mentionné sont notamment utilisées au raccordement de câbles aux plages d'un appareil électrique et les sections généralement circulaires des câbles peuvent être très différentes, notamment très inférieures à la largeur de la cage.Cage terminals of the kind mentioned are used in particular for connecting cables to the pads of an electrical appliance and the generally circular sections of the cables can be very different, in particular much less than the width of the cage.

Les conducteurs de faible section risquent de se placer sur le bord de la cage et le serrage de la vis provoque un pivotement de la surface de serrage mobile. Généralement la surface de serrage mobile est constituée par la plage de raccordement d'un appareil électrique et c'est la cage de la borne qui pivote en se mettant de travers. I1 est donc indispensable de prévoir un écartement suffisant des bornes et un montage avec jeu des bornes sur le bol- tier de l'appareil. Si le jeu est insuffisant la borne exerce sur le bottier des contraintes pouvant provoquer une rupture de la matière moulée et une détérioration de l'appareil.Conductors with a small cross-section risk being placed on the edge of the cage and tightening the screw causes the mobile clamping surface to pivot. Generally the movable clamping surface is formed by the connection area of an electrical appliance and it is the terminal cage which pivots while being placed at an angle. It is therefore essential to provide a sufficient spacing of the terminals and a mounting with clearance of the terminals on the housing of the device. If the clearance is insufficient, the terminal exerts stresses on the shoemaker which can cause the molded material to rupture and the device to deteriorate.

Pour remédier à cet inconvénient il a déjà été proposé de conformer le fond de la cage en V, de manière que le cond ducteur vienne se loger dans le fond du V au centre de la cage. Cette solution est valable pour des câbles de section importante, mais la présence du V empêche le rapprochement à faible écartement des deux surfaces de serrage et la borne est inutilisable pour le raccordement de conducteurs de faible section. I1 serait concevable d'utiliser une surface de serrage mobile de forme conjuguée en V s'enboitant sur le fond en V de la cage, mais le serrage du câble entre deux surfaces en V risque de détériorer et de sectionner l'extrémité cu câble.To remedy this drawback, it has already been proposed to conform the bottom of the V-shaped cage, so that the conductor comes to lodge in the bottom of the V in the center of the cage. This solution is valid for cables with a large cross-section, but the presence of the V prevents the two clamping surfaces from coming close together and the terminal is unusable for connecting conductors with a small cross-section. I1 would be conceivable to use a movable clamping surface of V-shaped conjugate fitting on the V-bottom of the cage, but the clamping of the cable between two V-shaped surfaces risks deteriorating and cutting the cable end.

La présente invention a pour but de remédier à ces inconvénients et de permettre la réalisation d'une borne à cage susceptible de serrer entre des surfaces planes l'extrémité de conducteurs de sections très différentes, ces conducteurs étant autocentrés quel que soit leur diamètre.The object of the present invention is to remedy these drawbacks and to allow the production of a cage terminal capable of clamping between plane surfaces the ends of conductors of very different sections, these conductors being self-centered whatever their diameter.

La borne selon l'invention est caractérisée en es que lesdites surfaces de serrage sensiblement planes présentent l'une un bossage en V et l'autre un évidement conjugué s'étendant dans un plan perpendiculaire au conducteur sur une fraction de la longueur d'appui du conducteur pour exercer un effet de centrage sur le conducteur.The terminal according to the invention is characterized in that said substantially planar clamping surfaces one has a V-shaped boss and the other a conjugate recess extending in a plane perpendicular to the conductor over a fraction of the support length conductor to have a centering effect on the conductor.

Le bossage en V est avantageusement conforme sur le fond de la cage par estampage lors de la fabrication de la cage.The V-shaped boss is advantageously conformed to the bottom of the cage by stamping during the manufacture of the cage.

Dans le cas d'une cage réalisée par pliage d'un flan l'opération d'estampage s'effectue simultanément au pliage du flan et ne nécessite aucune installation spéciale. La présence du bossage et de l'évidement conjugué provoque bien entendu une déformation du tronçon de câble serré entre le bossage et l'évidement mais la longueur de ce tron çon est relativement faible et le serrage entre les surfaces planes est conservé sur la majeure partie de la longueur du câble inséré dans la borne à cage. lout risque de cisaillement ou de détérioration du câble est ainsi évité.In the case of a cage produced by folding a blank, the stamping operation is carried out simultaneously with the folding of the blank and does not require any special installation. The presence of the boss and the conjugate recess of course causes a deformation of the section of cable tight between the boss and the recess but the length of this section is relatively small and the clamping between the flat surfaces is retained for the most part. the length of the cable inserted in the cage terminal. This avoids the risk of shearing or damaging the cable.

G'autres avantages et caractéristiques de l'invention ressortiront plus clairement de la description qui va suivre d'un mode de mise en oeuvre donné à titre d'exemple non limitatif et représenté au dessin annexé, dans lequel la figure 1 est une vue schématique de la borne selon l'invention en position de serrage d'un cabale de forte section; la figure 2 est une vue identique à celle de la figure 1, montrent le serrage d'un câble de faible section; la figure 3 est une coupe suivant la ligne III-III de la figure 1.Other advantages and characteristics of the invention will emerge more clearly from the description which follows of an embodiment given by way of nonlimiting example and represented in the appended drawing, in which FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the terminal according to the invention in the clamping position of a cabal of large section; Figure 2 is a view identical to that of Figure 1, show the tightening of a small section cable; Figure 3 is a section along line III-III of Figure 1.

Sur les figures, une borne de connexion comprend essentiellement une cage 10 de section sensiblement rectangulaire, par exemple constituée par le pliage d'un flan métallique. La cage 10 comprend un fond 12, deux ailes latérales 14, 16 et une face supérieure 18 présentant un orifice central fileté dans lequel est vissée une vis de serrage 20 s'étendant dans l'axe de la cage 10. La borne est enfilée sur une plage de raccordement 22 d'un appareil électrique (non représenté), et le câble de connexion est inséré entre la plage 22 et le fond 12, qui constituent des surfaces de serrage sensiblement planes. La face opposée de la plage 22 coopère avec la vis de serrage 20 dont le vissage provoque un rapprochement des surfaces de serrage 12, 22 et un écrasement du câble 24. Il est inutile de décrire plus en détail une borne à cage de ce type qui est bien connuedes spécialistes.In the figures, a connection terminal essentially comprises a cage 10 of substantially rectangular section, for example constituted by the folding of a metal blank. The cage 10 comprises a bottom 12, two lateral wings 14, 16 and an upper face 18 having a threaded central orifice in which is screwed a clamping screw 20 extending in the axis of the cage 10. The terminal is threaded on a connection pad 22 of an electrical appliance (not shown), and the connection cable is inserted between the pad 22 and the bottom 12, which constitute substantially planar clamping surfaces. The opposite face of the pad 22 cooperates with the clamping screw 20, the screwing of which causes the clamping surfaces 12, 22 to approach and the cable 24 to be crushed. It is unnecessary to describe in more detail a cage terminal of this type which is well known to specialists.

Selon la présente invention, le fond 12 de la cage 10 présente un bossage 26 en forme de V s'étendant dans le plan axial transversal de la cage 14 perpendiculairement au câble 24. En se référant plus particulièrement à la figure 3, on voit que le bossage 26 ne s'étend que sur une faible partie de la longueur du fond 12 et coopère avec un tronçon de faible longueur du câble 24. La plage 22 présente en regard du bossage en V 26 un évidement 28 en V conjugué de manière à permettre un embottement du bossage 26 dans l'évidement 28 lors d'un rapprochement des surfaces de serrage 22, 12. Le bossage 26 maintient le câble 24 au centre de laV cage 10, et le serrage de la vis 20 provoque un autocentrage du câble 24 quelle que soit la section de ce dernier.Il convient de noter que le bossage 26 et J 'évidement conjugué 28 sont encadrés par des surfaces de serrage planes de la plage 22 et du fond 12 enserrant le câble 24 sur la plus gronde partie de sa longueur. According to the present invention, the bottom 12 of the cage 10 has a V-shaped boss 26 extending in the transverse axial plane of the cage 14 perpendicular to the cable 24. With particular reference to FIG. 3, it can be seen that the boss 26 extends only over a small part of the length of the bottom 12 and cooperates with a short section of the cable 24. The track 22 has, opposite the V-shaped boss 26, a recess 28 in V conjugated so as to allow the boss 26 to embed in the recess 28 when the clamping surfaces 22, 12 are brought together. The boss 26 keeps the cable 24 in the center of the cage 10, and the tightening of the screw 20 causes the cable to self-center. 24 whatever the cross-section of the latter. It should be noted that the boss 26 and the conjugate recess 28 are framed by flat clamping surfaces of the area 22 and of the bottom 12 enclosing the cable 24 on the most thundering part of its length.

I1 est clair que le bossage peut être ménagé sur la surface de serrage de la plage 22 et dans ce cas l'évidement conjugué est prévu sur le fond 12 de la cage 10. L'effet de centrage est intégralement conservé ainsi que le serrage de la majeure partie de la longueur du câble 24 entre des surfaces planes. La plage 22 peut bien entendu etre remplacée par une plaquette de répartition de pression sur laquelle agit la vis de serrage 20. Les surfaces en V en saillie ou en évidement peuvent bien entendu présenter des arrondis pour éviter tout cisaillement du câble dans la zone enserrée entre le bossage et l'évidement. It is clear that the boss can be provided on the clamping surface of the pad 22 and in this case the conjugate recess is provided on the bottom 12 of the cage 10. The centering effect is fully preserved as well as the clamping of most of the length of the cable 24 between planar surfaces. The area 22 can of course be replaced by a pressure distribution plate on which the clamping screw 20 acts. The V-shaped surfaces projecting or in the recess can of course be rounded to avoid any shearing of the cable in the area enclosed between the boss and the recess.

L'invention est bien entendu nullement limitée au mode de mise en oeuvre plus particulièrement décrit et représenté au dessin annexé, mais elle s'étend bien au contraire à toute variante restant dans le cadre des équivalenes, notamment à des bornes d'un type différent dont la cage est une pièce monobloc ou présente une section différente. The invention is of course in no way limited to the mode of implementation more particularly described and represented in the appended drawing, but it extends, on the contrary, to any variant remaining within the framework of equivalents, in particular to terminals of a different type. whose cage is a single piece or has a different section.

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RevendicationsClaims 1. Borne de connexion électrique ayant une cage (10) recevant l'extrémité d'un conducteur (24) à raccorder et une vis de serrage (20) susceptible de serrer le conducteur (24) entre deux surfaces de serrage (12, 22) dont l'une (12) est constituée par le fond de la cage (10), caractérisée en ce que lesdites surfaces de serrage (12, 22) sensiblement planes présentent l'une (12) un bossage (26) en1. Electrical connection terminal having a cage (10) receiving the end of a conductor (24) to be connected and a clamping screw (20) capable of clamping the conductor (24) between two clamping surfaces (12, 22 ) one of which (12) consists of the bottom of the cage (10), characterized in that said substantially planar clamping surfaces (12, 22) have one (12) a boss (26) in V et l'autre (22) un évidement conjugué (28) s'étendant dans un plan perpendiculaire au conducteur (24) sur une fraction de la longueur d'appui du. conducteur pour exercer un effet de centrage sur le conducteur.V and the other (22) a conjugate recess (28) extending in a plane perpendicular to the conductor (24) over a fraction of the support length of the. conductor to have a centering effect on the conductor. 2. Borne selon la revendication 1, caractérisée par le fait que le bossage (26) en V est ménagé sur le fond (12) de la cage (10) et que l'évidement (28) conjugué est ménagé sur une surface de serrage (22) sollicitée par la vis de serrage (20) en direction du fond (12).2. Terminal according to claim 1, characterized in that the boss (26) in V is formed on the bottom (12) of the cage (10) and that the recess (28) conjugate is formed on a clamping surface (22) biased by the clamping screw (20) in the direction of the bottom (12). 3. Borne selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisée par le fait que la surface de serrage (22) coopérant avec la vis de serrage (20) constitue une plage de raccordement d'un appareil électrique.3. Terminal according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the clamping surface (22) cooperating with the clamping screw (20) constitutes a connection area of an electrical device. 4. Borne selon la revendication 1, 2 ou 3, caractérisée en ce que la cage (10) est formée par un flan plié dont la face supérieure (18) présente un orifice taraudé de passage de la vis de serrage (20.) et que le bossage (26) er- V ou l'évidement (28) ménagé sur le fond (12) est constitue par une partie estampée du fond de la cage (10).4. Terminal according to claim 1, 2 or 3, characterized in that the cage (10) is formed by a folded blank whose upper face (18) has a threaded orifice for passage of the clamping screw (20.) and that the boss (26) er- V or the recess (28) formed on the bottom (12) is constituted by a stamped part of the bottom of the cage (10). 5. Borne selon la revendication 4, caractérisée en ce que ladite partie estampée est réalisée en même temps que les opérations de découpe et de pliage de la cage (10). 5. Terminal according to claim 4, characterized in that said stamped part is produced at the same time as the operations of cutting and folding of the cage (10).
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FR2612340A1 (en) * 1987-03-13 1988-09-16 Merlin Gerin Multiple connection terminal for a modular electrical apparatus
FR2799312A1 (en) * 1999-10-01 2001-04-06 Michaud Sa Electrical connection for thick cables comprises U-shaped clamp with and retaining rib tightened by clamp screw
DE102007017009A1 (en) * 2007-04-11 2008-10-16 Wu, Chih-Yuan, Hsin-Chuang Connecting contact-and clamping arrangement for cable-connection block, has cage clip, which is hollow, made of metal and has front open end, rear open end and upper side

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EP0082285A2 (en) * 1981-12-17 1983-06-29 C.A. Weidmüller GmbH & Co. Connecting terminal for electrical conductors
EP0082285A3 (en) * 1981-12-17 1986-03-19 C.A. Weidmuller Gmbh & Co. Connecting terminal for electrical conductors
FR2612340A1 (en) * 1987-03-13 1988-09-16 Merlin Gerin Multiple connection terminal for a modular electrical apparatus
FR2799312A1 (en) * 1999-10-01 2001-04-06 Michaud Sa Electrical connection for thick cables comprises U-shaped clamp with and retaining rib tightened by clamp screw
DE102007017009A1 (en) * 2007-04-11 2008-10-16 Wu, Chih-Yuan, Hsin-Chuang Connecting contact-and clamping arrangement for cable-connection block, has cage clip, which is hollow, made of metal and has front open end, rear open end and upper side
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