JPH1027635A - Cable connecting clip device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cable connecting clip device of high reliability. SOLUTION: This cable connecting clip device has a clip 1 constituted by a conductive elastic unit to provide an almost U shape of thin width belt shape having a tip end part of two sets of leg parts 1c, 1d mutually opposed to each other and a tip opening part if provided to open in a recessed shape in a tip end part 1a of the leg part 1c to be connected to be inserted to a connection terminal part in a connection objective equipment. In this way, operation safety of a cable connecting clip device can be improved.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cable connecting clip device used for connecting a test cable of a switchboard or a control panel to a predetermined device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional test connection cable has a structure in which a cable is jointly connected to a crimp terminal.
To connect the test connection cable to the equipment of the switchboard or control panel, remove the terminal screw from the equipment terminal of the switchboard or control panel to be connected with a screwdriver, etc., bring the crimp terminal there, attach it, and remove the terminal Screws are reapplied and tightened. For this reason, it is necessary to perform this connection operation by the number of test terminals.

[0003]

However, in the conventional working method, screws are removed from the terminals to be connected by the number of test cables to be connected, and the removed cables are tightened again with the screws. It was a very time-consuming and time-consuming connection work.

Therefore, in the present invention, a U-shaped clip made of a spring material is used for a portion to be connected to a terminal, and one end of the clip has a front-opened structure and the other end has a bent stopper structure, and a cable is connected to the clip. An object of the present invention is to provide a cable connection clip device that can easily connect a cable without removing a screw of a terminal to be connected, by adopting a cable configuration for connection.

[0005]

According to the present invention, there is provided a cable connecting clip device which is formed of a conductive elastic body and has a thin U-shaped clip having a thin band shape having two sets of opposed leg ends. And a cable connected to the bent base of the clip and wired to an external device, an insulating portion that electrically insulates and covers the legs and the base from the periphery, and one end that forms the legs. And a front opening which is provided in a recessed shape and is inserted into and connected to the connection terminal portion of the device to be connected.

[0006] With this configuration, the tips of the two sets of legs facing each other are formed into a substantially U-shape by using a thin strip-shaped clip made of a conductive elastic body, and the clip is bent at the base of the clip. Connect the cable and connect it to the external device, electrically insulate the legs and base from the surroundings with the insulating part, open in the form of a depression at one end that forms the leg of the front opening,
It can be inserted into the connection terminal of the device to be connected.

The cable connecting clip device according to a second aspect of the present invention includes a stopper portion which is provided in a protruding shape at the other end of the leg and which is hooked and connected to the connection terminal portion of the device to be connected. It is characterized by that.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the stopper can be provided in the form of a projection and hooked to the connection terminal of the device to be connected for connection.

A third aspect of the present invention is characterized in that the clip is made of a non-conductive elastic body and the cable is directly connected to the front opening.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the front opening of the clip made of a non-conductive elastic material can be directly connected to the cable.

Further, the cable connecting clip device according to the fourth aspect is characterized in that the clip is substantially V-shaped.

[0012] The fourth aspect of the present invention is configured as described above, so that the number of steps of the connection operation can be reduced.

Further, the cable connection clip device according to the fifth aspect is characterized in that a substantially U-shaped recess is opened in the front opening.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, since a substantially U-shaped depression is formed in the front opening as described above, the number of steps of the connection operation can be reduced.

[0015]

Next, an embodiment of the cable connecting clip device of the present invention will be described. In FIG. 1 showing a front view, FIG. 2 showing a plan view, and FIG. 3 showing a side view of the clip 1, the clip 1 is made of a conductive elastic material such as a metal spring material, for example. Each of the legs 1c and 1d has a distal end portion 1a and 1b at a distal end thereof, and is formed in a thin U-shape in a thin band shape. The cable 2 is connected to the bent base 1e of the clip 1 and is connected to an external device by wiring.

The insulating portion 3 covers the legs 1c, 1d and the base 1e of the clip 1 electrically insulated from the periphery thereof, and the front opening 1f is formed by opening the tip 1a of the leg 1c in a concave shape. This is a part that is provided and is inserted and connected to the connection terminal of the device to be connected.

The stopper portion 4 shown in FIG. 2 shows the characteristic of the cable connection clip device according to the second aspect, and is provided on the tip 1d of the leg portion 1d in a protruding manner and is a connection terminal portion of the device to be connected. Hooked and connected. FIG. 4 is a perspective view of FIG.

In this embodiment, for example, a flat washer 53 having a gap (gap) between a free terminal screw 52 and an energizing plate 54 like a screw-up type terminal block 51 shown in FIG. For the structure for stopping, the clip 1 is pressed down by hand, and a force is applied to the inside so that the tip portions 1a, 1
b, the tips 1a and 1b are gripped in the gap between the free terminal screw 52 and the conducting plate 54 so as to sandwich the clip 1 by hand, and force is applied inward to narrow the tips 1a and 1b. It is inserted between the pair of flat washers 53 and the energizing plate 54, and the stopper 4 of the tip 1 b of the clip 1 is inserted into a screw hole of the energizing plate 54 and inserted. When the force holding down the clip 1 is released, the clip 1 returns to its original state due to the spring elasticity, and the stopper portion 4 provided at the distal end portion 1b of the clip 1 does not enter the screw hole of the power supply plate 54, and at the same time, The surface of the clip 1 comes into contact with the screw and the current-carrying plate 54, and the cable 2 and the device are brought into conduction.

Also, as in a general terminal block 61 shown in FIG.
If the terminal screw 62 is directly attached to the current-carrying plate 63, the terminal screw 62 is loosened, and the tip 1a of the clip 1 that has been opened is inserted into the clearance of the terminal screw 62, and the terminal screw 62 is inserted. 62 is tightened again to connect the cable 2 to the instrument. In this way, the operation of connecting the test cable can be simplified.

[0020]

According to the present invention, the operational safety of the cable connecting clip device can be improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a cable connection clip device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the cable connection clip device of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a side view of the cable connection clip device of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the cable connection clip device of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a partially cutaway front view showing one embodiment of the clip 1;

FIG. 6 is a partially cutaway front view showing another embodiment of the clip 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Clip 1a, 1b Tip 1c, 1d Leg 1e Base 1f 2 Cable 3 Insulation part 4 Stopper part 5 Open end

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A thin, substantially U-shaped clip formed of a conductive elastic body and having two sets of legs facing each other and connected to a bent base portion of the clip. Cables connected to the equipment
An insulating portion that electrically insulates and covers the leg and the base from the periphery; and a recessed opening provided at one end of the leg, which is inserted into a connection terminal of a device to be connected and connected. Cable connection clip device comprising: 2. The device according to claim 1, further comprising a stopper provided in a protruding shape at the other end of the leg and hooked to and connected to a connection terminal of the device to be connected. Cable connection clip device. 3. The cable connection clip device according to claim 1, wherein the clip is made of a non-conductive elastic body, and the cable is directly connected to the front opening. 4. The cable connection clip device according to claim 1, wherein said clip is substantially V-shaped. 5. The cable connection clip device according to claim 1, wherein a substantially U-shaped recess is formed in the front opening.