KR101868562B1

KR101868562B1 - A Connecting Electrode Unit for a Rail Electrode and a Connecting Electrode Assembly

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Publication number: KR101868562B1
Application number: KR1020170039725A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 조진숙
Original assignee: 주식회사 유앤아이테크
Priority date: 2017-03-29
Filing date: 2017-03-29
Publication date: 2018-06-19

Abstract

The present invention relates to a connecting electrode unit for a rail electrode and a connecting electrode assembly including the same, and more particularly, to a connecting electrode unit, which is used for electrically connecting a rail electrode, which extends linearly, to another rail electrode extending in the same direction or different direction, and a connecting electrode assembly including the same. The connecting electrode unit for a rail electrode includes: a pair of electrode terminals (112, 132) formed on both ends of a first conductor extending in the first direction; a pair of electrode terminals (122, 142) formed on both ends of a second conductor extending in the second directions different from the first direction; and a layer separation portion (15) formed at a crossing portion between the first and second directions. Distances between electrodes (112, 122, 132, 142) which face each other at the crossing portion are different from each other.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a connection electrode unit for a rail electrode,

The present invention relates to a connecting electrode unit for a rail electrode and a connecting electrode assembly having the same, and more particularly, to a rail electrode for electrically connecting one linearly extending rail electrode to another rail electrode extending in the same direction or in another direction A connection electrode unit and a connection electrode assembly having the connection electrode unit.

Lighting rails mounted on the ceiling or wall of a structure to supply electric power or signals to electrical equipment are known in the art and can be used, for example, to power the installation of equipment for lighting. For example, Patent Publication No. 10-2016-0038322 discloses an electrode unit and a light rail having the electrode unit, wherein the conductive strip is integrally combined in the manufacturing process to improve durability and contact reliability. The lighting rail may have a structure extending linearly, and may be installed on a ceiling surface or a wall surface, and may have a structure in which a lighting device, a speaker, or the like electric equipment can be installed. The lighting rails need to be connected in the same or different directions by different lighting rails during the installation process and for this purpose it is necessary to use connecting devices which can electrically and structurally connect the different lighting rails.

Patent Publication No. 10-2012-0085487 discloses an electrode connecting member for connecting different batteries. However, the disclosed electrode connecting members or various electrode connecting members known in the art have disadvantages that they are not suitable for connection of the rail electrodes. Therefore, a connecting means for electrically and structurally connecting different rail electrodes or similar power or signal supply means needs to be made.

The present invention has been made to solve the problems of the prior art and has the following purpose.

Prior Art 1: Patent Publication No. 10-2016-0038322 (published by U. < RTI ID = 0.0 > Prior Art 2: Patent Publication No. 10-2012-0085487 (Samsung SDI Co., Ltd., published on August 01, 2012) Electrode connecting member and battery module using the same

It is an object of the present invention to provide a connecting electrode unit for a rail electrode which electrically connects different linearly extending rail electrodes in the same or different directions, and a connecting electrode assembly having the connecting electrode unit.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the connecting electrode unit for a rail electrode and the connecting electrode assembly having the same are provided with a pair of electrode terminals formed on both ends of a single conductor extending in one direction; A pair of electrode terminals formed on both ends of the two conductors extending in two directions different from the one direction; And a layer separation portion formed at a crossing portion in one direction and two directions, wherein a distance between opposing electrode terminals in the intersection portion is different from each other.

According to another preferred embodiment of the present invention, a fixing hole is formed in the layer separation portion.

According to another preferred embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an electrode terminal disposed at both ends of a 1, 2 conductor extending in one direction and two directions, and a plurality of connection portions composed of a layer separation portion formed at an intersection portion of the 1, 2 conductors An electrode unit; An insulating pad electrically separating the different connecting electrode units; And a connection electrode assembly to which a plurality of connection electrode units are fixed.

The connecting electrode unit according to the present invention has an advantage that a cable for internal connection is not used, thereby simplifying assembly and construction. The connection electrode assembly according to the present invention is simple in connection according to polarity and has a small total volume. Further, the connecting electrode unit or the connecting electrode assembly according to the present invention can be applied to 2P or 4P rail electrodes, and can be applied to rail electrodes for various purposes.

Fig. 1 shows an embodiment of a connecting electrode unit according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 illustrates an assembled connecting electrode in which the connecting electrode unit according to the present invention is coupled to each other.
FIG. 3 illustrates an embodiment of a connection electrode assembly according to the present invention.
FIG. 4 illustrates an embodiment in which the rail electrodes are connected to each other by the connection electrode assembly according to the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings, but the present invention is not limited thereto. In the following description, components having the same reference numerals in different drawings have similar functions, so that they will not be described repeatedly unless necessary for an understanding of the invention, and the known components will be briefly described or omitted. However, It should not be understood as being excluded from the embodiment of Fig.

Fig. 1 shows an embodiment of a connecting electrode unit according to the present invention.

1, a connecting electrode unit for a rail electrode includes a pair of electrode terminals 112 and 132 formed at both ends of a single conductor extending in one direction; A pair of electrode terminals (122, 142) formed on both ends of the two conductors extending in two directions different from the one direction; And a layer separation portion 15 formed at a crossing portion EC in one direction and two directions, and the distance between the opposing electrode terminals 112, 122, 132, and 142 in the intersection portion is different from each other.

The rail electrode or electrode rail includes two or more conductive strips extending in opposition to each other, and the opposing electrode terminals 112, 122, 132, 142 can be in contact with opposing conductive strips. The rail electrode may have a shape in which a part of the lower surface as a whole is opened linearly in a rectangular cross section. The rail electrode in this specification includes a pair of conductive strips that can be made in various shapes but extend in opposition to each other. Various devices such as a lighting device, a speaker, an image device or an air purification device may be installed on the rail electrode.

1 conductors may be in the form of a plate member extending in one direction, and electrode terminals 112 and 132 may be formed at both ends of the one conductor. The electrode terminals 112 and 132 facing each other may be connected to each other by the first and third legs 111 and 131. [ The two conductors may be made of the same or similar structure as the one conductor, and may extend in two directions other than one direction. A pair of electrode terminals 122 and 142 may be formed on opposite ends of the two conductors so as to face each other and may be connected to each other by two or four legs 121 and 141. One direction and two directions may be in different directions, for example, one conductor and two conductors may extend in directions perpendicular to each other, and one conductor and two conductors may form an intersection EC .

The first and third legs 111 and 131 and the second and fourth legs 121 and 141 may have a straight line shape extending in different directions about the intersection EC. One terminal unit 11 is formed by one leg 111 and one electrode terminal 112 and two, three and four terminal units 12, 13 and 14 can be formed in this manner. The one leg 111 may extend linearly and may form a one-electrode terminal 112 in a shape protruding from one end of the leg 111 in one direction. More specifically, the reference linear portion may be formed in the extending direction of the one leg 111 from one side in the width direction of the end portion of the one leg 111. The reference linear portion is extended from the one end of the reference linear portion by a predetermined length to form a starting width. The linear extending portion extends linearly along the reference linear portion and then is curved so as to be connected to the end portion of the reference linear portion Can be. Accordingly, the one-electrode terminal 112 can be shaped like a knife-cutter, and can be easily inserted into the rail electrode and can be brought into contact with the conductive strip. Also, the one-electrode terminal 112 is elastically contacted with the direction of the conductive strip with respect to the intersection EC to improve the contactability. The two, three and four terminal units 12, 13 and 14 may be formed in the same or similar structure.

The first, second, third and fourth electrode terminals 112, 122, 132 and 142 may be arranged in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction, for example, 132, and 142 may be disposed at positions of 0, 90, 180, and 270 degrees. The one electrode terminal 112 may protrude in the clockwise direction and the two electrode terminal 122 may protrude in the counterclockwise direction. The three-electrode terminal 132 protrudes in a counterclockwise direction and the four-electrode terminal 142 protrudes in a clockwise direction. The first and third electrode terminals 112 and 132 formed on the first conductor are protruded in the same direction and the second and fourth electrode terminals 122 and 142 formed on the two conductors protrude in the same direction.

The layer separation portion 15 may be formed at the intersection EC where the first conductor and the second conductor cross each other. The layer separation portion 15 may be formed into a shape formed by a part of the rim of the crossing portion EC, for example, the crossing portion EC may be formed in one corner of the rim portion 15 having a rectangular shape Can be formed. Specifically, the second and third legs 121 and 131 may have a larger length than the first and fourth legs 111 and 141, and a part of the second and third legs 121 and 131 may be part of the layer separation part 15 Can be formed. And the other portions of the layer separation portion 15 may be connected to the first and fourth legs 111 and 141, respectively. Accordingly, the layer separating portion 15 may have a square-shaped annular shape and a square-shaped fixing hole at a central portion thereof. The layer separation portion 15 or the fixing hole can be formed into various shapes and is not limited to the illustrated embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 1 (B), an insulating pad 16 may be disposed on the layer separation portion 15, and the insulating pad 16 may be formed in a shape corresponding to the layered shape or a shape similar thereto And can be made of insulating material. A coupling hole may be formed in a central portion of the insulating pad 16, and the coupling hole may be formed in a circular shape, but may be determined according to the shape of the fixing tab formed on the cover of the connection electrode assembly described below. For example, the insulating pad 16 may be made a little larger than the layer separation portion 15, and may be formed into a rectangular plate as a whole. A circular fastening hole may be formed in a central portion of the rectangular pad-shaped insulating pad 16.

In the rail electrode, the electrode strips are arranged to face each other while extending in parallel. Therefore, the connection electrode terminals need to be formed in a parallel-facing shape. Two connection electrode units 10 may be layered in the form of overlapping layer separation units 15 to form a parallel facing electrode terminal and a layer separation unit 15 which overlaps with each other by an insulation pad 16, Can be electrically insulated.

FIG. 2 illustrates an assembled connecting electrode in which the connecting electrode unit according to the present invention is coupled to each other.

Referring to FIG. 2 (a), two different connecting electrode units 10a and 10b may be combined in a state where the layer separation units 15 overlap each other. An insulating pad 16 may be disposed between the layer separation units 15 of two connection electrode units 10a and 10b which are not shown in FIG. The first and second connection electrode units 10a and 10b may be arranged in parallel to each other while extending in parallel to the first and second terminal units 11a and 11b. 12 and 22 terminal units 12a and 12b, 13 and 23 terminal units 13a and 13b and 14 and 24 terminal units 14a and 14b can form parallel facing electrode terminals. In this specification, the parallel facing electrode terminals mean two or more electrode terminal groups formed so as to face each other while extending in parallel with each other.

When the one or two connecting electrode units 10a and 10b are coupled in an overlapping manner so that the terminal units 11a to 14b of the one or two connecting electrode units 10a and 10b face each other, And the legs of the two connecting electrode units 10b may be located at different heights. Therefore, a height difference between the two electrode terminals forming the parallel facing electrode terminal may be generated with respect to the reference plane. In order to solve this problem, the reference linear portion 211 forming each electrode terminal and the end portion of the blade portion 212 may be formed to have different heights. More specifically, the reference linear portion 211 may be formed into a shape having a height or a thickness, and the blade portion 211 may be formed as an upper portion of the height portion of the reference linear portion 211 or a vertically bent shape at one portion of the thickness portion Can be extended. And may extend in a bent manner to the lower portion of the height portion or the other portion of the thickness portion in the extending process. Thus, the reference linear portion 211 and the blade portion 212 can be extended in a shape in which the plane angle becomes smaller in the vertical direction at the boundary portion. Due to the structure of the reference linear part 211 and the blade part 212, the reference linear part 211 extending parallel to each other at the parallel facing electrode terminal faces each other. And the edges of the parallel facing blade portions 212 of the parallel facing electrode terminals are located on the same plane.

The rail electrode may comprise a pair of opposing electrode strips, or may comprise two pairs of electrode strips or more. For the pair of electrode strips, different rail electrodes may be electrically connected by the coupling of the 1 and 2 connecting electrode units 10a and 10b as shown in FIG. 2 (a). On the other hand, in the case of a rail electrode having a 4P structure in which two pairs of conductive strips are disposed to face each other, the insulating pads 16 may be disposed in the layer separation unit after the two connection electrode units 10a and 10b are coupled to each other. The three connecting electrode unit 10c can be disposed above the insulating pad 16 as shown in FIG. 2 (B), and the insulating pad 16 is provided in the layered portion of the three connecting electrode unit 10c And four connecting electrode units 10d can be disposed above the insulating pad 16. [ The three connection electrode unit 10c may be composed of 31, 32, 33 and 34 terminal units 11c, 12c, 13c and 14c. The three connection electrode unit 10c and the four connection electrode unit 10d may have a similar structure to the connection method with the one or two connection electrode units 10a and 10b. However, the parallel facing electrode terminals facing each other may be disposed on different layers or at different heights, thereby contacting different pairs of strip electrodes disposed at different heights.

The connecting electrode units 10a, 10b, 10c, and 10d coupled to each other may be coupled to an appropriate fixing case to form a connecting electrode assembly.

FIG. 3 illustrates an embodiment of a connection electrode assembly according to the present invention.

3, the connecting electrode assembly 30 includes electrode terminals 112, 122, 132, and 142 disposed at both ends of the first and second conductors extending in one direction and two directions, A plurality of connection electrode units 10a, 10b, 10c, and 10d made up of a layer separation portion 15 formed in a portion thereof; An insulating pad 16 for electrically separating the different connecting electrode units 10a, 10b, 10c and 10d; And a center fixing portion CF to which a plurality of connecting electrode units 10a, 10b, 10c, and 10d are fixed.

The connection terminal assembly 100 in which a plurality of connection electrode units are coupled to each other can be fixed to the center fixing portion CF. The connecting electrode assembly 30 may include four cross-shaped branch arms 31, 32, 33 and 34 and a fixed portion may be formed at the central fixed portion of the branch arms 31, 32, 33, . And the layer separation portion can be located in the central fixed portion CF made in a square box shape. And four parallel facing electrode terminal groups extending in four directions may extend to four branch arms 31, 32, 33, 34, for example. Each of the branch arms 31, 32, 33, and 34 may have a female cover, and the female cover may be engaged after the connection terminal assembly 100 is coupled with respect to the fixed portion. And the fixing cover 35 may be coupled to the fixing portion. The polarity indicating portion 351 may be formed on the surface of the fixing cover 35 and the fixing protrusion 352 extending vertically from the surface of the fixing cover 35 may be formed therein. The fastening protrusion 352 having the structure of the circular cross-sectional member can be engaged with the fastening hole of the layer separation unit and the fastening hole of the insulating pad to fix the connection terminal assembly 100 to a predetermined position of the fastening portion. As shown in FIG. 3 (B), when the fixing cover 35 is coupled to the center fixing portion CF, a connecting electrode assembly can be made.

Each of the branch arms 31, 32, 33, and 34 may protrude to both sides of the blade portion 212 and the blade portion 212 may be bent due to the elasticity of the connecting electrode unit 32, 33, 34, or may be projected to the outside. Each branch arm 31, 32, 33, 34 may be coupled to a different rail electrode.

FIG. 4 illustrates an embodiment in which the rail electrodes are connected to each other by the connection electrode assembly according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, the rail electrode 40 may be shaped like a linearly extending box with a linear opening portion formed at a lower portion thereof. The rail electrode 40 may be composed of linear strip blocks 42a and 42b disposed on opposite side walls of a rail frame 41 made of an insulating material or a metal material. And the strip electrodes can be coupled to the respective linear strip blocks 42a and 42b facing each other. The rail electrode is disclosed in Patent Publication No. 10-2016-0038322, and the connecting electrode assembly according to the present invention can be applied to similar rail electrodes.

The rail electrodes 40a, 40b, 40c, and 40d must be connected in the same or different directions in the process of arranging the rail electrodes in the structure. For this purpose, the connection electrode assembly 30 may be used at the connection site.

The connecting electrode assembly 30 can be installed at the connecting portion of the rail electrodes 40a, 40b, 40c and 40d and different rail electrodes 40a and 40b , 40c, and 40d. And the blade portions protruding from both side portions of the branch arms 31, 32, 33, and 34 may be in contact with the strip electrodes. The blade portion can be brought into contact with the strip electrode by elasticity, whereby stable contact can be made.

The connecting electrode assembly 30 according to the present invention can be applied to various rail electrodes 40a, 40b, 40c, and 40d, and the present invention is not limited to the embodiments shown.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention . The invention is not limited by these variations and modifications, but is limited only by the claims appended hereto.

10: connecting electrode unit
10a, 10b, 10c, 10d: 1, 2, 3, 4 connecting electrode unit
11, 12, 13, 14: 1, 2, 3, 4 terminal unit
11a, 12a, 13a, 14a: 11, 12, 13, 14 terminal unit
11b, 12b, 13b, 14b: 21, 22, 23, 24 terminal units
11c, 12c, 13c, 14c: 31, 32, 33, 34 Terminal unit
15: layer separation portion 15c: layer separation portion
16: Insulation pad 30: Connecting electrode assembly
31, 32, 33, 34: branch arm 35: fixed cover
40: rail electrodes 40a, 40b, 40c, 40d: rail electrodes
41: rail frame 42a, 42b: linear strip block
100: connection terminal assembly 111, 121, 131, 141: 1, 2, 3, 4 bridge
112, 122, 132, 142: 1, 2, 3, 4 electrode terminals
211: reference linear portion 212: blade portion
351: polarity indication portion 352: fastening projection
EC: Cross section CF: Central section

Claims

A pair of electrode terminals (112, 132) formed on both ends of the one conductor extending in one direction;
A pair of electrode terminals (122, 142) formed on both ends of the two conductors extending in two directions different from the one direction; And
And a layer separation portion (15) formed at a crossing portion in one direction and two directions,
Wherein a distance between the opposing electrode terminals (112, 122, 132, 142) in the intersection portion is different from each other.

The connecting electrode unit for a rail electrode according to claim 1, wherein a fixing hole is formed in the layer separation portion (15).

A plurality of electrode terminals 112, 122, 132, and 142 disposed at both ends of the first and second conductors extending in one direction and two directions and a layer separation portion 15 formed at the intersection of the first and second conductors Connection electrode units (10a, 10b, 10c, 10d);
An insulating pad 16 for electrically separating the different connecting electrode units 10a, 10b, 10c and 10d; And
And a connecting electrode assembly (30) to which a plurality of connecting electrode units (10a, 10b, 10c, 10d) are fixed.