TW202005189A - 具有磁性電連接器的電接合插座 - Google Patents

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TW202005189A
TW202005189A TW108119251A TW108119251A TW202005189A TW 202005189 A TW202005189 A TW 202005189A TW 108119251 A TW108119251 A TW 108119251A TW 108119251 A TW108119251 A TW 108119251A TW 202005189 A TW202005189 A TW 202005189A
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Abstract

本發明涉及一種用於互連電線或用於接入由電線承載的電流的裝置，包括用於容納電纜的電接合殼體、插入接合殼體中的內殼體，以將所引入的電纜的各電線連接到由內殼體承載的第一磁性電連接器。然後將諸如開關或牆壁插口的物理介面裝置連線至第二磁性電連接器，該第二磁性電連接器可以插入電接合殼體中。當兩個磁性電連接器以正確的方向接合時，電流通過。

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具有磁性電連接器的電接合插座
本發明涉及用於連接電導體以用於電流分配的裝置，更具體地，涉及將電導體連接到諸如開關和牆壁插口的控制裝置的電接合插座。
家庭、公寓、辦公室、商店或其他建築物中的電線為照明、電器、取暖和空調以及其他裝置提供電力，使建築物更舒適、更安全、更清潔並且使建築物內的人更愉悅。電線將電流從一個地方傳送到另一個地方，以向使用電力的裝置提供電力並與之互連。
電線包括電導體，通常多於一個電導體，並且電導體可以由電絕緣材料覆蓋。例如，電線可包括三個電導體：正導體、負導體和地線。正導體和負導體彼此絕緣或電隔離，並且可以連接到電流源或連接到需要電流以用於其操作的負載。
電線也可以連接到具有使用者控制裝置的電接合插座上的其他電線。電接合插座是允許電線連接到其他電線或使用者控制裝置(例如用於啟動或停用電氣裝置的電氣開關)、或用於接收來自電器裝置的電插頭的電氣插口以操作該電器裝置的殼體。因此，電接合插座簡單地是用於將兩根或更多根電線連接在一起的裝置，實質上用於建立物理使用者介面，例如開關或插口，以向用戶 提供對電流的控制或接入。
電線和電接合插座的網路中，即使在普通家庭中，也可能是廣泛的，在可能還具有廣泛的工作場所照明、自動氣候功能、安全功能的現代化的辦公樓中，或者在可能有多種程度的電流和電流頻率用於操作機器和為辦公用而提供電力的工廠中也可能更為廣泛。
無論是在家中還是在工廠中，都必須小心連接電線。因此，需要訓練有素的電工來安裝電接合插座，用於將電纜連線到各個目的地，以及根據建築平面圖連接電線和電纜。
一種簡化佈線過程並降低佈線系統之佈線錯誤可能性的方法將是有利的。
根據本發明的主要態樣和簡要敘述，本裝置是用於佈線系統的電接合插座，其中用於接入和控制電流的燈開關和電插口或其他類似的物理使用者介面裝置連接到電線。
本電接合插座使用磁性電連接器來簡化所引入的電纜與物理使用者介面裝置的連接。用以代替將輸入電纜的電線直接連接到特定的物理使用者介面裝置，例如燈開關或牆壁插口，物理使用者介面裝置和輸入電線連接到單獨的磁性電連接器。當兩個磁性電連接器以正確的方向被推到一起時，電線連接完成。
本文使用的磁性電連接器也在共有的審查中美國專利申請案號16/108,642、16/205,961、16/214,969和16/264,016中進行了描述。
添加兩個磁性電連接器，一個添加到裝配至接合殼體 中的內殼體，另一個安裝在介面殼體上，使得各殼體部件可以製造為預連線部件。因此，電工僅需要以正確的方向將介面殼體推入接合殼體中。通過視覺檢查，正確的方向是不言而喻的。如果介面殼體以錯誤的方向推入接合殼體中，則裝置的安全性會出現故障：根本不起作用。此外，更換開關或插座也很簡單，只需從電接合插座中拔出有缺陷的接合殼體，然後以正確的方向插入新的。
在建築物中建立佈線需要遠見和規劃。然而，即使有充分的遠見和精心策劃，計畫也會發生變化。對用於建築物佈線的過程或設備的改進，使得重新佈線更容易或更靈活將是一個優點。無論是在安裝中還是在翻新中或僅僅是在更換中，本電接合插座不需要物理地連接導線和拆卸導線，這是本發明的一個態樣。
此外，如本文將要描述的，磁性電連接器的取向確保正極線和負極線相對於彼此以及相對於接地的佈置是固定的，從而不太可能在連接電線中發生錯誤，這是本發明的另一態樣。
住宅、商業建築和工業建築的電線領域的技術人員將通過仔細閱讀以下詳細描述和附圖來認識本發明的電接合插座中的其他特徵及其優點。
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26‧‧‧介面殼體
30‧‧‧內殼體
34‧‧‧電纜
62‧‧‧孔
66‧‧‧槽
70‧‧‧第一端子
74‧‧‧第二端子
78‧‧‧第三端子
82‧‧‧第一電導體
86‧‧‧第二電導體
90‧‧‧第三電導體
94‧‧‧第一磁體
98‧‧‧第二磁體
102‧‧‧第三磁體
106‧‧‧第一保持件
110‧‧‧第二保持件
114‧‧‧第三保持件
116‧‧‧第四孔
118‧‧‧第四端子
120‧‧‧第五孔
122‧‧‧第五端子
124‧‧‧第六孔
126‧‧‧第六端子
142‧‧‧第四磁體
146‧‧‧第五磁體
150‧‧‧第六磁體
154‧‧‧第四保持件
158‧‧‧由第五保持件
162‧‧‧第六保持件
166‧‧‧第一插口連接
170‧‧‧第二插口連接
174‧‧‧金屬表面
190、194‧‧‧電插頭
在附圖中，圖1是根據本發明的一個態樣的具有雙電插口的電接合插座的右上立體圖；圖2是根據本發明的一個態樣的圖1的電接合插座的側後立體局部剖視圖；圖3示出圖2的電接合插座的側後局部剖視分解圖， 示出根據本發明的一個態樣的連接到磁性電連接器端子的輸入電纜電線和用於牆壁插口的磁性電連接器端子的連接；圖4是根據本發明的一個態樣的牆壁插口及其與第二磁性電連接器的佈線連接的左上局部剖視立體圖；圖5是圖1中用於兩個電插口的電接合插座的右側截面圖，示出兩個插頭，每個插口一個，電接合插座內有兩個磁性電連接器；以及圖6是用於燈開關的電接合插座的右側截面圖，示出燈開關和電接合插座內的三個磁性電連接器。
本發明是一種改進的電接合插座10，其內部具有附加結構，以減少安裝時間和安裝錯誤。在製造電接合插座10的部件期間插入附加結構，以避免需要將接合盒中的電線直接手動連接到物理電介面，例如牆壁插口或燈開關。代替電線的手動連接，使用磁性電連接器，可以使有線電連接最小化，從而通過在工作現場將磁性電連接器推到一起而使連接更簡單且沒有錯誤。
現在參考附圖，電連接插座10在兩個實施例中示出。第一實施例示於圖1至圖5，並且示出雙牆壁插口14，即具有兩個電插頭190、194，在圖5中其示出為插入牆壁插口14中。圖6示出第二實施例，示出燈開關18而不是雙牆壁插口14。雙牆壁插口14和燈開關18是帶電「物理使用者介面」的示例。
如本文所使用的，物理使用者介面使使用者能夠控制電線系統，例如在家庭、辦公樓、商業建築、製造工廠、倉庫和具有用於提供電力的電線系統的任何其他結構中發現的電線系統。除 了燈開關18之外的物理使用者介面的示例，如圖6所示，包括接觸按鈕、語音啟動控制、具有無線連接的移動裝置、光水準感測器和啟動照明的計時器。類似地，除了雙牆壁插口14(要成對地安裝到牆壁的兩個插口)之外的物理使用者介面的示例可以是，例如通用服務匯流排(Universal Service Bus,USB)埠。
電接合插座10是接收作為佈線系統的一部分的電纜34的結構。電纜34間接連接到雙牆壁插口14(如圖1至圖5所示)或燈開關18(如圖6所示)。在現有技術的裝置中，通過將電纜34中承載的電線的端部固定到雙牆壁插口14或燈開關18上的柱上，進入電接合插座的電纜直接連接到雙牆壁插口14或直接連接到燈開關18。
電接合插座10包括接合殼體22、介面殼體26和內殼體30。介面殼體26保持物理使用者介面介面，即，如本文所示，雙牆壁插口14(圖1至圖5)或燈開關18(圖6)。內殼體30裝配在接合殼體22內。介面殼體26在插入時也裝配在接合殼體22內，位於內殼體30前面。接合殼體22定向成使得雙牆壁插口14(圖1至圖5)或燈開關18(圖6)(或其他物理使用者介面)可從電接合插座10的外部進入。
接合殼體22通過孔62將電纜34接收到其內部。內殼體30具有形成在其中的槽66，當內殼體30插入接合殼體22中的位置時，該槽跨過孔62和電纜34。
如圖5和圖6中最佳地示出，內殼體30和介面殼體26面向彼此，並且如下面將詳細解釋的，兩者都具有彼此對應的孔。這些孔使得電端子能夠彼此接觸以使電流通過。通過彼此相 對、導電端子位於其間的磁體施加的磁力使端子彼此壓靠。
保持件固定在磁體的側面，以將它們保持在端子附近。當磁體的極性相反時，保持件還有空間使磁體朝向相對的磁體移動，並且當磁體的極性相同時，例如當介面殼體26未在插入接合殼體22中時正確定向時，磁體稍微遠離另一磁體移動。
如圖3所示，內殼體30可以具有第一端子70、第二端子74和第三端子78。電纜34中可以具有三個電導體，即第一電導體82、第二電導體86和第三電導體90。第一端子70可以任意地相對於第二端子74指定為電氣正端子，並且連接到第一電導體82。然後，第二端子74任意地為電氣負端子，並連接到第二電導體86。第三端子78是中性端子並且連接到第三電導體90，該第三電導體用作電接地。
第一磁體94靠近第一端子70；第二磁體98靠近第二端子74；第三磁體102靠近第三端子78。分別幫助將第一磁體94、第二磁體98和第三磁體102保持在第一端子70、第二端子74和第三端子78附近的是第一保持件106、第二保持件110和第三保持件114。第一保持件106、第二保持件110和第三保持件114僅允許它們相應的磁體的有限移動，因此它們可以分別保持第一磁體94、第二磁體98和第三磁體102的一般位置，但仍然允許它們進行較小的移動，即允許電流分別流過第一端子70、第二端子74和第三端子78的那些移動，並且僅當接合殼體22以適當的方向完全插入時。與內殼體30一樣，介面殼體26具有相同的端子、磁體和保持件的佈置，但是面向內殼體30定向。
介面殼體26具有第四孔116、第五孔120和第六孔 124。在第四孔116處是第四端子118。第五端子122在第五孔120處。第六端子126在第六孔124處。
完成介面殼體26(參見圖5)和內殼體30上的對稱性，由第四保持件154保持的第四磁體142支撐第四端子118；由第五保持件158保持的第五磁體146支撐第五端子122；並且由第六保持件162保持的第六磁體150支撐第六端子126。
第四端子118、第五端子122和第六端子126也連接到物理介面裝置，即，如圖5所示的雙牆壁插口14，如圖6所示的燈開關18。第四端子118附接到第一插口連接166。第二端子122附接到第二插口連接170。第三端子126附接到雙牆壁插口14或燈開關18的金屬表面174以用於中線接地。
電線系統領域的技術人員將理解，在不脫離本發明的精神和範圍的情況下，可以在前面的描述中進行許多修改和替換。
14‧‧‧雙牆壁插口
22‧‧‧接合殼體
26‧‧‧介面殼體
30‧‧‧內殼體
34‧‧‧電纜
62‧‧‧孔
66‧‧‧槽
70‧‧‧第一端子
74‧‧‧第二端子
78‧‧‧第三端子
82‧‧‧第一電導體
86‧‧‧第二電導體
90‧‧‧第三電導體
94‧‧‧第一磁體
98‧‧‧第二磁體
102‧‧‧第三磁體
106‧‧‧第一保持件
110‧‧‧第二保持件
114‧‧‧第三保持件
116‧‧‧第四孔
120‧‧‧第五孔
124‧‧‧第六孔

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  1. 一種電接合插座，包括：a)內殼體，具有第一壁，所述第一壁中形成有第一孔、第二孔和第三孔；b)第一磁性電端子，位於所述第一壁的所述第一孔處，所述第一磁性電端子具有：位於所述第一孔處的第一端子，第一磁體，及第一保持件，所述第一保持件保持所述第一磁體抵靠所述第一孔處的所述第一端子；及c)第二磁性電端子，位於所述第一壁的所述第二孔處，所述第二磁性電端子具有：位於所述第二孔處的第二端子，第二磁體，及第二保持件，所述第二保持件保持所述第二磁體抵靠所述第二孔處的所述第二端子；及d)介面殼體，具有面向所述第一壁的第二壁，所述第二壁中形成有第四孔、第五孔和第六孔；e)第四磁性電端子，位於所述第二壁的所述第四孔處，所述第四磁性電端子面向所述第一磁性電端子，所述第四磁性電端子具有：位於所述第四孔處的第四端子，第四磁體，第四保持件，所述第四保持件保持所述第四磁體抵靠所述第四孔處的所述第四端子，及 f)第五磁性電端子，位於所述第二壁的所述第五孔處，所述第五磁性電端子面向所述第二磁性電端子，所述第五磁性電端子具有：位於所述第五孔處的第五端子，第五磁體，及第五保持件，所述第五保持件保持所述第五磁體抵靠所述第五孔處的所述第五端子；以及g)電纜，具有第一電導體和第二電導體，所述第一電導體連接到所述第一磁性電端子的所述第一端子，所述第二電導體連接到所述第二磁性電端子的所述第二端子。
  2. 如請求項1之電接合插座，更包括位於所述介面殼體中的開關，所述開關與所述第四端子和所述第五端子電連接。
  3. 如請求項1之電接合插座，更包括位於所述介面殼體中的插口，所述插口連接到所述第四端子和所述第五端子。
  4. 如請求項1之電接合插座，其中，所述介面殼體形成為具有第六孔，並且其中，所述介面殼體更包括第六磁體、第六端子和第六保持件，所述第三保持件構造為保持所述第六磁體抵靠所述第六孔處的所述第六端子。
  5. 如請求項4之電接合插座，其中，與所述介面殼體的所述第五孔和所述介面殼體的所述第四孔的間隔相比，所述介面殼體的所述第六孔與所述介面殼體的所述第五孔間隔得更遠。
  6. 如請求項1之電接合插座，其中，所述第一磁體具有第一北極面和第一南極面，並且其中，所述第一磁體的所述第一北極面面向所述第一孔。
  7. 如請求項6之電接合插座，其中，所述第二磁體具有第二北極 面和第二南極面，並且其中，所述第二磁體的所述第二南極面面向所述第二孔。
  8. 如請求項1之電接合插座，更包括：接合殼體，其尺寸適於在其中容納所述介面殼體，並且其中，所述電纜位於所述接合殼體中，其中，所述電纜的所述第一電導體連接到所述第一端子，並且所述電纜的所述第二電導體連接到所述第二端子。
  9. 如請求項8之電接合插座，其中，所述第一電導體附接到正電壓，並且所述第二電導體附接到負電壓。
  10. 如請求項9之電接合插座，更包括用作電接地的第三電導體。
  11. 如請求項10之電接合插座，其中，所述第一壁包括第三孔，所述第二壁包括第六孔，並且其中，所述電接合插座更包括：a)第三端子，位於所述第一壁的所述第三孔處；b)第六端子，位於所述第二壁的所述第六孔處；c)第三磁體，位於所述第三端子處；d)第六磁體，位於所述第六端子處；e)第三保持件，位於所述第三磁體處；以及f)第六保持件，位於所述第六磁體處，其中，第三電接地導體連接到所述第三孔處的所述第三端子，並且所述第三磁體定向為吸引所述第六磁體，從而所述第三端子和所述第六端子在所述第三磁體和所述第六磁體之間被壓在一起。
  12. 如請求項11之電接合插座，更包括第二電接地導體。
  13. 如請求項12之電接合插座，其中，所述第二電接地導體連接到開關或電插口。
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