EP0660461A1 - Multiple base for socket - Google Patents

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EP0660461A1
EP0660461A1 EP94402953A EP94402953A EP0660461A1 EP 0660461 A1 EP0660461 A1 EP 0660461A1 EP 94402953 A EP94402953 A EP 94402953A EP 94402953 A EP94402953 A EP 94402953A EP 0660461 A1 EP0660461 A1 EP 0660461A1
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    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R25/00—Coupling parts adapted for simultaneous co-operation with two or more identical counterparts, e.g. for distributing energy to two or more circuits
    • H01R25/006—Coupling parts adapted for simultaneous co-operation with two or more identical counterparts, e.g. for distributing energy to two or more circuits the coupling part being secured to apparatus or structure, e.g. duplex wall receptacle
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  • the present invention generally relates to multiple sockets for a socket outlet, of the type comprising, overall, an elongated housing, which, made of insulating material, is equipped with a group of connection terminals to one and the other. 'other of its ends and contains all of the necessary conductive elements, and, staggered along this housing, at least two separate engagement stations each suitable for plugging in a plug, the conductive elements comprising, on the one hand, at least two bus conductors, which extend without interruption from one of the groups of connection terminals to the other, and, on the other hand, directly above each of the engagement stations, of the organs contact accessible from the outside and adapted to cooperate in racking-in with the contact members of a plug.
  • a multiple base has connection terminals at one and the other of its ends, because, without however this being imperative, it is most often intended to be implemented within an enclosure, by example a chute, ensuring by itself the protection of these connection terminals.
  • the present invention relates more particularly to the case where, in order to obtain an additional advantage from the bus conductors, the contact members of the engagement stations are simply engaged by force on them.
  • the engagement stations are constituted by simple bases established from place to place along bus conductors themselves formed from simple insulated conductors, without the assembly being included in any housing.
  • This arrangement has the merit of simplicity.
  • the housing is in two parts.
  • It in fact comprises a lower part, forming a body, which encloses all of the contact members, with these engaged in practice from below on the bus conductors, and an upper part, forming a cover, which in itself constitutes all of the engagement stations in one piece, these in practice being reduced to the holes required for the intervention of their contact members.
  • This arrangement has the advantage of making it possible to assemble by simple stacking.
  • the present invention generally relates to a multiple socket for an outlet which, on the contrary, easily lends itself to such modulation and also has other advantages.
  • This multiple socket for socket outlet is of the type comprising an elongated housing, which, made of insulating material, is equipped with a group of connection terminals at one and the other of its ends and contains all the elements necessary conductors, and, staggered along this housing, at least two separate engagement stations, each suitable for plugging in a plug, the conductive elements comprising, on the one hand, at least two bus conductors, which extend without interruption from one group of connection terminals to the other, and, on the other hand, directly above each of the engagement stations, contact members, which, accessible from the outside and adapted to cooperate in racking-in with the contact members of a plug, are forcibly engaged on the bus conductors, and it is generally characterized in that, the casing being formed of two parts, one upper, which forms a body and encloses all of the contact members, the other which forms the bottom, the engagement stations each include a cover, which, forming a separate part of the housing is attached to the upper part thereof, presenting the holes necessary for the intervention of their
  • the engagement stations being formed by separate hubcaps, and these advantageously being of standard manufacture suitable for all multiple bases, whatever the number of engagement stations, the change thus to be carried out does not carry advantageously and economically only on a moderate fraction of the whole.
  • the conductive elements on the one hand, whether they are bus conductors or whether they are the contact members of the engagement stations, and the connection terminals, on the other hand, jointly remain advantageously identical , the only variant, depending on the number of engagement stations, the length of the bus conductors, which in practice can be very simply cut to the desired length on request.
  • the upper part, forming a body, of the housing forms by itself in one piece the hubcaps or bases constituting the engagement stations.
  • the base contains a fixing device, the control of which crosses the upper part of the housing, which leads to a particularly complex embodiment for the assembly, it follows from these two provisions that no modulation is possible for the number of engagement positions.
  • the multiple base 10 comprises, overall, an elongated housing 11, which, made of insulating material, is equipped with a group G of connection terminals 12 at both of its ends and contains, according to arrangements described in more detail later, all of the necessary conductive elements, and, staggered side by side along this housing 11, on the upper surface thereof, at least two engagement stations 14 separate, each suitable for plugging in a card not shown.
  • the conductive elements contained in the housing 11 comprise, on the one hand, at least two bus conductors 15, which extend without discontinuity from a group G of connection terminals 12 to each other, parallel to each other, and , on the other hand, perpendicular to each of the engagement stations 14, the contact members 16, 16 ', which, accessible from the outside, at the upper surface of the housing 11, and adapted to cooperate in racking-in with the contact members which a plug has in a complementary manner, are forcibly engaged, according to arrangements also described in more detail later, on the bus conductors 15.
  • each of the engagement stations 14 comprises two phase contact members 16, which, arranged head to tail, each form, in the median longitudinal plane of the housing 11, a cell 18, for engagement pins of a plug, and a contact member 16 'of earth, which, in this embodiment, protrudes, in a triangle with the cells 18 of the contact members 16 of phase, a pin 19, for cooperation with the corresponding socket of such a sheet.
  • bus conductors 15 there are therefore three bus conductors 15, spaced from each other.
  • the housing 11 is formed of two parts 11A, 11B, one upper, which forms a body and contains all of the contact members 16, 16 ', the other lower, which forms the bottom, and, according to the invention, the posts engagement 14 each include a cover 20, which, forming a separate part of the housing 11, is attached to the upper part 11A thereof, presenting the holes 21, 21 'necessary for the intervention of their contact members 16, 16 '.
  • the hubcap 20 of an engagement station 14 has, on the front, a faceplate 23, which is generally quadrangular in outline, and in practice square, extending substantially parallel to the lower part. 11B forming the bottom of the housing 11, and, set back with respect to this faceplate 23, in the central region thereof, a well 24, which is of generally circular cross section, and the bottom 25 of which has the holes 21, 21 ' required.
  • two holes 21 are provided, one per phase contact member 16, in line with the corresponding cells 18, and they extend substantially along the diameter of the bottom 25 contained in the median longitudinal plane of the housing 11 .
  • the hubcap 20 of an engagement station 14 only has a bore 21 ', for the passage of the pin 19 of the earth contact member 16'.
  • the bottom 25 of the well 24 of a hubcap 20 also has a hole 26, for the passage of a screw 27 suitable for securing such a hubcap 20 to the housing 11, in cooperation with a tapped hole 28 provided in correspondence therefor in the upper part 11A thereof.
  • the hole 26 is arranged in the center of the bottom 25, between the two holes 21.
  • the bore 26 can itself be installed in a diametrically opposite position relative to the bore 21 '.
  • the hubcap 20 of an engagement station 14 can be equipped with a safety device, commonly known as “eclipses”, which normally closes its bores 21, and which retracts under the action pins of a plug when such a plug is engaged.
  • eclipses a safety device
  • the cover 20 of an engagement station 14 has a dropped edge 29 all along its periphery.
  • the hubcaps 20 of the engagement stations 14 join one another by their faceplates 23, along one of the sides thereof.
  • bus conductors 15 operate substantially at the interface between the two upper 11A and lower 11B parts of the housing 11.
  • the contact members 16, 16 'of an engagement station 14 comprise at least one wing 30 provided with a slot 31 by which they are forcibly engaged on such a bus conductor 15, and, according to the invention, this slot 31 is open on the side of the lower part 11B of the housing 11.
  • the contact members 16, 16 ′ have two wings 30, which, parallel to one another, are joined by a middle part 32 and each have a slot 31.
  • the wings 30 extend laterally, and, according to arrangements known in themselves, they are duly shaped so as to jointly form the corresponding cell 18.
  • the middle part 32 extends laterally, and, at a distance from the wings 30, it projects the corresponding pin 19, the latter being, for example, duly attached to it by riveting.
  • this middle part 32 which, in the housing 11, is plumb with a tapped hole 28, is itself perforated with a hole 67, for the possible passage of the screw 27 corresponding.
  • connection terminals 12 are also forcibly engaged on the bus conductors 15.
  • these are screw connection terminals 33, of the conventional type, and, their body 34 being provided with a slot 35 at its base for their force engagement on a bus conductor 15, this slot 35 is open. on the side of the lower part 11B of the housing 11, as for the contact members 16, 16 '.
  • the upper part 11A comprises a honeycomb floor 36, of generally rectangular plan outline, and, projecting upward the longitudinal sides of this honeycomb floor 36, two flanges 37, which, at each of their ends, each form respectively two uprights 38, with, in their median zone, a projection 39 of height slightly less than that of these uprights 38.
  • the honeycomb floor 36 comprises, arranged head to tail on either side of the corresponding threaded bore 28, two cells 40, which are suitable for the positioning of the phase contact members 16, and which, over at least a portion of their length, are hollowed out at their base by an opening 41 for the passage of the wings 30 thereof.
  • the phase contact members 16 laterally comprise at least one lip 42, for cooperation in retention with a shoulder 43, which, provided in correspondence on one of the sides of the corresponding cell 40 of the honeycomb floor 36, and, therefore, on the upper part 11A of the housing 11, is turned towards the lower part 11B thereof.
  • two lips 42 are provided on each of the phase contact members 16, one for each of their wings 30, and these lips 42, which each extend respectively on either side of the corresponding alveolus 18 diverge from each other as they move away from the slots 31 of the wings 30.
  • the sides of a cell 40 of the honeycomb floor 36 each have a shoulder 43, and, on the surface, this shoulder 43 is preceded by a chamfer 44.
  • the honeycomb floor 36 has, on the surface, a bore 46, for the passage of the pin 19 of the contact member 16 'of corresponding earth.
  • connection terminals 12 are housed in cells 47 belonging in one piece to the upper part 11A of the housing 11.
  • the honeycomb floor 36 thereof has, at each of its ends, an extension 48, which has, aligned, three cells 47.
  • Each of these cells 47 opens laterally to the outside by a notch 49 at its base, to give access to the corresponding connection terminal 12.
  • each of the uprights 38 that form the upper part 11A of the housing 11 has, externally, a groove 50, preceded by a chamfer 51, for its possible snap-fastening on a support in the form of a frame, not shown.
  • the flanges 37 are slightly curved, to best conform to the shape of the well 24 that the engagement stations 14 include.
  • the bottom part 11B, forming the bottom, of the housing 11, is in the form of a simple plate, which, of generally rectangular outline, is surrounded by a flange 52 all along its periphery.
  • latching means comprise at least two latching lugs 54, 55, which, carried by the lower part 11B, and shaped as a hook, cooperate with notches 56, 57 provided for this purpose on the upper part 11A.
  • All the latching tabs 54, 55 extend generally longitudinally.
  • the hooked part of the latching tabs 54 extends along the plane of the latter.
  • That of the latching tabs 55 extends perpendicular to their plane.
  • this hook part faces outwards.
  • the notches 56, 57 corresponding to the upper part 11A protrude inside the well 58, 59 passing right through the honeycomb floor 36 thereof.
  • the lower part 11B of the housing 11 projects a network of stiffening ribs which also provide all the necessary insulation between the bus conductors 15.
  • the latching tabs 54 are set back relative to the transverse sides of this lower part 11B, and, likewise, the latching lugs 55 are set back relative to its longitudinal sides, with, for these, a recess to their right.
  • one of the upper 11A and lower 11B parts of the housing 11 comprises, pending, at at least one of its ends, nesting means 62, for possible coupling of an annex compartment , not shown, and, for example, of a compartment comprising a cable clamp.
  • these interlocking means 62 operate at one and the other of the ends of the housing 11, and they comprise, each arranged respectively projecting on two opposite faces of the part 11A, 11B concerned, two tongues 63, which, inclined with respect to one another, jointly form interlocking means of the dovetail type.
  • the part of the housing 11 comprising such interlocking means 62 is the upper part 11A thereof.
  • the tongues 63 forming these nesting means 62 extend projecting from the longitudinal faces of the extensions 48 of the honeycomb floor 36 of this upper part 11A.
  • the assembly can be carried out as follows.
  • the bus conductors 15 are first placed on the bottom part 11B forming the bottom.
  • bus conductors 15 are then forcibly engaged, on the one hand, the connection terminals 12, and, on the other hand, the earth contact members 16 ′.
  • the part 11A forming a body is then snapped onto the part 11B.
  • bus conductors 15 are then sandwiched between the lower part 11B and the upper part 11A.
  • phase contact members 16 are forcibly engaged on the bus conductors 15, through the cells 40 of the upper part 11A of the housing 11, with snap-fastening into them by their lips 42.
  • the assembly thus carried out advantageously results from a simple stacking.
  • the hubcaps 20 of the engagement stations 14 are then themselves put in place.
  • the hubcaps 20 are therefore not definitively put in place until after this snap-fastening.
  • this earth contact member can be in a form other than that of a simple pin.

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Abstract

This is a socket including an elongate casing (11) which, equipped with connection terminals (12) at both its ends, contains the set of conducting elements, and, in particular, bus conductors (busbars) which extend without any discontinuity between the connection terminals (12), with, staggered along the casing (11), at least two engagement stations (14) each suitable for plugging in a plug. According to the invention, the casing (11) being formed in two parts (11A, 11B), one being an upper part which contains all the contact members of the engagement stations (14) and the other being the lower part which forms the bottom, the engagement stations (14) each include an embellishment (20) which, forming a piece separate from the casing (11), is attached to the upper part (11A) of the latter, having drillholes (21, 21') which are necessary for performing an intervention operation on their contact members. Application to multiple sockets. <IMAGE>

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La présente invention concerne d'une manière générale les socles multiples pour prise de courant, du genre comportant, globalement, un boîtier allongé, qui, réalisé en matière isolante, est équipé d'un groupe de bornes de connexion à l'une et l'autre de ses extrémités et renferme l'ensemble des éléments conducteurs nécessaires, et, échelonnés le long de ce boîtier, au moins deux postes d'engagement distincts propres chacun à l'embrochage d'une fiche, les éléments conducteurs comportant, d'une part, au moins deux conducteurs bus, qui s'étendent sans discontinuité d'un des groupes de bornes de connexion à l'autre, et, d'autre part, à l'aplomb de chacun des postes d'engagement, des organes de contact accessibles de l'extérieur et adaptés à coopérer en embrochage avec les organes de contact d'une fiche.The present invention generally relates to multiple sockets for a socket outlet, of the type comprising, overall, an elongated housing, which, made of insulating material, is equipped with a group of connection terminals to one and the other. 'other of its ends and contains all of the necessary conductive elements, and, staggered along this housing, at least two separate engagement stations each suitable for plugging in a plug, the conductive elements comprising, on the one hand, at least two bus conductors, which extend without interruption from one of the groups of connection terminals to the other, and, on the other hand, directly above each of the engagement stations, of the organs contact accessible from the outside and adapted to cooperate in racking-in with the contact members of a plug.

A la différence d'un bloc multiprise, qui est normalement destiné à être mis en oeuvre isolément à l'air libre, et qui donc par sécurité est équipé d'un cordon d'alimentation intégré à l'une et une seule de ses extrémités, un socle multiple présente des bornes de connexion à l'une et l'autre de ses extrémités, parce que, sans cependant que cela soit impératif, il est le plus souvent destiné à être mis en oeuvre au sein d'une enceinte, par exemple une goulotte, assurant par elle-même la protection de ces bornes de connexion.Unlike a power strip, which is normally intended to be used alone in the open air, and which therefore for safety is equipped with a power cord integrated at one and only one of its ends , a multiple base has connection terminals at one and the other of its ends, because, without however this being imperative, it is most often intended to be implemented within an enclosure, by example a chute, ensuring by itself the protection of these connection terminals.

La présente invention vise plus particulièrement le cas où, pour tirer un parti supplémentaire des conducteurs bus, les organes de contact des postes d'engagement sont simplement engagés à force sur ceux-ci.The present invention relates more particularly to the case where, in order to obtain an additional advantage from the bus conductors, the contact members of the engagement stations are simply engaged by force on them.

Cette disposition est connue par elle-même de longue date, notamment par le brevet français qui, déposé le 19 septembre 1974 sous le No 74 31657, a été publié sous le No 2 285 731.This provision has been known for a long time itself, in particular by the French patent which, filed on September 19, 1974 under No 74 31657, was published under No 2 285 731.

Dans ce brevet français No 74 31657, les postes d'engagement sont constitués par de simples socles établis de place en place le long de conducteurs bus eux-mêmes formés de simples conducteurs isolés, sans que l'ensemble soit repris dans un quelconque boîtier.In this French patent No 74 31657, the engagement stations are constituted by simple bases established from place to place along bus conductors themselves formed from simple insulated conductors, without the assembly being included in any housing.

Cette disposition a le mérite de la simplicité.This arrangement has the merit of simplicity.

Mais, les organes de contact des postes d'engagement intervenant à l'air libre, la sécurité est mal assurée.But, the contact bodies of the engagement stations intervening in the open air, security is poorly ensured.

Dans la demande de brevet européen qui, déposée le 19 juin 1990 sous le No 90201615, a été publiée sous le No 462 329, il existe, par sécurité, un boîtier.In the European patent application which, filed on June 19, 1990 under No. 90201615, was published under No. 462 329, there is, for safety, a housing.

En pratique, dans cette demande de brevet européen, le boîtier est en deux parties.In practice, in this European patent application, the housing is in two parts.

Il comporte en effet une partie inférieure, formant corps, qui renferme l'ensemble des organes de contact, avec ceux-ci engagés en pratique par en dessous sur les conducteurs bus, et une partie supérieure, formant couvercle, qui constitue par elle-même d'un seul tenant l'ensemble des postes d'engagement, ceux-ci se réduisant en pratique aux perçages nécessaires à l'intervention de leurs organes de contact.It in fact comprises a lower part, forming a body, which encloses all of the contact members, with these engaged in practice from below on the bus conductors, and an upper part, forming a cover, which in itself constitutes all of the engagement stations in one piece, these in practice being reduced to the holes required for the intervention of their contact members.

Cette disposition a pour avantage de permettre de réaliser le montage par simple empilage.This arrangement has the advantage of making it possible to assemble by simple stacking.

Mais elle a pour inconvénient de ne se prêter que malaisément à une modulation du nombre de postes d'engagement.However, it has the disadvantage of only being difficult to adjust the number of engagement posts.

La présente invention a d'une manière générale pour objet un socle multiple pour prise de courant se prêtant au contraire aisément à une telle modulation et présentant en outre d'autres avantages.The present invention generally relates to a multiple socket for an outlet which, on the contrary, easily lends itself to such modulation and also has other advantages.

Ce socle multiple pour prise de courant est du genre comportant un boîtier allongé, qui, réalisé en matière isolante, est équipé d'un groupe de bornes de connexion à l'une et l'autre de ses extrémités et renferme l'ensemble des éléments conducteurs nécessaires, et, échelonnés le long de ce boîtier, au moins deux postes d'engagement distincts propres chacun à l'embrochage d'une fiche, les éléments conducteurs comportant, d'une part, au moins deux conducteurs bus, qui s'étendent sans discontinuité d'un groupe de bornes de connexion à l'autre, et, d'autre part, à l'aplomb de chacun des postes d'engagement, des organes de contact, qui, accessibles de l'extérieur et adaptés à coopérer en embrochage avec les organes de contact d'une fiche, sont engagés à force sur les conducteurs bus, et il est d'une manière générale caractérisé en ce que, le boîtier étant formé de deux parties, l'une supérieure, qui forme corps et renferme l'ensemble des organes de contact, l'autre qui forme fond, les postes d'engagement comportent chacun un enjoliveur, qui, formant une pièce distincte du boîtier, est rapporté sur la partie supérieure de celui-ci, en présentant les perçages nécessaires à l'intervention de leurs organes de contact.This multiple socket for socket outlet is of the type comprising an elongated housing, which, made of insulating material, is equipped with a group of connection terminals at one and the other of its ends and contains all the elements necessary conductors, and, staggered along this housing, at least two separate engagement stations, each suitable for plugging in a plug, the conductive elements comprising, on the one hand, at least two bus conductors, which extend without interruption from one group of connection terminals to the other, and, on the other hand, directly above each of the engagement stations, contact members, which, accessible from the outside and adapted to cooperate in racking-in with the contact members of a plug, are forcibly engaged on the bus conductors, and it is generally characterized in that, the casing being formed of two parts, one upper, which forms a body and encloses all of the contact members, the other which forms the bottom, the engagement stations each include a cover, which, forming a separate part of the housing is attached to the upper part thereof, presenting the holes necessary for the intervention of their contact members.

Ainsi, pour passer d'un socle multiple présentant un nombre donné de postes d'engagement à un socle multiple présentant un nombre de postes d'engagement différent du précédent, il suffit de changer l'une et l'autre des parties du boîtier.Thus, to go from a multiple base having a given number of engagement stations to a multiple base having a number of engagement positions different from the previous one, it suffices to change one and the other of the parts of the housing.

Mais, les postes d'engagement étant formés par des enjoliveurs distincts, et ceux-ci relevant avantageusement d'une fabrication standard convenant à tous les socles multiples, quel que soit le nombre de postes d'engagement, le changement ainsi à effectuer ne porte avantageusement et économiquement que sur une fraction modérée de l'ensemble.However, the engagement stations being formed by separate hubcaps, and these advantageously being of standard manufacture suitable for all multiple bases, whatever the number of engagement stations, the change thus to be carried out does not carry advantageously and economically only on a moderate fraction of the whole.

Les éléments conducteurs, d'une part, qu'il s'agisse des conducteurs bus ou qu'il s'agisse des organes de contact des postes d'engagement, et les bornes de connexion, d'autre part, restent conjointement avantageusement identiques, seule variant, suivant le nombre de postes d'engagement, la longueur des conducteurs bus, qui, en pratique, peuvent être très simplement tronçonnés à la longueur voulue à la demande.The conductive elements, on the one hand, whether they are bus conductors or whether they are the contact members of the engagement stations, and the connection terminals, on the other hand, jointly remain advantageously identical , the only variant, depending on the number of engagement stations, the length of the bus conductors, which in practice can be very simply cut to the desired length on request.

En outre, il est de même avantageusement facile de modifier d'un socle multiple à un autre le pas entre postes d'engagement si désiré.In addition, it is also advantageously easy to modify the pitch between engagement stations if desired from one multiple base to another.

Certes, il est connu, par la demande de brevet européen qui, déposée le 1er avril 1987 sous le No 87104780, a été publiée sous le No 240 916, un socle multiple dont le boîtier comporte lui aussi deux parties, l'une supérieure, qui forme corps et renferme l'ensemble des organes de contact des divers postes d'engagement, l'autre inférieure, qui forme fond.Admittedly, it is known from the European patent application which, filed on April 1, 1987 under No. 87104780, was published under No. 240 916, a multiple base whose housing also has two parts, the upper one, which forms a body and contains all of the contact members of the various engagement stations, the other lower, which forms the bottom.

Mais, dans cette demande de brevet européen, les organes de contact des postes d'engagement ne sont pas engagés à force sur les conducteurs bus.However, in this European patent application, the contact members of the engagement stations are not forcibly engaged on the bus conductors.

Ils sont au contraire d'un seul tenant avec ceux-ci.On the contrary, they are in one piece with them.

En outre, la partie supérieure, formant corps, du boîtier, forme par elle-même d'un seul tenant les enjoliveurs ou socles constituant les postes d'engagement.In addition, the upper part, forming a body, of the housing, forms by itself in one piece the hubcaps or bases constituting the engagement stations.

Outre que le fond contient un dispositif de fixation dont la commande traverse la partie supérieure du boîtier, ce qui conduit à une réalisation particulièrement complexe pour l'ensemble, il résulte de ces deux dispositions qu'aucune modulation n'est possible pour le nombre de postes d'engagement.In addition to the fact that the base contains a fixing device, the control of which crosses the upper part of the housing, which leads to a particularly complex embodiment for the assembly, it follows from these two provisions that no modulation is possible for the number of engagement positions.

Il n'en est avantageusement pas de même avec le socle multiple suivant l'invention.It is advantageously not the same with the multiple base according to the invention.

Les caractéristiques et avantages de l'invention ressortiront d'ailleurs de la description qui va suivre, à titre d'exemple, en référence aux dessins schématiques annexés sur lesquels :

  • la figure 1 est, avec un arrachement local, une vue en perspective d'un socle multiple suivant l'invention ;
  • la figure 2 en est une vue en perspective éclatée ;
  • la figure 3 est une vue en coupe longitudinale de la partie inférieure du boîtier de ce socle multiple, suivant la ligne brisée III-III de la figure 2 ;
  • la figure 4 est une vue en coupe transversale de cette partie inférieure de boîtier, suivant la ligne IV-IV de la figure 2 ;
  • la figure 5 est une vue en coupe longitudinale de la partie supérieure du boîtier, suivant la ligne brisée V-V de la figure 2 ;
  • la figure 6 est une vue en coupe transversale de cette partie supérieure de boîtier, suivant la ligne VI-VI de la figure 2 ;
  • la figure 7 reprend, à échelle supérieure, le détail de la figure 5 repéré par un encart VII sur cette figure 5 ;
  • les figures 8, 9 et 10 sont, à échelle supérieure, des vues en perspective des constituants repérés par des encarts VIII, IX et X de la figure 2.
The characteristics and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the description which follows, by way of example, with reference to the appended schematic drawings in which:
  • Figure 1 is, with a local cutaway, a perspective view of a multiple base according to the invention;
  • Figure 2 is an exploded perspective view;
  • Figure 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the lower part of the housing of this multiple base, along the broken line III-III of Figure 2;
  • Figure 4 is a cross-sectional view of this lower housing part, along the line IV-IV of Figure 2;
  • Figure 5 is a longitudinal sectional view of the upper part of the housing, along the broken line VV of Figure 2;
  • Figure 6 is a cross-sectional view of this upper housing part, along line VI-VI of Figure 2;
  • Figure 7 shows, on a larger scale, the detail of Figure 5 identified by an insert VII in this Figure 5;
  • FIGS. 8, 9 and 10 are, on a larger scale, perspective views of the constituents identified by inserts VIII, IX and X in FIG. 2.

Tel qu'illustré sur ces figures, et de manière connue en soi, le socle multiple 10 suivant l'invention comporte, globalement, un boîtier 11 allongé, qui, réalisé en matière isolante, est équipé d'un groupe G de bornes de connexion 12 à l'une et l'autre de ses extrémités et renferme, suivant des dispositions décrites plus en détail ultérieurement, l'ensemble des éléments conducteurs nécessaires, et, échelonnés côte à côte le long de ce boîtier 11, à la surface supérieure de celui-ci, au moins deux postes d'engagement 14 distincts propres chacun à l'embrochage d'une fiche non représentée.As illustrated in these figures, and in a known manner per se, the multiple base 10 according to the invention comprises, overall, an elongated housing 11, which, made of insulating material, is equipped with a group G of connection terminals 12 at both of its ends and contains, according to arrangements described in more detail later, all of the necessary conductive elements, and, staggered side by side along this housing 11, on the upper surface thereof, at least two engagement stations 14 separate, each suitable for plugging in a card not shown.

Dans la forme de réalisation représentée, seuls deux postes d'engagement 14 sont prévus.In the embodiment shown, only two engagement stations 14 are provided.

Les éléments conducteurs que renferme le boîtier 11 comportent, d'une part, au moins deux conducteurs bus 15, qui s'étendent sans discontinuité d'un groupe G de bornes de connexion 12 à l'autre, parallèlement les uns aux autres, et, d'autre part, à l'aplomb de chacun des postes d'engagement 14, des organes de contact 16, 16', qui, accessibles de l'extérieur, à la surface supérieure du boîtier 11, et adaptés à coopérer en embrochage avec les organes de contact que présente de manière complémentaire une fiche, sont engagés à force, suivant des dispositions également décrites plus en détail ultérieurement, sur les conducteurs bus 15.The conductive elements contained in the housing 11 comprise, on the one hand, at least two bus conductors 15, which extend without discontinuity from a group G of connection terminals 12 to each other, parallel to each other, and , on the other hand, perpendicular to each of the engagement stations 14, the contact members 16, 16 ', which, accessible from the outside, at the upper surface of the housing 11, and adapted to cooperate in racking-in with the contact members which a plug has in a complementary manner, are forcibly engaged, according to arrangements also described in more detail later, on the bus conductors 15.

Dans la forme de réalisation représentée, chacun des postes d'engagement 14 comporte deux organes de contact 16 de phase, qui, disposés tête-bêche, forment chacun, dans le plan longitudinal médian du boîtier 11, un alvéole 18, pour l'engagement des broches d'une fiche, et un organe de contact 16' de terre, qui, dans cette forme de réalisation, porte en saillie, en triangle avec les alvéoles 18 des organes de contact 16 de phase, une broche 19, pour coopération avec l'alvéole correspondant d'une telle fiche.In the embodiment shown, each of the engagement stations 14 comprises two phase contact members 16, which, arranged head to tail, each form, in the median longitudinal plane of the housing 11, a cell 18, for engagement pins of a plug, and a contact member 16 'of earth, which, in this embodiment, protrudes, in a triangle with the cells 18 of the contact members 16 of phase, a pin 19, for cooperation with the corresponding socket of such a sheet.

Dans la forme de réalisation représentée, il y a donc trois conducteurs bus 15, à distance l'un de l'autre.In the embodiment shown, there are therefore three bus conductors 15, spaced from each other.

En pratique, le boîtier 11 est formé de deux parties 11A, 11B, l'une supérieure, qui forme corps et renferme l'ensemble des organes de contact 16, 16', l'autre inférieure, qui forme fond, et, suivant l'invention, les postes d'engagement 14 comportent chacun un enjoliveur 20, qui, formant une pièce distincte du boîtier 11, est rapporté sur la partie supérieure 11A de celui-ci, en présentant les perçages 21, 21' nécessaires à l'intervention de leurs organes de contact 16, 16'.In practice, the housing 11 is formed of two parts 11A, 11B, one upper, which forms a body and contains all of the contact members 16, 16 ', the other lower, which forms the bottom, and, according to the invention, the posts engagement 14 each include a cover 20, which, forming a separate part of the housing 11, is attached to the upper part 11A thereof, presenting the holes 21, 21 'necessary for the intervention of their contact members 16, 16 '.

Dans la forme de réalisation représentée, l'enjoliveur 20 d'un poste d'engagement 14 comporte, en façade, un plastron 23, qui est de contour globalement quadrangulaire, et en pratique carré, en s'étendant sensiblement parallèlement à la partie inférieure 11B formant fond du boîtier 11, et, en retrait par rapport à ce plastron 23, dans la zone médiane de celui-ci, un puits 24, qui est de section transversale globalement circulaire, et dont le fond 25 présente les perçages 21, 21' nécessaires.In the embodiment shown, the hubcap 20 of an engagement station 14 has, on the front, a faceplate 23, which is generally quadrangular in outline, and in practice square, extending substantially parallel to the lower part. 11B forming the bottom of the housing 11, and, set back with respect to this faceplate 23, in the central region thereof, a well 24, which is of generally circular cross section, and the bottom 25 of which has the holes 21, 21 ' required.

En pratique, deux perçages 21 sont prévus, à raison d'un par organe de contact 16 de phase, au droit des alvéoles 18 correspondants, et ils s'étendent sensiblement suivant le diamètre du fond 25 contenu dans le plan longitudinal médian du boîtier 11.In practice, two holes 21 are provided, one per phase contact member 16, in line with the corresponding cells 18, and they extend substantially along the diameter of the bottom 25 contained in the median longitudinal plane of the housing 11 .

Un seul de ces perçages 21 est visible sur les figures.Only one of these holes 21 is visible in the figures.

Conjointement, l'enjoliveur 20 d'un poste d'engagement 14 ne comporte qu'un perçage 21', pour le passage de la broche 19 de l'organe de contact 16' de terre.At the same time, the hubcap 20 of an engagement station 14 only has a bore 21 ', for the passage of the pin 19 of the earth contact member 16'.

Le fond 25 du puits 24 d'un enjoliveur 20 présente en outre un perçage 26, pour le passage d'une vis 27 propre à assurer la fixation d'un tel enjoliveur 20 au boîtier 11, en coopération avec un perçage taraudé 28 prévu en correspondance à cet effet dans la partie supérieure 11A de celui-ci.The bottom 25 of the well 24 of a hubcap 20 also has a hole 26, for the passage of a screw 27 suitable for securing such a hubcap 20 to the housing 11, in cooperation with a tapped hole 28 provided in correspondence therefor in the upper part 11A thereof.

Dans la forme de réalisation représentée, le perçage 26 est disposé au centre du fond 25, entre les deux perçages 21.In the embodiment shown, the hole 26 is arranged in the center of the bottom 25, between the two holes 21.

La place est ainsi laissée disponible pour un perçage supplémentaire, non représenté, qui, disposé en position diamétralement opposée par rapport au perçage 21', permet, si désiré, l'intervention d'un détrompeur sur la fiche.The place is thus left available for an additional hole, not shown, which, arranged in a diametrically opposite position relative to the hole 21 ', allows, if desired, the intervention of a keying device on the plug.

Cette disposition ne relevant pas de la présente invention, elle ne sera pas décrite ici.This arrangement does not fall under the present invention, it will not be described here.

En variante, et notamment en l'absence d'un tel détrompeur, le perçage 26 peut lui-même être implanté en position diamétralement opposée par rapport au perçage 21'.Alternatively, and in particular in the absence of such a polarizing device, the bore 26 can itself be installed in a diametrically opposite position relative to the bore 21 '.

De manière connue en soi, l'enjoliveur 20 d'un poste d'engagement 14 peut être équipé d'un dispositif de sécurité, communément dit "éclips", qui obture normalement ses perçages 21, et qui s'escamote sous l'action des broches d'une fiche lorsqu'une telle fiche est engagée.In a manner known per se, the hubcap 20 of an engagement station 14 can be equipped with a safety device, commonly known as "eclipses", which normally closes its bores 21, and which retracts under the action pins of a plug when such a plug is engaged.

Les dispositions correspondantes ne relevant pas non plus de la présente invention, elles ne seront pas décrites ici.The corresponding provisions also not falling under the present invention, they will not be described here.

Dans la forme de réalisation représentée, l'enjoliveur 20 d'un poste d'engagement 14 comporte un bord tombé 29 tout au long de sa périphérie.In the embodiment shown, the cover 20 of an engagement station 14 has a dropped edge 29 all along its periphery.

En pratique, les enjoliveurs 20 des postes d'engagement 14 se jointoient l'un l'autre par leurs plastrons 23, suivant l'un des côtés de ceux-ci.In practice, the hubcaps 20 of the engagement stations 14 join one another by their faceplates 23, along one of the sides thereof.

Dans la forme de réalisation représentée, les conducteurs bus 15 interviennent sensiblement à l'interface entre les deux parties supérieure 11A et inférieure 11B du boîtier 11.In the embodiment shown, the bus conductors 15 operate substantially at the interface between the two upper 11A and lower 11B parts of the housing 11.

Ils s'étendent donc sensiblement suivant un même plan.They therefore extend substantially along the same plane.

En pratique, ils sont à égale distance les uns des autres, et il s'agit par exemple de simples tiges rondes nues en cuivre ou en laiton.In practice, they are equidistant from each other, and are for example simple bare round rods of copper or brass.

Les organes de contact 16, 16' d'un poste d'engagement 14 comportent au moins une aile 30 munie d'une fente 31 par laquelle ils sont engagés à force sur un tel conducteur bus 15, et, suivant l'invention, cette fente 31 est ouverte du côté de la partie inférieure 11B du boîtier 11.The contact members 16, 16 'of an engagement station 14 comprise at least one wing 30 provided with a slot 31 by which they are forcibly engaged on such a bus conductor 15, and, according to the invention, this slot 31 is open on the side of the lower part 11B of the housing 11.

En pratique, les organes de contact 16, 16' comportent deux ailes 30, qui, parallèles l'une à l'autre, sont réunies par une partie médiane 32 et comportent chacune une fente 31.In practice, the contact members 16, 16 ′ have two wings 30, which, parallel to one another, are joined by a middle part 32 and each have a slot 31.

Pour les organes de contact 16 de phase, les ailes 30 se prolongent latéralement, et, suivant des dispositions connues par elles-mêmes, elles sont dûment conformées de manière à former conjointement l'alvéole 18 correspondant.For the phase contact members 16, the wings 30 extend laterally, and, according to arrangements known in themselves, they are duly shaped so as to jointly form the corresponding cell 18.

Pour l'organe de contact 16' de terre, la partie médiane 32 se prolonge latéralement, et, à distance des ailes 30, elle porte en saillie la broche 19 correspondante, celle-ci lui étant par exemple dûment rapportée par rivetage.For the earth contact member 16 ′, the middle part 32 extends laterally, and, at a distance from the wings 30, it projects the corresponding pin 19, the latter being, for example, duly attached to it by riveting.

Dans la forme de réalisation représentée, cette partie médiane 32 qui, dans le boîtier 11, se trouve à l'aplomb d'un perçage taraudé 28, est elle-même ajourée d'un perçage 67, pour le passage éventuel de la vis 27 correspondante.In the embodiment shown, this middle part 32 which, in the housing 11, is plumb with a tapped hole 28, is itself perforated with a hole 67, for the possible passage of the screw 27 corresponding.

Suivant l'invention, les bornes de connexion 12 sont elles aussi engagées à force sur les conducteurs bus 15.According to the invention, the connection terminals 12 are also forcibly engaged on the bus conductors 15.

En pratique, il s'agit de bornes de connexion à vis 33, de type classique, et, leur corps 34 étant muni d'une fente 35 à sa base pour leur engagement à force sur un conducteur bus 15, cette fente 35 est ouverte du côté de la partie inférieure 11B du boîtier 11, comme pour les organes de contact 16, 16'.In practice, these are screw connection terminals 33, of the conventional type, and, their body 34 being provided with a slot 35 at its base for their force engagement on a bus conductor 15, this slot 35 is open. on the side of the lower part 11B of the housing 11, as for the contact members 16, 16 '.

Les parties supérieure 11A et inférieure 11B du boîtier 11 ne seront pas décrites dans tous leurs détails ici.The upper 11A and lower 11B parts of the housing 11 will not be described in full detail here.

Seuls en seront décrits les éléments nécessaires à la compréhension de l'invention.Only the elements necessary for understanding the invention will be described therein.

Globalement, la partie supérieure 11A comporte un plancher alvéolaire 36, de contour en plan globalement rectangulaire, et, prolongeant en saillie vers le haut les côtés longitudinaux de ce plancher alvéolaire 36, deux flasques 37, qui, à chacune de leurs extrémités, forment chacun respectivement deux montants 38, avec, dans leur zone médiane, une saillie 39 de hauteur légèrement inférieure à celle de ces montants 38.Overall, the upper part 11A comprises a honeycomb floor 36, of generally rectangular plan outline, and, projecting upward the longitudinal sides of this honeycomb floor 36, two flanges 37, which, at each of their ends, each form respectively two uprights 38, with, in their median zone, a projection 39 of height slightly less than that of these uprights 38.

Pour chaque poste d'engagement 14, le plancher alvéolaire 36 comporte, disposés tête-bêche de part et d'autre du perçage taraudé 28 correspondant, deux alvéoles 40, qui sont propres à la mise en place des organes de contact 16 de phase, et qui, sur une portion au moins de leur longueur, sont évidés à leur base par une ouverture 41 pour le passage des ailes 30 de ceux-ci.For each engagement station 14, the honeycomb floor 36 comprises, arranged head to tail on either side of the corresponding threaded bore 28, two cells 40, which are suitable for the positioning of the phase contact members 16, and which, over at least a portion of their length, are hollowed out at their base by an opening 41 for the passage of the wings 30 thereof.

Dans la forme de réalisation représentée, les organes de contact 16 de phase comportent latéralement au moins une lèvre 42, pour coopération en retenue avec un épaulement 43, qui, prévu en correspondance sur l'un des flancs de l'alvéole 40 correspondant du plancher alvéolaire 36, et, donc, sur la partie supérieure 11A du boîtier 11, est tourné vers la partie inférieure 11B de celui-ci.In the embodiment shown, the phase contact members 16 laterally comprise at least one lip 42, for cooperation in retention with a shoulder 43, which, provided in correspondence on one of the sides of the corresponding cell 40 of the honeycomb floor 36, and, therefore, on the upper part 11A of the housing 11, is turned towards the lower part 11B thereof.

En pratique, deux lèvres 42 sont prévues sur chacun des organes de contact 16 de phase, à raison d'une pour chacune de leurs ailes 30, et ces lèvres 42, qui s'étendent chacune respectivement de part et d'autre de l'alvéole 18 correspondant, divergent l'une par rapport à l'autre au fur et à mesure qu'elles s'éloignent des fentes 31 des ailes 30.In practice, two lips 42 are provided on each of the phase contact members 16, one for each of their wings 30, and these lips 42, which each extend respectively on either side of the corresponding alveolus 18 diverge from each other as they move away from the slots 31 of the wings 30.

Conjointement, les flancs d'un alvéole 40 du plancher alvéolaire 36 présentent chacun un épaulement 43, et, en surface, cet épaulement 43 est précédé par un chanfrein 44.Jointly, the sides of a cell 40 of the honeycomb floor 36 each have a shoulder 43, and, on the surface, this shoulder 43 is preceded by a chamfer 44.

Conjointement, pour chaque poste d'engagement 14, le plancher alvéolaire 36 comporte, en surface, un perçage 46, pour le passage de la broche 19 de l'organe de contact 16' de terre correspondant.At the same time, for each engagement station 14, the honeycomb floor 36 has, on the surface, a bore 46, for the passage of the pin 19 of the contact member 16 'of corresponding earth.

Dans la forme de réalisation représentée, les bornes de connexion 12 sont logées dans des alvéoles 47 appartenant d'un seul tenant à la partie supérieure 11A du boîtier 11.In the embodiment shown, the connection terminals 12 are housed in cells 47 belonging in one piece to the upper part 11A of the housing 11.

Pour ce faire, le plancher alvéolaire 36 de celle-ci comporte, à chacune de ses extrémités, un prolongement 48, qui présente, alignés, trois alvéoles 47.To do this, the honeycomb floor 36 thereof has, at each of its ends, an extension 48, which has, aligned, three cells 47.

Chacun de ces alvéoles 47 débouche latéralement à l'extérieur par une échancrure 49 à sa base, pour donner accès à la borne de connexion 12 correspondante.Each of these cells 47 opens laterally to the outside by a notch 49 at its base, to give access to the corresponding connection terminal 12.

Dans la forme de réalisation représentée, chacun des montants 38 que forme la partie supérieure 11A du boîtier 11 comporte, extérieurement, une rainure 50, précédée d'un chanfrein 51, pour son encliquetage éventuel sur un support en forme de cadre, non représenté.In the embodiment shown, each of the uprights 38 that form the upper part 11A of the housing 11 has, externally, a groove 50, preceded by a chamfer 51, for its possible snap-fastening on a support in the form of a frame, not shown.

Entre un tel montant 38 et la saillie 39 correspondante, les flasques 37 sont légèrement cintrés, pour épouser au mieux la forme du puits 24 que comportent les postes d'engagement 14.Between such an upright 38 and the corresponding projection 39, the flanges 37 are slightly curved, to best conform to the shape of the well 24 that the engagement stations 14 include.

Globalement, la partie inférieure 11B, formant fond, du boîtier 11, se présente sous la forme d'une simple plaquette, qui, de contour globalement rectangulaire, est ceinturée par un rebord 52 tout au long de sa périphérie.Overall, the bottom part 11B, forming the bottom, of the housing 11, is in the form of a simple plate, which, of generally rectangular outline, is surrounded by a flange 52 all along its periphery.

Le long de ses côtés transversaux, elle présente, échelonnées à distance l'une de l'autre, d'un seul tenant avec le rebord 52, trois saillies 53, pour coopération en emboîtement avec les échancrures 49 correspondantes de la partie supérieure 11A.Along its transverse sides, it has, staggered at a distance from each other, in one piece with the rim 52, three projections 53, for interlocking cooperation with the corresponding notches 49 of the upper part 11A.

Dans la forme de réalisation représentée, entre les deux parties supérieure 11A et inférieure 11B du boîtier 11 interviennent des moyens d'encliquetage.In the embodiment shown, between the two upper 11A and lower 11B parts 11B of the housing 11 intervene latching means.

Ces moyens d'encliquetage comportent au moins deux pattes d'encliquetage 54, 55, qui, portées par la partie inférieure 11B, et conformées en crochet, coopèrent avec des crans 56, 57 prévus à cet effet sur la partie supérieure 11A.These latching means comprise at least two latching lugs 54, 55, which, carried by the lower part 11B, and shaped as a hook, cooperate with notches 56, 57 provided for this purpose on the upper part 11A.

En pratique, il y a ainsi, dans la forme de réalisation représentée, deux pattes d'encliquetage 54 à chacune des extrémités du boîtier 11, et au moins deux pattes d'encliquetage 55 dans la zone médiane de celui-ci.In practice, there are thus, in the embodiment shown, two latching lugs 54 at each end of the housing 11, and at least two latching lugs 55 in the central region thereof.

Dans la forme de réalisation représentée, seules deux pattes d'encliquetage 55 sont prévues dans la zone médiane du boîtier 11.In the embodiment shown, only two latching tabs 55 are provided in the middle zone of the housing 11.

Mais, pour un nombre de postes d'engagement 14 supérieur à deux, leur nombre pourrait également être supérieur à deux.However, for a number of engagement posts 14 greater than two, their number could also be greater than two.

Toutes les pattes d'encliquetage 54, 55 s'étendent globalement longitudinalement.All the latching tabs 54, 55 extend generally longitudinally.

La partie en crochet des pattes d'encliquetage 54 s'étend suivant le plan de celles-ci.The hooked part of the latching tabs 54 extends along the plane of the latter.

Celle des pattes d'encliquetage 55 s'étend perpendiculairement à leur plan.That of the latching tabs 55 extends perpendicular to their plane.

Pour toutes les pattes d'encliquetage 54, 55, cette partie en crochet est tournée vers l'extérieur.For all the latching lugs 54, 55, this hook part faces outwards.

Les crans 56, 57 correspondants de la partie supérieure 11A font saillie à l'intérieur de puits 58, 59 traversant de part en part le plancher alvéolaire 36 de celle-ci.The notches 56, 57 corresponding to the upper part 11A protrude inside the well 58, 59 passing right through the honeycomb floor 36 thereof.

Ils sont précédés de chanfreins 60, 61.They are preceded by chamfers 60, 61.

Outre le rebord 52 et les pattes d'encliquetage 54, 55, la partie inférieure 11B du boîtier 11 porte en saillie un réseau de nervures de raidissement qui assurent également toute l'isolation nécessaire entre les conducteurs bus 15.In addition to the flange 52 and the latching tabs 54, 55, the lower part 11B of the housing 11 projects a network of stiffening ribs which also provide all the necessary insulation between the bus conductors 15.

Si désiré, elles peuvent également assurer un positionnement de ceux-ci.If desired, they can also ensure positioning thereof.

Les pattes d'encliquetage 54 sont en retrait par rapport aux côtés transversaux de cette partie inférieure 11B, et, de même, les pattes d'encliquetage 55 sont en retrait par rapport à ses côtés longitudinaux, avec, pour ceux-ci, un décrochement à leur droit.The latching tabs 54 are set back relative to the transverse sides of this lower part 11B, and, likewise, the latching lugs 55 are set back relative to its longitudinal sides, with, for these, a recess to their right.

Préférentiellement, et tel que représenté, l'une des parties supérieure 11A et inférieure 11B du boîtier 11 comporte, en attente, à l'une au moins de ses extrémités, des moyens d'emboîtement 62, pour attelage éventuel d'un compartiment annexe, non représenté, et, par exemple, d'un compartiment comportant un serre-câble.Preferably, and as shown, one of the upper 11A and lower 11B parts of the housing 11 comprises, pending, at at least one of its ends, nesting means 62, for possible coupling of an annex compartment , not shown, and, for example, of a compartment comprising a cable clamp.

Dans la forme de réalisation représentée, ces moyens d'emboîtement 62 interviennent à l'une et l'autre des extrémités du boîtier 11, et ils comportent, disposées chacune respectivement en saillie sur deux faces opposées de la partie 11A, 11B concernée, deux languettes 63, qui, inclinées l'une par rapport à l'autre, forment conjointement des moyens d'emboîtement du type en queue d'aronde.In the embodiment shown, these interlocking means 62 operate at one and the other of the ends of the housing 11, and they comprise, each arranged respectively projecting on two opposite faces of the part 11A, 11B concerned, two tongues 63, which, inclined with respect to one another, jointly form interlocking means of the dovetail type.

En pratique, la partie du boîtier 11 comportant de tels moyens d'emboîtement 62 en est la partie supérieure 11A.In practice, the part of the housing 11 comprising such interlocking means 62 is the upper part 11A thereof.

Plus précisément, les languettes 63 formant ces moyens d'emboîtement 62 s'étendent en saillie sur les faces longitudinales des prolongements 48 du plancher alvéolaire 36 de cette partie supérieure 11A.More specifically, the tongues 63 forming these nesting means 62 extend projecting from the longitudinal faces of the extensions 48 of the honeycomb floor 36 of this upper part 11A.

Au montage, il peut être procédé comme suit.The assembly can be carried out as follows.

Les conducteurs bus 15 sont d'abord mis en place sur la partie inférieure 11B formant fond.The bus conductors 15 are first placed on the bottom part 11B forming the bottom.

Sur ces conducteurs bus 15 sont alors engagés à force, d'une part, les bornes de connexion 12, et, d'autre part, les organes de contact 16' de terre.On these bus conductors 15 are then forcibly engaged, on the one hand, the connection terminals 12, and, on the other hand, the earth contact members 16 ′.

La partie 11A formant corps est alors encliquetée sur la partie 11B.The part 11A forming a body is then snapped onto the part 11B.

Les conducteurs bus 15 se trouvent alors enserrés entre la partie inférieure 11B et la partie supérieure 11A.The bus conductors 15 are then sandwiched between the lower part 11B and the upper part 11A.

Enfin, les organes de contact 16 de phase sont engagés à force sur les conducteurs bus 15, à travers les alvéoles 40 de la partie supérieure 11A du boîtier 11, avec encliquetage dans ceux-ci par leurs lèvres 42.Finally, the phase contact members 16 are forcibly engaged on the bus conductors 15, through the cells 40 of the upper part 11A of the housing 11, with snap-fastening into them by their lips 42.

Ainsi qu'on le notera, le montage ainsi effectué résulte avantageusement d'un simple empilage.As will be noted, the assembly thus carried out advantageously results from a simple stacking.

Si désiré, celui-ci peut se faire en sens inverse.If desired, this can be done in reverse.

Les enjoliveurs 20 des postes d'engagement 14 sont ensuite eux-mêmes mis en place.The hubcaps 20 of the engagement stations 14 are then themselves put in place.

Mais, préférentiellement, ils ne sont pas solidarisés au boîtier 11, ou, au moins, pas complètement solidarisés à celui-ci, par les vis 27 prévues à cet effet.But, preferably, they are not secured to the housing 11, or, at least, not completely secured thereto, by the screws 27 provided for this purpose.

En effet, à la pose, l'installateur doit retirer ces enjoliveurs 20, pour permettre l'encliquetage du boîtier 11 sur son support lorsqu'un tel encliquetage est effectif.Indeed, during installation, the installer must remove these hubcaps 20, to allow the latching of the housing 11 on its support when such a latching is effective.

Les enjoliveurs 20 ne sont donc définitivement mis en place qu'après cet encliquetage.The hubcaps 20 are therefore not definitively put in place until after this snap-fastening.

Ils viennent alors porter, d'une part, sur l'extrémité des montants 38 de la partie supérieure 11A du boîtier 11, en coiffant ceux-ci par leur bord tombé 29, et, d'autre part, sur les saillies 39.They then come to bear, on the one hand, on the end of the uprights 38 of the upper part 11A of the housing 11, by covering them by their fallen edge 29, and, on the other hand, on the projections 39.

En outre, en contrebutant les montants 38, ils confirment l'encliquetage du boîtier 11 sur son support.In addition, by buttressing the uprights 38, they confirm the latching of the housing 11 on its support.

Ainsi qu'on le notera, pour une modulation du nombre de postes d'engagement 14 que présente le socle multiple 10 suivant l'invention, il suffit de réaliser en conséquence les deux parties supérieure 11A et inférieure 11B de son boîtier 11.As will be noted, for a modulation of the number of engagement stations 14 presented by the multiple base 10 according to the invention, it suffices to produce the two upper 11A and lower 11B parts of its housing 11 accordingly.

Tous les autres constituants nécessaires restent par contre avantageusement standard.However, all the other necessary components advantageously remain standard.

Bien entendu, la présente invention ne se limite pas à la forme de réalisation décrite et représentée, mais englobe toute variante d'exécution, en particulier en ce qui concerne l'organe de contact de terre des postes d'engagement.Of course, the present invention is not limited to the embodiment described and shown, but encompasses any variant, in particular as regards the earth contact member of the engagement stations.

En effet, suivant les standards en vigueur dans certains pays, cet organe de contact de terre peut se présenter sous une autre forme que celle d'une simple broche.Indeed, according to the standards in force in certain countries, this earth contact member can be in a form other than that of a simple pin.

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Socle multiple pour prise de courant, du genre comportant un boîtier (11) allongé, qui, réalisé en matière isolante, est équipé d'un groupe (G) de bornes de connexion (12) à l'une et l'autre de ses extrémités et renferme l'ensemble des éléments conducteurs nécessaires, et, échelonnés le long dudit boîtier (11), au moins deux postes d'engagement (14) distincts propres chacun à l'embrochage d'une fiche, lesdits éléments conducteurs comportant, d'une part, au moins deux conducteurs bus (15), qui s'étendent sans discontinuité d'un groupe (G) de bornes de connexion (12) à l'autre, et, d'autre part, à l'aplomb de chacun des postes d'engagement (14), des organes de contact (16, 16'), qui, accessibles de l'extérieur et adaptés à coopérer en embrochage avec les organes de contact d'une fiche, sont engagés à force sur les conducteurs bus (15), caractérisé en ce que, le boîtier (11) étant formé de deux parties (11A, 11B), l'une supérieure, qui forme corps et renferme l'ensemble des organes de contact (16, 16'), l'autre inférieure qui forme fond, les postes d'engagement (14) comportent chacun un enjoliveur (20), qui, formant une pièce distincte du boîtier (11), est rapporté sur la partie supérieure (11A) de celui-ci, en présentant les perçages (21, 21') nécessaires à l'intervention de leurs organes de contact (16, 16').Multiple socket-outlet socket, of the type comprising an elongated housing (11), which, made of insulating material, is equipped with a group (G) of connection terminals (12) at either of its ends and contains all of the necessary conductive elements, and, staggered along said housing (11), at least two separate engagement stations (14) each suitable for plugging in a plug, said conductive elements comprising, d on the one hand, at least two bus conductors (15), which extend without interruption from one group (G) of connection terminals (12) to the other, and, on the other hand, directly above each of the engagement stations (14), of the contact members (16, 16 '), which, accessible from the outside and adapted to cooperate in racking-in with the contact members of a plug, are forcibly engaged on the bus conductors (15), characterized in that, the housing (11) being formed of two parts (11A, 11B), the upper one, which forms a body and a ren closes all of the contact members (16, 16 '), the other bottom which forms the bottom, the engagement stations (14) each include a cover (20), which, forming a separate part of the housing (11) , is attached to the upper part (11A) thereof, presenting the holes (21, 21 ') necessary for the intervention of their contact members (16, 16'). Socle multiple suivant la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que les conducteurs bus (15) interviennent sensiblement à l'interface entre les deux parties (11A, 11B) du boîtier (11), et, les organes de contact (16, 16') d'un poste d'engagement (14) comportant au moins une aile (30) munie d'une fente (31) par laquelle ils sont engagés à force sur un desdits conducteurs bus (15), ladite fente (31) est ouverte du côté de la partie inférieure (11B) du boîtier (11).Multiple socket according to claim 1, characterized in that the bus conductors (15) operate substantially at the interface between the two parts (11A, 11B) of the housing (11), and, the contact members (16, 16 ') an engagement station (14) comprising at least one wing (30) provided with a slot (31) by which they are forcibly engaged on one of said bus conductors (15), said slot (31) is open from the side of the lower part (11B) of the housing (11). Socle multiple suivant l'une quelconque des revendications 1, 2, caractérisé en ce que ceux au moins des organes de contact (16) d'un poste d'engagement (14) qui forment un alvéole (18), comportent latéralement au moins une lèvre (42), pour coopération en retenue avec un épaulement (43) prévu en correspondance sur la partie supérieure (11A) du boîtier (11) et tourné vers la partie inférieure (11B) de celui-ci.Multiple base according to any one of claims 1, 2, characterized in that those at least of the contact members (16) of an engagement station (14) which form a cell (18), comprise laterally at least one lip (42), for retaining cooperation with a shoulder (43) provided in correspondence on the upper part (11A) of the housing (11) and turned towards the lower part (11B) thereof. Socle multiple suivant l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisé en ce que les bornes de connexion (12) sont engagées à force sur les conducteurs bus (15).Multiple socket according to any one of Claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the connection terminals (12) are forcibly engaged on the bus conductors (15). Socle multiple suivant la revendication 4, caractérisé en ce que, le corps (34) des bornes de connexion (12) étant muni d'une fente (35) pour son engagement à force sur l'un des conducteurs bus (15), ladite fente (35) est ouverte du côté de la partie inférieure (11B) du boîtier (11).Multiple base according to claim 4, characterized in that, the body (34) of the connection terminals (12) being provided with a slot (35) for its force-fitting on one of the bus conductors (15), said slot (35) is open on the side of the lower part (11B) of the housing (11). Socle multiple suivant l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 5, caractérisé en ce que les bornes de connexion (12) sont logées dans des alvéoles (40) appartenant d'un seul tenant à la partie supérieure (11A) du boîtier (11).Multiple base according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the connection terminals (12) are housed in cells (40) belonging in one piece to the upper part (11A) of the housing (11) . Socle multiple suivant l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 6, caractérisé en ce que l'une des parties (11A, 11B) du boîtier (11) comporte, en attente, à l'une au moins de ses extrémités, des moyens d'emboîtement (62), pour attelage éventuel d'un compartiment annexe.Multiple base according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that one of the parts (11A, 11B) of the housing (11) comprises, pending, at at least one of its ends, means of 'socket (62), for possible coupling of an annex compartment. Socle multiple suivant la revendication 7, caractérisé en ce que lesdits moyens d'emboîtement (62) comportent, disposées chacune respectivement en saillie sur les deux faces opposées de la partie (11A, 11B) concernée du boîtier (11), deux languettes (63), qui, inclinées l'une par rapport à l'autre, forment conjointement des moyens d'emboîtement (62) du type en queue d'aronde.Multiple base according to claim 7, characterized in that said fitting means (62) comprise, each projecting respectively on the two opposite faces of the part (11A, 11B) concerned of the housing (11), two tongues (63 ), which, inclined relative to each other, jointly form interlocking means (62) of the dovetail type. Socle multiple suivant l'une quelconque des revendications 7, 8, caractérisé en ce que la partie du boîtier (11) comportant les moyens d'emboîtement (62) en est la partie supérieure (11A).Multiple base according to any one of claims 7, 8, characterized in that the part of the housing (11) comprising the fitting means (62) is the upper part (11A). Socle multiple suivant l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 9, caractérisé en ce que, entre les deux parties (11A, 11B) du boîtier (11), interviennent des moyens d'encliquetage.Multiple base according to any one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that, between the two parts (11A, 11B) of the housing (11), there are latching means. Socle multiple suivant la revendication 10, caractérisé en ce que lesdits moyens d'encliquetage comportent au moins deux pattes d'encliquetage (54, 55), qui, portées par la partie inférieure (11B) du boîtier (11) et conformées en crochet, coopèrent avec des crans (56, 57) prévus en correspondance sur la partie supérieure (11A) du boîtier (11).Multiple base according to claim 10, characterized in that said latching means comprise at least two latching lugs (54, 55), which, carried by the lower part (11B) of the housing (11) and shaped as a hook, cooperate with notches (56, 57) provided in correspondence on the upper part (11A) of the housing (11). Socle multiple suivant la revendication 11, caractérisé en ce que les moyens d'encliquetage comportent deux pattes d'encliquetage (54) à chacune des extrémités du boîtier (11) et au moins deux pattes d'encliquetage (55) dans la zone médiane de celui-ci.Multiple base according to Claim 11, characterized in that the latching means comprise two latching lugs (54) at each end of the housing (11) and at least two latching lugs (55) in the central region of this one.
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