EP1881561B1 - Automatic terminal including a guiding divider and electrical equipment comprising such a terminal - Google Patents

Automatic terminal including a guiding divider and electrical equipment comprising such a terminal Download PDF

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EP1881561B1
EP1881561B1 EP07290772A EP07290772A EP1881561B1 EP 1881561 B1 EP1881561 B1 EP 1881561B1 EP 07290772 A EP07290772 A EP 07290772A EP 07290772 A EP07290772 A EP 07290772A EP 1881561 B1 EP1881561 B1 EP 1881561B1
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Guy Cottone
Bruno Pujol
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R4/00—Electrically-conductive connections between two or more conductive members in direct contact, i.e. touching one another; Means for effecting or maintaining such contact; Electrically-conductive connections having two or more spaced connecting locations for conductors and using contact members penetrating insulation
    • H01R4/28—Clamped connections, spring connections
    • H01R4/48—Clamped connections, spring connections utilising a spring, clip, or other resilient member
    • H01R4/4809—Clamped connections, spring connections utilising a spring, clip, or other resilient member using a leaf spring to bias the conductor toward the busbar
    • H01R4/4846—Busbar details
    • H01R4/485—Single busbar common to multiple springs
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R4/00—Electrically-conductive connections between two or more conductive members in direct contact, i.e. touching one another; Means for effecting or maintaining such contact; Electrically-conductive connections having two or more spaced connecting locations for conductors and using contact members penetrating insulation
    • H01R4/28—Clamped connections, spring connections
    • H01R4/48—Clamped connections, spring connections utilising a spring, clip, or other resilient member
    • H01R4/4809—Clamped connections, spring connections utilising a spring, clip, or other resilient member using a leaf spring to bias the conductor toward the busbar
    • H01R4/48185—Clamped connections, spring connections utilising a spring, clip, or other resilient member using a leaf spring to bias the conductor toward the busbar adapted for axial insertion of a wire end
    • H01R4/4819—Clamped connections, spring connections utilising a spring, clip, or other resilient member using a leaf spring to bias the conductor toward the busbar adapted for axial insertion of a wire end the spring shape allowing insertion of the conductor end when the spring is unbiased
    • H01R4/4821—Single-blade spring
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R9/00—Structural associations of a plurality of mutually-insulated electrical connecting elements, e.g. terminal strips or terminal blocks; Terminals or binding posts mounted upon a base or in a case; Bases therefor
    • H01R9/22—Bases, e.g. strip, block, panel
    • H01R9/24—Terminal blocks

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  • the present invention generally relates to automatic terminals for electrical connection.
  • an automatic terminal for connecting two electrical conductors to the same electrical potential, comprising a metal body intended to be connected to said electrical potential, delimiting a housing for receiving the two conducting cores of said electrical conductors, an access opening intended to to be traversed by said conductive cores to engage in said receiving housing, a partition wall which extends substantially perpendicularly to the plane of said access opening to separate in two parts said receiving housing and pressure means reported on said body, adapted to bear resiliently on either side of said partition on said conductive cores to keep them in contact with said body, said pressure means being arranged so that the passage of conductive cores of said electrical conductors to through the open The access method directly causes the elastic deformation of said pressure means.
  • connection terminal is advantageously integrated in a modular electrical equipment, that is to say an apparatus intended to be disposed contiguously next to another modular electrical equipment on the same support.
  • It also relates to electrical equipment whose insulating housing houses such an automatic terminal connection.
  • the inner receiving housing In the automatic terminals of the aforementioned type admitting two electrical conductors, the inner receiving housing must be large enough to accommodate the conductive cores of the electrical conductors.
  • the access opening to the double receiving housing is accordingly wide enough to allow the introduction of said conductive cores side by side through said opening in said receiving housing.
  • the conductive core is introduced through its access opening. stripped of the electrical conductor so that the conductive core causes the elastic deformation of said pressure means of the terminal which then bear elastically on the conductive core to press against the metal body of the terminal.
  • said terminal comprises arrangements for guiding the conductor cores of the conductors towards the contact portion of said terminal and to prevent one of the conductors badly introduced into said terminal hinders the introduction of the other driver or induces a bad positioning of this other driver.
  • Known arrangements for guiding conductors in a dual automatic terminal include partitions of insulating material reported in the housing housing said automatic terminal.
  • the installer must intervene positively on said pressure means, for example using the tip of a tool, to deform them in order to be able to introduce conductive cores conductors in the housing of reception of said terminal. Then the installer releases the deformation exerted on said pressure means so that they support against conductive cores introduced into said receiving housing to press and hold against the metal body of the terminal.
  • the present invention proposes an automatic terminal as defined in the introduction, wherein said partition wall is formed with said body to form with it a single piece.
  • said partition wall passes through said access opening to extend on either side thereof, on one side inside said housing. receiving and on the other side outside said receiving housing.
  • said partition partition guides at best and in depth each conductor core of electrical conductor towards the contact portion of said terminal.
  • This separation wall prevents cross positioning of one of said conductors in said terminal and thus avoids any bad electrical contact between a conductor and the terminal.
  • the invention also proposes an electrical apparatus comprising an insulating casing which houses an automatic terminal as mentioned above and which comprises two inner ducts, one end of which opens out on one side of said casing and of which another end emerges opposite said access opening of said automatic terminal on one side of said partition wall.
  • the electrical equipment according to the invention is a modular apparatus whose housing consists of a stack of insulating partitions.
  • FIG. 1 there is shown a modular electrical equipment which comprises an insulating housing 10 in the form of a generally rectangular wafer.
  • This housing 10 has two parallel main lateral faces 17 which rise over the entire height of said housing, a front face 11, a rear face 12, an upper transverse face 13 and a lower transverse face 14 all perpendicular to said lateral main faces 17.
  • base module which is of the order of 18 mm.
  • the housing 10 comprises conventionally in its rear face 12 a notch 12A for mounting the electrical equipment on a rail (not shown).
  • the front face 11 of the housing 10 parallel to the rear face 12, has in projecting, in its central zone, a front portion 11A through which said housing 10 is intended to emerge from a plastron (not shown), through a window of this plastron, when it is in place on a rail, for example in an electrical cabinet.
  • the housing 10 consists of a stack of a plurality of insulating partitions.
  • the partitions have lateral main faces contiguous to each other, their slices forming by stacking the front, rear, transverse upper and lower transverse faces of said housing.
  • the housing consists of two semi-thick shells assembled by their edges in a median joint plane, each shell having a side main side of the housing.
  • the housing 10 houses automatic terminals 100 of electrical connection for serving the electrical equipment via electrical conductors from the network.
  • each automatic terminal 100 is a dual terminal which allows the connection of two electrical conductors 1 to the same electrical potential.
  • It comprises a metal body 110 intended to be connected to said electrical potential, delimiting a receiving housing 101 of the two conductive cores 1B of said electrical conductors 1, and an access opening 114 intended to be traversed by said conductive cores 1 B for s' engage in said receiving housing 101.
  • the body 110 is here in the form of a metal blade cut and folded so as to form, on the one hand, a rear portion 111 of electrical connection to the electrical elements of said electrical equipment, and, on the other hand, a part before 112, to which belongs said access opening 114, attached to said rear portion 111 by a bent portion 113, said receiving housing 101 being defined between said front portions 112 and rear 111 of the metal blade.
  • Each automatic terminal 100 further comprises a partition wall 116 which extends substantially perpendicularly to the plane of said access opening 114 to separate in two parts said receiving housing 101.
  • the partition wall 116 has a certain height, so it extends beyond the thickness of said access opening 114 outside thereof.
  • said partition wall 116 is formed with said body 110 to form with it a single piece. It is therefore part of the metal blade that constitutes said body 110.
  • the partition wall 116 of the terminal crosses said access opening 114 to extend on either side thereof.
  • a portion 116A of the partition wall 116 extends from one side of the plane of the access opening 114 to the interior of said receiving housing 101 and another portion 116B of the partition wall 116 extends from the other side of the plane of the access opening 114 outside said receiving housing 101 towards the faces of the housing 10.
  • said partition wall 116 is attached by a lug 115 to a side edge 111B of the rear portion 111 of said body 110.
  • this partition wall 116 is attached to the end of a portion of this tab 115 which extends cantilevered above the rear portion 111 of said body 110 so that said partition wall 116 shares in two equal parts the access opening 114.
  • said partition wall 116 comprises a portion 116C engaged in a notch 117 provided in the middle of an edge 114A delimiting said access opening 114.
  • the notch 117 whose side faces are close to the opposite side faces of the partition wall 116, maintains in position said partition wall 116 in the middle portion of the access opening 114 and the receiving housing 101 of the automatic terminal 100.
  • each automatic terminal 100 has pressure means 120 attached to said body 110 and adapted to bear elastically on either side of the partition wall 116 on the conductive cores 1 B of the conductors 1 to keep them in contact with said body 110.
  • said pressure means 120 attached to said body 110 are arranged on the body 110 so that when the conductive core stripped of an electrical conductor is introduced into the terminal through said access opening 114, it itself causes the elastic deformation of said pressure means 120 which then bear elastically on said conductive core to press against the metal body 110 of the terminal.
  • said pressure means comprise a prestressed metal leaf spring 120 attached to the front face 112A of said front portion. 112 of the metal blade constituting said body 110 so as to hook on an edge 114B of said access opening 114.
  • the spring blade 120 here generally has the shape of a hairpin with two branches 121,122 connected by a bend.
  • One of the branches 121 of the leaf spring 120 has on its free end edge returns 123 which engage in said access opening 114 and bear against its edge 114B.
  • the other branch 122 of the spring blade 120 is slotted longitudinally to divide into two spring strips 122A, 122B positioned on either side of said partition wall 116 and whose free ends are adapted to bear on said webs conductors 1B engaged through said access opening 114 (see figure 4 ) to press them against the edge 114A of the access opening 114.
  • the slot 124 In order to impart sufficient elasticity to said spring blades 122A, 122B of the spring blade 120, the slot 124, dividing in two longitudinal parts the branch 122, extends on the elbow connecting the two branches 121,122 of the leaf spring 120 (see figure 4 ).
  • Said front portion 112 of the metal blade constituting the body 110 of the automatic terminal 100 carries uprights 118 bearing on said spring blade 120 which is also supported on internal parts 3, 4 of the housing 10.
  • the insulating housing 10 comprises for each automatic terminal 100 two inner ducts 15, one end of which opens on one of the lower transverse faces 14 and upper 13 of said housing 10 and of which another end opens out facing the access opening 114 of said automatic terminal 100 on one side of said partition wall 116.
  • two guide walls (not shown) of insulating material extending parallel to said partition wall 116 are provided on both lateral sides of said access opening 114 of each automatic terminal 100.
  • each electrical conductor 1 introduced "blindly" into the housing 10 of the electrical equipment is guided by the wall of the inner conduit 15 and then by the partition wall 116 to which is associated a lateral guide wall .
  • the partition wall 116 guides in depth each conductor conductor core 1B to ensure its correct insertion into said access opening 114 and into the receiving housing 101 of the automatic terminal 100.
  • each conducting core 1B causes the elastic deflection of a leaf spring 122A, 122B of the leaf spring 120 which bears on said conductive core 1 B to block it in the housing receiving 101 of the terminal, bearing against its metal body 110, to establish the electrical connection between said terminal and said electrical conductor.
  • the partition wall 116 prevents mispositioning of a conductor in the automatic terminal 100, which avoids the risk of overheating thereof.
  • the integration of the partition wall within the body of the automatic terminal allows a mounting by stacking the housing of the electrical equipment.

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The terminal (100) has a metallic body (110) connected to an electric potential, delimiting a reception housing (101) of two conducting cores of electric conductors. An access opening (114) is crossed by the cores for being engaged in the housing. A separation partition (116) extends perpendicular to a plane of the opening to separate the housing in to two parts. Pressure units connected to the body are adapted to elastically take support on both sides of the partition to maintain contact with the body. The partition is formed with the body to form a single block part with the body.

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La présente invention concerne de manière générale les bornes automatiques de connexion électrique.The present invention generally relates to automatic terminals for electrical connection.

Elle concerne plus particulièrement une borne automatique de connexion de deux conducteurs électriques à un même potentiel électrique, comprenant un corps métallique destiné à être raccordé audit potentiel électrique, délimitant un logement de réception des deux âmes conductrices desdits conducteurs électriques, une ouverture d'accès destinée à être traversée par lesdites âmes conductrices pour s'engager dans ledit logement de réception, une cloison de séparation qui s'étend sensiblement perpendiculairement au plan de ladite ouverture d'accès pour séparer en deux parties ledit logement de réception et des moyens de pression rapportés sur ledit corps, adaptés à prendre appui élastiquement de part et d'autre de ladite cloison de séparation sur lesdites âmes conductrices pour les maintenir en contact avec ledit corps, lesdits moyens de pression étant agencés pour que le passage des âmes conductrices desdits conducteurs électriques au travers de l'ouverture d'accés provoque directement la déformation élastique desdits moyens de pression.It relates more particularly to an automatic terminal for connecting two electrical conductors to the same electrical potential, comprising a metal body intended to be connected to said electrical potential, delimiting a housing for receiving the two conducting cores of said electrical conductors, an access opening intended to to be traversed by said conductive cores to engage in said receiving housing, a partition wall which extends substantially perpendicularly to the plane of said access opening to separate in two parts said receiving housing and pressure means reported on said body, adapted to bear resiliently on either side of said partition on said conductive cores to keep them in contact with said body, said pressure means being arranged so that the passage of conductive cores of said electrical conductors to through the open The access method directly causes the elastic deformation of said pressure means.

Une telle borne de connexion est avantageusement intégrée dans un appareillage électrique modulaire, c'est-à-dire un appareillage destiné à être disposé jointivement à côté d'un autre appareillage électrique modulaire sur un même support.Such a connection terminal is advantageously integrated in a modular electrical equipment, that is to say an apparatus intended to be disposed contiguously next to another modular electrical equipment on the same support.

C'est le cas, notamment, de certains appareillages électriques comme des borniers, des contacteurs, des disjoncteurs, des télérupteurs ou des temporisateurs à aligner sur un rail au sein d'une enveloppe de protection telle que par exemple une armoire, un coffret ou un boîtier.This is the case, in particular, of certain electrical equipment such as terminal blocks, contactors, circuit breakers, remote switches or timers to be aligned on a rail within a protective envelope such as for example a cabinet, a cabinet or a housing.

Elle concerne également un appareillage électrique dont le boîtier isolant loge une telle borne automatique de connexion.It also relates to electrical equipment whose insulating housing houses such an automatic terminal connection.

ARRIERE-PLAN TECHNOLOGIQUEBACKGROUND

Dans les bornes automatiques du type précité admettant deux conducteurs électriques, le logement de réception intérieur doit être suffisamment volumineux pour accueillir les âmes conductrices des conducteurs électriques. L'ouverture d'accès au double logement de réception est en conséquence suffisamment large pour permettre l'introduction côte à côte desdites âmes conductrices au travers de ladite ouverture dans ledit logement de réception.In the automatic terminals of the aforementioned type admitting two electrical conductors, the inner receiving housing must be large enough to accommodate the conductive cores of the electrical conductors. The access opening to the double receiving housing is accordingly wide enough to allow the introduction of said conductive cores side by side through said opening in said receiving housing.

Pour connecter chaque conducteur électrique à une borne automatique de ce type, on introduit au travers de son ouverture d'accès l'âme conductrice dénudée du conducteur électrique de sorte que cette âme conductrice provoque la déformation élastique desdits moyens de pression de la borne qui prennent alors appui élastiquement sur l'âme conductrice pour la plaquer contre le corps métallique de la borne.To connect each electrical conductor to an automatic terminal of this type, the conductive core is introduced through its access opening. stripped of the electrical conductor so that the conductive core causes the elastic deformation of said pressure means of the terminal which then bear elastically on the conductive core to press against the metal body of the terminal.

Cette connexion des conducteurs étant réalisée « en aveugle », ladite borne comporte des aménagements pour guider au mieux les âmes conductrices des conducteurs vers la partie de contact de ladite borne et éviter qu'un des conducteurs mal introduit dans ladite borne gêne l'introduction de l'autre conducteur ou induise un mauvais positionnement de cet autre conducteur.This connection of the conductors being made "blind", said terminal comprises arrangements for guiding the conductor cores of the conductors towards the contact portion of said terminal and to prevent one of the conductors badly introduced into said terminal hinders the introduction of the other driver or induces a bad positioning of this other driver.

Le mauvais positionnement d'un conducteur dans la borne automatique entraîne un mauvais contact électrique entre la borne et l'âme conductrice de ce conducteur qui présente alors un risque d'échauffement dangereux pouvant aller jusqu'à la mise à feu du conducteur.The incorrect positioning of a conductor in the automatic terminal causes poor electrical contact between the terminal and the conductive core of the driver, which then presents a risk of dangerous heating up to the firing of the driver.

Les aménagements connus pour le guidage des conducteurs dans une borne automatique double comprennent des cloisons en matière isolante rapportées dans le boîtier logeant ladite borne automatique.Known arrangements for guiding conductors in a dual automatic terminal include partitions of insulating material reported in the housing housing said automatic terminal.

Il est connu d'utiliser trois cloisons parallèles par borne automatique, à savoir deux cloisons latérales placées sur deux côtés de l'ouverture d'accès au logement de réception de la borne et une cloison centrale, la plus importante, séparant en deux parties ledit logement de réception de la borne.It is known to use three parallel partitions by automatic terminal, namely two side walls placed on two sides of the access opening to the receiving housing of the terminal and a central partition, the largest, separating into two parts said receiving housing of the terminal.

La mise en place de la cloison centrale isolante dans le sous ensemble d'appareillage électrique que constitue la borne automatique double est complexe à réaliser et empêche un montage dit « par empilement » de ce sous ensemble.The establishment of the central insulating partition in the subset of electrical equipment that constitutes the dual automatic terminal is complex to achieve and prevents a so-called "stacking" of this subassembly.

Par ailleurs, on connaît notamment des documents DE 101 34 417 et WO 2005/122335 , un autre type de borne automatique dans laquelle le corps métallique et lesdits moyens de pression adaptés à presser les âmes conductrices des conducteurs contre le corps de la borne, sont issus de formation pour constituer une seule et même pièce monobloc. Un autre type de borne automatique est connu du document EP 1 536 519 A .Moreover, documents are known in particular DE 101 34 417 and WO 2005/122335 , another type of automatic terminal in which the metal body and said pressure means adapted to press the conductive cores of the conductors against the body of the terminal are formed from forming to form a single piece. Another type of automatic terminal is known from the document EP 1 536 519 A .

Ainsi, dans une telle borne, l'installateur doit intervenir positivement sur lesdits moyens de pression, par exemple à l'aide de la pointe d'un outil, pour les déformer afin de pouvoir introduire les âmes conductrices des conducteurs dans les logements d'accueil de ladite borne. Puis l'installateur relâche la déformation exercée sur lesdits moyens de pressions de sorte que ceux-ci prennent appui contre les âmes conductrices introduites dans lesdits logements d'accueil pour les plaquer et les maintenir contre le corps métallique de la borne.Thus, in such a terminal, the installer must intervene positively on said pressure means, for example using the tip of a tool, to deform them in order to be able to introduce conductive cores conductors in the housing of reception of said terminal. Then the installer releases the deformation exerted on said pressure means so that they support against conductive cores introduced into said receiving housing to press and hold against the metal body of the terminal.

Ici, il n'y a pas d'introduction « en aveugle » des âmes conductrices des conducteurs dans ladite borne, lesdits moyens de pression n'étant pas agencés de telle manière que c'est les âmes conductrices qui provoquent, au passage des ouvertures d'accès de la borne, la déformation élastique desdits moyens de pression. En conséquence, il n'y a pas de risque qu'une âme conductrice d'un conducteur soit mal introduite dans la borne et ne gêne l'introduction de l'âme conductrice de l'autre conducteur dans ladite borne.Here, there is no "blind" introduction of conductive cores conductors in said terminal, said pressure means not being arranged in such a way that it is conductive cores that cause, in passing openings access of the terminal, the elastic deformation of said pressure means. Consequently, there is no risk that a conductive core of a conductor is incorrectly inserted into the terminal and does not interfere with the introduction of the conducting core of the other conductor into said terminal.

OBJET DE L'INVENTIONOBJECT OF THE INVENTION

Afin de remédier aux inconvénients précités de l'état de la technique, la présente invention propose une borne automatique telle que définie en introduction, dans laquelle ladite cloison de séparation vient de formation avec ledit corps pour former avec lui une pièce monobloc.In order to overcome the aforementioned drawbacks of the state of the art, the present invention proposes an automatic terminal as defined in the introduction, wherein said partition wall is formed with said body to form with it a single piece.

Selon une caractéristique préférentielle de la borne automatique conforme à l'invention, ladite cloison de séparation traverse ladite ouverture d'accès pour s'étendre de part et d'autre de celle-ci, d'un côté à l'intérieur dudit logement de réception et de l'autre côté à l'extérieur dudit logement de réception.According to a preferred characteristic of the automatic terminal according to the invention, said partition wall passes through said access opening to extend on either side thereof, on one side inside said housing. receiving and on the other side outside said receiving housing.

Ainsi, avantageusement, dans la borne automatique selon l'invention, ladite cloison de séparation guide au mieux et en profondeur chaque âme conductrice de conducteur électrique vers la partie de contact de ladite borne. Cette cloison de séparation empêche le positionnement de travers d'un desdits conducteurs dans ladite borne et évite ainsi tout mauvais contact électrique entre un conducteur et la borne.Thus, advantageously, in the automatic terminal according to the invention, said partition partition guides at best and in depth each conductor core of electrical conductor towards the contact portion of said terminal. This separation wall prevents cross positioning of one of said conductors in said terminal and thus avoids any bad electrical contact between a conductor and the terminal.

D'autres caractéristiques non limitatives et avantageuses de l'appareillage selon l'invention sont les suivantes :

  • ladite cloison de séparation est rattachée par une patte à un bord latéral dudit corps ;
  • ladite cloison de séparation comprend une partie engagée dans une encoche prévue dans un bord délimitant ladite ouverture d'accès pour son maintien en position dans ledit logement de réception ;
  • ledit corps se présente sous la forme d'une lame métallique avec une partie arrière de connexion électrique et une partie avant à laquelle appartient ladite ouverture d'accès, rattachée à ladite partie arrière par une portion coudée, ledit logement de réception étant défini entre lesdites parties avant et arrière de la lame métallique ;
  • lesdits moyens de pression comprennent une lame ressort rapportée sur la face avant de ladite partie avant de la lame métallique constituant ledit corps de manière à s'accrocher sur un bord de ladite ouverture d'accès, ladite lame ressort étant fendue sur une partie de sa longueur pour se partager en deux lamelles ressort se positionnant de part et d'autre de ladite cloison de séparation et dont les extrémités libres sont adaptées à prendre appui sur lesdites âmes conductrices engagées au travers de ladite ouverture d'accès ; et
  • ladite partie avant de la lame métallique constituant ledit corps porte des montants prenant appui sur ladite lame ressort.
Other nonlimiting and advantageous features of the apparatus according to the invention are the following:
  • said partition wall is attached by a tab to a side edge of said body;
  • said partition wall comprises a portion engaged in a notch provided in an edge defining said access opening for its holding in position in said receiving housing;
  • said body is in the form of a metal blade with a rear part of electrical connection and a front part to which belongs said access opening, attached to said rear part by a bent portion, said receiving housing being defined between said front and rear portions of the metal blade;
  • said pressure means comprise a spring blade attached to the front face of said front portion of the metal blade constituting said body so as to hook on an edge of said access opening, said leaf spring being slotted over a portion of its length for dividing into two spring strips positioned on either side of said partition wall and whose free ends are adapted to bear on said conductive cores engaged through said access opening; and
  • said front portion of the metal blade constituting said body carries amounts bearing on said spring blade.

L'invention propose également un appareillage électrique comportant un boîtier isolant qui loge une borne automatique telle que précitée et qui comporte deux conduits intérieurs dont une extrémité débouche sur une face dudit boîtier et dont une autre extrémité débouche en regard de ladite ouverture d'accès de ladite borne automatique d'un côté de ladite cloison de séparation.The invention also proposes an electrical apparatus comprising an insulating casing which houses an automatic terminal as mentioned above and which comprises two inner ducts, one end of which opens out on one side of said casing and of which another end emerges opposite said access opening of said automatic terminal on one side of said partition wall.

Selon une caractéristique avantageuse de l'appareillage électrique conforme à l'invention, il est prévu sur les deux côtés latéraux de ladite ouverture d'accès de ladite borne automatique deux cloisons de guidage en matière isolante s'étendant parallèlement à ladite cloison de séparation.According to an advantageous characteristic of the electrical equipment according to the invention, there are provided on both lateral sides of said access opening of said automatic terminal two guide walls of insulating material extending parallel to said partition wall.

Préférentiellement, l'appareillage électrique selon l'invention est un appareillage modulaire dont le boîtier est constitué d'un empilage de cloisons isolantes.Preferably, the electrical equipment according to the invention is a modular apparatus whose housing consists of a stack of insulating partitions.

DESCRIPTION DETAILLEE D'UN EXEMPLE DE REALISATIONDETAILED DESCRIPTION OF AN EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENT

La description qui va suivre en regard des dessins annexés, donnés à titre d'exemples non limitatifs, fera bien comprendre en quoi consiste l'invention et comment elle peut être réalisée.The following description with reference to the accompanying drawings, given as non-limiting examples, will make it clear what the invention consists of and how it can be achieved.

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  • la figure 1 est une vue schématique de l'intérieur d'un appareillage électrique selon l'invention;
  • la figure 2 est une vue schématique en perspective de trois quarts d'une borne automatique selon l'invention ;
  • la figure 3 est une vue schématique en perspective de côté de la borne automatique de la figure 2 dans laquelle sont engagés des conducteurs électriques.
  • la figure 4 est une vue schématique en perspective de côté de la borne automatique de la figure 2 munie de ses moyens de pression qui prennent appui sur les âmes conductrices des conducteurs électriques engagés dans ladite borne ; et
  • la figure 5 est une vue en perspective montrant l'implantation de la borne telle que représentée sur la figure 4 dans le boîtier de l'appareillage.
In the accompanying drawings:
  • the figure 1 is a schematic view of the interior of an electrical apparatus according to the invention;
  • the figure 2 is a schematic perspective view of three quarters of an automatic terminal according to the invention;
  • the figure 3 is a schematic side perspective view of the automatic terminal of the figure 2 in which electrical conductors are engaged.
  • the figure 4 is a schematic side perspective view of the automatic terminal of the figure 2 provided with its pressure means which bear on the conductive cores of the electrical conductors engaged in said terminal; and
  • the figure 5 is a perspective view showing the implantation of the terminal as shown in FIG. figure 4 in the gearbox housing.

Sur la figure 1 on a représenté un appareillage électrique modulaire qui comporte un boîtier 10 isolant se présentant sous la forme d'une plaquette globalement rectangulaire.On the figure 1 there is shown a modular electrical equipment which comprises an insulating housing 10 in the form of a generally rectangular wafer.

Ce boîtier 10 comporte deux faces principales latérales 17 parallèles qui s'élèvent sur toute la hauteur dudit boîtier, une face avant 11, une face arrière 12, une face transversale supérieure 13 et une face transversale inférieure 14 toutes perpendiculaires auxdites faces principales latérales 17.This housing 10 has two parallel main lateral faces 17 which rise over the entire height of said housing, a front face 11, a rear face 12, an upper transverse face 13 and a lower transverse face 14 all perpendicular to said lateral main faces 17.

Il présente une largeur mesurée de l'une à l'autre de ses deux faces principales latérales 17, égale à une ou plusieurs fois une largeur de base, appelée « module de base », qui est de l'ordre de 18 mm.It has a width measured from one to the other of its two lateral main faces 17, equal to one or more times a base width, called "base module", which is of the order of 18 mm.

Le boîtier 10 comporte de manière classique dans sa face arrière 12 une échancrure 12A pour le montage de l'appareillage électrique sur un rail (non représenté).The housing 10 comprises conventionally in its rear face 12 a notch 12A for mounting the electrical equipment on a rail (not shown).

La face avant 11 du boîtier 10 parallèle à la face arrière 12, comporte en saillie, dans sa zone médiane, une partie de façade 11A par laquelle ledit boîtier 10 est destiné à émerger hors d'un plastron (non représenté), au travers d'une fenêtre de ce plastron, lorsqu'il est en place sur un rail, par exemple dans une armoire électrique.The front face 11 of the housing 10 parallel to the rear face 12, has in projecting, in its central zone, a front portion 11A through which said housing 10 is intended to emerge from a plastron (not shown), through a window of this plastron, when it is in place on a rail, for example in an electrical cabinet.

Selon l'exemple préférentiel représenté sur les figures, le boîtier 10 est constitué d'un empilage d'une pluralité de cloisons isolantes. Les cloisons présentent des faces principales latérales accolées les unes aux autres, leurs tranches formant par empilement les faces avant, arrière, transversale supérieure et transversale inférieure dudit boîtier.According to the preferred example shown in the figures, the housing 10 consists of a stack of a plurality of insulating partitions. The partitions have lateral main faces contiguous to each other, their slices forming by stacking the front, rear, transverse upper and lower transverse faces of said housing.

Toutefois selon un autre mode de réalisation non représenté, on peut prévoir que le boîtier soit constitué de deux coques de demi-épaisseur assemblées par leurs bords dans un plan de joint médian, chaque coque comportant une face principale latérale du boîtier.However according to another embodiment not shown, it can be provided that the housing consists of two semi-thick shells assembled by their edges in a median joint plane, each shell having a side main side of the housing.

Comme le montrent les figures 1 et 5, le boîtier 10 loge des bornes automatiques 100 de connexion électrique pour la desserte de l'appareillage électrique via des conducteurs électriques en provenance du réseau.As shown by figures 1 and 5 , the housing 10 houses automatic terminals 100 of electrical connection for serving the electrical equipment via electrical conductors from the network.

Comme le montrent plus particulièrement les figures 2 à 5, chaque borne automatique 100 est une borne double qui permet la connexion de deux conducteurs électriques 1 à un même potentiel électrique.As shown more particularly by Figures 2 to 5 , each automatic terminal 100 is a dual terminal which allows the connection of two electrical conductors 1 to the same electrical potential.

Elle comprend un corps 110 métallique destiné à être raccordé audit potentiel électrique, délimitant un logement de réception 101 des deux âmes conductrices 1B desdits conducteurs électriques 1, et une ouverture d'accès 114 destinée à être traversée par lesdites âmes conductrices 1 B pour s'engager dans ledit logement de réception 101.It comprises a metal body 110 intended to be connected to said electrical potential, delimiting a receiving housing 101 of the two conductive cores 1B of said electrical conductors 1, and an access opening 114 intended to be traversed by said conductive cores 1 B for s' engage in said receiving housing 101.

Le corps 110 se présente ici sous la forme d'une lame métallique découpée et pliée de façon à former, d'une part, une partie arrière 111 de raccordement électrique aux éléments électriques dudit appareillage électrique, et, d'autre part, une partie avant 112, à laquelle appartient ladite ouverture d'accès 114, rattachée à ladite partie arrière 111 par une portion coudée 113, ledit logement de réception 101 étant défini entre lesdites parties avant 112 et arrière 111 de la lame métallique.The body 110 is here in the form of a metal blade cut and folded so as to form, on the one hand, a rear portion 111 of electrical connection to the electrical elements of said electrical equipment, and, on the other hand, a part before 112, to which belongs said access opening 114, attached to said rear portion 111 by a bent portion 113, said receiving housing 101 being defined between said front portions 112 and rear 111 of the metal blade.

Chaque borne automatique 100 comporte en outre une cloison de séparation 116 qui s'étend sensiblement perpendiculairement au plan de ladite ouverture d'accès 114 pour séparer en deux parties ledit logement de réception 101.Each automatic terminal 100 further comprises a partition wall 116 which extends substantially perpendicularly to the plane of said access opening 114 to separate in two parts said receiving housing 101.

La cloison de séparation 116 présente une certaine hauteur, elle s'étend donc au-delà de l'épaisseur de ladite ouverture d'accès 114 à l'extérieur de celle-ci.The partition wall 116 has a certain height, so it extends beyond the thickness of said access opening 114 outside thereof.

Selon une caractéristique essentielle de chaque borne automatique 100, ladite cloison de séparation 116 vient de formation avec ledit corps 110 pour former avec lui une pièce monobloc. Elle fait donc partie de la lame métallique qui constitue ledit corps 110.According to an essential characteristic of each automatic terminal 100, said partition wall 116 is formed with said body 110 to form with it a single piece. It is therefore part of the metal blade that constitutes said body 110.

Comme le montrent les figures, la cloison de séparation 116 de la borne traverse ladite ouverture d'accès 114 pour s'étendre de part et d'autre de celle-ci. Une partie 116A de la cloison de séparation 116 s'étend d'un côté du plan de l'ouverture d'accès 114 à l'intérieur dudit logement de réception 101 et une autre partie 116B de la cloison de séparation 116 s'étend de l'autre côté du plan de l'ouverture d'accès 114 à l'extérieur dudit logement de réception 101 en direction des faces du boîtier 10.As shown in the figures, the partition wall 116 of the terminal crosses said access opening 114 to extend on either side thereof. A portion 116A of the partition wall 116 extends from one side of the plane of the access opening 114 to the interior of said receiving housing 101 and another portion 116B of the partition wall 116 extends from the other side of the plane of the access opening 114 outside said receiving housing 101 towards the faces of the housing 10.

Ici, ladite cloison de séparation 116 est rattachée par une patte 115 à un bord latéral 111B de la partie arrière 111 dudit corps 110.Here, said partition wall 116 is attached by a lug 115 to a side edge 111B of the rear portion 111 of said body 110.

Pus particulièrement, cette cloison de séparation 116 est rattachée à l'extrémité d'une partie de cette patte 115 qui s'étend en porte-à-faux au-dessus de la partie arrière 111 dudit corps 110 de sorte que ladite cloison de séparation 116 partage en deux parties égales l'ouverture d'accès 114.More particularly, this partition wall 116 is attached to the end of a portion of this tab 115 which extends cantilevered above the rear portion 111 of said body 110 so that said partition wall 116 shares in two equal parts the access opening 114.

Avantageusement, comme le montre plus particulièrement la figure 2, ladite cloison de séparation 116 comprend une partie 116C engagée dans une encoche 117 prévue au milieu d'un bord 114A délimitant ladite ouverture d'accès 114. L'encoche 117 dont les faces latérales sont rapprochées des faces latérales opposées de la cloison de séparation 116, maintient en position ladite cloison de séparation 116 dans la partie médiane de l'ouverture d'accès 114 et du logement de réception 101 de la borne automatique 100.Advantageously, as shown more particularly by figure 2 said partition wall 116 comprises a portion 116C engaged in a notch 117 provided in the middle of an edge 114A delimiting said access opening 114. The notch 117 whose side faces are close to the opposite side faces of the partition wall 116, maintains in position said partition wall 116 in the middle portion of the access opening 114 and the receiving housing 101 of the automatic terminal 100.

En outre, comme le montrent plus particulièrement les figures 1, 4 et 5, chaque borne automatique 100 comporte des moyens de pression 120 rapportés sur ledit corps 110 et adaptés à prendre appui élastiquement de part et d'autre de la cloison de séparation 116 sur les âmes conductrices 1 B des conducteurs 1 pour les maintenir en contact avec ledit corps 110.Moreover, as shown more particularly by figures 1 , 4 and 5 each automatic terminal 100 has pressure means 120 attached to said body 110 and adapted to bear elastically on either side of the partition wall 116 on the conductive cores 1 B of the conductors 1 to keep them in contact with said body 110.

Plus particulièrement, lesdits moyens de pression 120 rapportés sur ledit corps 110, sont agencés sur le corps 110 de sorte que lorsque l'âme conductrice dénudée d'un conducteur électrique est introduite dans la borne au travers de ladite ouverture d'accès 114, elle provoque elle-même la déformation élastique desdits moyens de pression 120 qui prennent alors appui élastiquement sur ladite âme conductrice pour la plaquer contre le corps métallique 110 de la borne.More particularly, said pressure means 120 attached to said body 110, are arranged on the body 110 so that when the conductive core stripped of an electrical conductor is introduced into the terminal through said access opening 114, it itself causes the elastic deformation of said pressure means 120 which then bear elastically on said conductive core to press against the metal body 110 of the terminal.

Ici, lesdits moyens de pression comprennent une lame ressort 120 métallique précontrainte rapportée sur la face avant 112A de ladite partie avant 112 de la lame métallique constituant ledit corps 110 de manière à s'accrocher sur un bord 114B de ladite ouverture d'accès 114.Here, said pressure means comprise a prestressed metal leaf spring 120 attached to the front face 112A of said front portion. 112 of the metal blade constituting said body 110 so as to hook on an edge 114B of said access opening 114.

La lame ressort 120 présente ici globalement la forme d'une épingle à cheveux avec deux branches 121,122 reliées par un coude.The spring blade 120 here generally has the shape of a hairpin with two branches 121,122 connected by a bend.

Une des branches 121 de la lame ressort 120 comporte sur son bord d'extrémité libre des retours 123 qui s'engagent dans ladite ouverture d'accès 114 et prennent appui contre son bord 114B. L'autre branche 122 de la lame ressort 120 est fendue longitudinalement pour se partager en deux lamelles ressort 122A, 122B se positionnant de part et d'autre de ladite cloison de séparation 116 et dont les extrémités libres sont adaptées à prendre appui sur lesdites âmes conductrices 1B engagées au travers de ladite ouverture d'accès 114 (voir figure 4) pour les plaquer contre le bord 114A de l'ouverture d'accès 114.One of the branches 121 of the leaf spring 120 has on its free end edge returns 123 which engage in said access opening 114 and bear against its edge 114B. The other branch 122 of the spring blade 120 is slotted longitudinally to divide into two spring strips 122A, 122B positioned on either side of said partition wall 116 and whose free ends are adapted to bear on said webs conductors 1B engaged through said access opening 114 (see figure 4 ) to press them against the edge 114A of the access opening 114.

Afin de conférer suffisamment d'élasticité auxdites lamelles ressort 122A, 122B de la lame ressort 120, la fente 124, partageant en deux parties longitudinales la branche 122, se prolonge sur le coude reliant les deux branches 121,122 de la lame ressort 120 (voir figure 4).In order to impart sufficient elasticity to said spring blades 122A, 122B of the spring blade 120, the slot 124, dividing in two longitudinal parts the branch 122, extends on the elbow connecting the two branches 121,122 of the leaf spring 120 (see figure 4 ).

Ladite partie avant 112 de la lame métallique constituant le corps 110 de la borne automatique 100 porte des montants 118 prenant appui sur ladite lame ressort 120 qui est par ailleurs en appui sur des parties internes 3, 4 du boîtier 10.Said front portion 112 of the metal blade constituting the body 110 of the automatic terminal 100 carries uprights 118 bearing on said spring blade 120 which is also supported on internal parts 3, 4 of the housing 10.

Comme le montrent les figures 1 et 5, le boîtier 10 isolant comporte pour chaque borne automatique 100 deux conduits intérieurs 15 dont une extrémité débouche sur une des faces transversales inférieure 14 et supérieure 13 dudit boîtier 10 et dont une autre extrémité débouche en regard de l'ouverture d'accès 114 de ladite borne automatique 100 d'un côté de ladite cloison de séparation 116.As shown by figures 1 and 5 , the insulating housing 10 comprises for each automatic terminal 100 two inner ducts 15, one end of which opens on one of the lower transverse faces 14 and upper 13 of said housing 10 and of which another end opens out facing the access opening 114 of said automatic terminal 100 on one side of said partition wall 116.

En outre, il est prévu sur les deux côtés latéraux de ladite ouverture d'accès 114 de chaque borne automatique 100 deux cloisons de guidage (non représentées) en matière isolante s'étendant parallèlement à ladite cloison de séparation 116.In addition, two guide walls (not shown) of insulating material extending parallel to said partition wall 116 are provided on both lateral sides of said access opening 114 of each automatic terminal 100.

Ainsi, l'extrémité dénudée de chaque conducteur électrique 1 introduite « en aveugle » dans le boîtier 10 de l'appareillage électrique est guidée par la paroi du conduit intérieur 15 puis par la cloison de séparation 116 à laquelle est associée une cloison de guidage latérale.Thus, the stripped end of each electrical conductor 1 introduced "blindly" into the housing 10 of the electrical equipment is guided by the wall of the inner conduit 15 and then by the partition wall 116 to which is associated a lateral guide wall .

La cloison de séparation 116 guide en profondeur chaque âme conductrice 1B de conducteur pour assurer son insertion correcte dans ladite ouverture d'accès 114 ainsi que dans le logement de réception 101 de la borne automatique 100.The partition wall 116 guides in depth each conductor conductor core 1B to ensure its correct insertion into said access opening 114 and into the receiving housing 101 of the automatic terminal 100.

Au passage de l'ouverture d'accès 114 de la borne, chaque âme conductrice 1B provoque le fléchissement élastique d'une lamelle ressort 122A, 122B de la lame ressort 120 qui prend appui sur ladite âme conductrice 1 B pour la bloquer dans le logement de réception 101 de la borne, en appui contre son corps 110 métallique, afin d'établir la connexion électrique entre ladite borne et ledit conducteur électrique.At the passage of the access opening 114 of the terminal, each conducting core 1B causes the elastic deflection of a leaf spring 122A, 122B of the leaf spring 120 which bears on said conductive core 1 B to block it in the housing receiving 101 of the terminal, bearing against its metal body 110, to establish the electrical connection between said terminal and said electrical conductor.

La cloison de séparation 116 empêche le mauvais positionnement d'un conducteur dans la borne automatique 100, ce qui évite le risque d'échauffement de celui-ci.The partition wall 116 prevents mispositioning of a conductor in the automatic terminal 100, which avoids the risk of overheating thereof.

Enfin, l'intégration de la cloison de séparation au sein du corps de la borne automatique permet un montage par empilage du boîtier de l'appareillage électrique.Finally, the integration of the partition wall within the body of the automatic terminal allows a mounting by stacking the housing of the electrical equipment.

Claims (10)

  1. An automatic terminal (100) for connecting two electrical conductors (1) to a common electric potential, the terminal comprising a metal body (110) for connection to said electric potential, defining a reception housing (101) for receiving two conductive cores (1B) of said electrical conductors, an access opening (114) for having said conductive cores passing therethrough to engage in said reception housing, a separation partition (116) extending substantially perpendicularly to the plane of said access opening to separate said reception housing into two portions, and presser means (120) fitted on said body (110) and suitable for bearing resiliently on either side of said separation partition (116) against said conductive cores to keep them in contact with said body (110), said presser means being arranged so that passing the conductive cores of said electrical conductors through the access opening (114) directly causes said presser means to deform elastically, the terminal being characterized in that said separation partition (116) is formed integrally with said body (110) so as to constitute therewith a one-piece part.
  2. An automatic terminal (100) according to the preceding claim, characterized in that said separation partition (116) crosses through said access opening (114) so as to extend on either side thereof, from a side inside said reception housing and to another side outside said reception housing.
  3. An automatic terminal (100) according to claim 1 or claim 2, characterized in that said separation partition (116) is attached via a tab (115) to a lateral edge (111B) of said body (110).
  4. An automatic terminal (100) according to any preceding claim, characterized in that said separation partition (116) includes a portion (116C) engaged in a notch (117) provided in an edge (114A) defining said access opening (114) in order to hold it in position in said reception housing.
  5. An automatic terminal (100) according to any preceding claim, characterized in that said body (110) is in the form of a metal blade with a rear portion (111) for electrical connection and a front portion (112) including said access opening (114) and that is attached to said rear portion via a bend portion (113), said reception housing (101) being defined between said front and rear portions (112, 113) of the metal blade.
  6. An automatic terminal (100) according to claim 5, characterized in that said presser means comprise a spring blade (120) fitted on the front face of said front portion of the metal blade constituting said body so as to be attached on an edge (114B) of said access opening (114), said spring blade being split over a fraction of its length so as to be subdivided into two smaller spring blades (122A, 122B) that are positioned on either side of said separation partition and that have free ends adapted to bear against said conductive cores engaged through said access opening.
  7. An automatic terminal (100) according to claim 6, characterized in that said front portion of the metal blade constituting said body carries pegs (118) bearing against said spring blade (120).
  8. Electrical equipment including an insulating box (10) that houses an automatic terminal (100) according to any preceding claim and that includes two internal ducts (15) each having one end opening out in a face of said box and another end opening out in register with said access opening of said automatic terminal on a respective side of said separation partition.
  9. Electrical equipment according to claim 8, wherein two guide partitions of insulating material are provided on the two lateral sides of said access opening of said automatic terminal, the guide partitions extending parallel to said separation partition.
  10. Electrical equipment according to claim 8 or claim 9, characterized in that it comprises modular equipment in which the box is constituted by a stack of insulating partitions.
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