EP3480895B1 - Geräteanschlusseinheit für ein elektrogerät und elektrogerät - Google Patents

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EP3480895B1
EP3480895B1 EP18204615.1A EP18204615A EP3480895B1 EP 3480895 B1 EP3480895 B1 EP 3480895B1 EP 18204615 A EP18204615 A EP 18204615A EP 3480895 B1 EP3480895 B1 EP 3480895B1
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    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01RELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R24/00Two-part coupling devices, or either of their cooperating parts, characterised by their overall structure
    • H01R24/28Coupling parts carrying pins, blades or analogous contacts and secured only to wire or cable
    • H01R24/30Coupling parts carrying pins, blades or analogous contacts and secured only to wire or cable with additional earth or shield contacts
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24CDOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES ; DETAILS OF DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
    • F24C7/00Stoves or ranges heated by electric energy
    • F24C7/08Arrangement or mounting of control or safety devices
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    • H01R4/00Electrically-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
    • H01R4/28Clamped connections, spring connections
    • H01R4/48Clamped connections, spring connections utilising a spring, clip, or other resilient member
    • H01R4/4809Clamped connections, spring connections utilising a spring, clip, or other resilient member using a leaf spring to bias the conductor toward the busbar
    • H01R4/4828Spring-activating arrangements mounted on or integrally formed with the spring housing
    • H01R4/483Pivoting arrangements, e.g. lever pushing on the spring
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    • H01R4/00Electrically-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
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    • H01R4/4837Single arrangement activating multiple springs
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    • H01RELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R4/00Electrically-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
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    • H01R4/48Clamped connections, spring connections utilising a spring, clip, or other resilient member
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    • H01R4/00Electrically-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
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    • H01R4/4846Busbar details
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    • H01RELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R4/00Electrically-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
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    • H01R4/48Clamped connections, spring connections utilising a spring, clip, or other resilient member
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    • H01R4/00Electrically-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
    • H01R4/28Clamped connections, spring connections
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    • H01R4/5066Clamped connections, spring connections utilising a cam, wedge, cone or ball also combined with a screw mounted in an insulating housing having a cover providing clamping force

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  • the invention relates to a device connection unit for an electrical device with at least two device supply elements for supplying electrical components of the electrical device with electrical energy.
  • the invention also relates to an electrical device.
  • Electrical devices require electrical energy with a supply voltage of less than or more than 250 V to function, with household devices such as hobs and ovens, for example, requiring an operating voltage of more than 250 V.
  • the devices In order to be able to ensure this energy supply, the devices must be securely connected to the building installation network.
  • connection terminal built into the device and, on the network side, by connecting this power line to a device connection socket of the house electrical installation.
  • a device connection system or a device connection plug is usually used instead of the connection terminal.
  • the problem here is that the power line is connected to the device connection unit and / or to the device connection box of the house electrical installation according to the prior art using screw terminals.
  • the stripped wires are provided with a wire end sleeve and the wire ends of the power line assembled in this way are each mounted on a contact terminal by means of a screw, the latter being connected to the internal wiring of the device via plug contacts.
  • the screw connection requires corresponding additional connection components, which increases the transmission losses between the network and the device due to additional contact and / or contact resistances.
  • this screw connection technology requires high-quality and / or conductive materials for making the electrical connection. This is particularly disadvantageous with regard to the increasing high material prices, long delivery times for corresponding components and the general shortage of raw materials.
  • a household appliance with a device junction box for the mains connection is known, the respective conductors being fastened to a terminal block of the device junction box by means of a screw or other clamp connection, in order to then have a Establish an electrically conductive connection by inserting the device connection socket into the mains connection.
  • a protective conductor contact system for device connection systems of electrical devices for different supply voltages is described, with a protective conductor connection tab formed as part of the device housing on an insertion opening for the device connection system and being operatively connectable to a correspondingly designed protective conductor connection contact of the device connection system.
  • the protective conductor connection is thus implemented here via a plug connection.
  • a plug with an integrated protective conductor connection for electrical devices is known in which a power contact clamping spring, which is arranged on the outer contour of the plug and forms the protective conductor connection, can be mechanically and thus also electrically connected directly to the device housing.
  • connection block in which, by means of a wedge arranged on the outside of the insulating housing, a conductor is fixed in a connection terminal formed by resilient contact legs by pressing down the wedge or released by manually pulling out the wedge.
  • the object of the invention is to improve the state of the art.
  • a device connection unit for an electrical device with at least two device supply elements for supplying electrical components of the electrical device with electrical energy the device supply elements each being assigned a contacting element which, in the event of actuation, impresses a defined contacting force on an arranged supply conductor in the event of actuation, so that an electrical contact is realized between the respective device supply element and the supply conductor, the contacting elements having an actuating element, so that the contacting force is increased or reduced by actuating the actuating element and the actuating elements have a spring element, a clamping element and / or a latching element, which in each case the defined contact force impresses.
  • the electrical contact between the respective device supply element and the supply conductor is free of a screw connection with additional connecting components, which reduces transmission losses between the network and the electrical device, the susceptibility to errors and / or the risk of fire.
  • This provides a secure, low-loss connection between the electrical device and the respective country-specific supply network.
  • An essential idea of the invention is based on the fact that the electrical contact takes place via a contacting element which, by designing a loading element, exerts a defined contacting force on the supply conductor when it is actuated.
  • the contacting force is prepared and / or set in a targeted and defined manner, in that the loading element acts on at least one arranged supply conductor in each case.
  • the device connection unit has three, four, five, six or further device supply elements, each of which is assigned a contacting element that applies a defined contacting force to an arranged supply conductor in the event of actuation by means of a respective loading element.
  • each supply conductor (wire of the power cable) is connected to an impingement element by means of an associated contacting element electrically connectable to the respectively assigned device supply element.
  • the same defined contacting force can be applied to all contacting elements or different defined contacting forces can be applied to each contacting element due to the design of its respective loading element.
  • the defined contacting force can be specifically adapted to the diameter of supply conductors of different thicknesses.
  • the device supply elements are designed as essentially stable webs. While conventional supply conductors thus offer a certain flexibility due to their core cross-section, the stable and thus solid design of the device supply elements is suitable for ensuring that the device supply elements do not bend under the forces exerted by the contacting elements via the supply conductor.
  • the supply elements which are designed as essentially stable webs, thus offer a force resistance against the contacting forces applied to the supply conductors.
  • the loading elements In order to set the defined contacting force in a targeted manner and / or to provide a self-adjusting electrical connection technology, the loading elements have a spring element, a clamping element and / or a latching element, each of which impresses the defined contacting force.
  • the necessary contacting force acting on the supply conductor can be set, changed and / or maintained for a long time in a targeted manner by means of the design of the spring element, the clamping element and / or the latching element.
  • a “spring element” is in particular a metallic technical component which can be elastically deformed.
  • a spring element is in particular a helical spring, for example a wire wound in a helical shape.
  • the contacting force can be adjusted in particular via the spring constant (spring hardness) of the spring element.
  • the number and the diameter of the windings can be varied in order to set a defined contacting force.
  • a “clamping element” is in particular a component which is geometrically designed in such a way that when it is attached to the supply conductor, the latter is mechanically fixed.
  • the clamping element has, for example, a recess that is becoming smaller, in which the supply conductor is mechanically fixed.
  • a “latching element” (also “latching element”) is in particular a component which latches when it is moved into a predetermined position and thereby exerts a pressing force on the supply conductor. For example, by a vertical shift and thereby realized Snapping into place exerts a vertical compressive force on the supply ladder.
  • the contacting element preferably has several latching steps of the latching element, so that the pressing force and thus the contacting force can be set and / or adapted in a targeted manner.
  • the latching element engages in the interior of the contacting element on different latching hooks on the inner housing wall of the contacting element.
  • the latching element can also be designed as a bracket, for example, which moves into a latching position by pivoting and thereby presses the supply conductor with the corresponding device supply element.
  • the device supply elements and / or the supply conductors are each assigned an insertion device, so that the respective device supply element and the respective supply conductor can be arranged in a defined manner with respect to one another.
  • both the device supply elements and the supply conductors can each be introduced into the contacting element through an insertion device and / or guided through the insertion device inside the contacting element in such a way that they each occupy a defined arrangement in the contacting element and with respect to one another.
  • An “insertion device” is, in particular, a device which enables targeted insertion and thus Bringing a device supply element and / or supply conductor into the device connection unit and / or the contacting element enables and / or guides the device supply element and / or the supply conductor specifically in its respective course within the device connection unit and / or the contacting element.
  • An insertion device can in particular be an insertion opening and / or an implemented guide track of the device connection unit and / or of the contacting element.
  • the contacting elements In order to set and / or adapt the contacting force in a targeted manner, the contacting elements have an actuating element so that the contacting force is increased or decreased by actuating the actuating element.
  • An “actuating element” is, in particular, a mechanically actuated component which acts on the impingement element and thereby changes the contacting force.
  • An actuating element can be, for example, a mechanical and / or electronic switch.
  • the actuating element can also be designed as a cover (cover) of the contacting element so that, for example, when the cover is open, the loading element is relieved and the device supply element and / or the supply conductor can be inserted through an insertion hole into the contacting element and, when the cover of the contacting element is subsequently closed, by direct Action of the cover on the loading element a defined contacting force is set.
  • the cover and / or the actuating element presses directly on the spring element and / or the latching element when the contacting element is closed.
  • the contacting element is set up in such a way that the defined contacting force is impressed on the arranged supply conductor and the respective conductor when actuated by means of the loading element.
  • a defined contacting force can thus be simultaneously impressed on the respective conductor of the internal wiring of the housing of the electrical device and the associated supply conductor in a contacting element.
  • the contacting element for example with a spring or with two separate springs each for the conductor of the device internal wiring and the supply conductor, the same contacting force or different contacting forces can thus be applied.
  • one of the contacting elements or a plurality of contacting elements or all of the contacting elements has a cage tension spring.
  • the contacting element has two different cage tension springs so that different defined contacting forces can be applied to the conductor and the supply conductor depending on the wire cross-section.
  • a “cage clamp spring” is, in particular, a spring clamp connection for an electrical connection.
  • a cage tension spring has, in particular, a coarse and / or medium spring steel.
  • the cage tension spring has in particular a clamping spring and / or a busbar (current bar).
  • the current bar consists in particular of copper with a silver surface.
  • the clamping spring is compressed in particular by the actuating element, whereby the conductor and / or supply conductor can be inserted into the recess of the clamping spring below the current bar and when the clamping spring is relieved, it returns to its rest position, so that the conductor and / or supply conductor due to the clamping or contact force is pressed from below against the current bar.
  • one of the contacting elements or several contacting elements or all contacting elements is or are designed as a direct conductor connection contact module, so that a direct electrical connection exists between the respective device supply element and the conductor and the respective supply conductor by means of the defined contacting force of the impingement element.
  • a “conductor direct connection contact module” is in particular a component which is set up in such a way that the stripped wires and / or strands of the conductor and the supply conductor directly form an electrical contact by means of the conductor direct connection contact module, whereby a direct electrical connection is established.
  • the conductor direct connection contact module has a conductor guide element and / or conductor clamping element.
  • the conductor and the supply conductor are guided and brought into position by means of the conductor guide element and / or conductor clamping element in such a way that the stripped parts of the conductor and / or the supply conductor come into direct mechanical contact within the conductor direct connection contact module.
  • the direct conductor connection contact module can be formed from metal stamped and bent parts, such as spring steel with material number 1.4310, so that no high-quality materials such as copper and / or silver are necessary. This reduces the dependency on high material prices and long delivery times due to the shortage of high-quality raw materials.
  • the device connection unit has a protective conductor connection with a power contact clamping spring.
  • the protective conductor can be connected in a simple form to the device connection unit by means of the power contact clamping spring, thus ensuring safety, for example for protection against electric shock.
  • a “power contact clamping spring” is, in particular, a spring-loaded terminal.
  • the power contact clamping spring ensures a low-resistance and permanent connection between a protective conductor and the housing plate of a protection class I device, in particular with a high connection force and a large connection area.
  • the appliance connection unit is designed as an appliance connection terminal for a household appliance with an operating voltage above 250 V eff , in particular with a three-phase alternating voltage.
  • the device connection unit according to the invention is in principle suitable both for devices with a mains connection of less than or equal to 250 V and for devices with a mains connection of more than 250 V and the functional principle is identical regardless of the operating voltage.
  • the object is achieved by an electrical device which has a device connection unit as described above.
  • an electrical device which can be connected to the power cord safely and with little loss in a household that is very easy to assemble and saves valuable resources.
  • the electrical device is connected without using a screwing tool, the torque of which would have to be calibrated.
  • the device connection unit and the electrical device have a safe, durable and long-lasting, precisely set electrical connection between the power cord and the internal wiring of the device.
  • a device connection terminal 102 is arranged on the rear of an oven 101. This device connection terminal 102 has contacts 107 for connecting the internal wiring of the device, insertion openings 106 assigned to these contacts 107 and assigned cage tension springs 110.
  • the contacts 107 for connecting the internal wiring of the device are connected via wires (not shown) to an electrical component such as the heater, the fan and / or the light of the oven 101.
  • the ends of the five wires 105 of the mains connection line 103 of the house are stripped. Three of the wires are called phase, one wire is called the neutral wire and one is called the earth.
  • the stripped ends of the wires 105 are pushed in through the insertion openings 106 and positioned in relation to the contacts for connecting the internal wiring 107 of the device.
  • the cage tension springs 110 are pressed downwards so that the stripped wires 105 can be inserted completely.
  • the respective cage tension spring 110 "released" so that the stripped part of the wire 105 is connected to the contacts for connecting the internal wiring 107 of the device via an eyelet of the cage tension spring 110 with the corresponding tension spring force. This is done accordingly for all cores.
  • a device connection terminal 202 has a network connection line 203.
  • the mains connection line 203 is firmly clamped in the interior of the device connection terminal 202 by means of a retaining clip 204.
  • a cable sheathing of the mains connection line 203 was removed behind the retaining clip 204, so that then five wires 205 of the mains connection line 203 are individually routed.
  • the five wires 205 are each guided into a cage tension spring contact module 213 via an insertion opening 206.
  • five conductors 217 of internal device wiring are guided into one of the five cage tension spring contact modules 213 by means of five insertion openings 203 (not shown).
  • the device connection terminal 202 On the underside, the device connection terminal 202 has a protective conductor connection 218, which is connected to the device connection terminal 202 on the underside with a power contact clamping spring (not shown).
  • Each cage tension spring contact module 213 has a movable module cover 215 and two opposite insertion openings 206.
  • each A cage tension spring contact module 213 has a first cage tension spring 210 and a second cage tension spring 211 on a current bar 212 inside.
  • the current bar 212 is made electrically conductive from copper with a silver surface.
  • the mains connection line 203 is inserted into the device connection terminal 202 and clamped by means of the retaining clip 204 inside the device connection terminal 202. Behind the retaining clamp 204, the five wires 205 are routed individually, free of the cable sheathing of the mains connection line 203, inside the device connection terminal 202, each to one of the cage clamp spring contact modules 213. Likewise, the conductors 217 of the device's internal wiring in the device connection terminal 202 are each led individually to the corresponding cage clamp contact modules 213. The conductors 217 of the internal wiring of the device and the wires 205 of the mains connection line 203 are stripped at their respective free ends.
  • the module covers 215 of the respective cage tension spring contact modules 213 are now closed one after the other by manually pressing the respective module cover 215. As a result, a pressure is applied to the first cage tension spring 210 and the second cage tension spring 211 from above and the two cage tension springs 210 and 211 are compressed.
  • the recess 220, 221 shift from the top of the current bar 212 to the bottom of the current bar 212 through the opposite insertion openings 206 of each contact module 213 on one side a stripped wire 205 and on the other side a stripped conductor 217 of the device internal wiring through the insertion opening 206 and the recess 220 or 221 shifted downwards.
  • the stripped wire 205 and the stripped conductor 217 are clamped to the underside of the current bar 212 with a defined contacting force due to the corresponding spring tension.
  • the first cage tension spring 210 and the second cage tension spring 211 depending on the cross-sections of the stripped wire 205 and the stripped conductor 217, partly move to their relaxed position against the due to their spring force Module cover 315 back.
  • the clamped stripped wire 205 and the clamped stripped conductor 217 are in electrical contact via the current bar 212.
  • a device connection terminal 302 has a mains connection line 303, a retaining clip 304, five conductor direct contact modules 313 and five conductors 317 of internal device wiring (in Figure 8 shown when not connected).
  • the mains connection line 303 again has five wires 305 at its end, which are stripped at their ends so that individual strands are exposed.
  • the conductors 317 are also stripped at their end.
  • a protective conductor connection 318 is in turn arranged on the underside of the device connection terminal 302.
  • Each conductor direct contact module 313 has an actuatable, movable module cover 315 and, on opposite sides, an insertion opening 306 for a wire 305 and a conductor 317.
  • each direct conductor contact module 313 a line guiding and clamping element 314 with a central catch 311 is arranged.
  • the line guiding and clamping element 314 has two recesses 320 on opposite sides for the implementation of the conductor 317 and the Core 305 (see Fig. 10 ), whereby the recess 320 for the conductor 317 of the internal wiring of the device is higher than the recess 320 for the core 305.
  • This is realized by a corresponding design of the conductor guiding and clamping element 314 with a correspondingly higher guide track for the conductor 317.
  • each direct conductor contact module 313 With the module cover 315 of each direct conductor contact module 313 open, the stripped wire 305 of the mains connection cable 303 is inserted into the one insertion opening 303 in the cable routing and clamping element 314 of the direct conductor contact module 313, so that the stripped wire 305 lies at the bottom in the cable routing and clamping element 314.
  • the corresponding stripped conductor 317 is inserted into the line guiding and clamping element 314 through the opposite insertion opening 306, so that the stripped conductor 317 lies above the stripped wire 305. This is supported by the fact that the line guiding and clamping element 314 presses at its free ends with a respective clamping element from above onto the stripped wire 305 and the stripped conductor 317.
  • the module cover 315 is then closed by manually pressing it on, whereby the module cover 315 presses from above against the catch 311, which in the middle area of the line guiding and clamping element 314, in which the stripped conductor 317 lies on the stripped wire 305, presses and engages on a corresponding snap-in hook (not shown) on the inside of the direct conductor module 313, so that a defined contacting force is applied to the direct electrical connection of the stripped wire 305 and the stripped conductor 317 is exerted due to their abutment.
  • the conductor direct contact module 313 does not require any additional electrical connecting element and thus no special conductive materials such as copper or silver, which means that it is inexpensively manufactured from stamped and bent metal parts.
  • the direct conductor contact module 313 minimizes transmission losses and thus a long-lasting device connection terminal 302 and a permanent direct electrical connection between the wires 305 of the mains connection line 303 and the corresponding lines 317 of the device's internal wiring are implemented.
  • the direct conductor contact module has a single cage tension spring 210 or 211 (cf. in Fig. 7 ) without a current bar.
  • the cage tension spring 210 or 211 is compressed and passed through the recess 220 or 221, which is now below the lower horizontal section (which is shown in FIG Fig. 7 rests on the current bar 212) the cage tension spring 210 or 211 is, a bare conductor 317 is from one side of the Internal wiring of the device and a bare wire 305 from the other side.
  • the bare conductor 317 of the internal wiring of the device and the bare wire 305 are on top of each other and are clamped by means of the lower horizontal section of the cage tension spring 210 or 211, which is passed through the recess 220 or 221, so that there is direct contact between the bare wire 305 and the bare conductor 317 of the device internal wiring is made.

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