EP0786833A2 - Prise de courant avec un module de fonctions additionnelles - Google Patents

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EP0786833A2
EP0786833A2 EP97100696A EP97100696A EP0786833A2 EP 0786833 A2 EP0786833 A2 EP 0786833A2 EP 97100696 A EP97100696 A EP 97100696A EP 97100696 A EP97100696 A EP 97100696A EP 0786833 A2 EP0786833 A2 EP 0786833A2
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insulating base
socket according
socket
module
circuit board
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EP0786833B1 (fr
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Günther Dipl.-Ing.(FH) Weissberger
Peter Dipl.-Ing Hasse
Walter Dipl.-Ing.(Fh) Aumeier
Edmund Dipl.-Ing.(FH) Zäuner
Martin Strobl
Georg Wittmann
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Siemens AG
Dehn SE and Co KG
Siemens Corp
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Dehn and Soehne GmbH and Co KG
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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
    • H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/66—Structural association with built-in electrical component
    • H01R13/665—Structural association with built-in electrical component with built-in electronic circuit
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/648—Protective earth or shield arrangements on coupling devices, e.g. anti-static shielding  
    • H01R13/655—Protective earth or shield arrangements on coupling devices, e.g. anti-static shielding   with earth brace
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R24/00—Two-part coupling devices, or either of their cooperating parts, characterised by their overall structure
    • H01R24/76—Two-part coupling devices, or either of their cooperating parts, characterised by their overall structure with sockets, clips or analogous contacts and secured to apparatus or structure, e.g. to a wall
    • H01R24/78—Two-part coupling devices, or either of their cooperating parts, characterised by their overall structure with sockets, clips or analogous contacts and secured to apparatus or structure, e.g. to a wall with additional earth or shield contacts

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  • the invention relates to a socket consisting of an insulating base with a centrally arranged pair of sockets, which forms a switching contact in engagement with plug pins of a plug, a cover plate made of insulating material for the socket and a module for additional functions that can be electrically and mechanically connected to the insulating base.
  • an electrotechnical installation device is known from EP-A1 0 654 864, for example in the form of a socket and thus according to the preamble of claim 1 in modular construction, in which by the Building side of the socket on its insulating material plug-in module of the socket additional functions are given.
  • the electrical contact for the plug-in module is achieved by spring-loaded contacts when a plug pin of a plug is inserted into the socket pair of the socket.
  • a socket with additional module is known in which the top of the additional module is attached to the underside of the insulating base.
  • the insulating base has been changed so that it has shortened spacers and is attached to the support ring with these spacers. Furthermore, the outer plug pot can be raised.
  • the additional module is anchored here, like in the subject of EP 0 654 864, by means of clip-like latching hooks on projections of the insulating base directly adjacent to the latter.
  • the components of an overvoltage protection device are positioned on the circuit board of the additional module in such a way that they can find space in spaces which, like the subject of EP-0 654 864, are located between the bottom of the flush-mounted box and the bottom surface of the insulating base opposite this bottom. It should be noted that the height of the free space between the bottom of the flush-mounted box and the surface of the insulating base facing this floor is limited due to the prescribed dimensions of the flush-mounting box and the required dimension of the insulating base and therefore cannot be increased at will.
  • the invention is therefore initially based on the problem of designing the socket known from EPA1 0654 864 in such a way that voluminous modules are also available in the available space can be accommodated in compliance with the required internal dimensions of a socket with an insulating base.
  • this problem is first solved by the fact that the insulating base is arranged asymmetrically to the pair of sockets and that a space for accommodating the module or one that is created next to the insulating base and extends over the height of the insulating base Part of the module is used.
  • the design of the socket according to the invention provides for the first time the possibility of accommodating correspondingly large components of a module without having to change the height of the insulating base or causing corresponding structural expenditures by shortening the spacing webs.
  • the design of the aforementioned free space on the one hand and the design of the components of the module to be incorporated therein are matched to one another in terms of their shape (see claim 15) in order to be able to make optimal use of the available space.
  • the efforts in the prior art go in the direction of either making the required components so small that they can be used in normal, i.e. unchanged insulated plinths fit into existing corners or free spaces anyway.
  • An advantageous embodiment of the invention is the subject of claim 2. This gives a relatively large free space next to the insulating material stick and thus between it and the surrounding wall of a flush-mounted box or an insulating material cap (see claim 5).
  • the module contains an overvoltage protection device which has a printed circuit board running parallel to the bottom of the insulating base with at least two corners, including the varistors explained in detail in their arrangement.
  • the circuit board can only be equipped on one side, namely the side facing the insulating base. It is not necessary to populate the circuit board on both sides. Since it is therefore not necessary to accommodate components of the overvoltage protection, in particular bulky varistors or gas arresters, on the underside of the printed circuit board facing away from the insulating material base, the task-related advantage of saving space results.
  • the design of the socket base with the creation of free space on the one hand and the associated configuration of the module, in particular in the form of an overvoltage protection device with two relatively large varistors, work together to achieve the object according to the invention in a module for overvoltage protection.
  • the embodiment according to claim 6 results in the advantage that both the insulating base and the overvoltage protection device are protected against damage during storage and transport, and in addition, protection against accidental contact can be achieved in a simple manner.
  • the embodiments of the socket according to claims 7, 8 and 9 have the advantage that the assembly of surge protective device and insulating base with the cap can be done quickly and easily.
  • an optical display is often provided to determine whether the overvoltage protection elements of such an overvoltage protection device are still in order.
  • Corresponding display means are usually arranged in a corner of the circuit board.
  • the features of claim 12 are provided.
  • relatively short lines can be led upward through the cover plate from the varistors located in the corner regions.
  • the signal lamps are located at two corners of the socket that are spaced apart. From the room side, they can be easily recognized and, above all, clearly distinguished from one another. Even in bright light, the spatial separation, for example a red from a green display, means that the user can be recognized at all times.
  • an arrangement of the fuses spatially adjacent to the varistors according to claim 13 and in particular claim 14 further achieves a compact, space-saving design of the socket according to the invention and optimal heat transfer from the varistor to these thermal fuses.
  • the socket according to the invention consists of an insulating base 1 with a pair of sockets 2 arranged in the center of the socket, which forms a switching contact in engagement with plug pins of a plug. Furthermore, the socket has a cover plate made of insulating material, which is not shown in the drawing, and a protective contact 3. With the insulating base 1, a module 4 for additional functions, in particular an overvoltage protection device, also numbered 4 below, can be electrically and mechanically connected. According to the invention, the insulating base 1 is asymmetrical to the pair of sockets 2 and thus asymmetrical to the side wall 12 'of the flush-mounted box 12 arranged that the resulting space 5 can be used to accommodate parts of the surge protection device 4.
  • the free space 5 is located next to the insulating base 1 and the side wall 12 'of a flush-mounted box 12.
  • the free space 5 extends at least over the entire height H of the insulating base (see also FIG. 3). However, if spatially possible, it can also extend into the space 5 'underneath in FIG. 3 and / or - as also shown in FIG. 3 - in the upper space 5''indicated by a bracket.
  • Fig. 1 shows the already explained asymmetrical design and arrangement of the insulating base 1 to the sockets 2. Furthermore, Fig. 1 shows that the space 5 indicated by dashed lines makes up about 1/3 to 1/2 of the space surrounded by the flush-mounted box 12 .
  • the overvoltage protection device 4 has a printed circuit board 7 running parallel to the bottom 6 of the insulating base 1.
  • the essentially square circuit board in the known prior art is designed in such a way in the socket according to the invention that the circuit board 7 has corresponding bulges 14 'in at least two corners 7'. At these bulges 14 of the circuit board 7, varistors 8 are arranged, which rise vertically relative to the circuit board 7 and protrude into the space 5 between the insulating base 1 and the surrounding flush-mounted box 12.
  • the insulating base 1 and the overvoltage protection device 4 are surrounded by a cap 13 made of insulating material which is open towards these parts 1, 4.
  • the cap 13 has both latching means 15 for attachment to the overvoltage protection device 4, as well as locking means 16 for attachment to the insulating base 1. Specifically, the cap 13 is fastened to the printed circuit board 7 by means of latching hooks 15, the circuit board 7 itself serving as a latching edge. To unlatch only the snap hook 15 made of plastic has to be pushed aside. Just as easy to operate are the locking means consisting of recesses 16 in the cap 13 and protrusions 17 of the insulating base 1.
  • the circuit board 7 for the electrical connection to screwless terminals 21 of the socket has knife contacts 20 .
  • holes 19 are provided in the printed circuit board 7 in this area, into which fixing pins 18 of the cap 13 engage.
  • a gas discharge arrester 22 can be arranged in a recess, e.g. a socket with can be accommodated on the underside of the insulating base 1, which also saves height (not shown in the drawing).
  • display means 9 are spatially adjacent to the varistors 8 arranged, which go through the cover plate of the socket.
  • FIG. 6 shows the circuit diagram of such an overvoltage protection device 4.
  • the phase conductor L and the neutral conductor N are connected via the knife contacts 20 of the printed circuit board 7.
  • the parallel connection of resistor R1 and one display means 9 and resistor R2, R3 and the other display means 9 shows the operating state of the overvoltage protection device 4.
  • the display 9 in the parallel branch with resistor R1 serves to indicate that the overvoltage protection device is intact. As soon as destruction of the overvoltage protection element or elements 8 has taken place, this is signaled via the parallel branch with the display means 9 arranged in series with the resistors R2 and R3.
  • the circuit consisting of the overvoltage protection elements, for example varistors 8 and thermal monitoring fuses 10 matched so that these fuses disconnect the overloaded varistor.
  • the main advantages of the invention are that, despite the space specified here by the internal dimensions of the flush-mounted box, relatively large surge protection means, in particular the varistors explained, can be accommodated in the manner described. It is also possible to accommodate thermal fuses without taking up additional space.
  • the electrical plug contacts can be stable and largely capable of withstanding surge current. It is easy to assemble and disassemble both in mechanical and electrical terms of the module on the insulating base. This easy interchangeability is advantageous for practical operation, especially for quick retrofitting without taking the installation L / N into account.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Microelectronics & Electronic Packaging (AREA)
  • Coupling Device And Connection With Printed Circuit (AREA)
  • Details Of Connecting Devices For Male And Female Coupling (AREA)
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  • Emergency Protection Circuit Devices (AREA)
EP97100696A 1996-01-29 1997-01-17 Prise de courant avec un module de fonctions additionnelles Expired - Lifetime EP0786833B1 (fr)

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DE29601440U DE29601440U1 (de) 1996-01-29 1996-01-29 Steckdose mit einem Modul für Zusatzfunktionen
DE29601440U 1996-01-29

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EP0786833A2 true EP0786833A2 (fr) 1997-07-30
EP0786833A3 EP0786833A3 (fr) 1998-12-16
EP0786833B1 EP0786833B1 (fr) 2003-04-16

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DE29601440U1 (de) 1997-05-28
TR199700045A2 (tr) 1997-08-21
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