EP1978610A1 - Steckdose mit doppelter Stromversorgungskonfiguration - Google Patents

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EP1978610A1
EP1978610A1 EP08290326A EP08290326A EP1978610A1 EP 1978610 A1 EP1978610 A1 EP 1978610A1 EP 08290326 A EP08290326 A EP 08290326A EP 08290326 A EP08290326 A EP 08290326A EP 1978610 A1 EP1978610 A1 EP 1978610A1
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Philippe Mondary
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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
    • H01R29/00—Coupling parts for selective co-operation with a counterpart in different ways to establish different circuits, e.g. for voltage selection, for series-parallel selection, programmable connectors
    • 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
    • H01R13/44—Means for preventing access to live contacts
    • H01R13/447—Shutter or cover plate
    • H01R13/453—Shutter or cover plate opened by engagement of counterpart
    • H01R13/4532—Rotating shutter

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  • the present invention relates to a socket.
  • the first, the most common, is to continuously supply power to the phase and neutral input terminals of the socket.
  • the second is to supply the phase input terminal of the socket via a switch so that the user can, if he wishes, cut off the power supply of said socket.
  • a switch Such an outlet is commonly referred to as a "controlled outlet”.
  • a socket comprising, on the one hand, a base containing two pairs of electrically independent terminals, each pair comprising an electrical phase terminal and an electrical neutral terminal, each connected to a receiving cell of a contact pin of an electrical plug, the two pairs of cells of the two pairs of terminals being positioned on two axes, and, secondly, a hubcap forming a cover, provided with two through holes, adapted to be pivoted relative to the base for matching said through holes with one or the other pair of cells located on one or the other of said axes.
  • the present invention proposes a new socket whose power supply configuration can be easily modified without affecting the electrical installation in which it is inserted, and in which, space occupied in the base by the connection terminals is reduced.
  • a socket 1 comprising a base 10 to be mounted in a box to be built into any wall not shown or to project a projecting wall of such a wall, and a trim 20.
  • the base 10 is an insulating casing open at the front to accommodate the hubcap 20.
  • the bottom of the insulating housing constituting the base 10 houses two pairs of electrically independent terminals (see figures 2 , 8 , 15 and 18 ).
  • Each pair of terminals comprises a phase electrical terminal 101 and an electrical neutral terminal 102;
  • Each phase and neutral electrical terminal is connected to a cell 101A, 103A, 102A, 104A for receiving a contact pin of an electrical plug.
  • phase terminal 101 of the first pair of terminals is intended to be permanently electrically powered by a conductor coming from the network while the phase terminal 103 of the second pair of terminals is intended to be connected by another conductor from the network to a switch of the electrical installation so that a user can possibly cut off his power supply.
  • Each neutral terminal 102, 104 of each pair of terminals is intended to be electrically powered permanently by a different driver from the network.
  • the cells 101A, 102A, 103A, 104A are delimited by metal tongues 101 B, 102B, 103B, 104B folded by to form clamps adapted to clamp the pins of an electrical plug engaged in said socket 1.
  • the two pairs of cells 101A, 102A, 103A, 104A of the two pairs of terminals are placed on two axes X, Y2 forming an acute angle between them.
  • the angle formed by said X, Y2 axes is of the order of 45 degrees.
  • the hubcap 20 made by molding an insulating material, defines a receiving well 11 of an electrical plug.
  • the hubcap 20 is snapped into the insulating housing constituting the base 10 to close its front opening. It comprises a cylindrical wall 21 which laterally delimits the receiving well 11 of axis X1.
  • the receiving well 11 has a bottom which extends above the electrical terminals 101, 102, 103, 104 connected to said cells 101A, 102A, 103A, 104A so as to enclose them in the bottom of the base 10.
  • the bottom of the receiving well 11 has two holes 211A, 221A, 211B, 221 B axes parallel to the axis X1, to be traversed by the two pins of a plug inserted into said well to access said cells located below the bottom of the well.
  • the front opening of the receiving well 11 is bordered by a falling front lip 21A which is adapted to be placed against a front edge 10A of the base 10 when the trim 20 is mounted in the base 10.
  • the clipping of the trim 20 on the base 10 is here made at two different levels.
  • the external face of the cylindrical wall 21 of the trim 20 projects two diametrically opposite locking teeth 21 B adapted to hook onto two teeth 10B provided in FIG.
  • the hubcap 20 comprises a cylindrical skirt 24 which comprises on its outer face two diametrically opposed snap teeth 26 adapted to catch on the edge two openings 10C provided in correspondence in the wall of the base 10.
  • the bottom of the receiving well 11 of the hubcap 20 comprises at least one part 200 provided with the two through holes 211A, 221A, 211B, 221B, which is adapted to be pivoted about the axis X1 of the receiving well 11 relative to a fixed portion of said trim 20 to match said through holes 211A , 221A, 211B, 221B with either pair of cells 101A, 102A, 103A, 104A located on either of said X, Y2 axes (see FIGS. figures 1 , 8 , 14 , 18 ).
  • this pivoting portion 200 is attached to said fixed portion of the hubcap 20. It is snapped onto said cylindrical skirt 24 of the hubcap 20 located below said bottom.
  • the pivoting part 200 of the bottom of the receiving well 11 comprises a front element 210 comprising a front disc 211 pierced with two through holes 211A, 211B axes parallel to the axis X1 of the receiving well 11 and a cylindrical skirt 212 which borders said disk before 211. It further comprises a rear element 220 comprising a rear disc 221 pierced with two holes 221A, 221 B of axes parallel to the axis X1 of the receiving well 11 and a cylindrical skirt 222 which borders said rear disc 221.
  • the cylindrical skirt 212 of the front element 210 is engaged in the interior space delimited by the cylindrical skirt 222 of the rear element 220 so as to form a cassette whose through holes 211A, 211B of the front disc coincide with the holes passage 221A, 221 B of the rear disc 221.
  • the cylindrical skirt 222 of the rear element 220 of said pivoting portion 200 extends below the bottom of the receiving well 11 of the trim 20 facing said cylindrical skirt 24. It has on its outer face turned towards the hubcap 20 a peripheral rib 223 which is snapped onto teeth 25 provided projecting on the internal face of said cylindrical skirt 24. This snap is produced so that said rib 223 can slide on said teeth 25 of the hubcap 20 for allow pivoting of said bottom portion 200 about the axis X1 while remaining in the plane of the discs 211 and rear 222 thereof (that is to say, avoiding any tilting of the cassette).
  • the pivoting of the cassette formed by said part 200 is also guided by the commitment of the party free end 222A of the cylindrical skirt 222 of said rear element 220 in a groove 27 provided in the hubcap 20 below the bottom of the receiving well 11 (see FIG. Figures 6 and 7 ).
  • the hubcap 20 comprises in the bottom of the receiving well 11 a circular sidewalk 22 which extends level with the front disc 211 of the front element 210 of said pivoting part 200 of the bottom, said circular sidewalk 22 and said element before 210 comprising complementary shapes cooperating with each other to lock in position said pivoting part 200 of the bottom.
  • said complementary shapes comprise nipples 23 which project from the free edge of said circular sidewalk 22 and notches 213 provided at the junction of the front disk 211 and the cylindrical skirt 212 of said element before 210.
  • Nipples 23 are spaced two by two from an angular sector of about 45 degrees and said notches 213 are in spaced pairs spaced apart by an angular sector of about 45 degrees.
  • These complementary forms serve as indexing means for indexing the position of said portion 200 in its two positions of use, namely, a first position in which its through holes 211A, 211B, 221A, 221B are placed according to the X axis, facing the cells 101A, 102A connected to the phase terminals 101 and neutral 102 to be permanently electrically powered (see figures 1 and 8 ), and the second position in which its through holes 211A, 211B, 221A, 221B are placed along the axis Y2, opposite the cells 103A, 104A connected to the phase and neutral terminals 104 and 103 controlled by the switch ( see figures 14 and 18 ).
  • the rear element 220 of said pivoting part 200 of the bottom of the receiving well 11 is fixed in axial translation whereas, under the action of a pressure exerted on the front element 210 of said part 200, the latter is adapted to be translated axially between an upper position where said pivoting portion 200 is locked on the hubcap 20 and a low position where said pivoting portion 200 is free to pivot about the axis X1 relative to the hubcap 20.
  • the front face of the front disc 211 of the front element 210 has in its center a recess 211C in the form of a slot in which can be introduced the tip of a tool such as a screwdriver.
  • a tool such as a screwdriver.
  • the installer can exert pressure on the front member 210 to lower it relative to said peripheral sidewalk 22 fixed hubcap 20 with a distance e of about 0.65 millimeter. It thus releases the notches 213 of the front element 210 from their cooperation with the pins 23 of the peripheral sidewalk 22 so as to be able to rotate said front element 210 about the axis X1 of the receiving shaft 11.
  • male and female shapes 214 adapted to cooperate with each other when said front member 210 is in the lower position, to link in rotation the two elements before 210. and back 220 between them.
  • said male and female forms comprise protrusions (not visible in the figures) at the junction of the rear disc and the cylindrical skirt of the rear element 220 and notches 214 on the free edge 212A of the cylindrical skirt 212 of the front element 210 (see figure 20 ).
  • An elastic return element 400 (here a compression spring) is interposed between said front 210 and rear 220 elements of said pivoting portion 200 of the bottom of the receiving well 11 to automatically return said front member 210 from the low position to the high position when the pressure exerted on him ceases.
  • said cassette formed by said front and rear elements 220 220 houses a shutter member 300 pivoting, comprising two shutter flaps 303, 304 which, in the rest position, interpose between the through holes 211A, 221A, 211B, 221 B facing to close the passage defined between them.
  • the shutter member 300 is formed in one piece by molding a plastic material.
  • the shutters 303, 304 comprise on their front face, which appears through the through holes 211A, 211B of the front disc 211 of the front element 210 of said pivoting bottom portion 200, slopes inclined in opposite directions so that only simultaneous support two pins of an electrical plug inserted through said through holes 211A, 211B, causes the rotation of said shutter member 300.
  • This rotation of the flaps makes it possible to release the passage defined between the through holes 211A, 221A, 211B, 221B.
  • This shutter element 300 is a well-known safety device that prevents a child or a user from reaching the electrical parts of the socket 1 by introducing a point through a single hole through which the bottom of the receiving well passes. the socket.
  • shutter element 300 is provided on the shutter element 300 and said front element 210 of said pivoting part 200 of the male and female forms 215, 305 adapted to cooperate with each other when said front element 210 is in the low position, to lock in said rest position.
  • shutter member 300 in the cassette.
  • said male and female forms comprise ribs 215 on the rear face of the front disk 211 of said front element 210 and notches or grooves 305 on the shutter element 300.
  • the shutter element 300 is blocked with its shutters 303, 304 in the closed position, which notably prevents the power supply configuration from being converted into a power outlet 1 with a plug inserted in said socket.
  • the base 10 contains a single earth terminal 105 connected by a flexible electrical conductor 106 to an electrical contact pin 107 carried by said pivoting portion 200 of the bottom of the hubcap 20.
  • the electrical contact pin 107 which emerges at the inside of the receiving well 11 of the hubcap 20, comprises a tail 107A which projects from the rear face of said pivoting part 200 of the bottom and which is connected to said electrical conductor.
  • the tail 107A is fitted into a chimney 225 belonging to the rear element 220 of said pivoting part 200.
  • the socket 1 is arranged in its first electrical configuration in which the passage holes 211A, 221A, 211B, 221B of the pivoting portion 200 of the bottom of the receiving well 11 are placed along the X axis opposite the cells 101A, 102A associated with phase terminals 101 and neutral 102 permanently supplied by two conductors from the power supply network.
  • the front element 210 of said pivoting part 200 is locked in the upper position on the peripheral sidewalk 22 of the hubcap 20 by virtue of the cooperation of the notches 213 and the nipples 23 (see FIG. figure 3 ).
  • the ribs 215 carried by the rear face of the front disk 211 of this front element 210 are placed at a distance d of about 0.85 millimeters from the corresponding notches 305 of the shutter element 300 so that it is free to rotate. in the cassette formed by said pivoting part 200 (see figure 4 ).
  • the earth pin 107 which emerges in the receiving well 11 is placed on an axis Z0 perpendicular to the alignment axis X of said through holes 211A, 221A, 211B, 221B.
  • the installer inserts the tip of a tool in the slot-shaped recess 211C provided on the front face of the front disc 211 of the front element 210 of said part 200 pivoting, to lower said front member 210 by a distance e of about 0.65 millimeters and release the notches 213 of this element from their cooperation with the pins 23 of the peripheral sidewalk 22 of the hubcap 20 (see Figures 9 to 13 ).
  • Lowering the front member 210 causes compression of the spring 400 in the cassette and cooperation of the notches 214 provided on the free edge 212A of the cylindrical skirt 212 of said front member 210 with the corresponding projections provided on the rear member 220 for securing in rotation the two elements 210 and rear 220 of said pivoting portion.
  • lowering of the front element 210 also makes it possible to block the shutter member 300 in rotation on the latter by the cooperation of the ribs 215 with the notches or grooves 215 of said shutter element 300.
  • the installer while maintaining the pressure exerted on the front element 210, can rotate said part 200 of the bottom of the well by an angle A2 equal to 45 degrees so as to place said passage holes 211A, 221A, 211B, 221B along the axis Y2 opposite the cells 103A, 104A associated with the phase and neutral terminals 104 and 103 controlled by a switch (see figures 14 and 18 ).
  • the installer then releases the pressure exerted on the front element 210.
  • the spring 400 relaxes and pushes the front element 210 towards its high position in which its notches 213 cooperate with the nipples 23 of the peripheral sidewalk 22 of the hubcap 20 to lock in said electrical configuration said pivoting portion 200 of the bottom of the receiving well 11 on the hubcap (see figure 17 ).
  • the ribs 215 carried by the rear face of the front disk 211 of this front element 210 are thus separated again by a distance d of about 0.85 millimeters from the corresponding notches 305 of the shutter element 300 so that the latter is free to rotate in the cassette formed by said pivoting part 200 (see figure 16 ).
  • ground pin 107 which emerges in the receiving well 11 is placed on an axis Z2 perpendicular to the axis Y2 of alignment of said through holes 211A, 221A, 211B, 221B (see FIG. figures 14 and 18 ).
  • FIG. 9 to 13 there is shown an intermediate position of said pivoting part 200 being pivoted between its first position corresponding to the first electrical configuration of the socket 1 and its second position corresponding to the second electrical configuration of the socket 1 .
  • the figure 13 shows that, in this intermediate position, the earth pin 107 which emerges in the receiving well 11 is placed on an axis Z1 perpendicular to the axis Y1 of alignment of said through holes 211A, 221A, 211B, 221B.
  • This axis Z1 is spaced at an angle A1 of about 22 degrees from the axis Z0 corresponding to the starting position.
  • the earth pin 107 driven by the rear element 220 which pivots, also navigates on an angular sector of 45 degrees between its position along the axis Z0 and its position along the Z2 axis. This is made possible by the fact that the electrical conductor 106 which connects it to the earth terminal 105 is flexible and elastically bends.

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CN103219602A (zh) * 2013-04-27 2013-07-24 湖南深思电工实业有限公司 一种五孔电源插座
AU2012203951B2 (en) * 2011-07-07 2014-08-14 Clipsal Australia Pty Ltd A socket with a shutter

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FR984596A (fr) 1949-02-14 1951-07-09 Perfectionnements aux prises de courant électrique
FR2529719A1 (fr) * 1982-06-30 1984-01-06 Coataudon Jacques De Dispositif de securite par verrouillage pour prise de courant
EP0822622A2 (de) * 1996-08-03 1998-02-04 Gebrüder Merten GmbH & Co. KG Elektrische Steckdose mit Kindersicherung
FR2763431A1 (fr) * 1997-05-16 1998-11-20 Bruno Paul Claude Marcoz Arrangement de connexion electrique de dispositifs utilisateurs

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FR984596A (fr) 1949-02-14 1951-07-09 Perfectionnements aux prises de courant électrique
FR2529719A1 (fr) * 1982-06-30 1984-01-06 Coataudon Jacques De Dispositif de securite par verrouillage pour prise de courant
EP0822622A2 (de) * 1996-08-03 1998-02-04 Gebrüder Merten GmbH & Co. KG Elektrische Steckdose mit Kindersicherung
FR2763431A1 (fr) * 1997-05-16 1998-11-20 Bruno Paul Claude Marcoz Arrangement de connexion electrique de dispositifs utilisateurs

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AU2012203951B2 (en) * 2011-07-07 2014-08-14 Clipsal Australia Pty Ltd A socket with a shutter
CN103219602A (zh) * 2013-04-27 2013-07-24 湖南深思电工实业有限公司 一种五孔电源插座
CN103219602B (zh) * 2013-04-27 2015-01-21 湖南深思电工实业有限公司 一种五孔电源插座

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