Classifications

• • 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
  • H01R9/26—Clip-on terminal blocks for side-by-side rail- or strip-mounting
  • H01R9/2675—Electrical interconnections between two blocks, e.g. by means of busbars
• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
  • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
  • H01R31/00—Coupling parts supported only by co-operation with counterpart
  • H01R31/08—Short-circuiting members for bridging contacts in a counterpart
• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
  • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
  • H01H50/00—Details of electromagnetic relays
  • H01H50/02—Bases; Casings; Covers
  • H01H50/04—Mounting complete relay or separate parts of relay on a base or inside a case
  • H01H50/047—Details concerning mounting a relays
  • H01H50/048—Plug-in mounting or sockets
• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
  • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
  • H01R33/00—Coupling devices specially adapted for supporting apparatus and having one part acting as a holder providing support and electrical connection via a counterpart which is structurally associated with the apparatus, e.g. lamp holders; Separate parts thereof
  • H01R33/74—Devices having four or more poles, e.g. holders for compact fluorescent lamps
  • H01R33/76—Holders with sockets, clips, or analogous contacts adapted for axially-sliding engagement with parallely-arranged pins, blades, or analogous contacts on counterpart, e.g. electronic tube socket

Definitions

• the invention relates to an electronic module, in particular a relay socket, for placement on a DIN rail, with a housing, at least two conductor connection elements for connecting two lines with different potentials, at least one arranged in the housing o- and attachable to the housing electronic component, in particular a relay , and a first bridging terminal, wherein the bridging terminal is electrically conductively connected to an associated conductor connection element and arranged on the same side of the support rail as the conductor connection element and wherein for electrical connection of this Bwagungs- connection with a bridging terminal of an adjacent electronic module, a plug of a jumper in the bridging terminal is pluggable.
• the plug-on electronic component may in particular be a relay, so that the electronic module represents a relay socket.
• Relay sockets are typically connected by single lines, which leads to a relatively high wiring complexity, if - as in practice in mechanical and plant engineering rule - a plurality of relays must be electrically connected via the individual relay socket.
• the connection elements of the same potential are electrically connected to one another, in particular in the case of relay sockets or electronic modules mounted adjacent to a mounting rail. This electrical connection of individual conductor connection elements could be realized in the simplest case by means of individually tailored individual lines, which would not significantly reduce the wiring complexity.
• jumpers are often used, which have at least two connectors, which can each be plugged into a bridging terminal of two adjacent electronic modules.
• Such jumpers can also have more than two plugs so that a corresponding plurality of electronic modules can be electrically conductively connected to each other by the jumper with its individual plugs in the juxtaposed on one side of the support rail Brü- ckungsan say the individual side by side on a DIN rail mounted electronics modules are plugged.
• Such jumpers which are also often referred to as cross connectors, are known, for example, from DE 195 42 628 C1, the cross connector disclosed in this publication having the special feature that it consists of at least two double-layered transverse connector pieces which can be connected to one another, so that the cross connector can be easily extended.
• jumpers have a predetermined by the distance of the plug fixed grid width, so that jumpers can only be used if the electronic modules have a corresponding grid width. Since, for example, relay socket often have a width of 30 mm, provided for use in such relay sockets cross connector, regardless of whether they have two or more plugs, also have a pitch of 30 mm. As a result, different jumpers with correspondingly different grid widths are required for bridging relay sockets with different widths.
• An alternative bridging concept is the use of division-independent or divisional cross connectors, as they are known for example from DE 296 11 543 Ul.
• the maximum number of such bridgeable relay socket depends on the width the base and the length of the cross connector.
• the length of the cross connector must be individually shortened if the total width of the relay socket to be bridged is less than the length of the cross connector.
• the present invention is therefore based on the object as far as possible to avoid the aforementioned disadvantages and to provide a bridging concept or an electronic module, with which a simple bridging of electronic modules with different widths is possible.
• a second bridging connection is provided, into which a plug of a second jumper is inserted, wherein the second bridging terminal is electrically connected to the first bridging terminal.
• the two bridging connections are arranged next to one another on a front side of the housing running in the longitudinal direction of the mounting rail or in the direction of arrangement of the electronic modules, wherein the two bridging connections each have a predetermined distance from the adjacent outer edge of the housing.
• the inventive arrangement of a second Brückungsanschlus- ses, which is electrically connected to the first bridge connection, and the positioning of the two bridging connections with a predetermined distance from the respective adjacent outer edge of the housing, the bridging of two adjacent electronic modules can be realized in that the plug both plugs of a jumper in the two adjacent bridging terminals of the two adjacent electronic modules.
• the two connectors of a jumper are plugged into the two adjacent bridging terminals of two adjacent electronic modules, the distance between two bridging terminals or two poles in the housing of an electronic module has no effect on the required grid width of the jumper, so that even with electronic modules different widths always the same type jumper can be used with the same grid width.
• this has the advantage that relay sockets of different widths can be bridged with each other, for which, however, only one jumper type is required.
• the number of electronic modules that can be bridged with each other is not limited; It can always be bridged yet another electronic module with another jumper.
• it is also not necessary to shorten the jumper depending on the number or width of the electronic modules or otherwise assemble.
• the required locking width of a jumper then corresponds to twice the distance of a bridging connection from the adjacent outer edge of the housing and is thus - as previously stated - regardless of the width of the housing.
• the electrical connection of the first bridging connection to a conductor connection element and the electrical connection of the two bridging connections within the housing can also be effected on this side Carrying rail done.
• the middle region of the electronic module is thus essentially available for the slot and the plug-in contacts for a plug-on electronic module, since the electrical connection from a conductor connection element to the first bridging connection and between the two bridging connections is not in this central region, ie. H. not from one side of the mounting rail to the other side, runs.
• the electrically conductive connection between the one conductor connection element and the first bridging connection and between the two bridging connections can preferably be realized by a metallic stamped and bent part.
• the electrical connection can be made particularly simple.
• the bridging connections are formed as part of the metallic stamped and bent part. If the individual plugs of the jumper each have at least two contact legs, so that the plugs themselves are resilient, then the bridging connections can be realized simply as openings punched out of the stamped and bent part into which the plugs of the jumper are inserted.
• the electronic module is a relay socket with a relay plugged onto the housing as an electronic component, preferably a relay retaining clip for the mechanical fixation of the plugged-on relay is fastened to the housing in a pivotable manner.
• a relay retaining clip for the mechanical fixation of the plugged-on relay is fastened to the housing in a pivotable manner.
• the Relaishaltebügel can preferably also be a web or a projection be formed such that an inserted relay can be ejected from the relay socket by pivoting the Relaishaltebügels.
• the relay holding bracket also has an ejection function.
• the Relaishaltebügel preferably has a marking surface on which a corresponding label can be attached or locked, so that the relay socket can be easily and clearly marked.
• FIG. 3 is a perspective view of two adjacent electronic modules according to the invention.
• FIG. 4 the two electronic modules of FIG. 3 in side view
• Fig. 5 shows an embodiment of a jumper for use in electronic modules according to the invention.
• FIGS. 1 and 2 each schematically show three electronic modules 1, 1, 1 "arranged next to one another.
• the electronic modules 1, 1 " which are shown only schematically in FIGS. 1 and 2, each have a housing 2, in which two conductor connection elements 3, 4 are arranged. Not shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, that on or in the housing 2 of the electronic modules 1, ⁇ , 1 "each still an electronic component up or can be inserted.
• the electronic modules 1, 1 'and 1 "shown in FIG. 1 each have two bridging terminals 6, 10, wherein the first bridging terminal 6 is electrically conductively connected to the first conductor connecting element 3 and the second bridging terminal 10 is connected to the second conductor connecting element 4
• Potentials of two electronic modules 1, must in the known from the prior art electronic modules 1, ⁇ , 1 "the first connector 7 a jumper 8 in the first bridge connection 6 of the first electronic module 1 and the second connector 9 of the jumper 8 in the first bridge connection. 6 'of the second electronic module ⁇ are plugged.
• the second bridging connection 10 of the first electronic module 1 must be skipped by the jumper 8, so that the bridge connections 6, 6 'are contacted by the jumper 8 or the two plugs 7, 9, which are the same Lead potential.
• Assign the electronic modules 1, ⁇ , 1 "different widths, as is the case in the schematic representation of FIGS.
• the two bridging terminals 6, 10 are each electrically connected to a conductor terminal element 3, 4, in the inventive electronic modules 1, ⁇ , 1" corresponding to FIG second bridging terminal 10 electrically conductively connected to the first bridging terminal 6 connected.
• the two bridging connections 6, 10, which are arranged side by side on the front side 1 1 of the housing 2 extending in the longitudinal direction L of the mounting rail T, always have a predetermined distance X) or x 2 from the respectively adjacent outer edge 12 or 13 of the housing 2 on, while the distance of the bridging terminals 6, 10 to each other depending on the width of the electronic modules 1, 1 "different.
• the bridging of adjacent electronic modules 1, 1 can then take place by a plug 7 of a jumper 8 in the second bridging terminal 10 of the first electronic module 1 and the second plug 9 of the jumper 8 in the adjacent first bridging terminal 6 'of the adjacent second
• the grid width of the jumper 8 no longer depends on the width of the electronic modules 1, 1 "but only on the distance i of the first bridging connection 6 from the adjacent outer edge 12 of the housing 2 and the distance x 2 of the second bridging connection 10 from the adjacent edge 13 of the housing 2 from.
• the raster width of the jumper 8 is equal to twice the distance x] s x 2 must be provided the two electronic modules to be bridged 1, are arranged directly adjacent to each other. 2, it can be seen that in the bridging concept according to the invention for bridging three electronic modules 1, 1, 1 "with different widths two jumpers 8, 8 'can be used, which have the same grid width Electronic modules 1 with different widths always only one jumper type with a grid width.
• a relay 5, 5 'attached which are arranged via conductor connection elements 3, 4, the side by side on one side of the - here only schematically illustrated - support rail T in the relay sockets 1, electrically can be connected.
• the two bridging connections 6, 10 are formed.
• a jumper 8 is inserted with its first plug 7 in the second bridging terminal 10 of the first, left relay socket 1 and with its second plug 9 in the first bridging terminal 6 * of the second, right relay socket.
• the conductor connection elements 3, 4 are arranged such that the lines - in the representation of FIG. 3 - can be fed obliquely from above, while the jumper 8 of is inserted in the front in the bridging terminals 10, 6 '.
• the bridging terminals 6, 10 are arranged for this purpose in an end face 1 1 of the housing 2, which extends both in the longitudinal direction L of the support rail T as well as perpendicular to the base surface.
• the relay socket 1, ⁇ shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 each additionally have a relay retaining bracket 14 for the mechanical fixing of a plugged-on relay 5, wherein the relay retaining clips 14 are mounted pivotably on the housing 2.
• a recess for latching a label 15 is formed, so that the relay socket 1 nen can be easily and clearly visible marked.
• the relay socket 1, ⁇ shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 each have a further plug-in module 16, in which, depending on the application example, a freewheeling diode, a varistor or an RC element can be arranged.
• Fig. 5 finally shows an embodiment of a jumper 8, which can be used to bridge the two relay socket 1, ⁇ according to FIGS.
• the jumper 8 has two plugs 7, 9, each of which has three contact legs, of which at least the middle contact leg is resilient, so that the plugs 7, 9 can simply be plugged into a bridging connection designed as an opening.
• the jumper 8 is still an insulating head 17, which ensures a touch safety of the inserted jumper 8.

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