CN101162802B

CN101162802B - Middle connecting mechanism and plug seat with the same

Info

Publication number: CN101162802B
Application number: CN2006101362077A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 韩卫军; 刘灯
Original assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Co
Current assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Co
Priority date: 2006-10-11
Filing date: 2006-10-11
Publication date: 2011-03-09
Anticipated expiration: 2026-10-11
Also published as: CN101162802A; WO2008045924A1

Abstract

The present invention relates to an intermediate connecting device and a socket with the device, wherein, the intermediate connecting device comprises a supporting body with an opening arranged in the supporting body; a supporting frame which is arranged on one side of the supporting body and surrounds the opening of the supporting body; a connecting sheet which is made of conductive material andfixed on the other side of the produced member; and an insulation penetration connecting device which comprises an insulation body, a connecting cap and a terminator made of conductive material, and the composing parts of the unit are jointed together when wire is inserted. The supporting frame can hold the insulation body of the insulation penetration connecting device so as to fix the insulation penetration connecting device on the supporting body so that the terminator of the insulation penetration connecting device contacts with the connecting sheet to realize electrical connecting.

Description

Middle jockey and have the socket of this device

Technical field

The present invention relates to a kind of middle jockey, this device is arranged between a lead and the Connection Element, and this Connection Element is an electric equipment that is used for such as a household socket and/or a data processor.The invention particularly relates to the household socket that has this middle jockey.

Background technology

Usually, being used for the socket on switch, the wall or the mounting box of terminal box is to be installed together by traditional method and power lead, this method needs deenergization usually, connects or being connected of the contact element of buckle ways of connecting in finishing lead and being arranged on box by screw.In the case, connecting box is configured to permanent installation, and to they displacement or to substitute be the operation of relative complex.On the other hand, screw connects wastes time and energy, and can cause connecting unreliable because screw can unclamp, and this can increase short risk greatly.

Usually, the terminal box at the existing family expenses junction block of China all is that screw is clamped and connected.This connection needs a lot of manual operationss, and becomes unreliable owing to screw may unclamp, and twisted together and be sandwiched in the screw component when realizing the connection between the adjacent socket when two leads, this class situation of getting loose can be more serious.This syndeton also can be made moist, and the contact-making surface between lead and the screw type grip unit also is restricted.

In addition, the United States Patent (USP) 3,609,644 of authorizing William J.Seim has disclosed a kind of cable connector of exempting to weld, and is used to make insulated electric conductor to link to each other with all contact studs of telephone main frame assembly.Yet this document just discloses this connector is used between the plane column of an a pair of insulated wire and a main frame forming series connection in a communication apparatus the weldering of exempting from and is electrically connected, but and is not used in socket on switch, the wall etc.

Summary of the invention

The objective of the invention is by providing a kind of middle jockey to overcome above-mentioned shortcoming, this device can be simplified significantly and quicken being connected of electric wire, and should connect firmer and reliable.Simultaneously, this centre jockey can be replaced from electric equipment.

In others, the purpose of this invention is to provide a kind of domestic type socket with above-mentioned middle jockey.

According to the present invention, can realize above-mentioned purpose by jockey in the middle of a kind of, this device comprises: a supporter is provided with a perforate in this supporter; One bracing frame, this bracing frame are arranged on a side of supporter and surround perforate in the supporter; A connecting piece, this brace is made by electric conducting material, is fixed on the opposite side of supporter; And one insulative pricking connect (IDC) device, this insulative pricking jockey comprises an insulator, a wiring cap and a terminal of being made by electric conducting material, when inserting electric wire, these parts of this insulative pricking jockey are bonded together; Wherein, the insulator of bracing frame receivability insulative pricking jockey is to be positioned at the insulative pricking jockey on the supporter, and its terminal contacts with brace and is electrically connected with realization.

In addition, according to the present invention, middle jockey can be applied to use as family on the electrical outlets.

Description of drawings

With reference to provide with the form of indefiniteness example to the description of various embodiment and claims after the present invention may be better understood, in these accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is the schematic perspective view according to of the present invention one middle jockey;

Fig. 2 is the supporter of middle jockey shown in Figure 1 and the schematic perspective view of bracing frame;

Fig. 3 is the schematic perspective view that is in the IDC device of middle jockey under the state of taking apart, shown in Figure 1;

Fig. 4 a-4e is the schematic perspective view that is in the IDC device of middle jockey under the state that assembles, shown in Figure 1;

Fig. 5 a-5c is used for showing electric wire is pulled down to replace the schematic perspective view of electric wire from the IDC device of middle jockey shown in Figure 1;

Fig. 6 is the schematic perspective view that has the electrical outlets of middle jockey of the present invention.

Embodiment

Being appreciated that accompanying drawing of the present invention and describing and carried out simplifying to show relevant element, understand thereby can have clearly the present invention, also is simultaneously for purpose clearly many elements that other can find in typical devices to be dispensed.Those persons skilled in the art can know and finish other element that the present invention must and/or need.

Referring to Fig. 1, comprise supporter 10 according to jockey 1 in the middle of of the present invention, in this embodiment, this supporter is the template member.One bracing frame 11 is fixed on a side of this supporter 10.As demonstrating in further detail among Fig. 2, perforate 12 is arranged on the position at bracing frame 11 places in the supporter 10.Opposite side at supporter 10 is provided with the brace of being made by electric conducting material 13.The pin 131 of brace 13 is used as the current delivery element usually and is fixed on the supporter 10 in terminal box.Clamping part 132 forms a groove and connects the terminal of (IDC) device 14 to admit insulative pricking on brace 13, insulative pricking jockey 14 will be described hereinafter.

Middle jockey 1 comprises that also insulative pricking connects (IDC) device 14.Referring to Fig. 3, this figure shows in detail the structure of IDC device, and IDC device 14 is made up of three parts: insulator 141, wiring cap 142 and terminal 143.

As shown in Figure 3, insulator 141 is shaped as in the cavity that can be received within bracing frame 11.In this embodiment, insulator 141 is designed to rectangle.Two sidewalls of insulator 141 have a buckle 1411 separately, and this buckle can be buckled in the notch 111 that is arranged on bracing frame 11 both sides, then IDC device 14 is positioned in the chamber of bracing frame 11.Step 1412 is arranged on the interior angle of insulator 141, and this ladder is to be provided with to be used for preventing that terminal 143 against the interior angle of insulator 141, just is used for terminal 143 location are gone up in place.Pre-determined bit groove 1413 is arranged on the upper inside wall of insulator 141 symmetrically.When being placed on wiring cap 142 on the insulator 141, by these pre-determined bit grooves 1413 be arranged on joint between the projection 1421 of wiring cap 142 downsides, these pre-determined bit grooves 1413 can prevent that wiring cap from directly falling in the insulator 141.Under such state, can easily electric wire be inserted in the wiring hole 1422.

Wiring cap 142 is provided with groove 1424, steps down mutually with the vertical component effect 1431 of terminal 143.In addition, on the surface of wiring cap 142, also have some sloping top reinforcements 1423, to make things convenient for the crimping of instrument.

Terminal 143 is made by electric conducting material and is comprised mutually perpendicular two parts.A part is an afterbody 1432, and another part is above-mentioned vertical component effect 1431.U-lag 1431a is arranged in vertical component effect 1431, and these slots are corresponding with the electric wire that inserts subsequently and the insulator of electric wire punctured realizing be electrically connected.Afterbody is designed to T shape.

Referring to Fig. 4 a-4e, these illustrate the assembling process according to jockey in the middle of of the present invention.At first, installation personnel advances terminal 143 in the insulators 141, up to terminal 143 till the step 1412 of insulator 141.The structure that this part assembles enters in the bracing frame 11, and buckle 1411 is anchored in the notch 111 of bracing frame 11.Simultaneously, the afterbody 1432 of terminal 143 is inserted through the perforate 12 of supporter 10 and enters in the clamping part 132.Under this environment, insulator 141 and terminal 143 are connected on the bracing frame 11 reliably.

Then, wiring cap 142 is placed on the insulator 141, shown in Fig. 4 c.Because the joint between projection 1421 and the pre-determined bit groove 1413, wiring cap 142 is by backstop, and electric wire wiring hole 1422 then comes out.Then, with in the wiring hole 1422 of two wire W insertion shown in Fig. 4 D.Installation personnel tool using (not shown) is pressed on the end face of wiring cap, and projection 1421 is deviate from from groove, thereby wiring cap falls downwards in insulator 141.Simultaneously, the insulator that has electric wire of U-lag 1431a punctures to realize the function that is electrically connected between electric wire and the terminal.Fig. 4 e shows IDC device 14 and is positioned end-state in the supporter 10, and middle the connection finishes.

Referring to Fig. 5 a-5c, these illustrate pulls down IDC device 14 from supporter 10, and the IDC device is taken apart with the transposing electric wire.Opposite with the step of assembling IDC device, can like that the IDC device be taken apart by shown in Fig. 5 a-5c.After this, if necessary, wiring cap, insulator and terminal can be re-assembled in the supporter and be connected to be ready for use on another.

Those persons skilled in the art as can be known, wiring cap can be admitted several electric wires, such as three or four, rather than two shown in the present embodiment.

Fig. 6 shows the household socket that has according to jockey in the middle of of the present invention.This socket comprises panel 20, and panel 20 is provided with a plurality of holes 21 and is used to insert two-pin plug or three-pin plug (not shown).Dorsal part at panel 20 is positioned with a plurality of grip slippers 22 corresponding to hole 21, thereby can plug be inserted through the hole from the front side of panel and arrive the dorsal part of panel, and seat is in grip slipper 22.Grip slipper 22 is welded on the brace 13 of middle jockey.Specifically, grip slipper 22 is soldered on the pin 131 of brace 13.The pin 131 of brace 13 is used as current transmission element.In this embodiment, the supporter 10 of middle jockey forms the dorsal part that box body and available screw 30 are fixed in panel 20.By such layout, box-like supporter 10 can seal grip slipper 22 and brace 13 with panel 20.Three IDC devices 14 and three corresponding bracing frames 11 are arranged in supporter, and these IDC devices 14 are corresponding with brace 13 with bracing frame 11.Usually, the quantity of IDC device depends on the quantity of the attachment plug of inserting socket.

In use, household socket is the socket on wall.For power line is connected in the antetheca, IDC device 14 should be pulled down from bracing frame 11.In such environment, the power line on the wall is connected on each IDC device 14 by above-mentioned steps 4a-4e.After on being wired to IDC device 14, IDC device 14 is inserted bracing frame 11.Since supporter 10 is connected on the dorsal part of panel 20, then installation personnel can be shifted panel 20 onto on the wall and fix.So just finished operation to electric wire.If necessary, can be at first panel 20 be pulled down from wall.In the case, installation personnel can be pulled out panel, IDC device 14 can be pulled down from bracing frame 11 simultaneously.Electric wire can be pulled down from junction block by the step shown in Fig. 5 a-5c.

Advantageously, middle jockey can be applicable to various electric equipment, such as socket, panel etc.In installation process, do not need to peel the insulating barrier and the lock-screw of electric wire.So just can not produce the cable joint-box waste material and can significantly reduce built-up time and expense.Because electric wire links to each other with brace by U-lag, being electrically connected is reliably, thereby can avoid screw type to connect issuable risk.

Those persons skilled in the art can know, can carry out many modifications and variations to the present invention.Above description and appended claim will cover these all modifications and variations.

Claims

1. a middle jockey comprises:

One supporter is provided with a perforate in this supporter;

One bracing frame, this bracing frame are arranged on a side of supporter and surround perforate in the supporter;

A connecting piece, this brace is made by electric conducting material, is fixed on the opposite side of supporter; And

One insulative pricking jockey, this insulative pricking jockey comprise an insulator, a wiring cap and a terminal of being made by electric conducting material, and when inserting electric wire, these parts of this insulative pricking jockey are bonded together;

Wherein, the insulator of bracing frame receivability insulative pricking jockey is to be positioned at the insulative pricking jockey on the supporter, and the terminal of this insulative pricking jockey contacts with brace and is electrically connected with realization.

2. an electrical outlets comprises:

One panel is provided with a plurality of holes in this panel, to be used to insert two-pin plug or three-pin plug;

All grip slippers, these grip slippers are positioned at the dorsal part of panel, and are corresponding with all holes, can be inserted through all holes, the dorsal part that arrives panel and seat all grip slippers from the front side of panel with plug;

Jockey in the middle of being fixed with one on all grip slippers; This centre jockey comprises:

One supporter, this supporter are fixed on the dorsal part of panel, are provided with all perforate in this supporter;

All bracing frames, these bracing frames are arranged on a side of supporter and surround all perforates in the supporter;

All braces, these braces are made by electric conducting material, are fixed on the opposite side of supporter, and link to each other with all grip slippers; And

All insulative pricking jockeys, these insulative pricking jockeys comprise an insulator, a wiring cap and a terminal of being made by electric conducting material respectively, and when inserting electric wire, these parts of this insulative pricking jockey are bonded together;

Wherein, the insulator of all insulative pricking jockeys of all bracing frame receivabilities is to be positioned at the insulative pricking jockey on the supporter, and the terminal of this insulative pricking jockey contacts with brace and is electrically connected with realization.

One kind on the family expenses socket, use in the middle of the method for jockey, this household socket comprises: a panel is provided with a plurality of holes, to be used to insert two-pin plug or three-pin plug in this panel; All grip slippers, these grip slippers are positioned at the dorsal part of panel, and are corresponding with all holes, can be inserted through all holes, the dorsal part that arrives panel and seat all grip slippers from the front side of panel with plug;

This method may further comprise the steps:

On all grip slippers, fix a middle jockey as claimed in claim 1; This centre jockey comprises: