Socket with locking parts to secure to a rail

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10511109-B2
Application number	US-201916275347-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 14, 2019
Priority date	Mar 14, 2018
Publication date	Dec 17, 2019
Grant date	Dec 17, 2019

Abstract

The disclosure provides a socket that can be held at any position on rails having different width dimensions. The socket includes a housing, which can be held on a rail that has a first side part and a second side part and extends in a first direction. The housing includes a first locking part disposed on one side of the rail in a second direction to be capable of locking the first side part in a third direction; a second locking part disposed on the other side of the rail in the second direction to be capable of locking the second side part in the third direction; and a third locking part disposed between the first locking part and the second locking part in the second direction to face the first locking part to be capable of locking the first side part of the rail in the third direction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A socket, comprising:
a housing configured to be held on a rail, which extends straight in a first direction and comprises a first side part and a second side part facing each other in a second direction that intersects the first direction,
wherein the housing comprises:
a first locking part disposed on one side of the rail in the second direction to be capable of locking the first side part in a third direction that intersects the first direction and the second direction;
a second locking part disposed on the other side of the rail in the second direction to be capable of locking the second side part in the third direction;
a third locking part disposed between the first locking part and the second locking part in the second direction to face the first locking part to be capable of locking the first side part of the rail in the third direction;
a fourth locking part disposed between the second locking part and the third locking part in the second direction to face the second locking part to be capable of locking the second side part of the rail in the third direction,
wherein the third locking part and the fourth locking part are arranged symmetrically with respect to a virtual straight line that passes through a center of the first locking part and the second locking part in the second direction and extends in the third direction; and
a protruding part disposed midway between the first locking part and the second locking part, and the third locking part and the fourth locking part are connected to the protruding part,
wherein the third locking part comprises:
a first plate spring part extending from the protruding part toward the first locking part, wherein a tip part close to the first locking part in an extending direction of the first plate spring part is bent, and
the fourth locking part comprises:
a second plate spring part extending from the protruding part toward the second locking part, wherein a tip part close to the second locking part in an extending direction of the second plate spring part is bent.

2. The socket according to claim 1 , wherein the third locking part, the fourth locking part, and the protruding part are integrally formed.

Assignees

• Omron Tateisi Electronics Co

Inventors

• Masaki Kenichiro
• Yano Keisuke
• Matsuo Shinya
• Ikeda Tomokazu

Classifications

• H01R13/703

  operated by engagement or disengagement of coupling parts, {e.g. dual-continuity coupling part}(H01R13/71 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H01R13/10

  Sockets for co-operation with pins or blades · CPC title

• H01R25/162

  Electrical connections between or with rails or bus-bars (rails having primarily a non electrical function H01R4/64) · CPC title

• H01R25/142

  Their counterparts · CPC title

• H01R25/145

  Details, e.g. end pieces or joints (H01R25/147 takes precedence) · CPC title