Housing for housing a conductor connecting flat conductor rail to a connecting connector, a system including said housing, and method for manufacturing the system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12463387-B2
Application number	US-202017770775-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 19, 2020
Priority date	Oct 21, 2019
Publication date	Nov 4, 2025
Grant date	Nov 4, 2025

Abstract

Housing for attachment to an electrical flat conductor rail with a flat conductor receptacle extending in a first axis, a connecting conductor receptacle extending transversely to the first axis in a second axis, wherein the flat conductor receptacle and the connecting conductor receptacle are formed from a upper housing side and a lower housing side with in each case an inner side and an outer side, which, in the closed state of the housing, receive the flat conductor rail with their inner sides lying opposite one another, characterized in that a shield contact element is arranged on at least one inner side, the shield contact element, in the closed state of the housing, bearing directly against a shield conductor of the flat conductor rail.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A system with a flat conductor rail having
an inner conductor, an inner insulation surrounding the inner conductor, a shielding conductor surrounding the inner insulation, an outer insulation surrounding the shielding conductor, wherein in a contact area the inner conductor is exposed, wherein the shielding conductor is exposed surrounding the contact area, and wherein a connecting conductor is materially connected to the flat conductor rail in the contact area, and a housing with a flat conductor receptacle extending along a first axis, a connecting conductor receptacle extending transversely to the first axis along a second axis, wherein the flat conductor receptacle and the connecting conductor receptacle are formed from an upper housing side and a lower housing side each with an inner side and an outer side, which in a closed state of the housing receive the flat conductor rail with their inner sides lying opposite on another, wherein a contact area is formed in the flat conductor receptacle in an area in which the first axis and the second axis intersect each other and a shield contact element arranged two-dimensionally on at least one inner side and extending from the contact area into the flat conductor receptacle and the connecting conductor receptacle and the shield contact element bearing directly against a shielding conductor of the flat conductor rail when the housing is in the closed state, wherein the upper housing side and/or the lower housing side are arranged in the contact area as a multilayer laminate with an outer insulating material, an insulation element and the shield contact element arranged between the outer insulating material and the insulation element and the shield contact element is arranged laterally of the contact area and projects out of the plane of the inner side arch shaped, wherein the flat conductor rail is arranged in the flat conductor receptacle, wherein the connecting conductor is arranged in the connecting conductor receptacle, wherein the housing is closed such that the shield contact element directly abuts the shielding conductor, wherein the shield contact element on the inside of the upper side of the housing or the inside of the lower side of the housing abut the shielding conductor.

2 . The system according to claim 1 , wherein
the insulation element made of a dielectric is arranged between the exposed shield contact element and the connecting conductor in the contact area.

3 . The system according to claim 1 , wherein
the contact area is completely surrounded by the housing.

4 . A method of manufacturing a system according to claim 1 , comprising the steps of
providing the flat conductor rail having
the inner conductor,
the inner insulation surrounding the inner conductor,
the shielding conductor surrounding the inner insulation, and
the outer insulation surrounding the shielding conductor;
removing the outer insulation, the shielding conductor and the inner insulation in a contact area; removing the outer insulation in an area surrounding the contact area; providing the connecting conductor; connecting the connecting conductor to the inner conductor of the flat conductor rail in the contact area; providing the housing; arranging the flat conductor rail in the flat conductor receptacle; arranging the connecting conductor in the connecting conductor receptacle; closing the housing, such that the shield contact element directly abuts the shielding conductor.

Assignees

• Auto Kabel Man Gmbh

Inventors

• Scharkowski Oliver
• Fels Sebastian

Classifications

• H01R43/00

  Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors (of trolley lines B60M1/28) · CPC title

• H01R13/6581

  Shield structure · CPC title

• H01R13/655

  with earth brace · CPC title

• H01R13/648

  Protective earth or shield arrangements on coupling devices {, e.g. anti-static shielding}   (coaxially arranged shields H01R24/38) · CPC title

• H01R13/502

  composed of different pieces (H01R13/514 takes precedence) · CPC title