Protection member and conductive plate assembling structure of rail terminal

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2018076584-A1
Application number	US-201715648791-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jul 13, 2017
Priority date	Sep 13, 2016
Publication date	Mar 15, 2018
Grant date	—

Abstract

A protection member and conductive plate assembling structure of rail terminal includes a conductive plate having two assembling ends and a protection member connected with each assembling end. Two lateral sides of the assembling end are respectively formed with a locating section and a connected section. The protection member has an assembling passage for the assembling end to extend therein. A located section and an elastic connection section are respectively disposed on two sides of the assembling passage corresponding to the locating section and the connected section. The locating section and the located section are engaged with each other. Then the conductive plate is turned to make the connected section push and elastically deform the elastic connection section. Then the elastic connection section elastically restores to its home position to engage with the connected section, whereby the protection member and the conductive plate are securely connected.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A protection member and conductive plate assembling structure of rail terminal, comprising:
a conductive plate having at least one assembling end, at least one connected section being disposed on one side of the assembling end; and a protection member having an assembling passage for the assembling end to extend therein, a contact wall being disposed on one side of the assembling passage for attaching to the assembling end, one side of the contact wall being bent and connected with a sidewall in adjacency to the connected section, the sidewall being formed with an elastic connection section corresponding to the connected section, the assembling end of the conductive plate extending into the assembling passage and the connected section pushing and passing through the elastic connection section, whereby after the elastic connection section elastically restores to its home position, the connected section is engaged and located by the elastic connection section so that the protection member and the conductive plate can be securely connected with each other without easy loosening or detachment.

2 . The protection member and conductive plate assembling structure of rail terminal as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a locating section is disposed on the other side away from the connected section on the assembling end, a located section is further disposed on one side of the contact wall in adjacency to the locating section and corresponding to the locating section, whereby the locating section on one side can be engaged with the located section.

3 . The protection member and conductive plate assembling structure of rail terminal as claimed in claim 2 , wherein one of the locating section and the located section is a recessed section, while the other of the locating section and the located section is a raised section corresponding to the recessed section.

4 . The protection member and conductive plate assembling structure of rail terminal as claimed in claim 3 , wherein two sides of the recessed section are formed with engagement sections, while two sides of the raised section are formed with outward expanding chucking sections, the raised section being inlaid in the recessed section with the chucking sections snugly engaged with the engagement sections, whereby the locating section and the located section are securely assembled with each other without easy loosening or detachment.

5 . The protection member and conductive plate assembling structure of rail terminal as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the connected section includes at least one raised abutment section disposed on one side of the assembling end, the elastic connection section including at least one elastic tongue section disposed on the sidewall, the elastic tongue section extending from a middle section of the sidewall to the contact wall corresponding to the raised abutment section.

6 . The protection member and conductive plate assembling structure of rail terminal as claimed in claim 1 , wherein at least one lateral raised section is disposed at a junction between the sidewall and the contact wall of the protection member, a receiving recess corresponding to the lateral raised section being formed on the conductive plate in a position where the connected section is positioned.

7 . The protection member and conductive plate assembling structure of rail terminal as claimed in claim 2 , wherein at least one lateral raised section is disposed at a junction between the sidewall and the contact wall of the protection member, a receiving recess corresponding to the lateral raised section being formed on the conductive plate in a position where the connected section is positioned.

8 . The protection member and conductive plate assembling structure of rail terminal as claimed in claim 3 , wherein at least one lateral raised section is disposed at a junction between the sidewall and the contact wall of the protection member, a receiving recess corresponding to the lateral raised section being formed on the conductive plate in a position where the connected section is positioned.

9 . The protection member and conductive plate assembling structure of rail terminal as claimed in claim 4 , wherein at least one lateral raised section is disposed at a junction between the sidewall and the contact wall of the protection member, a receiving recess corresponding to the lateral raised section being formed on the conductive plate in a position where the connected section is positioned.

10 . The protection member and conductive plate assembling structure of rail terminal as claimed in claim 5 , wherein at least one lateral raised section is disposed at a junction between the sidewall and the contact wall of the protection member, a receiving recess corresponding to the lateral raised section being formed on the conductive plate in a position where the connected section is positioned.

11 . The protection member and conductive plate assembling structure of rail terminal as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the connected section includes at least one raised abutment section disposed on one side of the assembling end, the elastic connection section including at least one elastic tongue section disposed on the sidewall, the elastic tongue section extending from the middle section of the sidewall to the contact wall corresponding to the raised abutment section, the raised abutment section being disposed in the receiving recess, the sidewall of the protection member being formed with a slot extending from the middle section of the sidewall to the contact wall corresponding to the raised abutment section.

12 . The protection member and conductive plate assembling structure of rail terminal as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the elastic tongue section is disposed in the slot.

13 . The protection member and conductive plate assembling structure of rail terminal as claimed in claim 10 , wherein one side of the conductive plate is formed with two raised abutment sections respectively disposed on two sides of the receiving recess, the sidewall of the protection member being formed with two elastic tongue sections respectively disposed on two sides of the lateral raised section corresponding to the raised abutment sections.

14 . The protection member and conductive plate assembling structure of rail terminal as claimed in claim 13 , wherein a distance between the two elastic tongue sections is gradually enlarged from the middle section of the sidewall to the contact wall.

15 . The protection member and conductive plate assembling structure of rail terminal as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the protection member is a hoop-like structure body formed of thin metal plate by bending.

16 . The protection member and conductive plate assembling structure of rail terminal as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the protection member is a hoop-like structure body formed of thin metal plate by bending.

17 . The protection member and conductive plate assembling structure of rail terminal as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the protection member is a hoop-like structure body formed of thin metal plate by bending.

18 . The protection member and conductive plate assembling structure of rail terminal as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the protection member is a hoop-like structure body formed of thin metal plate by bending.

19 . The protection member and conductive plate assembling structure of rail terminal as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the protection member is a hoop-like structure body formed of thin metal plate by

Assignees

• Switchlab Inc
• Switchlab Shanghai Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wu Chih-Yuan
• Chen Wei-Chi
• Tai Ming-Shan

Classifications

• H01R13/432

  by stamped-out resilient tongue snapping behind shoulder in base or case · CPC title

• H01R25/142 Primary

  Their counterparts · CPC title

• H01R4/485

  Single busbar common to multiple springs · CPC title

• H01R4/4821

  Single-blade spring · CPC title

• H01R4/48 Primary

  utilising a spring, clip, or other resilient member (H01R4/52 takes precedence) · CPC title