Connection arrangement

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9899777-B2
Application number	US-201515127419-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 16, 2015
Priority date	Mar 24, 2014
Publication date	Feb 20, 2018
Grant date	Feb 20, 2018

Abstract

A connection arrangement includes a housing having a connecting portion on which at least one housing contact wedge is formed that has a contact surface that is oriented at a wedge angle to an assembly direction, and a connecting body which can he placed on the connecting portion and on which a connecting contact wedge is provided that has a contact surface oriented at the same wedge angle. A plurality of housing contact wedges is provided on the connecting portion of the housing so as to be spaced apart from one another. A groove for receiving the connecting contact wedge is formed between adjacent housing contact wedges.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A connection arrangement comprising:
a housing having a connecting portion with a substantially rectangular cross section comprising two outer lateral surfaces that are parallel to one another, each of the two outer lateral surfaces including a plurality of housing contact wedges, the housing contact wedges being spaced apart from each other and each having a contact surface that is oriented at a wedge angle to an assembly direction; and
a connecting body configured to be placed on the connecting portion and on which a connecting contact wedge is provided that has a contact surface oriented at the wedge angle,
wherein a groove configured to receive the connecting contact wedge is formed between at least one set of adjacent ones of the housing contact wedges.

2. The connection arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein a plurality of connecting contact wedges is provided on the connecting body, a respective groove configured to receive a housing contact wedge being formed between respective adjacent ones of the connecting contact wedges.

3. The connection arrangement according to claim 2 , wherein a number of connecting contact wedges on the connecting body is less than a number of housing contact wedges on the connecting portion of the housing.

4. The connection arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the housing contact wedges are arranged so as to be regularly spaced apart in an extension direction of the connecting portion.

5. The connection arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the groove extends towards the wedge angle.

6. The connection arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the groove and/or the housing contact wedges and/or the connecting contact wedge have the same width.

7. The connection arrangement according to claim 4 , wherein the extension direction of the connecting portion is provided at a right angle to the assembly direction of the connecting body.

8. The connection arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the connecting portion is formed so as to be closed on an outer side thereof.

9. The connection arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the connecting body is U-shaped, at least one of two free legs of the connecting body being flexurally resilient and/or at least one connecting contact wedge being provided on each of the free legs on mutually facing inner sides of the legs.

10. The connection arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein a latching connection is provided to fasten the connecting body to the connecting portion, a resilient latching element engaging in a latching receiver.

11. The connection arrangement according to claim 10 , wherein a contact surface of the latching element is profiled and the latching receiver is correspondingly profiled.

12. The connection arrangement according to claim 11 , wherein a profiling of the contact surface and a corresponding profiling of the latching receiver are regular.

13. The connection arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the housing contact wedges are provided on each of the two outer lateral surfaces in two block.

Assignees

• Phoenix Contact Gmbh & Co

Inventors

• Wendt Andreas

Classifications

• H01R13/6273

  comprising two latching arms · CPC title

• H01R13/73 Primary

  Means for mounting coupling parts to apparatus or structures, e.g. to a wall · CPC title

• H01R13/74 Primary

  Means for mounting coupling parts in openings of a panel · CPC title