Protection device cartridge of an electrical installation with intersected connectors

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9941669-B2
Application number	US-201514814427-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 30, 2015
Priority date	Aug 1, 2014
Publication date	Apr 10, 2018
Grant date	Apr 10, 2018

Abstract

A protection device cartridge of an electrical installation intended to be brought on a base including an active protection component having a first terminal and a second terminal; a first connector forming a first electrical circuit portion electrically connected to the first terminal and to a first bearing portion of the base and a second connector forming a second electrical circuit portion electrically connected to the second terminal and to a second bearing portion of the base, the first connector and the second connector being arranged to allow the connection of the cartridge on the base according to an insertion direction, the first bearing portion and the second portion presenting a spacing determined according to the direction transverse to the insertion direction, where the second bearing portion is disposed between a first end point of the first electric circuit portion and the first bearing portion according to the direction transverse to the insertion direction and where the first bearing portion is disposed between the second bearing portion and a second end point of the second electrical circuit portion according to the direction transverse to the insertion direction, the first end point and the second end point presenting a determined spacing, greater than the spacing between the first bearing portion and the second bearing portion.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A protection device cartridge of an electrical installation intended to be brought on a base, the protection device cartridge comprising:
an active protection component comprising a first terminal and a second terminal;
a first connector forming a first electrical circuit portion electrically connected to the first terminal and a second connector forming a second electrical circuit portion electrically connected to the second terminal, the first electrical circuit portion being intended to be electrically connected to the base by means of a first bearing portion and the second electrical circuit portion being intended to be electrically connected to the base by means of a second bearing portion,
the first connector and the second connector being arranged to allow the connection of the protection device cartridge on the base according to an insertion direction,
the first bearing portion and the second bearing portion presenting a spacing determined according to a direction transverse to the insertion direction,
wherein the first electrical circuit portion comprises a first end point according to the direction transverse to the insertion direction and the second electrical circuit portion comprises a second end point according to the direction transverse to the insertion direction, the first end point and the second end point presenting a spacing determined according to the direction transverse to the insertion direction, greater than the spacing according to the direction transverse to the insertion direction between the first bearing portion and the second bearing portion,
wherein the first bearing portion is disposed between the second bearing portion and the second end point according to the direction transverse to the insertion direction, and
wherein the second bearing portion is disposed between the first end point and the first bearing portion according to the direction transverse to the insertion direction,
wherein a first segment of the first connector defined between the first end point and the second bearing portion, and a second segment of the second connector, defined between the first bearing portion and the second end point are transversely oriented with respect to the insertion direction.

2. The protection device cartridge according to claim 1 , wherein the first bearing portion and the second bearing portion are oriented according to an angle comprised between 0° and 45° with respect to the insertion direction.

3. The protection device cartridge according to claim 1 , wherein the first connector intersects the second connector in an intersection area at which the first connector is located in a plane offset with respect to a plane wherein the second connector is located.

4. The protection device cartridge according to claim 3 , wherein the intersection area is between the first bearing portion and the second bearing portion in the direction transverse to the insertion direction.

5. A protection device of an electrical installation comprising a protection device cartridge in accordance with claim 1 and a base comprising a first range of electrical circuit and a second range of electrical circuit, the protection device cartridge being electrically connected to the first range by means of a first electrical contact and to the second range by means of a second electrical contact.

6. The protection device according to claim 5 , wherein the first electrical circuit portion is electrically connected to the second electrical contact by means of the first bearing portion, and the second electric circuit portion is electrically connected to the first electrical contact by means of the second bearing portion.

7. The protection device according to claim 5 , wherein the first segment of the first connector extends facing the first range and the second segment of the second connector extends facing the second range.

8. The protection device according to claim 5 , wherein the first range and the second range are transversely oriented with respect to the insertion direction of the cartridge.

9. The protection device according to claim 5 , wherein the first electrical contact comprises a first elastic contact device and the second electrical contact comprises a second elastic contact device, the first bearing portion being adapted to bear against the second elastic contact device and the second bearing portion being adapted to bear against the first elastic contact device.

10. The protection device according to claim 5 , wherein the protection device cartridge is connected to the base in a removable manner.

Assignees

• Abb France
• Abb Schweiz Ag

Inventors

• Gautier Boris
• Brescon Stephane

Classifications

• H01C7/126

  Means for protecting against excessive pressure or for disconnecting in case of failure · CPC title

• H01R12/7076

  for connection between PCB and component, e.g. display · CPC title

• H01C1/014

  the resistor being suspended between and being supported by two supporting sections (H01C1/016 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H01R9/2641

  with built-in overvoltage protection · CPC title

• H01C1/01

  Mounting; Supporting · CPC title