Actuating drive having an electrical plug-in connection

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9954411-B2
Application number	US-201314440482-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 24, 2013
Priority date	Nov 2, 2012
Publication date	Apr 24, 2018
Grant date	Apr 24, 2018

Abstract

An actuating drive contains a housing which has a first housing part and a second housing part. The two housing parts each have an edge, each edge having an end face, and the two end faces face each other when the two housing parts are joined. The first housing part and the second housing part can be detachably joined. The actuating drive is configured to accommodate an exchangeable connection module for a cable feed. The exchangeable connection module can be inserted into an opening of the first edge of the first housing part and the exchangeable connection module can be connected in a form-closed manner to the end faces of the edges in a region of the opening when the two housing parts are joined. Thus, an actuating drive, in particular for ventilation flaps or fire dampers, having high flexibility in the electrical connection contacting is provided.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An actuating drive, comprising:
a housing having a first housing part and a second housing part, said first and second housing parts each having a side including a first side having an opening formed therein and a second side, each said side having an end face, said two end faces face each other when said first and second housing parts are joined, said first housing part and said second housing part being detachably joined; and
a plurality of exchangeable connection modules for a cable feed, said plurality of exchangeable connection modules having different constructions from one another, each of said plurality of exchangeable connection modules for being selectively inserted into said opening of said side of said first housing part and each of said plurality of exchangeable connection modules being connected in a form-closed manner to said end faces of said sides in a region of said opening when said first and second housing parts are joined.

2. The actuating drive according to claim 1 , wherein a groove-bead connection is used for insertion of each of said plurality of exchangeable connection modules, said end faces of said first and second sides form a peripheral bead in the region of said opening and for insertion into said opening, each of said plurality of exchangeable connection modules having a peripheral groove formed therein for accommodating said peripheral bead in a form-closed manner, each of said plurality of exchangeable connection modules having a first rib and a second rib defining said peripheral groove, after insertion of one of said plurality of exchangeable connection modules and joining of said first and second housing parts, said first rib borders a housing interior and said second rib rests on said housing to an outside.

3. The actuating drive according to claim 2 , wherein said second rib is formed by a body of one of said plurality of exchangeable connection modules.

4. The actuating drive according to claim 1 , wherein said second side of said housing part has an opening formed therein for jointly accommodating each of said plurality of exchangeable connection modules together with said opening of said first side.

5. The actuating drive according to claim 1 , further comprising a cable permanently installed in the actuating drive and fed through an inserted one of said plurality of exchangeable connection modules.

6. The actuating drive according to claim 1 , wherein one of said plurality of exchangeable connection modules is configured as an insertable terminal with a series of connecting contacts for connecting electrical components in said housing.

7. The actuating drive according to claim 6 , wherein said connecting contacts are coupled as a daisy chain connection.

8. The actuating drive according to claim 1 , wherein one of said plurality of exchangeable connection modules is configured as an insertable screw terminal.

9. The actuating drive according to claim 1 , wherein one of said plurality of exchangeable connection modules is configured in two parts including a first part being inserted into said housing in a form-closed manner in said region of said opening and has a socket for a plug-in connection on a housing outer part, and a second part being a pluggable screw terminal having a mating connector complementary with said socket.

10. The actuating drive according to claim 1 , wherein one of said plurality of exchangeable connection modules has two parts including a first part being inserted into said housing in a form-closed manner in said region of said opening and has a socket for a plug-in connection on a housing outer part, and a second part configured as a pluggable terminal having a mating connector complementary with said socket, wherein said pluggable terminal is injected on to a fed cable by way of an electrically insulated plastics material.

11. The actuating drive according to claim 1 , further comprising a circuit carrier having contact elements, wherein said contact elements are configured with contact elements of each of said plurality of exchangeable connection modules that are complementary therewith for enabling electrical contacting on insertion of said exchangeable connection module.

12. The actuating drive according to claim 1 , wherein a groove-bead connection is used for insertion of each of said plurality of exchangeable connection modules, said end faces of said sides have a peripheral groove formed therein in said region of said opening and for insertion into said opening, each of said plurality of exchangeable connection modules has a peripheral bead for insertion in a form-closed manner into said peripheral groove, wherein said peripheral groove is formed by a first rib and a second rib, wherein said first rib rests on a housing interior and said second rib on a housing exterior.

13. A configuration for a drive of actuators, the configuration comprising:
an actuating drive containing:
a housing having a first housing part and a second housing part, said first and second housing parts each having a side including a first side with an opening formed therein and a second side, each said side having an end face, and said two end faces face each other when said first and second housing parts are joined, said first housing part and said second housing part being detachably joined; and
a plurality of connection modules for a cable feed to said actuating drive, said plurality of exchangeable connection modules having different constructions from one another, each of said plurality of connection modules for being selectively inserted into said opening of said first side of said first housing part and each of said plurality of connection modules for being connected in a form-closed manner to said end faces of said sides in a region of said opening by joining said first and second housing parts.

Assignees

• Siemens Schweiz Ag

Inventors

• Anderson Dean B
• Grossenbacher Christian
• Kaelin Beat
• Pally Andreas

Classifications

• H05K5/069

  Other details of the casing, e.g. wall structure, passage for a connector, a cable, a shaft · CPC title

• H05K5/0247 Primary

  Electrical details of casings, e.g. terminals, passages for cables or wiring · CPC title

• G12B9/02

  Casings; Housings; Cabinets (sealing arrangements for transmission members F16J, particularly F16J15/50) · CPC title

• H02K5/22 Primary

  Auxiliary parts of casings not covered by groups H02K5/06-H02K5/20, e.g. shaped to form connection boxes or terminal boxes · CPC title