The present disclosure is based on and claims priority to the Chinese Patent Application No. 202110213966.3, filed on Feb. 25, 2021, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
The present disclosure relates to the technical field of a relay, in particular to a highly-reliable insulating ultra-small electromagnetic relay.
Ultra-small electromagnetic relays, due to their small sizes, are widely used in fields such as network communication and medical equipment that require intensive installation of products. The ultra-small electromagnetic relay in the prior art usually consists of a movable spring armature portion, a base portion and a housing, wherein the movable spring armature portion is generally integrally formed by combing and injection molding two sets of movable springs and an armature, and each of the two sets of movable springs is provided with a normally open end contact and a normally closed end contact, and the movable spring armature portion is welded with the static spring portion in the base portion through a material at a positioning location to form a seesaw structure, so that the normally open end contact and the normally closed end contact of the movable spring are respectively cooperated with a contact of the normally open static spring and a contact of the normally closed static spring. The welding mode may be a laser welding, a resistance welding or the like.
The base portion of such an ultra-small electromagnetic relay usually consists of a coil portion and a static spring portion. When the base portion is manufactured, a U-shaped iron core forms a bobbin portion in a first injection molding manner (as shown in
This solution of combining the base, the magnetic circuit structure and the static spring can achieve an effect of reducing volume and improving insulation capacity; however, it still has the following disadvantages:
First, the contact portions 202 of the four contact static springs 201 in X and Y directions have position consistency accuracy deficient. As shown in
Second, a creepage distance M1 between the position of the contact portion 202 and the enameled wire 108 of the coil is generally a short position between input and output circuits (as shown in
Third, a permanent magnet 206 and an iron core 103 are positioned by the laser welding. During laser welding, the heat at a spot position is generated sharply, which causes the metal at the spot position is molten or even splashed. Since the welding position is close to the pole surface 107 of the iron core, welding slags generated by liquid metal splashing is easy to be accumulated on the pole surface 107 of the iron core, which will lead to the functional failure of the relay that the coil does not work when the power is applied or the contacts cannot be reliably connected.
The present disclosure is intended to overcome the shortcomings in the prior art, and provide a highly-reliable insulating ultra-small electromagnetic relay. With structural improvement, on the one hand, the position of the contact portion of the static spring can be limited in two directions to avoid the uncontrollable divergence at the position of the contact portion of the static spring when a base is injection molded, such that the consistency of the output circuit of the relay can be improved; and on the other hand, the contact portion of the static spring can be avoided from being directly exposed above the enameled wire, the creepage distance between the input and output circuits can be increased without increasing the overall size of the relay, the dependence on increasing the creepage distance by the plastic of the base is reduced, and at the same time, the insulation effect of the relay can be avoided from being affected by the environmental temperature, moisture change and the like in use, such that the environmental resistance of the relay can be improved.
The technical solution adopted by the present disclosure to solve its technical problem is as follows: a highly-reliable insulating ultra-small electromagnetic relay includes a coil portion and a static spring portion; the coil portion includes a bobbin; the bobbin includes two flanges, each of the two flanges being arranged at one of both ends of the bobbin; the static spring portion includes a static spring arranged on at least one end of the bobbin; the static spring includes a contact portion containing a static contact; the contact portion is arranged at a position close to the flange of the bobbin; a first retaining wall and a second retaining wall for jointly limiting a position of the contact portion of the static spring along two directions on a horizontal plane are respectively protruded upward in the flange; such that the first retaining wall and the second retaining wall are cooperated to avoid uncontrollable dispersion at the position of the contact portion of the static spring when being assembled.
According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, the relay further includes a plastic element which combines a coil portion and the static spring portion into an integral structure by the injection molding, so that the coil portion, the static spring portion and the plastic element act as the base portion of the relay, and the first retaining wall and the second retaining wall are cooperated to avoid the uncontrollable dispersion at the position of the contact portion of the static spring when the base portion is injection molded.
According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, the coil portion further includes a U-shaped iron core and an enameled wire; the U-shaped iron core is wrapped in the bobbin by the injection molding; an end head of the U-shaped iron core at each of both ends of the U-shaped iron core protrudes upward from a corresponding one of the two flanges of the bobbin, so that an end surface of the U-shaped iron core at each of the both ends of the U-shaped iron core as a pole surface is exposed outside the bobbin; the bobbin also has a winding window formed between the two flanges, and the enameled wire is wound in the winding window.
According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, a wall surface of the first retaining wall is arranged along a width direction of the relay, and the first retaining wall is blocked between the contact portion of the static spring and the enameled wire wound to the winding window of the bobbin along a length direction of the relay, so as to increase a creepage distance between the contact portion of the static spring and the enameled wire by using the first retaining wall.
According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, a wall surface of the second retaining wall is arranged along the length direction of the relay, and the second retaining wall is located between the contact portion of the static spring and the U-shaped iron core in the width direction of the relay; the second retaining wall and the first retaining wall enclose into a “L” shape, the contact portion of the static spring is in the “L” shape, and roots of the first retaining wall and the second retaining wall are outside a profile of a winding area of the enameled wire.
According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, the first retaining wall and the second retaining wall are integrally connected.
According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, a first protrusion arranged along a vertical direction is arranged at a surface of each of the first retaining wall and the second retaining wall towards the contact portion of the static spring, and the first protrusion of each of the first retaining wall and the second retaining wall abuts against a corresponding contact portion of the static spring, so as to jointly limit the contact portion of the static spring.
According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, a top portion of the first protrusion is provided as an inclined surface, and the inclined surface of the first protrusion gradually inclines downwards from inside to outside, and an outer side of the first protrusion is provided as a straight edge.
According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, a height position of a top end of each of the first retaining wall and the second retaining wall in a height direction of the relay is higher than a height position of a top end of the contact portion of the static spring in a height direction corresponding to the relay.
According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, the plastic element completely wraps the first retaining wall and the second retaining wall; or, the plastic element partially wraps the first retaining wall and the second retaining wall, and a top portion of each of the first retaining wall and the second retaining wall is exposed outside the plastic element.
According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, the coil portion further includes a permanent magnet installed between two end heads of the U-shaped iron core each of which is provided at one of both ends of the U-shaped iron core; in the flange of the bobbin, the first retaining wall and the second retaining wall are symmetrically arranged on two sides of a central line in the length direction of the relay respectively; a clamping opening for clamping the permanent magnet in the width direction of the relay is formed between two second retaining walls arranged along the width direction; a second protrusion arranged along the vertical direction is arranged on a surface of each of the two second retaining walls arranged along the width direction facing the permanent magnet, so that the permanent magnet is fixed to the bobbin by an interference fit between the second protrusion and the permanent magnet.
According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, a top portion of the second protrusion is provided as an inclined surface, and the inclined surface of the second protrusion gradually inclines downwards from inside to outside, and an outer side of the second protrusion is provided as a straight edge.
According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, in the flange of the bobbin, a third protrusion is also provided to protrude upward from a bottom surface corresponding to the clamping opening.
Compared with the prior art, beneficial effects of the present disclosure are as follows:
The present disclosure will be further described in detail with the accompanying drawings and embodiments. However, the ultra-small signal relay of the present disclosure is not limited to the embodiments.
Referring to
In the present disclosure, limitation of the orientations such as “upper” and “lower” in technical features only indicates the relative positional relationship between components or structures in the components. For example, the upper part and the lower part of the static spring 6 refer to an upper feature and a lower feature of the static spring 6 when the static spring 6 is fitted to the bobbin 5 and the two end heads 312 of the U-shaped iron core 311 are facing upward respectively.
In this embodiment, a wall surface of the first retaining wall 511 is arranged along a width direction of the relay, and the first retaining wall 511 is blocked between the contact portion 62 of the static spring 6 and the enameled wire 4 wound in the winding window 52 of the bobbin in a length direction of the relay, to increase a creepage distance between the contact portion 62 of the static spring 6 and the enameled wire 4 by using the first retaining wall 511. As shown in
In this embodiment, a wall surface of the second retaining wall 512 is arranged along the length direction of the relay, and the second retaining wall 512 is located between the contact portion 62 of the static spring 6 and the U-shaped iron core 311 in the width direction of the relay. The second retaining wall 512 and the first retaining wall 511 enclose into a “L” shape, the contact portion 62 of the static spring 6 is located inside the “L” shape, and roots of the first retaining wall 511 and the second retaining wall 512 are located outside a profile of a winding area of the enameled wire 4. The first retaining wall 511 and the second retaining wall 512 of the present disclosure are located outside the winding window 52 of the bobbin in the Z direction without occupying the winding window 52. The contact portion 62 of the static spring 6 is located inside the L-shaped retaining wall, and outside the winding window 52 of the bobbin in the X and Y directions, to avoid directly facing the enameled wire of the coil.
In this embodiment, the first retaining wall 511 and the second retaining wall 512 are integrally connected. Of course, the first retaining wall 511 and the second retaining wall 512 may also enclose into a “L” shape but not be connected.
In this embodiment, a first protrusion 513 arranged along the vertical direction (i.e., the Z direction) is provided at a surface of each of the first retaining wall 511 and the second retaining wall 512 towards the contact portion 62 of the static spring 6 (i.e., an inside surface), and the first protrusion 513 abuts against the corresponding contact portion 62 of the static spring 6, to jointly limit the position of the contact portion 62 of the static spring 6. With the arrangement of the first protrusion 513 for limiting the position of the static spring 6, the contact area can be reduced, and thus the generation of plastic chips can be reduced.
In this embodiment, a top portion of the first protrusion 513 is provided as an inclined surface 514, which gradually inclines downward from the inside to the outside, and an outer side of the first protrusion 513 is provided as a straight edge. An inner side of the first protrusion 513 refers to a side thereof that is connected with the first retaining wall 511 or the second retaining wall 512, and the outer side of the first protrusion 513 refers to a side thereof that is not connected with the first retaining wall 511 or the second retaining wall 512. With the top portion of the first protrusion 513 being provided as the inclined surface 514, it is convenient for the contact portion 62 of the static spring 6 to be guided and positioned in place; and by arranging the outer side of the first protrusion 513 as a straight edge, the difficulty in machining accuracy can be reduced.
In this embodiment, a height position of a top end of each of the first retaining wall 511 and the second retaining wall 512 in a height direction of the replay is higher than a height position of a top end of the contact portion 62 of the static spring 6 corresponding to a height direction of the relay (that is, the Z direction).
In this embodiment, the plastic element 33 partially wraps the first retaining wall 511 and the second retaining wall 512, and top portions of the first retaining wall 511 and the second retaining wall 512 are exposed outside the plastic element 33. Of course, the plastic element 33 may also be designed to completely wrap the first retaining wall 511 and the second retaining wall 512 as required.
The first retaining wall 511 and the second retaining wall 512 on the bobbin 5 are allowed to be partially exposed in the Z direction of the relay after being combined and injection molded to be the base portion 3, to ensure an overall miniaturization of the relay as much as possible. However, it is sometimes designed to be covered by a plastic of the base to appropriately reduce the machining difficulty of a base mold. After the first retaining wall 511 and the second retaining wall 512 of the bobbin 5 are partially or completely covered by the plastics of the base portion 3, the rigidity of the first retaining wall 511 and the second retaining wall 512 can be further improved, and the shape consistency of the relay under the change of external conditions such as temperature shock can be improved, so that the relay performance to resist the change of external environment can be improved.
In this embodiment, the coil portion 31 further includes a permanent magnet 7 installed between the two end heads 312 of the U-shaped iron core 311. In the flange 51 of the bobbin 5, first retaining walls 511 and second retaining walls 512 are symmetrically arranged on two sides of a central line of the relay in the length direction respectively. A clamping opening 53 for clamping the permanent magnet 7 in the width direction of the relay is formed between two second retaining walls 512 in the width direction. A second protrusion 515 arranged along the vertical direction is provided at a surface of each of the two second retaining walls 512 (which are arranged along the width direction) facing the permanent magnet 7, so that the permanent magnet 7 is fixed to the bobbin 5 by the interference fit between the second protrusions 515 of the two second retaining walls 512 in the flange 51 of the bobbin 5 at the same side and the corresponding ends of the permanent magnet 7, that is, the two ends of the permanent magnet 7 are respectively in interference fit with four second protrusions 515 of the second retaining walls 512 of two flanges 51 of the bobbin 5. In this embodiment, four sets of the first retaining walls 511 and the second retaining walls 512 are provided. The number of first retaining walls 511 and second retaining walls 512 can be adjusted according to the output circuit of the relay, but the clamping position where the permanent magnet is fixed may be maintained. By providing the second protrusion 515, the permanent magnet 7 is fixed by the interference fit, which can reduce the contact area, and then reduce the generation of plastic chips.
In this embodiment, a top portion of the second protrusion 515 is provided as an inclined surface 516, which gradually inclines downward from the inside to the outside, and an outer side of the second protrusion 515 is provided as a straight edge. By providing the top portion of the second protrusion 515 as the inclined surface 516, it is convenient for the permanent magnet 7 to be guided and installed in place. By providing the outer side of the second protrusion 515 as the straight edge, the difficulty in machining accuracy can be reduced.
In this embodiment, in the flange 51 of the bobbin 5, a third protrusion 531 is also provided to protrude upward from a bottom surface corresponding to the clamping opening 53. The third protrusion 531 plays a role of increasing a creepage distance between the contact portion 62 of the static spring 6 and the enameled wire 4, and can also be used to support the permanent magnet 7 so as to avoid crushing the enameled wire.
It should be noted that the permanent magnet 7 is not necessary, for example, the relay coil works only in a monostable manner.
In the highly-reliable insulating ultra-small electromagnetic relay of the present disclosure, the first retaining wall 511 and the second retaining wall 512 protrude upward in the flange 51 of the bobbin 5 for limiting the contact portion 62 of the static spring 6 in two directions on a horizontal plane. This structure of the present disclosure enables the contact portion 62 of the static spring 6 to be limited in two directions by the cooperation of the first retaining wall 511 and the second retaining wall 512, to avoid uncontrollable position divergence of the contact portion 62 of the static spring 6 when being injected into the base portion 3, so as to improve the consistency of the output circuit of the relay.
In the highly-reliable insulating ultra-small electromagnetic relay of the present disclosure, the wall surface of the first retaining wall 511 is arranged along the width direction of the relay, and the first retaining wall 511 is blocked between the contact portion 62 of the static spring 6 and the enameled wire 4 wound in the winding window 52 of the bobbin 5 in the length direction of the relay, and the height position of the top end of each of the first retaining wall 511 and the second retaining wall 512 corresponding to the height direction of the relay is arranged to be higher than the height position of the top end of the contact portion 62 of the static spring 6 corresponding to the height direction of the relay. This structure of the present disclosure can avoid the contact portion 62 of the static spring 6 from being directly exposed above the enameled wire 4, increase the creepage distance between the input and output circuits without increasing the overall size of the relay, and reduce the dependence on increasing the creepage distance by the plastic of the base, while avoiding the insulation effect of the relay from being affected by the environmental temperature, moisture change and the like in use, so that the environmental resistance of the relay can be improved.
In the highly-reliable insulating ultra-small electromagnetic relay of the present disclosure, the first retaining walls 511 and the second retaining walls 512 are symmetrically arranged on two sides of a central line of the relay along the length direction in the flange 51 of the bobbin 5; and a clamping opening 53 for clamping the permanent magnet 7 in the width direction of the relay is formed between the two second retaining walls 512 in the width direction; a second protrusion 515 arranged vertically is provided at a surface of each of the two second retaining walls 512 facing the permanent magnet, so that the permanent magnet 7 is fixed to the bobbin 5 by the interference fit between the two second protrusions 515 and the permanent magnet 7. This structure of the present disclosure can avoid the disadvantage caused by that the permanent magnet and the iron core in the prior art can be positioned by the laser welding, that is, which can not only avoid the generation of foreign matters such as the welding slag, but also reduce the number of processing procedures and manufacturing difficulty.
The above contents are only the preferred embodiments of the present disclosure, and are not intended to limit the present disclosure in any form. Although the present disclosure has been disclosed above with preferred embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present disclosure. Without departing from the scope of the technical solution of the present disclosure, any skilled in the art can make possible changes and modifications to the technical solution of the present disclosure by using the technical contents disclosed above, or modify the technical solution into any of equivalent embodiments. Therefore, any simple modifications, equivalent changes and modifications made to the above embodiments according to the technical essence of the present disclosure, without going beyond the contents of the technical solution of the present disclosure, should fall within the protection scope of the technical solution of the present disclosure.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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202110213966.3 | Feb 2021 | CN | national |
Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
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PCT/CN2022/076646 | 2/17/2022 | WO |