This application claims priority benefits of Japan Patent Application No. 2018-047099 filed on Mar. 14, 2018. The entirety of each of the above-mentioned patent applications is hereby incorporated by reference herein and made a part of this specification.
The disclosure relates to a socket.
Patent Document 1 discloses a relay terminal block that can be held on a DIN (Deutsches Institut für Normung) rail. The relay terminal block includes a substantially rectangular parallelepiped block, which has a plurality of terminal parts constituted by terminal plates, washers, and screws. In the relay terminal block, the block is constituted by a substantially rectangular plate-shaped base and a box-shaped casing that covers one of the plate surfaces of the base, and a plurality of terminal parts are provided on the upper surface of the casing, which faces the base.
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However, when the terminal block is made thinner, from the viewpoint of improving productivity, for example, it is conceivable to construct the block with a box-shaped base having an opening surface, and a cover attached to the base to cover the opening surface.
Regarding this terminal block, when the screw of the terminal part is turned with a jig or the like, an unintended force may be applied on the base or the cover in a direction inclined with respect to the rotation axis of the screw. In such a case, a gap is formed between the base and the cover near the terminal part, and the inside and the outside of the block communicate with each other via the gap. Therefore, it may be difficult to secure the insulation inside the block.
The disclosure provides a socket that can secure internal insulation.
A socket according to an example of the disclosure includes:
a box-shaped first housing having an opening surface; and
a second housing attached to the first housing to cover the opening surface,
wherein the first housing includes:
a first wall extending in a width direction that intersects the opening surface and having a first opening for inserting a screw member that is fixable to a conductor part of a wire; and
a second wall extending in a direction that intersects the opening surface and the first wall and having a second opening for being capable to insert and remove the conductor part of the wire, and
the second housing includes:
a second housing body covering the opening surface; and
a locking arm extending from the second housing body in the width direction and being locked to the first housing in the width direction.
Hereinafter, an example of the disclosure will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description, terms (for example, terms including “upper”, “lower”, “right”, and “left”) that indicate specific directions or positions are used as necessary. However, these terms are used to facilitate understanding of the disclosure with reference to the drawings, and the technical scope of the disclosure is not limited by the meanings of these terms. In addition, the following description is merely exemplary and is not intended to limit the disclosure, its application, or its usage. Furthermore, the drawings are schematic, and the ratio of the dimensions does not necessarily agree with the actual one.
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Two wire connection parts 14 are disposed on one side of the first side 101 in the longitudinal direction with respect to the device connection part 13 (that is, the left side in
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The first wall 141 has a substantially circular first opening 143 and a locking recess 145. A screw member 15 (shown in
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Specifically, each locking arm 22 has a substantially rectangular plate shape, and one side extending in the width direction W is disposed substantially flush with the first wall 141 and one plate surface is disposed substantially flush with the second wall 142. Moreover, the other side, which extends in the width direction W, of each locking arm 22 constitutes one side of the second opening 144.
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The socket 1 described above includes the box-shaped base 10 and the casing 20 attached to the base 10. The casing 20 has the casing body 21 and the locking arm 22, which extends from the casing body 21 in the width direction W to be locked to the base 10 in the width direction W. Because of the locking of the locking arm 22, even if an external force is applied to the base 10 or the casing 20 to separate the two members from each other, it is possible to prevent an unintended gap from being formed between the base 10 and the casing 20. Therefore, it is possible to realize the socket 1 that can secure internal insulation.
In addition, the locking arm 22 is disposed near the first opening 143 and between the first wall 141 and the second wall 142. As a result, the locking arm 22 can be more reliably locked to the base 10. Therefore, even if an external force that may separate the base 10 and the casing 20 from each other is applied to the base 10 or the casing 20, it is possible to more reliably prevent an unintended gap from being formed between the base 10 and the casing 20.
Moreover, the casing 20 has the locking claw 23 that is formed to face the casing body 21 at the end portion of the locking arm 22, which is farther from the casing body 21 in the width direction W. The first wall 141 of the base 10 has the locking recess 145 that locks the locking claw 23. With the locking claw 23, it is possible to prevent an unintended gap from being formed between the base 10 and the casing 20 with a simple configuration.
Further, the locking claw 23 has the first inclined surface 231 that is formed at the portion facing the casing body 21, and the first inclined surface 231 is inclined in the width direction W and in the direction away from the casing body 21 as it goes away from the locking arm 22. When the locking claw 23 is locked to the base 10, the first inclined surface 231 can slide with respect to the base 10. Therefore, the casing 20 can be easily attached to the base 10, and the productivity of the socket 1 can be increased.
Nevertheless, the locking arm 22 is not necessarily disposed near the first opening 143 and between the first wall 141 and the second wall 142. The locking arm 22 can be disposed at any position to be locked to the base 10 in the width direction W of the casing body 21.
The disclosure is not limited to the case where the base 10 and the casing 20 respectively have the locking claw 23 and the locking recess 145. The disclosure may adopt any configuration for locking the locking arm 22 to the base 10 in the width direction W.
Furthermore, in the socket 1, the base 10 constitutes the first housing and the casing 20 constitutes the second housing. However, the disclosure is not limited thereto. For example, the casing may constitute the first housing and the base may constitute the second housing. That is, the casing may be configured to have the locking arm.
The inclined surfaces 231 and 232 of the locking claw 23 can be omitted.
Although various embodiments of the disclosure have been described in detail above with reference to the drawings, finally various aspects of the disclosure will be described. The following description is provided with reference numerals as an example.
A socket 1 according to the first aspect of the disclosure includes:
a box-shaped first housing 10 having an opening surface 11; and
a second housing 20 attached to the first housing 10 to cover the opening surface 11,
wherein the first housing 10 includes:
a first wall 141 extending in a width direction W that intersects the opening surface 11 and having a first opening 143 for inserting a screw member 15 that is fixable to a conductor part of a wire; and
a second wall 142 extending in a direction that intersects the opening surface 11 and the first wall 141 and having a second opening 144 for being capable to insert and remove the conductor part of the wire, and
the second housing 20 includes:
a second housing body 21 covering the opening surface 11; and
a locking arm 22 extending from the second housing body 21 in the width direction W and being locked to the first housing 10 in the width direction W.
According to the socket 1 of the first aspect, even if an external force that may separate the first housing 10 and the second housing 20 from each other is applied to the first housing 10 or the second housing, with the locking arm 22, it is possible to prevent an unintended gap from being formed between the first housing 10 and the second housing 20, so it is possible to realize the socket 1 that can secure internal insulation.
In the socket 1 according to the second aspect of the disclosure, the locking arm 22 is disposed near the first opening 143 and between the first wall 141 and the second wall 142.
According to the socket 1 of the second aspect, the locking arm 22 can be more reliably locked to the first housing 10. Therefore, even if an external force that may separate the first housing 10 and the second housing 20 from each other is applied to the first housing 10 or the second housing 20, it is possible to more reliably prevent an unintended gap from being formed between the first housing 10 and the second housing 20.
In the socket 1 according to the third aspect of the disclosure, the second housing 20 includes a locking claw 23, which is disposed to face the second housing body 21, at an end portion of the locking arm 22, wherein the end portion is farther from the second housing body 21 in the width direction W. The first wall 141 of the first housing 10 includes a locking recess 145 that locks the locking claw 23.
According to the socket of the third aspect, with the locking claw 23, it is possible to prevent an unintended gap from being formed between the first housing 10 and the second housing 20 with a simple configuration.
In the socket 1 according to the fourth aspect of the disclosure, the locking claw 23 has an inclined surface 231 formed at a portion that faces the second housing body 21, and the inclined surface 231 is inclined in the width direction W and in a direction away from the second housing body 21 as the inclined surface 231 goes away from the locking arm 22.
According to the socket 1 of the fourth aspect, when the locking claw 23 is locked to the base 10, the first inclined surface 231 can slide with respect to the base 10. Therefore, the second housing 20 can be easily attached to the first housing 10, and the productivity of the socket 1 can be increased.
The socket includes the box-shaped first housing and the second housing attached to the first housing. The second housing includes the second housing body and the locking arm, which extends from the second housing body in the width direction to be locked to the first housing in the width direction. Even if an external force is applied to the first housing or the second housing to separate the two members from each other, with the locking arm, it is possible to prevent an unintended gap from being formed between the first housing and the second housing. Therefore, it is possible to realize a socket that can secure internal insulation.
Any of the various embodiments or modified examples may be combined as appropriate to achieve the respective effects. It is also possible to combine the embodiments, to combine the examples, or to combine the embodiments with the examples, and to combine features in different embodiments or examples.
The socket of the disclosure can be used in a control panel, for example.
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