EP3281254B1 - Patchboard - Google Patents

Description

The invention relates to a marshalling honeycomb with several honeycomb building blocks, the individual honeycomb building blocks each having a box-shaped housing with two end faces and four side faces that extend between the end faces, and the two end faces of the honeycomb building blocks each having at least one connection area.

Marshalling honeycombs are used in particular where a large number of electrical conductors have to be connected in a very small space. For this purpose, shunting honeycombs are known from practice, in which a plurality of honeycomb building blocks are arranged in corresponding chambers of the frame within a fixed, rectangular assembly frame. Electrical conductors can be connected to the marshalling honeycomb or the individual honeycomb modules from both the front, the field side, and the rear, the system side. For this purpose, connection elements are arranged in the box-shaped housings of the individual honeycomb modules, which are usually connected to one another via corresponding busbars, so that an electrical conductor inserted through a corresponding conductor insertion opening in the front end face can be electrically connected to an electrical conductor or a connection contact is inserted through a corresponding insertion opening in the rear end face of the housing.

Such a shunting honeycomb with a plurality of honeycomb building blocks is, for example, from DE 195 12 226 A1 known. In the marshalling honeycomb disclosed in this document, the individual honeycomb modules that are inserted in the individual chambers of the assembly frame all have the same dimensions and the same number and size of conductor insertion openings, so that both the maximum conductor cross-section of the connectable conductors and their number are fixed is specified. It is not possible to adapt the shunting honeycomb to the individual wishes of a user with this known shunting honeycomb. If the number of conductors to be connected needs to be increased, a correspondingly larger marshalling honeycomb with a larger number of individual honeycomb building blocks must be used, although in practice marshalling honeycombs with 18, 32, 48, 54 or 80 honeycomb building blocks are available.

From the DE 10 2013 101 830 A1 A shunting honeycomb is known, as is used, for example, in rail vehicle technology for electrical distribution. In the Fig. 7 and 8th This publication shows two different mounting frames or distributor housings, in each of which a predetermined number - 18 or 54 - of chambers is formed in matrix form, in each of which a honeycomb module with two conductor insertion openings is arranged in the front end face. Although the production of the individual honeycomb building blocks is intended to be simplified in this known marshalling honeycomb, flexible adaptation of the marshalling honeycomb to the individual wishes of a user is not possible here either.

The US 5,295,870 A discloses a modular assembly for the automotive industry, consisting of several modular blocks plugged together and a special module for accommodating fuses or circuit breakers. The modular blocks each have a front and a back and two pairs of opposing side surfaces, with a base device being formed on the front. At least one tapered groove is formed on each side surface and extends from the front towards the back. To connect the individual modular blocks, separate locking elements are provided, with one locking element being simultaneously inserted into two opposite grooves of two modular blocks to be connected.

Even with those from the EP 0 170 455 A2 In known modular blocks, separate dovetail-shaped locking elements are provided for locking, which are inserted into incisions which are formed on the side surfaces of the blocks. In addition, webs and grooves are alternately formed on the side surfaces, with a web on one surface engaging in a groove on the opposite side surface of an adjacent block when the two blocks are plugged together. To lock the blocks together, the dovetail-shaped locking elements are then inserted into the recesses, which are formed by two opposite incisions.

The present invention is therefore based on the object of providing a shunting honeycomb with several honeycomb building blocks, which is characterized by characterized by increased flexibility and better adaptability to the individual wishes of a user.

This task is solved with the marshalling honeycomb described at the beginning with the features of patent claim 1.

The marshalling honeycomb according to the present invention initially has greater flexibility in that the individual honeycomb building blocks can be directly connected to one another because they each have at least one locking element on all side surfaces, so that the number of individual honeycomb building blocks depends on the use of a rigid one Determining mounting frame can be dispensed with. As a result, the marshalling honeycomb can have any number of honeycomb building blocks, so that the size and in particular the number of poles of the marshalling honeycomb can be adapted to the respective needs and can also be easily changed if necessary. Such a shunting honeycomb or correspondingly designed honeycomb building blocks are from the subsequently published DE 10 2014 101 528 A1 known.

In the marshalling honeycomb according to the invention, the flexibility with regard to the ability to connect different conductors with different conductor cross sections is increased by the fact that the individual honeycomb building blocks of the marshalling honeycomb have at least partially different dimensions, in particular different cross sections. This creates the possibility of honeycomb modules being arranged within a marshalling honeycomb to which conductors with larger cross-sections or connectors with larger dimensions can be connected. Because individual honeycomb building blocks have a larger cross-section, i.e. H. have a larger width and/or a larger height, it is possible that these honeycomb modules also have correspondingly larger connection areas with correspondingly larger conductor insertion openings or larger plug openings and larger connection contacts.

So that honeycomb building blocks with different cross sections can be connected to one another to form a shunting honeycomb, the width and/or height of a honeycomb building block with a larger cross section is an integer multiple of the width and/or height of a honeycomb building block with a smaller one Cross-section. The shunting honeycomb according to the invention can, for example, have a plurality of honeycomb building blocks, all of which have the same height and the same depth, although some honeycomb building blocks have a width that is twice as wide as the remaining honeycomb building blocks. The honeycomb building blocks of a shunting honeycomb can just as easily differ from one another in height or in both height and width.

The locking of the individual honeycomb blocks with one another is ensured by the fact that the number of locking elements on a side surface with a larger width or greater height of a honeycomb block with a larger cross section is a corresponding integer multiple of the number of locking elements on a side surface with a smaller width or lower height of a honeycomb block with a smaller cross section. In the case of a honeycomb building block with twice the width compared to a honeycomb building block with the smallest cross section, a double number of locking elements is therefore provided on the side surfaces of the housing that determine the width, compared to the number of locking elements in the honeycomb building block with the smallest cross section. A multiplication of the width or height of a honeycomb building block is therefore always accompanied by a corresponding multiplication of the number of locking elements on the corresponding side surfaces of the honeycomb building block. This means that, for example, a honeycomb building block with a double width 2 x B can be connected to two honeycomb building blocks, each of which only has half the width B.

In the marshalling honeycomb according to the invention, honeycomb building blocks with different cross sections can have a different number of connection areas and/or connection areas of different sizes. For example, a marshalling honeycomb can have several honeycomb modules, to each of which three electrical conductors with a conductor cross section of a maximum of 1.5 mm ² can be connected. In addition, the marshalling honeycomb can also have honeycomb modules to which two electrical conductors with a maximum conductor cross section of 2.5 mm ² can be connected. In addition, the marshalling honeycomb can also have honeycomb modules that are designed for connection to one or two conductors with a maximum conductor cross section of 4 mm ² . These honeycomb building blocks, for example, have a width that is twice as large as the honeycomb building blocks on the three conductors with a maximum cross section of 1.5 mm ² can be connected. By additionally doubling the height of a honeycomb module, the number of conductors that can be connected can then also be doubled or the maximum conductor cross-section of the conductors that can be connected to the honeycomb module can be further increased.

At least one locking element for connecting to another honeycomb building block is provided on all four side surfaces of the honeycomb building blocks. The locking elements, which are formed on opposite side surfaces, are designed to correspond to one another, so that a honeycomb module can be connected to another honeycomb module in both the x-direction and the z-direction. The mutually corresponding latching elements can be designed, for example, as latching pins and latching openings, as webs and grooves, in particular as dovetail-shaped webs and corresponding dovetail-shaped grooves or as latching lugs and latching projections.

A shunting honeycomb according to the invention with a plurality of honeycomb building blocks can therefore have several honeycomb building blocks with the dimensions H x W x D, these honeycomb building blocks representing a type of basic building block. In addition, the marshalling honeycomb can, for example, have honeycomb building blocks with the cross sections H x 2B or 2H x W. In addition, honeycomb building blocks with the cross-sections 2H x 2B, H x 3B, 2H x 3B, 3H x W, 3H x 2B, 3H x 3B... can also be part of the shunting honeycomb. It can be seen from this that the shunting honeycomb according to the invention can consist of a plurality of honeycomb building blocks, with several honeycomb building blocks being able to have different dimensions, in particular different cross sections. The cross section of the individual honeycomb building blocks is approximately W x H or an integer multiple of W x H.

According to an advantageous embodiment, the shunting honeycomb according to the invention also has at least two honeycomb building blocks that have different depths. The depth of the individual honeycomb building blocks - unlike the height and width - can be freely selected, so that the depth of a larger or longer honeycomb building block does not have to be a multiple of the depth of a smaller or shorter honeycomb building block.

In order to ensure that the individual honeycomb components lock together in a shunting honeycomb that has honeycomb components with different depths, the respective locking elements of the individual honeycomb components must be arranged correspondingly to one another. According to a preferred embodiment of the marshalling honeycomb according to the invention, the distance between the locking elements of the respective side surface and the first end face in a honeycomb module with a smaller depth corresponds to the distance between the locking elements of the corresponding side surface and the first end face in a honeycomb module with a greater depth. The locking elements point to a specific side surface Therefore, they all have the same distance from the first end face, regardless of the depth of the respective honeycomb building block. This means that the first end faces of the individual honeycomb building blocks of a shunting honeycomb lie in one plane, even if individual honeycomb building blocks have different depths.

In an alternative embodiment of the marshalling honeycomb according to the invention, the locking elements of a side surface are arranged symmetrically to the longitudinal extent of a respective honeycomb building block, so that when connected to one another, both end faces of a honeycomb building block with a smaller depth are the same distance in the longitudinal direction from the end faces of an adjacent honeycomb building block with a greater depth. In the case of such a shunting honeycomb, which has honeycomb building blocks with different depths, neither the first end faces nor the second end faces of the individual honeycomb building blocks all lie in one plane.

According to a last advantageous embodiment of the marshalling honeycomb according to the invention, which will be briefly explained here, several end elements are arranged on at least one side of the marshalling honeycomb, which are connected to the adjacent honeycomb building blocks via corresponding locking elements. The end elements thus have latching elements on the side surface facing the honeycomb building blocks, which correspond to the latching elements of the honeycomb building blocks provided on the opposite side surface. If the honeycomb blocks have, for example, dovetail-shaped webs on the corresponding side surface, corresponding dovetail-shaped grooves are formed in the opposite side surface of the end elements.

The end elements can, for example, have a marking area that can be used to identify part of the marshalling honeycomb or even the entire marshalling honeycomb. The marking area can have a groove into which a corresponding marking plate can be snapped. In addition, the marking area can also be designed in such a way that it can be labeled directly. Alternatively or additionally, individual end elements can also be designed in such a way that they can be used to attach the marshalling honeycomb, for example to a Serve in a control cabinet wall or in a recess in a control cabinet wall. For this purpose, a closing element can, for example, have a fastening flange with an opening for the passage of a fastening element, for example a screw. Alternatively, a closing element used for fastening can also be designed in such a way that it has a snap-on area by means of which the marshalling honeycomb can be fastened to a mounting rail.

Fig. 1

ein Ausführungsbeispiel einer aus einer Mehrzahl von Wabenbausteinen aufgebauten Rangierwabe,

Fig. 2

ein erstes Ausführungsbeispiel eines einzelnen Wabenbausteins,

Fig. 3

ein Ausführungsbeispiel eines einzelnen Wabenbausteins mit größerem Querschnitt,

Fig. 4

ein zweites Ausführungsbeispiel eines einzelnen Wabenbausteins mit größerem Querschnitt,

Fig. 5

zwei Wabenbausteine gemäß Fig. 2 vor und nach dem Zusammenfügen,

Fig. 6

zwei Wabenbausteine gemäß Fig. 3 vor und nach dem Zusammenfügen,

Fig. 7

eine Rangierwabe, bestehend aus zwei Wabenbausteinen gemäß Fig. 2 und zwei Wabenbausteine gemäß Fig. 3,

Fig. 8

drei miteinander verbundene Wabenbausteine gemäß Fig. 2,

Fig. 9

eine Rangierwabe, zusammengesetzt aus den in den Fig. 7 und 8 dargestellten miteinander verbundenen Wabenbausteinen, und

Fig. 10

eine alternative Ausgestaltung einer Rangierwabe, bestehend aus zwei Wabenbausteinen gemäß Fig. 2 und einem Wabenbaustein gemäß Fig. 3.

In detail, there are now a variety of options for designing and developing the shunting honeycomb according to the invention and the individual honeycomb building blocks from which the shunting honeycomb is constructed. Reference is made to both the patent claims subordinate to claim 1 and to the following description of preferred exemplary embodiments in conjunction with the drawings. Show in the drawings

Fig. 1

an exemplary embodiment of a shunting honeycomb constructed from a plurality of honeycomb building blocks,

Fig. 2

a first exemplary embodiment of a single honeycomb building block,

Fig. 3

an embodiment of a single honeycomb building block with a larger cross section,

Fig. 4

a second embodiment of a single honeycomb building block with a larger cross section,

Fig. 5

two honeycomb building blocks according to Fig. 2 before and after assembly,

Fig. 6

two honeycomb building blocks according to Fig. 3 before and after assembly,

Fig. 7

a shunting honeycomb, consisting of two honeycomb building blocks according to Fig. 2 and two honeycomb building blocks according to Fig. 3 ,

Fig. 8

three interconnected honeycomb building blocks Fig. 2 ,

Fig. 9

a shunting honeycomb, composed of the in the Fig. 7 and 8th illustrated interconnected honeycomb building blocks, and

Fig. 10

an alternative design of a shunting honeycomb, consisting of two honeycomb building blocks Fig. 2 and according to a honeycomb building block Fig. 3 .

Fig. 1 shows an exemplary embodiment of a marshalling honeycomb 1 according to the invention, which has a plurality of different honeycomb building blocks 2, 2 ', 2", 2', 2'' and 2'', the individual honeycomb building blocks being directly connected to one another. The marshalling honeycomb 1 therefore does not have a fixed mounting frame, in whose individual chambers the individual honeycomb building blocks 2 are inserted, so that the number of individual honeycomb building blocks 2 and thus also the dimensions of the marshalling honeycomb 1 can be flexibly adapted to the respective requirements of a user and can also be easily changed if necessary Fig. 1 The illustrated embodiment of the marshalling honeycomb 1 has a rectangular base area, which results from the arrangement of the individual honeycomb building blocks 2, 2 ', 2", 2', 2'', 2'' relative to one another.

Fig. 2 shows a first exemplary embodiment of a single honeycomb building block 2, which has a box-shaped housing 3 with two end faces 4a, 4b and four side faces 5a, 5b, 5c and 5d. The individual side surfaces 5a, 5b, 5c, 5d each extend between the two end faces 4a, 4b and are each arranged at an angle of 90° to the end faces 4a, 4b. The honeycomb building block 2 or the housing 3 of the honeycomb building block 2 thus has a rectangular cross section, with a width B and a height H. In addition, the honeycomb building block 2 has a length or depth T. In the case of the honeycomb building block 2 shown, the dimensions W x H x D are, for example, 12 mm x 11 mm x 30 mm, although these dimensions are by no means restrictive.

The in Fig. 2 The honeycomb building block 2 shown with the dimensions H x W x D represents a type of “basic building block” of the marshalling honeycomb 1. All other honeycomb building blocks 2 of the marshalling honeycomb 1 either have the same dimensions, in particular the same cross section, as the honeycomb building block 2 or larger dimensions, in particular a larger cross section than the honeycomb building block 2, which will be discussed in more detail below.

On the front end face 4a of the honeycomb module 2, three connection areas 6, 6', 6" are provided, which are preferably designed as spring-loaded terminal connections. Each connection area 6, 6', 6" has a conductor insertion opening 7 and an actuating element 8 designed as a pusher. Three clamping springs are arranged within the housing 3, wherein by means of the clamping springs a stripped conductor inserted through the respective conductor insertion opening 7 can be clamped against a busbar also arranged in the housing 3 and thereby be connected to the busbar in an electrically conductive manner. The rear end face 4b can also have three connection areas. In addition, however, it is also possible for the two end faces 4a, 4b to have a different number of connection areas, for example for the rear end face 4b to have only two connection areas.

To connect the honeycomb building block 2 with other honeycomb building blocks, the in Fig. 2 Honeycomb building block 2 shown has at least one locking element on all four side surfaces 5a, 5b, 5c, 5d. As a result, the honeycomb building block 2 can be connected to a further honeycomb building block 2 on all of its four side surfaces 5a, 5b, 5c, 5d and thus both in the x-direction and in the z-direction in order to form a marshalling honeycomb 1, as shown in, for example Fig. 1 is shown to train.

At the in Fig. 2 In the illustrated embodiment of the honeycomb building block 2, four webs 9 are provided on the first side surface 5a, each of which has a dovetail-shaped cross section and is arranged at different positions, both in the x-direction and in the z-direction on the side surface 5a. In the exemplary embodiment shown, the individual webs 9 each have a longitudinal extension in the z direction, which corresponds to approximately 1/3 of the height H of the housing 3 or the honeycomb module 2. On the side surface 5c of the honeycomb building block 2 opposite the side surface 5a, grooves 10 corresponding to the webs 9 are formed, which also have a dovetail-shaped cross section, so that two honeycomb building blocks 2 can be arranged next to one another in the x direction. In addition, two locking lugs 11 are formed on the first side surface 5a, which interact with corresponding locking projections - not visible here - on the side surface 5c.

The upper side surface 5b has a groove 12 which extends approximately over the entire depth T of the honeycomb building block 2. Corresponding to the groove 12, a web 13 is formed on the lower side surface 5d of the honeycomb building block 2, so that two honeycomb building blocks 2 can be arranged one above the other in the z direction by the web 13 on the lower side surface 5d of an upper honeycomb building block 2 in the groove 12 the upper side surface 5b of a lower honeycomb building block 2 is inserted. In addition, two locking lugs 14 are formed on the lower side surface 5d of the housing 3, which cooperate with two locking projections 15 formed on the upper side surface 5b and thus prevent two interconnected honeycomb building blocks 2 from being accidentally released.

The 3 and 4 show two further exemplary embodiments of a honeycomb building block 2', 2", the honeycomb building blocks 2', 2" being compared to the one in Fig. 2 shown honeycomb building block 2, which has the same height H but both have a double width 2B, so that the cross section of the two honeycomb building blocks 2 ', 2" is twice as large as the cross section of the honeycomb building block 2.

At the in Fig. 3 In the honeycomb module 2' shown, the two end faces 4a, 4b each have two connection areas 6, 6'. Compared to the honeycomb building block 2 according to Fig. 2 the two connection areas 6, 6' are designed for connecting conductors with a larger cross section, so that the conductor insertion openings 7 also have a larger diameter. The honeycomb building block 2" according to Fig. 4 is intended for connecting a conductor with an even larger cross section, with the honeycomb module 2" having only one connection area 6, which has a correspondingly large conductor insertion opening 7. Inside the housing 3 of the two honeycomb modules 2 ', 2" there are corresponding ones - here conductor connection elements, not shown, are arranged, which in turn are spring-loaded terminal connections, so that each conductor insertion opening 7 is assigned a clamping spring which clamps a conductor inserted through the conductor insertion opening 7 against a busbar.

The two in the 3 and 4 The honeycomb building blocks 2' and 2" shown not only have a double width compared to the honeycomb building block 2 Fig. 2 but also a slightly larger depth T1. The depth T1 of the two However, unlike the width, the honeycomb building blocks 2', 2" are not twice as large as the depth T of the honeycomb building block 2 Fig. 2 . In the present case, the depth T1 of the two honeycomb building blocks 2', 2" is approximately 25% greater than the depth T of the honeycomb building block 2, although this dimension is in no way restrictive. It is easily possible for the depth of the two honeycomb building blocks 2' , 2" is even larger, or that the honeycomb building blocks 2' and 2" have different depths.

The two in the 3 and 4 The illustrated embodiments of the honeycomb building blocks 2', 2" each have four webs 9 and two latching lugs 11 on their first side surface 5a, the shape and arrangement of which correspond to the webs 9 or latching lugs 11 of the honeycomb building block 2 Fig. 2 are equivalent to. The same also applies to the grooves 10 and locking projections formed on the opposite side surface 5c, so that the in Fig. 2 shown honeycomb building block 2 in the x direction not only with another, identical honeycomb building block 2 but also with the in Fig. 3 honeycomb building block 2 'shown or the one in Fig. 4 The honeycomb module 2" shown can be connected. Due to the corresponding arrangement and design of the webs 9 and the grooves 10 as well as the locking lugs 11 and the locking projections, the ones in the 3 and 4 The two honeycomb building blocks 2' and 2" shown can be connected directly to one another in the x direction.

On the upper side surface 5b, the two honeycomb blocks 2', 2" have two grooves 12, to which two corresponding webs 13 are formed on the lower side surface 5d. This initially leads to the two honeycomb blocks 2' and 2" also being in z -Direction can be connected to each other, for example by inserting the two webs 13 on the lower side surface 5d of the honeycomb building block 2 'into the two corresponding grooves 12 on the upper side surface 5b of the honeycomb building block 2". Via the locking lugs 14 formed on the lower side surface 5d and the locking projections 15 formed on the upper side surface 5b in turn lock the two interconnected honeycomb building blocks 2', 2", so that the two honeycomb building blocks 2', 2" cannot be unintentionally separated from one another again.

Because the honeycomb building block 2' - just like the honeycomb building block 2" - has two grooves 12 on its upper side surface 5b and two webs 13 on its lower side surface 5d, the honeycomb building block 2' can also be fitted with two honeycomb building blocks 2 in the z direction Fig. 1 be connected, like this for example Fig. 7 is visible. The two in the 3 and 4 shown honeycomb building blocks 2 ', 2", the width of which is twice as large as the width of the in Fig. 2 The honeycomb building block 2 shown here therefore has a double number of locking elements 12, 13 - namely two - on the two side surfaces 5b, 5d with twice the width compared to the honeycomb building block 2 Fig. 2 on. Doubling the width of the honeycomb building block 2', 2" also results in a doubling of the number of locking elements 12, 13 formed on the corresponding side surfaces 5b, 5d, which ensures that a honeycomb building block 2 with the width B also has a honeycomb building block 2', 2" can be connected to the width 2B.

The previously described multiplication of the number of locking elements on two side surfaces also applies in the event that a honeycomb building block has a double height 2H. In this case, the two side surfaces 5a, 5c would have one in comparison to the design in the honeycomb building block 2 Fig. 2 double number of locking webs 9 and locking grooves 10 as well as locking lugs 11 and corresponding locking recesses are formed. The same principle also applies to honeycomb building blocks whose width and/or height is not only twice the base width B or the base height H but an integer multiple, for example three times or four times. This applies regardless of the specific design of the individual locking elements, as long as the locking elements are designed to correspond to one another. Instead of the webs 9 formed on the first side surface 5a, locking pins could, for example, also be provided, in which case locking openings corresponding to the locking pins would then be formed on the opposite, third side surface 5c instead of the grooves 10.

In Fig. 5a are two honeycomb building blocks 2 according to Fig. 2 shown, whereby the arrow shows how the two honeycomb building blocks 2 are put together when the two honeycomb building blocks 2 are to be arranged next to one another in the x direction. Fig. 5b shows the two honeycomb building blocks 2 after they have been connected to one another to form a structural unit made up of two in the x direction honeycomb building blocks 2 arranged next to each other. The two honeycomb building blocks 2 are connected by joining the webs 9 on the side surface 5a of the first honeycomb building block 2 with the grooves 10 on the side surface 5c of the second honeycomb building block 2.

Fig. 6 shows two honeycomb building blocks 2 'according to Fig. 3 before and after joining. Here too, the in Fig. 6a arrows show how the two honeycomb building blocks 2 'are pushed together to form a structural unit with two honeycomb building blocks 2' arranged one above the other in the z direction Fig. 6b to obtain. The connection takes place via the webs 13 formed on the lower side surface 5d of one honeycomb building block 2' and the grooves 12 formed on the upper side surface 5b of the other honeycomb building block 2'.

In Fig. 7 A marshalling honeycomb 1 is shown, which consists of the two in Fig. 5b honeycomb building blocks 2 shown and the two in Fig. 6b honeycomb building blocks 2 'shown. The two honeycomb building blocks 2 are connected with their webs 13 formed on the lower side surface 5d to the grooves 12 formed on the upper side surface 5b of the upper honeycomb building block 2 '. When assembled, the locking lugs 14 arranged on the lower side surfaces 5d of the two honeycomb building blocks 2 engage behind the locking projections 15 formed on the upper side surface 5b of the honeycomb building block 2'. Based on the illustration Fig. 7 It is also immediately apparent that the two honeycomb building blocks 2 'each have twice the width of a honeycomb building block 2. It can also be seen that the depth T1 of the honeycomb building blocks 2 'is greater than the depth T of the honeycomb building blocks 2.

In Fig. 8 is an arrangement of three honeycomb building blocks 2 according to Fig. 2 shown one above the other in the z direction. These three interconnected honeycomb building blocks 2 can then, for example, be attached laterally to the in Fig. 7 shunting honeycomb 1 shown can be added so that the total in Fig. 9 shunting honeycomb 1 shown is created, which consists of five individual shunting honeycombs 2 according to Fig. 2 and two shunting honeycombs 2 'according to Fig. 3 consists. The width and height of the in Fig. 9 The maneuvering honeycomb 1 shown corresponds to three times the width and three times the height of a honeycomb building block 2 (basic building block). From the representation in the Fig. 5 to 9 It is therefore clear that through the respective By adding further, suitable honeycomb building blocks 2, 2' or 2" in the x direction and/or in the z direction, a shunting honeycomb 1 can be constructed, which can be easily adapted to the respective requirements. This also allows the size of the shunting honeycomb 1 and The number of connectable conductors can be easily determined individually and changed if necessary.

With those in the Fig. 2 to 9 In the exemplary embodiments shown, the distance between the locking elements of the respective side surfaces 5a - 5d and the first end face 4a in the honeycomb building blocks 2 with a smaller depth T corresponds to the distance between the respective locking elements in the corresponding side surfaces 5a - 5d and the first end face 4a in the honeycomb building blocks 2 ', 2" with a larger one Depth T1, so that after several honeycomb building blocks 2, 2 'have been joined together to form a marshalling honeycomb 1, the first end faces 4a of the individual honeycomb building blocks 2, 2' all lie in one plane, as shown in FIG Fig. 7 and 9 is visible.

In contrast, in Fig. 10 an exemplary embodiment of two honeycomb building blocks 2 and one honeycomb building block 2 'is shown, in which the locking elements 9 of the respective side surfaces 5a - 5b are arranged symmetrically to the longitudinal extent of the honeycomb building blocks 2, 2'. This means that the two end faces 4a, 4b of the honeycomb building block 2 with a smaller depth T in the longitudinal direction, ie in the direction of the y-axis, are both at the same distance from the end faces 4a, 4b of the honeycomb building block 2 'with a greater depth T1.

In the Fig. 1 The maneuvering honeycomb 1 shown has, in addition to a plurality of honeycomb building blocks 2 arranged one above the other in two rows Fig. 2 and several honeycomb building blocks 2 'according to Fig. 3 also two honeycomb building blocks 2" according to Fig. 4 on. In addition, the marshalling honeycomb 1 has several honeycomb building blocks 2‴, in which the first end face 4a each has two connection areas 6, 6′ in the form of a plug contact connection. These plug contact connections are used to accommodate and electrically contact corresponding plugs 16, which in turn have conductor insertion openings 17 for inserting electrical conductors. From the illustration of the marshalling honeycomb 1 according to Fig. 1 It can also be seen that, depending on the design of the connection areas 6, differently designed plugs 16, 16 ', 16" can be connected to the respective honeycomb modules.

While the honeycomb building blocks 2', 2" and 2' only have twice the width compared to the honeycomb building blocks 2, the honeycomb building blocks 2ʺʺ have both a double width and a double height compared to the honeycomb building blocks 2. The honeycomb building blocks 2ʺʺ have an approximately square connection area 6 for connecting corresponding plugs with a corresponding plug face. The honeycomb building blocks 2ʺ‴ have a width four times that of the honeycomb building blocks 2, with the in Fig.1 The honeycomb blocks 2ʺ‴ shown are used to connect corresponding plugs 16‴, the width and height of which are doubled in comparison to the width and height of the plugs 16′.

From the Fig. 1 It can therefore be seen that the marshalling honeycomb 1 can be constructed from a large number of different honeycomb building blocks 2, 2', 2", 2', 2"", 2"", depending on the application and customer requirements, with the individual honeycomb building blocks 2, 2', 2", 2‴, 2ʺʺ, 2"" can have different dimensions and therefore different sizes and different numbers of connection areas 6, 6', 6". The size of the marshalling honeycomb 1 can also be easily changed if necessary by adding honeycomb building blocks 2, removed or replaced.

Finally it's over Fig. 1 It can still be seen that the maneuvering honeycomb 1 shown has several end elements 18 on two sides, the individual end elements 18 being connected to the adjacent honeycomb building blocks via corresponding locking elements. In the exemplary embodiment shown, the individual end elements 18 each have two grooves 19a, 19b, which serve to accommodate corresponding marking signs.

Claims (8)

1. Patchboard having a plurality of honeycomb components (2, 2', 2", 2‴, 2ʺʺ, 2ʺʺ), wherein the individual honeycomb components (2, 2', 2", 2‴, 2ʺʺ, 2"") each have a box-shaped housing (3) with two end surfaces (4a, 4b) and four side surfaces (5a, 5b, 5c, 5d) which extend between the end surfaces (4a, 4b), and wherein the two end surfaces (4a, 4b) of the honeycomb components (2, 2', 2", 2‴, 2ʺʺ, 2ʺʺ) each have at least one connecting area (6, 6', 6"), and

   wherein at least two honeycomb components (2, 2', 2", 2‴, 2ʺʺ, 2ʺʺ) have different cross-sections, wherein the width and/or the height of a honeycomb component (2', 2", 2‴, 2ʺʺ, 2ʺ‴) with a larger cross-section is a multiple of the width and/or the height of a honeycomb component (2) with a smaller cross-section,

   characterized in

   that all the side surfaces (5a, 5b, 5c, 5d) of the honeycomb components (2, 2', 2", 2‴, 2"", 2"") each have at least one latching element (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15) for connecting to another honeycomb component (2, 2', 2", 2‴, 2ʺʺ, 2""),

   that the number of latching elements (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15) of a side surface (5a, 5b, 5c, 5d) of greater width or greater height of a honeycomb component (2', 2", 2‴, 2"", 2ʺ‴) with a larger cross-section is a corresponding multiple of the number of latching elements (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15) of a side surface (5a, 5b, 5c, 5d) with a smaller width or smaller height of a honeycomb components (2) with a smaller cross-section,

   that the latching elements (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15) designed on side surfaces (5a, 5c; 5b, 5d) that are opposite to one another, are designed to correspond with one another, and

   that the longitudinal extent of the latching elements (9, 10) on the lateral side surfaces (5a, 5c) differs from the longitudinal extent of the latching elements (12, 13) on the upper side surface (5b) and the lower side surface (5d).
2. Patchboard according to claim 1, characterized in that honeycomb components (2, 2', 2", 2‴, 2ʺʺ, 2ʺ‴) with different cross sections have a different number of connecting areas (6, 6', 6") and/or connecting areas (6, 6', 6") of different sizes.
3. Patchboard according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that at least two socket blocks (2, 2', 2") have different depths.
4. Patchboard according to claim 3, characterized in that the distance of the latching elements (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15) of the respective side surface (5a, 5b, 5c, 5d) to the first end surface (4a) in the case of a honeycomb component (2) with a smaller depth corresponds to the distance of the latching elements (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15) of the corresponding side surface (5a, 5b, 5c, 5d) to the first end surface (4a) in the case of a honeycomb component (2', 2") with greater depth, so that the first end surfaces (4a) of the individual honeycomb components (2, 2', 2") all lie in one plane.
5. Patchboard according to claim 3, characterized in that the latching elements (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15) of the respective side surface (5a, 5b, 5c, 5d) are arranged symmetrically to the longitudinal extension of a respective honeycomb component (2, 2'), so that both end surfaces (4a, 4b) of a honeycomb component (2) with a smaller depth are at an equal distance in the longitudinal direction to the end surfaces (4a, 4b) of an adjacent honeycomb component (2') with a greater depth.
6. Patchboard according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the latching elements (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15) of the individual honeycomb components (2, 2', 2", 2‴, 2"", 2ʺ‴) are designed in the form of latching pins, latching openings, arms (9, 13), grooves (10, 12), detents (11, 14), or latching projections (15).
7. Patchboard according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that a plurality of honeycomb components (2, 2', 2", 2‴, 2"", 2ʺ‴) are arranged and connected to one another in each of two mutually different directions of the patchboard (1).
8. Patchboard according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that a plurality of end elements (18) are arranged on at least one side of the patchboard (1) and are connected to the adjacent honeycomb components (2, 2', 2", 2‴, 2ʺʺ, 2ʺ‴) via latching elements (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15).

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