Attachment/detachment structure for electromagnetic contactor and accessory unit and assembly method for movable hook portion provided in accessory unit

{
  "publication_number": "US9019051B2",
  "country": "US",
  "kind": "B2",
  "title": "Attachment/detachment structure for electromagnetic contactor and accessory unit and assembly method for movable hook portion provided in accessory unit",
  "abstract": "A movable hook portion (13) provided in a unit side coupling surface (2 a) of an accessory unit (2) includes a hook portion main body (14), which is formed with a movable claw (23 a) and a pressed piece (22), and a straight spring (15), slidably accommodates the hook portion main body (14) in a main body accommodation concave portion (16) formed in the unit side coupling surface (2 a), and accommodates the straight spring (15) in a spring accommodation concave portion (17 a) formed in the unit side coupling surface (2 a) so as to be orthogonal to a sliding direction of the hook portion main body (14), with a middle portion in a length direction of the spring being engaged with the hook portion main body (14). When the hook portion main body (14) is slid in a disengaging direction which brings the movable claw (23 a) and a hooking hole (8 a) of an electromagnetic contactor (1) into a disengaged state by pressing the pressed piece (24), an elastic restoring force of the straight spring (15) elastically deformed into a bow-like shape acts on the hook portion main body (14) in a direction opposite to the disengaging direction.",
  "claims": [
    "1. An attachment/detachment structure for an electromagnetic contactor and an accessory unit, comprising: a plurality of hooking holes formed in a main body side coupling surface of the electromagnetic contactor, and a movable hook portion and a fixed hook portion protruding from a unit side coupling surface of the accessory unit at positions corresponding to the hooking holes and having claws, the accessory unit being attached to the electromagnetic contactor by engaging the claws of the fixed hook portion and the movable hook portion with the hooking holes, wherein the movable hook portion includes a hook portion main body formed with a movable claw and a pressed piece, and a straight spring; the hook portion main body is slidably accommodated in a main body accommodation concave portion formed in the unit side coupling surface; and the straight spring is accommodated in a spring accommodation concave portion formed in the unit side coupling surface to be orthogonal to a sliding direction of the hook portion main body, a middle portion in a length direction of the straight spring engaging with the hook portion main body, and wherein when the pressed piece is pressed and the hook portion main body slides in a disengaging direction to bring the movable claw and one of the hooking holes into a disengaged state, an elastic restoring force from elastically deforming the straight spring into a bow-like shape acts on the hook portion main body in a direction opposite to the disengaging direction.",
    "2. An attachment/detachment structure for an electromagnetic contactor and an accessory unit according to claim 1, wherein a spring holding piece holding an end portion of the straight spring is formed as a shape covering a part of an opening portion of an end portion of the spring accommodation concave portion, and a hole communicating with an inside of the accessory unit is formed at the end portion of the spring accommodation concave portion to be covered by the spring holding piece.",
    "3. An assembly method for a movable hook portion provided in an accessory unit formed in a unit side coupling surface of the accessory unit to engage a movable claw with a hooking hole formed in a main body side coupling surface of an electromagnetic contactor, wherein the movable hook portion comprises a slide plate formed with the movable claw, a straight spring, a slide plate accommodation concave portion formed in the unit side coupling surface and slidably accommodating the slide plate, a spring accommodation concave portion linearly formed in the unit side coupling surface continuously from the slide plate accommodation concave portion to be orthogonal to a sliding direction of the slide plate and accommodating the straight spring, a step portion formed at a bottom portion of the slide plate accommodation concave portion and regulating a sliding amount of the slide plate, and a detachment prevention portion preventing the slide plate from detaching from the slide plate accommodation concave portion by engaging with the slide plate, the assembly method comprising: accommodating the slide plate, in a condition of being placed on the step portion, in the slide plate accommodation concave portion without engaging the slide plate with the detachment prevention portion; sliding the slide plate to move the slide plate down from the step portion and regulating the sliding amount using the step portion to maintain a state of the engagement with the detachment prevention portion; and accommodating the straight spring in the spring accommodation concave portion while engaging the straight spring with the slide plate.",
    "4. An assembly method for a movable hook portion provided in an accessory unit according to claim 3, wherein the detachment prevention portion is a notch formed in a vicinity of the slide plate accommodation concave portion and holding the slide plate.",
    "5. An assembly method for a movable hook portion provided in an accessory unit according to claim 3, wherein the detachment prevention portion is a holding protrusion piece formed to protrude for covering a part of the slide plate accommodation concave portion and sandwiching the slide plate with the bottom portion of the slide plate accommodation concave portion.",
    "6. An assembly method for a movable hook portion provided in an accessory unit according to claim 3, wherein a guide wall guiding the straight spring to the spring accommodation concave portion is formed at an opening edge portion of the spring accommodation concave portion, and the straight spring is slid along the guide wall to be accommodated in the spring accommodation concave portion."
  ],
  "description_excerpt": "The present invention relates to an attachment/detachment structure for an electromagnetic contactor and an accessory unit, and an assembly method for a movable hook portion provided in the accessory unit.\n\nTo an electromagnetic contactor, various accessory units are attached in accordance with a user's request. As a conventional attachment/detachment structure for the electromagnetic contactor and the accessory unit, there is known, e.g., Patent Document 1.\n\nIn an electromagnetic contactor of Patent Document 1, there is formed a pair of coupling pieces on the main body protruding in an L shape on a main body side coupling surface to which an accessory unit is coupled. In addition, in the accessory unit, there is formed a pair of coupling pieces on the unit protruding in a shape obtained by inverting the L shape of the coupling pieces on the main body on a unit side coupling surface to which the electromagnetic contactor is coupled.\n\nWhen the accessory unit is attached to the electromagnetic contactor, the coupling surface of the unit of the accessory unit is gradually slid from an edge portion of the coupling surface of the main body of the electromagnetic contactor such that the unit side coupling pieces move toward the coupling pieces on the main body, and the unit side coupling pieces are engaged with the coupling pieces on the main body, whereby the accessory unit is attached to the electromagnetic contactor.",
  "cpc": [
    "H01H 50/045",
    "F16B 45/026",
    "F16B 45/029",
    "H01H 50/541",
    "H01H 50/546",
    "H01H 9/20",
    "Y10T 24/4544",
    "Y10T 29/49826"
  ],
  "ipc": [
    "H01H 13/04",
    "H01H 50/04",
    "H01H 50/54",
    "H01H 9/02",
    "H01H 9/20"
  ],
  "assignees": [
    "Fuji Electric FA Components and Systems Co Ltd"
  ],
  "inventors": [
    "Kouetsu Takaya",
    "Koji Okubo",
    "Yasuhiro Naka",
    "Kenji Suzuki"
  ],
  "filing_date": "2010-09-13",
  "publication_date": "2015-04-28",
  "grant_date": "2015-04-28",
  "priority_date": "2010-01-27",
  "application_number": "US-201013499562-A",
  "family_id": "44318777",
  "cited_by_count": 0,
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