RU-2861376-C1 - WEDGE SOCKET FOR PLUG WITH GRAVITATIONAL CONTACT RETENTION

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Abstract

FIELD: electricity. SUBSTANCE: invention relates to a wedge socket for a plug with gravitational contact retention. The socket comprises a housing, contact current-carrying elements of the socket, fasteners for the power supply wires of the socket to the current-carrying contact elements of the socket, a plug housing and contact current-carrying elements of the plug, fasteners for the power supply wires of the plug to the contact current-carrying elements of the plug, a recess is made in the socket housing, in which the contact current-carrying elements of the socket are placed, the contact surfaces of which form parts of the surface of the socket wedge, the contact current-carrying elements of the plug are placed on the outside of the plug housing, the contact surfaces of which form parts of the surface of the plug wedge, and all opening angles of the socket wedge coincide with all corresponding opening angles of the plug wedge. EFFECT: eliminating additional mechanical forces when mating the current-carrying contacts of the plug and socket due to gravitational elements, as well as eliminating spark discharges due to increasing the contact area. 1 cl, 7 dwg

Inventors

Kuzin Aleksandr Gennadevich

Dates

Publication Date: 20260505
Application Date: 20250703

Claims (1)

A wedge-type socket for a plug with gravity contact retention, comprising a socket body, conductive contact elements of the socket, and fastenings for the power supply wires of the socket to the conductive contact elements of the socket; a plug housing and the contact current-carrying elements of the plug, fastening the power wires of the plug to the contact current-carrying elements of the plug, characterized in that a recess is made in the housing of the socket in which the contact current-carrying elements of the socket are placed, the contact surfaces of which form parts of the surface of the wedge of the socket, contact current-carrying elements of the plug are placed outside the housing of the plug, the contact surfaces of which form parts of the surface of the wedge of the plug, all opening angles of the wedge of the socket coincide with all the corresponding opening angles of the wedge of the plug, the dimensions of the intermediate dielectric surfaces between the contact current-carrying surfaces of the socket are such that during the process of combining the contact current-carrying elements of the plug until complete contact with the contact current-carrying elements of the socket, there is no overlap of the intermediate dielectric surfaces by any of the contact current-carrying elements of the plug in any direction, the housing of the socket and the housing of the plug are made with gravitational elements that ensure contact retention the conductive elements of the plug with the conductive elements of the socket, the socket body contains a fastening for stationary orientation of the socket relative to the direction of action of gravitational forces, the plug is made with a mass such that the force of gravity of the plug is greater than the weight of the cable with power wires and the frictional force generated when the plug moves along the socket, the socket body and the contact conductive elements of the socket contain an additional recess for moving the power wire of the plug to the center of the inner surface of the socket and its contact conductive elements, wherein the power wires of the plug are fixed at the top of a truncated wedge of the surface of the plug body and its contact conductive elements, the base of the wedge surface of the plug is covered with a dielectric material, that the strips of the contact conductive elements of the socket and the plug are located so that the planes passing through their central lines are perpendicular to the central axis of the truncated wedge, wherein the minimum distance between N contact conductive elements of the socket is greater than the maximum width of the strip of any of the N-1 contact conductive elements forks.

Description

The invention relates to conductive connections between two or more conductors in direct contact, namely to a wedge socket and a plug with gravity contact retention. A device is known (RU Patent No. 2682286) for transmitting data through a drill joint connection, adapted to be placed in a wellbore, wherein the device comprises: a first data transmission element connected to a first well component having a first connecting element of the tool, which contains a first outer surface, a recess in the first outer surface extending along the circumference of the first connecting element of the tool, and a bayonet connection pin mounted on the outer surface of the first connecting element of the tool and extending therefrom; a second data transmission element connected to a second well component having a second connecting element of the tool, which contains a second outer surface, a recess in the second outer surface extending along the circumference of the second connecting element of the tool, and a groove adapted to receive the bayonet connection pin of the first connecting element of the tool; a plurality of protective covers, each of which comprises: an outer surface which is part of a cylinder; wherein the first recess of the first connecting element of the tool and the second recess of the second connecting element of the tool are configured to receive a protective casing; the first data transmission element comprises one of the male element of the coaxial connector and the female element of the coaxial connector, and the second data transmission element comprises the other of the male element of the coaxial connector and the female element of the coaxial connector; wherein each of the female element of the coaxial connector and the male element of the coaxial connector comprises a plurality of concentric contacts, wherein the plurality of female concentric contacts are configured to be mated with the plurality of male concentric contacts; and wherein the electrical connection between the female element of the coaxial connector and the male element of the coaxial connector is formed during the formation of the drill joint connection by mating the first connecting element of the tool and the second connecting element of the tool. The disadvantage of this device is the application of significant external force during direct mating of contacts, as well as poor contact due to the possibility of contamination of the contact surface during direct mating of one surface with another. The technical objective of the proposed solution is to eliminate contamination of the contact surface due to the displacement of contacts relative to each other during mating, to reduce additional mechanical forces when mating the conductive contacts of the plug and socket due to gravitational elements, and to eliminate spark discharges by increasing the contact area. The technical result of the claimed solution is the elimination of additional mechanical forces when mating the conductive contacts of the plug and socket due to gravitational elements, as well as the elimination of spark discharges due to an increase in the contact area. The said technical result is achieved by the fact that a wedge socket for a plug with gravity contact retention is proposed, comprising a socket housing, contact conductive elements of the socket, fastenings of the power supply wires of the socket to the conductive contact elements of the socket; a plug housing and contact current-carrying elements of a plug, fastening the power wires of a plug to the contact current-carrying elements of a plug, characterized in that, in the housing of the socket there is a recess in which the contact current-carrying elements of the socket are placed, the contact surfaces of which form parts of the surface of the wedge of the socket, contact current-carrying elements of the plug are placed outside the housing of the plug, the contact surfaces of which form parts of the surface of the wedge of the plug, all opening angles of the wedge of the socket coincide with all the corresponding opening angles of the wedge of the plug, the dimensions of the intermediate dielectric surfaces between the contact current-carrying surfaces of the socket are such that in the process of combining the contact current-carrying elements of the plug until complete contact with the contact current-carrying elements of the socket, there is no overlap of the intermediate dielectric surfaces by any of the contact current-carrying elements of the plug in any direction, the housing of the socket and the housing of the plug are made with gravitational elements that ensure that the contact of the current-carrying elements is maintained elements of the plug with the conductive elements of the socket, the body of the socket contains a fastening for stationary orientation of the socket relative to the direction of action of gravitational forces, the plug is made with a mass such that the gravitational for