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Granted Patent B2
US 10,700,464 · App. 16/099,859 · Granted Jun 30, 2020

Device for a busbar system

Inventor: Philipp Steinberger (Coburg, DE)
Assignee: WOEHNER GMBH & CO., KG ELEKTROTECHNISCHE SYSTEME
H01R13/447H01R9/2458H01R9/28H01R13/506H01R25/162H02B1/044H02B1/052H02B1/056H02B1/0523H01R13/6691
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Patent No.
US 10,700,464
App. No.
16/099,859
Granted
Jun 30, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Device for a busbar system, wherein a housing of the device comprises, on one housing side, electrical connection contacts which are configured in such a way that they are passable through feed-through openings of a contact protection baseplate module of the busbar system and are insertable into uniformly spaced contact openings located below the feed-through openings of busbar modules provided inside the baseplate module for producing a direct electrical and mechanical connection to the busbar modules.

Claims (31)

1. A device for a busbar system, wherein a housing of the device comprises electrical connection contacts on a housing side which are configured such that they are passable through feed-through openings of a contact protection base plate module of the busbar system and are insertable into uniformly spaced contact openings of busbar modules located below the feed-through openings provided inside the base plate module for producing a direct electrical and mechanical connection to the busbar modules,

wherein associated contact protection ribs running in parallel thereto are provided on the housing of the device for the electrical connection contacts, and

wherein the spacing between two lateral contact protection ribs and the associated electrical connection contact arranged therebetween corresponds to the spacing between two feed-through openings within the cover plate of the baseplate module or the spacing between two feed-through openings within the cover plate of the baseplate module corresponds to the spacing between two contact openings within a busbar module, such that an array of the electrical connection contacts and the two lateral associated contact protection ribs corresponds to the array of the feed-through openings within the cover plate of the base plate module and to the array of the contact openings within the busbar modules.

2. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the device is an electrical, electronic or electromechanical device which is supplied with power by means of the electrically connected busbar modules, and/or communicates with other devices of the busbar system by means of the electrically connected busbar modules.

3. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the connection contacts of the device are V-shaped or finger-shaped and are each passable through slot-shaped feed-through openings of a cover plate of the base plate module and are insertable into the underlying contact openings.

4. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the housing of the device comprises an integrally formed web to which a mounting or top-hat rail is attached.

5. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the device comprises first electrical connection contacts for supplying power to the device and second electrical connection contacts for communicating with other devices of the busbar system.

6. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the device comprises an integrated transceiver which is configured to exchange information data with other devices of the busbar system by means of Powerline Communication by means of the connection contacts of the device which are inserted into the busbar modules, or by means of a radio interface.

7. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the device comprises:

a motor control unit,

a measuring device,

a display device,

a power supply,

a securing device,

a switch disconnector,

a fuse-switch disconnector,

a surge protection device,

a lightning protection device,

a communication device,

a residual current circuit breaker, and

an interference suppression device.

8. The device according to claim 1 , wherein further contact protection ribs are provided in parallel in the corresponding array of the feed-through openings or contact openings.

9. The device according to claim 1 , wherein polarity reversal protection ribs for a correct connection to the busbar system are provided on the housing of the device.

10. A device for a busbar system, wherein a housing of the device comprises electrical connection contacts on a housing side which are configured such that they are passable through feed-through openings of a contact protection base plate module of the busbar system and are insertable into uniformly spaced contact openings of busbar modules located below the feed-through openings provided inside the base plate module for producing a direct electrical and mechanical connection to the busbar modules, and latching means are additionally attached to the housing of the device, which are latchable onto a cover plate of the base plate module and/or into latching webs of the contact protection base plate module running in parallel to the busbar modules.

11. The device according to claim 10 , wherein the device is an electrical, electronic or electromechanical device which is supplied with power by means of the electrically connected busbar modules, and/or communicates with other devices of the busbar system by means of the electrically connected busbar modules.

12. The device according to claim 10 , wherein associated contact protection ribs running in parallel thereto are provided on the housing of the device for the electrical connection contacts.

13. The device according to claim 12 , wherein the spacing between two lateral contact protection ribs and the associated electrical connection contact arranged therebetween corresponds to the spacing between two feed-through openings within the cover plate of the baseplate module or the spacing between two feed-through openings within the cover plate of the baseplate module corresponds to the spacing between two contact openings within a busbar module, such that an array of the electrical connection contacts and the two lateral associated contact protection ribs corresponds to the array of the feed-through openings within the cover plate of the base plate module and to the array of the contact openings within the busbar modules.

14. The device according to claim 10 , wherein polarity reversal protection ribs for a correct connection to the busbar system are provided on the housing of the device.

15. A device for a busbar system, wherein a housing of the device comprises electrical connection contacts on a housing side which are configured such that they are passable through feed-through openings of a contact protection base plate module of the busbar system and are insertable into uniformly spaced contact openings of busbar modules located below the feed-through openings provided inside the base plate module for producing a direct electrical and mechanical connection to the busbar modules, and polarity reversal protection ribs for a correct connection to the busbar system are provided on the housing of the device.

16. The device according to claim 15 , wherein associated contact protection ribs running in parallel thereto are provided on the housing of the device for the electrical connection contacts.

17. The device according to claim 16 , wherein the spacing between two lateral contact protection ribs and the associated electrical connection contact arranged therebetween corresponds to the spacing between two feed-through openings within the cover plate of the baseplate module or the spacing between two feed-through openings within the cover plate of the baseplate module corresponds to the spacing between two contact openings within a busbar module, such that an array of the electrical connection contacts and the two lateral associated contact protection ribs corresponds to the array of the feed-through openings within the cover plate of the base plate module and to the array of the contact openings within the busbar modules.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 11, 2026
From: WÖHNER GMBH & CO. KG ELEKTROTECHNISCHE SYSTEME
To: WÖHNER BESITZ GMBH
Reel/Frame 074786/0341 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 3, 2018
From: STEINBERGER, PHILIPP
To: WOEHNER GMBH & CO. KG ELEKTROTECHNISCHE SYSTEME
Reel/Frame 047650/0254 →
Priority Claims (2)
EP 16169977 · May 17, 2016 · regional
EP 17153517 · Jan 27, 2017 · regional
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190115676A1 · Apr 18, 2019