Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
439121000 | FOR INTERFITTING WITH UNINTERRUPTED SUPPORT RAIL OR UNINTERRUPTED CONTACT | 35 |
20090311891 | Voltage tap apparatus for series connected conductive case battery cells - A voltage tap apparatus functions as both a voltage tap and a cell isolator for conductive case battery cells that are joined end-to-end in a series chain. The apparatus includes conductive leadframe elements partially encased in a plastic frame that engages the joined cells about their juncture, with portions of the lead-frame elements exposed to electrically contact the conductive cases of the cells. In a first embodiment, the plastic frame is in the form of a hinged clamp that closes about the juncture of the cells, and the lead-frame elements are routed to terminals formed on one end of the frame. In a second embodiment, the plastic frame and a connector are mounted on a printed circuit board and the leadframe elements in the plastic frame couple the battery cells to the connector. | 12-17-2009 |
20100151711 | Element for coupling a lighting appliance to an electric rail - An element for coupling a lighting appliance to an electrified rail includes two separate components, the first of which exclusively provides the electrical connection to the electrified rail, and the second of which is mechanically separate from the first component and is of essentially of box form. In one embodiment, the second component includes a U-shaped bracket configured to clamp to the electrified rail from the outside, to support the lighting appliance, and to house electrical components, each lateral flange of the clamping bracket having an inner surface that is partially shaped to be complementary to the outer surface of the rail. The second component further includes a U-shaped bracket configured to interlink with the clamping bracket and to confine the volume defined by the clamping bracket that is not taken by the rail. | 06-17-2010 |
20100233893 | CONNECTION MODULE AND SWITCHING DEVICE HAVING A CONNECTION MODULE - The invention relates to a connection module, particularly for use between a switching device and a busbar adapter, having a base plate, comprising a plurality of contacts disposed parallel to each other and parallel to a longitudinal axis of the base plate, wherein the contacts have contact ends configured as input and output sections, which are positioned substantially in the same plane, wherein the contact ends forming the input sections are disposed on one side of the base plate and the contact ends forming the output sections are disposed on the opposite side of the base plate, wherein the contact ends defining the output sections extend vertically to the base plate, and are configured as plug-in contacts, and wherein the contacts are guided through slots in the base plate, and the contact ends representing the input sections are provided parallel to each other and are aligned in a contact opening arrangement of the busbar adapter, which is configured in a mirror-symmetrical manner to a transverse axis. | 09-16-2010 |
20110065295 | ADAPTER FOR ACCOMMODATING ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION DEVICES AND FOR FIXING TO A CONDUCTOR RAIL SYSTEM - The invention relates to an adapter for accommodating electrical installation devices and for fixing to a conductor rail system, comprising a housing which is made of plastics material and comprises an upper housing wall on which means for mounting an electrical installation device are provided, comprising feet for fixing to the conductor rail system by gripping, comprising a first contact member for connecting the electrical installation device, the first contact member extending at least substantially within the housing, and comprising a second contact member, electrically connected to the first contact member, for contacting a respective one of the conductor rails of a conductor rail system, characterised in that the housing comprises a guide recess, the second contact member being provided so as to be displaceable along said recess within the housing, in that the second contact member comprises a guide means and catch means, and in that catch recesses, with which the catch means of the second contact member can be brought into engagement, are provided in predetermined catch positions of the housing. | 03-17-2011 |
20110070755 | METAL PROTECTIVE GROUND CONDUCTOR CONNECTION DEVICE - A ground conductor includes a conductor body formed from a sheet of conductive metal material of a given thickness, the conductor body having a horizontal base portion, and a pair of downwardly extending vertical leg portions that contain opposed mounting rail cavities that terminate at one end in a pair of flange recesses. A vertical tongue portion extends downwardly from the conductor body transversely across the leg portions at the other end of the cavities, the tongue portion having a width that is greater than the thickness of the metal sheet. When the conductor body is mounted on the mounting rail with one flange extending within the recesses, a spring biases the conductor body in a direction to effect electrical engagement between the other rail flange portion and the adjacent surface of the tongue portion. | 03-24-2011 |
20110104916 | Plug-In Outlet (PIO) With Floating Fingerguard - A plug-in outlet for a busway system has a base mounted to a busway housing, wherein the base has an opening into which an electrical stab extends from a busbar of the busway system. A fingerguard is mounted to the base into the opening and has self-aligning features achieved by built-in tolerances. The fingerguard includes a central barrier for shielding a leading end of the electrical stab, the central barrier extending from side walls of the fingerguard and being separated by respective gaps from a top wall and a bottom wall of the fingerguard. The fingerguard further includes a top back latch and a bottom back latch for attaching the fingerguard to the stab, the top back latch and the bottom back latch extending from respective ones of the top wall and the bottom wall toward the stab and retaining the stab toward the fingerguard. | 05-05-2011 |
20110300725 | Busbar Electrical Power Connector - A dual pole busbar power connector including opposing elements configured to form a slot configured to receive a dual-pole blade therebetween. The slot extends from busbars to opposing element distal ends. The opposing elements each includes: a first contact extending into the slot from the opposing element; and a second contact extending into the slot from the opposing element and disposed farther from a slot busbar end than the first contact. When the dual-pole blade is inserted in the slot the first contact contacts a respective blade element at a location in the slot more proximate the slot busbar end than a slot distal end. | 12-08-2011 |
20110300726 | Connectors for electrically active grid - The invention includes an electrified framework system having a plurality of grid members which form a grid framework. A conductive material is disposed on a surface of at least one of the plurality of grid members as shown throughout the drawings. The system includes connectors which provide low voltage power connections. For example, the connectors bring power from a power supply to the conductive material disposed on the grid framework and/or the connectors provide electrical connections between the conductive material on the grid framework and various devices. | 12-08-2011 |
20120115341 | ARRANGEMENT FOR CONNECTING TWO SUCCESSIVE CONTACT LINE RAILS - An arrangement is provided for connecting two successive contact line rails, each made of a longitudinal plastic profile and of at least one contact rail extending along the contact line rails. A contact rail connector is connected to the opposing ends of the contact rails of two successive contact line rails, electrically and mechanically connecting the contact rail ends of the contact rails, and having cover elements attached at the opposing rail ends of the contact line rails of two successive contact line rails, covering the contact rail connectors and displaceable relative to an intermediate element. In order to provide an arrangement for attaching two successive contact line rails that is simple to produce and allows uncomplicated assembly, the intermediate element is attached at each of the opposing rail ends of the contact line rails to be connected together, and the cover elements are attached to the intermediate elements. | 05-10-2012 |
20130045613 | MOUNTING RAIL BUS SYSTEM - A mounting rail bus system for supplying power voltage and data signals to a plurality of modules, including a plurality of longitudinally-arranged bus devices mounting the modules in parallel spaced transverse relation on a mounting rail, each of the bus devices including a printed circuit board having parallel strip conductors for transmitting data signals, and a pair of power contact pins for transmitting a power voltage, characterized by the provision of a plurality of generally L-shaped double bushing contact elements have module bush segments for respectively connecting the strip conductors and the contact pins of the bus device with the associated module, and orthogonally arranged partner bush segments for connecting together the strip conductors and pin contacts of adjacent bus devices, respectively, whereby power voltage and data signals are transmitted from the bus device both to the associated module and to the adjacent partner bus device. | 02-21-2013 |
20130189862 | Busbar adapter comprising a mounting rail for attaching a switching device - A busbar adapter has a mounting rail for attaching a switching device to the busbar adapter, wherein the mounting rail can be attached to the busbar adapter at different positions. The mounting rail includes leg elements and the busbar adapter includes passages through which a respective one of the leg elements of the mounting rail extend with a latch from a first boundary surface of the passages on which the mounting rail rests, to a second boundary surface of the passages, such that the respective latch of the leg elements is, with a retaining surface thereof, arranged in a distance to the second boundary surface which corresponds to a dimension of a slider positively insertable between the retaining surface and the second boundary surface. | 07-25-2013 |
20140051272 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, CONNECTION STRUCTURE OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electronic device movable in an insertion direction into a supporting member, in a state of being stacked on another electronic device, includes a first connector urged in a direction same as a removal direction in which the electronic device is removed from the supporting member, a housing that includes a connector housing and a guide for moving the first connector in the insertion direction or the removal direction, a second connector disposed at a position connectable to the first connector of the another electronic device, a holding member that causes the first connector to switch between a protruded and a retreated states with respect to the connector housing, and a guide rail that changes a position of the first connector in a placing direction in accordance with a position of the first connector in the insertion direction and the removal direction. | 02-20-2014 |
20140057467 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH MULTIPLE INTERFACES - An electrical connector having a body, first and second female interfaces, a female connector, one to four side interfaces and a connecting pin. The body has a longitudinal axis with a passage extending between the first and second female interfaces. The side interfaces extend from the body and are substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. The interfaces have a distal end and a bus electrically connected to the female connector. The ends of the connecting pin are adapted to snugly engage louver-type connectors on male interfaces, which are inserted into the first and second female interfaces. The electrical connector is designed to minimize the distance between the first and second ends of the body. The side interfaces of the electrical connector can be designed to accommodate different high voltage connectors. | 02-27-2014 |
20140099806 | FLOATING BUS BAR CONNECTOR - A floating bus bar connector connects a computing asset to bus bars using a connecting clip and a conducting terminal that is coupled to the connecting clip and to an electronic component inside the computing asset. To simplify connection to the bus bars, the floating bus bar connector is mounted to a chassis of the computing asset so that the entire connector is movable, relative to the chassis, in a direction perpendicular to the bus bar. Thus, if the floating bus bar connector and bus bars become misaligned when the computing asset is being connected to the bus bars, the floating bus bar connector may move to realign with the bus bars. | 04-10-2014 |
20140179133 | FASTENING SYSTEM FOR MOUNTING SOLAR MODULES - The invention relates to a profile rail, a clip holder, a cross-connector and an attachment system for mounting solar modules. The components are so designed and matched to each other that solar modules in many variations can be mounted quickly and easily and with the components having a low weight. | 06-26-2014 |
20150024615 | Electro-Mechanical Connection for Lighting - An electro-mechanical connection is provided for transmitting power to one or more light sources affixed to the shelves of a shelving system. The connection eliminates the need to run wires the entire distance from the light source to a source of power and enables efficient and accurate coupling of the components. This is achieved by provided a slim track strip extending the height of the shelving unit and a specially designed twist connector for tapping off wiring harnesses from the slim track at the level of individual shelves where the harness leads to shelf-mounted light sources. | 01-22-2015 |
20150079824 | ELECTRICAL SUPPLY CONNECTOR AND SYSTEM - The invention relates to an electrical supply connector having a housing, a contact element on which an electrical port is formed and which is arranged so as to be displaceable inside the housing, in such manner that the contact element is displaceable between an extended position, in which the electrical port protrudes out of the housing in the area of a side surface and an electrical contact can thus be made with a conductor rail via the electrical port, and a retracted position in which the electrical port is arranged inside the housing and the electrical contact is disconnected, and an actuating element that is arranged in the area of a front cover surface on the housing and is displaceable between a release position and a coupling position, in such manner that when the actuating element moves into the coupling position it forces the contact element out of the retracted position and into the extended position thereof. The invention also relates to a system with a current conductor and an electrical supply connector. | 03-19-2015 |
20150318649 | BUS BAR ATTACHMENT STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING BUS BAR ATTACHMENT STRUCTURE - A bus bar attachment structure includes a coupling bus bar and an attachment member for the coupling bus bar. The coupling bus bar includes a plurality of bus bars which serves as a conductive path and a coupler which integrally couples the plurality of bus bars. The coupler includes a first notch that divides the coupler from the bus bar and a second notch that bends the coupler divided from the bus bar such that the coupler is separated from the bus bar. | 11-05-2015 |
20150333442 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTION DEVICE - An electrical connection device is to be attached to a wiring board for holding a plate conductive member so that the wiring board is electrically connected to the plate conductive member. The electrical connection device includes a contact piece including an arm portion, a leg portion, and a base portion disposed between the arm portion and the leg portion; and a base member to be attached to the wiring board for supporting the contact piece at the base portion thereof. The base member is to be attached to the wiring board so that the base member is movable in parallel to the wiring board. The contact piece is arranged so that the plate conductive member pushes the arm portion to urge the leg portion against the wiring board with the base portion as a pivot when the plate conductive member contacts with the arm portion. | 11-19-2015 |
20150333462 | TERMINAL CONNECTING STRUCTURE - A terminal connection portion of a bus bar includes a first locking portion and a second locking portion. An electric connection plate portion of a connecting terminal, a rear end portion of which is fixed to an end portion of an electric wire, is curved and convex in a direction facing the terminal connection portion, and a first engaging portion formed at a distal end portion is locked by the first locking portion. A second engaging portion formed on a wire fixing side is locked by the second locking portion in a state in which the electric connection plate portion is pressed on the terminal connection portion. | 11-19-2015 |
20150333463 | CONNECTION STRUCTURE FOR ELECTRIC COMPONENTS - A connection structure for electric components includes a pair of bus bars disposed side by side horizontally. An electric component and an electric component are disposed side by side vertically between the bas bars, and electrically connected to the bas bars. The bus bars include outside walls formed as outside faces when the bas bars are disposed side by side, respectively. Each of the outside walls includes a connection point connected to an electrode of the electric component, and a wall portion for preventing displacement of the electric component. | 11-19-2015 |
20150357773 | CONNECTING ELEMENT FOR A CONTACT LINE, CONTACT LINE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A CONTACT LINE - A connecting element for connecting two busbars of a contact line, having an elongated main part with insert ends lying opposite one another in the longitudinal direction of the main part for plugging into elongated cavities of the busbars. Also disclosed are such a contact line and a method for connecting two busbars of such a contact line. The aim is to provide such a connecting element which can be produced easily and inexpensively and which can be easily assembled in situ and allows a quick and simple connection of conductor strands of a contact line. This is achieved using a connecting element in which the main part has connecting depressions on at least one longitudinal face of the main part for crimping to at least one lateral wall of the busbars, a contact line having such a connecting element, and a method with the following steps: plugging the connecting element into respective elongated cavities of the two busbars to be connected; aligning the pressing bars of a crimping tool relative to corresponding connecting depressions of the connecting element; and inserting lateral walls of the busbars into the connecting depressions and thus plastically deforming the walls using the pressing bars. | 12-10-2015 |
20160006199 | Bus connector system for electrical equipment - The invention relates to a bus connector system having a bus circuit board for producing an electrical connection between electrical equipment, the bus circuit board being attached in a removable manner to a housing of the electrical equipment. | 01-07-2016 |
20160020052 | SELF-ALIGNING POWER CONNECTION SYSTEM WITH POSITIVE-LATCH CONNECTION - Switchgear assemblies, power connection systems, and cluster connectors are presented herein. Power connection systems for connecting circuit breakers to electrical bus bars are disclosed. A power connection system includes an electrically conductive cluster support for attaching to the circuit breaker. The cluster support has a pivot projecting from a base, and a contoured latch projecting from the pivot. The system also includes a power connector for coupling to the bus bar. The power connector includes opposing pairs of electrically conductive fingers that are pivotably attached to a cage. Proximal end portions of the fingers are configured to straddle the pivot of the cluster support. Spring members bias the proximal end portions toward one another. The proximal end portions of the fingers cooperatively define a channel for receiving the pivot, and further define a slot for receiving the contoured latch to thereby secure the power connector to the cluster support. | 01-21-2016 |
20160049759 | ELECTRICAL BUSWAY SPLICE CONNECTOR - A splice connector for a busway system utilizes individual connectors made of a conductive material and having a u-shaped cross-section that fit over ends of a pair of busbars to be connected to each other, and within which are mounted multi-contact louvers that extend the length of the connectors to establish a low impedance electrical connection between the connector and the respective busbars. The louvers are secured in place by a dovetail groove that retains the louvers within the connectors and causes the individual contact sections of the louvers to bow outwardly so as to press against the busbars when the connector is fitted over the busbars. The connectors are snapped into insulative housing halves or sections that align the connectors with the busbars, and that provide isolation between horizontally aligned pairs of connectors. | 02-18-2016 |
20160072243 | SUBMERSIBLE ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH RAIL MOUNTING - A submersible electrical connector that includes a first mating component that has a housing with at least one port that has a cable termination end and an opposite interface end, and the port defines a cavity that supports at least one first contact. A second mating component has a housing with at least one port that has a cable termination end and an opposite interface end configured to engage the interface end of the first mating component, and the port of the second mating component defines a cavity that supports at least one second contact configured to engage the at least one first contact. A rail engagement is disposed on at least one of the first and second mating components for mounting the connector on a DIN rail. | 03-10-2016 |
20170237238 | ADAPTER FOR CONTACTING A CIRCUIT BREAKER TO A BUSBAR SYSTEM | 08-17-2017 |
439122000 | Coupling part with actuating means urging contact surface to move with respect to rest of connector and toward mating contact | 8 |
20100197154 | FIXING STRUCTURE OF RELAY CONNECTOR - A fixing structure of a relay connector includes: a guide block fixed to a lower portion of the relay connector; a movable support shaft movable in a first direction perpendicular to a second direction which is parallel to an axial direction of the coaxial connector; lock plates provided at both ends of the movable support shaft; a fixing operating lever provided inside the guide block so as to swing around a lever support shaft and provided with a cam part; and a rail member provided with a pair of slide parts, the guide block inserted between the slide parts. When the fixing operating lever is swung to be tilted to one side, the upper and lower surfaces of the slide parts are clamped and fixed between the side parts of the lower portion of the relay connector and the lock plates. When the fixing operating lever is swung to be tilted to the other side, the relay connector can move in the second direction. | 08-05-2010 |
20130316552 | ATTACHMENT STRUCTURE OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The present invention provides an attachment structure of an electronic device which reduces the working man-hour and the electronic device is easily detached. Therefore, the attachment structure of the electronic device is to detachably latch latching claw portions provided on a lower surface of a base of a connector terminal platform onto latching ribs of a DIN rail. Particularly, in leading ends of elastic arm portions extending from the base, the latching claw portions capable of being latched onto the latching ribs of the DIN rail are provided, and operation receiving portions for elastically deforming the elastic arm portions by a push-down operation are provided. By pushing down the operation receiving portions and elastically deforming the elastic arm portions, a latching state of the latching claw portions latched onto the latching ribs of the DIN rail can be cancelled. | 11-28-2013 |
20140370730 | Power Assembly for Display - A clip connector is configured to cooperate with a power strip for providing power to an LED display such that the clip connector is insertable into the power strip by a user compressing the first and second legs towards one another and first inserting the first leg into the first channel of the power strip and then inserting the second leg into the second channel of the power strip. | 12-18-2014 |
20150311654 | ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - An electrical distribution system comprising at least one busway section comprising an elongate trunking, a plurality of linear busbars being disposed within the trunking, the busbars being supported in spaced parallel relationship to one another, each busbar being aligned with a respective elongate opening formed in a mounting face of the busway section permitting a respective male busbar engaging contact to engage the respective busbar, the system further comprising at least one tap off unit comprising a housing arranged to be mounted on the busway section, abutting said mounting face thereof, at any desired location along the length of the busway section, said at least one tap off unit having a plurality of electrically conductive busbar engaging male contacts, said contacts being moveable between a retracted position, wherein said contacts are located within the housing of the tap off unit, and an extended position, wherein said contacts extend out of the housing of the tap off unit to engage a respective busbar via said elongate openings. | 10-29-2015 |
20150357772 | ADAPTER SYSTEM WITH AN ADAPTER FOR BUSBARS AND AN ADAPTER CONNECTION MODULE - The present invention relates to an adapter system for busbars, having an adapter for busbars and an adapter connection module, which can be connected together to provide an operating position of the adapter system. The adapter for busbars has contact connections, a housing and a cable connection arrangement, the adapter connection module has a housing, an interruptible bridge circuit, a primary switch and an activation lever for actuating a lever switch of the adapter for busbars. | 12-10-2015 |
20160111835 | Bonding Washer For A Solar Panel Racking System - There is provided a washer for electrically bonding metallic components. In an embodiment, there is provided a washer for bonding metallic components of a solar panel racking system. The washer comprises an upper surface and a lower surface, a series of spaced apart upper protrusions on the upper surface, and a series of spaced apart lower protrusions on the lower surface. Each upper protrusion corresponds to an opposing one of the lower protrusions to form an upper and lower protrusion pair. Each upper and lower protrusion pair is formed along a common plane. Compression of the washer between the metallic components causes the protrusions to at least partially embed into the components and to electrically bond the components. | 04-21-2016 |
20160181748 | INTERFACE APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONNECTING PLUG-IN UNITS TO A BUSWAY | 06-23-2016 |
20160181749 | RECESSED MOVABLE JAWS FOR CONNECTING A PLUG-IN UNIT TO A BUSWAY | 06-23-2016 |