Switching and/or distributing device

US11996678B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Eaton Intelligent Power Limited · IE

Inventors

• Richard E. Rothenberger · Harrisburg, US
• Michael Ketterer · Soest, DE
• Reiner Naumann · Mannheim, DE
• Marco Knab · Eberbach, DE
• Dieter Sauer · Westlake Village, US
• Toni Ott · Neckargemünd, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 26, 2019
• Grant date: May 28, 2024
• Expiry date: May 28, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H02B1/28
• WIPO field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A switching and/or distributing device has at least one receiving housing and a housing cover. Arranged in at least one housing rail region are one or a plurality of power distribution rails which extend substantially in a main plane and are connected to sub-distribution rails. In at least a first plane, said sub-distribution rails extend substantially in parallel to the main plane and are electrically insulated from one another and extend in the direction of at least one housing component region, wherein in the housing component region, in particular modular components, which contain electrical/electronic operating means, are in electrical contact with one sub-distribution rail each. As a result, a switching and/or distributing device is improved in such a way that the arrangement of corresponding components is possible easily without much additional effort even in potentially explosive atmospheres and a plurality of components of different ty pes and of different sizes can be arranged at the same time.