Patent · US Expired

Electronic device with data bus and energy bus connection

US6568860B2 · kind B2 · utility

3Cited by

7References

14Claims

0Family size

Assignee

ERNI Elektroapparate GmbH · DE

Inventors

Jörg Koch · Kandern, DE
Rudi Singer · Lorch, DE
Gerd Lausberg · Dortmund, DE
Marc Stanesby · Mettmann, DE
Udo Kienapfel · Düsseldorf, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 17, 2001
Grant date	May 27, 2003
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 23, 2021

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH05K7/1478
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An electronic device that can be pushed onto a support rail (15), having a housing (1), with an electronic module that can be inserted detachably into the housing, and bus contacts are provided for the transmission of data and/or energy to neighboring electronic devices that are pushed onto the support rail (15) and have an identical design, with appropriately designed bus terminal. The bus contacts can be displaced relative to the housing (1). The bus contacts can be immobilized via a latching fixture so that when in a latched position they can be brought into contact of the bus terminals in the neighboring device.

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