Switch cabinet

US6631076B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• PHOENIX CONTACT GMBH & CO. KG · DE

Inventors

• Thorsten Behr · Bad Boll, DE
• Roland Berg · Bad Ditzenbach, DE
• Achim Furhoff · Kirchlengern, DE
• Christoph Leifer · Bad Driburg, DE
• Heinz Reibke · Werl, DE
• Markus Rohs · Steinheim, DE
• Jürgen Weczerek · Blomberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 25, 1999
• Grant date: Oct 7, 2003
• Expiry date: Aug 25, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H02B1/052
• WIPO field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A switch cabinet (1) comprises a case (2), several modules (3) and a supporting rail (4), the modules (3) being secured on the supporting rail (4). The disclosed switch cabinet (1) is characterised in that it is designed in functional blocks and modules, so that all modules (3) required by a machine and only those modules are mounted in the switch cabinet case (2).