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Electric contact module and electric contact box for an electric unit, as well as electric equipment and electric unit

US8979563B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignees

Tyco Electronics AMP GmbH · DE
Tyco Electronics Svenska AB · SE

Inventors

Markus Ofenloch · Wiesbaden, DE
Peter Kraemer · Hanau, DE
Joergen Lundberg · Uppsala, SE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 24, 2012
Grant date	Mar 17, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 24, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01R13/631
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to an electric contact module, particularly electric test module, for an electric unit, preferably an electric distribution unit such as an electric voltage or power distribution unit or an installation of an electrical substation of an urban electrical power system, having a casing having first electrical contact means electrically connectable by/to a first electric unit, and a slider having second electrical contact means electrically connectable by/to a second electric unit. The slider may be provided in a plurality of positions in relation to the casing. Locking recesses 132 and locking protrusions 232 may be used to set the positions of the slider. Furthermore, an electric contact box is disclosed having one or a plurality of electric contact modules according to the invention, wherein the electric contact box preferably comprises two, three or five electric contact modules or an integer multiple thereof.

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