Modular control apparatus

US9454140B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Pilz GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Thorsten Godau · Esslingen am Neckar, DE
• Markus Cech · Esslingen am Neckar, DE
• Winfried Gruber · Scharnhauser Park, DE
• Andreas Veit · Esslingen am Neckar, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 6, 2014
• Grant date: Sep 27, 2016
• Expiry date: Apr 9, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H05K7/1468
• WIPO field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A control apparatus has at least one module including first, second and third module parts. The first and second module parts can be mechanically and electrically combined to form a first combined arrangement. The first and third module parts can be mechanically and electrically combined to form a second combined arrangement. The first module part comprises a securing element with an engagement section moveable between a first position, wherein the first and second module part are secured together, and a second position wherein the first and second module parts can be detached from one another. The securing element includes an actuation section. In the first position, the actuation section is located in a first spatial region and, in the second position, is located in a second spatial region. The third module part has a blocking section, which, in the second combined arrangement, occupies at least partially the second spatial region.