US 12,191,586 B2
Electric device with a contacting device for a releasable connection of bus sections
Sergej Eremin, Herford (DE); and Stefan Pollert, Espelkamp (DE)
Assigned to PHOENIX CONTACT GMBH & CO. KG, Blomberg (DE)
Appl. No. 17/790,742
Filed by Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG, Blomberg (DE)
PCT Filed Jan. 8, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/050247
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 18, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/140185, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 15, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 100 337.4 (DE), filed on Jan. 9, 2020; and application No. 10 2020 112 254.3 (DE), filed on May 6, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0052486 A1, Feb. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 9/24 (2006.01); H01R 4/48 (2006.01); H01R 12/51 (2011.01)
CPC H01R 9/2433 (2013.01) [H01R 4/4846 (2023.08); H01R 12/515 (2013.01); H01R 4/4821 (2023.08); H01R 4/483 (2023.08); H01R 4/4848 (2023.08)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrical device arrangeable in a row with other electrical devices, comprising:
a first bus section contactable with a further electrical device arranged on a first side of the electrical device;
a second bus section contactable with a further electrical device arranged on a second side of the electrical device facing away from the first side; and
a contact device, to which an electrical assembly is connectable, and which comprises a contact element configured to establish an electrical connection between the first bus section and the second bus section when the contact device is not connected to the electrical assembly, and, when the contact device is connected to the electrical assembly, is displaced in order to electrically disconnect the first bus section and the second bus section from one another.