US 12,244,110 B2
Bus bar adapter connecting at least one plug-in module to the bus bar
Roland Tombers, Paderborn (DE); and Heinrich Kaeuper, Paderborn (DE)
Assigned to PHOENIX CONTACT GMBH & CO. KG, Blomberg (DE)
Appl. No. 17/802,154
Filed by Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG, Blomberg (DE)
PCT Filed Feb. 23, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/054430
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 25, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/170574, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 2, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020/5134 (BE), filed on Feb. 28, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0361518 A1, Nov. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 25/14 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 25/142 (2013.01) 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A current bar adapter for electrically connecting at least one plug-in module to at least one current bar and/or contact bar of an insert part which is inserted into a mounting rail, a number of current bars and/or contact bars that extend in a longitudinal direction of the mounting rail being arranged in the insert part, the current bar adapter comprising:
a clamping device configured to snap the current bar adapter onto the mounting rail;
at least one interface configured to contact the at least one plug-in module; and
at least one contact element configured to contact the at least one current bar and/or contact bar and to establish an electrical connection between the current bar and/or contact bar and the at least one plug-in module.