US 12,113,336 B2
Arrangement of a busbar adapter with one or more electro-mechanical switching devices
Bruno Fuentes, NRW (DE); Steffen Pluskotta, NRW (DE); Robin Küppers, Cologne (DE); Stephan Stanke, NRW (DE); Ingo Schaar, NRW (DE); and Wolfgang Meid, Rheinland-Pfalz (DE)
Assigned to EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED, Dublin (IE)
Appl. No. 17/757,417
Filed by Eaton Intelligent Power Limited, Dublin (IE)
PCT Filed Dec. 15, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/086297
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 15, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/122653, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 24, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 1919000 (GB), filed on Dec. 20, 2019; and application No. 2012309 (GB), filed on Aug. 7, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0033407 A1, Feb. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. H02B 1/052 (2006.01); G01R 15/18 (2006.01); H02H 7/22 (2006.01)
CPC H02B 1/052 (2013.01) [G01R 15/181 (2013.01); H02H 7/22 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A busbar adapter comprising:
a housing being adapted to be attached to a busbar,
a printed circuit board,
at least one electric current sensor electrically connected with the printed circuit board, and
electronics, and
wherein the printed circuit board and the at least one electric current sensor are arranged inside the housing,
wherein the housing comprises an upper housing part being adapted for the attachment of one or more devices to be connected through the busbar adapter to the busbar and a lower housing part being adapted for holding the printed circuit board and the at least one electric current sensor,
wherein the lower housing part comprises a first part being adapted for holding the printed circuit board and the at least one electric current sensor and a second part being adapted to be attached to the busbar,
wherein the electronics are configured to implement one or more energy metering related functions based on measurements made with the at least one electric current sensor, and
wherein the energy metering function implemented by the electronics comprises generating power and energy data from the measurements made with the at least one electric current sensor and providing the power and energy data for further processing.