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

US8979563B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8979563-B2
Application numberUS-201213405150-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateFeb 24, 2012
Priority dateFeb 28, 2011
Publication dateMar 17, 2015
Grant dateMar 17, 2015

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Abstract

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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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What is claimed is: 1. Electric contact module, particularly electric test module, for 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, comprising: a casing having first electrical contact means electrically connectable by/to a first electric unit, a slider having second electrical contact means electrically connectable by/to a second electric unit, wherein the…

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What does patent US8979563B2 cover?
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,…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Ofenloch Markus, Kraemer Peter, Lundberg Joergen, and 2 more
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification H01R9/24. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Mar 17 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
What related patents are in patentsdb?
We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).