Component assembly system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9788450-B2
Application number	US-201415033680-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 3, 2014
Priority date	Nov 4, 2013
Publication date	Oct 10, 2017
Grant date	Oct 10, 2017

Abstract

The present invention relates to a modular component assembly system comprising a supporting profiled rail ( 200 ) and at least one bridging module ( 300 ) for electrically connecting at least one functional component, wherein the bridging module ( 300 ) comprises a modular locking means ( 301 ) for locking the bridging module ( 300 ) onto the supporting profiled rail ( 200 ).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A modular component assembly system comprising a supporting profiled rail and at least one bridging module for electrically connecting at least one functional component, wherein the bridging module comprises a module locking device for latching the bridging module onto the supporting profiled rail, wherein the bridging module comprises a protruding centering section for centering the bridging module on the supporting profiled rail, and wherein the module locking device is formed by an elastic latching section, which is arranged on each side of the bridging module, and wherein a latching lug is situated at the end of the latching section and engages behind the supporting profiled rail after the bridging module is seated.

2. The component assembly system according to claim 1 , wherein the bridging module comprises a receiving groove for the insertion of an operational section of the functional component in order to absorb tensile forces of the functional component along the supporting profiled rail.

3. The component assembly system according to claim 1 , wherein the module locking device comprises a rigid seating section extending around the supporting profiled rail and an elastically flexible latching section opposite the rigid seating section for locking onto the supporting profiled rail.

4. The component assembly system according to claim 1 , wherein the bridging module comprises a locking device for non-displaceably locking the bridging module to the supporting profiled rail.

5. The component assembly system according to claim 1 , wherein the functional component includes a functional component bottom part able to be set onto the bridging module and a functional component upper part able to be set onto the functional component bottom part, and wherein the component assembly system is laterally extended by a second functional component via the bridging module.

6. The component assembly system according to claim 5 , wherein the functional component upper part forms a connection interface for the functional component bottom part and a further connection interface for a further functional component upper part attachable onto the functional component upper part.

7. The component assembly system according to claim 5 , wherein the functional component bottom part comprises a component securing device for holding the functional component on the supporting profiled rail.

8. The component assembly system according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the bridging module and the functional component is displaceable on or along the supporting profiled rail.

9. The component assembly system according to claim 5 , wherein the functional component bottom part and the bridging module are connectable in a form-fit connection to absorb the tensile forces acting on the connection between the bridging module and the functional component bottom part along the supporting profiled rail.

10. The component assembly system according to claim 1 , comprising a terminal block for fixing the bridging module against displaceability on the supporting profiled rail, wherein the terminal block is connectable to the bridging module.

11. The component assembly system according to claim 10 , wherein the terminal block is laterally fixed the bridging module via a dovetail slot incorporated in the bridging module.

12. The component assembly system according to claim 10 , wherein the terminal block is at least one of a friction-lock and form-lock connectable to the bridging module.

13. The component assembly system according to claim 10 , wherein the terminal block is configured to at least one of positively engage around and frictionally clamp the supporting profiled rail.

14. The component assembly system according to claim 10 , wherein the terminal block has an externally conducting grounding terminal which is electroconductively connectable to the supporting profiled rail.

15. The component assembly system according to claim 10 , wherein terminal block is connectable to the bridging module by at least one of a T-slot/groove connection, a dovetail connection, a screwed connection and a clamped connection.

Assignees

• Phoenix Contact Gmbh & Co

Inventors

• Bury Joachim
• Salomon Thomas

Classifications

• H05K7/1474 Primary

  Mounting of modules, e.g. on a base or rail or wall · CPC title

• H05K7/1468

  Mechanical features of input/output (I/O) modules · CPC title

• H05K7/1478

  including a segmented bus · CPC title

• H05K7/1465

  Modular PLC assemblies with separable functional units · CPC title