Modular device for open-loop control or closed-loop control of a technical installation

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9936598-B2
Application number	US-201514707413-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 8, 2015
Priority date	Nov 8, 2012
Publication date	Apr 3, 2018
Grant date	Apr 3, 2018

Abstract

A device for open-loop control or closed-loop control of a technical installation has a first backplane module, a second backplane module and a third backplane module which are configured to be positioned side by side on a mounting rail in a longitudinal direction. The first backplane module has a first main body and a first contact part. The second backplane module has a second main body and a second contact part. The third backplane module has a third main body and a third contact part. The main bodies each have an upper side comprising insertion openings which are configured to receive electrical contacts of separate electronic modules. The contact parts form a bus line in the longitudinal direction such that plugged-in electronic modules can be electrically coupled to one another by means of the contact parts. The second main body further has a receptacle, in which the second contact part is arranged in one of at least two defined variants. In a first variant, the second contact part has an electrically conductive connection to the first contact part and to the third contact part. In a second variant, the second contact part has an electrically conductive connection to the third contact part, but not to the first contact part.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A device for open-loop control or closed-loop control of a technical installation, comprising:
a first backplane module, a second backplane module and a third backplane module positioned side by side, respectively, on a mounting rail that defines a longitudinal direction,
wherein the first backplane module comprises a first main body and a first contact part,
wherein the second backplane module comprises a second main body and a second contact part,
wherein the third backplane module comprises a third main body and a third contact part,
wherein the first, second and third main bodies each have an upper side comprising insertion openings configured to receive electrical contacts of separate electronic modules,
wherein the first, second and third contact parts are configured to form an electrically conductive bus line in the longitudinal direction,
wherein the second main body comprises a receptacle for the second contact part and the second contact part is configured to be selectably movably arranged in said receptacle in either a first positional arrangement or in a second positional arrangement,
wherein the second contact part has an electrically conductive connection to the first contact part and to the third contact part in the first positional arrangement,
wherein the second contact part has an electrically conductive connection to the third contact part but not to the first contact part in the second positional arrangement, thereby allowing to selectively connect or disconnect said bus line at said second backplane module, and
wherein the positional arrangement of said second contact part is selected before said second backplane module is positioned on said mounting rail, such that any electrical connections between the second contact part and said first and third contact parts are established upon connection of the first, second and third backplane modules on said mounting rail.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the second contact part has a first relative position with respect to the second main body in the first positional arrangement, and the second contact part has a second relative position with respect to the second main body in the second positional arrangement, said first and second relative positions being different from one another.

3. The device of claim 2 , wherein the second contact part is configured to be shifted from the first relative position to the second relative position by a translational movement.

4. The device of claim 1 , wherein the second contact part has a first orientation with respect to the second main body in the first positional arrangement, and the second contact part has a second orientation with respect to the second main body in the second positional arrangement, said first and second orientations being different from one another.

5. The device of claim 1 , further comprising a first and second electronic module that can selectively be plugged onto the first and second main bodies, wherein the first electronic module has first electrical contacts and the second electronic module has second electrical contacts, wherein the first electrical contacts are designed to make electrical contact with the second contact part, when plugged-on, only when the second contact part is in the first positional arrangement, whereas the second electrical contacts are designed to make electrical contact with the second contact part, when plugged-on, only when the second contact part is in the second positional arrangement.

6. A device for open-loop control or closed-loop control of a technical installation, comprising:
a first backplane module, a second backplane module and a third backplane module configured to be positioned side by side on a mounting rail that defines a longitudinal direction,
wherein the first backplane module comprises a first main body and a first contact part,
wherein the second backplane module comprises a second main body and a second contact part,
wherein the third backplane module comprises a third main body and a third contact part,
wherein the first, second and third main bodies each have an upper side comprising insertion openings configured to receive electrical contacts of separate electronic modules,
wherein the first, second and third contact parts are configured to form an electrically conductive bus line in the longitudinal direction,
wherein the second main body comprises a receptacle for the second contact part and the second contact part is configured to be arranged in said receptacle in either a first positional arrangement or in a second positional arrangement,
wherein the second contact part has an electrically conductive connection to the first contact part and to the third contact part in the first positional arrangement,
wherein the second contact part has an electrically conductive connection to the third contact part but not to the first contact part in the second positional arrangement, thereby allowing to selectively connect or disconnect said bus line at said second backplane module,
wherein the second contact part has a first relative position with respect to the second main body in the first positional arrangement, and the second contact part has a second relative position with respect to the second main body in the second positional arrangement, said first and second relative positions being different from one another,
wherein the second contact part is configured to be shifted from the first relative position to the second relative position by a translational movement, and
further comprising an electronic power supply module configured to be mounted on the second backplane module, said electronic power supply module being further configured to automatically shift the second contact part from the first relative position into the second relative position, when the electronic power supply module is attached to the second backplane module.

7. A device for open-loop control or closed-loop control of a technical installation, comprising:
a first backplane module, a second backplane module and a third backplane module positioned side by side, respectively, on a mounting rail that defines a longitudinal direction,
wherein the first backplane module comprises a first main body and a first contact part,
wherein the second backplane module comprises a second main body and a second contact part and
wherein the third backplane module comprises a third main body and a third contact part,
wherein the first, second and third main bodies each have an upper side for mounting electronic modules, and
wherein the first, second and third contact parts are configured to form a bus line in the longitudinal direction,
wherein the second main body comprises a receptacle accommodating the second contact part, and
wherein the second contact part is configured to be selectively arranged in said receptacle in one of at least two defined variants prior to said second backplane module being positioned on said mounting rail,
wherein the second contact part has an electrically conductive connection to the first contact part and to the third contact part in a first variant of the at least two variants, and wherein the second contact part has an electrically conductive connection to the third contact part but not to the first contact part in a second variant of the at least two variants, and
wherein any electrical connections between the second contact part and said first and third contact parts are established upon connection of the first, second and third backplane modules on said mounting rail.

8. The device of claim 7 , wherein the first main body and the third main body each comprise a further receptacle for accommodating the first contact part and the third

Assignees

• Pilz Gmbh & Co Kg

Inventors

• Gruber Winfried

Classifications

• H05K7/026

  Multiple connections subassemblies · CPC title

• H01R9/2675 Primary

  Electrical interconnections between two blocks, e.g. by means of busbars · CPC title

• H05K7/10 Primary

  Plug-in assemblages of components {, e.g. IC sockets} · CPC title

• H05K7/1478

  including a segmented bus · CPC title