Phoenix Contact

About: Phoenix Contact is a company organization based out in Middletown, Pennsylvania, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Terminal (electronics) & Clamping. The organization has 1257 authors who have published 2097 publications receiving 7673 citations. The organization is also known as: Phoenix Contact (Germany).

Data or power bus connectable support rail mountable electrical or electronic device with a separately removable circuit board housing

Abstract: An electrical or electronic device ( 1 ) for placement on a support rail ( 2 ), with a housing ( 3 ), with at least one circuit board ( 4 ) located in the housing ( 3 ), and with contacts ( 6 a , 6 b ) which point in the lengthwise direction (R) of the support rail for a data and/or power bus connection to adjacent electronic devices which have the corresponding contacts and which are placed on the support rail ( 2 ). In order to be able to easily replace the circuit board ( 4 ) without interrupting the data and/or power bus connection, the housing ( 3 ) is made in at least two parts and there is a top part ( 7 ) which holds the circuit board ( 4 ) and there is a base part ( 8 ) which has contacts ( 6 a , 6 b ).

Electrical connecting terminal

Abstract: An electrical connecting terminal with a connecting terminal housing has on its wide side a housing wall and bus bars running one above the other are disposed in the housing configured for connecting conductor connections arranged on opposite sides of the connecting terminal housing. The conductor connections are arranged laterally offset to each other in the longitudinal direction of the bus bars. The bus bars are connectable to each other by mean of an electrical component. To ensure that uncurved plates with the simplest geometry can be used as potential connectors between two bus bars arranged one above the other, at least one bus bar is curved in its course between the conductor connections in the direction of the housing wall.

A novel method for auto configuration of Realtime Ethernet Networks

Abstract: This paper describes a novel method for layer-2 auto-configuration of realtime Ethernet networks. Our approach is able to roll out local MAC addresses to the involved devices as well as to discover the topology automatically on top of LLDP. The description of the complete network topology is realized with a minimum amount of data and includes a systematically propagation towards the topology manager. A model-driven development approach has been adopted to verify the concept by using simulation technique.

Transient overvoltage protection device e.g. for telecomms. facilities

Abstract: An overvoltage protection element for diverting transient excess voltages includes two electrodes (2) with an effective air breakdown spark path (3) between them. Each electrode (2) has a connector (5) with an associated obliquely positioned arcing horn (6), with both arcing horns (6) of the mutually spaced electrodes (2) together forming the air breakdown spark path (3). A quench-plate (23) arrangement comprising at least one preferably several quenching plates (22) is provided in the housing (4).

Electrical terminal module

Abstract: An electric terminal module includes a plurality of electric contact elements configured to connect to electric conductors and a housing including an opening in at least one side wall thereof. A printed circuit board is disposed in the housing. The printed circuit board includes a circuit arrangement having a plurality of electric components configured to perform a specific function and a mount. An adjusting device is operable to change at least one electric characteristic quantity of the circuit arrangement. The adjusting device is mounted directly onto the printed circuit board on the mount and is operable from outside the housing through the opening so as to swivel or turn.