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).

Control system for controlling safety-critical processes

Abstract: The invention relates to a control system for controlling safety-critical processes in an automated system by using a communications network with a communications master for controlling the communications on the network and a plurality of network subscribers. At least a few of the network subscribers are constructed as decentralized, secure network subscribers, and each has a separate, decentralized safety controller for controlling a safety-relevant application. Each of the decentralized, secure network subscribers has a unique safety address. The decentralized, secure network subscribers themselves execute the safety functions and/or safety logic operations relevant to them. The decentralized, secure network subscribers communicate with each other in a fail-safe way in which each executes automatic, fail-safe point-to-point communications with another of the decentralized, secure network subscribers, in order to be able to provide safety functions covering the decentralized, secure network subscribers.

Electrical terminal with a spring force clamping terminal for two conductors

Abstract: An electrical terminal with a housing having a terminal chamber formed in it, and two conductor inlets which lead into the terminal chamber for electrical conductors to be connected with a respective conductor connection arrangement formed of a current bar and a clamping leg of a clamping spring, the clamping leg and the current bar forming a spring force clamping terminal for an electrical conductor to be connected, and the two clamping legs each being connected to a contact leg. The electrical terminal can have especially small dimensions by there being only one clamping spring in the housing, the two contact legs being connected to one another and adjoining the housing wall on the edge of the terminal chamber, and by the current bar and the clamping springs being made and arranged such that the current bar is located between the two clamping legs.

Electrical connector for circuit boards

Abstract: The connector has a box spring element with a clamp arm cut out of its wall and bent inwards. An actuator part (4) has a cable (2) through channel which extends from a cable input opening (10) at a press end (35) to a cable outlet opening at the inner end of the actuator part.

Photovoltaic system having module monitoring

Abstract: The invention relates to a PV system wherein a plurality of PV modules are connected together forming PV generators. Each of the PV modules comprises a network interface in order to transmit module-specific data to a control device and analyze the same. The data network is designed as a self-organizing network, in particular as a self-organizing intermeshed radio network.

Planar transmitter with a layered structure

Abstract: The present invention relates to a planar transmitter, in particular an inherently secure transmitter (20), having a layered structure comprising a first electrical circuit (1) and at least one second electrical circuit (2), wherein the first electrical circuit (1) and the second electrical circuit (2) are DC-isolated from one another by at least one insulation layer (6b). The transmitter (20) has a first magnetic layer (4a) and a second magnetic layer (4b), wherein the first magnetic layer (4a) delimits a first side of the layered construction and the second magnetic layer (4b) delimits a second side of the layered construction, wherein the first magnetic layer (4a) and the second magnetic layer (4b) are isolated from one another and can be associated with different potential groups.