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Phoenix Contact

CompanyMiddletown, Pennsylvania, United States
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).


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04 Dec 2014
TL;DR: In this article, a new test facility was designed and constructed as a part of a newly built technology center for surge protection, which provides fine adjustment possibilities for the test voltage, the short-circuit current and the power factor in a wide range of values.
Abstract: The “class I and II operating duty tests” according to IEC/EN 61643-11, chapter 8.3.4.3 is an essential test for the qualification of surge protective devices (SPDs) connected to low-voltage power systems (LVPS). To perform this test a setup is required which offers the possibility to stress the SPD with defined surge-current impulses while it is connected to a power supply simulating the characteristic of the real LVPS in which the SPD should operate. In this regard, a new test facility was designed and constructed as a part of a newly built technology center for surge protection. One feature of this test facility is its unique 50 Hz power system (PS) which provides fine adjustment possibilities for the test voltage, the short-circuit current and the power factor in a wide range of values. Its technical design and performance are discussed in detail. Furthermore, the technical implementation of the required coupling of the PS with a surge-current generator is presented. This addresses technical measures to protect the PS against electrical stress due to partial surge currents which can occur under certain circumstances during the above mentioned test procedure. Finally, test results obtained from lightning current arresters based on spark-gap technology are presented to demonstrate the performance of the test facility.

9 citations

Patent
16 Aug 2004
TL;DR: In this paper, a method for the transmission of data via a bus network to which a plurality of subscribers are connected is provided, which includes a first step of transmitting data from at least one subscriber, e.g., Master, to at least another subscriber, i.e., NNx or STNx, by employing a data transmission protocol designed for point-to-point transmission.
Abstract: There is provided a method for the transmission of data via a bus network to which a plurality of subscribers are connected. The method includes a first step of transmitting data from at least one subscriber, e.g., Master, to at least another subscriber, e.g., TNx or STNx, by employing a data transmission protocol designed for point-to-point transmission. The method includes a second step of defining a broadcast message, within which selected data can be transmitted in a broadcast transmission mode, within the point-to-point transmission protocol. In a supplementary or alternative embodiment, the method includes inserting a safety broadcast message in addition to a standard or general broadcast protocol. There is also provided an apparatus for transmission of data via a bus network.

9 citations

Patent
18 Sep 2002
TL;DR: In this paper, a plug part with a plug body provided with a number of contacts, and a base housing having an open reception space for the plug body, provided with corresponding counter-contacts, is fitted with removable coding elements.
Abstract: The connector has a plug part (1) with a plug body (3) provided with a number of contacts (6) and a base housing (4) having an open reception space (5) for the plug body, provided with corresponding counter-contacts (7). The plug body is fitted with removable coding elements (8), the base body having a reception slot for each coding element, extending in the plug-in direction, with a stop element (13) above each reception slot, which can be pushed into the latter for blocking the reception slot.

9 citations

Patent
28 Nov 2001
TL;DR: In this article, a housing for an electronic device for the removable mounting onto a mounting rail is described, with a locking element (4) located in an underside of the housing, whereby the locking element can be moved from a first position in which the housing can be fastened onto the mounting rail (3) into a second position wherein the housing is associated with a retaining element for retaining the locking elements in the second position.
Abstract: Illustrated and described is a housing for an electronic device for the removable mounting onto a mounting rail (3), with a locking element (4) located in an underside of the housing, whereby the locking element (4) can be moved from a first position in which the housing can be fastened onto the mounting rail (3) into a second position wherein the housing can be lifted off the mounting rail, wherein the locking element is associated with a retaining element for retaining the locking element in the second position. The mounting and removal of several housings in accordance with the invention is especially easily achieved in that the retaining element (5) having a spring section (11) extending substantially parallel to the locking element (4) and a retaining section (12) extending substantially perpendicularly thereto, the spring section (11) being deflected in the first position against an inherent spring force and relaxed in the second position, and the retaining section (12) in the first position resting with a lower edge (13) on the edge (7) of the mounting rail (3) and in the second position being positioned substantially perpendicular in front of one end of the locking element (4), whereby the locking element (4) is fixed in the second position.

9 citations

Patent
09 Oct 2012
TL;DR: In this article, a terminal block for mounting on a DIN rail includes a plurality of stacked modules with each module having a contact body and an extender body mounted on the contact body.
Abstract: A terminal block for mounting on a DIN rail includes a plurality of stacked modules with each module having a contact body and an extender body mounted on the contact body. A circuit board or electronic component is mounted on the contact body and the extender body. Different size extender bodies may be mounted on a common contact body to accommodate mounting different size circuit boards or components on the block.

9 citations


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No. of papers from the Institution in previous years
YearPapers
20231
202211
202130
202073
201993
201869