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).

Electrical distribution board for distributing electric currents and for connecting multi-core outgoing cables to multi-core incoming cables has a casing, connection devices and multiple joining elements.

Abstract: Connection devices (2) each have several connection elements. Joining elements (3) are insulated electrically from each other. The connection devices are different from each and interlink by means of a joining element allocated to each. The connection devices each have a cylindrical threaded neck on the connection side and the connection elements form insulation displacement connections on the connection side. An Independent claim is also included for a functional device for screwing onto a threaded neck of a connecting device on an electrical distribution board. The functional device may have a functional element like a fuse cutout, a sensor, a switch and/or a display device.

Overload voltage protector e.g. for use with control and instrumentation equipment - has modular structure with overload elements in housing interconnected by bridging strips.

Abstract: The protection system is produced as a module with at least two types of element. Typically, the elements can be an arcuate path, inductance, resistance or varistor. Each may be housed side by side in a two section housing (3) having a base (13) and cover (11). Interconnections are provided by metal coupling plates (10) that can be located on both sides. Terminal screw clamps (2) are built in. ADVANTAGE - Simple structure providing flexibility in form.

Method and apparatus for bus coupling of safety-relevant processes

Abstract: The invention proposes a method in which, according to German Patent Application 10 2004 039932.8, a data record which is relevant for a safety-critical process is processed via at least two redundant processing channels (1, 2) using identical laws for a respective safe protocol (14, 24), and the redundant safe protocols (14, 24) are combined to form a common safe protocol, to be precise by each of the processing channels (1, 2) accessing a common buffer register (30), with write authorization being granted only once for each register point, in such a manner that the common safe protocol is composed in part by in each case writing different components of the respective safe protocols, in which case, before the common safe protocol is transferred from the buffer register (30) for verification of the safe protocol formed in a joint manner, each of the redundant processing channels (1, 2) reads the contents of each register point in the buffer register (30), and which is characterized in that the jointly formed safe protocol is allowed to be transferred only as a reaction to a release by each redundant processing channel (1, 2).

Terminal block having a bus bar with a metal collar with a contact surface with ribs

Abstract: The invention relates to a spring-cage terminal block, having a bus bar and a leg spring for connecting a stripped conductor end piece of an electrical conductor, wherein the conductor end piece is inserted into a material passage of the bus bar and is clamped by means of the leg spring. According to the invention, the contact surface on the metal collar inner wall surface of the material passage has contact ribs extending along the insertion direction in order to form a linear contact pattern which extends in the insertion direction.