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).

Redundant power supply motherboard assembly

Abstract: A redundant power supply motherboard assembly connects control segments of a fieldbus-type control system to a host computer. The assembly has a compact design with pairs of power supply modules mounted in nests on the motherboard. The nests securely hold the modules to prevent contact impairment due to vibrations, shocks and handling.

Method for transmitting data in a communications network and transmit device and receive device for a communications network

Abstract: According to the invention, data are transmitted by means of a data frame in a communications network from at least one subscriber connected to a communications network to at least one other subscriber similarly connected to the communications network, wherein the data are prepared for transmission in such a way that information for identifying or distinguishing the respective format of the data within a data frame is written into a field directly at the beginning of a data frame or into a field introducing a data frame.

Wall-mountable waterproof electric connector for electrical feedthrough from exterior into interior of housing by housing wall, has actuator portion pushed by application of force to guide conductor end of current bar by opening

Abstract: The connector (1) has a current bar (32) provided between a clamping edge and an actuator portion extended through an opening in a clamping leg. The actuator portion at a spring arc is arranged at an opposite end of the clamping leg and pushed by application of force of the actuator portion against bias of the current bar toward a base leg to guide a conductor end of the current bar by the opening in the clamping leg between the bar and the clamping edge. The base leg, spring arc and the clamping leg form a V shape with an angle of smaller than 90 degrees.

Round plug connector unit has clamp arrangement fixed to its plug pin and/or socket, and unlocking device in insulating body that moves clamp leg against spring force to form gap for feeding conductor

Abstract: The unit (1) has contact elements with respective clamp arrangements for connected conductors and for insertion into an opening in an insulating body (11) for spatial fixing and a holding body (16) that holds plug pins and sockets in the correct positions. The clamp arrangement is fixed to its plug pin and/or socket and an unlocking device in the insulating body moves a clamp leg against its spring force to form a gap for feeding the conductor.

Surge protection device

Abstract: Aspects of the innovations herein relate to surge protection devices. Such surge protection devices may have an arrester. The arrester may produce an equalization between different potentials and arrest a surge current during use. A sensor may be provided on the arrester, said sensor generating an electric switch-off signal. A switching device may receive the switch-off signal and separate the arrester from an electric circuit, the switching device and arrester being arranged in a physically separate manner from each other.