An electrical converter having pluggable converter components includes a first electronic assembly having electronic parts an assembly carrier, a housing chassis and a housing cover, wherein at least one of the electronic parts is a power semiconductor switch having a wide band gap and made of GaN or of InGaN. The power semiconductor switch is operated with a reverse bias of at least 400 V and at a clock frequency of at least 40 kHz during operation of the electrical converter. The first electronic assembly is mechanically plugged into the assembly carrier by connecting elements, and the first electronic assembly together with the assembly carrier is mechanically plugged and locked by further connecting elements to the housing chassis or to the housing cover using corresponding locking elements on the housing chassis or to the housing cover, respectively.

A modular I/O device includes a terminal base with a terminal block that includes a plurality of wiring connectors. An auxiliary wiring device includes a plurality of auxiliary wiring connectors and is selectively physically connectable to the terminal base in an operative position and selectively physically removable from the terminal base. The terminal block and auxiliary wiring connector can be coupled to an I/O module. One or more of the I/O module terminal block and auxiliary wiring connector can include electrical or electronic components included converters, fuses, switches, etc.

A power module includes a housing, a support bracket, a sliding member and a resilient recovery member. The housing has a first surface and a second surface. The support bracket is fixed to the first surface. The support bracket has a hook to retain a first side of a support rail. The sliding member is slidably connected to the support bracket. The sliding member has a latch member to retain a second side of the support rail. The resilient recovery member has a first end connected to the support bracket and a second end connected to the sliding member. The resilient recovery member is to push the sliding member to cause the hook member and the latch member to sandwich the support rail. The sliding member has a first unlocking end for applying a force against the resilient recovery member. The first unlocking end projects beyond the second surface.

An electrical converter having pluggable converter components includes a first electronic assembly having electronic parts an assembly carrier, a housing chassis and a housing cover, wherein at least one of the electronic parts is a power semiconductor switch having a wide band gap and made of GaN or of InGaN. The power semiconductor switch is operated with a reverse bias of at least 400 V and at a clock frequency of at least 40 kHz during operation of the electrical converter. The first electronic assembly is mechanically plugged into the assembly carrier by connecting elements, and the first electronic assembly together with the assembly carrier is mechanically plugged and locked by further connecting elements to the housing chassis or to the housing cover using corresponding locking elements on the housing chassis or to the housing cover, respectively.

A Variable In Line Voltage Booster includes a housing; at least one set of input connectors; at least one set of output connectors; a plurality of power converters carried by at least one power converter board and coupled between the at least one set of input connectors and the at least one set of output connectors and operable to adjust a voltage received via the at least one set of input connectors to supply a voltage via the at least one set of output connectors; and a control board carrying a set of control circuitry, the control circuitry communicatively coupled to control the plurality of power converters. The housing may be rack mountable, and may include inlet vents and exhaust vents, either with or with fans. A control board may be spaced from one or more power converter board, which carry power electronics (e.g., MOSFETS, BJTs) via one or more posts

A robot control apparatus is configured to include a power supply board including a power supply circuit and a driving board including a driving circuit that drives a robot with electric power supplied from the power supply board. In the thickness direction of the power supply board, the distance between a surface of the power supply board, on which the power supply circuit is provided, and a surface of the driving board, on which the driving circuit is provided, is smaller than the maximum height of the power supply board.

A busbar power supply apparatus comprising at a rear side of its housing an AC interface with electrical contacts configured to establish an electrical connection with AC busbars of a busbar system to receive AC mains voltages converted by an integrated AC/DC power conversion unit into a DC power supply voltage applied to at least one DC interface of said busbar power supply apparatus.

A motor control device includes a base board, a drive board including switching devices including switching elements for power conversion, disposed along a plane intersecting the base board, and attached to the base board, and a board including a processor configured to execute computation processing for controlling the switching devices, disposed along a plane intersecting the base board, and attached to the base board.

A cable fixing accessory includes: a cylinder segment having a surface with a predefined radius of curvature. The surface of the cylinder segment bends a cable having an electrically conductive core at least partially around the surface of the cylinder segment. The radius of curvature of a portion of the surface of the cylinder segment, which has direct contact with the cable, is greater than or equal to six times a diameter of the electrically conductive core of the cable.

An input/output (I/O) device for an automation control system includes a device housing containing control circuitry, the device housing being mountable to a support, a control power input for receiving control power from a first adjacent I/O device when connected thereto, the control power input configured to supply control power to the control circuitry, a control power output for outputting control power to a second associated adjacent I/O device, a field power input for receiving field power from the first associated adjacent I/O device when connected thereto, and a field power output for transmitting field power to the second associated I/O device. The field power input is selectively removable to prevent field power from being received by the I/O device from the first associated adjacent I/O device when connected thereto.