Patent classifications
H02B1/306
Electrical panel adapter providing pass through access to electrical signals within an enclosure
An electrical panel adapter for an enclosure that is formed of at least one panel includes a main unit having a front portion and a rear portion. The rear portion is positioned inside the enclosure and includes a first plurality of electrical connections adapted to connect to electrical wires and/or equipment located inside the enclosure. The front portion extends through an aperture in the at least one panel and includes a second plurality of electrical connections adapted to connect to one or more electrical devices located outside the enclosure for measurement of both voltage and current inside the enclosure. The second plurality of electrical connections are electrically coupled to the first plurality of electrical connections. The electrical panel adapter enables electrical devices outside the enclosure to be electrically coupled to the electrical wires and/or equipment inside the enclosure without requiring the enclosure to be opened.
DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MONITORING A SWITCH CABINET DOOR
An I/O system component for a switch and control cabinet for components and/or functional units of an I/O network, including: a housing with a front, a top, a bottom, at least one side face, and a sensor window; at least one ultrasonic sensor for detecting at least one physical quantity, the at least one ultrasonic sensor being arranged behind the sensor window; and at least one printed circuit board, the at least one ultrasonic sensor being connected to the printed circuit board so as to carry data.
SWITCH CABINET WITH A CLOSING ELEMENT PRETENSIONED INTO AN OPEN POSITION
The invention relates to a switch cabinet having a housing and a door which is pivotally secured thereto via at least one hinge and has a door leaf, wherein the door leaf has an aperture and a closing element which closes the aperture and is held in a closed position, counter to its mechanical pretension in the direction of its open position, by an electrically controllable locking element.
Method for switching off an arc in an electrical installation
An electrical installation includes: a switchgear cabinet; a protective switch arranged in the switchgear cabinet; at least one optical triggering device which is operatively connected to the protective switch and for triggering or switching off the protective switch upon optical detection of an arc; a detection device for detecting an access or an access request to a secured area of the electrical installation by detecting a presence of the at least one optical triggering device in a danger area of the electrical installation; and an electronic circuit which is connected to the detection device and allows, and otherwise prevents, a triggering or switching off of the protective switch by the at least one optical triggering device upon detection of the access or the access request, when the at least one optical triggering device is present in the danger area.
Pressure relief arrangement
The arrangement includes a pressure relief hatch for closing an opening in a wall in an electric cabinet, which. includes a body having an outer surface, an opposite inner surface, an outer perimeter, and a thickness. The body includes a centre portion with a first thickness, an intermediate portion with a second thickness, and an outer portion with a third thickness. The first thickness is greater than the third thickness and the second thickness decreases in a radially outward direction from the first thickness to the third thickness. A spring keeps the pressure relief hatch in a closed position in the opening during normal operation of the electric cabinet.
Mechanical lockout for non-mechanical-interfacing electronic switch
A non-mechanical-interfacing electronic switch or a mechanical-interfacing electronic switch are controlled to modulate between an active state and an inactive state based on electronic action. The switch includes an aperture defining an opening in a housing, and the opening defines an insertion path. A transmitter transmits a signal to a receiver along a signal path. To control the non-mechanical-interfacing electronic switch, a mechanical lockout device having a protrusion is inserted through the opening of the aperture along the insertion path. To control the mechanical-interfacing electronic switch, a mechanical control part have a protrusion is moveable to interrupt the signal. Methods of locking the non-mechanical-interfacing electronic switch with the mechanical lockout device as well as methods of locking the mechanical control part of the mechanical interfacing electronic switch with the mechanical lockout device are also provided.
Door locking mechanism
A locking system for an enclosure, including a control bracket mounted to a door of the enclosure and configured to slide in a longitudinal direction along a guide rod running through a pin bracket of the control bracket. The control bracket further includes a latching pin to secure the door of the enclosure. A handle mechanism has a push rod that causes the control bracket to slide along the longitudinal direction, also causing the latching pin to move into a position that secures the door.
Low and medium voltage electrical enclosure
A low and medium voltage electrical enclosure comprising a supporting structure which defines an internal space delimited by walls forming one or more compartments housing one or more electrical apparatuses. At least one of said walls is provided with one or more venting openings that put into communication said internal space with the outside of said low voltage electrical enclosure; the venting openings are provided with a cover closing a corresponding venting opening in a first—closed—operating condition. The enclosure is provided with an actuating device adapted to open said cover in a second—open—operating condition in case of arc fault inside said internal space; said actuating device comprises an actuating mechanism having a Shape Memory Alloy-based (SMA-based) actuating element having a first dimension at first predetermined temperatures reversibly changeable into a second dimension at second predetermined temperatures. The reversible change of dimension of said SMA-based actuating element from said first dimension to said second dimension determines the reversible movement of said cover from said first—closed—operating condition to said second—open—operating condition, and vice-versa.
IMPROVED CABLING DEVICE FOR ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION DEVICES
Embodiments provided herein are directed to an improved way to access and increase the area of an electrical distribution device provided for cable pulling and cabling. A rotatable section, on which several electrical components of the electrical distribution device are attached, can be rotated away from the cabling area as a single unit. This permits easier access to the cabling area and increases the size of the cabling area, which results in less time required to pull cables and wire the electrical components of the electrical distribution device.
Switch cabinet arrangement with a switch cabinet and at least one power strip
The invention relates to a switch cabinet arrangement having at least one switch cabinet and at least one power strip, the power strip being fixed to a vertical profile inside the switch cabinet via an adapter, wherein the adapter is a hook-in adapter which has a first adapter part on the vertical profile and a second adapter part on the power strip, the power strip being hooked into the first adapter part on the vertical profile via the second adapter part.