EP4097805A1 - KONTAKTIERUNGSELEMENT ZUM ANSCHLIEßEN AN EINE TRAGSCHIENE - Google Patents
KONTAKTIERUNGSELEMENT ZUM ANSCHLIEßEN AN EINE TRAGSCHIENEInfo
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- EP4097805A1 EP4097805A1 EP21820190.3A EP21820190A EP4097805A1 EP 4097805 A1 EP4097805 A1 EP 4097805A1 EP 21820190 A EP21820190 A EP 21820190A EP 4097805 A1 EP4097805 A1 EP 4097805A1
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- contact
- contacting element
- holder body
- conductors
- connection contacts
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
- H01R25/00—Coupling parts adapted for simultaneous co-operation with two or more identical counterparts, e.g. for distributing energy to two or more circuits
- H01R25/14—Rails or bus-bars constructed so that the counterparts can be connected thereto at any point along their length
- H01R25/142—Their counterparts
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F21—LIGHTING
- F21V—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- F21V21/00—Supporting, suspending, or attaching arrangements for lighting devices; Hand grips
- F21V21/34—Supporting elements displaceable along a guiding element
- F21V21/35—Supporting elements displaceable along a guiding element with direct electrical contact between the supporting element and electric conductors running along the guiding element
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F21—LIGHTING
- F21V—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- F21V23/00—Arrangement of electric circuit elements in or on lighting devices
- F21V23/06—Arrangement of electric circuit elements in or on lighting devices the elements being coupling devices, e.g. connectors
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
- H01R29/00—Coupling parts for selective co-operation with a counterpart in different ways to establish different circuits, e.g. for voltage selection, for series-parallel selection, programmable connectors
Definitions
- the present invention relates to a contacting element which is used to connect a lamp or an electrical unit to a mounting rail.
- the contacting element is intended to connect lights or electrical units to mounting rails that have a mounting rail profile with at least one busbar arranged therein with conductors that can be electrically contacted, the contacting element having a plurality of connection contacts that can be adjusted in order to select the conductors of the busbar to be contacted (n) to be able to make.
- Support rail systems with an elongate support profile rail and a conductor rail held in the support profile rail are known from the prior art and are used, for example, to implement elongate, so-called light line systems.
- a well-known light line system is marketed by the applicant under the name "TECTON" and is characterized in that lights or other electrical units can be flexibly positioned on the mounting rail over the entire length of the system. This is made possible by the fact that due to a special bearing of the conductors of the busbar(s), they are accessible to consumers over essentially the entire length of the continuous lighting system, so that the conductors are not only contacted at fixed positions, but at any point can.
- Such a light band system is shown, for example, in WO 2001/091250 Ai.
- two conductor rails are arranged opposite one another on the two side walls of a U-shaped support rail that is open at the bottom.
- the conductors of these two busbars are contacted by the lamp or, in general, the load to be connected having a rotatable contacting element which is inserted into the support profile rail from the underside via the elongated coupling opening and then rotated by about 45 ° .
- Contacts arranged on the contacting element are designed in such a way that they be swiveled out to the side by twisting the contacting element and ultimately contact the conductors of the busbars in the twisted state.
- mechanical locking takes place at the same time, so that the light or consumer is reliably fixed to the mounting rail.
- At least some of the contacts of the known contacting element are designed to be adjustable. This is achieved in that the contacting element has a contact holder body which is used to hold the various contacts, with at least some of the contacts being mounted on the contact holder body in a height-adjustable manner or being able to be arranged on the contact holder body at different heights.
- the possibility of positioning individual contacts at different heights means that these can be selected to contact specific conductors of the busbar(s) in a targeted manner. In this way, for example, there is the possibility of selectively selecting individual phases of a power supply network for contacting by the light or the electrical unit.
- Modern mounting rail systems have an ever-increasing number of internally running electrical conductors, which can be used to expand the functionality of the system that can be implemented with them.
- additional conductors are also used to transmit data or signals. This data transmission can then be used, for example, to control the individual connected lights from a control center using digital commands.
- conductors could be used to transmit digital acoustic signals when using a tooV voltage, so that loudspeakers or other suitable devices for reproducing the acoustic information can then be connected to the corresponding pair of lines.
- the use of conductors for signal transmission as part of a powerline carrier method would also be conceivable, in order to use at least part of the conductors of the power rail as a communication network for general information transmission.
- the extension of the functionality of such systems has the consequence that when contacting the busbar(s) with lights or other electrical units, there is a large number of contacting options and the connection contacts must accordingly be positioned in a suitable manner. It must be ensured that incorrect arrangements of the connection contacts are avoided in order to reduce the risk of incorrect contacting. In extreme cases, unwanted short circuits could occur that could damage one or more system components.
- the object of the present invention is to offer an improved solution here.
- the object is achieved by a contacting element having the features of claim l.
- Advantageous developments of the invention are the subject matter of the dependent claims.
- the solution according to the invention is based on a corresponding pairing of at least two connection contacts of the contacting element.
- the basis for this is a corresponding arrangement of the circuit conductors and the fact that, in order to use a specific functionality, two specific conductors of the busbar(s) usually have to be contacted.
- the fact that the paired connection contacts are designed in such a way that they can only be adjusted in a fixed relation to one another with respect to a contact holding body of the contacting element ensures that this pair of connection contacts always makes contact with two conductors of the busbar(s) that belong to one another.
- a contacting element for connecting a lamp or another electrical unit to a mounting rail which has a mounting rail profile with at least one conductor rail arranged therein with conductors that can be electrically contacted, is proposed, the contacting element having a contact holder body with a plurality of
- connection contacts which can be adjusted between an open position, in which the contacting element can be inserted and removed from the mounting rail profile, and a contacting position, in which the connection contacts make contact with the conductors of the busbar, and wherein at least two connection contacts are adjustably arranged on the contact holder body.
- at least two of the connection contacts arranged adjustably on the contact holder body are combined into a group and mounted on the contact holder body in such a way that they can only be adjusted in a fixed relation to one another with respect to the contact holder body.
- connection contacts are particularly suitable for contacting conductors, which are always present in pairs, with the aid of the contacts in order to provide a specific functionality.
- conductors that are used, for example, according to the so-called DALI standard for the transmission of information for lighting control.
- Conductors for the transmission of digital signals for loudspeakers, cameras or the like or for data communication in general could also be contacted in this way in a simple and elegant manner.
- the solution is less suitable for a classic phase selection when contacting
- connection contacts since here usually one of the connection contacts has to contact a fixed conductor, namely the neutral conductor, while the second connection contact should tap off one of the three phase conductors. Nevertheless, the type of contacting can be made easier and safer, particularly in the case of more complex systems that provide a large number of different functionalities.
- the contacting element could also be combined into several groups Have connection contacts. It can be provided in particular that a group has two connection contacts.
- the contact holder body of the contacting element according to the invention can in particular be rotatable about a pivot axis, in which case the connection contacts are arranged on the contact holder body in such a way that the connection contacts are swiveled out by rotating the contact holder body and brought into contact with the conductors to be contacted.
- the adjustable connection contacts are mounted on the contact holder body so that they can be displaced parallel to the pivot axis, it being possible in particular for the two connection contacts of a group to be arranged opposite one another with respect to the pivot axis, preferably essentially in a common plane aligned perpendicularly to the pivot axis.
- the paired connection contacts are basically always arranged at the same height on the contact holder body, so that when the conductors of the busbar or busbars are assigned accordingly, the associated conductors are contacted correctly in a simple manner.
- connection contacts of a group are preferably arranged in an adjustable manner on the outer circumference of the contact holder body.
- the terminal contacts of a group can be arranged on a shared contact support part, which is then correspondingly shifted in order to correctly position the terminal contacts.
- a further advantageous possibility consists in arranging the adjustable paired connection contacts on an adapter which can be placed on the contact holder body.
- the connection contacts can be fixedly arranged on the adapter and the adapter itself can be adjustably mounted on the contact holder body. For the correct positioning of the connection contacts, the corresponding adapter only has to be moved in a suitable manner in relation to the contact holder body.
- a consumer to be connected to the system or generally a lamp or an electrical unit not only contacts the conductors used for signal transmission, but also conductors that are provided for a power supply. Since at least one of the conductors usually has a fixed position here, it can also be provided according to an advantageous development that the contacting element according to the invention has at least one individually adjustable and/or one non-adjustable further connection contact. These two contacts can then be used in particular for contacting power supply lines, including an associated phase selection. In this case, it is then again preferably provided that the individually adjustable or the non-adjustable further connection contact is arranged on the contact holder body.
- a lamp or an electrical unit for connection to a mounting rail which has a mounting rail profile with at least one busbar arranged therein with conductors that can be electrically contacted, wherein according to the present invention the lamp or the electrical unit has at least one contacting element as described above .
- FIG. 1 shows a first schematic illustration to clarify the contacting according to the invention with the aid of two paired connection contacts
- FIGS. 2a and 2b show schematic representations for comparing the previous procedure for contacting conductors with the procedure according to the invention;
- FIG. 3 shows a possibility for realizing the mounting according to the invention of two paired connection contacts;
- FIGS. 4a - 4d views of a possible embodiment of a contacting element according to the invention with two paired connection contacts;
- FIGS. 5a-5c are views of the contacting element connected to a mounting rail according to FIG. 4 when contacting different pairs of conductors.
- FIGS. 6 - 9 views of a mounting rail system with a contacting element according to the prior art.
- the present invention represents, for example, a further development of the known "TECTON" system.
- FIGS. 6 and 7 show views of the mounting rail in which the busbars are arranged.
- FIGS. 8 and 9 in turn show the design of a lamp which is or is to be connected to this mounting rail system and has a contacting element provided for this purpose.
- the known support rail system 100 uses an elongated support profile rail 101 that is U-shaped in cross section and opens at the bottom, which with its two side walls 102 and the upper connecting wall 103 delimits an elongated receiving space that extends from the underside is accessible via an elongated coupling opening.
- Conductor rail 110 or 120 (these cannot be seen in Figure 7, which only shows the support profile rail 101), which each have several in Longitudinally extending wires or conductors 111, 121 which are arranged in elongated channels or grooves 113, 123 of a line-receiving structure 112, 122 made of an insulating material.
- the channels 113, 123 ensure safe storage of the conductors 111, 121 in such a way that they cannot be accidentally touched.
- the channels 113, 123 are each designed to be open towards the interior of the support profile rail 101, so that the conductors 111, 121 can be contacted.
- a lamp 130 to be connected to this mounting rail system 100 then has at least one rotatably mounted contacting or pick-off element 135, as can be seen in particular in FIGS.
- To connect the lamp 130 it is attached to the elongated support profile rail 101 from the underside, with the contacting element 135 being inserted into the support profile rail 101 via the elongated coupling opening and then rotated by about 45 ° .
- Contacts 136 arranged on the contacting element 135 are designed in such a way that they are pivoted out to the side by turning and then--as can be seen in particular in FIG 111, 121 to contact.
- contacts 136 are arranged on both sides of the contacting element 135 in order to be able to contact the busbars 110 , 120 positioned on both side walls 102 of the support profile rail 101 . Due to the fact that the contacts 136 with their associated contact holder part 137 and the cable connected to it (not visible) can be moved vertically with respect to a contact holder body 138 of the pick-up element 135, they can be arranged according to the position of a desired conductor 111, 121, in order then to connect this to contact the corresponding conductor as desired. As a result, on the one hand, there is the possibility of selecting a phase and selecting the neutral conductor for the power supply. Depending on the number of through the busbars 110, 120 to
- the conductors provided can also be used for other purposes, such as communication.
- other electrical units can also be connected to the mounting rail system.
- sensors such as presence or brightness sensors that support automated operation of the lighting system could be considered here.
- Units that enable communication or transmission of data for other purposes that is independent of the lighting control system would also be conceivable as sensible units to be connected to the mounting rail system.
- the most diverse types of lights are also conceivable, which can be connected together to the support profile rail and thereby fulfill different lighting technology tasks.
- connection contacts are positioned at a predetermined height since they are basically intended to contact a specific conductor of the busbars 110, 120, for example the conductor provided for grounding.
- at least one contact can be positioned on the contacting element 135 in a height-adjustable manner, since a phase selection for the power supply is to be made via this contact.
- a different conductor and thus a corresponding phase of the power supply network is contacted, which opens up the possibility of assigning lights, for example, to different groups that are each connected to a specific phase of the supply voltage.
- the corresponding contacting elements of the lights or electrical units to be connected must be designed or configured in such a way that they can contact the conductors of the system provided for this purpose in the desired manner. Since, depending on the wishes of the end user, the conductors of a busbar can be assigned differently and thus make different functionalities available, the contacting elements should allow the conductors of the busbars to be contacted as flexibly as possible.
- connection contacts in the manner described above, as well as the connection contact for the phase connection, to be adjustable or in such a way that they can optionally be arranged at different heights on the contacting element.
- this entails the risk that mistakes will be made in the arrangement of the connection contacts and conductors will be contacted in an undesired manner.
- desired functions of the system cannot be used, there is also the risk that individual components of the units to be connected or the system as a whole will be damaged, for example due to the occurrence of undesired short circuits.
- FIG. 1 initially clarifies the basic idea of the concept according to the invention.
- the left-hand side of Figure 1 shows a cross-section of a mounting rail profile 50 with a plurality of conductors 58 running in the longitudinal direction therein, which, just as in the prior art, are located in longitudinally running grooves or channels 57 of suitably designed, insulating line receiving structures 56 of two busbars 55 are arranged.
- these conductors 58 should be contacted in the same way as explained with reference to FIGS the associated
- the conductors 58 of the two busbars 55 can be assigned to two basic categories.
- the conductors 58 below the plane E shown schematically serve here primarily for the power supply to be connected, in particular lights to be connected, while the conductors 58 above the plane E provide additional functions.
- the three lower left-hand conductors Li, L2, L3 form the three phases of a power supply network
- the two lower right-hand conductors Earth and N on the one hand enable connected units to be earthed and on the other hand represent the neutral conductor of the power supply network.
- Above these five conductors are pairs of opposite conductors ELi, ENi of a first emergency power supply circuit
- EMERCENCY 1 and conductors EL2, EN2 of a second emergency power supply circuit "EMERCENCY 2".
- the additional functions of the system are provided by two opposite conductors 58 above level E, with a first pair of conductors Sn-, Si- forming a DALI bus, via which communication, in particular for lighting control, by means of digital signals corresponding to the DALI -Standard can be done.
- connection contacts used for the power connection can be arranged individually in terms of their height on a corresponding contacting element, in which case this contacting element can basically be designed in the same way as is shown in Figures 8 and 9 has been explained.
- This is shown in the middle of FIG. 1, which shows a corresponding contacting element 10 and the associated contacts 2O 1 , 20 2 in schematic form.
- these can therefore be arranged on corresponding contact holding elements 2i and 2i 2 which are arranged in a height-adjustable manner on a contact holding body 15 which can be rotated about a rotation or pivot axis in order to form the contacts 20 1 , 20 2 swing out.
- a unit to be connected e.g. a lamp
- the right-hand connection contact 20 2 must be positioned at the level of the neutral conductor N, while the left-hand connection contact 20 can then be positioned at the level of one of the three lower ones Conductor Li, L2 or L3 can be arranged in order to assign the luminaire to a specific phase of the power supply.
- both contacts 2O 1 , 20 2 must be arranged at the same level as the conductors ELi, ENi or EL2, EN2 associated with the corresponding emergency power supply circuit.
- connection contacts 20, 20 2 responsible for the power supply should both be height-adjustable, but in particular height-adjustable independently of one another in order to enable an optional connection to one of the three phases of the general power supply network or to one of the two emergency power supply circuits. In any case, care must be taken here to ensure that the two contacts 20 1 , 20 2 are arranged in the correct manner before the lamp or another consumer is connected to the system.
- connection contacts which opens up the possibility of combining two contacts into a group according to the present invention, which is generally arranged on the contacting element 10 so that it can be adjusted together.
- Connection contacts 2O 1 , 20 2 for the power connection has a further connection contact pair 3O 1 , 30 2 , which is arranged opposite one another in the illustrated embodiment and in principle can only be adjusted together in height.
- the connection contact pair 30 1 , 30 2 can then be adjusted in height in a corresponding manner, although in principle the two conductors of the busbars 55 which have been jointly assigned to a specific additional function are contacted.
- the connection contact pair 3O 1 , 3O 2 is in the lowest position, so that the conductors Si+ and Si- of the DALI bus are thus contacted.
- connection contacts 3O 1 , 30 2 can be brought to the top position in a single step, whereby it is impossible for a connection contact to accidentally misplace the correct line for the data communication is contacted and the second connection incorrectly remains at the height of the DALI conductor.
- the adaptation of the contacting element 10 of a unit to be connected to the system can therefore take place in a significantly simpler and more reliable manner than would be the case with individually adjustable individual contacts.
- FIGS. 2a and 2b again illustrate the difference between the previous procedure and the procedure according to the invention.
- FIG. 2a shows contacting of busbar conductors 55 in the conventional manner, in which two further contacts 25 1 , 25 2 are used in addition to the two lower connection contacts 20 1 , 20 2 , which are responsible for the power supply of a load to be connected to contact conductors through which an additional function of the system is used.
- both additional contacts 25 1 , 25 2 must in turn be positioned individually at the correspondingly suitable height, in which case incorrect positioning relative to one another or relative to the conductors 58 of the busbars 55 cannot be ruled out.
- Connection contacts 3O 1 , 3O 2 can be adjusted in height in a simple manner, it being ensured by the appropriate arrangement of the associated conductors 58 that a matching conductor pair of the busbars is always contacted in the correct manner. In particular, it is impossible for one of the two connection contacts 3O 1 , 3O 2 to make contact with a conductor of a first function during on the other hand, the second connection contact 3O 1 , 30 2 touches an opposite conductor of a different function that is offset in height.
- FIG. 1 A simple way of realizing the solution according to the invention is shown in FIG.
- a corresponding contact holding part 32 is shown here, which carries the connection contacts 30 , 30 2 combined to form a pair opposite one another. Similar to a mounting part 137 for a single contact, as shown in FIG. 9, this ring-like contact mounting part 32 can also be arranged on the outer circumference of the contact mounting body 15 and can be shifted into different positions parallel to its pivot axis.
- the positions available for the terminal contact pair are defined by suitable measures that enable haptic feedback, for example by slightly snapping the contact holder part 32 in relation to the contact holder body 15 in the appropriate height positions.
- the contacts 30 1 , 30 2 of the pair are then also in this case arranged opposite one another on the outer circumference of the contact holder body 15 - now in a common plane oriented perpendicularly to the pivot axis of the contact holder body 15 - that when the contact holder body 15 is rotated by, for example, 45°, they are swung out to the side in such a way that they engage in the grooves 57 of the corresponding busbars 55 and then make contact with the associated conductor.
- connection contacts of a group are arranged at the same height in relation to the contacting element, but it would also be conceivable in principle that they are offset in height to one another and possibly even both are arranged on one side of the contacting element and thus at the same Contact the corresponding conductor of a busbar in the direction.
- connection contacts can be transferred from an open position into a contacting position in order to contact conductors of one or more busbars.
- linear displacements of a corresponding contact holder body could also be considered here.
- several contacts can be combined into one group in the sense of the present invention in order to simplify contacting the conductors.
- the contacting element 10 had a group of two paired connection contacts 30 1 , 30 2 configured according to the invention, as well as two further individually adjustable ones
- Connection contacts 2O 1 , 20 2 via which a connection to the power supply conductor of the system was made.
- individual contacts can also be provided in a fixed, predetermined position, that is to say non-adjustable, on the contacting element.
- a contacting element configured according to the invention can of course also have a plurality of connection contact pairs or connection contact groups, which can be adjusted in accordance with the invention in such a way that the connection contacts of a group can only ever be arranged in a fixed relation to one another opposite the contact holder body 15.
- FIGS. 4 and 5 A corresponding exemplary embodiment for this is shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 and will be explained below.
- the special feature of the contacting element 40 shown in Figures 4 and 5 is that it is not - as discussed so far - inserted from the underside into a mounting rail profile and then twisted in order to contact the conductors of the busbar(s), but instead via an opening provided on the upper side of the mounting rail profile engages in the mounting rail.
- consumers can be connected to the conductors of the busbar(s), for example, which are not arranged on the underside of the mounting rail profile like classic continuous row lights, but are instead positioned on the outside or top of the mounting rail profile and here perform additional functions.
- the contacting element shown in FIGS. 4a-4d has a base element 41, which in turn initially forms a contact-retaining body 15 that can be rotated with respect to the mounting rail profile.
- This base element 41 is essentially formed by an oval plate 42, which then rests in the assembled state at least with its edge area on the upper side of the support rail profile 50 on the peripheral area of the opening, not shown in the figures.
- a cylindrical projection 43 extends centrally towards the top, from which the connecting cable connected to the connecting contacts 30 1 , 30 2 protrudes.
- Web-like wings 43a, 43b are provided on both sides of this cylindrical projection 43, which, in the form of handles, facilitate the turning of the base element 41.
- the cylindrical projection 43 continues in the form of a hollow cylinder on the underside of the oval plate 42, so that a hollow-cylindrical receptacle is formed, into which a height-adjustable contact holding part 45 engages.
- This contact holding part 45 consisting of an insulating material initially forms a vertically oriented, again cylindrical projection 46 which engages in the receptacle of the base body 41 .
- ring-like projections can be provided that protrude outwards, which correspond to corresponding ring-like recesses on the inside of the cylindrical receptacle of the base body 41 and thereby define latching positions that define different, preferred height positions for the contact mounting part 45.
- connection contacts 30 1 and 30 2 are coupled to the end area of the connection cable via internal conductors. If a consumer is now to be connected to the conductors of a mounting rail profile using the contacting element 40 shown, the first step is to bring the contact holding part 45 into a desired position in the receptacle of the base part 41, which corresponds to one of the predetermined latching positions.
- the connection contacts 30 1 and 30 2 are thus located at a fixed, predetermined height with respect to the underside of the oval plate 42 of the base part 41.
- the contacting element 40 is then placed on the mounting rail profile from the top, with the connection contacts 30 1 , 30 2 with the lower area of the contact holding part 45 reach through the opening, not shown in the figures, on the upper side of the mounting rail profile 50 . If the underside of the oval plate 42 rests on the upper side of the mounting rail profile 50, it is rotated by 90°, with the contacts 30 1 , 30 2 then being swiveled out to the side in order to contact the associated conductors. This is shown in FIGS. 5a to 5c (wherein FIG. 5a only the contact holding part 45 but not the base part 41 is shown) for three different locking positions of the contact holding part 45, each corresponding to different conductor pairs to be contacted. At the same time, laterally extending webs 42a provided below the oval plate 42 can be used to mechanically lock the contacting element 40 to the mounting rail profile 50 .
- the position of the paired contacts 30 1 , 30 2 can be selected by simply adjusting the contact mounting part 45 in relation to the base part 41 or contact mounting body 15 in such a way that these always correctly connect two associated conductors of the busbar(s) of the contact systems. Faulty contacting is thus largely ruled out.
- the embodiment shown thus represents a particularly simple and elegant variant for connecting additional consumers to the system and at the same time ensuring that the correct conductors are contacted in each case. It should also be noted that the procedure explained with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5 for realizing jointly adjustable connection contacts can, of course, also be used for contacting elements that are attached to the mounting rail profile from the underside.
- the previously explained contact holding part 45 could be used in an identical manner, in which case the contact holding body 15, which could be designed in a comparable manner to the contact holding body of the prior art shown in FIG. 9, again has a cylindrical receptacle in its upper area, which allows the - preferably latchable - arranging the contact holder part 45 at different heights.
- the contacting element 10 is designed such that it initially only has the base connection contacts required for connection to the power supply conductors on the contact holder body 15, which are positioned in a fixed manner and/or can be individually positioned.
- the contact holding part 45 just described could be arranged in the form of an additional adapter on the upper side of the contacting element 10 in order to enable further conductors to be contacted.
- the solution according to the invention thus contributes to the fact that the versatile contacting of conductors of busbars of a mounting rail profile is further optimized.
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