Phoenix Contact Gmbh + Co. Kg

Norbert Hoemann

Heinz Reibke

Ralph Hoppmann

Carsten Pollmann

Wjatscheslaw Janzen

Klaus Eisert

Harry Bentler

Dirk Goerlitzer

Rudolf Merz

Dirk GÖRLITZER

A modular terminal having a terminal housing, a busbar, and two terminal elements for connecting two conductors to the busbar. Two functional slots are formed at both connecting ends in the terminal housing. The first functional slot provides a first connection possibility for a first test socket or a test plug, and, the second functional slot provides a second connection possibility for a fixed link or a jumper. In order to be able to mount the testing and switching equipment in a simple and flexible manner in the modular terminal, an additional third functional slot is formed at both connecting ends in the terminal housing, a third connection possibility corresponding to the third functional slot is formed at both connecting ends in the busbar, and the connection possibilities in the busbar are openings into which test sockets, test plugs, fixed links, or jumpers can be alternatively plugged.

Modular terminal and modular terminal block

A plug connector consisting of a plug body () and an engaging part () is provided with short-circuiting contacts () within the plug body. The engaging part () includes at least one separating element () of insulating material that is inserted between the short circuit contacts () when plug body () and engaging part () are inserted to interrupt the short circuit. For the purpose of simpler matching to the quantity of conductors to be short-circuited and to be connected, the plug body () and the engaging part () each consist of modules () that may be stacked one upon the other and are assigned to each of the conductors within the plug body () that are of varying polarity and that are to be short-circuited. The short circuit contacts () of the plug body () are so arranged on the modules () that each is extended to the short circuit contacts () working together for two adjacent plug body modules (). The engaging part modules () include a separating element () that is inserted between two adjacent plug body modules () to separate the short circuit contacts () during the plugging process.

Plug connector with short circuit contacts

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Brakel, Germany

Norbert Hoemann