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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2008
Dieter Seidel, Steinen, DE;
Dieter Seidel, Steinen, DE;
Conductix-Wampfler AG, Weil am Rhein-Markt, DE;
Abstract
The invention pertains to a conductor rail (), particularly an enclosed conductor rail, with a housing () and at least one conductor band () extending therein, as well as a connector () for connecting the conductor bands () of adjacent segments () of the conductor rail, wherein the electrically conductive conductor bands () are bent outward at the ends of the conductor rail segments so as to electrically connect the conductor bands. In order to easily and manually produce a connection between conductor rail segments of such a conductor rail with the fewest components possible and such that a high system reliability is preserved, the invention proposes that the conductor bands () be bent outward by 180° and that the connector () be realized in the form of a clamping connector that encompasses and presses the bent ends of the conductor bands against one another in the region of their bend forming a contact surface ().