Busbar Adapter Housing for Safe Live Connection Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional busbar systems require significant installation effort and lack contact protection, making it unsafe to connect different busbar systems, especially during operation or when voltage is applied.
Innovation Solution
An adapter device with a separable housing featuring a main busbar interface on the rear and sub-interfaces on the front, allowing for electromechanical contact and electrical connection without manual wiring, ensuring safe and reliable connections even under voltage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional busbar systems are connected manually, then connection flexibility is achieved, but installation effort and time increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The adapter device serves as an intermediary component between different busbar systems. It includes a housing with a first receptacle for receiving a first busbar and a second receptacle for receiving a second busbar, enabling connection between incompatible busbar types without manual wiring. The adapter translates between different busbar interfaces, allowing diverse busbar systems to be connected through a standardized intermediate device.
Solution Approach 2:
The adapter device is designed with universal applicability to connect different types of busbars. The housing can accommodate various busbar configurations through its receptacles, and the internal conductive elements can be configured to match different busbar types. This multi-functional design allows a single adapter product to serve multiple connection scenarios.
2Productivity
If conventional busbar connections are made during operation, then system availability is maintained, but contact protection and safety are compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The adapter device is divided into separable housing halves that can be assembled and disassembled. The housing includes a first half and a second half that can be opened to receive busbars, allowing connection operations to be performed safely. The segmentation enables the adapter to be opened away from live busbars for safe installation while maintaining connection capability during operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The adapter housing acts as a protective intermediary between the operator and the live busbar system. The housing can be opened to a position away from the busbars, providing physical distance and protection during connection operations. This intermediary structure enables safe access to busbars during operation without direct exposure to electrical hazards.
3Ease of manufacture
If adapter housing halves are separable, then assembly and disassembly is simplified, but mechanical connection strength may be reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The connection between the housing halves is achieved through a combination of mechanical features and electrical contact. The housing halves include contact components that establish both mechanical and electrical connections when assembled. This substitution of pure mechanical fastening with an integrated electrical contact system simplifies the assembly process while maintaining adequate mechanical strength for the application.
Data Source
AI summary
Adapter device (1) for connecting at least one electrical device (2) adapted for a busbar subsystem (11, 12) to a busbar main system (7), wherein the adapter housing (4) of the adapter device (1) comprises a busbar main interface (22) on a rear side of the housing for electromechanical contacting of busbars (6) of the busbar main system (7) and one or more busbar sub-interfaces on a front side of the housing, which are provided for placing the at least one electrical device (2) on the adapter device (1) and for its electrical connection to the busbar main system (7) via busbars (15, 16) of the respective busbar sub-system (11, 12) integrated in the adapter housing (4) or attached thereto and via electrical conductors (28) contained in the adapter housing (4).