Modular Busbar Sections With Removable Contacts for Line Splitting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing busbar systems lack the ability to individually interrupt lines, limiting flexibility in configuring separate sub-sections for safety extra low voltage and data communication, which restricts the number of devices that can be individually addressed and increases planning complexity.
Innovation Solution
A busbar system with removable electrical contacts in connector elements allows for easy splitting of lines during installation without requiring additional parts or tools, ensuring safety by preventing accidental contact once the system is assembled.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the busbar lines extend continuously over the entire length of the trunking system, then the system provides uninterrupted power supply and contacting possibility, but the system lacks flexibility to create separate sub-sections for safety extra low voltage and data communication
Solution Approach 1:
The busbar system is divided into multiple busbar sections that can be connected together. Each section contains lines that can be individually interrupted by removing electrical contacts from connector elements, creating separate sub-sections for different voltage levels and communication protocols without requiring complex planning
2Adaptability or versatility
If electrical contacts are made removable to allow line interruptions, then the system gains flexibility to create separate sub-sections, but the risk of accidental contact during installation increases
Solution Approach 1:
The electrical contacts are designed to be removable from the connector elements before final assembly. This allows line interruptions to be prepared in advance, and the connector elements with exposed contacts can be safely handled and positioned before being inserted into the trunking system, eliminating the need to handle exposed contacts during final installation
3Ease of manufacture
If standard trunking rail elements are provided in fixed lengths, then manufacturing is simplified, but the system cannot accommodate custom length requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The trunking system is designed as a modular assembly of standard-length trunking rail elements that can be connected in series. Each element contains busbar sections and connector elements that can be individually configured by adding or removing electrical contacts, allowing custom effective lengths and configurations while maintaining standardized manufacturing of individual components
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AI summary
A busbar (110, 120) for luminaires or other electrical devices has a plurality of busbar sections which can be connected to one another and which each have a plurality of lines (111, 121), running in a longitudinal direction, for power supply and/or signal transmission, which lines (111, 121) are arranged in grooves (113, 123), open towards a contacting side, of a line-receiving structure (112, 122) consisting of an insulating material. Electrical contacts (50) are arranged in the connecting region of two successive busbar sections, to which contacts (50) in each case the ends of two lines (111, 121) to be connected to one another can be connected and which contacts (50) form a contacting surface (51) accessible from the contacting side, wherein at least one of the electrical contacts (50) is removable in order to interrupt the connection of the corresponding line (111, 121) between two successive busbar sections.