Mounting Rail Tapping Element for Unobstructed Light Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Mounting rail systems used for accommodating electrical and electronic components, such as lights and IoT devices, often face issues with component overcrowding and functional collisions, particularly with light emission areas being obstructed by other components.
Innovation Solution
A mounting rail system with an elongated support profile rail and busbar that includes a tapping element with a contact section, allowing for flexible electrical connections via a provision element outside the coupling opening, which can be rotated for coupling with the busbar, and additional connection openings for further components, enabling easy and flexible integration of various electrical and electronic components without obstructing the light emission area.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If electrical or electronic components are installed in mounting rail systems, then connection options are provided, but components extend into light emission areas and cause functional collisions
Solution Approach 1:
The tapping element is divided into distinct functional sections: a contact section for electrical coupling with the busbar, and a provision element for external connections. This segmentation allows the electrical connection function to be separated from the spatial occupation in the light emission area, enabling components to be connected without extending into the light path.
Solution Approach 2:
The provision element is extracted and positioned outside the support profile rail through a separate opening, while the contact section remains inside for electrical coupling. This extraction removes the external connection interface from the light emission area, eliminating functional collisions while maintaining connection versatility.
2Reliability
If tapping elements are inserted via coupling opening, then electrical coupling is achieved, but the coupling opening is blocked and cannot be used for light emission components
Solution Approach 1:
The support profile rail is provided with two distinct openings: a coupling opening for inserting tapping elements to achieve electrical coupling, and a separate provision opening for external connections. This segmentation allows both electrical coupling and component installation to occur through different access points, preventing mutual interference and maintaining both reliability and adaptability.
3Adaptability or versatility
If components are installed to provide electrical connections, then power and data transfer are enabled, but light emission functionality is obstructed
Solution Approach 1:
The provision element is taken out and positioned externally through a separate opening, removing it from the light emission path. This allows power and data transfer functionality to be provided without any component parts obstructing the light emission area, maintaining both adaptability and illumination intensity.
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AI summary
The present invention relates to a mounting rail system (100) comprising a mounting rail (1) with an elongate profiled mounting rail (2), which has a longitudinal extent (L), delimits an interior (I) and has an elongate coupling opening (20), and an elongate busbar (4), which extends longitudinally (L) in the interior (I) of the profiled mounting rail (2), wherein the busbar (4) has at least one electrical conductor (40) for electrically connecting electrical or electronic components (30) via the coupling opening (20). The mounting rail system (100) further has a tapping element (10) which is detachably inserted into the interior (I) via the coupling opening (20) and by way of a contact portion (5) is electrically coupled to the busbar (4). The tapping element (10) further has a supply element (6) which is provided on the outside with respect to the mounting rail (1) and is electrically connected by way of an electrical connecting element (7) to the contact portion (5) via an opening (24), independent of the coupling opening (20), in the profiled mounting rail (2) in order to provide the electrical tapping by the contact portion (5) from the busbar (4) via the supply element (6) on the outside.