Patent ID: 6252169
Filing Date: 2001-06-26
Classification: H01B

Abstract:
An electrically conducting cable for electrically connecting a plurality of consumers with a voltage supply device (13), wherein said electrically conducting cable consists of a single conductor, a plug (11) for electrical connection of the single conductor with the voltage supply device (13) and a plurality of overload-protected externally triggered semiconductor switches (A1/2; B3/4/5; C5/6/7/8) for electrically connecting or disconnecting said consumers with said single conductor;wherein said plug is electrically connected to the single conductor at one end of the single conductor and each of said overload-protected externally triggered semiconductor switches is electrically connected to said single conductor;wherein said single conductor consists of a plurality of adjoining regions of an electrically conductive material and said adjoining regions have cross-sections that are successively smaller in a direction along the single conductor from the plug toward the consumers;wherein each of said adjoining regions is electrically connected to a different one of said overload-protected externally triggered semiconductor switches at a branch point at an end of said adjoining region to which said different one of said overload-protected externally triggered semiconductor switches is connected;so that said consumers are electrically connected to or disconnected from said single conductor via said overload-protected externally triggered semiconductor switches when said semiconductor switches are externally triggered.