Patent ID: 9099880
Filing Date: 2015-08-04
Classification: H02J,H04L

Abstract:
1. A supply system for supplying electrical energy and data signals in a contact-free manner to a subscriber module, comprising: a support member; a supply bar mounted on said support member, said supply bar having primary energy and data interfaces; and a bus subscriber module mounted on said support member, said bus subscriber module having secondary energy and data interfaces arranged adjacent and spaced from said primary energy and data interfaces, respectively, whereby energy and data supplied to said primary interfaces are transmitted in a contact-free manner to said secondary interfaces, respectively, said support member comprising a mounting rail having an inverted top-hat horizontal base wall, a pair of parallel spaced vertical side walls extending upwardly from said base wall, and a pair of horizontal coplanar flange walls extending outwardly from the upper edges of said side walls, said side and base walls cooperating to define a space in which said supply bar is longitudinally mounted, said bus subscriber module being mounted on said flange walls, said supply bar being secured within said space, said bus subscriber module being arranged transversely of, and removably mounted on, said mounting rail; and coding means for preventing the mounting of an unauthorized bus subscriber module on said mounting rail, said coding means comprising an upper portion on said supply bar that extends upwardly from said space above the level of said flange walls, the lower portion of said bus subscriber module containing a recess that receives said supply bar upper portion.