Patent Document:

fig1 ( a ), 1 ( b ) and 2 , 5 and 6 as well as 7 ( a )-( c ) show three different embodiments of the jumper 1 in accordance with the invention . the jumper 1 shown in the figures is used for bridging of two electrical modular terminals 3 , 3 ′ which are located next to one another ( see , fig8 ) , the modular terminals 3 , 3 ′ each have a busbar 4 , 4 ′, and three openings 5 , 6 , 7 formed in each of the two sides of the middle region of the busbars 4 , 4 ′. in the housing 2 of the jumper 1 , there are two contacts 8 for engaging a respective one of the openings 5 , 7 in one of the two busbars 4 , 4 ′ of the modular terminals 3 , 3 ′. moreover , a jumper rail 9 is movably held in the housing 2 , the jumper rail 9 having two contact regions 10 and a connecting region 11 which connects the contact regions 10 , as is especially apparent from fig4 . as the representations of fig1 ( a ) & amp ; 1 ( b ) show , the jumper rail 9 can be moved out of a first end position ( fig1 ( a )) into a second end position ( fig1 ( b )). in the first end position of the jumper rail 9 , the contact regions 10 are spaced apart from the contacts 8 while the contact regions 10 in the second end position of the jumper rail 9 make electrically conductive contact with a respective contact 8 so that the two contacts 8 are connected to one another in an electrically conductive manner via the jumper rail 9 . fig2 shows that , in the first embodiment of the jumper 1 , the ends 12 of the contacts 8 facing the contact regions 10 of the jumper rail 9 and the contact regions 10 are arranged parallel to one another , the contact regions 10 in the second end position of the jumper rail 9 being slipped onto the ends 12 of the contacts 8 . the electrical connection between the contacts 8 and the contact regions 10 of the jumper rail 9 is achieved in that a respective screw 13 is screwed in the ends 12 of the two contacts 8 so that , by tightening the two screws 13 , the two contact regions 10 of the jumper rail 9 are each connected in an electrically conductive manner to a respective end 12 of a contact 8 . moreover , by tightening the screws 13 , the jumper rail 9 is also fixed in the second end position . in particular , fig3 & amp ; 4 show that the contact regions 10 of the jumper rail 9 each have a recess 14 which is open on one side and which , in the second end position of the jumper rail 9 , extend partially around the shaft of one of the two screws 13 . in the second exemplary embodiment of the jumper 1 in accordance with the invention which is shown in fig5 & amp ; 6 , the ends 12 of the contacts 8 have a pin - shaped locking element 15 and the contact regions 10 of the jumper rail 9 have a corresponding catch recess 16 . in this way , the contacts 8 and the contact regions 10 of the jumper rail can be locked relative to one another in the second end position of the jumper rail as is shown in fig6 . the use of screws for implementing the electrically conductive connection between the contacts 8 and the contact regions 10 or the jumper rail 9 is thus unnecessary in this embodiment . when the jumper rail 9 is moved into the second end position , the pin - shaped locking elements 15 slide automatically into the catch recesses 16 of the contact regions 10 . the jumper rail 9 is preferably a simple punched and bent part in which the contact regions 10 and the connecting region 11 are connected integrally to one another so that the jumper rail 9 is made in one piece . moreover , the contact regions 10 are bent essentially perpendicularly away from the connecting region 11 so that the contact regions 10 can be easily connected to the screws 13 and the pin - shaped locking elements 15 of the contacts 8 upon displacement from the first end position into the second end position . the connecting region 11 of the jumper rail 9 is located in an insulating housing 17 so that the jumper rail 9 can be moved by hand out of one end position into the other end position . in order to ensure good guidance of the jumper rail 9 within the housing 2 , both for the jumper 1 as shown in fig1 ( a ), 1 ( b ) and 2 as well as for the jumper 1 as shown in fig5 and 6 , a brace 18 is formed in the housing 2 that runs in the displacement direction of the jumper rail 9 and a corresponding groove 19 is formed in the insulating housing 17 of the jumper rail 9 . the jumper rail 9 thus sits with its groove 19 on the brace 18 of the housing 2 . in addition , reliable guidance of the jumper rail 9 in displacement out of one end position into the other end position is ensured in that in the side walls 20 of the housing 2 two guide grooves 21 are formed and on the insulating housing 17 of the jumper rail 9 two corresponding guide ribs 22 are laterally formed which are guided in the guide grooves 21 . moreover on the housing 2 both a stop 23 for the jumper rail 9 in the first end position and also a stop 24 for the jumper rail 9 in the second end position are made . the stop 23 is implemented by two ribs which are formed laterally on the brace 18 , while the stop 24 is a partition which runs transversely to the direction of movement of the jumper rail . fig1 and 5 moreover show that one catch projection 25 at a time projects into the guide grooves 21 in the side walls 20 ; the catch projection together with the guide ribs 22 on the insulating housing 17 of the jumper 9 provides for the jumper rail 9 to lock in the first end position in the housing 2 . the locking between the catch projection 25 in the guide groove 21 and the guide rib 22 is however only so strong that unintentional slipping of the jumper rail 9 out of the first end position is prevented . for intentional manual displacement of the jumper rail 9 out of the first end position into the second end position conversely the locking can be simply overcome . for reliable mechanical attachment of the jumper 1 when plugged into the modular terminals 3 , 3 ′, two elastic catch elements 26 are formed on the housing 2 of the jumper 1 which lock in a second opening 6 in the two busbars 4 , 4 ′. for the jumper 1 as shown in fig1 and 2 , a respective catch projection is formed on the end of the two catch elements 26 , while for the jumper 1 as shown in fig5 , the catch elements 26 each have two elastic catch hooks 27 opposite one another . as is apparent from fig9 , when the jumper 1 is plugged into the modular terminals 3 , 3 ′, the two contacts 8 each lock in the middle opening 5 in the two busbars 4 , 4 ′, by which the two busbars 4 , 4 ′ make contact with the contacts 8 . in addition , the two catch elements 26 each lock in the inner opening 6 in the two busbars 4 , 4 ′. the catch elements 26 are used solely for mechanical locking of the jumper 1 or of the housing 2 in the modular terminals 3 , 3 ′. in the exemplary embodiment as shown in fig1 , the jumper 1 is plugged into the modular terminals 3 , 3 ′ such that the two contacts 8 each lock in the outer opening 7 and the catch elements 26 each lock in the middle opening 5 in the two busbars 4 , 4 ′. fig7 shows a third exemplary embodiment of a jumper 1 in which a plug - in jumper 28 is located on the housing 2 so as to be able to move axially . the plug - in jumper 27 likewise has two contacts 8 which can each be plugged into one of the openings 5 , 6 , 7 in the two busbars 4 , 4 ′. in contrast to the contacts 8 of the jumper 1 as shown in fig1 ( a ), 1 ( b ) and 2 as well as in fig5 and 6 , the contacts 8 of the plug - in jumper 28 and of the jumper 1 as shown in fig7 ( a )-( c ) are connected to one another in an electrically conductive manner via a connecting region . as is apparent from the three representations shown in fig7 ( a )-( c ), the plug - in jumper 28 can be moved axially out of a first position ( fig7 a ) into the second position ( fig7 c ). if the jumper 1 with the plug - in jumper 28 in the first position as shown in fig7 ( a ) is plugged into the two electrical modular terminals 3 , 3 ′, first the two catch elements 26 with their elastic catch hooks 27 opposite one another lock in the two openings in a respective one of the two busbars 4 , 4 ′. in this first position of the plug - in jumper 28 , the contacts 8 are not yet plugged in the first openings in the two busbars 4 , 4 ′ so that the busbars 4 , 4 ′ have not yet made contact with the contacts 8 . if the plug - in jumper 28 as shown in fig7 ( c ) is pushed into the second position , the contacts 8 engage the second openings in the two busbars 4 , 4 ′ so that the two busbars 4 , 4 ′ of the electrical modular terminals 3 , 3 ′ which are located next to one another are short - circuited via the plug - in jumper 28 . according to the insulating housing 17 of the jumper rail 9 , the plug - in jumper 28 also has an insulating housing 29 in its connecting region so that the plug - in jumper 28 is also made safe from contact with the hands . to ensure good axial guidance of the plug - in jumper 28 , two guide ribs 30 are formed laterally on the housing 2 of the jumper 1 and corresponding thereto two guide grooves 31 are made in the insulating housing 29 . the plug - in jumper 28 could thus be pressed down simply by hand out of the first position ( fig7 a ) into the second position ( fig7 c ). however , in order to facilitate movement of the plug - in jumper 28 , an actuating element 32 is pivotally supported on the housing 2 and an end 33 of which is connected to the insulating housing 29 so that , by pivoting the actuating element 32 , the plug - in jumper 28 is pushed out of the first position into the second position . for simple actuation of the actuating element 32 a receiver 34 is made in its other end for inserting a tool , for example , the tip of a screwdriver . the plug - in jumper 28 can thus be easily moved out of the first position into the second position so that the tip of a screwdriver is inserted into the receiver 34 in the actuating element 32 and then the screwdriver is turned counterclockwise . while in the two exemplary embodiments as shown in fig1 ( a ), 1 ( b ) and 7 ( a )-( c ), the contacts 8 are made as spring contacts , in the exemplary embodiment as shown in fig5 & amp ; 6 , the contacts 8 are made as pin contacts . the contacts 8 which are made as spring contacts have two contact legs 35 which are arranged parallel to one another , and of which at least one is made elastic . fig8 to 10 show a structural unit composed of two electrical modular terminals 3 , 3 ′ which are located next to one another and which can be locked jointly on a support rail ( not shown ), and a jumper 1 which has been plugged into the modular terminals 3 , 3 ′. the modular terminals 3 , 3 ′ each have a terminal housing 36 , 36 ′ which is made of insulating material and in which there are two terminal elements 37 and a busbar 4 , 4 ′. in this exemplary embodiment , the terminal elements 37 are leg spring terminals into which rigid conductors can be plugged directly through the corresponding conductor insertion openings 38 in the terminal housing 36 , 36 ′. since the modular terminals 3 , 3 ′ shown in fig8 to 10 are feed - through terminals with a disconnect possibility , so - called isolating terminals , the busbars 4 , 4 ′ each are formed of two sections which can be connected to one another in an electrically conductive manner or can be separated from one another via a section disconnector which is pivotally located in the middle of the modular terminals 3 , 3 ′. the structure of the modular terminals 3 , 3 ′ is essentially identical on both sides of the section disconnector 39 , in particular in the terminal housing 36 , 36 ′ on both sides of the section disconnector 39 three functional slots 40 , 41 , 42 are made which , corresponding to the three openings 5 , 6 , 7 , are located in the two parts of the busbar 4 , 4 ′. the jumper 1 can be alternatively plugged into the terminal housings 36 , 36 ′ on one of the two sides of the section disconnector 39 . moreover , the jumper 1 with its contacts 8 can be plugged either into the opening 5 in the two busbars 4 , 4 ′ ( fig9 ) or into the opening ( 7 ) ( fig1 ). the catch elements 26 are then plugged either in the openings 6 ( fig9 ) or in the openings 5 ( fig1 ) of the busbars 4 , 4 ′. moreover , the jumper 1 can also be plugged into the modular terminals 3 , 3 ′ turned by 180 ° so that the region 43 of the housing 2 of the jumper 1 in which the jumper rail 9 is movably guided is located over the middle region of the terminal housing 36 , 36 ′. as is apparent for the fig1 ( a ) & amp ; 1 ( b ) embodiment , the housing 2 of the jumper 1 is made roughly l - shaped . here the region 43 of the housing 2 in which the jumper rail 9 is movably guided has an open bottom . this leads to a situation in which when the jumper 1 is arranged in the two modular terminals 3 , 3 ′ as shown in fig9 for example a contact pin can be inserted through the open bottom of the housing 2 through the functional slot 42 into the third opening 7 in the two busbars 4 , 4 ′. likewise , with the jumper 1 plugged in , the terminal openings 38 are accessible so that an electrical conductor , even with the jumper 1 plugged in , can be connected to the electrical modular terminal 3 , 3 ′. in contrast thereto , the actuating opening 44 in the terminal housing 36 , 36 ′, for a jumper 1 which has been plugged in as shown in fig1 , is only accessible when the jumper rail 9 is not in the first end position , but in the second end position . this ensures that one conductor can only be removed from the terminal element 37 when a connected current transformer is short - circuited by the jumper 1 . fig1 again shows that the two contacts 8 of the jumper 1 as shown in fig1 ( a ), 1 ( b ) and 2 are connected to one another in an electrically conductive manner only when the jumper rail 9 is in the second end position . in this position , then , the two contacts 8 , and thus also the two busbars 4 , 4 ′ in whose openings 5 the two contacts 8 have been plugged , are connected to make contact with one another in an electrically conductive manner via the jumper rail 9 , so that two modular terminals 3 , 3 ′ which are located adjacent to one another are short - circuited by the correspondingly switched jumper 1 .

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