# US 2017/0366097 A1 · Converter arrangement comprising movable contacts, but immovable converter assembly > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2017/0366097 A1 - Document ID: US20170366097A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/544,802 - Filed: 2015-12-09 - Published: 2017-12-21 - Earliest claimed: 2015-01-20 - Assignees: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft - Applicants: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft - Inventors: ANDREAS NAGEL; HARALD PONATH - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20170366097A1 ## CPC - H02M 7/003: {Constructional details, e.g. physical layout, assembly, wiring or busbar connections} - B60R 16/03: for supply of electrical power to vehicle subsystems {or for (circuit arrangements for charging batteries H02J7/00)} - H02J 4/00: Circuit arrangements for mains or distribution networks not specified as AC or DC; Circuit arrangements for mains or distribution networks combining AC and DC sections or sub-networks (arrangements using intermediate DC-AC-DC conversion H02J1/002; arrangements using high-voltage DC [HVDC] links H02J3/36) - H02P 27/04: using variable-frequency supply voltage, e.g. inverter or converter supply voltage - H01H 31/32: with rectilinearly-movable contact - H02M: APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION BETWEEN AC AND AC, BETWEEN AC AND DC, OR BETWEEN DC AND DC, AND FOR USE WITH MAINS OR SIMILAR POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; CONVERSION OF DC OR AC INPUT POWER INTO SURGE OUTPUT POWER; CONTROL OR REGULATION THEREOF (transformers H01F; dynamo-electric converters H02K47/00; controlling transformers, reactors or choke coils, control or regulation of electric motors, generators or dynamo-electric converters H02P) - B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - H02J: ELECTRIC POWER NETWORKS; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY - H02P: CONTROL OR REGULATION OF ELECTRIC MOTORS, ELECTRIC GENERATORS OR DYNAMO-ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; CONTROLLING TRANSFORMERS, REACTORS OR CHOKE COILS - H01H: ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES (contact cables H01B7/10; electrolytic self-interrupters H01G9/18; emergency protective circuit arrangements H02H; switching by electronic means without contact-making H03K17/00) ## Abstract A converter arrangement includes a basic structure having a receptacle, a first electrical network including lines arranged on the basic structure, a plurality of first contacts arranged on the basic structure and movable via a first actuator from a first connection position into a first release position, and a converter assembly securable in the first release position as a unit in a fixed location in the receptacle of the basic structure and removable from the receptacle. The converter assembly is electrically connected to the lines of the first electrical network when the first contacts assume the first connection position, and electrically disconnected from the lines of the first network when the first contacts assume the first release position. The receptacle of the basic structure is immobile when the first contacts move from the first connection position into the first release position. ## Claims ### Claim at position 1 -13. (canceled) ### Claim 14 A converter arrangement, comprising: a basic structure having a receptacle; a first electrical network including lines arranged on the basic structure; a plurality of first contacts arranged on the basic structure and movable via a first actuator from a first connection position into a first release position; and a converter assembly securable in the first release position as a unit in a fixed location in the receptacle of the basic structure and removable from the receptacle, said converter assembly being electrically connected to the lines of the first electrical network when the first contacts assume the first connection position, and electrically disconnected from the lines of the first network when the first contacts assume the first release position, wherein the receptacle of the basic structure is immobile when the first contacts move from the first connection position into the first release position. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The converter arrangement of claim 14, wherein the first network is a DC voltage network, said DC voltage network including a voltage stabilizing capacitor arranged in a fixed location on the basic structure. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The converter arrangement of claim 14, further comprising flexible lines connecting the first contacts to the lines of the first network. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The converter arrangement of claim 16, wherein the flexible lines are embodied as strip lines which, when viewed from the lines of the first network to the first contacts, have a length, a width in cross-section, a thickness, and are spaced from one another at a distance. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The converter arrangement of claim 17, wherein the width of the flexible lines is significantly greater than the distance of the flexible lines from one another. ### Claim 19 (depends on 14) The converter arrangement of claim 14, wherein the first contacts are embodied as contact bridges, said contact bridges being electrically connected both to the converter assembly and to the lines of the first network in the first connection position, and electrically disconnected from the converter assembly and from the lines of the first network in the first release position. ### Claim 20 (depends on 14) The converter arrangement of claim 14, wherein the first contacts are embodied as plugs or receptacles for plugs of plug-in electrical connections. ### Claim 21 (depends on 14) The converter arrangement of claim 14, further comprising an evaluation device configured to automatically detect a malfunction of the converter assembly, said evaluation device being embodied as a control device for the first actuator and connected to the first actuator for control purposes. ### Claim 22 (depends on 14) The converter arrangement of claim 14, wherein the first actuator is embodied as an electrical, a hydraulic or a pneumatic actuator. ### Claim 23 (depends on 14) The converter arrangement of claim 14, further comprising a second electrical network including lines arranged on the basic structure; and a plurality of second contacts arranged on the basic structure, said second contacts movable via a second actuator from a second connection position into a second release position, said converter assembly securable in the second release position as a unit in a fixed location in the receptacle of the basic structure and removable from the receptacle, said converter assembly being electrically connected to the lines of the second electrical network when the second contacts assume the second connection position and electrically disconnected from the lines of the second network when the second contacts assume the second release position, wherein the receptacle is immobile when the second contacts move from the second connection position into the second release position. ### Claim 24 (depends on 23) The converter arrangement of claim 23, further comprising a control device for jointly activating the first actuator and the second actuator or the first actuator and the second actuator are identical to one another. ### Claim 25 (depends on 23) The converter arrangement of claim 23, wherein the second electrical network is a multi-phase alternating current network. ### Claim 26 A vehicle, comprising: a converter arrangement including a basic structure having a receptacle, a first electrical network including lines arranged on the basic structure, a plurality of first contacts arranged on the basic structure and movable via a first actuator from a first connection position into a first release position, and a converter assembly securable in the first release position as a unit in a fixed location in the receptacle of the basic structure and removable from the receptacle, said converter assembly being electrically connected to the lines of the first electrical network when the first contacts assume the first connection position, and electrically disconnected from the lines of the first network when the first contacts assume the first release position, wherein the receptacle of the basic structure is immobile when the first contacts move from the first connection position into the first release position; a second electrical network; and a traction drive connected to the converter arrangement via the second electrical network. ### Claim 27 (depends on 26) The vehicle of claim 26, wherein the first network is a DC voltage network, said DC voltage network including a voltage stabilizing capacitor arranged in a fixed location on the basic structure. ### Claim 28 (depends on 26) The vehicle of claim 26, wherein the converter arrangement includes flexible lines connecting the first contacts to the lines of the first network. ### Claim 29 (depends on 28) The vehicle of claim 28, wherein the flexible lines are embodied as strip lines which, when viewed from the lines of the first network to the first contacts, have a length, a width in cross-section, a thickness, and are spaced from one another at a distance. ### Claim 30 (depends on 29) The vehicle of claim 29, wherein the width of the flexible lines is significantly greater than the distance of the flexible lines from one another. ### Claim 31 (depends on 26) The vehicle of claim 26, wherein the first contacts are embodied as contact bridges, said contact bridges being electrically connected both to the converter assembly and to the lines of the first network in the first connection position, and electrically disconnected from the converter assembly and from the lines of the first network in the first release position. ### Claim 32 (depends on 26) The vehicle of claim 26, wherein the first contacts are embodied as plugs or receptacles for plugs of plug-in electrical connections. ### Claim 33 (depends on 26) The vehicle of claim 26, wherein the converter arrangement includes an evaluation device configured to automatically detect a malfunction of the converter assembly, said evaluation device being embodied as a control device for the first actuator and connected to the first actuator for control purposes. ### Claim 34 (depends on 26) The vehicle of claim 26, wherein the first actuator is embodied as an electrical, a hydraulic or a pneumatic actuator. ### Claim 35 (depends on 26) The vehicle of claim 26, wherein the second electrical network includes lines arranged on the basic structure, and a plurality of second contacts arranged on the basic structure, said second contacts movable via a second actuator from a second connection position into a second release position, said converter assembly securable in the second release position as a unit in a fixed location in the receptacle of the basic structure and removable from the receptacle, said converter assembly being electrically connected to the lines of the second electrical network when the second contacts assume the second connection position and electrically disconnected from the lines of the second network when the second contacts assume the second release position, wherein the receptacle is immobile when the second contacts move from the second connection position into the second release position. ### Claim 36 (depends on 35) The vehicle of claim 35, wherein the converter arrangement includes a control device for jointly activating the first actuator and the second actuator or the first actuator and the second actuator are identical to one another. ### Claim 37 (depends on 26) The vehicle of claim 26, wherein the second electrical network is a multi-phase alternating current network.