Comb-shaped interconnect of a looping bridge for looping a number of electric signals
AssigneePhoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG
InventorElmar Schaper
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Abstract
A looping bridge is disclosed for looping a number of electric signals through from a first electric module having a number of first electric terminals to a second electric module having a number of second electric terminals, said looping bridge comprising: a comb-shaped interconnect structure having a number of first comb teeth and a number of second comb teeth wherein the first comb teeth can be inserted into the first electric terminals and the second comb teeth can be inserted into the second electric terminals, and wherein the first comb teeth are electroconductively connected to the second comb teeth the comb-shaped interconnect structure being a comb-shaped circuit board.
Claims18
A looping bridge for looping a number of electric signals from a first electric module having a number of first electric terminals to a second electric module having a number of second electric terminals, said looping bridge comprising:
- a comb-shaped interconnect structure having a number of first comb teeth and a number of second comb teeth, wherein the first comb teeth can be inserted into the first electric terminals and the second comb teeth can be inserted into the second electric terminals, and wherein the first comb teeth are electroconductively connected to the second comb teeth;
- wherein the comb-shaped interconnect structure is formed by a comb-shaped circuit board, wherein the comb-shaped circuit board has a plurality of circuit board layers, and an electric line configured to electrically connect one of the first comb teeth with one of the second comb teeth is positioned between every two successive circuit board layers;
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- an additional comb-shaped interconnect structure having additional comb teeth, wherein at least a portion of the additional comb-shaped interconnect structure is configured to be placed on top of the comb-shaped interconnect structure to electrically connect comb teeth of the comb-shaped interconnect structure with comb teeth of the additional comb-shaped interconnect structure in pairs.
A connector assembly for looping through a number of electric signals, comprising:
- a first electric module comprising a first terminal block having a number of first electric terminals;
- a second electric module comprising a second terminal block having a number of second electric terminals;
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- a looping bridge comprising a first comb-shaped interconnect structure and a second comb-shaped interconnect structure, the first comb-shaped interconnect structure having a number of first comb teeth and a number of second comb teeth, and the second comb-shaped interconnect structure having a number of third comb teeth;
- wherein the first comb teeth are electroconductively connected to the second comb teeth;
- wherein the first comb-shaped interconnect structure is formed by a comb-shaped circuit board, the comb-shaped circuit board has a plurality of circuit board layers, and an electric line configured to electrically connect one of the first comb teeth with one of the second comb teeth is positioned between every two successive circuit board layers;
- wherein the first comb teeth are inserted into the first electric terminals and the second comb teeth are inserted into the second electric terminals, thereby electroconductively connecting the first electric terminals with the second electric terminals in pairs, so that in each case, one of the first electric terminals is electroconductively connected to one of the second electric terminals;
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- wherein the second comb-shaped interconnect structure is configured to be placed on top of the first comb-shaped interconnect structure to electrically connect comb teeth of the first comb-shaped interconnect structure with comb teeth of the second comb-shaped interconnect structure in pairs.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.