Patents Assigned to Rittal GmbH & Co. KG
  • Patent number: 10415807
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electronic device with a device base for mounting the electronic device on a support, wherein at least one pivot arm is partially taken up in a receptacle of the device base and partially protrudes from the device base, which arm is adjustable about a pivot axis parallel to a contact side of the device base, wherein, in a first setting position of the pivot arm, a first attachment means is arranged outside the receptacle and wherein, in a second setting position of the pivot arm, a second attachment means differing from the first attachment means is arranged outside the receptacle, characterized in that a recess opening into the receptacle is formed on a side wall of the device base, into which recess a locking piece is inserted, which is adjustable between a release position, in which it releases the pivot arm, and a locking position, in which it fixes the pivot arm optionally in the first or in the second setting position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Rittal GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Christian Dietrich
  • Publication number: 20190280471
    Abstract: The invention relate to a bus bar holder having a bottom part and a top part detachably connected to the bottom part, between which, when they are connected together, at least one busbar passage is formed, wherein the top part and the bottom part have, on mutually opposite contact surfaces, sliding faces along which they bear against one another and are movable between an open position, in which the top part can be lifted off the bottom part, and a closed position, in which the top part is secured to the bottom part via a tongue-and-groove connection, wherein a releasable latching pawl secures the top part and the bottom part in the closed position. Also described is a corresponding arrangement made up of at least one such busbar holder and at least one busbar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: RITTAL GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Michael SCHELL, Sven ZIRKLER, Christian MORITZ
  • Patent number: 10396531
    Abstract: The invention relates to a frame profile for a frame rack of a switch cabinet, wherein the frame profile has: a first and a second profile web, wherein a free end of the first profile web has a first sealing edge, and a free end of the second profile web has a second sealing edge, a first mounting side with fixing receptacles, which first mounting side is spaced apart from the first sealing edge by a first dimension of a first connecting side of the first profile web, which connects the first mounting side to the first sealing edge, a second mounting side with fixing receptacles, which second mounting side is spaced apart from the second sealing edge by a second dimension of a second connecting side of the second profile web, which connects the second mounting side to the second sealing edge, characterized in that at least one of the profile webs has an undercut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Rittal GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Reuter, Daniel Brück, Timo Schindler, Hartmut Paul, Heiko Holighaus
  • Patent number: 10398064
    Abstract: A cooling arrangement for air conditioning an IT environment and especially for climate control in a data processing center, in which a first heat exchanger packet and a least a first blower are incorporated, wherein the first blower is set up to draw air from the building or the data processing center over a first of two oppositely positioned housing sides, convey it through the housing and the first heat exchanger packet and blow it out of the housing over a second housing side located opposite the first housing side, and wherein outside of the building or data processing center a second heat exchanger packet is disposed and air is blown through it by at least one second blower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Rittal GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Andrea Lazzaro
  • Patent number: 10374396
    Abstract: Apparatus for the touch-safe contacting of a busbar system having multiple busbars, wherein the arrangement has a touch protection housing made of electrically insulating material comprising receptacles for busbars, wherein the touch protection housing has a base having the receptacles and also a cover, which closes the receptacles and is optionally detachable from the base, having an installation side, wherein the arrangement furthermore has a multipole busbar adapter for the electrical contacting of the busbars, which is installed with an adapter housing on the installation side and for this purpose passes through the cover with at least one retaining foot engaging behind the busbars and also with at least one contact element in each case for every busbar to be electrically contacted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Rittal GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Michael Schell, Andreas Bastian, Ann-Sylvia Jungbauer
  • Patent number: 10375860
    Abstract: The invention relates to a heat exchanger for cooling a switch cabinet, with a first line system for a first coolant and with a second line system, separated fluidically from the first line system, for a second coolant, in which the first and the second line system are coupled thermally to one another, and to a corresponding switch cabinet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Rittal GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Juan Carlos Cacho Alonso
  • Patent number: 10335869
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for machining a flat workpiece, which comprises: a machine stand which comprises a support surface for a flat workpiece, wherein the support surface is formed by at least one counterholder, on the front face of which the workpiece can be placed, a hold-down unit, by means of which the workpiece is pressed against the support surface, and a processing head which can be moved relative to the support surface for the machining of the workpiece, wherein the at least one counterholder comprises a vibration damper which acts in a direction perpendicular to the support surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Rittal GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Tim Kramer, Matthias Kienholz
  • Patent number: 10309127
    Abstract: A door lock mechanism for actuation of the locking slide of a disconnector on a control box, includes a setting mechanism, that may be disposed between a locking position and a released position and that is pre-loaded toward the locking position, wherein the setting mechanism comprises a shaft that is pivoted around a rotation axis, wherein the shaft comprises at a first end a first lever that may be coupled with the locking slide of a disconnector, and wherein the shaft comprises at a second end opposing the first end a second lever having an actuating bolt so that upon pivoting the second lever the first lever conducts a respective pivoting; and a locking nose to be mounted at the inside of a control box door wherein the locking nose comprises starting from its tip an approach slope turning into a catch that turns into a contour slope so that upon closing the control box door the actuating bolt is guided along the contour slope in direction of the release position and against the pre-load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Rittal GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Paul Root
  • Patent number: 10292303
    Abstract: A cooling unit for cooling the air admitted to the interior of a switchgear cabinet (100), which cooling unit has an inner circuit, through which the air to be cooled is routed from a switchgear cabinet interior, and an outer circuit (3) which is fluidically partitioned from the inner circuit and through which the surrounding air is routed, wherein the inner circuit contains a first heat exchanger and the outer circuit contains a second heat exchanger, between which a coolant is circulating, wherein the heat exchangers have an air flow direction along which the heat exchangers allow air to pass between an air inlet side and an air outlet side, characterized in that at least one of the heat exchangers has a first air guide upstream on the air inlet side, which extends at an angle with 5<?<45° relative to the air inlet side and forms an air duct between itself and the air inlet side, which tapers along a dimension of the air inlet side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Rittal GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Juan Carlos Cacho Alonso, Bernd Henrichs
  • Patent number: 10283946
    Abstract: The invention relates to a combination cable and air channel for air conditioning an electrical enclosure, comprising an air channel and a cable channel which adjoins the air channel and which is led parallel to the air channel. A first longitudinal face of the air channel has at least one opening, and a longitudinal face of the cable channel manner. The invention further relates to a corresponding electrical enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Rittal GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Steffen Wagner, Christine Ronzheimer, Joerg Knetsch
  • Publication number: 20190132976
    Abstract: The invention relates to a stabilizing arrangement for transporting a switch cabinet, with a switch cabinet which comprises a frame stand consisting of vertical and horizontal struts, and with a switch cabinet door fastened on a door side of the frame stand by at least one hinge, so that the switch cabinet door can be pivoted back and forth between an open position in which it is pivoted away from the door side and a closed position in which it rests on the door side, characterized in that at least one positive-locking part is fastened on the door side and which extends away from the door side with its free end and comprises an undercut on its free end, wherein the switch cabinet door comprises a positive receptacle into which receptacle the positive-locking part extends with its free end in the closed position and extends behind the undercut in the closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: Rittal GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Paul Clements, Malcom Sillingford
  • Patent number: 10277014
    Abstract: The disclosure describes a frame profile of a rack for a switching or distribution cabinet, which forms a vertical and/or horizontal profile of the rack, consisting of a plurality of profile sections, which at least in part fit into each other, in order to form an open or closed hollow profile, with the additional features: at least one first profile section which has a plurality of attachment openings, wherein a first surface of the profile section determines an exterior assembly plane; by at least one second profile section a sealing plane for sealing of the inner area of the rack is defined; the outer assembly plane is displaced by the sealing plane to the inner area of the rack; and the attachment openings of the first profile section point away from the inner area of the rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Rittal GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Daniel Brueck, Heiko Holighaus, Hartmut Paul, Wolfgang Reuter, Timo Schindler
  • Patent number: 10260771
    Abstract: A control cabinet cooling device (1) includes a housing (2) which comprises a hot air inlet (3) and a cooling air outlet (4), wherein the air to be cooled is suctioned by means of at least one fan (5) in the housing (2) via the hot air inlet (3) into the housing (2), led through an air-refrigerant heat exchanger (6) in the housing (2) and blown out as cooled air via the cooling air outlet (4), wherein a droplet separator (7) is arranged downstream of the air-refrigerant heat exchanger (6) in the air flow direction through the housing (2), wherein at least one lower end (8) of the droplet separator (7) in vertical direction is enclosed by an encapsulation (9) which, on the side thereof facing the droplet separator (7), comprises a condensate collection reservoir (10), into which a condensate discharge (11) of the droplet separator (7) leads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Rittal GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Meyer, Thomas Klaner, Dieter Becker, Sebastian Chmura
  • Patent number: 10250017
    Abstract: An adapter for contacting a circuit breaker to a busbar system, with a casing having a first mounting side to attach and electrically contact the adapter to at least one busbar of a busbar system and a second mounting side to attach and electrically contact a circuit breaker to the casing, characterized in that, on the second mounting side, at least one rotary disk with several sets of threaded inserts for attaching a circuit breaker is fitted so that it can pivot around a rotational axis perpendicular to the mounting sides, wherein each set of threaded inserts is equipped for mounting a particular type of circuit breaker so that for each position of the rotary disk one of the sets of threaded inserts is positioned in a mounting position for a particular type of circuit breaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Rittal GmbH & Co. Kg
    Inventor: Andreas Bastian
  • Publication number: 20190086063
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electronic device with a device base for mounting the electronic device on a support, wherein at least one pivot arm is partially taken up in a receptacle of the device base and partially protrudes from the device base, which arm is adjustable about a pivot axis parallel to a contact side of the device base, wherein, in a first setting position of the pivot arm, a first attachment means is arranged outside the receptacle and wherein, in a second setting position of the pivot arm, a second attachment means differing from the first attachment means is arranged outside the receptacle, characterized in that a recess opening into the receptacle is formed on a side wall of the device base, into which recess a locking piece is inserted, which is adjustable between a release position, in which it releases the pivot arm, and a locking position, in which it fixes the pivot arm optionally in the first or in the second setting position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: RITTAL GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Christian DIETRICH
  • Publication number: 20190063725
    Abstract: The invention relates to a switch cabinet light for illuminating the interior of a switch cabinet, comprising a light-emitting circuit board that has at least a first and a second orientation relative to a translucent light cover of the switch cabinet light in order to vary the beam direction of the switch cabinet light, wherein a light-emitting side of the light-emitting circuit board faces toward a first wall section of the translucent light cover in a first orientation of the light-emitting circuit board and toward a second wall section of the translucent light cover in a second orientation of the light-emitting circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicant: RITTAL GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Ewgenij PREMYSLER, Kurt-Michael SCHAFFER, Marco DEUSING, Matthias MÜLLER, Christian DIETRICH
  • Patent number: 10207377
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for machining a planar workpiece, having a machine stand which has a support surface (application surface) for a planar workpiece, and further having a machining head which can be moved relative to the support surface, which machining head has a tool for machining the workpiece and also has a holding unit (“hold-down unit”) with a pressure plate whereby the workpiece is pressed against the supporting surface; characterized in that the pressure plate has a structure which is comprised of a plurality of pieces, preferably two pieces, wherein at least one of the pressure plate parts is movable back and forth relative to at least one other pressure plate part, namely it is movable between the application position, in which the pressure plate part presses the workpiece against the application surface when the workpiece is applied to said application surface, and a released position, in which the pressure plate piece is at a minimum distance away from the workpiece when the workpie
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Rittal GmbH & Co. Kg
    Inventors: Matthias Kienholz, Lars Martin, Kersten Wurm, Alexander Glowacki
  • Patent number: 10206311
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cooling circuit system, comprising a plurality of juxtaposed racks; a double bottom consisting of double bottom elements mounted on a base bottom on which double bottom the racks are mounted; electric or electronic components to be cooled, which components are accommodated in the racks; and a cooling system, the components of which are accommodated in the double bottom, wherein the cooling system comprises fans that are connected in parallel and that blow cooled air from the double bottom towards the juxtaposed racks. The invention relates also to a method of controlling a cooling circuit system of that type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: Rittal GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Michael Nicolai, Dieter Becker, Dirk Hemann, Martin Doerrich
  • Patent number: 10201107
    Abstract: A cabinet system including a cabinet housing and at least one component for interior fittings, which has a mounting section with a first end and a second end spaced apart from the first end. The component is installed and held on the cabinet housing with a form-fitting connection and under mechanical tension by a supporting section at the first end and a tensioning section at the second end. Mounts are on an interior of at least one of walls, a floor, and a ceiling of the cabinet housing. The mounts are in engagement with structures that are at least partially complementary and located on at least one of the first end and the second end of the component. The at least partially complementary structures are on the supporting section and on the tensioning section. The tensioning section includes a toggle lever having an attachment side and a tensioning side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Rittal GmbH & Co. Kg
    Inventor: Matthias Müller
  • Patent number: 10172259
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for regulating a cooling device fitted in or to a switchgear cabinet, by means of a regulating device, wherein the temperature of the switchgear cabinet interior air is detected and an interior fan assigned thereto for generating an interior air flow through an evaporator and providing cooling air is switched on if the detected temperature of the switchgear cabinet interior air exceeds an upper setpoint temperature, and is switched off if the detected temperature falls below a lower setpoint temperature, and the invention relates to an apparatus for carrying out the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Rittal GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Ralf Schneider, Michael Scholl, Steffen Wagner, Michael Maage