Patents Assigned to Rittal GmbH & Co. KG
  • Patent number: 11953644
    Abstract: The invention relates to a switch cabinet with a switch cabinet door which closes the switch cabinet and has a door lock which can be actuated via a door handle, the switch cabinet door having a door status sensor which has a magnetic field sensor being adapted to distinguish an open state of the switch cabinet door from a closed state of the switch cabinet door by means of a detected magnetic field change, characterized in that at least the magnetic field sensor of the door status sensor is accommodated within the door handle in a region of the door handle which is magnetically permeable to the environment of the switch cabinet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: RITTAL GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Sven Michael Laurösch, Markus Hain
  • Patent number: 11946298
    Abstract: The invention relates to a push rod lock for a switch cabinet housing, having a linearly adjustable push rod which is arranged on an inner side of a switch cabinet door and projects with a coupling piece from the inner side through the switch cabinet door, wherein a door lock plate which is mounted via an outer side of the switch cabinet door opposite the inner side is fixed to an actuating element which is coupled to the coupling piece via a mushroom pin connection on the switch cabinet door, wherein the push rod is adjustable between a second open position and a second closed position via the actuating element which is adjustable between a first open position and a first closed position, wherein the mushroom pin connection is arranged at least in a release position in which the door lock plate is removable from the switch cabinet door at least when the push rod is arranged in the second closed position and the actuating element is arranged in an intermediate position between the first open position and the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: RITTAL GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Daniel Brück
  • Patent number: 11933069
    Abstract: The invention relates to a locking arrangement for a switch cabinet, having a switch cabinet door which has on its inside a push-rod lock which projects through the switch cabinet door to the front side of the switch cabinet door via a coupling piece, wherein an actuating member is fixed to the front side via a handle adapter and is coupled to the coupling piece, for which purpose the switch cabinet door has at least one adapter plate, onto which the handle adapter is placed in a form-fitting manner via at least one aperture, the adapter plate having, on its side facing the actuating member, a fastening element, by means of which the actuating member is fixed to the adapter plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: RITTAL GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Jacob Herr, Carsten Bäumer
  • Patent number: 11936165
    Abstract: A switch cabinet arrangement having at least one switch cabinet frame and at least one multipole touch protection module which is mounted on a mounting plate in the interior of the switch cabinet frame and in which a plurality of busbars are accommodated in a touch safemanner and are accessible to device adapters via contacting passages, wherein the touch protection module has a modular housing with at least one central module or a plurality of central modules which are arranged in a row and are identical to one another, the at least one central module or at least one of the central modules being closed at its end facing a vertical outer edge by an end module which is aligned with the vertical outer edge of the mounting plate with its vertical end side or projects beyond the latter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: RITTAL GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Jörg Kayma, Jörg Kreiling, Andreas Bastian, Ann-Sylvia Jakob, Stefan Temme
  • Patent number: 11901707
    Abstract: A system and method for mounting a modular switch cabinet equipment in a switch cabinet housing (6) includes a computer-aided assistance unit (1) for determining a production-efficient assembly step sequence. The system and method further include at least one display unit (11-11?) for image and/or text information, which is installed at the assembly site for at least one fitter (M) in order to visualize manual assembly steps (A; B; D) of the determined assembly step sequence. The system and method further includes at least one input unit (12-12?) for acknowledgement of the completed assembly step (A; B; D) by the fitter (M).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: RITTAL GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Weichsel, Thomas Michels, Lars Martin, Judith Zachrai
  • Patent number: 11758694
    Abstract: The invention relates to a switch cabinet arrangement with at least one IT rack or switch cabinet housing and with at least one cooling device, which has an air-liquid heat exchanger for cooling components accommodated in the IT rack or switch cabinet housing with cooled air, wherein the air-liquid heat exchanger comprises a first flow for cooled liquid and a first return for heated liquid, wherein the cooling device comprises a liquid-liquid heat exchanger, to the second flow of which the first return of the air-liquid heat exchanger is connected. A corresponding method is further described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: RITTAL GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Frank Himmelhuber, Stephan Helmut Matthies, Andreas Meyer
  • Patent number: 11740616
    Abstract: A method and a system for collecting and processing of life cycle information about a switch cabinet (1) of an industrial plant, with a documentation server (2) for linking data sheet information (A) of the built-in modules (9a-9c) installed in the switch cabinet (1) on the basis of the planned construction (4) with function information (B) about their use in the context of the switch cabinet equipment, in order to store this information in a central archive database (3) under an individual switch cabinet identification (8) in data records, wherein test and acceptance information (C) of the switch cabinet (1) is added to the data records of the central archive database (3) via the documentation server (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: RITTAL GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Weichsel, Thomas Michels, Lars Martin, Judith Zachrai
  • Patent number: 11689000
    Abstract: A switch cabinet with at least one brush strip for the conductor feed-through, the switch cabinet having a switch cabinet frame with a horizontal or vertical profile frame from which a profile web extends, wherein the brush strip is placed on a free end of the profile web with bristles extending from the profile web over the inner portion of the profile frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: RITTAL GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Bodo Thielmann, Ahmet Savasci
  • Patent number: 11689001
    Abstract: The invention relates to a switch cabinet arrangement having at least one switch cabinet and at least one power strip, the power strip being fixed to a vertical profile inside the switch cabinet via an adapter, wherein the adapter is a hook-in adapter which has a first adapter part on the vertical profile and a second adapter part on the power strip, the power strip being hooked into the first adapter part on the vertical profile via the second adapter part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: RITTAL GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Bodo Thielmann
  • Patent number: 11608666
    Abstract: A locking device for a switch cabinet, with a lock door and a secondary door, wherein the secondary door, on a vertical outer edge opposite its hinge side, has a U-profile formed on a door leaf of the secondary door with a receptacle for a lock mechanism of the lock door, which receptacle is offset back relative to the door leaf and which is open towards the door leaf, wherein on an outer free profile side of the U-profile, a swivelling lever of a lock of the secondary door is pivotably mounted about an axis of rotation between an open position and a locking position. Furthermore, a corresponding switch cabinet is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: RITTAL GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Daniel Brück, Sascha Wirbelauer
  • Patent number: 11591824
    Abstract: The invention relates to a door lock with a locking element (1) for locking the door (3) in a closed state and a fastening element (2) for fastening the locking element (1) to the door (3), wherein that the fastening element (2) has an adjustable adjustment device (4) to compensate for different door thicknesses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: RITTAL GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Roman Jung, Achim Bloh
  • Patent number: 11549545
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fastening arrangement including a profiled strut and a plug-in nut mounted in an aperture of the profile strut, wherein the plug-in nut has a threaded nut held on a clasp, wherein the clasp has a first and a second actuating end, via which the plug-in nut projects out of the aperture, wherein in a locking position of the actuating ends relative to each other an edge of the aperture is received in a receptacle of the clasp. Additionally, a corresponding switch cabinet housing is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: RITTAL GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Daniel Brück
  • Patent number: 11536065
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hinge arrangement for a switchgear housing cabinet, having a first hinge half, which is fastened to a vertical side wall, delimiting a door opening, of a switchgear cabinet housing, and having a second hinge half, which is fastened to a door element, the hinge halves being connected to each other such that they can pivot relative to each other via a rotation axis, so that the door element closes the door opening when in a closed position and preferably completely exposes the door opening when in an open position, and the rotation axis being outside the outer periphery of both the door opening and the door element, wherein at least one of the hinge halves has a groove, via which the hinge half is fitted onto a protrusion on the outer periphery of the part of the switchgear cabinet housing and of the door element associated with the hinge half.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: RITTAL GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Achim Bloh, Nora Schöndorf, Wolfgang Reuter
  • Patent number: 11462890
    Abstract: The invention relates to an arrangement, which comprises two switch cabinet racks interconnected by means of a baying connector, the switch cabinet racks each having a profile web, which lie in a first common plane and by means of which the switch cabinet racks adjoin each other, and wherein the switch cabinet racks each have a mounting side which lie in a second common plane and face an interior space of the interconnected switch cabinet racks each, the first and the second plane extending parallel to one another and being spaced apart from one another, wherein the baying connector is completely arranged between the first and the second plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: RITTAL GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Reuter, Timo Schindler, Michael Hof
  • Patent number: 11444438
    Abstract: A switch cabinet frame rack with multiple profile struts and a rectangular base frame, the underside of which is an outer side of the switch cabinet frame rack, which has at least one through-opening, wherein the through-opening is closed by a skid which is detachable mounted on the outer side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: RITTAL GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Timo Schindler, Wolfgang Reuter, Thomas Klaner
  • Patent number: 11396767
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hinge assembly for a switch cabinet, comprising a housing-side hinge half and a door-side hinge half, which are connected to one another such that they swivel in relation to one another, wherein the housing-side hinge half has a mounting flange for securing to a vertical profile of a switch cabinet housing, as well as two hinge bolts extending in a vertical direction, arranged at a distance to one another in the vertical direction and facing one another with the free ends thereof, wherein the hinge bolts are accommodated in a respective bolt seat of the housing-side hinge half, wherein the hinge bolts are accommodated in their respective bolt seat such that they cannot move at least in the vertical direction, and in that they protrude from the respective bolt seat via their free ends, wherein the door-side hinge half has a bolt-receiving means with a vertical measurement that is less than or equal to the distance of the free ends of the hinge bolts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: RITTAL GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Reuter, Timo Schindler
  • Publication number: 20220145679
    Abstract: A hinge arrangement for a switch cabinet, having a switch cabinet body and a switch cabinet door which is fastened thereto via at least two hinges arranged vertically one above the other, at least a first of the hinges, which is arranged above a second of the hinges, having a first body-side hinge half with a first hinge pin which projects vertically upwards from a first pin seat, onto which a first door-side hinge half is fitted, wherein the first hinge pin has an auxiliary mounting position in which it projects from the first pin seat by a first length which is greater than a second length by which a second hinge pin of a second body-side hinge half of the second hinge projects from its second pin seat. A corresponding method is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: RITTAL GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Carsten BÄUMER, Jacob HERR
  • Patent number: D960680
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: RITTAL GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Marco Deusing
  • Patent number: D966864
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: RITTAL GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Marco Deusing
  • Patent number: D969587
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: RITTAL GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Marco Deusing