DIN rail device mount assemblies, systems and methods including locking mechanisms

US10420232B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Raycap, Surge Protective Devices, Ltd. · SI

Inventors

• Sebastjan Kamen{hacek over (s)}ek · Škofja Loka, SI
• Milenko Vukotic · Ljubljana, SI
• Igor Juri{hacek over (c)}ev · Izola / Isola, SI
• Jure Vrhunc · Ljubljana, SI
• Tadej Knez · Grosuplje, SI

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 21, 2016
• Grant date: Sep 17, 2019
• Expiry date: Aug 13, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H01T4/06
• WIPO field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A DIN rail device mount system includes a base, a module and a locking mechanism. The base is configured to be mounted on a DIN rail. The base defines a receiver slot. The module is configured to be removably mounted in the receiver slot to form a DIN rail mount assembly. The locking mechanism includes: a lock member having opposed proximal and distal ends and including an integral lock member latch feature on its distal end, wherein the lock member is pivotally connected to the base at its proximal end to pivot between a closed position and an open position; and an integral module latch feature on the module. The DIN rail mount system is selectively positionable in each of: a locked configuration wherein the module is seated in the receiver slot, the lock member is in the closed position, and the lock member latch feature is interlocked with the module latch feature, whereby the lock member secures the module in the receiver slot; and an unlocked configuration wherein the lock member is in the open position, the lock member latch feature is not interlocked with the module latch feature, and the module can be withdrawn from the receiver slot.