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Plug-in module for a rail-mounted device, and rail-mounted device

US12191600B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 13, 2020
Grant dateJan 7, 2025
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Expiry dateFeb 22, 2042

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01T4/04
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention provides a plug-in module (10) for a rail-mounted device (1), comprising a housing (G), which has a first axial end portion (10a) and a second axial end portion (10b); wherein, between the first axial end portion (10a) and the second axial end portion (10b), the housing (G) has a plurality of substantially planar side surfaces (S1, S2, B1, B2); also comprising a first resiliently elastic tongue (12), which is fitted on a first side surface (S1) of the housing (G); wherein the first resiliently elastic tongue (12) has a first axial end portion (12a), which is fitted on the housing (G), and a second axial end portion (12b), which can be moved in a resiliently elastic manner; wherein a first latching nose (12c) is formed between the first and second axial end portions (12a, 12b) and protrudes from the first side surface (S1) of the housing (G); and further comprising a first actuating element (16), which is mounted in a movable manner on the first side surface (S1) and can be moved from a first position (P1), in which it is arranged substantially within the housing (G), into a second position (P2), in which it is located partly outside the housing (G) and is arranged in …

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