Patent · US Expired

Two-part lockable housing

US6239966A · kind A · utility

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8References

16Claims

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Assignee

Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

Gerhard Thomas · Ergolding, DE
Karl Wutz · Sengenthal, DE
Ehrenfried Fabry · Nuremberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 9, 1998
Grant date	May 29, 2001
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 9, 2018

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T70/5929
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A housing, in particular for electric switchgear and control gear, includes a first housing part and a second housing part to be detachably attached to the former. The housing also includes a lock whose at least one blocking element is movable in a displacement direction from an open position into a closed position by an operating slide connected to it, with the first housing part having at least one element engageable in a recess in the second housing part in the closed position, with a seating face arranged parallel to the displacement direction, and a section of the blocking element being in contact with the seating face on a side of the recess opposite the operating slide.

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