Rack for a switchgear cabinet

US6315132A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Rittal-Werk Rudolf Loh GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Marc Hartel · Reiskirchen, DE
• Walter Nicolai · Seevetal, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 10, 2000
• Grant date: Nov 13, 2001
• Expiry date: Jul 10, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H02B1/014
• WIPO field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A rack for a switchgear cabinet with vertical and horizontal profiled frame sections, wherein two of the horizontal profiled frame sections are connected by a corner connector to at least one rack corner area. Two horizontal profiled frame sections are connected with each other, forming a corner angle and having a receptacle, which is open toward the exterior of the rack. The receptacle is symmetrical with respect to a bisecting line dividing an angle of the corner angle. A corner connector is fixed in place in the corner connector. The vertical profiled frame section can be fixed in place in the receptacle using a fastening shoulder of the corner connector. The vertical profiled frame section can selectively be designed symmetrical or asymmetrical with respect to the bisecting line of the angle of the receptacle. The corner connector has a compensating element for fixing the asymmetrical profiled frame section in place. The asymmetrical vertical profiled frame section can be inserted into the receptacle in the direction of the bisecting line of the angle and can be attached to the fastening shoulder. In the assembled state, a profiled side of the asymmetrical vertical profiled fra…