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ACTUATING ELEMENT COMPRISING A LOCKING ELEMENT FOR INSERTING AND REMOVING FLAT MODULES BY LEVERAGE IN A LEAST THREE CONNECTION POSITIONS, FRONT ELEMENT FOR A FLAT MODULE, COMPRISING AN ACTUATING ELEMENT AND A SUBASSEMBLY SUPPORT FOR RECEIVING FLAT MODULES

US6924430B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Rittal Electronic Systems GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Werner Koerber · Betzenstein, DE
Kurt-Michael Schaffer · Seckau, AT
Ralf Behrens · Hirschaid, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 17, 2001
Grant date	Aug 2, 2005
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 30, 2021

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T74/18456
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An actuating element for inserting and removing a flat module by leverage, the element having an end piece designed to be connected to a flat module. An actuating lever, which is pivotally mounted on the end piece, has at least one grip section and a locking element, which can be displaced, particularly slid between two connection positions. In a first connection position, the actuating lever retains the flat module in its inserted state and in a second connection position, the actuating lever is released to remove the module by leverage. The actuating element has a connecting element, which is activated in the first connection position of the locking element, which can be displaced into a third connection position, in which the actuating lever is retained in the first position, corresponding to the inserted state of the flat module and in which the connecting element is disconnected.

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