Patent · US Expired

Quick-fixing device on electrical installation equipment

US7540790B2 · kind B2 · utility

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6References

14Claims

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Assignee

ABB PATENT GMBH · DE

Inventors

Ralf Weber · Duisburg, DE
Steffen Weingärtner · Heidelberg, DE
Klaus-Peter Eppe · Waldbrunn, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 15, 2005
Grant date	Jun 2, 2009
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 1, 2026

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH02B1/0523
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a quick-fixing device on electrical installation equipment, in particular, on a power breaker, residual current circuit breaker, or similar, for clipping the same to a standard profile rail in particular a top-hat rail, whereby the electrical installation equipment comprises a recess on the fixing side with a fixed lug arranged on a wall of the recess and a moving lug permanently pressed inwards against a spring force in the direction of a wall, said lug engaging in the assembled state behind the longitudinal edge of the free arm of the top-hat rail. The sprung lug is moulded to a bar, connected in one-piece to the installation equipment by at least one sprung connector web.

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