Switch cabinet having a frame and an interior fitting component, corresponding switch cabinet assembly, and corresponding interior fitting component

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10903629-B2
Application number	US-201716328304-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 30, 2017
Priority date	Sep 15, 2016
Publication date	Jan 26, 2021
Grant date	Jan 26, 2021

Abstract

A switch cabinet ( 1 ) comprising a square rack ( 2 ) consisting of four vertical profiles ( 3 ) and eight horizontal profiles ( 4 ), wherein four of the profiles ( 3, 4 ) form the rectangular profile frame and two of the four profiles ( 3, 4 ) forming the profile frame and extending in parallel to one another each include a first fastening profile side ( 5 ) having a first row of fastening mounts ( 6 ) spaced apart from one another while maintaining a constant grid dimension (M), wherein the first fastening profile sides ( 5 ) are situated in a common plane (E) and mounted on these two first fastening profile sides ( 5 ) is a first interior structural component ( 7 ) extending between the parallel profiles, which includes a mounting side ( 8 ) having a second row of fastening mounts ( 9 ), which extend perpendicularly to the first row ( 6 ), characterized in that the second row of fastening mounts ( 9 ) is arranged in the direction of extension (y) of the first row of fastening mounts ( 6 ) while maintaining the grid dimension (M) of the first row of fastening mounts ( 6 ).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A switch cabinet, comprising
a square rack having four vertical profiles and eight horizontal profiles,
wherein four of the profiles form a rectangular profile frame, and two of the four profiles forming the rectangular profile frame and extending in parallel to one another each include a first fastening profile side having a first row of fastening mounts having midpoints spaced apart from one another while maintaining constant grid dimension,
wherein the first fastening profile sides are situated in a common plane and mounted on these two first fastening profile sides is a first interior structural component extending between the parallel profiles, the first interior structural component includes a mounting side having a second row of fastening mounts, which extend perpendicularly to the first row of fastening mounts,
wherein the second row of fastening mounts is arranged in the direction of extension of the first row of fastening mounts while maintaining the grid dimension of the first row of fastening mounts, by situating both the first row of fastening mounts in the first fastening profile side, as well as the second row of fastening mounts in the mounting side of the interior structural component in a two-dimensional hole grid,
wherein the grid spacing in both dimensions has in each case the grid dimension,
wherein the interior structural component is an interior structural rail, which includes the mounting side having the second row of fastening mounts extending in the longitudinal direction of the interior structural rail and fastening means formed on its opposite ends for mounting the interior structural rail in the interior of the switch cabinet, the fastening means are matched to the grid dimension of the first row of fastening mounts of the first and/or of the second fastening profile sides,
wherein the midpoints of the first fastening mounts and midpoints of the second fastening mounts being situated on a straight line when the interior structural rail is mounted in the switch cabinet via one of the fastening profile sides,
a second interior structural component is secured to the first interior structural component, wherein an additional second row of fastening mounts of an additional mounting side of the second interior structural component parallel to the first row of fastening mounts of the first fastening profile side extends perpendicularly to the second row of fastening mounts of the mounting side of the first interior structural component, the second row of fastening mounts of the additional mounting side of the second interior structural component is arranged while maintaining the grid dimension of the first row of fastening mounts,
a third interior structural component is secured to the first interior structural component, another second row of fastening mounts of another mounting side of the third interior structural component perpendicular to the first row of fastening mounts of the first fastening profile side extends perpendicularly to the second row of fastening mounts of the mounting side of the first interior structural component, the another second row of fastening mounts of the third interior structural component is arranged while maintaining the grid dimension of the first row of fastening mounts,
wherein the fastening mounts of the second row of fastening mounts of the first interior structural component are arranged in the grid dimension of the first row of fastening mounts, both between each other, as well as in relation to the first row of fastening mounts of the first fastening profile side, so that the fastening mounts of the first fastening profile side, as well as the fastening mounts of the first, the second, and the third interior structural components are arranged in a three-dimensional hole grid with the grid dimensions constant in three dimensions, and
wherein the first interior structural member extends along a width of the switch cabinet, the second interior structural member extends along a height of the cabinet, and the third interior structural member extends along a depth of the cabinet.

2. The switch cabinet according to claim 1 , in which the two of the four profiles forming the profile frames and extending in parallel to one another, each includes a first and a second fastening profile side, each having a first row of fastening mounts spaced apart from one another while maintaining the same constant grid dimension, wherein the first fastening profile sides are arranged on an outer side of the profile frame, and the second of the two fastening profile sides is arranged spaced parallel apart relative to the first fastening profile side on an inner side of the profile frame situated opposite the outer side, and wherein the first fastening profile sides situated on the outer side are situated in a first common plane and the fastening profile sides situated on the inner side are situated in a second common plane.

3. The switch cabinet according to claim 2 , in which the first common plane is a mounting plane for securing the interior structural component accessible from the outer side of the rack, and the mounting plane is set back in relation to an outer sealing edge of the rack.

4. The switch cabinet according to claim 1 , in which the first interior structural component mounted on the profiles above the first or the second plane is situated with its mounting side in the respective plane via which it is mounted.

5. The switch cabinet according to claim 1 , in which at least one of the fastening profile sides includes per plane a positioning aid for mounting the first interior structural component in the plane, wherein the positioning aid comprises markings that are arranged in the longitudinal direction of the first or second fastening profile sides at a spacing relative to one another, which corresponds to the grid dimension or to a multiple thereof.

6. The switch cabinet assembly according to claim 1 , wherein all vertical profiles and horizontal profiles are designed as hollow chamber profiles, which include a first and a second fastening profile side, which are connected spaced apart in parallel to one another via a third fastening profile side extending perpendicularly to the first and second fastening profile sides, wherein the first of the two fastening profile sides is arranged on an outer side of the switch cabinet and extending perpendicularly to this is a sealing ridge of the profile, and wherein the second of the two fastening profile sides is arranged on an inner side of the switch cabinet.

7. The interior structural component according to claim 1 , which includes multiple parallel second rows of fastening mounts, wherein the second rows maintain the grid dimension both in their longitudinal direction as well as in the direction perpendicular thereto.

8. The interior structural component according to claim 1 , the fastening means, the ends of which are designed as mounting flanges, which include a section for accommodating a flat section holder and/or crops in the form of round-offs on at least one of two opposite outer edges of at least one of the mounting flanges.

9. A switch cabinet comprising:
four vertical profiles connected together by eight horizontal profiles to provide the switch cabinet with a height, width, and depth;
each one of the four vertical profiles extending along the height, at least two of the four vertical profiles extending in parallel and each including a fastening profile side situated in a common plane and having vertical profile fastening mounts with midpoints spaced apart from one another at a constant grid dimension;
a first interior structural component extending along the width of the switch cabinet between two of the four

Assignees

• Rittal Gmbh & Co Kg

Inventors

• Schindler Timo
• Brück Daniel
• Holighaus Heiko

Classifications

• H02B1/308 Primary

  Mounting of cabinets together · CPC title

• H02B1/013 Primary

  Profiles for cabinet frames · CPC title

• H02B1/303

  Bases or feet · CPC title

• H02B1/32

  Mounting of devices therein · CPC title

• H02B1/301

  mainly consisting of a frame onto which plates are mounted · CPC title