Din-rail mount type device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9386718-B2
Application number	US-201313961891-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 8, 2013
Priority date	Feb 17, 2011
Publication date	Jul 5, 2016
Grant date	Jul 5, 2016

Abstract

This disclosure discloses a DIN-rail mount type device. The DIN-rail mount type device includes a housing, a rail groove provided along a width direction of the housing on a face of the housing and being capable of fitting with the DIN rail, a slider groove provided along a width direction of the rail groove on the face of the housing; and a lock member. The lock member configured to slide so as to move forward and backward with respect to the rail groove in the slider groove, and to be able to retain a fitting state between the rail groove and the DIN rail by engaging a one-side end with an engagement portion of the DIN rail fitted into the rail groove.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A DIN-rail mount type device comprising:
a housing;
a rail groove provided along a width direction of the housing on a face of the housing and being capable of fitting with the DIN rail;
a slider groove provided along a width direction of the rail groove on the face of the housing; and
a lock member configured to slide so as to move forward and backward with respect to the rail groove in the slider groove, and to be able to retain a fitting state between the rail groove and the DIN rail by engaging a one-side end with an engagement portion of the DIN rail fitted into the rail groove, configured to be able to move to a first position where the one-side end protrudes from the slider groove into the rail groove, and other-side end protrudes out of the housing and to a second position where the one-side end protrudes from the slider groove into the rail groove and the other-side end is stored in the slider groove, configured to be able to retain the fitting state between the rail groove and the DIN rail by engaging the one-side end with the engagement portion of the DIN rail at the first position, and configured to be able to move to the second position only when the DIN rail is not fitted into the rail groove,
wherein the lock member comprises a protrusion configured to come into contact with an end face of the housing to regulate a movement toward the one-side end of the lock member when the lock member moves to the second position.

2. The DIN-rail mount type device according to claim 1 , wherein:
the lock member is configured to be able to move to a third position where the one-side end is stored in the slider groove and the other-side end protrudes out of the housing, and to move between the third position and the second position.

3. The DIN-rail mown type device according to claim 2 , wherein:
the lock member comprises at least one spring portion configured to be able to retain, when the lock member moves in the slider groove, the lock member at the first position, the second position, and the third position by sequentially engaging with a plurality of recesses provided in the slider groove.

4. The DIN-rail mount type device according to claim 3 , wherein:
the spring portion is configured to engage or release with the recess while being elastically bent in a depth direction of the housing.

5. The DIN-rail mount type device according to claim 1 , wherein:
a plurality of the slider grooves is provided in parallel on the face of the housing; and wherein the lock member is individually provided in the plurality of the slider grooves.

6. The DIN-rail mount type device according to claim 2 , wherein:
a plurality of the slider grooves is provided in parallel on the face of the housing; and wherein the lock member is individually provided in the plurality of the slider grooves.

7. The DIN-rail mount type device according to claim 3 , wherein:
a plurality of the slider grooves is provided in parallel on the face of the housing; and wherein the lock member is individually provided in the plurality of the slider grooves.

8. The DIN-rail mount type device according to claim 4 , wherein:
a plurality of the slider grooves is provided in parallel on the thee of the housing; and wherein the lock member is individually provided in the plurality of the slider grooves.

9. A DIN-rail mourn type device comprising:
a housing;
a rail groove provided along a width direction of the housing on a face of the housing and being capable of fitting with the DIN rail;
a slider groove provided along a width direction of the rail groove on the face of the housing; and
a lock member configured to slide so as to move forward and backward with respect to the rail groove in the slider groove, configured to he able to move to a first position where the one-side end protrudes from the slider groove into the rail groove, and other-side end protrudes out of the housing, to a second position where the one-side end protrudes from the slider groove into the rail groove and the other-side end is stored in the slider groove, and to a third position where the one-side end is stored in the slider groove and the other-side end protrudes out of the housing, to be able to retain a fitting state between the rail groove and the DIN rail by engaging the one-side end with an engagement portion of the DIN rail at the first position, configured to be able to move to the second position only when the DIN rail is not fitted into the rail groove, comprising at least one spring portion configured, when the lock member moves in the slider groove, to be able to retain the lock member at the first position, the second position, and the third position by sequentially engaging with a plurality of recesses provided in the slider groove, and further comprising at the other-side end a protrusion configured to function as a stopper when moving to the second position and to be stored in the housing.

10. A DIN-rail mount type device comprising:
a housing;
a rail groove provided along a width direction of the housing on a face of the housing and being capable of fitting with the DIN rail;
a slider groove provided along a width direction of the rail groove on the face of the housing; and
a lock member configured to slide so as to move forward and backward with respect to the rail groove in the slider groove, and to he able to retain a fitting state between the rail groove and the DIN rail by engaging a one-side end with an engagement portion of the DIN rail fitted into the rail groove, configured to be able to move to a first position where the one-side end protrudes from the slider groove into the rail groove, and other-side end protrudes out of the housing and to a second position where the one-side end protrudes from the slider groove into the rail groove and the other-side end is stored in the slider groove, configured to be able to retain the fitting state between the rail groove and the DIN rail by engaging the one-side end with the engagement portion of the DEN rail at the first position, and configured to be able to move to the second position only when the DIN rail is not fitted into the rail groove,
wherein the lock member is configured to he able to move to a third position where the one-side end is stored in the slider groove and the other-side end protrudes out of the housing.

11. The DIN-rail mount type device according to claim 10 , wherein:
the lock member is configured to move between the third position and the second position.

12. The DIN-rail mount type device according to claim 11 , wherein:
the lock member comprises at least one spring portion configured to be able to retain, when the lock member moves in the slider groove, the lock member at the first position, the second position, and the third position by sequentially engaging with a plurality of recesses provided in the slider groove.

13. The DIN-rail mount type device according to claim 12 , wherein:
the spring portion is configured to engage or release with the recess while being elastically bent in a depth direction of the housing.

14. The DIN-mil mount type device according to claim 10 , wherein:
the lock member comprises at least one spring portion configured to be able to retain, when the lock member moves in the slider groove, the lock member at the first position, the second position, and the third position by sequentially engaging with a plurality of recesses provided in the slider groove.

15. The DIN-rail mount type device according to claim 14 , wherein:
the spring portion is configured to engage or release with the recess while being elastically be

Assignees

• Yaskawa Denki Seisakusho Kk

Inventors

• Kusumi Michinori
• Uesugi Hajime
• Munehiro Naoto

Classifications

• H05K7/12 Primary

  Resilient or clamping means for holding component to structure · CPC title

• H05K5/0204

  Mounting supporting structures on the outside of casings · CPC title

• H05K7/14 Primary

  Mounting supporting structure in casing or on frame or rack · CPC title

• H02B1/0523 Primary

  locked into position by a sliding member · CPC title