Electronics device housing

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9474178-B2
Application number	US-201314408028-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 25, 2013
Priority date	Jun 25, 2012
Publication date	Oct 18, 2016
Grant date	Oct 18, 2016

Abstract

The invention describes an electronics device housing having two side wall elements, which are spaced apart from one another, for forming a housing having a housing interior for accommodating at least one printed circuit board, wherein at least one fitting location for conductor connection plug connectors is provided on at least one of the end faces in the intermediate space between the side wall elements. The electronics device housing has receiving devices in the region of the at least one fitting location, the receiving devices being designed to selectively receive—an ejector element, which can be pivotably mounted on the electronics device housing by the receiving devices, for ejecting a conductor connection plug connector from a fitting location, or—a locking element, which can be fixedly latched to the electronics device housing by of the receiving devices, for locking a conductor connection plug connector at a fitting location.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An electronics device housing, comprising:
two side wall elements, two end sides and a base plate, said two end sides being spaced apart from one another and connected to the two sidewalls elements and the base plate to define a housing having an intermediate space for receiving at least one printed circuit board;
at least one fitting location to receive at least one plug connector, the at least one fitting location arranged on at least one of the two end sides in the intermediate space between the side wall elements,
receiving devices in the region of the at least one fitting location, said receiving devices being designed to selectively receive
an ejector element having a mount pivotably attachable to the electronics device housing via at least one of the receiving devices, for ejecting the plug connector from the at least one fitting location, or
a locking element having a latch mechanism, fixedly latchable to the electronics device housing via at least one of the receiving devices, for locking a plug connector at the at least one fitting location.

2. The electronics device housing as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the receiving devices are configured to selectively receive a blind cap element that is fixedly latchable to the side wall elements via the receiving devices, for covering a free fitting location of the at least one fitting location not intended to receive a plug connector.

3. The electronics device housing as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising intermediate wall portions in a region of the at least one fitting location and extending transversely to the side wall elements on a respective end side, the intermediate wall portions having a free upper edge with a bearing groove for receiving a bearing shaft of an ejector element, locking element or blind cap element.

4. The electronics device housing as claimed in claim 3 , further comprising openings for receiving free ends of a bearing shaft, the openings arranged on the side wall elements, in line with the bearing groove.

5. The electronics device housing as claimed in claim 4 , wherein mutually opposed pairs of openings for receiving free ends of an associated bearing shaft of an ejector element, locking element or blind cap element are provided in a lower region of the at least one fitting locations on the side wall elements.

6. The electronics device housing as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising latching journals that protrude in an upper region of the at least one fitting location from the side wall elements into the intermediate space between the two side wall elements, wherein the latching journals are configured to selectively latch an ejector element, mounted pivotably on the electronics device housing, by plunging of at least one latching journal into a latching opening on the ejector element or to fix a locking element or blind cap element by plunging into a peripherally closed bore in the locking element or blind cap element.

7. The electronics device housing as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising openings arranged in an upper region of the at least one fitting location in the side wall elements, the openings for receiving
latching lugs protruding laterally from an ejector element, or
locking pins protruding laterally from a locking element or blind cap element or which can be plugged fixedly into the openings in the side wall elements.

8. The electronics device housing as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the base plate comprises a mounting rail latching foot for latching the electronics device housing onto a mounting rail.

9. The electronics device housing as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:
a cover element having a locking journal that protrudes from the cover element; and
at least one curved locking journal receiving opening for receiving an associated locking journal.

10. The electronics device housing as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising contact carriers including contact pins having a first free end and a second free end, wherein the contact pins cooperate with the at least one fitting location, the contact pins oriented with the first free end for contact with the printed circuit board, and with the second free end for mating with a plug connector that is pluggable into the at least one fitting location.

11. The electronics device housing as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising at least one ejector element having at least one protruding finger adjacent to a bearing shaft, wherein the ejector element is arranged such that the at least one protruding finger, when pivotably installed on the receiving devices, engages below a plug connector plugged in at an associated at least one fitting location so as to eject said plug connector from the at least one fitting location by pivoting the ejector element.

12. The electronics device housing as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising at least one locking element having at least one protruding collar on a free upper edge of the at least one locking element, wherein the collar is adapted such that in a position latched on the at least one fitting location the collar engages over a plug connector plugged into the at least one fitting location and said connector is secured against removal from the at least one fitting location.

Assignees

• Wago Verwaltungs Gmbh

Inventors

• Binner Lars

Classifications

• H05K7/1469

  Terminal blocks for connecting sensors · CPC title

• H05K7/1428

  for small modular apparatus with terminal block · CPC title

• H01R13/447

  Shutter or cover plate · CPC title

• H05K5/0247 Primary

  Electrical details of casings, e.g. terminals, passages for cables or wiring · CPC title

• H01R9/2408 Primary

  Modular blocks (H01R9/26 takes precedence) · CPC title