Device for accommodating mounting rail module cases

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9516780-B2
Application number	US-201113876875-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 30, 2011
Priority date	Sep 30, 2010
Publication date	Dec 6, 2016
Grant date	Dec 6, 2016

Abstract

The invention relates to an accommodating device having a one-piece support that prevents damage to a circuit board and its contacts even with frequent installation and dismantling of mounting rail module cases. This is achieved in particular by the fact that the module case can be detached from an integral mounting rail of the support by pivoting it in the direction of the circuit board. This special pivoting is made possible by the fact that the integral mounting rail and the holding area of the circuit board are separated from one another spatially so that even in the installed state, the mounting rail module case and the circuit board are mechanically decoupled.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A device for accommodating mounting rail module cases, which contain components that are to be contacted electrically, the device comprising:
a one-piece support constructed with:
(i) a first holding area, wherein the first holding area is physically adapted to loosely hold at least one circuit board, and
(ii) a second holding area, wherein the second holding area is constructed with an integral mounting rail that is adapted to physically engage and hold at least one mounting rail module case;

wherein the first holding area and the second holding area are arranged at a distance from one another; and
wherein the arrangement enables the at least one mounting rail module case to pivot in the direction of the circuit board, so as to release the at least one mounting rail module case from the integral mounting rail.

2. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the one-piece support is an extruded profile of a predeterminable length.

3. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the circuit board has connecting contacts for manual wiring to the at least one mounting rail module case.

4. The device according to claim 1 , wherein a side part can be detachably attached to each broad side of the support, wherein each side part has a holder by means of which the device can be mounted on a mounting rail.

5. The device according to claim 4 , wherein the side parts extend over the entire width of the support.

6. The device according to claim 4 , wherein the one-piece support has integrals fastening contours for detachable attachment of the side parts.

7. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the first holding area is designed for loosely holding circuit boards of different dimensions.

8. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the first holding area is designed for releasably securing an insulating board.

9. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the first holding area has mutually aligned accommodating areas for loosely holding opposing longitudinal sides of a circuit board.

10. The device according to claim 9 , wherein the accommodating areas comprise grooves.

11. The device according to claim 1 , further comprising a detachable partition separating at least one section of the first holding area from the second holding area.

12. The device according to claim 11 , wherein the side parts are designed for guiding and holding the detachable partition.

13. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the integral mounting rail is in the form of a top hat rail.

14. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the circuit board is a jumper card.

15. The device according to claim 1 , further comprising a T-bus connector which can be inserted loosely into the integral mounting rail for electrical connection to the at least one mounting rail module case.

Assignees

• Trinh Dat-Minh
• Kaeuper Heinrich
• Phoenix Contact Gmbh & Co

Inventors

• Trinh Dat-Minh
• Kaeuper Heinrich

Classifications

• H05K7/16 Primary

  on hinges or pivots · CPC title

• H05K7/1464 Primary

  Functional units accommodated in the same PLC module housing · CPC title