Electronic housing for switching devices, in particular for low-voltage switching devices

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9607782-B2
Application number	US-201314364931-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 12, 2013
Priority date	Mar 20, 2012
Publication date	Mar 28, 2017
Grant date	Mar 28, 2017

Abstract

An electronic housing is disclosed for switching devices, including a housing lower part and a housing upper part. In an embodiment, a guide is formed in the interface region between the housing upper part and the housing lower part such that the housing upper part can be slid onto the housing lower part in the X direction via the guide in a fully automatic process.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An electronics housing for switching devices, comprising:
a housing lower part; and
a housing upper part, a guide extending along a length of the housing lower part from a first end of the housing lower part to a second end of the housing lower part in an interface region between the housing upper part and the housing lower part such that the housing upper part is slideable over the guide along the length of the housing lower part in a fully automated process, wherein the guide is in the form of two parallel guide rails, the guide having tapered end regions at axial ends of each of the guide rails.

2. The electronics housing of claim 1 , wherein the fully automated process is projectable for housing parts of different structural sizes.

3. The electronics housing of claim 1 , wherein the housing upper part is slidably engagable with the guide along the length of the housing lower part.

4. The electronics housing of claim 1 , wherein at least one tapered end region at an axial end of a first guide rail of the guide rails narrows from a first width to a second width at the axial end of the first guide rail.

5. The electronics housing of claim 1 , wherein the guide extends along the length of a top surface of the housing lower part from the first end of the housing lower part to the second end of the housing lower part in an interface region between a bottom of the housing upper part and the top surface of the housing lower part.

6. The electronics housing of claim 1 , wherein each of the housing lower part and the housing upper part have a pre-centering aid formed thereon to fixedly center the housing upper part on the housing lower part.

7. The electronics housing of claim 1 , wherein at least one tapered end region of a guide rain is aligned with an end wall of the housing lower part.

8. The electronics housing of claim 1 , wherein the guide includes at least one latching lug.

9. The electronics housing of claim 8 , wherein the latching lug engages in a latching opening in the housing upper part.

10. The electronics housing of claim 8 , wherein the fully automated process is projectable for housing parts of different structural sizes.

11. A switching device, comprising:
the electronics housing of claim 1 .

12. The switching device of claim 11 , wherein the switching device is a low-voltage switching device.

13. The electronics housing of claim 1 , wherein the housing upper part is formed by two separable housing shells each being simultaneously engageable with the guide.

14. The electronics housing of claim 13 , wherein the fully automated process is projectable for housing parts of different structural sizes.

15. The electronics housing of claim 13 , wherein the guide includes at least one latching lug.

16. The electronics housing of claim 15 , wherein the latching lug engages in a latching opening in the housing upper part or in the housing shells.

17. A switching device, comprising:
the electronics housing of claim 13 .

18. The switching device of claim 17 , wherein the switching device is a low-voltage switching device.

Assignees

• Siemens Ag

Inventors

• Fröhlich Paul
• Geitner Manuel
• Holmer Wolfgang
• Meier Markus
• Richter Bernhard

Classifications

• H01H71/025

  Constructional details of housings or casings not concerning the mounting or assembly of the different internal parts · CPC title

• H01H9/02 Primary

  Bases, casings, or covers (accommodating more than one switch or a switch and another electrical component H02B1/26) · CPC title

• H01H9/0271 Primary

  structurally combining a switch and an electronic component (for relays H01H50/021) · CPC title

• H01H9/00

  Details of switching devices, not covered by groups H01H1/00 - H01H7/00 · CPC title

• H05K5/00

  Casings, cabinets or drawers for electric apparatus · CPC title