Clamping module for securing to a support rail
AssigneeSelectron Systems AG
InventorChristian Wälti
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Abstract
The invention relates to a clamping module for securing to a support rail, which has a housing, a bracing device and at least one retaining claw arranged thereon. The at least one retaining claw can be brought into a securing position on the support rail and clamped there by means of the bracing device, in order to detachably secure the clamping module to the support rail. According to the invention, the clamping module has a signal device, comprising at least one signal element arranged in the housing, which signal element can be moved along a predetermined movement path by placing the clamping module onto a support rail. Using the position of the signal element on the movement path, it can be identified from outside the housing whether the clamping module is correctly arranged on the support rail.
Claims20
A clamping module for securing to a support rail, the clamping module comprising:
- a housing,
- a bracing device;
- at least one retaining claw arranged on the bracing device, wherein the at least one retaining claw is movable into a securing position on the support rail for bracing there by means of the bracing device to secure the clamping module in a releasable manner to the support rail;
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- a signal device with at least one signal element arranged in the housing and movable along a predetermined movement path as a result of the clamping module being positioned on the support rail, wherein the position of the signal element on the movement path enables the ability to ascertain, from outside the housing, whether the clamping module is arranged correctly on the support rail.
A module system comprising:
- a plurality of electronic modules arranged beside one another on a support rail;
- and a clamping module for securing to the support rail, wherein the clamping module includes a housing, a bracing device, at least one retaining claw arranged on the bracing device, wherein the at least one retaining claw is movable into a securing position on the support rail for bracing there by the bracing device to secure the clamping module in a releasable manner to the support rail, and a signal device with at least one signal element arranged in the housing and movable along a predetermined movement path as a result of the clamping module being positioned on the support rail, wherein the position of the signal element on the movement path enables the ability to ascertain, from outside the housing, whether the clamping module is arranged correctly on the support rail, wherein the clamping module is arranged on at least one side of the electronic modules arranged beside one another.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.