Fastening system and method, mounting rack and power electronics installation

Mounting rack system comprising:

• a mounting rack comprising a mounting face including openings for receiving fasteners, the mounting face terminating at a vertically extending edge that is positioned adjacent to a plurality of electronics assemblies that are each independently positionable within the mounting rack and stacked on top of one another in a vertical direction;
• a terminal strip having (i) a mounting surface that is configured to be mounted to the mounting face of the mounting rack, (ii) bores defined in the mounting surface that are each sized to receive a screw, wherein the bores are arranged relative to one another in such a way that the screws can each be screwed into one of the bores of the terminal strip and one of the openings of the mounting rack, and (iii) a supporting surface which is offset in relation to the mounting surface and protrudes in a direction away from the mounting surface and the plurality of electronics assemblies, wherein the terminal strip extends along only a portion of a width of the mounting rack,
• wherein the supporting surface is positionable over the plurality of electronics assemblies and sized to overlap all of the plurality of electronics assemblies in the vertical direction so as to prevent the plurality of electronics assemblies from becoming detached from the mounting rack,
• wherein a first vertically extending free edge of the terminal strip, which is mounted to the mounting rack, does not overlap the plurality of electronics assemblies in a widthwise direction across the mounting rack, and a second vertically extending free edge of the terminal strip, which is opposite the first vertically extending free edge, overlaps the plurality of electronics assemblies in the widthwise direction,
• wherein, as viewed in the widthwise direction, the openings in the mounting rack and the first vertically extending free edge of the terminal strip are arranged on one side of the vertically extending edge of the mounting face of the mounting rack, and
• wherein, as viewed in the widthwise direction, the second free edge of the terminal strip and the plurality of electronics assemblies are arranged on an opposite side of the vertically extending edge of the mounting face of the mounting rack.