Carrier assembly for carrying an electronics housing

#This application is a U.S. National Phase application under 35 U.S.C. § 371 of International Application No. PCT/EP2017/052042, filed on Jan. 31, 2017, and claims benefit to German Patent Application No. DE 10 2016 102 612.3, filed on Feb. 15, 2016. The International Application was published in German on Aug. 24, 2017 as WO 2017/140493 under PCT Article 21(2).

#The invention relates to a carrier assembly for carrying an electronics housing.

#A carrier assembly of this kind is used for example for carrying an electronics housing that may comprise electronics. Electrical conductors for example may be intended to be connected to the electronics housing in order to provide an electrical power supply to the electronics enclosed by the electronics housing, to feed sensor signals to the electronics, or to exchange other data signals with the electronics. The electronics housing may be intended to be fixed on a DIN rail by means of the carrier assembly, the DIN rail being designed to carry a plurality of modular units that can be put side-by-side on the DIN rail, such that it is possible, using modular electronics housings, series terminals or other devices, to provide an installation that can take on for example control, evaluation or other functions.

#The present invention will be described in even greater detail below based on the exemplary figures. The invention is not limited to the exemplary embodiments. Other features and advantages of various embodiments of the present invention will become apparent by reading the following detailed description with reference to the attached drawings which illustrate the following:

#FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a carrier assembly on which an electronics housing can be put;

#FIG. 2A is an end view of the carrier assembly when a carrier element is being put onto a base of the carrier assembly;

#According thereto, the carrier assembly comprises a locking element that is adjustably arranged on the carrier element and that locks the base to the carrier element when in a locked position and is blocked in the locked position, when an electronics housing is put on the slot, such that the locking element cannot be moved out of the locked position.

#The locking element provided establishes rigid locking between the carrier element and the base, which locking may be designed so as to be able to rigidly and reliably carry even large electronics housings. In the locked position thereof, the locking element locks the base to the carrier element. For this purpose, the locking element can be moved between an unlocked position and a locked position, and is blocked in the locked position when an electronics housing is put on the slot formed by the carrier assembly.

#Since the locking element is blocked in the locked position thereof when an electronics housing is put on the slot of the carrier assembly, the locking between the base and the carrier element cannot be released when an electronics housing is located on the carrier assembly. When an electronics housing is put on, the base is thus rigidly and reliably connected to the carrier element. Only after the electronics housing has been removed can the locking between the base and the carrier element be released, such that the carrier element can be separated from the base.