Assembly of an electronic device having an electronics housing and a base strip
AssigneePhoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsFrank Best, Eduard Unger
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Abstract
An assembly of an electronic device includes: an electronics housing for accommodating an electronic component; a base strip attachable to the electronics housing and having a plurality of plug receptacles to which plug modules are attachable; and a locking apparatus for locking the plug modules to the plug receptacles of the base strip. The locking apparatus has an actuating part movable in an actuating direction toward the electronics housing in order to remove the plug modules from the base strip. A spring element is arranged on the electronics housing for preloading the actuating part in relation to the electronics housing counter to the actuating direction.
Claims15
An assembly of an electronic device, comprising:
- an electronics housing configured to accommodate an electronic component;
- a base strip attachable to the electronics housing and having a plurality of plug receptacles to which plug modules are attachable;
- and
- a locking apparatus configured to lock the plug modules to the plug receptacles of the base strip,
- wherein the locking apparatus has an actuating part movable in an actuating direction away from the electronics housing in order to remove the plug modules from the base strip,
- wherein a spring element is arranged on the electronics housing and configured to preload the actuating part in relation to the electronics housing counter to the actuating direction, and
- wherein the spring element is arranged on an end face of the electronics housing such that the spring element extends perpendicularly to the actuating direction.
An assembly of an electronic device, comprising:
- an electronics housing configured to accommodate an electronic component;
- a base strip attachable to the electronics housing and having a plurality of plug receptacles to which plug modules are attachable;
- and
- a locking apparatus configured to lock the plug modules to the plug receptacles of the base strip,
- wherein the locking apparatus has an actuating part movable in an actuating direction away from the electronics housing in order to remove the plug modules from the base strip,
- wherein a spring element is arranged on the electronics housing and configured to preload the actuating part in relation to the electronics housing counter to the actuating direction, and
- wherein the spring element comprises a leaf spring.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.