Modular fixing system and method thereof
AssigneeConnecteurs Electriques Deutsch
InventorsLaurent Houry, Thierry Cassar, Fabien Houvenaghel, Sebastien Queva
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Abstract
A fixing system includes a rail fixture having a plurality of first interlocking devices arranged along the rail fixture and a plurality of interlocking modules each having a second interlocking device. The interlocking modules are affixed to the rail fixture by inserting the second interlocking devices through a plurality of gaps between the first interlocking devices and sliding the interlocking modules along the rail fixture into a positive lock.
Claims17
A fixing system, comprising:
- a rail fixture having a plurality of first interlocking devices arranged along the rail fixture;
- a plurality of interlocking modules each having a second interlocking device, the interlocking modules are affixed to the rail fixture by inserting the second interlocking devices through a plurality of gaps between the first interlocking devices and sliding the interlocking modules along the rail fixture into a positive lock;
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- a pair of end clamp fixtures each affixed to the rail fixture, each of the end clamp fixtures has a third interlocking device inserted into the gaps between the first interlocking devices to form a positive lock between the first interlocking devices and the third interlocking device.
A method for affixing a plurality of interlocking modules to a rail fixture, comprising:
- providing the rail fixture having a plurality of first interlocking devices arranged along the rail fixture;
- providing the plurality of interlocking modules each having a second interlocking device;
- inserting a third interlocking device of a first end clamp fixture into one of a plurality of gaps between the first interlocking devices to establish a positive lock between the third interlocking device of the first end clamp fixture and the first interlocking devices of the rail fixture;
- consecutively affixing the interlocking modules to the rail fixture by inserting the second interlocking devices through the gaps between the first interlocking devices and sliding the interlocking modules along the rail fixture into abutment with the first end clamp fixture or a previously inserted interlocking module;
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- inserting the third interlocking device of a second end clamp fixture through the gaps between the first interlocking devices in abutment with a last inserted interlocking module to establish a positive lock between the second end clamp fixture and the rail fixture.
A modular power connection system, comprising:
- a plurality of modular terminal cassettes electrically connecting a plurality of feeder cables;
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- a plurality of feeder cable cassettes connecting the feeder cables to the modular terminal cassettes, each of the modular terminal cassettes has an electrical connector with a plurality of electrical contacts and a locking system securing one of the feeder cable cassettes, at least two of the modular terminal cassettes have a through hole for a shunt contact, a power distribution terminal cassette is formed by shunting adjacent modular terminal cassettes using a shunt bar.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.