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US 2010/0134987 A1Published application
Module with Housing for Mounting Rail
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorRoland Fürholzer
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Abstract
A module and tensioning means for mounting the module to a mounting rail are provided. The tensioning means are rotatably disposed about a pivot point disposed on a housing, wherein the tensioning means interact with anchoring means such that, by rotation of the tensioning means, the anchoring means are latched to a second clamping means of the mounting rail.
Claims15
-8. (canceled)
A module with housing, comprising:
- a first retaining means for fixing to a mounting rail, the first retaining means being designed such that it is connected in a form-fit manner to a first clamping means of the mounting rail;
- a second retaining means for fixing to the mounting rail, the second retaining means having a tensioning means and an anchoring means, the tensioning means being rotatably disposed about a pivot point disposed on the housing, wherein the tensioning means interacts with the anchoring means such that, by rotation of the tensioning means, the anchoring means is latched to a second clamping means of the mounting rail,
- wherein the anchoring means has a guiding means which is in engagement with a guiding point disposed on the housing, said guiding means being implemented as a link guide with a curved run for controlling the movement of the anchoring means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.