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US 5,600,542 AGranted
Modular automation device with a locking member
AssigneeAEG Schneider Automation
InventorPascal Malgouires
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Abstract
Modular automation device including a compartmented chassis which delimits an internal volume and accommodates a plurality of interface modules. Each module can be locked by a lateral pivoting lever which is journaled on one of its side walls and which cooperates with a fixed locking member on a vertical partition of its compartment. Alternatively, the lever can be journaled on a side wall of the vertical partition with the locking member located on the module.
Claims12
Modular automation device, comprising:
- a chassis which has horizontal and vertical walls and which delimits an internal volume fitted with rectilinear guide members,
- a plurality of modules provided at a rear portion thereof with a connector and at a front portion thereof with one of a connector and a terminal block, each having a locking member and said modules being insertable into the internal volume of the chassis by the guide members, each said modules being immobilized in a connection position by said locking member, wherein:
- the internal volume of the chassis is divided into compartments separated by vertical partitions and accommodating at least one of said modules,
- the locking member comprises a flat lever pivoted on a journal attached to one of a side wall of the module and one of said vertical partitions, said flat lever being pivoted between an unlocked position and a locked position, and
- said one of said vertical partitions and said side wall comprises a fixed locking member projecting towards an interior portion of the compartment, the flat lever cooperating with the fixed locking member as a cam up to the locked position wherein a recess is located in one of a side portion of the module and the side wall and within which the flat lever is both located and pivoted so as to cooperate with the fixed locking member.
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Automation device, comprising
- a chassis which has horizontal and vertical walls and which delimits an internal volume fitted with rectilinear guide members,
- a plurality of functional modules each having a locking member provided at a rear portion with a connector and at a front portion with a terminal block, each module being insertable into the internal volume of the chassis by said guide members and immobilized in a connection position by said locking member, wherein:
- an internal volume of the chassis is divided into compartments separated by vertical partitions and each of said components accommodating at least one of said modules,
- the number and disposition of the guide members are determined for undifferentiated insertion of one of a single functional module and two half-height functional modules into each compartment, and
- each vertical partition comprises two locking members projecting towards the interior of the compartment and cooperating with a respective locking lever mounted on a respective module wherein a recess is located in one of a side portion of the module and the partition wall and within which the flat lever is both located and pivoted and cooperates with the locking lever.
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Modular automation device comprising:
- a chassis which has horizontal and vertical walls and which delimits an internal volume fitted with rectilinear guide members,
- a plurality of module provided at a rear portion thereof with a connector and at a front portion thereof with one of a connector and a terminal block, having a locking member and said modules being insertable into the internal volume of the chassis by the guide members, each of said modules being immobilized in a connection position by said locking member, wherein:
- the internal volume of the chassis is divided into compartments separated by vertical partitions and each accommodating at least one of said modules,
- the locking member comprises a flat lever pivoted on a journal attached to one of a side wall of the module and one of said vertical partitions, said lever being pivoted between an unlocked position and a locked position, and
- said one of said vertical partitions and said side wall comprises a fixed locking member projecting towards an interior portion of the compartment, the locking lever cooperating with the locking member as a cam up to the locked position wherein said journal is exclusively mounted to one of a single side of the modules and a side of the vertical partitions.
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Automation device, comprising:
- a chassis which has horizontal and vertical walls and which delimits an internal volume fitted with rectilinear guide members,
- a plurality of functional modules each having a locking member provided at a rear portion with a connector and at a front portion with a terminal block, each module being insertable into the internal volume of the chassis by said guide members and immobilized in a connection position by said locking member, wherein:
- the internal volume of the chassis is divided into compartments separated by vertical partitions and each accommodating at least one of said modules,
- the number and disposition of the guide members are determined for undifferentiated insertion of one of a single functional module and two half-height functional modules into each compartment, and
- each vertical partition comprises two locking members projecting towards the interior of the compartment and cooperating with a respective locking lever mounted on a respective module wherein said journal is exclusively mounted to one of a single side of the modules and a side of the vertical partitions.
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