Locking device for adjusting element
AssigneePhoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsMarkus Becker, Rainer Gockel, Daniel Klein, Frank Hakemeyer, Christian Starke, Jürgen Kleinschmidt
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Abstract
The invention relates to a device for locking an adjusting means (5), in particular an electrical addressing device, mounted on a printed circuit board (1) which extends in an x and/or y direction. The device includes an essentially flat base plate (2) having a length (L), a width (B), and a thickness (D), to which a first detent spring (4) is attached for locking engagement with marking means (23, 23′) of the adjusting means (5). The first detent spring preferably has an oblong spring leg (7), wherein in the installed state the base plate (2) is mounted on the printed circuit board (1).
Claims25
A locking device for locking an adjusting means mounted on a printed circuit board which extends in an x direction and a y direction and has a thickness extending in a z direction, the device comprising:
- a substantially flat base plate having a length, a width, and a thickness, to which a detent spring is attached for locking engagement with a marking means of the adjusting means, the detent spring having an oblong spring leg, wherein in the installed state, the base plate is mounted on the printed circuit board and wherein the base plate is introduced with at least a portion of its length into an oblong recess which extends into the printed circuit board in the x-y direction, starting from an outer edge of the printed circuit board in an insertion direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.