Device for locking to a DIN rail
AssigneeControl Techniques Limited
InventorCharles Anthony Cachia
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Abstract
A device for locking to a DIN rail includes a shaft defining an axis of rotation and first and second rail-engaging members connected to the shaft. The rail-engaging members are each shaped to engage a DIN rail in a respective engaging position. The shaft is rotatable about the axis of rotation and thereby arranged to urge each rail-engaging member into its respective engaging position with a DIN rail positioned between the first and second rail-engaging members. Other example devices for locking to a DIN rail and methods of mounting component(s) to a DIN rail are also disclosed.
Claims20
A device for locking to a DIN rail, comprising:
- a shaft defining an axis of rotation;
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- first and second rail-engaging members connected to the shaft and each shaped to engage a DIN rail in a respective engaging position, wherein the shaft is rotatable about the axis of rotation and thereby arranged to urge each rail-engaging member into its respective engaging position with a DIN rail positioned between the first and second rail-engaging members, wherein the device is coupled with a platform capable of supporting a component mounted thereto, wherein the shaft comprises a resilient member received within a corresponding recess of the platform, and wherein the device is arranged such that rotation of the shaft relative to the platform causes the resilient member to disengage from the recess.
A method of mounting a component to a DIN rail, comprising:
- positioning the DIN rail between first and second rail-engaging members connected to an actuator;
- triggering the actuator so as to simultaneously urge each rail-engaging member into engagement with the DIN rail;
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- mounting a platform of the component to the actuator and/or at least one of the rail-engaging members so a resilient member of the actuator is received within a corresponding recess of the platform to allow the resilient member to disengage from the recess when the actuator is rotated relative to the platform.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.