Housing for receiving electronic components

#This application claims priority to German Patent Application number 20 2015 106 657.0, filed on Dec. 7, 2015, and is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.

#The disclosure relates to a housing for receiving electronic components, wherein the housing comprises a housing body and a housing cover.

#Electronic components are generally arranged in housings so as on the one hand to protect them from environmental influences such as moisture and on the other hand to ensure that persons are appropriately protected. Such components pose considerable risks to life and limb in particular when using higher electrical voltages and/or currents. For this reason, there are often national regulations that for example prescribe that contact protection must be ensured. This contact protection must be maintained for as long as such components pose potential risks. Such a contact protection is to guarantee that a person cannot be injured by electrical voltages and/or currents, in that said contact protection prevents current-carrying components from coming into contact with persons.

#The disclosure is explained hereinafter with the aid of the figures, in which:

#FIG. 1 illustrates a perspective view from the front of a housing in accordance with the disclosure,

#FIG. 2 illustrates a perspective view from the rear of a housing in accordance with the disclosure,

#FIG. 1 illustrates a perspective view of a housing 1 in accordance with the disclosure for receiving electronic components. The housing cover 3 that closes the housing body 2 comprises rebates 23 that in part encompass the upper part of the housing body 2. The region is provided on the two sides of the housing cover 3 that do not comprise any fastening points 10, 11 with in each case two optional recesses 17 that facilitate a deformation of the housing cover 3 in this region. Furthermore, the housing 1 comprises four fastening points 10, 11. The optional retaining elements 24 are used to fasten the housing 1 by way of example to a wall.

#FIG. 2 illustrates a perspective view from the rear of the housing 1 shown in FIG. 1. In addition to the features already mentioned in conjunction with FIG. 1, this figure also illustrates an arrester hook 22 that is arranged on the housing cover 3. The arrester hook 22 is used in this case as an additional optional securing element and prevents the housing cover 3 from becoming completely detached from the housing body 2 in the event that the fastening elements 12 are no longer able to assume this task. The arrester hook 22 is embodied in this case as a U-shaped rebate on the housing cover 3. The upper limb of this U-shaped rebate comprises a simple rebate 25 of the housing body 2. A defined spacing of by way of example 2 mm to 3 cm is provided between the arrester hook 22 and the rebate 25 of the housing body 2.

#In the illustrated case, the fastening elements 12 are embodied as screws, wherein so-called insert nuts are evident in FIG. 2.