Classifications

• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
  • H02B—BOARDS, SUBSTATIONS OR SWITCHING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE SUPPLY OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
  • H02B1/00—Frameworks, boards, panels, desks, casings; Details of substations or switching arrangements
  • H02B1/015—Boards, panels, desks; Parts thereof or accessories therefor
  • H02B1/04—Mounting thereon of switches or of other devices in general, the switch or device having, or being without, casing
  • H02B1/052—Mounting on rails
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
  • F16B—DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING
  • F16B21/00—Means for preventing relative axial movement of a pin, spigot, shaft or the like and a member surrounding it; Stud-and-socket releasable fastenings
  • F16B21/06—Releasable fastening devices with snap-action
  • F16B21/08—Releasable fastening devices with snap-action in which the stud, pin, or spigot has a resilient part
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
  • F16B—DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING
  • F16B21/00—Means for preventing relative axial movement of a pin, spigot, shaft or the like and a member surrounding it; Stud-and-socket releasable fastenings
  • F16B21/06—Releasable fastening devices with snap-action
• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
  • H02B—BOARDS, SUBSTATIONS OR SWITCHING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE SUPPLY OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
  • H02B1/00—Frameworks, boards, panels, desks, casings; Details of substations or switching arrangements
  • H02B1/56—Cooling; Ventilation
• • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
  • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
  • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
  • Y10T403/00—Joints and connections
  • Y10T403/70—Interfitted members
  • Y10T403/7005—Lugged member, rotary engagement

Definitions

• Fastening device and arrangement comprising a device or a body and a DIN rail
• the invention relates to a fastening device according to the preamble of claim 1 and an arrangement according to claim 11.
• Mounting rails are used in electrical engineering in a variety of different devices to secure components.
• a special type of mounting rail is a DIN rail, especially in cabinets and
• Switch boxes is used. A variety of fasteners for attaching components to such DIN rail is known.
• Object of the present invention is therefore to provide a fastening device for securing a device or body with its rear wall to a
• Top hat rail show that is technically simple.
• the object is achieved by a fastening device for
• Hat rail solved comprising a first upper and a first lower
• Hutschienenl Kunststoffsraum extending tilt axis can be used in the top hat rail.
• the advantage of this is that the fastening device is technically simple.
• Another advantage of this is that the fastening device can be produced inexpensively.
• Fastening device easy to carry out;
• the fastening can be carried out with one hand.
• the device or the body can be easily solved again technically by the DIN rail; In particular, this can also be done with just one hand.
• the first upper holding device can, in particular directly, with the
• the fastening device further comprises a second upper holding device and a second lower holding device, wherein the second upper holding device substantially identical to the first upper
• Holding device and the second lower holding device is formed substantially identical to the first lower holding device.
• An advantage of this is that the device or the body can be mounted in a second orientation or position on the DIN rail.
• aligning or positioning the device / body In this way, the existing space on or around the DIN rail around can be used particularly well.
• the second upper holding device is arranged substantially perpendicular to the first upper holding device and the second lower holding device is arranged substantially perpendicular to the first lower holding device.
• the first and / or the second upper holding device comprises a spring-like latching hook.
• Holding device and / or the second lower holding device formed integrally with the rear wall of the device or the body, in particular made of plastic, preferably injection molded.
• Fastening device can be made even more cost effective. Another advantage is that the fastening device or the
• Holding device (s) of the fastening device are designed to be particularly stable. In addition, the fastening device is technically even simpler.
• the first upper holding device may have a width which is smaller than the distance between the second upper holding device and the second lower holding device, and / or the second upper holding device may have a width which is smaller than the distance between the first upper holding device and the first lower holding device. This ensures that the respective upper holding device, which is not used in the attached state, in the inner dimension or in the interior of the
• the device or the body can be attached to save space on the DIN rail.
• the rear wall is in each case free of installation.
• the first lower holding device and / or the second lower holding device may comprise three, in particular evenly spaced, hook-like projections. As a result, a particularly secure and easy gripping the lower edge of the top hat rail is achieved.
• the second lower holding device may be a part of the first lower
• Fastening device can be produced more cheaply.
• the fastening device is designed technically easier.
• the fastening device takes thereby even less space.
• the object is also achieved by an arrangement according to claim 11.
• the object is achieved by an arrangement comprising a device or a body and a DIN rail, wherein the device or the body is fastened by means of a fastening device according to one of the preceding claims on the DIN rail.
• the advantage of this is that the device or the body is fastened by means of a technically simple fastening device on the top hat rail.
• Another advantage of this is that the
• Fastening device can be produced inexpensively and thus the arrangement is generally inexpensive to produce.
• the release of the attachment of the device or the body with its rear wall of the top hat rail is easy to perform; In particular, the release can be carried out with one hand.
• the device to be fastened or fastened may in particular be a fan. By means of the fastening device can thus be mounted in particular a fan on the DIN rail.
• the fan includes a nozzle attached to one
• Base plate is fixed, wherein the base plate on its rear wall the
• the fan may include a one-dimensional pivotal element for pivoting the fan about a pivot axis. This is the direction of the through the nozzle
• the fan may be mountable in such positions that the pivot axis is substantially parallel or substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the DIN rail.
• a high degree of freedom of the Ausblasraum the air is ensured by the nozzle of the fan.
• the fan has a rotatable outlet grille, it is possible to adjust each direction of the blowing direction of the air. Due to the possibility of mounting the fan in two mutually offset by 90 ° positions by means of the fastening device according to the invention, only a one-dimensional pivot element is required to achieve a high or maximum degree of freedom of the discharge direction of the air.
• a one-dimensional pivoting element which is pivotable in a single plane, has, in particular with respect to a
• the fan with a one-dimensional pivoting element with respect to vibration forces is stable or stable with occurring vibration forces against a two-dimensional rotary element or pivoting element, in particular if in a two-dimensional rotary element or
• Figure 1 is a plan view of the rear wall of a device or a body with an embodiment of the fastening device according to the invention.
• FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the rear wall of FIG. 1;
• FIG. 3 shows a further perspective view of the rear wall from FIG. 1 or FIG. 2;
• Fig. 4 is another perspective view of the rear wall of the
• Fig. 5 is another perspective view of the rear wall of the
• Fig. 6 is a side view of the rear wall of Figs. 1-5;
• Fig. 7 is a side view of the rear wall of Figs. 1-6 with a
• FIG 8 shows a further side view of the rear wall from FIGS. 1-6 with a further DIN rail, wherein the first upper and the first lower holding device are used.
• FIG. 1 shows a plan view of a rear wall 7 of a device 5 or body with an embodiment of the fastening device 1 according to the invention.
• FIGS. 2 to 5 show perspective views of this rear wall 7 of the device 5 with the embodiment of the fastening device 1 according to the invention
• Fastening device 1 comprises a first upper holding device 10, a second upper holding device 15, a first lower holding device 20 and a second lower holding device 25.
• the first holding device 10 is
• the second holding device 10 is arranged opposite the second lower holding device 20.
• the first upper holding device 10 comprises a latching hook, which is resilient or spring-like.
• the latching hook 10 is attached (as a flexible component) to the rear wall 7 of the body 5. It is also conceivable that the latching hook 10 is attached to another part of the device 5 or body or connected thereto.
• the second upper holding device 15 is designed essentially identical to the first upper holding device 10.
• Holding device 25 is substantially identical to the first lower
• Holding device 20 is formed.
• the second upper holding device 15 also comprises a spring-like latching hook. It is also conceivable that the first upper
• Holding device 10 and / or the second upper holding device 15 comprises more than one latching hook, for example, two or three latching hooks.
• spring-mounted on the rear wall 7 means that the latching hook 10, 15 can be moved laterally, ie, by a small amount of force.
• the first upper holding device 10 comprises all elements of
• Fastening device 1 the contact / touch a side or an edge of the DIN rail 40 in the attached state.
• all elements which touch the same edge or side of the DIN rail 40 are part of the first upper holding device 10.
• the second upper holding device 15 comprises only one element.
• this element consists of several parts, for. B. two, three, four or more exists. In this case, all the elements in the
• Holding means 15 This means that in addition to the first upper
• Holding device 10 and the second upper holding device 15 no further elements in use or in the mounted state, the DIN rail 40 on the corresponding side, i. on the side in contact with the first upper holder 10 and the second upper holder 15, respectively
• the first lower holding device 20 comprises three hook-like projections 22.
• the hook-like projections 22 are arranged uniformly spaced on the rear wall 7, so that they are arranged along a straight line (running from top to bottom in FIG. 1). It is also conceivable that the first lower holding device 20 one, two or more than three hook-like
• the first lower holding device 20 comprises differently shaped projections.
• the hook-like projections 22 of the first lower holding device 20 and the hook-like projections 27 of the second lower holding device 25 are fixed, i. not resilient, connected to the rear wall 7 of the device 5.
• the hook-like projections 22 each have one of the first upper
• Holding device 10 facing upper protruding or protruding edge 23, so that between this protruding edge 23 and the rear wall 7, a part of the top hat rail 40, namely the lower edge of the DIN rail 40, can be added.
• the hook-like projections 22 and / or the protruding edges 23 surround the lower edge of the DIN rail 40.
• the first lower holding device 20 i. the three hook-like projections 22 and the
• Longitudinal direction corresponds to the direction in which the corresponding
• Component has the largest extent.
• the longitudinal direction of the first upper holding device 10 extends from bottom to top;
• the longitudinal direction of the first lower holding device in Fig. 1 extends from bottom to top.
• the longitudinal direction of the second upper holding device and the second lower holding device extends in Fig. 1 respectively from left to right.
• the latching hook 10 of the first upper holding device has a projection 11, wherein between this projection 11 and the rear wall 7 of the upper edge of the DIN rail 40 is received. In this way, the rear wall 7 of the device 5 or the device 5 itself is attached to a DIN rail 40.
• the fastening device 1 has a second lower holding device 25.
• the second lower holding device 25 is designed substantially identical to the first lower holding device 20.
• the second lower holding device 25 consists of three hook-like projections 27. Here it is also
• the second lower holding device 25 comprises only one, two or more than three hook-like projections. Furthermore, it is also conceivable that the second lower holding device 25 comprises differently shaped projections.
• the second lower holding device 25 is formed substantially parallel to the second upper holding device 15. That the longitudinal direction of the second lower holding device 25 extends parallel to the longitudinal direction of the second upper holding device 15.
• the second lower holding device 25 is arranged substantially perpendicular to the first lower holding device 20. This means that the longitudinal direction of the second lower holding device 25, i. the direction of the largest
• the first upper holding device 10 is arranged substantially perpendicular to the second upper holding device 15.
• upper holding device and “lower holding device” are not to be understood as restricting, but are only used for clear identification in the embodiment shown in the figures.
• the upper holding device 10, 15 in the mounted state on the DIN rail also encompass a (lower) edge of the DIN rail, which is based on the bottom or the bottom below the upper edge of the top hat rail, corresponding to the lower holding device 20, 25 is encompassed.
• the second lower holding device 25 comprises a part of the first lower holding device 20.
• One of the hook-like projections 22 of the first lower holding device 20 has two projecting edges 23, 28 which are perpendicular to each other.
• a first edge 23 of the two edges 23, 28 serves as part of the first lower holding means 20 and the other protruding edge 28 serves as part of the second lower holding means 25.
• the two lower holding means 20, 25 serving projection this
• the hook-like projection 22, 27, which is part of both lower holding devices 20, 25, is located in Fig. 1 on the top left of the rear wall 7, i. at the point furthest away from the two upper retainers 10,15.
• Holding device 10 perpendicular to the first lower holding device 20 and the second upper holding device 15 is aligned or arranged perpendicular to the second lower holding device 25, it is possible to arrange the device 5 in two mutually perpendicular orientations.
• the axis of rotation in this regard is perpendicular to the rear wall 7 and extends (in Fig. 1) through the center of the rear wall 7.
• the orientation of the device 5 can be adapted to the given requirements, for example, the existing / available space around the DIN rail 40th around or on the DIN rail 40th
• the projecting edges 23, 28 of the hook-like projections 22, 27 of the lower holding devices 20, 25 each extend parallel to the projections 11, 16 of the corresponding latching hooks 10, 15 and the corresponding upper
• the first upper holding device 10 and / or the first lower holding device 20 and / or the second upper holding device 15 and / or the second lower holding device 25 is / are preferably integrally formed with the rear wall 7 of the device 5.
• the holding devices 10, 15, 20, 25 made of a plastic, which is in particular injection-molded.
• other materials are conceivable, for. Metal or
• Holding devices 10, 15 screwed to the rear wall, glued etc. are.
• a first contact surface 12 of the first upper holding device 10 is in direct contact with the DIN rail 40th
• This first contact surface 12 is perpendicular to the rear wall 7.
• Holding means 20 is used for fixing to the DIN rail 40, no components or elements of the second lower holding means 25 or the second upper holding means 15, the attachment to the DIN rail 40 block or obstruct. The same applies vice versa. That is, along an imaginary extension of the second contact surface 17 of the second upper holding device 15 extending essentially along the rear wall 7, which extends in the
• Holding device 10 or the first lower holding device 20 block the DIN rail or complicate the attachment or even prevent.
• the latching hooks 10, 15 each have a front edge 14, 19.
• the front edge 10, 15 is respectively the protruding edge facing the corresponding lower holding device 20, 25.
• Holding device 10 (parallel to the rear wall 7) and along an imaginary extension of the front edge 19 of the second upper holding device 15th
• Front edge 14, 19 is built-in. This ensures that, when the second upper holding device 15 and the second lower holding device 25 are used for fixing to the DIN rail 40, no components or elements of the first upper holding device 10 or the first lower
• Holding device 20 block the hat rail or make attaching difficult or even prevent. This ensures that the rear wall 7 and the device 5 in two mutually offset by approximately 90 ° positions or arrangements on the
• the DIN rail can be attached. This results in a high variability of the arrangement.
• the rotation by about 90 ° takes place about an axis which is perpendicular to the rear wall 7 and which extends (in Fig. 1) through the center of the rear wall 7.
• the device 5 can be fixed or arranged once on a DIN rail 40 such that the (longitudinal direction of the) DIN rail 40 in FIG. 1 runs from left to right. In this position / arrangement, the second upper 15 and the second lower holding means 25 are used for fixing.
• the device 5 can also be fastened or arranged on a DIN rail 40 such that the (longitudinal direction of) DIN rail 40 in FIG. 1 runs from top to bottom. In this position / arrangement, the first upper 10 and the first lower holding means 20 are used for fastening.
• the spring-like latching hooks 10, 15 each comprise a directly adjacent to the respective projection 11, 16 in the direction of the rear wall 7 open and curved in the direction of the rear wall 7 surface 13, 18. On the projecting projection 11, 16 respectively opposite side of
• curved surface 13, 18 of the spring-like latching hooks 10, 15 are each connected to the rear wall 7. In this way, when generating a force on the curved surface 13, 18 of the latching hook 10, 15 of the latching hooks 10, 15 moves to the side, namely away from the respective lower holding device 20, 25. The latching hook 10, 15 moves when no more power is applied to this, back to its original position, which is shown in Figures 1-8.
• the second upper holding device 15 has a width b that is smaller than the (smallest) distance between the first upper holding device 10 and the first lower holding device 20.
• the first upper holding device 10 has a length b which is smaller than the distance between the second upper holding means 15 and the second lower holding means 25.
• the entire second upper holding device 15 is received in the inside or inside of the DIN rail 40; i.e. no element of the second upper holding device 15 is in the use of the first upper
• Fastener assembly contacting a first side of top hat rail 40 i.e., the entire second top retainer 15 are at the second
• Holding devices 10, 20 and the second holding devices 15, 20 are correspondingly reversed, when using the second upper
• the fastening device 1 has a mirror symmetry with respect to a plane of symmetry S which is perpendicular to the plane of the paper in FIG. 1 and centrally through the hook-like projection 27 shown at the top in FIG. 1 and centrally through the projection shown at the bottom right in FIG. runs.
• the mirror plane or plane of symmetry S thus extends in FIG. 1 perpendicular to the plane of the paper and from top left to bottom right at an angle of 45 ° to the longitudinal direction of the first upper holding device 10 and also at an angle of 45 ° to the longitudinal direction of the second upper holding device 15 All elements of the fastening device 1 are with respect to this
• Symmetrieebene or mirror plane S formed substantially mirror-symmetrical.
• Fig. 6 shows a side view of the rear wall 7 and the embodiment of the fastening device 1 of Figs. 1-5.
• the tilt axis Z is located.
• the tilting axis Z is located on the rear wall 7 or on the rear wall 7 and on the side of the hook-like projection 27, which faces the second holding device 15.
• the tilting axis Z runs along the
• Rear wall 7 For fastening the device, the fastening device 1 attached to the DIN rail 40 such that the lower edge of the DIN rail 40 under the protruding edge 28 of the hook-like projections 27th
• the top hat rail 40 is released, which by tilting opposite to the tilting direction k about the tilt axis Z, the rear wall 7 of the device 5 and thus the device 5 itself is released from the DIN rail 40 again.
• the DIN rail 40 which has an inner dimension i. It can clearly be seen in FIG. 7 that the first upper holding device 10 is received in the inner dimension i of the DIN rail 40 or in the interior of the DIN rail 40. It can also clearly be seen in FIG. 7 that the second contact surface 17 of the second upper one
• hook-like projections 22 of the first lower holding means 20 protrudes with respect to the DIN rail 40.
• the hook-like projection 22 of the first lower holding device 20, which can be seen in Fig. 7, is opposite to the front edge 19 and the hook-like projection 22, which can be seen in Fig. 7, has a greater distance from the hook-like projection 27 of the second lower holding device 25, which can be seen in Fig. 7, as the second
• elements of the first lower holder 20 and the first upper holder 10 do not interfere with attachment by means of the second upper holder 15 and the second lower holder 25.
• FIG. 8 shows a further side view of the rear wall 7 of the device 5 and the fastening device 1, wherein the first upper holding device 10 and the first lower holding device 20 are used for fastening.
• the tilting axis Z is at the point where the upper holding device 10 facing side of the first lower holding device 20, the rear wall 7 touches.
• the tilting axis runs along the rear wall 7.
• the tilting direction k extends in a clockwise direction in FIG. 8.
• the top hat rail 40 in FIG. 8 has a greater height than the DIN rail 40 in FIG. 7.
• the tilt axis Z in FIG. 8 runs perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the tilt axis Z in FIG. 6 or in FIG. 7 Both arrangements shown in FIGS. 7 and 8 are each rotated by 90 ° to each other.
• first contact surface 12 of the first upper holding device 10 is arranged closer to the first lower holding device 20 than the hook-like projections 27 of the second lower holding device 20
• Holding means 25 It can also be clearly seen in Fig. 8 that the hook-like projection 27 is set back relative to the first upper holding means 10, i. has a greater distance from the first lower holding device 20 than the first upper holding device 10 or the front edge 14 of the first upper holding device 10. the components or internals of the second lower holding device 25, not the use of the first upper holding device 10 for attaching the rear wall 7 of the device 5 to the DIN rail 40th
• the device to be fastened may in particular be a fan.
• the fan has a nozzle 52.
• the nozzle 52 is a movable nozzle with which the direction of the air flow emerging from the fan nozzle 52 can be steered.
• the nozzle 52 is pivotable about an axis which in the fixed state parallel to the Longitudinal axis of the DIN rail 40 (not shown) extends.
• the nozzle 52 is fixed to a base plate 50.
• the connection between the nozzle 52 and the base plate 50 is made by a known one-dimensional
• Swivel element or swivel joint (not shown).
• a one-dimensional pivoting element is pivotable in a single pivoting plane.
• the convexly curved rear wall of the nozzle 52 is accommodated in a correspondingly concavely curved front wall of the base plate 50.
• the side walls of the base plate 50 have louvers 54. Further louvers are provided in the front wall of the base plate 50 and in the rear wall of the nozzle 52.
• the nozzle 52 and the base plate 50 known components can be used, wherein the rear wall 7 of the base plate 50 has the actual fastening device 1.
• the fan comprises a discharge grille 56, which is arranged on the side facing away from the rear wall of the fan 52. Through the exhaust grille 56, the air flows.
• the exhaust grille 56 can be rotated about an axis that is substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the fan. As a result, the outflow direction of the air can be changed or adjusted accordingly.
• first lower holding device 22 hook-like projection (first lower holding device)

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