Granted Patent B2

US 7,838,767 · App. 11/995,661 · Granted Nov 23, 2010

Abstract

Claims (40)

1. A modular housing wall for telecommunications and data technology devices comprising:

at least one cover element in order to form a flat wall section; and

at least one latching rail for fixing the at least one cover element,

wherein the at least one cover element has, at least in places, a U-shaped cross section with a plurality of latching means, and

wherein the latching rail has attachment means with which the latching means engage in order to hook the cover element in on the latching rail, the attachment means having notches.

2. The housing wall as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the latching means are in the form of edges which run in a longitudinal direction of the cover element and are bent inwards.

3. The housing wall as claimed in claim 1 , wherein at least one latching means is in the form of an edge which runs in a longitudinal direction of the cover element and is curved outwards.

4. The housing wall as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the attachment means are arranged with a periodically recurring grid spacing on the latching rail.

5. The housing wall as claimed in claim 4 , wherein each of the cover elements has a width in a lateral direction by means of which a plurality of the attachment means can in each case be covered, with the latching means of the cover elements engaging with in each case one of the notches in at least two different ones of the attachment means.

6. The housing wall as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the attachment means are in the form of lugs arranged on the latching rail, with the notches in each case being arranged at the junction between the latching rail and the lug.

7. The housing wall as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the lugs have at least partially rounded outlines at their freestanding ends.

8. The housing wall as claimed in claim 1 , wherein at least one U-shaped filling profile is provided, and the latching rail has at least one supporting lug, with the filling profile being arranged alongside the at least one cover element on the latching rail and engaging at least in an interlocking form with the supporting lug for attachment.

9. The housing wall as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the filling profile has a plurality of second latching means and the at least one supporting lug has notches at its junction with the latching rail.

10. The housing wall as claimed in claim 8 , wherein a filling profile is in each case arranged between two cover elements.

11. The housing wall as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the filling profile has a plurality of second latching means and the at least one supporting lug has an outline which is rounded at least in places at its freestanding end.

12. The housing wall as claimed in claim 1 , wherein at least one seal is in each case provided in an intermediate space between at least one of the following pairs: two of the cover elements, the at least one cover element and at least one housing profile, the at least one cover element and the at least one filling profile, and the at least one filling profile and the at least one housing profile.

13. The housing wall as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the seal has an inner core composed of an elastic material whose circumference is sheathed by a conductive fabric.

14. The housing wall as claimed in claim 12 , wherein side limbs of the U-shaped cross section of the at least one filling profile or of the at least one cover element are concave.

15. The housing wall as claimed in claim 1 , wherein at least a surface of the housing wall has electrically conductive characteristics.

16. The housing wall as claimed in claim 15 , wherein slots are defined in side limbs of at least one of the U-shaped cover element and the U-shaped filling profile, the slots having a periodically recurring grid spacing in a longitudinal direction in order to produce shielding spring elements.

17. The housing wall as claimed in claim 16 , wherein a width of the shielding spring elements in a longitudinal direction and a gap length of the slots is in each case λ/10of the highest frequency to be shielded against.

18. The housing wall as claimed in claim 1 , wherein at least one of the cover element and the at least one filling profile has at least one area which is perforated at regular intervals.

19. The housing wall as claimed in claim 1 , wherein at least one of the cover element and the at least one filling profile is formed at least in places from a wire mesh.

20. The housing wall as claimed in claim 1 , wherein at least one of the cover element and the at least one filling profile has openings for holding cable bushings.

21. A method for producing a modular housing wall for telecommunications and data technology devices, the method comprising:

fixing at least one cover element on at least one latching rail in order to form a flat wall section, the at least one cover element having, at least in places, a U-shaped cross section with a plurality of latching means, and the latching rail having attachment means with notches,

wherein fixing the at least one cover element to the at least one latching rail includes engaging the latching means with the attachment means to hook the cover element on the latching rail.

22. A modular housing wall for telecommunications and data technology devices comprising:

a first latching rail including a plurality of lugs extending outwardly from the first latching rail, the lugs extending from first ends at the first latching rail to second ends opposite the first latching rail, each lug defining first and second notches at the first end, first and second rounded contours at the second end, and first and second latching surfaces between the first and second ends; and

a first cover element including first and second side limbs extending from a base surface, the first and second side limbs each defining an inwardly bent edges opposite the base surface;

wherein the inwardly bent edge of the first side limb is configured to ride over the first rounded contour of a first of the lugs of the first latching rail and latch onto the first latching surface of the first lug; and

wherein the inwardly bent edge of the second side limb is configured to ride over the second rounded contour of the first lug and latch onto the second latching surface of the first lug.

23. The modular housing wall as claimed in claim 22 , wherein the lugs of the first latching rail are integrally formed with the first latching rail.

24. The modular housing wall as claimed in claim 22 , further comprising:

a second cover element including first and second side limbs extending from a base surface, the first and second side limbs each defining inwardly bent edges opposite the base surface;

wherein the inwardly bent edge of the first side limb of the second cover element is configured to ride over the first rounded contour of a second of the lugs of the first latching rail and latch onto the first latching surface of the second lug; and

wherein the inwardly bent edge of the second side limb of the second cover element is configured to ride over the second rounded contour of a third of the lugs of the first latching rail and latch onto the second latching surface of the third lug.

25. The modular housing wall as claimed in claim 24 , wherein the first latching rail includes at least one supporting lug positioned between the second and third lugs.

26. The modular housing wall as claimed in claim 22 , wherein the first latching rail includes at least one supporting lug positioned between two of the lugs.

27. The modular housing wall as claimed in claim 26 , further comprising at least one filling profile configured to mount to the supporting lug, the filling profile including side limbs that contour inwardly and have bent ends.

Assignments (8)