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US 10,349,541 · App. 14/936,839 · Granted Jul 9, 2019

Device for the tool-free mounting of modules on a top-hat rail and for the destruction-free, tool-free unmounting of the same

Inventor: Juergen Schieren (Munich, DE)
Assignee: SKIDATA AG
H05K5/0204F16B2/248F16M13/022H02B1/052Y10T29/49826Y10T29/49828
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,349,541
App. No.
14/936,839
Granted
Jul 9, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A device for the tool-free mounting of modules on a top-hat rail and for the damage-free, tool-free unmounting of the same. The device has a double leg spring, with a first leg coil spring and a second leg coil spring, which are arranged coaxially about a common spring axis. First and second spring legs of the double leg spring are dimensioned identically and in each case form a hook bent in the direction of an opposite end of the double leg spring. The double leg spring also has a common intermediate leg at another end, which leg forms a hook bent in the direction of a first end.

Claims (8)

1. A device for tool-free mounting of modules on a top-hat rail and for damage-free, tool-free unmounting of the modules from the top-hat rail, said device comprising:

a double leg spring having a first leg coil spring and a second leg coil spring arranged coaxially about a common spring axis;

wherein, at a first end of the double leg spring, a spring end of the first leg coil spring forms a first spring leg and a spring end of the second leg coil spring forms a second spring leg;

the first spring leg and the second spring leg are dimensioned identically to each other and each of the first spring leg and the second spring leg forms a hook bent in a direction of an opposite, second end of the double leg spring;

the double leg spring has a common intermediate leg at the second end, which forms a hook bent in a direction of the first end;

the first and second hooks of the first spring leg and the second spring leg at the first end of the double leg spring and the hook formed by the intermediate leg at the second end of the double leg spring protrude out of a plane on a same side of the double leg spring, formed by straight parts of the double leg spring located between the first leg coil spring and the second leg coil spring and the common intermediate leg;

the first leg coil spring and the second leg coil spring protrude out of the plane at an opposite side, and the first leg coil spring and the second leg coil spring are configured such that the first and second hooks of the first spring leg and the second spring leg at the first end of the double leg spring and the hook formed by the intermediate leg at the second end of the double leg spring can be pulled apart against a force of the first leg coil spring and the second leg coil spring.

2. The device according to claim 1 , for the tool-free mounting of modules on the top-hat rail, wherein the double leg spring is produced from spring steel.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 10, 2015
From: SCHIEREN, JUERGEN
To: SKIDATA AG
Reel/Frame 036999/0380 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 14192908 · Nov 12, 2014 · regional
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160135307A1 · May 12, 2016