Patent ID: 11901688
Assignee: HARTING ELECTRIC GMBH & CO. KG
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. An adapter housing for receiving a contact carrier and for fixing to a top-hat rail, the adapter housing comprising:
a first connecting structure integrally formed on a first side of an outer wall of the adapter housing and a second connecting structure integrally formed on a second side of the outer wall of the adapter opposite the first side, the first and second connecting structures being positioned opposite one another and configured to be complementary to one another, for reversibly connecting to a similar adapter housing and/or to a top-hat rail fixing element to enable the adapter housing and one or more similar adapter housings to be attached together side-by-side in a direction that is perpendicular to a plug-in direction of the contact carrier and perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the top-hat rail; and
at least one locking device provided on a mating side of the adapter housing for reversibly locking the adapter housing to a further adapter housing in the plug-in direction of the contact carrier.