Patent ID: 9345157
Filing Date: 2016-05-17
CPC Classification: G06F,H05K

Claim Text:
1. A housing for electrical devices having housing parts formed of bent sheet metal, the housing comprising: a base part bent in a U-shape and having a rectangular bottom plate and two side walls folded upward at a right angle, the bottom plate having two opposing connecting edges on which inwardly offset connecting links are arranged along a plane offset inwardly from a sheet plane of the rectangular bottom plate; a first side part configured for lateral placement against the bottom plate, the first side part having lower and upper connecting edges parallel to the connecting edges of the bottom plate, the first side part comprising inwardly offset mounting tabs arranged on the lower connecting edge and inwardly offset connecting links arranged on the upper connecting edge; a second side part configured for lateral placement against the bottom plate, the second side part having an upper edge and a connecting edge that runs parallel to the connecting edges of the bottom plate, the connecting edge of the second side part having inwardly offset mounting tabs; and a lid that is insertable between the first and second side parts, the lid having a first connecting edge running parallel to the connecting edges of the first side part, and second side part and the bottom plate the first connecting edge of the lid having inwardly offset mounting tabs, and said lid further having a second connecting edge opposing the first connecting edge of the lid and, being folded downward at a right angle to extend over the upper edge of the second side part; wherein the inwardly offset connecting links of one of the connecting edges of the bottom plate and the inwardly offset mounting tabs on the connecting edge of an adjacent one of the first side part, or second side part are alternatingly arranged; and further wherein the inwardly offset connecting links on one of the connecting edges of the bottom plate each have sides with wings parallel to the one of the connecting edges of the bottom plate defining cutouts that project laterally inward in an offset region of the sides between the wings and the one of the connecting edges of the bottom plate, wherein the inwardly offset mounting tabs on the connecting edge of the adjacent one of or the first side part or second side part engage partially into the cutouts to thereby establish a hinge-like positive connection.