Patent ID: 6533605
Filing Date: 2003-03-18
Classification: H02B

Abstract:
In a fastening for at least one bottom plate of a switchgear cabinet, wherein an edge of the at least one bottom plate is placed on a support flange of a bottom frame of the switchgear cabinet and is clamped together with the support flange by at least one tightening clamp, wherein the at least one tightening clamp has two legs parallel with each other and held on a connecting section, wherein a first leg of the legs grasps the support flange, and wherein a second leg of the legs holds a screw in a thread, wherein the screw can be tightened against the edge of the bottom plate, the improvement comprising:the bottom plate and the support flange having contacting surfaces which are parallel to each other and parallel to the parallel legs of the tightening clamp, the first leg (12) supported by at least one of a plurality of bezels and a plurality of tips of a plurality of contacting elements (16) on the support flange (24); at least two of the contacting elements (16) embodied as tongues and stamped out of the first leg (12) and bent in a direction toward the support flange (24), and ends of the tongues cut off transversely with respect to longitudinal sides of the tongues so that the bezels are formed; and the screw (17) in an electrically conducting contact with the edge of the bottom plate (25) and the plurality of tips in an electrically conducting contact with the support flange (24), the tightening clamp and screw being conductive, thereby placing the bottom plate and the support flange at the same electrical level.