Patent ID: 6113439
Filing Date: 2000-09-05
Classification: H02B

Abstract:
In an adapter for a base housing, to which plurality of suspension hooks is attached, and which is accessible for insertion of contact rails through contact rail receptacles and connecting the contact rails with the bus bars, the improvement comprising:in an area of the plurality of suspension hooks (15) the contact rail receptacles (11, 12) having a plurality of snap-in receiver voids (13) for receiving contact supports (30) having snap-in springs (34, 36), between which is held an S-shaped connecting contact (40) with an upper end section (41), an upper vertical section (42), a center section (43), a lower vertical section (44) and a lower end section (45), the sections (41 to 45) placed at right angles with respect to each other;the contact support (30) being fixedly placed in the receiver void (13) with the connecting contacts (40) being vertically displaceable under spring tension;the upper end section (41) confined within a chamber (31) of the contact support (30) which is aligned with the contact rail receptacles (11, 12) and has additional space for the introduction of a contact rail; andthe lower end section (45) maintained in a receptacle (16) within the suspension hook and facing an underside (14) of the base housing (10) and projecting from the receptacle (16) with a contact point (46).