Patent ID: 6190081
Filing Date: 2001-02-20
Classification: H02B,Y10T

Abstract:
In a fastening device for attachment of at least one add-on element to a plurality of vertical frame profiles of a switchgear cabinet, wherein each of the vertical frame profiles has a row of a plurality of evenly distributed fastening retainers, and a fastening block hasa plurality of fastening receivers for connecting the at least one add-on element, the improvement comprising:the fastening block (20) being at least one of punched and bent from a sheet metal blank and formed as an extruded element;at least one hook element (20.7, 20.9) projecting from the fastening block (20), and suspendable in an associated one of the fastening retainers (14) of the frame profile (10);the fastening block (20) having two lateral walls (20.3, 20.6) extending at right angles with respect to each other and forming a common vertical inner edge facing an interior of the switchgear cabinet; andthe lateral walls (20.3, 20.6) having the fastening receivers (20.4, 20.5), a plurality of horizontal support surfaces (20.1) bent away from the lateral walls (20.3, 20.6) and sealing the fastening block (20) on a top and a bottom, and each of the horizontal support surfaces (20.1) having a receiving retainer (20.2).