Patent ID: 8853575
Filing Date: 2014-10-07
Classification: H02B

Abstract:
1. Switching apparatus for fastening to carrier rails in switching systems or the like, having a housing in which there are provided a switching unit and a device, which is formed on the underside of the housing, for attaching and locking onto a carrier rail, wherein the device comprises a cut-out adapted to the profile of the carrier rail and is provided with an element which can be displaced with respect to the cut-out and is disposed in an aperture of the housing, characterized in that the displaceable element is a tongue which is integrally formed on the underside of the housing by means of at least two ribs, wherein the ribs extend in parallel with one another and are integrally formed at one end on the housing, whereas the tongue is integrally formed at the other end of the ribs, that the tongue comprises a hook-shaped locking portion at one end protruding over the ribs and pointing in the direction of the cut-out, and comprises a latching portion and an actuating portion at the other end, wherein the aperture constitutes an opening which is surrounded by a U-shaped web of the walls of the housing.