Patent ID: 6062664
Filing Date: 2000-05-16
Classification: H02B,H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
A rack for a switch cabinet comprising rack members defining a pair of connecting receptacles and corner members having connecting projections, each of the projections is inserted into a respective one of the connecting receptacles on the rack member, the improvement wherein:each rack member is formed of a single sheet having plural bends to provide first and second spaced-apart open hollow profile sections, said rack member being symmetrical about a diagonal plane between the sections and having two outer profile sides perpendicular to each other;each of the profile sections forms a connecting receptacle defined by a respective one of the outer profile sides and by a plurality of the portions bent inwardly toward said respective one of the outer profile sides and defining a slot therebetween extending parallel to the connecting receptacles;each of the receptacles receives a respective one of the connecting projections;each of the connecting projections is cylindrical; andeach of the connecting receptacles abuts the connecting projection received therein along at least at three lines of contact circumferentially spaced by at least 180.degree. around the respective connecting projection.