Patent ID: 6239966
Filing Date: 2001-05-29
Classification: H02B,Y10T

Abstract:
A housing for accommodating one of a switchgear and a control gear comprising:a first housing part;a second housing part having a recess with recess walls and being detachably attached to, the first housing part;a lock including at least one blocking element connected to an operating slide, the at least one blocking element being selectively movable in a displacement direction between an open position and a closed position by operating the operating slide, wherein the first and second housing parts are separable in the open position, and wherein the first and second housing parts are locked together in the closed position;wherein the first housing part includes at least one means for engaging the recess walls of the second housing part, the at least one engaging means including a seating face disposed parallel to the displacement direction of the slide, anda section of the at least one blocking element contacting the seating face on a side of the recess opposite to the operating slide.