Patent ID: 8618897

Claim:
An assembly including an electrical switching device including an electrical switching device housing made of moulded material and terminal-side accessories, the assembly comprising: the switching device housing including a front side and oppositely situated terminal sides respectively including supply-side cable terminals and load-side cable terminals, the switching device housing including first groove-shaped, undercut guide and retaining recesses disposed on a terminal side running perpendicular to the front side of the housing and at least one first snap cam with a first locking surface facing away from the front side; a protective cover forming a first of the terminal-side accessories, the protective cover including two lateral protective walls and a front-side protective wall connecting the lateral protective walls, the protective cover including a front face that faces the switching device, the front face including: first guide and retaining mouldings configured to be brought into undercut engagement and joined in form-fitting fashion to the first guide and retaining recesses of the switching device housing, and at least one elastically installed first locking hook with a second locking surface facing the front-side protective wall, the first locking hook being configured to be joined to the at least one first snap cam; and a cable clamp block forming a second of the terminal-side accessories, the cable clamp block including a back wall that faces the switching device and a front wall that faces away from the switching device, the back wall including: second guide and retaining mouldings having a matching position and shape as the first guide and retaining mouldings, the second guide and retaining mouldings being configured to be brought into undercut engagement and joined in form-fitting fashion with the first guide and retaining recesses of the switching device housing, and at least one elastically installed third locking hook with a third locking surface facing the front side and configured to be joined to the at least one first snap cam, and the front wall including: second guide and retaining recesses having a matching position and shape as the first guide and retaining recesses, the second guide and retaining recesses being configured to be brought into undercut engagement and joined in form-fitting fashion with the first guide and retaining mouldings, and at least one second snap cam having a matching position and shape as the first snap earn and configured to be brought into engagement with the first locking hook.