Patent ID: 7679887

Claim:
A switching device, comprising: at least one switchgear, including at least one main current path with a switching element and a housing with plug contacts, the plug contacts being accessible from the outside of the housing and protruding from the housing at right angles to a rear wall of the housing, at least one first plug contact being used for feeding a current into the at least one main current path and at least one second plug contact being used for passing the current from the at least one main current path to a load; a mount for fixing the switchgear, the mount being disposed on the rear wall of the housing and including a movable fixing element configured to engage at least one contour formed on the rear wall of the housing to fix the switch gear to the mount; at least one mating plug contact on the mount, the at least one mating plug contact being configured to make contact with at least one of the first plug contacts and the second plug contacts; and a transmitting force element on the mount for transmitting force onto at least one of the switchgear and the mating plug contacts, the transmitting force element being configured to eliminate a contact connection between at least one of the first plug contacts and second plug contacts, and the at least one mating plug contact.