Patent ID: 8319106

Claim:
A supporting device for busbars, having at least one holding device ( 10 ), which can be affixed to a base unit and having a receiving opening ( 11 . 4 ) for feeding through at least one busbar ( 2 ) and having a clamping device for affixing it in position, the supporting device comprising: a receiving component ( 20 ) inserted or insertable into the receiving opening ( 11 . 4 ) and having at least one opening ( 23 ) adapted to a cross section of the busbar ( 2 ), and the receiving component ( 20 ) selectively positioning the respective busbar ( 2 ) in the holding device ( 10 ) in at least two installation positions that are rotated in relation to each other around a longitudinal axis; wherein the receiving component ( 20 ) is formed as a separate part that can be removed from the holding device ( 10 ) and the holding device ( 10 ) contains holding elements ( 11 . 5 ) at each of the corner regions of the holding device ( 10 ) that cooperate in a holding fashion with matching counterpart holding elements ( 28 ) at each of the corner regions of the receiving component ( 20 ), wherein each of the insertion elements is inserted or insertable with a matching one of the insertion slots in order to produce a uniquely defined positioning and to prevent the receiving component ( 20 ) from sliding out of the holding device ( 10 ) in a longitudinal direction of the busbars ( 2 ); and the holding device ( 10 ) including a bottom piece ( 12 ) and a top piece ( 11 ) that can be detachably placed onto the bottom piece and clamped to it, between which the receiving opening ( 11 . 4 ) is formed and the receiving component ( 20 ) can be removably inserted into the bottom piece ( 12 ) and fixed in position by the top piece ( 11 ).