Patent ID: 7466559

Claim:
A component support comprising: at least two module carriers ( 20 ) aligned with each other in a direction across a width of the component support; each of the at least two module carriers having two opposing insert card guidance devices ( 30 ) connected with each other via a support element ( 21 ); each of the insert card guidance devices ( 30 ) including a guide ( 31 ) for a portion of an insert card extending between a rear fastening element ( 34 ) and a front fastening element ( 35 ), the rear fastening element ( 34 ) including a rear threaded receiver and the front fastening element ( 35 ) including a front threaded receiver; wherein each of the module carriers ( 20 ) is releasably connected with a rear support ( 18 ) by a fastening screw passed through a screw receptacle in the rear support and screwed into the rear threaded receiver so that a removal of a single arbitrary module carrier from a row of the module carriers ( 20 ) is possible; and a transverse connecting element extending in the width direction of the component support and attached to the at least two module carriers ( 20 ) by fastening screws passed through screw receptacles in the transverse connecting element and screwed into corresponding front threaded receivers of the at least two module carriers ( 20 ); wherein an insert card inserted into each of the at least two module carriers is electrically connected by plug-in connections to the rear support ( 18 ).