Patent ID: 7655865

Claim:
A bus bar mounting device having at least one bus bar holder ( 20 ) which can be applied to a support structure and having at least one base receptacle ( 22 , 22 ′, 22 ″) for inserting a base section ( 12 ) of a bus bar ( 10 ) and fixing the base section ( 12 ) in place by a holding element ( 30 ), the mounting device comprising: the holding element ( 30 ) being a separate releasably attachable on a base element ( 21 ) of the bus bar holder ( 20 ) and for attachment to a matched holding element receptacle ( 26 ) of the base element ( 21 ) has a connecting section ( 32 ) and for fixation in place of the base section ( 12 ) has a head piece ( 31 ) extending over the base section ( 12 ); wherein a distance (a) between facing longitudinal edges of contacting sections ( 11 ) protruding past the bus bar holder ( 20 ) of two adjoining bus bars ( 10 ) is less than an extension ( 1 ) of the head piece ( 31 ) of the holding element ( 30 ) in a longitudinal direction of the bus bar holder ( 20 ), and a height of the holding element ( 30 ) from an underside facing the base element ( 21 ) to a top facing away from the base element ( 21 ) is matched to a clearance between a respective contacting section ( 11 ) and the base receptacle ( 22 , 22 ′, 22 ″) so that the holding element ( 30 ) is insertable canted between the facing longitudinal edges of the contacting sections of two adjoining bus bars ( 10 ) and is tiltable and then plugged into the base receptacle ( 22 , 22 ′, 22 ″) perpendicularly with respect to the top of the base element ( 21 ).