Patent ID: 8325491

Claim:
A device for fastening an electronic module on a support rail, comprising: a displaceable nose configured to encompass, together with a fixed nose provided on a rear face of a housing of the electronic module, a profile of the support rail; a slide, wherein the displaceable nose is configured as a clamping profile of the slide; mechanical anchors, wherein the device is mounted on the rear face of the electronic module by inserting the mechanical anchors in recesses on the housing of the electronic module; a spring mechanism configured to be braced against the housing of the electronic module and which causes the slide to be subjected to a force resulting in a clamping force of the device on the support rail, wherein an end of the slide opposite the displaceable nose projects beyond the housing of the electronic module for manual displacement of the displaceable nose, and the end of the slide has an elongated opening configured such that the slide is released from a stopped state by turning a screwdriver inserted into the opening.