Patent ID: 7850031

Claim:
A housing for holding electrical cables and/or connections, comprising: a first housing part and a second housing part which are connected to one another via at least one hinge, the hinge defining a rotation axis about which the first housing part and the second housing part are configured to be pivoted with respect to one another, wherein at least a first hinge part of the hinge is attached to mutually opposite end faces of the first housing part and at least a second hinge part of the hinge is attached to one end face of the second housing part, wherein the end face of the second housing part has a different configuration from an opposite end face of the second housing part, one of the hinge parts being a shaft which extends in a direction of the rotation axis, and the other of the hinge parts being an attachment part which extends in a circumferential direction of the shaft; wherein the second hinge part on the one end face of the second housing part is configured to attach selectively to the first hinge part on either one of the opposite end faces of the first housing part to form the hinge; and wherein at least one depression is arranged on the first hinge part and at least one projection is arranged on the second hinge part, such that the projection engages in the depression in a specific rotation position and/or in different rotation positions over a specific rotation angle range; wherein the housing is in the form of a wall outlet box, the first housing part being designed as a housing part which is configured to be attached to a wall, and wherein the hinge is designed such that the second housing part reaches a stop rotation position by pivoting about the rotation axis, in which the second housing part abuts against the first housing part and/or against an object to which the first housing part is connected, and, when a sufficiently large torque acting beyond the stop rotation position occurs, the first hinge part is disconnected from the second hinge part; wherein the housing is designed such that the stop rotation position is reached before the second housing part touches the wall, and wherein the first hinge part is disconnected from the second hinge part when the torque occurs.