Patent ID: 8403281

Claim:
A mounting device for securing plate-shaped elements ( 5 ) on a mounting rail ( 6 ), the mounting device comprising: a first holding member ( 12 ; 52 ; 72 ); a second holding member ( 17 ; 57 ; 77 ) forming, together with the first holding member ( 15 ; 52 ; 72 ), a space ( 16 ; 42 ) for receiving a plate-shaped element ( 5 ), the first holding member ( 12 ; 52 ; 72 ) being displaceable relative to the second holding member ( 17 ; 57 ; 77 ) for clamping the plate-shaped element ( 5 ) therebetween; a fastening member ( 27 ; 60 ) extendable through the first holding member ( 12 ; 52 ; 72 ) and the second holding member ( 17 ; 57 ; 77 ) and connectable with an anchoring element ( 23 ) provided on the mounting rail ( 6 ) for securing the mounting device ( 11 ; 41 ; 51 ; 71 ) on the mounting rail ( 6 ); and at least one resilient element ( 32 ; 46 ; 62 ; 92 ) formed as an elastomeric body and provided between the first holding member ( 12 ; 52 ; 72 ) and the second holding member ( 17 ; 57 ; 77 ) for spacing the first and second holding members ( 12 , 17 ; 52 , 57 ; 72 , 77 ) from each other, wherein at least one straight first guide web ( 14 ; 74 ) projects from a side ( 13 ) of the first holding member ( 12 ; 72 ) adjacent to the second holding member ( 17 ; 77 ), and at least one straight second guide web ( 19 ; 29 ) projects from a side ( 18 ; 78 ) of the second holding member ( 17 ; 77 ) adjacent to the first holding member ( 12 ; 72 ); and wherein the first and second guide webs ( 14 , 19 ; 74 , 79 ) overlap each other and extend in opposite directions toward each other in a parallel relationship, wherein the at least one resilient element ( 32 ; 46 ; 62 ; 92 ) is provided between a free end surface ( 75 ) of the at least one straight first guide web ( 14 ; 74 ) and the second holding member ( 17 ; 57 ; 77 ), wherein the first holding member includes a first flat gripping surface and the second holding member includes a second flat gripping surface for clamping the plate-shaped element ( 5 ) therebetween.