Patent ID: 7695313

Claim:
A mounting assembly for mounting a number of electrical switching apparatus in an electrical enclosure, said electrical enclosure including a panel assembly, said panel assembly having a panel member with a plurality of coupling elements, said mounting assembly comprising: a DIN rail structured to removably secure said number of electrical switching apparatus to said panel member, said DIN rail comprising a first end and a second end disposed opposite and distal from the first end; a first mounting member structured to extend outwardly from the first end of said DIN rail toward the panel member of said electrical enclosure, said first mounting member including at least one first lateral protrusion structured to engage a first corresponding one of said coupling elements of said panel member; and a second mounting member structured to extend outwardly from the second end of said DIN rail toward said panel member, said second mounting member including at least one second lateral protrusion structured to engage a different second corresponding one of said coupling elements of said panel member; wherein said first mounting member comprises a number of first resilient legs; wherein said second mounting member comprises a number of second resilient legs; wherein each of said number of first resilient legs is structured to bias a corresponding one of said at least one first lateral protrusion into engagement with said first corresponding one of said coupling elements of said panel member, in order to secure the first end of said DIN rail to said panel member; and wherein each of said number of second resilient legs is structured to bias a corresponding one of said at least one second lateral protrusion into engagement with said different second corresponding one of said coupling elements of said panel member, in order to secure the second end of said DIN rail to said panel member.