| US 7,520,776 B2 | ||
| Device adapter | ||
| Hans Wagener, Dietzhölztal (Germany) | ||
| Assigned to Rittal GmbH & Co. KG, Herborn (Germany) | ||
| Appl. No. 11/667,809 PCT Filed Feb. 10, 2006, PCT No. PCT/EP2006/001167 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date May 15, 2007, PCT Pub. No. WO2006/094595, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 14, 2006. |
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| Claims priority of application No. 10 2005 009 993 (DE), filed on Mar. 04, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0002338 A1, Jan. 03, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. H01R 13/66 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 439—532 | 18 Claims |
| 1. A device adapter having a base element (10) which on an underside has rail receptacles (11) for attaching and making electrical contact with bus bars and supports on a top and an attachment device (20), which is releasably fastened by connecting means and has two parallel spaced apart longitudinal strips (21, 24) for connection with electrical devices or installation units (40), the device adapter comprising:
the connecting means comprising protruding hook suspension elements (22) formed on the underside of the longitudinal strips (21, 24), which are vertically insertable into matched receiving openings (13) on the top of the base element (10) and are suspendible by displacing in a longitudinal direction in an area behind the receiving openings (13) on a side remote from the top, and
a releasable arresting element (28) arresting the longitudinal strips (21, 24) in a suspended position.
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