US 11,706,897 B2
Apparatus for electronic component and heating cable mounting
Wesley Dong, Belmont, CA (US); Wojciech Kramarz, Wieloteka (PL); Dan Caouette, Katy, TX (US); Amir Mahani, Richmond (CA); and Arkadiusz Cichocki, Wroclaw (PL)
Assigned to nVent Services GmbH, Schaffhausen (CH)
Filed by nVent Services GmbH, Schaffhausen (CH)
Filed on Feb. 14, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/791,813.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/806,064, filed on Feb. 15, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0267870 A1, Aug. 20, 2020
Int. Cl. H05K 7/20 (2006.01); H05B 3/56 (2006.01); H05K 7/18 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 7/20 (2013.01) [H05B 3/56 (2013.01); H05K 7/183 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mounting rail having a first side and a second side, the mounting rail comprising:
a DIN rail disposed at a first side, wherein the DIN rail defines a channel that opens in a first direction;
a heating cable channel disposed at the second side, the heating cable channel comprising a slot configured to receive a heating cable and an additional slot configured to receive the heating cable, the slot and the additional slot facing the same direction, wherein the slot opens in a second direction that is substantially perpendicular to the first direction;
a first plurality of fins disposed between the slot and the additional slot and extending in a third direction that is substantially opposite the second direction and substantially perpendicular to the first direction; and
a second plurality of fins disposed between the slot and the additional slot and extending in the second direction.