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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2000
Filed:
May. 11, 1999
Siegfried Kurrer, Nuremberg, DE;
Werner Koerber, Betzenstein, DE;
Ralf Behrens, Nuremberg, DE;
Kurt-Michael Schaffer, Eckental, DE;
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
The mounting rack contains transverse rails (1, 31), at least one front element (29), and at least one spring contact strip (10; 38). The contact strip has a retaining portion (11) for fitting on an end face (21, 22) of the transverse rail and contact springs (14) which are connected to the retaining portion and have spring limbs (15) which are angled off in a direction away from the interior of the mounting rack, such that these spring limbs (15) extend in a direction generally coincident with the longitudinal side (54) of the front element the spring movements of the spring limbs (15) are generally in the same direction as the insertion and withdrawal movements (24, 48) for the printed circuit board assembly fastened to the front element.