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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2003
Filed:
May. 09, 2001
Siegfried Kurrer, Nuernberg, DE;
Kurt-Michael Schaffer, Eckental, DE;
Rittal Electronics Systems GmbH & Co. KG, Herborn, DE;
Abstract
A rack assembly ( ) includes cross-connecting bars ( ) and guide bars ( ) for printed circuit boards ( ). These guide bars each include a fixing device ( ) for the placement of a receiving element ( ) which has a contact zone ( ) and is placed into electric contact on a cross-connecting bar. The invention also provides for front elements ( ) having centering contacts ( ) that protrude into, and thereby come into contact with, the contact zone, in a low-ohmic, current-carrying manner, when the front element is set in place. The receiving element preferably has a contact blade ( ) which extends into a guide groove ( ) of the guide bar.