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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2001
ABB Patent GmbH, Mannheim, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a device for locking a pluggable electrical unit in an enclosure of an electrical base unit, the pluggable electrical unit having at least one arresting element, which engages in a mating arresting element in the enclosure of the base unit in such a way that the physical removal of the pluggable electrical unit is prevented in the locked state. For the slot-dependent detection of the actuation of locking elements on the part of the base unit, it is proposed to arrange the arresting element ( ) such that, in the rest position, it is concealed by a movable covering ( ) in such a way that the arresting element ( ) is only accessible once the covering ( ) has been removed. The covering ( ) is in operative connection with an electrical switching contact ( ), each position of the covering ( ) deviating from the rest position triggering the switching contact ( ). The covering ( ) can only be brought into the rest position in the locked state of the pluggable electrical unit ( ). The terminals of the switching contact ( ) are electrically connected to a signal processing means ( ) in the base unit ( ).