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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2007
Eric Nguyen, Saint Etienne, FR;
Eric Nguyen, Saint Etienne, FR;
ABB France, Rueil Malmaison, FR;
Abstract
Electric device, designed to be attached to a mounting rail, comprising a body fitted with means for locking onto the rail comprising at least one lug that can be moved between a locked position and an unlocked position, designed to interact with a first edge of the rail, the lug being subjected to the action of an elastic element placed in a housing of the body and pressing on the latter and on the movable lug, wherein the elastic element is of elongated shape, substantially rectilinear in a rest position, the housing comprising an opening for the insertion of the elastic element, placed substantially along the same axis as that of the elastic element in the rest position and leading to the outside of the body, on the lateral face of the body perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the rail.