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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2009
Marc Boecker, Steinheim, DE;
Marc Boecker, Steinheim, DE;
Weidmueller Interface GmbH & Co. KG, Detmold, DE;
Abstract
A ground conductor includes a conductor body formed from a sheet of conductive metal material of a given thickness, the conductor body having a horizontal base portion, and a pair of downwardly extending vertical leg portions that contain opposed mounting rail cavities that terminate at one end in a pair of flange recesses. A vertical tongue portion extends downwardly from the conductor body transversely across the leg portions at the other end of the cavities, the tongue portion having a width that is greater than the thickness of the metal sheet. When the conductor body is mounted on the mounting rail with one flange extending within the recesses, a spring biases the conductor body in a direction to effect electrical engagement between the other rail flange portion and the adjacent surface of the tongue portion.