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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2011
Karsten Gerving, Bonn, DE;
Karsten Gerving, Bonn, DE;
Eaton Electrical IP GmbH & Co. KG, Schoenefeld, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a switching device with a switching device housing, having first guiding and supporting recesses on the connecting side and at least one first detent cam that points away from the front face with a first detent surface. A protective cover which is designed as an accessory and which consists of two lateral protective walls and a front face protective wall that connects said lateral walls is equipped with at least one first detent hook, which points towards the front face protective wall with a second detent surface and which can be connected to the first detent cam, on the protective cover end face that points towards the switching device. A cable clamping block is equipped with second guiding and supporting formations that correspond to the first guiding and supporting formations and with at least one resiliently arranged third detent hook, which points towards the front face with a third detent surface and which can be connected to the first detent cam, on the cable clamping block rear wall that points towards the switching device. The cable clamping block is equipped with at least one second detent cam, the position and shape of which corresponds to the first detent cam and which can be connected to the first detent hook, on the front wall that points away from the switching device.