Mounting Rail Module Latching Foot Part Detachment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electrical assemblies on mounting rails face challenges in easy detachment without damage, especially in vibrating environments, and require significant space, which limits their modular flexibility and increases the risk of short circuits or damage to electrical contacts.
Innovation Solution
An electrical assembly with a base body and a displaceable foot part that allows for easy detachment by moving the foot part away from the neighboring assembly, utilizing sliding and latching mechanisms to ensure safe and space-efficient alignment and disengagement, enabling easy handling and preventing damage to electrical contacts.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If electrical assemblies are detached by removing parallelism (sliding apart), then detachment is achieved, but installation space requirement increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The detachment mechanism is segmented into two independent functions: a foot part for releasing the latching connection and a ramp structure for providing detachment force. This segmentation allows the detachment operation to be performed in a compact space without requiring the entire assembly to slide apart obliquely.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention transitions from oblique detachment (requiring space in multiple dimensions) to linear detachment along the mounting rail. The foot part activates a mechanism that pushes the assembly away in the same dimension as the mounting rail, eliminating the need for additional space in perpendicular dimensions.
2Adaptability or versatility
If electrical contacts are provided in abutting walls for contact when assemblies are arranged adjacent, then electrical connectivity is achieved, but risk of contact damage or short circuits increases during detachment
Solution Approach 1:
The foot part is activated before the assemblies fully separate, initiating a controlled detachment sequence. The latching connection is released first, allowing the ramp mechanism to gradually push the assemblies apart, ensuring electrical contacts are disconnected in a controlled manner rather than abruptly, which prevents damage and short circuits.
3Reliability
If assemblies are securely latched to prevent automatic disengagement in vibrating environments, then reliability is improved, but ease of detachment operation may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The foot part serves as an intermediary tool that mediates between the operator and the latching mechanism. Instead of directly manipulating the latching connection, the operator uses the foot part to activate the release mechanism, making the operation easier while maintaining secure latching during normal operation and vibration.
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AI summary
An assembly (11), in particular an electrical assembly, which can be attached to a mounting rail (2) and can be arranged in a row therealong by movement in a row direction (201), to an adjacent assembly (12) which is arranged on the mounting rail (2) having a base body (4) and having a foot part (3) which can be moved relative to the base body (4) in an opposite direction to a movement direction (301), wherein the assembly (11) can be detached from the adjacent assembly (12) by movement of the foot part (3) in the movement direction (301), with movement away from the adjacent assembly (12), in the opposite direction to the row direction (201), taking place at the same time as the detachment.