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EP 4047630 A1 20220824 - ELECTRICAL DEVICE WITH A MOUNTING RAIL MOUNT

Title (en)

ELECTRICAL DEVICE WITH A MOUNTING RAIL MOUNT

Title (de)

ELEKTRISCHE VORRICHTUNG MIT EINER BEFESTIGUNGSSCHIENENHALTERUNG

Title (fr)

DISPOSITIF ÉLECTRIQUE AVEC SUPPORT DE RAIL DE MONTAGE

Publication

EP 4047630 A1 20220824 (EN)

Application

EP 21157871 A 20210218

Priority

EP 21157871 A 20210218

Abstract (en)

A rail-mountable device such as a top-hat rail-mountable circuit breaker carries one or more interface elements such as buttons or sockets on a device surface facing into the enclosed space formed by the rail and the device when the device is mounted on the rail.

IPC 8 full level

H01H 71/02 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

H01H 71/0264 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

[XI] EP 1404170 A2 20040331 - MOELLER GMBH [DE]
[X] EP 0923175 A1 19990616 - SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SA [FR]

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

Designated extension state (EPC)

BA ME

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 4047630 A1 20220824

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 21157871 A 20210218