US 12,316,049 B2
Pluggable device combination for protecting against surges
Uwe Strangfeld, Neumarkt (DE); Stefan Schön, Neumarkt (DE); Georg Wittmann, Neumarkt (DE); and Richard Daum, Neumarkt (DE)
Assigned to DEHN SE, Neumarkt i.d.OPf. (DE)
Appl. No. 17/635,077
Filed by DEHN SE, Neumarkt i.d.OPf. (DE)
PCT Filed Jul. 30, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/071469
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 14, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/037473, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 4, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 20 2019 104 742.9 (DE), filed on Aug. 29, 2019; and application No. 20 2020 101 378.5 (DE), filed on Mar. 12, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0294157 A1, Sep. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 13/00 (2006.01); H01R 13/422 (2006.01); H01R 13/627 (2006.01); H01R 13/66 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/6271 (2013.01) [H01R 13/4226 (2013.01); H01R 13/6666 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pluggable device combination for protecting against surges, having a socket-like bottom part of U-shaped cross section for receiving at least one plug module which accommodates a surge protection element, latching means which act between the plug module and the socket-like bottom part being provided, said latching means comprising first means which are formed on a biased joint on opposite sides of the plug module and respectively interact in a latching manner with associated second means on the bottom part, the latching connection being breakable by pressing the joint at the faces of the plug module, and each joint merging into a respective actuation area, wherein on one side of the plug module at least two spaced-apart actuation areas are provided and reside on respective separate at least first and second joints, and on the opposite side of the plug module a single actuation area is provided and which resides on a separate third joint, and the actuation areas are formed opposite each other on the plug module in such a way that imaginary connecting lines between the actuation areas and their respective first, second and third joints would form the shape of an at least approximate triangle.