US 11,855,430 B2
Junction box
Hermann Stadler, Donaueschingen (DE)
Assigned to METZ CONNECT TECH GMBH, Blumberg (DE)
Filed by METZ CONNECT TECH GMBH, Blumberg (DE)
Filed on Sep. 2, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/464,942.
Claims priority of application No. 102020123338.8 (DE), filed on Sep. 7, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0077668 A1, Mar. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. H02G 3/14 (2006.01); G02B 6/44 (2006.01); B65D 43/16 (2006.01)
CPC H02G 3/14 (2013.01) [B65D 43/164 (2013.01); G02B 6/445 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A junction box (10), comprising:
a base part (20);
a cover part (30) arranged pivotably on the base part (20);
a spring element (40) arranged between the base part (20) and the cover part (30), the spring element (40) being preloaded in such a way that it transfers the cover part (30) from an open position to a closed position; and
a locking element (50) arranged on the junction box (10), the locking element being movable between a first position and a second position, and which in the first position locks the cover part (20) against a spring force of the spring element (40) in the open position and allows the cover part (20) to be transferred from the open position to the closed position in the second position,
wherein the locking element (50) comprises a lever (51) having a first end (51a) and a second end (51b), the lever (51) being pivotably mounted at the first end (51a) thereof on the base part (20), and
wherein the lever (51) has a contact element (52) at the second end (51b) thereof.