Device for the arranging of an electronic component, particularly a module having circuit boards

Claim 1

Apparatus for securing an electronic component, particularly a module in a housing, and wherein a side wall of the module lies for purposes of cooling against a contact surface of the housing, there being an end wall of said module perpendicular to said side wall, there being electrical contacts in the end wall of the module connectable to mating contacts located in an abutting surface of the housing; the apparatus comprising a pivot pin fixed to the module and oriented parallel to the contact surface; a holding device disposed on the housing; an outer support disposed on said housing at a distance from said pin; a lever element, which is pivotable about said pin, said pin serving as a first point of pivoting during a securing of said electronic component, the lever element having two arms of which one arm serves as a connecting arm for interaction with said holding device, the other arm of said lever element serving as a handle, said holding device serving as a second point of pivoting by which said lever element is pivoted during the securing of said electronic component; and wherein said lever element comprises a guide which contacts said pin and is displaceable relative to said pin, displacement of said guide about said pin shifting a point of pivot of said lever element, said guide having a first end point and a second end point opposite said first end point, said first and said second end points being spaced apart from said holding device, said first end point engaging with said pin at said first pivot in a fastening-in position of the lever element; the module is tiltable about said outer support in a direction towards the contact surface; and a point of pivoting of said lever element shifts from said first to said second point of pivoting upon interaction of said connecting arm with said holding device.