Contact insert and switch spring
AssigneeWAGO Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH
InventorHenry Stolze
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Abstract
A contact insert for a connecting terminal, wherein the contact insert has a busbar piece and a clamping spring for clamping an electrical conductor in a conductor insertion direction, wherein the busbar piece and the clamping spring form a clamping point for the electrical conductor to be clamped, and wherein the contact insert has a bushing contact for receiving a contact pin. The longitudinal extension direction of the bushing contact runs essentially perpendicular to the conductor insertion direction from the busbar piece. The bushing contact is designed to receive the contact pin perpendicular to the longitudinal extension direction of the bushing contact and to receive the contact pin in the longitudinal extension direction of the bushing contact.
Claims14
A contact insert for a connecting terminal, the contact insert comprising:
- a busbar piece;
- and
- a clamping spring to clamp an electrical conductor in a conductor insertion direction,
- wherein the busbar piece and the clamping spring form a clamping point for the electrical conductor to be clamped,
- wherein the contact insert has a bushing contact for receiving a contact pin,
- wherein a longitudinal extension direction of the bushing contact runs essentially perpendicular to the conductor insertion direction of the busbar piece, and
- wherein the bushing contact is adapted to receive the contact pin in a direction substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal extension direction of the bushing contact and adapted to receive the contact pin in the longitudinal extension direction of the bushing contact, wherein the direction substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal extension direction of the bushing contact is perpendicular to the conductor insertion direction.
A switch spring comprising:
- a connecting web for electrically conductive contacting a first contact insert and a second contact insert;
- a contacting area for contacting the first contact insert;
- and
- a switching arrangement for contacting the second contact insert, the contacting area and the switching arrangement being arranged on the connecting web,
- wherein the switching arrangement has an actuating section and is arranged to release the contacting between the switching arrangement and the second contact insert by applying force to the actuating section,
- wherein each of the first contact insert and the second contact insert comprise:
- a busbar piece, and
- a clamping spring to clamp an electrical conductor in a conductor insertion direction,
- wherein the busbar piece and the clamping spring form a clamping point for the electrical conductor to be clamped,
- wherein the contact insert has a bushing contact for receiving a contact pin,
- wherein a longitudinal extension direction of the bushing contact runs essentially perpendicular to the conductor insertion direction of the busbar piece, and
- wherein the bushing contact is adapted to receive the contact pin substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal extension direction of the bushing contact and adapted to receive the contact pin in the longitudinal extension direction of the bushing contact.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.