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US 11,978,994 B2Granted
Electrical terminal block
AssigneePhoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG
InventorWjatscheslaw Janzen
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Abstract
An electrical terminal block with simplified switching operations, which can be produced in a cost-effective and time-saving manner.
Claims11
An electrical series terminal, comprising:
- a clamp housing, with at least two, line terminal elements that are arranged therein and
- two current bars,
- wherein each of the current bars has a connecting section, a first sprung contact section, and a second sprung contact section,
- wherein each connecting section is assigned to a respective one of the two line terminal elements,
- wherein the first sprung contact sections together form a first contact area and the second sprung contact sections together form a second contact area for accommodating and contacting a plug of a test plug or an isolating plug,
- wherein the first contact sections make contact when no plug is inserted, so that the at least two, line terminal elements are connected to one another electrically via the two current bars, and wherein the second contact sections are separated from one another when no plug is inserted,
- wherein the second contact area of the current bars is arranged in the insertion direction of the plug before the first contact area of the current bars, and wherein each of the current bars is formed of two individual metal strips which are connected to one another in an electrically conductive manner,
- wherein each of the two connecting sections is made on a first of the two individual metal strips, and each of the contact sections are formed together by a second of the two individual metal strips,
- wherein the first of the two individual metal strips has a stepped area with at least two steps on an end thereof that faces away from the connecting section,
- wherein at least one first step and one second step are provided on the stepped area,
- wherein the first step is arranged behind the second step in an insertion direction of the plug, and
- wherein the second of the two individual metal strips are fastened to two opposite steps of the stepped area of the first metal strips.
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A series terminal block, comprising:
- at least two series terminals that are arranged one next to the other,
- wherein the series terminals comprise:
- a clamp housing, with at least two, line terminal elements that are arranged therein and
- two current bars,
- wherein each of the current bars has a connecting section, a first sprung contact section, and a second sprung contact section,
- wherein each connecting section is assigned to a respective one of the at least two, line terminal elements,
- wherein the first sprung contact sections together form a first contact area and the second sprung contact sections together form a second contact area for accommodating and contacting a plug of a test plug or an isolating plug,
- wherein the first sprung contact sections make contact when no plug is inserted, so that the at least two, line terminal elements are connected to one another electrically via the two current bars, and wherein the second sprung contact sections are separated from one another when no plug is inserted,
- wherein the second contact area of the current bars is arranged in the insertion direction of the plug before the first contact area of the current bars, and wherein each of the current bars is formed of two individual metal strips which are connected to one another in an electrically conductive manner,
- wherein each of the two connecting sections is made on a first of the metal strips, and each of the sprung contact sections are formed together by a second of the metal strips, and
- wherein the first of the metal strips has a stepped area with at least two steps on an end thereof that faces away from the connecting section and wherein the second of the metal strips are fastened to two opposite steps of the stepped area of the first metal strips.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.