# US 12,184,006 B2 · Conductor connection terminal having first and second housings with electrically joined busbars

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- Number: US 12,184,006 B2
- Document ID: US12184006B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/726,174
- Filed: 2022-04-21
- Published: 2022-10-27
- Granted: 2024-12-31
- Earliest claimed: 2021-04-23
- Assignees: WAGO Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH
- Applicants: WAGO Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH
- Inventors: Michael Meyer; Hans-Josef Koellmann; Gunter Spey
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12184006B2

## CPC

- H01R 13/4361: {Insertion of locking piece perpendicular to direction of contact insertion}
- H01R 4/484: {Spring housing details}
- H01R 9/223: {Insulating enclosures for terminals (for switches H01H9/0264)}
- H01R 13/516: Means for holding or embracing insulating body, e.g. casing {, hoods}
- H01R 25/14: Rails or bus-bars constructed so that the counterparts can be connected thereto at any point along their length (supporting elements for lighting devices, displaceable along guiding elements and making electrical contact with conductors running along the guiding elements F21V21/35)
- H01R 4/4809: {using a leaf spring to bias the conductor toward the busbar}
- H01R 4/4821: {Single-blade spring}
- H01R 4/483: {Pivoting arrangements, e.g. lever pushing on the spring}
- H01R 4/485: {Single busbar common to multiple springs}
- H01R 9/2458: {Electrical interconnections between terminal blocks}
- H01R: ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS

## Abstract

A conductor connection terminal having a first insulating material housing and a second insulating material housing. The first and the second insulating material housings each have a plurality of conductor insertion openings arranged side by side for inserting an electrical conductor in a conductor insertion direction into the insulating material housing. The first insulating material housing has a first busbar and the second insulating material housing has a second busbar, and at least two conductor insertion openings of the first insulating material housing and the second insulating material housing are each associated with a clamping spring having a clamping leg. The clamping leg and the respective busbar form a clamping point for an electrical conductor to be clamped.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A conductor connection terminal comprising:
a first insulating material housing; and
a second insulating material housing,
wherein the first and the second insulating material housing each have a plurality of conductor insertion openings arranged side by side for inserting an electrical conductor in a conductor insertion direction into the respective insulating material housing,
wherein the first insulating material housing has a first base side, and the second insulating material housing has a second base side,
wherein the first base side and the second base side face each other,
wherein the first insulating material housing has a first busbar, and the second insulating material housing has a second busbar,
wherein at least two conductor insertion openings of the first insulating material housing and the second insulating material housing are each associated with a clamping spring having a clamping leg, the clamping leg and the respective busbar form a clamping point for the respective electrical conductor to be clamped,
wherein the first busbar of the first insulating material housing electrically connects the clamping points in the first insulating material housing and the busbar of the second insulating material housing electrically connects the clamping points in the second insulating material housing,
wherein at least one first contact opening is arranged on the first base side of the first insulating material housing and at least one second contact opening is arranged on the second base side of the second insulating material housing,
wherein at least one contact element penetrates the first contact opening and the second contact opening, and
wherein the contact element electrically conductively connects the first busbar and the second busbar.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The conductor connection terminal according to claim 1, wherein the contact element is U-shaped or V-shaped.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The conductor connection terminal according to claim 1, wherein a recess is arranged on the first busbar and/or on the second busbar, and wherein the contact element for contacting the respective busbar is arranged in the recess.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The conductor connection terminal according to claim 1, wherein the contact element force-fittingly contacts the first busbar and/or the second busbar.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The conductor connection terminal according to claim 1, wherein the first insulating material housing and/or the second insulating material housing has at least one actuation element, wherein the actuation element has an actuation arm for manual actuation and wherein the actuation element is set up to open and/or close the clamping point, wherein the actuation arm extends along a side of the first insulating material housing opposite the first base side and/or along the side of the second insulating material housing opposite the second base side.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The conductor connection terminal according to claim 1, wherein the contact element is formed as a spring contact element.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The conductor connection terminal according to claim 6, wherein at least one con-tact tongue for electrically conductive contacting of the first busbar of the first insulating material housing and the second busbar of the second insulating material housing protrudes from the spring contact element.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The conductor connection terminal according to claim 7, wherein two contact tongues protrude from the spring contact element, wherein at a free end of the contact tongues, a contact tab for electrically conductive contacting of the first busbars of the first insulating material housing and the second busbar of the second insulating material housing is arranged.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The conductor connection terminal according to claim 1, wherein the first insulating material housing and the second insulating material housing are directly or indirectly fixed to each other.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The conductor connection terminal according to claim 9, wherein the first base side of the first insulating material housing and the second base side of the second insulating material housing are connected to each other.

### Claim 11 (depends on 9)

The conductor connection terminal according to claim 9, wherein the first base side of the first insulating material housing and the second base side of the second insulating material housing are each arranged on opposite sides of a connecting element.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The conductor connection terminal according to claim 11, wherein the first base side of the first insulating material housing and/or the second base side of the second insulating material housing has a latching opening, and wherein the latching opening is formed for latching with a corresponding latching crosspiece of the connecting element.

### Claim 13 (depends on 11)

The conductor connection terminal according to claim 11, wherein a second latching opening is arranged on the connecting element, wherein the second latching opening is formed for latching with a corresponding second latching crosspiece, and wherein the second latching crosspiece is arranged on the first base side of the first insulating material housing and/or on the second base side of the second insulating material housing.