Terminal block and control device
AssigneeOMRON Corporation
InventorsTomonori Watanabe, Kohei Tanino, Masahiko Kubo, Masaaki Nagano
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Abstract
A terminal block attachable to a control device includes a main body including a wiring connection part to which wiring is connected, a first rotation mechanism unit arranged at a first end in a first direction of the main body, and a second rotation mechanism unit arranged at a second end in the first direction of the main body. The first rotation mechanism unit and the second rotation mechanism unit are configured that the main body is rotatable about an imaginary straight line extending along the first direction with respect to the control device. The wiring connection part is arranged at an end of the main body in a radial direction with respect to the imaginary straight line.
Claims3
A control device, comprising:
- a terminal block including:
- a main body including a wiring connection part to which wiring is connected;
- a first rotation mechanism unit arranged at a first end in a first direction of the main body;
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- a second rotation mechanism unit arranged at a second end in the first direction of the main body;
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- a cover member to which the terminal block is attached in a state where the wiring connection part is exposed to an outside, wherein
- the main body is configured to be rotatable with respect to the cover member,
- the first rotation mechanism unit and the second rotation mechanism unit are configured that the main body is rotatable about an imaginary straight line extending along the first direction with respect to the control device, and
- the wiring connection part is arranged at an end of the main body in a radial direction with respect to the imaginary straight line, wherein
- the first rotation mechanism unit includes:
- a first protrusion that extends in the first direction and in a direction away from the second end of the main body in the first direction;
- a second protrusion that extends in the first direction and in a direction away from the second end of the main body in the first direction, and is arranged at an interval from the first protrusion in the radial direction with respect to the imaginary straight line;
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- a first rotation support part that includes a first housing hole that is arranged on the imaginary straight line and houses the first protrusion, and a first guide groove that is arranged at an interval from the first housing hole in the radial direction, extends in a circumferential direction with respect to the imaginary straight line, and houses the second protrusion movably in the circumferential direction, the first rotation support part being fixed to the control device,
- the second rotation mechanism unit includes:
- a third protrusion that extends in the first direction and in a direction away from the first end of the main body in the first direction;
- a fourth protrusion that extends in the first direction and in a direction away from the first end of the main body in the first direction, and is arranged at an interval from the third protrusion in the radial direction with respect to the imaginary straight line;
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- a second rotation support part that includes a second housing hole that is arranged on the imaginary straight line and houses the third protrusion, and a second guide groove that is arranged at an interval from the second housing hole in the radial direction, extends in the circumferential direction, and houses the fourth protrusion movably in the circumferential direction, the second rotation support part being fixed to the control device,
- the first rotation support part and the second rotation support part are fixed to the cover member,
- the first protrusion and the second protrusion are provided at the first end of the main body in the first direction, and
- the third protrusion and the fourth protrusion are provided at the second end of the main body in the first direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.