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US 12,548,924 B2Granted
Electrical contact and conductor terminal formed therewith
AssigneeWAGO Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH
InventorRudolf Mastel
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Abstract
The invention relates to an electrical contact for a conductor terminal that has an insulating material housing, wherein the contact has a terminal section for connection to an electrical conductor, wherein the terminal section has a spring force clamping connection with at least one clamping spring for connection of the electrical conductor under spring force. The invention also relates to a conductor terminal having at least one such electrical contact.
Claims19
An electrical contact for a conductor terminal that has an insulating material housing, the electrical contact comprising:
- a terminal section for connection to an electrical conductor, wherein the terminal section has a spring force clamping connection with at least one clamping spring for connection of the electrical conductor under spring force;
- at least three first support points for supporting and holding the electrical conductor clamped to the spring force clamping connection in a first spatial plane;
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- at least three or at least four second support points for supporting and holding the electrical conductor clamped to the spring force clamping connection in a second spatial plane, which is orthogonal to the first spatial plane
- wherein, in a conductor insertion direction of the electrical conductor in the spring force clamping connection, the at least three first support points comprise a front first support point, a middle first support point, and a rear first support point, wherein the middle first support point is arranged behind the front first support point and in front of the rear first support point in the conductor insertion direction and is located on a side of the electrical conductor, which side faces away from the front first support point and rear first support point,
- wherein the terminal section has a frame-shaped conductor insertion region through which the electrical conductor is to be inserted into the terminal section, and
- wherein the electrical contact has a resilient tab which projects from the frame-shaped conductor insertion region in the direction of the clamping point, the resilient tab forming the middle first support point.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.