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US 12,573,775 B1Granted
Snap on terminal block connector
OwnerDavid Worshaminventor
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Abstract
A terminal block connector having a housing on a first side of a center support, one or more metal connectors on a top of the housing and guide rails beneath a bottom of the housing, each guide rail having a channel and a locking slot. A second side of the center support has a mounting plate near a bottom of the center support, with locking arms extending from the bottom of the center support and below the mounting plate. Free ends of the locking arms have locking hooks. The mounting plate is insertable in the guide rails of another terminal block connector and the locking hooks insert into locking slots of the another terminal block connector and to lock the terminal block connector to the another terminal block connector. An end terminal mount is connected to the housing of the terminal block connector.
Claims20
A terminal block connector, comprising:
- a) a center support having a first side, a second side opposite the first side, a top and a bottom;
- b) the first side of the center support has a housing having a top and a bottom with one or more metal connectors on the top of the housing and guide rails beneath the bottom of the housing, each guide rail having a channel and a locking slot;
- and
- c) the second side of the center support has a mounting plate near the bottom of the center support, with locking arms extending from a bottom of the second side of the center support and below the mounting plate,
- wherein free ends of locking arms have locking hooks, and
- wherein the mounting plate is insertable in guide rails of another terminal block connector and the locking hooks are constructed to insert into locking slots of the another terminal block connector and to lock the terminal block connector to the another terminal block connector.
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A terminal block, comprising:
- a terminal block connector comprising:
- a) a center support having a first side, a second side opposite the first side, a top and a bottom;
- b) the first side of the center support has a housing having a top and a bottom with one or more metal connectors on the top of the housing and guide rails beneath the bottom of the housing, each guide rail having a channel and a locking slot;
- and
- c) the second side of the center support has a mounting plate near the bottom of the center support, with locking arms extending from a bottom of the second side of the center support and below the mounting plate,
- wherein free ends of locking arms have locking hooks,
- wherein the mounting plate is insertable in guide rails of another terminal block connector and the locking hooks are constructed to insert into locking slots of the another terminal block connector and to lock the terminal block connector to the another terminal block connector,
- wherein an end terminal mount is connected to the housing of the terminal block connector, and
- wherein the end terminal mount comprises:
- a) a center support having a first side, a second side opposite the first side, a top and a bottom;
- b) the first side of the center support has a mounting plate;
- and
- c) the second side of the center support has a guide plate near the bottom of the center support, with locking arms extending from a bottom of the second side of the center support and below the bottom of the mounting plate,
- wherein free ends of locking arms of the end terminal mount have locking hooks and
- wherein the guide plate is insertable in the guide rails of the terminal block connector and locking hooks of the end terminal mount are constructed to insert into the locking slots of the terminal block connector and to lock the end terminal mount to the terminal block connector.
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A terminal block, comprising:
- a terminal block connector comprising:
- a) a center support having a first side, a second side opposite the first side, a top and a bottom;
- b) the first side of the center support has a housing having a top and a bottom with one or more metal connectors on the top of the housing and guide rails beneath the bottom of the housing, each guide rail having a channel and a locking slot;
- and
- c) the second side of the center support has a mounting plate near the bottom of the center support, with locking arms extending from a bottom of the second side of the center support and below the mounting plate,
- wherein free ends of locking arms have locking hooks, and
- wherein the mounting plate is insertable in guide rails of another terminal block connector and the locking hooks are constructed to insert into locking slots of the another terminal block connector and to lock the terminal block connector to the another terminal block connector,
- wherein a plurality of terminal block connectors are connected together with the locking hooks and the locking slots of each terminal block connector of the plurality of terminal block connectors, thereby forming a terminal block having a desired number of terminal block connectors separated by center supports,
- wherein the terminal block has an end terminal mount attached to a housing of a terminal block connector at an end of the terminal block,
- wherein the end terminal mount comprises:
- a) a center support having a first side, a second side opposite the first side, a top and a bottom;
- b) the first side of the center support has a mounting plate;
- and
- c) the second side of the center support has a guide plate near the bottom of the center support, with locking arms extending from a bottom of the second side of the center support and below the bottom of the mounting plate,
- wherein free ends of the locking arms of the end terminal mount have locking hooks,
- wherein the guide plate is insertable in guide rails of the terminal block connector and locking hooks of the end terminal mount are constructed to insert into locking slots of the terminal block connector and to lock the end terminal mount to the terminal block connector.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.