Distributor block
AssigneePhoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG
InventorJens Andresen
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Abstract
A distributor block exhibits multi-connectors at its front side in the manner of block terminals and at least one additional connector for each pole at its rear side, whereby a contact area is provided for each pole where terminal points are arranged in one common clamping plane. To reduce the number of current-conducting components and to provide clamping of the cables using a spring force, terminal points are formed through clamping supports that are at a distance from each other and that each interact with a contact tongue. To this end, each contact area houses a current-conducting board with the clamping supports being formed onto it, where two each of the contact tongues are components of a torsion spring with a bending joint that is followed by the contact tongue.
Claims12
A distributor block with multiple connectors at its front side in the manner of block terminals and with at least one additional connector for each pole at its rear side, whereby a contact area is provided for each pole with terminal points being located in one common clamping plane, wherein the terminal points are formed by clamping supports that are at a distance from each other and interact with a contact tongue and further wherein a current-conducting board is arranged in each contact area parallel to the clamping plane, said current-conducting board having arms cut out of it from whose ends protrude angles of bend for forming the clamping supports at the same side of the current-conducting board, whereby each of the contact tongues are positioned at an obtuse angle to one another and are connected to one another via a bending joint, and are thereafter a component of a torsion spring, and in that at the edge areas of the current-conducting board at a distance from the angles of bend, holders are arranged on which the torsion springs are received in the area of the bending joint.
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