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US 2019/0199009 A1Published application
Connection Apparatus and Electrical Receptacle
AssigneeEaton Corporation
InventorRaj Ashok Karpe
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Abstract
A connection apparatus that is usable with an electrical receptacle includes a screw that is threadably situated on a conductive device. The conductive device is formed from an individual metallic plate and thus is co-formed as a single piece unit
Claims20
A connection apparatus structured to be electrically connected with a wire and with an electrical connector, the connection apparatus comprising:
- a conductive device;
- a compression element situated on the conductive device;
- the conductive device comprising a pair of contacts and a terminal co-formed with one another from a single sheet of material;
- the terminal comprising a base and a support, the support extending in a direction from the base;
- the compression element being disposed on the support and being structured to be movable toward and away from the base and being further structured to compressively retain the wire between the compression element and the base;
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- the pair of contacts being structured to receive the electrical connector therebetween and to be biased into mechanical and electrical engagement with the electrical connector.
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A method of forming a connection apparatus that is structured to be electrically connected with a wire and with an electrical connector, the method comprising:
- bending an individual metallic plate to form a conductive device having a number of plate elements wherein:
- at least one plate element of the number of plate elements is a base of a terminal of the conductive device,
- at least a further plate element of the number of plate elements is a support of the terminal of the conductive device, the support extending from the base, and
- at least a pair of plate element of the number of plate elements is a pair of contacts of the conductive device, the pair of contacts extending from the terminal and being structured to receive the electrical connector therebetween and to be biased into mechanical and electrical engagement with the electrical connector, and
- receiving on the support a compression element that is structured to be movable toward and away from the base and that is further structured to compressively retain an electrical conductor between the compression element and the base.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.