Electrical terminal

Terminal system comprising:

• an electrical terminal including a housing, a contacting base positioned inside the housing, and at least one contacting unit, wherein the contacting unit comprises a contacting body with a blade-structure comprising at least one blade with at least one cutting edge, the contacting unit being movable inside the housing along a contacting direction between an neutral position and a contacting position, the housing defines an accommodation space between the blade-structure and the conducting base, wherein, by moving the contacting unit from the neutral position to the contacting position, a distance between the blade-structure and the contacting unit is reducible, and wherein in the contacting position the blade-structure is arranged to contact the contacting base;
• and
• at least one conductor, wherein the at least one conductor is inserted into the housing and positioned in the insertion position, wherein the contacting unit is positioned in the contacting position, wherein the conductor insulation of the conductor is cut and the conductor body of the conductor is contacted by the at least one cutting edge of the at least one edge of the blade-structure, wherein the contacting base is contacted by the blade-structure of the contacting unit, and wherein an electrical contact between the conductor body of the conductor and the contacting base is provided by means of the at least one blade of the blade-structure.

Method of assembling a terminal system, comprising:

• providing an electrical terminal including a housing, a contacting base positioned inside the housing, and at least one contacting unit, wherein the contacting unit comprises a contacting body with a blade-structure comprising at least one blade with at least one cutting edge, the contacting unit being movable inside the housing along a contacting direction between an neutral position and a contacting position, the housing defines an accommodation space between the blade-structure and the conducting base, wherein, by moving the contacting unit from the neutral position to the contacting position, a distance between the blade-structure and the contacting unit is reducible, and wherein in the contacting position the blade-structure is arranged to contact the contacting base;
• providing at least one conductor;
• positioning the at least one contacting unit of the terminal in the neutral position;
• inserting the at least one conductor into the housing of the electrical terminal and positioning an end portion of the conductor in the insertion position;
• and
• pushing the at least one contacting unit from the neutral position to the contacting position, wherein in the contacting position the insulation of the conductor is cut by the at least one cutting edge of the at least one blade of the blade-structure of the contacting unit and the conductor body of the at least one conductor is contacted by the cutting edge of the blade of the blade-structure and the contacting base is contacted by the at least one blade of the blade-structure of the contacting unit.