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US 5,314,360 AGranted
Terminal block
AssigneeRia Electronic Albert Metz
InventorDieter Jaag
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Abstract
A terminal block is described in which each pole comprises a screw clamp (12, 14, 16) with a conductor protection element (20, 24) and a plug contact (18). The contact blades (26, 28) of the plug contact (18) are formed in each instance as a one-piece sheetmetal stamping with the conductor protection element (20) and bring about the electrically conducting connection between the screw terminal (12, 14, 16) and the plug contact (18).
Claims9
A terminal block comprising:
- at least one clamp body having a front end and a rear face,
- a conductor receiving passage extending within said clamp body between said front end and said rear face, a bore within said clamp body, said bore receiving a binding post;
- a terminal housing with at least one mounting unit, said unit having a front opening and a bushing aperture, an interior part extending within said terminal housing from said front opening to said bushing aperture;
- a conductor protection element including at least a free leg, a plurality of contact blades, and said conductor protection element and said plurality of the contact blades being formed as one coherent unit;
- whereby said clamp body is insertable into said interior part of the housing through said front opening, in an assembled condition of said terminal block at least said free leg of said conductor protection element being situated within said conductor receiving passage and said plurality of contact blades is situated within said bushing aperture adjacent to said rear face of said clamp body.
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