Terminal block with protection

A terminal block comprising:

• a block body formed of an electrical insulator material:
• said block body having an upper block section and a lower block section configured for releasably lockingly interengaging said upper block section to form said block body, each of said upper block section and said lower block section having a plurality of generally parallel spaced apart walls defining therebetween a plurality of open-ended cavities;
• alignment means formed respectively on said upper and lower block sections for aligning respective ones of said cavities;
• such that one open end of each cavity aligns with an open end of a corresponding cavity in the other of the upper and lower block sections and such that the opposite open end of each cavity faces outwardly, when the upper and lower block sections are interengaged;
• each of said cavities of said upper block section being configured for surroundingly receiving a terminal clip formed of an electrically conductive material, each terminal clip having a base portion, an insulation displacing wire-engaging portion projecting outwardly from said base portion and a wire wrap post projecting outwardly from said base portion in a direction opposite to said insulation displacing wire-engaging portion;
• each of said cavities of said upper block section being configured for mounting one of said terminal clips with said wire wrap post projecting toward said lower block section, and each of said cavities of said lower block section being configured for receiving a protector element therein.

A terminal block comprising:

• a block body formed of an electrical insulator material having an upper block section and a lower block section releasably engaged to form said block body, each of said upper block section and said lower block section having a plurality of generally spaced apart walls defining therebetween a plurality of open-ended cavities;
• alignment devices formed respectively on said upper and lower block sections for aligning respective ones of said cavities, such that one open end of each cavity aligns with an open end of a corresponding cavity in the other of the upper and lower block sections and such that an opposite open end of each cavity faces outwardly, when the upper and lower block sections are engaged;
• a plurality of terminal clips formed of an electrically conductive material, each terminal clip having a base portion, an insulation displacing wire-engaging portion projecting from said base portion and a wire wrap post projecting from said base portion in a direction generally opposite said insulation displacing wire-engaging portion;
• each of said cavities of said upper block section being configured for surroundingly receiving one of said terminal clips with said wire wrap post projecting toward said lower block section;
• each of said cavities of said lower block section being configured for receiving a protector element therein;
• and a plurality of connectors, each connector being operatively coupled with one of said wire wrap posts and configured for electrical engagement with a corresponding protector element.