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US 6,254,422 B1Granted
Electronic terminal for use on circuit boards
AssigneePhoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG
InventorJurgen Feye-Hohmann
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Abstract
A terminal has a box spring out of whose wall there is cut at least one elastic terminal leg which is bent into the inside of the box toward an opposing abutment and which has a free terminal end between which the abutment and an electric conductor can be clamped. An actuating part having a projecting pusher end is arranged in the box spring and can be displaced toward the terminal end of the terminal leg. When pushed in, the actuating part with its inside end is pushed as a wedge between the abutment and the terminal leg, thus releasing a clamped electric conductor. The actuating part has a through-channel for insertion of the electric conductor which extends from the conductor insertion orifice on the pusher end to a conductor outlet orifice.
Claims12
An electric terminal comprising:
- a spring force means, defining an inside and an outside and said spring force means having a plurality of wall portions, a plurality of abutments and an orifice means;
- a first elastic terminal leg means, said first elastic terminal leg means inserted into said inside of said spring force means toward one of said plurality of abutments, with said first elastic terminal leg means having a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction;
- an actuating part, said actuating part displaceable in said longitudinal direction of said first elastic terminal leg means with said actuating part disposed inside said spring force means, said actuating part projecting out through said orifice means, said actuating part comprising a pusher end;
- said pusher end disposed between one of said plurality of said first elastic terminal leg means, thereby lifting said first elastic terminal leg means away from one of said abutments, said actuating part further comprising;
- a conductor insertion orifice means;
- a conductor outlet orifice means;
- a through-channel means extending between said conductor insertion orifice means and said conductor outlet orifice means.
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An electric terminal comprising:
- a multiplanar spring force means, said multiplanar spring force means defining an inside and an outside and said multiplanar spring force means having a plurality of wall portions forming a box, a plurality of abutments and an orifice means:
- a first elastic terminal leg means, said first elastic terminal leg means inserted into said inside of said multiplanar spring force means toward one of said plurality of abutments, said first elastic terminal leg means having a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction;
- an actuating part, said actuating part displaceable in said longitudinal direction of said first elastic terminal leg means, said actuating part disposed inside said multiplanar spring force means, said actuating part projecting out through said orifice means, said actuating part comprising a pusher end;
- said pusher end disposed between one of said plurality of abutment means and said first elastic terminal leg means, thereby lifting said first elastic terminal leg means away from said abutment means, said actuating part further comprising:
- a conductor insertion orifice means;
- a conductor outlet orifice means;
- a through-channel means extending between said conductor insertion orifice means and said conductor outlet orifice means wherein said abutment means is formed by one of said wall portions of said multiplanar spring force means.
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An electrical terminal comprising:
- a multiplanar spring force means, said multiplanar spring force means defining an inside and an outside and said multiplanar spring force means having a plurality of wall portions forming a box, a plurality of abutments and orifice means;
- a first elastic terminal leg means, said first elastic terminal leg means inserted into said inside of said multiplanar spring force means toward one of said abutments, said first elastic terminal leg means having a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction;
- an actuating part, said actuating part displaceable in said longitudinal direction of said first elastic terminal leg means, said actuating part disposed inside said multiplanar spring force means, said actuating part projecting out through said orifice means, said actuating part comprising a pusher end;
- said pusher end disposed between one of said abutment means and said first elastic terminal leg means, thereby lifting said first elastic terminal leg means away from said abutment means, said actuating part further comprising:
- a conductor insertion orifice means;
- a conductor outlet orifice means;
- a through-channel means extending between said conductor insertion orifice means and said conductor outlet orifice means wherein said abutment means is formed by one of said wall portions of said multiplanar spring force means and wherein said conductor insertion orifice means and said through channel means are open on one side.
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An electric terminal comprising:
- a multiplanar spring force means, said multiplanar spring force means defining an inside and an outside and said multiplanar spring force means having a plurality of wall portions forming a box, a plurality of abutments and an orifice means;
- a first elastic terminal leg means, said elastic terminal leg means inserted into said inside of said multiplanar spring force means toward one of said abutments, said first elastic terminal leg means having a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction;
- an actuating part, said actuating part displaceable in said longitudinal direction of said first elastic terminal leg means said actuating part disposed inside said multiplanar spring force means, said actuating part projecting out through said orifice means, said actuating part comprising a pusher end, said pusher end disposed between said abutment means and said first elastic terminal leg means, thereby lifting said first elastic terminal leg means away from said abutment means with said actuating part further comprising:
- a conductor insertion orifice means;
- a conductor outlet orifice means;
- a through-channel means extending between said conductor insertion orifice means and said conductor outlet orifice means wherein said abutment means is formed by said one of said wall portions of said multiplanar spring force means and wherein said conductor insertion orifice means and said through channel means are open on one side and wherein said conductor insertion orifice means is disposed eccentrically on said actuating part, a terminal housing disposed for closing said open side of said conductor insertion orifice means and said through channel means.
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An electronic terminal comprising:
- a spring force means, defining an inside and an outside and said spring force means having a plurality of wall portions, a plurality of abutments and an orifice means;
- a first elastic terminal leg means, said first elastic terminal leg means inserted into said inside of said spring force means toward one of said plurality of abutments, said first elastic terminal leg means having a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction;
- an actuating part, said actuating part displaceable in side longitudinal direction of said first elastic terminal leg means with said actuating part disposed inside said spring force means, said actuating part projecting out through said orifice means, said actuating part comprising a pusher end;
- said pusher end disposed between said abutment and said first elastic terminal leg means, thereby lifting said first elastic terminal leg means away from one of said abutments, said actuating part further comprising:
- a conductor insertion orifice means;
- a conductor outlet orifice means;
- a through-channel means extending between said conductor insertion orifice means and said conductor outlet orifice means, with said through channel means further comprising groove means.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.