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US 6,283,801 B1Granted
Elastic terminal in an electrical device
AssigneeSchneider Electric Industries SAS
InventorsSantos Guinda, Jacques Gourdon, Claude Tocqueville
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Abstract
A spring connection terminal for an electrical device includes a conducting support part fixed to a main conducting part, and at least one clamping spring folded into the form of a loop and provided with a clamping window inside which a flange of the support part passes, and includes a spring stop that is folded so as to be housed inside the spring loop and which forms a guide for guiding the wire adjacent to the flange.
Claims7
A spring connection terminal for an electrical device comprising:
- a conducting support part fixed to a main conducting part, and at least one clamping spring folded into a loop and provided with a clamping window inside which a flange of said support part passes, said spring connection terminal including a spring stop forming two stop pins respectively connected to two hubs, said spring stop being folded so as to be housed inside said spring loop for guiding a wire positionable in proximity with said flange outside said loop, wherein said stop pins are respectively fixed to two half-shells for forming a wire guide dish, and wherein a folding membrane is provided which connects said two half-shells to each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.