Terminal block with self-locking terminals
AssigneeHoneywell International Inc.
InventorEric W. Hohlfelder
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Abstract
A pull station for an alarm includes a housing with a handle mounted for sliding movement within the housing. The housing includes a window for a user to access the handle for forcibly sliding the handle in a vertical direction. A latch is rotatably mounted to the handle and spring biased to rotate to a locked position upon sliding movement of the handle. The latch has a portion which moves to bear against a stationary element of the housing to establish the locked position. The housing can be opened to reset the handle without changing the state of the alarm. Closing of the housing automatically resets the alarm. An attached terminal block includes a plurality of U-shaped terminal elements each having a screw terminal, a solder lug and a press pin.
Claims10
A terminal block comprising:
- a non-conductive body having a plurality of connector receiving, spaced apart slots,
- a plurality of substantially identical connects wherein each of the connectors comprises a metallic body portion which is attached to the non-conductive body, and includes a screw terminal, a protruding perforated solder lug displaced from the screw terminal and a connector pin;
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- wherein the body portion has a center section which carries the protruding solder lug and two parallel extensions at ninety degrees to the center section wherein one extension carries the screw terminal and wherein the other extension carries the connector pin.
A terminal block comprising:
- a non-conductive body having a plurality of connector receiving, spaced apart slots;
- a plurality of substantially identical connectors wherein each of the connectors comprises a metallic body portion, which is attached to the non-conductive body, and includes a screw terminal, a solder lug and a connector pin,
- the solder lug is integrally formed with the metallic body portion and protrudes therefrom,
- the body portion has a center section which carries the protruding solder lug and two parallel extensions at ninety degrees to the center section wherein one extension carries the screw terminal and wherein the other extension carries the connector pin,
- the protruding solder lug extends substantially parallel to the two extensions and is perforated;
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- wherein each connector pin is engageable from a different surface of the body than is the screw terminal and wherein each connector pin is oriented so as to be generally perpendicular to a screw of the screw terminal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.