Connecting terminal
AssigneesGerd Conrad, Heinrich Hoelscher
InventorGerd Conrad
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Abstract
A connecting terminal, in particular a terminal strip, has a busbar and at least one spring terminal element. The spring terminal element is formed separately from the busbar, it is electrically conductively connected to it, and it is as thin as possible, with minimum use of material. The spring element has a spring limb and a contact limb opposite the spring limb, for connecting an electrical conductor which has been inserted between these limbs and rests against the contact limb. The spring limb and the contact limb are both supported against the busbar for absorbing spring forces.
Claims35
A connecting terminal, comprising:
- a busbar;
- at least one spring terminal element formed separately of said busbar and electrically conductively connected to said busbar;
- said spring terminal element having a spring limb and a contact limb opposite said spring limb for connecting an electrical conductor to be inserted between said spring limb and said contact limb and to rest against said contact limb;
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- said spring limb and said contact limb each being supported against said busbar for absorbing spring forces.
A connecting terminal, comprising:
- a busbar produced from a planar, flat material;
- at least one spring terminal element formed separately from said busbar, retained on said busbar;
- said spring terminal element having a spring limb for connecting an electrical conductor;
- said spring terminal element being formed from a bent spring material strip of a given width and having substantially only bending radii lying in a plane oriented perpendicular to a width direction thereof, such that a width dimension of said spring terminal element substantially corresponds to said given width of said spring material;
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- wherein said busbar is oriented perpendicular to the width direction of said spring terminal element and said spring terminal element is supported against the busbar for absorbing spring forces.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.