Spring force connector
AssigneeWAGO Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH
InventorWofgang Gerberding
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Abstract
A spring-force connection with a current rail piece with at least two mutually independent clamping points which interact with in each case one spring end for clamping electrical conductors is described. The current rail piece has on both sides of a center piece two end pieces bent away in each case from the center piece, the interior angle of which end pieces is located in the bending area on the same top of the current rail piece. The end pieces in each case have conductor through-openings into which associated clamping springs are inserted, wherein the clamping springs are supported with one clamping spring end on the current rail piece and, in the conductor-less inoperative state rest with the other clamping spring end on a clamping point formed at the associated conductor through-opening.
Claims19
Spring-force electrical connection comprising:
- a current rail piece having a top side and a facing down side with at least two mutually independent clamping points,
- each clamping point interacting-a spring end of an associated dedicated clamping spring for clamping electrical conductors,
- wherein each clamping spring is substantially U-shaped having two distinct free ends,
- wherein the current rail piece has on either side of a center piece first and second end pieces, each of said first and second end pieces bent away from the center piece and located opposite one another, an interior angle of which end pieces is located on the top side of the current rail piece in a bending area,
- wherein the first and second end pieces each have conductor through-openings into which associated dedicated clamping springs are inserted, and
- wherein the associated dedicated clamping springs are supported with one free end on the center piece of the current rail piece and, in the conductor-less inoperative state, rest with the other free end on a clamping point formed at the associated conductor through-opening,
- characterized in that the clamping points are arranged oppositely to one another so that a conductor inserted into a conductor through-opening is located between center piece and a corresponding clamping point.
Conductor connecting terminal with a housing of insulating material and at least one spring-force electrical connection in the housing of insulating material,
- the spring-force connection comprising:
- a current rail piece having a top side and a facing down side with at least two mutually independent clamping points,
- each clamping point interacting with one of two free ends of an associated dedicated clamping spring for clamping electrical conductors,
- wherein the current rail piece has on either side of a center piece first and second end pieces, each of said first and second end pieces bent away from the center piece and located opposite one another, an interior angle of which end pieces are located on the top side of the current rail piece in a bending area,
- wherein the first and second end pieces each have conductor through-openings into which associated dedicated clamping springs are inserted, and
- wherein the associated dedicated clamping springs are supported with one free end on the center piece of the current rail piece and, in a conductor-less inoperative state rest with the other free end on a clamping point formed at the associated conductor through-opening,
- characterized in that the clamping points are arranged oppositely to one another so that a conductor inserted into a conductor through-opening is located between the center piece and a corresponding clamping point,
- the conductor connecting terminal characterized in that the housing of insulating material comprises:
- a bottom part and a lid part, which lid part can be locked into the bottom part by means of a push-lock connection,
- wherein said bottom part and said lid part are each formed as L-shaped sections which, when locked together, have opposing parallel long and short section to form a generally rectangular structure, the short section of the lid part having conductor insertion openings, and the opposing short section of the bottom part having conductor openings,
- which wherein the openings in the opposing short sections of the bottom part and the lid part are oriented towards the conductor through-openings at the end pieces of the spring-force connections inserted into the bottom part and fixed by the lid part.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.