Terminal for an electrical switchgear
AssigneeEaton Industries (Netherlands) B.V.
InventorsMarten Binnendijk, Arend Lammers
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Abstract
A terminal is provided for an electrical switchgear. The terminal includes: a housing arrangement including an electrically insulating material and having an inner surface defining a cavity; and a first terminal electrical contact contained in the housing arrangement for making an electrical connection with an electrical component insertable into the cavity. The first terminal electrical contact is located in a first recess formed in the inner surface, the first terminal electrical contact being flush with the inner surface.
Claims15
A terminal for an electrical switchgear, the terminal comprising:
- a housing arrangement comprising an electrically insulating material and having an inner surface defining a cavity;
- a first terminal electrical contact contained in the housing arrangement for making an electrical connection with an electrical component insertable into the cavity;
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- a second terminal electrical contact contained in the housing arrangement for making an electrical connection with the electrical component,
- wherein the first terminal electrical contact is located in a first recess formed in the inner surface,
- wherein the first terminal electrical contact is flush with the inner surface,
- wherein the second terminal electrical contact is spaced apart from the first terminal electrical contact along an axial direction of the housing arrangement and is located in as second recess formed in the inner surface, and
- wherein the second terminal electrical contact is flush with the inner surface of the housing arrangement.
A terminal for an electrical switchgear, the terminal comprising:
- a housing arrangement comprising an electrically insulating material and having an inner surface defining a cavity;
- and
- a first terminal electrical contact contained in the housing arrangement for making an electrical connection with an electrical component insertable into the cavity;
- wherein the first terminal electrical contact is located in a first recess formed in the inner surface,
- wherein the first terminal electrical contact is flush with the inner surface, and
- wherein the housing arrangement comprises a cross section, in a plane that passes through any of the terminal electrical contacts and which lies substantially perpendicular to the housing arrangement's longitudinal axis, that is substantially oval shaped.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.