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Installation switching device having a contact clamp

US10340097B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

ABB Schweiz AG · CH

Inventors

Ralf Weber · Duisburg, DE
Erwin Muders · Heidelberg, DE
Klaus-Peter Eppe · Waldbrunn, DE
Alexander Orban · Weinheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 8, 2017
Grant date	Jul 2, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 8, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01R43/20
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An installation switching device includes: a housing; and at least one contact clamp, which is arranged in the housing, for connecting at least one electrical conductor through a conductor insertion opening that is provided in the housing, the contact clamp including a clamping frame that has a rectangular cross section and a clamping screw that engages in a first narrow end side of the clamping frame and a clamping end of the clamping screw being cooperating with a section of a contact rail that is fixedly mounted in the housing of the installation switching device, the section being located within the clamping frame, so that a second narrow end side that lies opposite the first narrow end side and is connected thereto via two longitudinal sides that lie opposite one another presses an inserted connecting conductor against a surface of the contact rail that is remote from the clamping screw.

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