Disconnect terminal

US10971847B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. KG and PH · DE

Inventors

• Uwe Arlitt · Leopoldshöhe, DE
• Frank Hackemack · Detmold, DE
• Karlo Stjepanovic · Bielefeld, DE
• Stefan Fischer · Lichtenfels, DE
• Genadij Neumann · Detmold, DE
• Peter Stuckmann · Lage, DE
• Ralf Schumacher · Lemgo, DE
• Michael Lenschen · Detmold, DE
• Marco Waldhoff · Steinheim, DE
• Andreas Rutz · Gettorf, DE
• Peter Meyer · Beverungen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 13, 2019
• Grant date: Apr 6, 2021
• Expiry date: Dec 13, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H01H2071/042
• WIPO field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A disconnect terminal includes an enclosure, a first conductor rail, a second conductor rail, a switching device, and an actuation device. The switching device can be switched by the actuation device from a connecting position, in which the first conductor rail and the second conductor rail are electrically connected by the switching device into a disconnecting position in which the electrical connection of the first conductor rail and the second conductor rail is separated or disconnected, and back. A visible portion of the actuation device aligns with a surface of a portion of an upper side of the enclosure or with a part connected with the enclosure. In the disconnecting position, the visible portion of the actuation device protrudes from a surface of a portion of an upper side of the enclosure or of a part connected with the enclosure in a clearly visible manner. An assembly is provided of at least two aligned disconnect terminals.