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Spring terminal for conductor

US12021339B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. KG and PH · DE

Inventors

Stephan Fehling · Lage, DE
Karlo Stjepanovic · Bielefeld, DE
Walter Hanning · Detmold, DE
Heike Schmidtpott · Bad Salzuflen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 23, 2020
Grant date	Jun 25, 2024
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 26, 2041

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01R4/484
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A spring terminal, in particular a direct plug-in terminal, for connecting a conductor such as a flexible stranded conductor includes a housing with a chamber and an insertion channel for inserting the conductor into the chamber. A busbar and/or a clamping cage are arranged in the housing and a clamping spring is arranged in the chamber and acts as a pressure spring. The clamping spring includes a clamping limb, said clamping limb releasable out of a latching state by a pusher having a latching edge on which the pusher can be latched in the interior of the housing on a latching hook of the busbar or another element arranged in the housing in a latching state. The pusher holds the clamping spring in a latched manner in the open position, wherein the latching edge of the pusher can be released from the latching state by an opposite movement.

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