Patent · US Expired

Bridging clip assembly and cover therefor

US4029376A · kind A · utility

7Cited by
3References
2Claims
0Family size

Assignees

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateOct 10, 1975
Grant dateJun 14, 1977
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 10, 1995

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01R31/02
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

There is disclosed a bridging clip assembly useful for interconnecting a plurality of electrical terminals spaced apart in vertical rows in a terminal connecting block. The bridging assembly comprises a longitudinal supporting means, e.g., a wire or rod, having a plurality of connector clips separably attached thereto at spaced intervals. The connector clips are spaced along the supporting means in the same relationship as the terminals are spaced in the terminal connecting block. The assembly may be used to connect two or more terminals in the connecting block situated in a vertical row by inserting a connector clip over the top of each of the blade-like terminals which it is desired to connect together. If it is desired to connect only certain ones of the terminals in the row, an appropriate number of connector clips may be removed from the supporting means, the ones being removed being those which would be situated above the terminal or terminals in the block which it is not desired to connect. There is also disclosed a cover for the bridging assembly which comprises a base portion and two side portions, the side portions being perpendicular to the base portion. The side portion…

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.