Initiator terminal block
US4795376A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 29, 1988 |
| Grant date | Jan 3, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 29, 2008 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01R9/26
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An initiator terminal block for connecting a plurality of initiators with an electric power source, on the one hand, and with signal receivers, on the other hand, includes a plurality of terminal units each having a plurality of connecting locations arranged in three tiers situated above one another, each of the lower two tiers of each of the terminal units having only a single one of the connecting locations while the uppermost one of the tiers of each of the terminal units has two of the connecting locations that are electrically interconnected and are to be respectively electrically connected with the respective initiator and the respective signal receiver. Only one of the single connecting locations of each of the lower tiers of the terminal units is connected with the power source and the electric power supplied to this single connecting location is distributed by a transverse connector arrangement to all of the connecting locations of the terminal units that are arranged in the same tier for connecting the respective initiators thereat.
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