Patent · US Expired

Clamping arrangement for electric conductors

US4795377A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

C. A. Weidmuller GmbH & Co. · DE

Inventors

Hartmut Schmode · Blomberg, DE
Peter Kruger · Lübeck, DE
Manfred Wilmes · Detmold, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 3, 1987
Grant date	Jan 3, 1989
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 3, 2007

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01R4/40
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An arrangement for clamping an electric conductor includes a clamping cage having a threaded bore centered on a central axis. A clamping screw is received in the threaded bore for threading in and out along a predetermined path centered on the central axis. An insertion receptacle for the electric conductor is accommodated in the clamping cage and extends substantially parallel to the central axis. A pressure member is mounted in the clamping cage for pivoting about a pivot axis out of and back into an open position thereof and extends into the predetermined path. A spring urges the pressure member toward its open position. The spring is an integral unitary portion of the clamping cage and extends from an outer contour of the clamping cage towards the pressure member.

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