Conductor connection assembly

US4929198A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• C. A. Weidmuller GmbH & Co. · DE

Inventors

• Rudiger Strate · Detmold, DE
• Rainer Schulze · Detmold, DE
• Michael Schnatwinkel · Herford, DE
• Georg Wagner · Chieming, DE
• Manfred Wilmes · Detmold, DE
• Bernd Haller · Rastede, DE
• Ernst Herkner · Lemgo, DE
• Jörg Diekmann · Bielefeld, DE
• Herbert Henning · Velbert, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 23, 1989
• Grant date: May 29, 1990
• Expiry date: Mar 23, 2009

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H01R4/36
• WIPO field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A conductor connection assembly includes a U-shaped receptacle into which one can insert from above a screw-clamping assembly comprising a screw, a nut threadably connected with the screw, and a wire protection part in the form of a barrel spring or collar connected with the screw. On the nut, there are provided lateral protrusions adapted to fit within corresponding recesses provided in the side walls of the U-shaped receptacle. The screw clamping mechanism and the U-shaped receptacle are locked into position since the collar includes in the upper area thereof lateral shoulder projections which abut against the side edges of the side walls of the U-shaped receptacle upon activation of the screw to displace the clamping mechanism downwardly into the receptacle.