Link connection accessory for a terminal module and a modular terminal assembly incorporating the same
US5820420A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 17, 1997 |
| Grant date | Oct 13, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 17, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01R9/2675
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A link connection and/or disconnection accessory for a terminal module and for a row of terminal modules for links of a terminal assembly in which the modules identically include one or more connection pieces each for at least one link, at least one through opening for a link, and a tool-insertion opening, corresponding insertion openings of the modules being in alignment when the modules containing them are aligned in a row. The accessory is constituted by a "drive" unit including means enabling it to remain secured to at least one module and to be displaced from module to module, and also at least one connection and/or disconnection mechanism enabling it to act via at least one insertion opening of the terminal module on which the drive unit is currently positioned. The invention also relates to terminal assemblies fitted with such an accessory.
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