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Terminal for electrical installations

US5895286A · kind A · utility

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18Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJul 9, 1996
Grant dateApr 20, 1999
Priority date
Expiry dateJul 9, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01R4/4833
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Prior art terminals with operating buttons and a contact member movable against the force of a spring are relatively bulky and complex. It is proposed to provide a part of a curved leaf spring as the contact member having at least one aperture fitted in such a way above the conductor guide that an edge of the aperture acts as the contact member. This design also permits the contacting of thin conductors.

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