Resilient contact for connecting electrical conductors

US6261120A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. KG and PH · DE

Inventors

• Werner Beege · Großkrotzenburg, DE
• Werner Radde · Babenhausen, DE
• Manfred Domrath · Weener, DE
• Reinhard Ruhm · Pfungstadt, DE
• Klaus Steinmetz · Flörsheim, DE
• Hubert Herrmann · Lehre, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 24, 2000
• Grant date: Jul 17, 2001
• Expiry date: Aug 24, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H01R4/4821
• WIPO field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A resilient electrical contact of generally V-shaped configuration includes a support leg mounted generally parallel with and spaced from a bus bar, and a clamping leg for biasing an electrical conductor toward lateral electrical engagement with the bus bar, characterized in that the contact clamping leg includes a stepped portion that terminates in an offset terminal portion that biases the conductor in lateral engagement with the bus bar, which terminal portion carries a clamping edge that resists withdrawal of the conductor from the contact. In order to disconnect the conductor from the contact, the device is provided for displacing the clamping leg from the bus bar, thereby to permit withdrawal of the conductor from the contact.