Connecting terminal assembly
US6270384A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 10, 1998 |
| Grant date | Aug 7, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 10, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01R4/4816
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A connecting terminal assembly for printed circuit boards comprising, an insulating housing 10, a connection contact 18 having an insertion opening 24 attached to the housing 10 through which a conductor can be inserted under the connection contact 18, a clamping means 26 having an elastic sidepiece 52, cooperatively associated with an actuating element 40 having a pressure surface 48 supported in the housing 10 operable between a clamping position, wherein the clamping means 34 pulls the conductor which has been inserted through the insertion opening 24 against the connection contact 18, and an open position allowing the insertion of the conductor, means mounting the actuating element 40 in such a way that it can slide back and forth to perch the actuating element 40 to an open position where it presses the elastic sidepiece 32 down so that the elastic force of the elastic sidepiece 32 locks into a latching recess 56 and when the actuating element 40 is lifted out of the latching recess 56 against the force of the elastic sidepiece 32, the actuating element 40 is pushed back by the elastic sidepiece 32 into the clamping position.
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