Patent · US Expired

Terminal block with disconnect contacts and contact operating means

US6500021B2 · kind B2 · utility

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14Claims

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Assignee

Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. KG and PH · DE

Inventors

Manfred Wilmes · Detmold, DE
Reinhard Nolting · Detmold, DE
Torsten Diekmann · Leopoldshöhe, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 13, 2001
Grant date	Dec 31, 2002
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 13, 2021

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01R9/26
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A terminal block assembly includes an actuator member that is displaceable relative to a terminal block housing to transport an insulated conductor toward the insulating penetrating knife edges of a stationary electrical contact mounted within the housing, characterized by the provision of a guide pin and guide groove arrangement for guiding the actuator member during the displacement thereof relative to the housing.

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