Electrical device and unit consisting of an electrical device and lamp diffuser

US6827591B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• PHOENIX CONTACT GMBH & CO. KG · DE
• Patent-Treuhand-Gesellschaft fur elektrische Gluhlampen mbH · DE

Inventors

• Jurgen Feye-Hohmann · Detmold, DE
• Wolfgang Ebert · Krefeld, DE
• Günther Lohmann · Schallstadt, DE
• Axel Becker · Altrip, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 7, 2001
• Grant date: Dec 7, 2004
• Expiry date: Aug 16, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H02G3/083
• WIPO field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

An electrical device such as a ballast for fluorescent lamps and including a housing, a terminal, and a catch element for connecting the terminal to the housing, the catch element including a catch leg for connecting the terminal to the catch element and for connecting the catch element to the housing. Accordingly, the electrical device is designed such that the individual terminal sites of the terminal have minimal positional tolerance so that the terminal can be wired with an automatic installation machine without the danger of misinsertions.