Electrical supply or connecting terminal

US7083463B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• PHOENIX CONTACT GMBH & CO. KG · DE

Inventors

• Anke Steinkemper · Leopoldshöhe, DE
• Udo Hoppe · Hamburg, DE
• Ralf Geske · Steinheim, DE
• Dieter Holste · Detmold, DE
• Thomas Beier · Aschendorf, DE
• Ralf Lange · Schlangen, DE
• Markus Kettern · Lemgo, DE
• Sebastian Schaefer · Blomberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 15, 2005
• Grant date: Aug 1, 2006
• Expiry date: Sep 15, 2025

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H01R13/112
• WIPO field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

An electrical supply or connecting terminal with a clamping spring and a metal part, the clamping spring having a clamping leg and a contact leg, and the metal part having a conductor bar piece. The clamping leg and the conductor bar piece form a spring force clamp connection for the electrical conductor. The contact leg of the clamping spring has a recess for insertion of the electrical conductor, and an end of the clamping leg extends through the recess. The clamping spring has a retaining section which runs essentially parallel to the insertion direction of the electrical conductor and parallel to the conductor bar piece and the conductor bar piece has been inserted though the recess in a direction opposite the insertion direction of the electrical conductor, the conductor bar piece being clamped securely between the end of the clamping leg and the retaining section.