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Connecting and switching arrangement

US7367852B2 · kind B2 · utility

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11Claims

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Assignee

Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. KG and PH · DE

Inventors

Matthias Niggemann · Dörentrup, DE
Stefan Fehling · Lage, DE
Walter Hanning · Detmold, DE
Wolfgang Schild · Herford, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 20, 2007
Grant date	May 6, 2008
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 20, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01R2201/20
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A terminal block connecting arrangement includes a first terminal block having a first electrical contact, an electrical device having a second electrical contact, a test terminal block arranged between the electrical apparatus and the first terminal block for displacement between a first test position spaced from the electrical apparatus and a contact position adjacent the electrical apparatus, the test terminal block having a double-ended electrical contact. A spring-biased detent device normally retains the test terminal block in the test position. As the first terminal block is progressively displaced toward the electrical device, the first contact is brought into engagement with one end of the contact on the test terminal block. Upon further displacement of the first terminal block toward the electrical device, the detent device is released, and the test terminal block is displaced to effect connection of the first contact with the second contact via the two-ended test contact.

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