Connector tap-off arrangement for continuous conductors

US7407406B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. KG and PH · DE

Inventors

• Uwe Arlitt · Leopoldshöhe, DE
• Paulo Russo · Lage, DE
• Rainer Schulze · Detmold, DE
• John Witt · Detmold, DE
• Günter Lucht · Schlangen, DE
• Joachim Bury · Detmold, DE
• Torsten Diekmann · Leopoldshöhe, DE
• Andreas Wedler · Detmold, DE
• Thomas Salomon · Vellmar, DE
• Thomas Pieper · Wermelskirchen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 12, 2006
• Grant date: Aug 5, 2008
• Expiry date: Nov 22, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H01R4/4842
• WIPO field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A connector arrangement for tapping off current from a plurality of insulated input conductors includes a rectangular base member having a horizontal planar upper surface provided with a plurality of parallel seats receiving the insulated conductors, a frame mounted on the base member for supporting a plurality of terminal blocks for vertical displacement over the seats, each terminal block including an insulation piercing contact extending downwardly therefrom, and an eccentric disk arrangement for displacing each terminal block relative to the frame member between an elevated position spaced above the associated conductor seat and a lowered position in which the contact penetrates the insulation layer and engages the conductor, thereby to transmit current to an output conductor via the insulation-piercing conductor, a bus bar, and a tap-off terminal.