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Electrical terminal block

US7537496B2 · kind B2 · utility

6Cited by

5References

12Claims

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Assignee

PHOENIX CONTACT GMBH & CO. KG · DE

Inventors

Harry Bentler · Bad Wilsnack, DE
Michael Strato · Steinheim, DE
Thorsten Diessel · Hiddenhausen, DE
Heinz Reibke · Werl, DE
Carsten Pollmann · Steinheim, DE
Heinz Pannek · Paderborn, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 12, 2007
Grant date	May 26, 2009
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 9, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01R9/2616
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An electrical terminal block, especially for locking onto a mounting rail, has a plurality of adjacent base terminals and connectors. Each base terminal has a terminal housing, with at least one conductor terminal element and at least one receptacle electrically connected to the conductor terminal element or at least two interconnected receptacles. The individual connectors have a connector housing, with at least one conductor terminal element and a plug-in contact electrically connected to the conductor terminal element. The individual connectors can be plugged onto the individual terminal housings. Reliable mechanical fixing of the connectors on the base terminals is ensured since each outer side of the base terminals has a fixing device on the terminal housing. Sides of adjacent connectors have a fixing cover with a fixing mechanism corresponding to the fixing device, so that the connectors can be mechanically connected to the fixing base terminals via the fixing covers.

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