Connector arrangement for flat conductors

US7955117B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

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

Inventors

• Reinhard Nolting · Detmold, DE
• Torsten Feige · Jena, DE
• Frank Hackemack · Detmold, DE
• Klaus Pueschner · Detmold, DE
• Joerg Richts · Schlangen, DE
• Klaus Wohlgemuth · Bad Salzuflen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 11, 2009
• Grant date: Jun 7, 2011
• Expiry date: Dec 11, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H01R13/512
• WIPO field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A connector arrangement includes a flat conductor component having a flat engagement portion, a conductive bus bar component having a flat engagement portion, and a conductive contact screw connecting the conductor and bus bar flat engagement portions in contiguous surface-to-surface electrical engagement. The contact screw has a pointed tip and is axially displaceable from a retracted position normal to and spaced from the flat conductor and bus bar engagement portions toward a connected position in which a pointed end of the screw penetrates or extends through openings in the bus bar and flat conductor engagement portions, and into a bore contained in a housing support surface. The housing support surface supports the flat engagement portions in either a horizontal orientation or a slightly inclined orientation relative to the horizontal upper surface of electrical panel component to which the flat conductor is connected and upon which the housing is mounted.