Terminal block assembly with a plurality of terminal blocks held side by side by a pair of end connecting units

US9039460B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

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

Inventors

• Frank Hackemack · Detmold, DE
• Joerg Richts · Schlangen, DE
• Bernhard Jaschke · Lage, DE
• Roetger Sander · Bad Sassendorf, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 22, 2013
• Grant date: May 26, 2015
• Expiry date: Jan 8, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H01R9/2666
• WIPO field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A terminal block arrangement includes a plurality of generally rectangular terminal blocks having vertical parallel side walls, vertical end walls, and horizontal top and bottom walls, a connecting arrangement connecting said terminal blocks in contiguous side-by-side stacked relation, thereby to define a terminal block assembly in which at least portions of the terminal block top and bottom walls are exposed, and a fastening arrangement for fastening the bottom portion of the terminal block assembly to a fixed support. In a first embodiment, the fastening arrangement includes vertically displaceable end support members arranged at each end of the terminal block assembly, each support member having pairs of support feet arranged for connection with the fixed support. In a second embodiment, an adapter plate is secured to the fixed support, and the terminal block assembly is fastened to the adapter plate.