Electrical modular terminal and modular terminal block

US9153916B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• PHOENIX CONTACT GMBH & CO. KG · DE

Inventors

• Torsten Schloo · Detmold, DE
• Franck Stieler · Hohenhausen, DE
• Jens Lange · Bleckede, DE
• Carsten Pollmann · Steinheim, DE
• Dennis Habirov · Bielefeld, DE
• Christian Kloppenburg · Borchen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 13, 2012
• Grant date: Oct 6, 2015
• Expiry date: Oct 4, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H01R2201/20
• WIPO field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

An electrical series terminal having a terminal housing, conductor connector elements, and current bars, the current bars each having a connector section and a first contact section, the connector sections being assigned to a conductor connector element and the first contact sections together forming a resilient contact region to receive the plug of the test or power plug. A switchable transverse bridge is producible by each current bar having a second contact section, two further current bar pieces being arranged in the terminal housing, and a recess being formed in a current bar piece for insertion of a branch of a jumper. A current bar piece is assigned to a respective current bar so that the second contact section of a current bar is connected to the assigned current bar piece when no plug is inserted and is spaced from the assigned current bar piece when a plug is inserted.