Rockwell Automation Technologies Incorporated

David E Koopmeiners

Richard J Molus

David J Brockman

Dennis Schmidt

Dennis Drake

A spring clamp assembly for an electrical terminal block includes a termination spring, a trigger and a return spring. The trigger is biased by the return spring into an opening of the termination spring to impede a clamping movement of the termination spring. A wire inserted into the terminal block trips the trigger so that it clears the termination spring allowing it clamp the exposed end of the wire against a metal terminal contact. Thus, the wire is clamped in place simply by the simple and necessary action of inserting the wire into the terminal block. The wire is removed and the assembly is reset by manually moving the termination spring to its original position, removing the wire and allowing the return spring to reset the trigger.

Wire actuated terminal spring clamp assembly

A lockout for circuit breakers provides a channel holding the circuit breaker toggle bar with a set screw that may be accessed only when an eye of the lockout is free of a padlock shackle. The eye is oriented vertically so that the padlock may be rotated to not interfere with adjacent circuit breakers being locked out or operated.

Lock out device for miniature circuit breaker and manual motor controller

A programmable logic controller (PLC) assembly. The PLC assembly has a PLC and a protective enclosure having a through-panel connector. The PLC is housed within the protective enclosure and electrically coupleable to the through-panel connector. The through-panel connector has a connector portion. The connector portion is configured for mating engagement with an electrical cable. The electrical cable is electrically coupleable to a PLC input device or a PLC output device.

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Franksville, WI, United States of America

David E Koopmeiners