Phoenix Contact Gmbh + Co. Kg

Oliver Lange

Jurgen Brand

Jürgen Brand

A clamp/plug connector for through-wall connection includes a clamp housing of an insulating material. A locking element is provided for attaching the clamp housing to a wall. A pivotable actuation wedge is connected as a single piece to the locking element.

Clamp/plug connector for through-wall connection having wedge-shaped attachment

A draw spring clamp has loopshaped draw springs with an attachment leg to contact a current bus and with a spring leg and clamping leg, whereby the latter is interrupted by a clamp window in order to form the clamp leg. By means of an actuation element into which a tool blade may be inserted, the spring leg of the draw springs may be loaded with tension in order to open the clamp window. This actuation element is located between the two spring legs of the draw spring that oppose each other. In order to enable time-saving actuation, the actuation element in its loaded position also rests against the two spring legs. Thus, the actuation element possesses rest positions on its opposing exteriors whose separation increases along a first direction of travel of the actuation element and decreases along the second, direction.

Tension spring clip comprising symmetrical tension springs

An electrical terminal, for example a terminal block which includes a terminal housing having at least one terminal element located within, such as a tension spring terminal, and with at least one current bar. The terminal housing also includes at least one lead insertion opening for inserting an electrical lead to be connected, at least one actuating opening for inserting an actuating tool for opening the tension spring terminal and at least one test plug opening for inserting a test plug which is laterally offset from the plane of the actuating opening. This electrical terminal enables a test tap while also having smaller size than conventional electrical terminals.

Electrical terminal

An electrical modular terminal, especially for latching onto a mounting rail, with a base terminal ( ) and with at least one plug ( ), the base terminal ( ) having a terminal housing ( ) which made of insulating material, at least one terminal element ( ) located in it and at least two sockets which are electrically connected to the terminal element ( ) or to terminal elements ( ), the plug ( ) having a plug housing ( ) which is made of insulating material, at least one terminal element ( ) located therein and a plug-in contact which is electrically connected to the at least one terminal element ( ), and the at least one plug ( ) being mechanically connected by means of a fastener to the terminal housing ( ) of the base terminal ( ). The at least on plug can be plugged into the two sockets of the base terminal ( ), and in addition, there is mechanical attachment of the plugs ( ) and the base terminal ( ), an interlock recess ( ) being formed in the terminal housing ( ) of the base terminal ( ) between the two sockets for receiving the fastener an the plug ( ) plugged into the inner one of the two sockets for mechanically connecting it to the terminal housing ( ) of the base terminal ( ).

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Schieder-Schwalenberg, Germany

Oliver Lange