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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 1987
Filed:
Apr. 23, 1985
Helmut Fuchs, Halver, DE;
Karl Lumberg GmbH & Co., Schalksmuhle, DE;
Abstract
An electrical terminal strip comprises an insulating body having a plurality of connector compartments, a corresponding number of clamp members constructed as compartment liners each having a clamp passage in which an electrical conductor is insertable and a threaded hole for receiving a clamp screw. Each of the clamp members is provided with a clamp bracket having both a conductor engaging element and at least one solder connector pin. The clamp member is insertable through its solder connector end into the connector compartments of the insulating body where it is held undetachably, while the clamp bracket is subsequently inserted through a lateral opening in the insulating body in a direction opposite to the direction the conductor is inserted so that the conductor engaging element is in the clamp space. No other components or assembly steps are required to unite the conductor clamp member and clamp bracket in the insulating body, but a base plate may or may not be a part of the electrical strip. When a base plate is employed however, it can advantageously interlock with the clamp bracket so as to be held in place and to assist in keeping the clamp bracket in position.