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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2007
Josep Pijoan-parellada, Madrid, ES;
Eduardo Calleja, Mostoles, ES;
Ranjit Manohar Deshmukh, Karnataka, IN;
Ranganath Gururaj, Karnataka, IN;
Venkatesha Murthy, Karnataka, IN;
Josep Pijoan-Parellada, Madrid, ES;
Eduardo Calleja, Mostoles, ES;
Ranjit Manohar Deshmukh, Karnataka, IN;
Ranganath Gururaj, Karnataka, IN;
Venkatesha Murthy, Karnataka, IN;
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
According to a preferred embodiment, a terminal for electrical leads comprises a housing, a guide, a current bar, a leaf spring and a moveable operator. The guide is supported by the housing and comprises guide surfaces that connect with at least one surface of the current bar. The leaf spring comprises at least one limb with an offset for clamping a cable to the current bar. Additionally, the terminal comprises a moveable operator dimensioned and configured to allow the release of a cable from contact with the current bar.