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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2009
Reinhard Nolting, Detmold, DE;
Torsten Feige, Bielefeld, DE;
Frank Hackemack, Detmold, DE;
Klaus Pueschner, Detmold, DE;
Joerg Richts, Schlangen, DE;
Klaus Wohlgemuth, Kalletal, DE;
Reinhard Nolting, Detmold, DE;
Torsten Feige, Bielefeld, DE;
Frank Hackemack, Detmold, DE;
Klaus Pueschner, Detmold, DE;
Joerg Richts, Schlangen, DE;
Klaus Wohlgemuth, Kalletal, DE;
Weidmueller Interface GmbH & Co. KG, Detmold, DE (US);
Abstract
A connector arrangement includes a flat conductor component having a flat engagement portion, a conductive bus bar component having a flat engagement portion, and a conductive contact screw connecting the conductor and bus bar flat engagement portions in contiguous surface-to-surface electrical engagement. The contact screw has a pointed tip and is axially displaceable from a retracted position normal to and spaced from the flat conductor and bus bar engagement portions toward a connected position in which a pointed end of the screw penetrates or extends through openings in the bus bar and flat conductor engagement portions, and into a bore contained in a housing support surface. The housing support surface supports the flat engagement portions in either a horizontal orientation or a slightly inclined orientation relative to the horizontal upper surface of electrical panel component to which the flat conductor is connected and upon which the housing is mounted.