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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2009
Arndt Schafmeister, Dörntrup, DE;
Arndt Schafmeister, Dörntrup, DE;
Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG, Blomberg, DE;
Abstract
An electrical connection terminal having a clamping spring, a metal part and a housing accommodating the clamping spring and the metal part and having at least one conductor insertion opening, the clamping spring having a clamping leg, an operating leg and a back connecting the two legs to each other, the clamping leg, together with the metal part, forming a clamping point for a stripped conductor, the clamping spring being pivotably mounted in such a way that the clamping spring is movable from a first (open) position to a second (closed) position. An operating element is pivotably mounted in the housing in such a way that the operating element can be moved from a first position to a second position, and that the clamping spring is pivoted out of its first position to its second position when the operating element is pivoted from the first position to the second position.