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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2012
Applicant:
Phoenix Contact Development & Manufacturing, Inc., Middletown, PA (US);
Inventors:
Terry Lee Barber, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Michael Anthony Correll, Hershey, PA (US);
Michael Brauns, Emmerthal, DE;
Assignee:
Phoenix Contact Development and Manufacturing, Inc., Middletown, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 9/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A terminal block for mounting on a DIN rail includes a plurality of stacked modules with each module having a contact body and an extender body mounted on the contact body. A circuit board or electronic component is mounted on the contact body and the extender body. Different size extender bodies may be mounted on a common contact body to accommodate mounting different size circuit boards or components on the block.