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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2011
Stephan Fehling, Lage, DE;
Walter Hanning, Detmold, DE;
Dietmar Horn, Blomberg, DE;
Constantin Classen, Detmold, DE;
Juergen Ziemke, Detmold, DE;
Michael Herrmann, Detmold, DE;
Stephan Fehling, Lage, DE;
Walter Hanning, Detmold, DE;
Dietmar Horn, Blomberg, DE;
Constantin Classen, Detmold, DE;
Juergen Ziemke, Detmold, DE;
Michael Herrmann, Detmold, DE;
Weidmueller Interface GmbH & Co. KG, Detmold, DE;
Abstract
A spring terminal for connecting the bare end of a conductor with a bus bar, including an insulated housing containing a chamber defined by a pair of planar parallel spaced vertical side walls, and an orthogonally connected vertical end wall. Mounted in the chamber are a vertical bus bar adjacent the end wall, and a U-shaped clamping spring that biases toward clamped electrical engagement with the bus bar the bare end of a vertical conductor that is inserted downwardly into the chamber. The clamping spring includes a stationary lower leg portion fixed to the housing, a pivotable body portion, and an upper clamping leg portion that engages the conductor, a locking arrangement serving to lock the body portion to the housing when the spring is in the clamping condition.