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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2014
Applicant:
Phoenix Contact Development and Manufacturing, Inc., Middletown, PA (US);
Inventors:
Terry Lee Barber, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Michael Anthony Correll, Hershey, PA (US);
Melissa Ann Sommer, Palmyra, PA (US);
Assignee:
Phoenix Contact Development and Manufacturing, Inc., Middletown, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 4/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An electrical terminal or spring terminal for forming an electrical connection between a wire conductor and a current bar includes a spring and a spring retainer, the spring retainer not integral with the spring and not integral with the current bar. Engageable abutment surfaces on the spring retainer and the current bar cooperate to transfer spring force to the current bar.