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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2012
Applicant:
Ralph Hoppmann, Bad Oeynhausen, DE;
Inventor:
Ralph Hoppmann, Bad Oeynhausen, DE;
Assignee:
PHOENIX CONTACT GMBH & CO. KG, Blomberg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 4/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 4/48 (2013.01); H01R 4/4809 (2013.01); H01R 4/4818 (2013.01); Y10T 29/4922 (2015.01);
Abstract
A connecting terminal includes a housing, a current rail, and a spring clamp. The housing includes a conductor inlet opening configured to receive a conductor to be clamped. The housing also includes a conductor guide configured to guide the conductor to be clamped. The conductor guide includes a web-shaped extension of the conductor inlet opening and extends from the conductor inlet opening in an insertion direction of the conductor to be clamped. The current rail and the spring clamp are disposed in the housing.