Spring-loaded clamping element and connecting terminal

Abstract

A resilient force clamping element () is described, said resilient force clamping element having a current rail () and a resilient clamping element () that comprises a contacting limb (), a resilient bend () that adjoins the contacting limb (), and a clamping limb () that adjoins the resilient bend () and comprises a main section () that extends from the resilient bend (), and a clamping section () that is arranged in the direction of the current rail (). The clamping section () comprises a clamping edge () on a free end of the clamping section () so as to form a clamping site between the clamping edge () and the current rail () for clamping an electrical conductor. The clamping section () comprises a first section () that is bent from the main section () in the direction of the current rail (), and a second section () that adjoins the first section () and is bent back in the direction in which the main section () extends, said second section comprising the clamping edge (). In an idle position of the resilient clamping element () without an electrical conductor having been inserted, wherein the clamping edge () rests on the current rail (), the first section () when viewed in the direction in which the resilient clamping element () extends from the resilient bend () is at an obtuse angle α with respect to the current rail () and the second section () is at an acute angle β with respect to the current rail ().