Terminals and Terminal Assemblies

Abstract

The invention relates to a terminal and a terminal assembly, the terminal has: a housing of insulating material, a contact body accommodated in the housing, which has a contact frame and a contact spring, the contact spring has a function for providing an electrical connection with the contact frame for a wire The clamping legs of the wire clamping part can move between the wire clamping and releasing positions, and also have an operating part to make the clamping legs move between the wire clamping and releasing positions. The operating element has a bearing section for rotatably supporting the operating element in the housing made of insulating material around the axis of rotation and at least one operating structure spaced radially from the bearing section and extending in the direction of the axis of rotation for rotating the operating element around the axis of rotation. When the axis of rotation rotates, the clamp legs move between the wire clamping and releasing positions, and the insulating material housing has a support portion extending axially between the axis of rotation and the operating structure, so that the operating structure at least when the wire is released It is supported on the support part in the position. The terminal assembly has at least two terminals, and the contact frames are integrated with each other.

Description

technical field [0001] The invention relates to a terminal, in particular a connecting terminal or terminal, for the electrical connection of at least one electrical conductor. Background technique [0002] A terminal of the type mentioned in the introduction is known, for example, from WO 2014 / 124958 A1. The terminal described there has an operating part, which can be moved from a closed position to an open position, in which the clamping opening for connecting an electrical conductor is closed, and in an open position for connecting an electrical conductor The clamping mouth is open. Here, the actuating element is rotatably mounted in a semicircular support contour of the housing made of insulating material by means of a support section, where the actuating contour formed in the support section is combined with a clamping leg for opening and closing the connection clamp Tight mouth. In order to move the clamping leg by means of the actuating element or to apply a force ...

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Problems solved by technology

In addition, the terminal, in particular the actuating part, can exert a relatively low force on the clamping leg with its actuating contour, which can be especially important in the case of relatively high clamping forces, such as occur for example with conductors with a large cross section. Adverse

This in turn has an adverse effect on the handling of the terminals, especially when conductors with relatively large cross-sections should be used

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