Terminal device having a busbar

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10044119-B2
Application number	US-201515518769-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 7, 2015
Priority date	Oct 16, 2014
Publication date	Aug 7, 2018
Grant date	Aug 7, 2018

Abstract

A terminal device includes: a housing having at least one contact cavity; a contact part which is arranged in the at least one contact cavity and into which at least one electrical line can be plugged in order to make electrical contact with the contact part; and at least one busbar which is arranged on the housing, is electrically connected to the contact part, and a busbar portion of which extends along a height line. An end portion adjoins the busbar portion, which end portion extends in an oblique direction at an oblique angle to the height line and can be moved along the height line relative to the contact part.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A terminal device, comprising:
a housing having at least one contact cavity;
a contact part which is arranged in the at least one contact cavity and into which at least one electrical line is configured to be plugged in order to make electrical contact with the contact part;
at least one busbar which is arranged on the housing, is electrically connected to the contact part, and a busbar portion of which extends along a height line; and
an end portion which adjoins the busbar portion, the end portion extending in an oblique direction at an oblique angle to the height line and being configured to be moved along the height line relative to the contact part,
wherein the contact part comprises two contact pins,
wherein the end portion of the at least one busbar is arranged between the two contact pins in an electrically contacting manner,
wherein the end portion is configured to be moved between the two contact pins along the height line,
wherein the two contact pins protrude from a clip of the contact part and extend perpendicularly to the oblique direction, and
wherein an intermediate space in which the end portion is arranged is formed between the two contact pins.

2. The terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein the oblique angle has a value of between 20° and 70°.

3. The terminal device according to claim 2 , wherein the oblique angle has a value of between 30° and 45°.

4. The terminal device according to claim 3 , wherein the oblique angle has a value of between 35° and 40°.

5. The terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one electrical line is configured to be inserted into the at least one contact cavity in an insertion direction which is oriented obliquely to the height line associated with the at least one contact cavity.

6. The terminal device according to claim 5 , wherein the oblique direction of the end portion extends perpendicularly to the insertion direction.

7. The terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one busbar comprises two end portions which adjoin the busbar portion on different sides.

8. The terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein the terminal device comprises a plurality of busbars which each comprise a busbar portion extending along a height line and are mutually spaced in the vertical direction perpendicularly to the height lines.

9. The terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein the housing comprises at least one first contact cavity on a first housing side of the terminal device and at least one second contact cavity on another, second housing side of the terminal device.

10. The terminal device according to claim 9 , wherein the housing comprises a plurality of first contact cavities on the first housing side and a plurality of second contact cavities on the second housing side, a first contact cavity and a second contact cavity being associated with a height line in each case and being electrically interconnected via a busbar.

11. The terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one busbar comprises a round conductor.

Assignees

• Phoenix Contact Gmbh & Co

Inventors

• Janzen Wjatscheslaw
• Steinhage Holger
• Goetze Andrea
• Pethig Oliver

Classifications

• H01R9/26 Primary

  Clip-on terminal blocks for side-by-side rail- or strip-mounting · CPC title

• H01R4/242 Primary

  the contact members being plates having a single slot · CPC title

• H01R9/2675 Primary

  Electrical interconnections between two blocks, e.g. by means of busbars · CPC title

• H01R4/4818

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01R4/4846

  Busbar details · CPC title