Wire connection terminal structure with wire guidance feature

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9553406-B2
Application number	US-201514877105-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 7, 2015
Priority date	Nov 6, 2014
Publication date	Jan 24, 2017
Grant date	Jan 24, 2017

Abstract

A wire connection terminal structure includes a seat body and a conductive clip disposed therein. One end of the seat body has an extending side and a recessed side and a slope formed between the extending side and the recessed side. The conductive clip has a holding mouth. The slope is formed with a wire plug-in opening aligned with the holding mouth. A wire plug-in protection wall is formed on an edge of the recessed side. The wire plug-in protection wall protrudes in a direction as an extending direction of the extending side. The slope and the wire plug-in protection wall define a recessed configuration on the end of the seat body. The wire plug-in protection wall on the outer edge of the wire plug-in opening provides a shielding and guidance effect so that the conductive wire can be easily aimed at and plugged into the wire plug-in opening.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A wire connection terminal structure comprising a seat body and a conductive clip disposed in the seat body, one end of the seat body having an extending side and a recessed side and a slope formed between the extending side and the recessed side, the conductive clip having a holding mouth, the slope being formed with a wire plug-in opening in alignment with the holding mouth, a wire plug-in protection wall being formed on an edge of the recessed side of the slope, the wire plug-in protection wall protruding from the edge in a direction as an extending direction of the extending side.

2. The wire connection terminal structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the conductive clip has at least one soldering leg exposed to a bottom face of the seat body, the slope being connected between a top face and the bottom face of the seat body, the slope having an edge inclined to the other end of the seat body and connected with the top face of the seat body.

3. The wire connection terminal structure as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the conductive clip has a force application section for driving the conductive clip to open/close the holding mouth, the top face of the seat body being formed with a perforation corresponding to the force application section, a pushbutton being disposed in the perforation for driving the force application section.

4. The wire connection terminal structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein there are a multiplicity of conductive clips and wire plug-in openings, the conductive clips being side by side arranged in the seat body, the wire plug-in protection wall extending between two sides of the seat body to provide protection and guiding effects on one side of each wire plug-in opening.

5. The wire connection terminal structure as claimed in claim 2 , wherein there are a multiplicity of conductive clips and wire plug-in openings, the conductive clips being side by side arranged in the seat body, the wire plug-in protection wall extending between two sides of the seat body to provide protection and guiding effects on one side of each wire plug-in opening.

6. The wire connection terminal structure as claimed in claim 3 , wherein there are a multiplicity of conductive clips, wire plug-in openings, perforations and pushbuttons, the conductive clips being side by side arranged in the seat body, the wire plug-in protection wall extending between two sides of the seat body to provide protection and guiding effects on the same side of the wire plug-in openings.

7. The wire connection terminal structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein there are a multiplicity of conductive clips, wire plug-in openings and wire plug-in protection walls, the conductive clips being side by side arranged in the seat body, a middle partitioning wall being formed between two adjacent wire plug-in openings, a recessed section being formed between two adjacent wire plug-in protection walls, the middle partitioning wall being positioned between the recessed section and the slope.

8. The wire connection terminal structure as claimed in claim 2 , wherein there are a multiplicity of conductive clips, wire plug-in openings and wire plug-in protection walls, the conductive clips being side by side arranged in the seat body, a middle partitioning wall being formed between two adjacent wire plug-in openings, a recessed section being formed between two adjacent wire plug-in protection walls, the middle partitioning wall being positioned between the recessed section and the slope.

9. The wire connection terminal structure as claimed in claim 3 , wherein there are a multiplicity of conductive clips, wire plug-in openings, perforations, pushbuttons and wire plug-in protection walls, the conductive clips being side by side arranged in the seat body, a middle partitioning wall being formed between two adjacent wire plug-in openings, a recessed section being formed between two adjacent wire plug-in protection walls, the middle partitioning wall being positioned between the recessed section and the slope.

Assignees

• Switchlab Inc
• Switchlab (Shanghai) Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wu Chih-Yuan
• Chang Shao-Te

Classifications

• H01R9/2416 Primary

  Means for guiding or retaining wires or cables connected to terminal blocks · CPC title

• H01R12/57

  surface mounting terminals · CPC title

• H01R13/633 Primary

  for disengagement only {(in combination with safety switch H01R13/7132)} · CPC title

• H01R4/4836

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01R9/2491

  Terminal blocks structurally associated with plugs or sockets · CPC title