Insulating housing of an electrical terminal device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9905958-B2
Application number	US-201515303024-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 14, 2015
Priority date	Apr 15, 2014
Publication date	Feb 27, 2018
Grant date	Feb 27, 2018

Abstract

An insulating housing of an electrical terminal device includes a latching pin arranged on a front side of the housing and that protrudes therefrom in a direction perpendicular to a plane of the front side of the housing, the latching pin engaging in a latching hole arranged on a rear side of the housing in a direction perpendicular to a plane of the rear side of the housing, and a latching hook that protrudes from the front side of the housing and that engages in and latches behind a catch arranged on the rear side of the housing. The latching pin and the latching hole are in the shape of a truncated cone. A plurality of the insulating housings is capable of being plugged on top of one another to form an electrical terminal block.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An insulating housing of an electrical terminal device, a plurality of the insulating housing being capable of being plugged on top of one another to form an electrical terminal block, the insulating housing comprising:
a latching pin arranged on a front side of the housing and that protrudes therefrom in a direction perpendicular to a plane of the front side of the housing, the latching pin configured to engage in a latching hole arranged on a rear side of the housing in a direction perpendicular to a plane of the rear side of the housing; and
a latching hook that protrudes from the front side of the housing and is configured to engage in and latch behind a catch arranged on the rear side of the housing,
wherein the latching pin and the latching hole have a shape of a truncated cone, a diameter of the latching pin increases from the front side of the housing towards an end of the latching pin, and a diameter of the latching hole increases from the rear side of the housing towards a base of the latching hole.

2. The insulating housing of an electrical terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein a lateral surface of the latching pin rests against an entire surface of an inner surface of the latching hole when the plurality of the insulating housing are plugged on top of one another.

3. The insulating housing of an electrical terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein the latching pin and the latching hole have a cone angle of between 1°≦α≦45°.

4. The insulating housing of an electrical terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein the latching pin comprises a recess at the end of the latching pin.

5. The insulating housing of an electrical terminal device according to claim 4 , wherein the recess is conical in an axial direction of the latching pin.

6. The insulating housing of an electrical terminal device according to claim 4 , wherein the recess has a depth in a longitudinal direction of the latching pin that corresponds to between 50%≦1≦100% of a length of the latching pin.

7. The insulating housing of an electrical terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the end of the latching pin is rounded, or the latching hole opening in the rear side of the housing for receiving the latching pin is rounded.

8. The insulating housing of an electrical terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein the insulating housing, the latching pin, the latching hole, the latching hook, and the catch are formed integrally.

9. The insulating housing of an electrical terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein the insulating housing comprises at least one of a plurality of latching pins and a plurality of latching holes, or a plurality of latching hooks and a plurality of catches.

10. The insulating housing of an electrical terminal device according to claim 3 , wherein the cone angle is between 1°≦α≦20°.

11. The insulating housing of an electrical terminal device according to claim 6 , wherein the recess has a depth in the longitudinal direction of the latching pin that corresponds to between 50%≦1≦80% of the length of the latching pin.

Assignees

• Phoenix Contact Gmbh & Co

Inventors

• Giefers Stefan

Classifications

• B25B1/02

  with sliding jaws · CPC title

• H01R9/2608

  Fastening means for mounting on support rail or strip (H01R9/2691 takes precedence; for switch or other electrical device H02B1/042) · CPC title

• H01R13/514 Primary

  composed as a modular blocks or assembly, i.e. composed of co-operating parts provided with contact members or holding contact members between them · CPC title

• B25B1/20

  Vices for clamping work of special profile, e.g. pipes · CPC title

• H01R4/48

  utilising a spring, clip, or other resilient member (H01R4/52 takes precedence) · CPC title