US3525974A - Terminal housing - Google Patents

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US3525974A
US3525974A US789483A US3525974DA US3525974A US 3525974 A US3525974 A US 3525974A US 789483 A US789483 A US 789483A US 3525974D A US3525974D A US 3525974DA US 3525974 A US3525974 A US 3525974A
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Dieter Henrici
Friedrich Schaefer
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BJB GmbH and Co KG
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R9/00—Structural associations of a plurality of mutually-insulated electrical connecting elements, e.g. terminal strips or terminal blocks; Terminals or binding posts mounted upon a base or in a case; Bases therefor
    • H01R9/22—Bases, e.g. strip, block, panel
    • H01R9/223—Insulating enclosures for terminals

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  • a terminal housing which comprises at least one cupshaped upper part defining a single receiving chamber and adapted for receiving screwless, contact elements equipped with contact spring tongues; a bottom is welded to the upper part and comprises a continuous, flexible band of synthetic material having securing breakthroughs disposed spaced apart from each other. Individual of the upper parts of the terminal housing are secured to the bottom in regular longitudinal spacings between the securing breakthroughs, and at least one web projection originates from the top of the receiving chamber and extends in the direction towards the band of the bottom for a clamping hold of the contact elements.
  • the present invention relates to a terminal housing, comprising a cup-like upper part for reception of screwless contact elements, equipped with contact spring tongues, and a bottom welded to the upper part and having a flat cross-section.
  • the securing breakthroughs provided in the band of synthetic material, on the one hand, as well as the break recesses, on the other hand, make it possible, as is known from onepart pressed terminal housings, either a securing of individual or also a plurality of terminal housings on a joint mounting ledge, as well as the break-up of individual or a plurality of terminal housings from the common bottom band.
  • the present invention also excells to an extreme measure concerning the structure of the housing. upper parts, namely by providing a web projection extending from the top in direction to the bottom.
  • These web projections in the housing upper part perform namely a plurality of functions, as they serve not only to retain the screwless contact elements equipped with contact spring tongues clammingly safe and reliably in their mounting position in the housing upper part. The cause rather beyond that, that upon lifting of the contact spring tongue or tongues of the contact elements, the latter can move only along a predetermined path, and to find a safe abutment at the web projection of the housing upper part, whereby the danger of breaking up the contact spring tongues is eliminated.
  • such web projection fulfills still a further function, namely to serve also as abutment for the connecting end of the net conduit.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a plurality of housing upper parts and a bottom band in superposed position
  • FIG. 2 is an end elevation of the housing upper parts connected with the bottom band
  • FIG. 3 is a top plan view thereof.
  • FIG. 4 is a perspective view of another embodiment of the housing.
  • a housing upper part 10 and respectively, and a housing bottom 11 formed of a continuous flexible band of synthetic material are disclosed.
  • band 11 of synthetic material securing breakthroughs 12, as well as break recesses 13 are provided either along the side edges or also additionally inside of the band.
  • Securing breakthroughs 12 and break recesses 13 are disposed in regular spacings in longitudinal direction of the band.
  • individual housing upper parts 10 and 110, respectively, are welded in regular distances on the band 11, so that a preferably endless terminal band is formed, which could be wound up, by example, behind the mounting location or in any other manner be stored as merchandise.
  • FIG. 1 deals with a ledge-shaped web projection, which extends in longitudinal direction, as well as in crosswise direction of the housing upper part 10 and has its own height corresponding with the open height of the housing upper part.
  • This web projection 15 can serve with its shaft portion 15a as holder for contact elements (seat shown) which are put with a guide breakthrough over the web projection 15.
  • the edges 15b serve as abutment edges during lifting of the contact spring tongues of the contact elements, bent backwardly from the holding position (likewise not shown).
  • the edges 150 of the web projection 15 serve as abutment for the connecting ends of the net conduits (likewise not shown).
  • a ledge projection 115 (as shown in FIG. 4) can be realized, which ledge projection 115 comprises a central web 115 extending in the longitudinal axis of the housing upper part 110, on both ends of which end webs 116 inclined through the middle web 115 and pointing in opposite directions follow.
  • the range 116a can serve for a clamping holding of the contact elements, while the end web sections 116a' can serve as abutment webs for the limitation of the lifting movement of the mentioned contact spring tongues of the contact elements.
  • the abutment edges 116a disposed on the opposite side can serve for the abutment of the connecting ends of the net conduits.
  • the housing upper parts can assume a diflFerent shape, that is to say to the constructive arrangement.
  • Important and decisive is, however, the arrangement of such individual housing upper parts on a continuous or by example a band of synthetic material fed from an extruderor the like, as a housing bottom.
  • a terminal housing comprising at least one cup-shaped upper part defining a single receiving chamber and adapted for receiving screwless, contact elements equipped with contact spring tongues,
  • said bottom comprises a continuous, flexible band of synthetic material having securing breakthroughs disposed spaced apart from each other, individual of said upper parts of said terminal housing secured to said bottom in regular longitudinal spacings between said securing breakthroughs, and
  • At least one web projection originating from the roof of said receiving chamber and extending in the directiOn towards said band of the bottom for a clamping hold of said contact elements.
  • a said bottom has a plurality of breaking recesses spaced apart from each other at a distance equal with that of said securing breakthroughs.

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US4103985A (en) * 1977-02-22 1978-08-01 Bunker Ramo Corporation Connector adapter constructions with improved connection and connector mounting arrangement
US4220391A (en) 1978-02-23 1980-09-02 Bunker Ramo Corporation Connector adapter constructions with improved connector and connector mounting arrangement
FR2773273B1 (fr) * 1997-12-31 2000-03-10 Legrand Sa Barrette de connexion electrique

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US2396725A (en) * 1944-05-16 1946-03-19 Thomas & Betts Corp Flexible strip electrical connector
US2931006A (en) * 1958-10-16 1960-03-29 Heyman Mfg Company Multiple disconnect junction-terminal bushing
US2931063A (en) * 1954-07-08 1960-04-05 Gen Motors Corp Apparatus and method for molding foam latex strips and the like
US3139314A (en) * 1961-04-17 1964-06-30 Daniel B Miller Terminal

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2396725A (en) * 1944-05-16 1946-03-19 Thomas & Betts Corp Flexible strip electrical connector
US2931063A (en) * 1954-07-08 1960-04-05 Gen Motors Corp Apparatus and method for molding foam latex strips and the like
US2931006A (en) * 1958-10-16 1960-03-29 Heyman Mfg Company Multiple disconnect junction-terminal bushing
US3139314A (en) * 1961-04-17 1964-06-30 Daniel B Miller Terminal

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