Patent ID: 11936155
Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GMBH
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 12:
13. An appliance power connector comprising:
a terminal block having a base, the base includes an upper surface and a lower surface, the base includes pockets spaced apart along the upper surface, the base including openings to the pockets each open at at least one of the upper surface and the lower surface, the base surrounding the pockets on all sides, the terminal block includes an upper shroud and a lower shroud, the upper shroud having upper shroud walls extending from the base forming upper chambers above the upper surface and an adjoining wall surrounding all sides of at least one fastener opening, the upper shroud walls separate the upper chambers from each other, the upper chambers being aligned with the pockets, the lower shroud having lower shroud walls extending from the base forming lower chambers below the lower surface, the lower shroud walls separate the lower chambers from each other, the lower chambers being aligned with the pockets;
power terminals coupled to the terminal block at the pockets, the power terminals including a line terminal, a neutral terminal and a ground terminal, each power terminal including a main body, an upper stud extending from a top of the main body and a lower stud extending from a bottom of the main body, the main body having a locating surface, the main body being loaded into the corresponding pocket through the corresponding opening with the locating surface engaging the terminal block to locate the power terminal relative to the terminal block, the main body being surrounded on all sides by the base of the terminal block to prevent rotation of the power terminal relative to the terminal block, the upper stud being located in the corresponding upper chamber above the base, the lower threaded stud being located in the corresponding lower chamber below the base; and
a ground strap electrically coupled to the lower stud of the power terminal defining the ground terminal;
wherein the lower stud of the line terminal is configured to be coupled to an appliance line wire of an appliance wire harness and the upper stud of the line terminal is configured to be coupled to a building line wire, wherein the lower stud of the neutral terminal is configured to be coupled to an appliance neutral wire of the appliance wire harness and the upper stud of the neutral terminal is configured to be coupled to a building neutral wire, and wherein the lower stud of the ground terminal is configured to be coupled to an appliance ground wire of the appliance wire harness and the upper stud of the ground terminal is configured to be coupled to a building ground wire.