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

Claim 0:
1. An appliance power connector comprising:
a terminal block having a base, the base includes an upper surface and a lower surface, the base includes a pocket, the base including an opening to the pocket open at at least one of the upper surface and the lower surface, the base surrounding the pocket 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 above the upper surface and an adjoining wall surrounding all sides of at least one fastener opening, the lower shroud having lower shroud walls extending from the base;
a power terminal coupled to the terminal block, the 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 being loaded into the pocket through the opening, 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 above the base for connection to an upper power cable terminal, the lower stud being located below the base for connection to a lower power cable terminal.