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

Claim 16:
17. A power connector system for an appliance comprising:
an appliance wire harness having an appliance line wire, an appliance neutral wire, and an appliance ground wire;
an appliance power connector coupled to the appliance wire harness and configured to be coupled to a building wire harness, the appliance power connector including a terminal block and power terminals coupled to the terminal block, the power terminals including a line terminal, a neutral terminal and a ground terminal;
the terminal block including a base having an upper surface and a lower surface, the base includes pockets spaced apart along the upper surface, the base including openings to the pockets open at at least one of the upper surface and the lower surface, the base surrounding each of 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, wherein the terminal block includes an appliance mounting feature for mounting the terminal block to the appliance;
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 being loaded into the corresponding pocket through the corresponding 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 in the corresponding upper chamber above the base, the lower threaded stud being located in the corresponding lower chamber below the base;
wherein the lower stud of the line terminal is coupled to the appliance line wire of the appliance wire harness by a first threaded nut, the lower stud of the neutral terminal is coupled to the appliance neutral wire of the appliance wire harness by a second threaded nut, and the lower stud of the ground terminal is coupled to the appliance ground wire of the appliance wire harness by a third threaded nut.