Patent ID: 6250950
Filing Date: 2001-06-26
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A screwless terminal block, comprising:a housing having first and second openings, said housing being adapted to receive therein a wire end through said first opening;a clamping member mounted in said housing;a conductor; andan actuating member extending though said second opening of said housing, said actuating member having an operable end outside of said housing and a cammed end inside of said housing, said cammed end having an angled surface intercepting a longitudinal axis of said actuating member and contacting said clamping member, said operable end being adapted to cause said actuating member to rotate about said longitudinal axis such that said cammed end causes said clamping member to displace between locked and unlocked positions thereof, in said locked position said clamping member securing the wire end in an electrically conductive manner with said conductor, in said unlocked position said clamping member allowing the wire end to be inserted in or withdrawn from said housing.