Patent ID: 7238043
Filing Date: 2007-07-03
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. Electrical supply or connecting terminal, comprising a clamping spring and a metal part, the clamping spring and the metal part being located in an insulating housing which has a conductor inlet opening for entry of an electrical conductor which is to be connected, the clamping spring having a clamping leg and a contact leg, and the clamping leg and the metal part forming a spring force clamp connection for the electrical conductor to be connected, wherein the contact leg of the clamping spring is arranged essentially perpendicular to the insertion direction of the electrical conductor to be connected, and a recess is located in the contact leg for insertion of the electrical conductor to be connected, wherein the clamping leg and the contact leg of the clamping spring are bent toward one another with the end of the clamping leg extending through the recess, wherein the metal part has two opposing resilient legs and a bridge which connects the legs, the legs running essentially parallel to the insertion direction of the electrical conductor to be connected and the ends of the legs each being made as mounting sections, wherein the distance between the mounting sections in an unstressed state is slightly larger than the length of the recess in the contact leg; and the clamping spring with its recess is mounted on the mounting sections of the metal part, wherein the mounting sections extend through the recess in a direction opposite the insertion direction of the electrical conductor to be connected.