Patent ID: 8727819

Claim:
A contact clamp for connecting a conductor end to an electrical contact and having an insertion side from which the conductor end can be inserted in the contact clamp, comprising a retaining frame with a clamp latching portion, and a contact section with which the conductor end is contactable, a clamp spring including a frame latching portion, and a clamping leg pivotally mounted in the retaining frame, and which can be pivoted back and forth between an open pivot position and a closed pivot position in which the frame latching portion is latched to the clamp latching portion of the retaining frame, wherein the clamping leg clamps the conductor end against the contact section when in the closed pivot position, when the conductor end is inserted to the target contact position in the contact clamp, in order to establish the electrical contact between the conductor end and the contact section, wherein the clamping leg is pivoted away from the contact section when in the open pivot position and clears the contact region in the contact clamp, such that the conductor end, when in the open pivot position, on the one hand is insertable in the contact clamp and on the other hand is released such that it is removable from the contact clamp, wherein the clamping leg runs at an angle to the contact section when in the closed pivot position, and is resiliently movable, such that the conductor end is insertable in the contact clamp to the target contact position, while in the closed pivot position by elastic spring opening of the clamping leg, wherein a pivot bearing is located, in the insertion direction, upstream of a clamping point of the clamping leg on the conductor end and the clamping leg runs from the pivot bearing towards the clamping point diagonally, in the insertion direction, to the contact section when in the closed pivot position, and the clamping leg pivots open in the insertion direction when pivoting from the closed pivot position to the open pivot position.