Patent ID: 7901238

Claim:
A terminal block for electrically coupling conductors and terminal contacts, the terminal block comprising: a terminal base portion having a mounting side configured to be mounted to a surface of an electrical component, the base portion having contact slots extending from the mounting side therethrough, the contact slots being configured to receive terminal contacts that are electrically coupled to the electrical component; and an organizer portion extending from the base portion and comprising channels extending substantially parallel to the surface of the electrical component, the channels configured to receive corresponding conductors, wherein the contact slots of the base portion align with corresponding channels of the organizer portion so that the terminal contacts electrically couple to the conductors; wherein each channel extends along an axis between a loading side and an opposite distal side of the organizer portion, wherein adjacent contact slots of the base portion have different axial positions so that the terminal contacts electrically couple to the conductors at different axial positions along the axis.