Patent ID: 7674130

Claim:
Electrical terminal for routing a line through a housing wall, comprising: a rectangular terminal housing of insulating material, with at least one terminal connecting element; and a mounting element for fixing the terminal housing in a rectangular wall opening of the housing wall, the mounting element having at least one fixing element and an elastic clamping element which is located essentially perpendicular to the fixing element such when the terminal housing is mounted to the housing wall the clamping element acts against an inside edge of the narrow side of the wall opening; wherein the mounting element has an actuating wedge which is pivotally located on the mounting element such that the actuating wedge can be pivoted into a position in which the elastic clamping element in the mounted state of the terminal is pressed by the actuating wedge against the corresponding inside edge of the wall opening, and wherein the actuating wedge can be fixed in this position.