Patent ID: 6916214

Claim:
In a connecting terminal having a connecting structure with a device for contacting at least one conductor to be connected via the connecting terminal and with a conductor track connection for connecting the connecting terminal to a profiled protective conductor bar, the conductor bar having lateral flanges disposed in a common plane, the improvement which comprises: the conductor track connection being integrally formed of metal in one piece with the connecting structure, and the conductor track connection including: a base section, formed with contact projections configured to abut against the lateral flanges of the conductor bar, and a resilient latching section with a latching projection configured to cooperate with a section of the conductor bar in arresting the connecting terminal on the conductor bar; a locking section formed with a locking contact projection and configured to cooperate with said base section in locking the connecting terminal to further section of the conductor bar; whereby the connecting terminal connects to the conductor bar by locking one of the lateral flanges between said locking contact projection and one of said contact projections of said base section; and by latching another of the lateral flanges between said latching projection and another of said contact projections of said base section.