Patent ID: 7048591

Claim:
A terminal-mounting seat comprising: a housing configured with a receiving space and having a front open side and a rear side, said housing further having opposite top and bottom walls, said top wall being formed with a through hole in spatial communication with said receiving space, said bottom wall being formed with a mounting hole that is in spatial communication with said receiving space and that is adapted to permit extension of a terminal therethrough; a conducting member mounted fixedly in said receiving space in said housing, said conducting member having an terminal-engaging end portion disposed adjacent to said rear side of said housing and adapted to be in electrical contact with the terminal, and an elongate contacting end portion connected to said terminal-engaging end portion and disposed adjacent to said front open side of said housing; a mounting block mounted movably in said receiving space in said housing, said mounting block having opposite front and rear surfaces, and a top surface, said mounting block being formed with an insert hole extending from said front surface to said rear surface, and a threaded hole that is formed in said top surface, that is in spatial communication with said insert hole, and that is aligned with said throughhole in said housing, said insert hole permitting extension of said contacting end portion thereinto; a cover body mounted on said front open side of said housing such that said conducting member and said mounting block are concealed within said receiving space in said housing, said cover body being formed with an insert groove adapted to permit an electrical wire to be inserted into said receiving space therethrough; and a fastening member mounted rotatably in said through hole in said housing and extending into said receiving space in said housing, said fastening member having a thread rod portion that engages said threaded hole in said mounting block, said fastening member being operable so as to drive said mounting block to move upwardly within said housing, thereby pressing the electrical wire against said contacting end portion of said conducting member.