Patent ID: 7666037

Claim:
Electrical series terminal, comprising: a terminal housing, at least two conductor connecting elements located in the terminal housing, and at least two current busses having first end regions assigned to a respective conductor connecting element and the second end regions which together form an elastic contact region for accommodating a contact plug of a test plug, the second end regions in an uninserted state of the contact plug making contact in a contact region so that a pair conductor connecting elements are electrically connected to one another via the current busses, wherein the second end regions of the at least two current busses have elastic contact legs which are bent back relative to one another and which together to form a second elastic contact region for holding the contact plug of a test plug, wherein the contact legs of the second contact region in the uninserted state of the contact plug do not touch each other so that the second contact region is open, and wherein the second contact region in an insertion direction of the contact plug of a test plug is located in front of the first contact region so that an inserted contact plug first makes contact with the second contact region and only upon further insertion makes contact with the first contact region.