Patent ID: 8581131

Claim:
A modular terminal, comprising: a terminal housing with a busbar formed of two sections, two terminal elements for connecting a respective conductor to each section of the busbar and a blade which is pivotally supported in the terminal housing, the two sections being connected to one another in a first position of the blade and being separated from one another in a second position of the blade, and ends of the sections of the busbar facing away from the terminal elements being bent such that the end of the first position of the blade the end of the first section of the busbar makes contact with the blade on an upper contact region and the end of the second section of the busbar makes contact with the isolating blade on a lower contact region, wherein a pivot axis of the isolating blade is located between the upper contact region and the lower contact region and in the second position of the isolating blade, both the end of the first section of the busbar is spaced apart from the upper contact region of the blade and also the end of the second section of the busbar is spaced apart from the lower contact region of the blade, wherein the blade is angled such that the lower contact region of the isolating blade which is located underneath the pivot axis is bent away from the end of the second section of the busbar, so that in the second position of the blade the geometry of the isolating blade increases the isolating distance between the lower contact region of the blade and the end of the second section of the busbar.