Patent ID: 7083463

Claim:
Electrical supply or connecting terminal, comprising an insulating housing which has a conductor inlet opening for entry of an electrical conductor which is to be connected, a clamping spring and a metal part, the clamping spring and the metal part, being located in the insulating housing, the clamping spring having a clamping leg and a contact leg, and the metal part having at least one conductor bar piece, and together, the clamping leg and the conductor bar piece forming a spring force clamp connection for the electrical conductor to be connected, wherein a recess is formed in the contact leg of the clamping spring for insertion of the electrical conductor to be connected, wherein the clamping leg and the contact leg of the clamping spring are bent toward one another such that a free end of the clamping leg extends through the recess, wherein the clamping spring has a retaining section which runs essentially parallel to an insertion direction of the electrical conductor which is to be connected and parallel to the conductor bar piece, and wherein an end of the conductor bar piece has been inserted though the recess in a direction opposite the insertion direction of the electrical conductor to be connected, the conductor bar piece being clamped securely between the free end of the clamping leg and the retaining section, wherein the retaining section of the clamping spring has been punched out of the contact leg and bent down, an area of the contact leg from which the retaining section has been removed defining said recess.