Patent ID: 8162689

Claim:
A clamping device for connecting a conductor ( 50 ) without stripping its insulation, the clamping device having a housing ( 14 ) and an actuating part ( 22 ) mounted to pivot between a receiver position and a contact position, the housing including a duct ( 26 ) to receive the conductor ( 50 ) with which contact is to be established, and also a blade contact ( 18 . 1 ) that includes a rear web ( 32 ) and two spring legs ( 36 ) with end sections ( 44 ) bent toward each other that are adjacent to each other along a slot ( 42 ) and include contact blades ( 48 ) extending to the slot ( 42 ) which, when the actuating part ( 22 ) is transferred into the contact position, presses into its duct ( 26 ) and comes into contact with the conductor ( 50 ) contained within it after cutting through its insulation, and with a second contact part ( 18 . 2 ) to route the current path from the blade contact ( 18 . 1 ) out of the housing ( 14 ), which is in electrical contact with the blade contact ( 18 . 1 ), whereby the blade contact ( 18 . 1 ) and the second contact part ( 18 . 2 ) are formed as a single unit and whereby the rear web ( 32 ) of the blade contact ( 18 . 1 ) possesses a section ( 32 . 1 ) that is elongated over connection areas of the spring leg ( 36 ) from whose longitudinal sides spring arms ( 34 ) are bent that together with their ends are shaped into a contact tube or tulip contact ( 40 ).