Patent ID: 7648403

Claim:
An assembly comprising: a printed circuit board having a top surface and a bottom surface, the printed circuit board further having a recess on an edge of the printed circuit board, the top surface of the printed circuit board having a pair of terminal strip conductors extending laterally from the edge of the printed circuit board on opposite sides of the recess; and a screwless terminal connection having a conductor rail and a clamping spring; the conductor rail including a triangular contour including a base part, a first side part, and a second side part, wherein the first side part is connected to the base part and the second side part is connected to the first side part; the clamping spring including a first spring leg, a second spring leg, and a third spring leg, wherein the first spring leg is connected to the second spring leg and the second spring leg is connected to the third spring leg; wherein the conductor rail is mounted to the top surface of the printed circuit board with the base part of the conductor rail bridging the recess and being soldered to the terminal strip conductors on the top surface of the printed circuit board; wherein the clamping spring is fixed to the conductor rail with the first spring leg of the clamping spring contacting the base part of the conductor rail and the second spring leg of the clamping spring extending through the recess of the printed circuit board beneath the lower surface of the printed circuit board.