Electrical terminal block with interlocking sections
CA 1102896 A · Owner: North American Philips Corporation · Inventors: Soltis, Andrew P.; Ustin, George
Overview
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A sectional terminal block assembly has identical interlocking sections hold together by the electrical elements. Each section has n projection portion and a recess portion shaped to receive the projecting portion of an adjoining section, the projecting and recess portions having interlocking shapes to prevent transverse motion or twist. Each contact element has an arm locked in aligned transverse slots in the projecting and recess portions to prevent relative motion longitudinally. A simple plastic cover snaps over the top of barriers between adjacent contact elements, and is pivotal upward from either side to allow access to the contacts.
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- Granted June 9, 1981. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended June 9, 1998.
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