Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Reconfigurable electrical terminal with multiple configurations employing a clamp and a fastener
- Patent Title (中): 具有采用夹具和紧固件的多种配置的可重构电气端子
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Application No.: US13652571Application Date: 2012-10-16
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Publication No.: US08795006B2Publication Date: 2014-08-05
- Inventor: Jerry R. Hoffman
- Applicant: Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.
- Applicant Address: US NY Melville
- Assignee: Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.
- Current Assignee: Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Melville
- Agency: Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.
- Main IPC: H01R4/36
- IPC: H01R4/36 ; H01R4/48 ; H01R43/26

Abstract:
An electrical receptacle terminal includes a contact portion having a plurality of tabs, a clamp having a notch on one end and an aperture on a second end, and a fastener that engages the clamp aperture. The notch on the clamp is configured to receive any one of the plurality of tabs on the contact portion, so that the contact portion is substantially perpendicular to the clamp. The configuration of the terminal varies depending on which one of the plurality of tabs of the contact portion is engaged with the notch on the clamp. The positioning of the clamp in relation to the contact portion, and the ability to configure a terminal in a different orientation with the same component parts, allows for substantially identical terminal components to be used in one or more receptacle terminals as well as substantially identical terminal components across different types of receptacles.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140106627A1 Reconfigurable Terminal with Multiple Configurations Public/Granted day:2014-04-17
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