Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Lawrence E. Laubschein
  • Patent number: 6322399
    Abstract: A terminal block assembly includes a first latching arrangement for connecting a pair of parallel terminal blocks at adjacent first ends in side-to-side contiguous relation, the latching arrangement being automatically disengaged when first adjacent ends of the terminal block are manually separated. At the other adjacent ends of the pair of terminal blocks, a conventional second latching arrangement is provided that requires operation by a release tool that is introduced within the terminal block via an access opening contained therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2001
    Assignee: Weidmiller Interface GmbH & Co.
    Inventor: Walter Hanning