Abstract: A terminal including a cage comprising a counter-support wall; a yoke including a supporting wall delimiting with said counter-support wall a first clamping location, laid out so as to allow the introduction of at least one first conducting element; and a front wall; a clamping member; where the clamping member delimits with the supporting wall of the yoke a second clamping location; and the front wall of the yoke is provided with a lumen laid out so as to allow introduction into the second clamping location of at least one second conducting element along a second direction parallel to the first direction.

Abstract: The method comprising displacing the formed electric arc towards an electrode located in an intermediate position between both main electrodes; a separating the formed electric arc into two secondary electric arcs, a semiconductor switch, normally open, connecting the intermediate electrode to one of the main electrodes; closing the semiconductor switch in order to extinguish the secondary electric arc between both electrodes connected by the semiconductor switch; opening the semiconductor switch in order to extinguish the other secondary electric arc. The disclosure further relates to a protection method and a protection device, notably a protection device specially designed for applying the method.