Abstract: An electrical contact element (1) for transmitting high currents has a connection region (A) and a contact region (K). The connection region (A) has a cylindrical opening (2) and the contact region (K) has a cylindrical passage opening (3). The opening (2) and the passage opening (3) are oriented orthogonally relative to each other and a peripheral contact strip (4) is arranged within the cylindrical passage opening (3).

Abstract: A grounding bushing with a central opening for electrically grounding a conduit, electrical metal tubing (EMT), or a pipe. The grounding bushing includes a stationary bushing portion and a rotatable bushing portion having slotted ends held together by mounting fasteners. The slotted ends permit rotation of the rotatable bushing portion away from the stationary bushing portion. After attachment to a conduit or similar structure, one or more mounting fasteners can be loosened to allow installation of additional wires through the central opening and into the conduit, EMT, or pipe. An electrically insulated liner extending around the entire inner periphery of the bushing prevents chafing or abrasion of any electrical wires by the end of the conduit.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides pin adapter type cable connectors used to terminate electrical conductors into mechanical connectors or other terminations typically found in electrical equipment. The connectors include a connector body having a conductor bore to receive a bare portion of an electrical conductor, a fastener that is coupled to the connector body and used to secure the bare portion of an electrical conductor to the connector body, and a pin adapter having an adapter body that can be removably connected to the connector body and a pin extending from the adapter body.

Abstract: A set screw for connecting conductors with electrical terminals, such as a terminal block of a load panel includes a screw body and a screw face. The screw face fits inside the screw body and is movable along the axis of the screw body. An elastically deformable member, such as a coil spring or set of spring washers is disposed between the screw body and the screw face. The elastically deformable member compresses in response to force exerted between the screw body and screw face. An indicator bar is connected with the screw face and moves along the axis of the screw body along with the screw face in response to the compressive force. The proximal end of the indicator bar extends proximal of the screw body and includes one or more indicia that show the deformation of the elastically deformable member.

Abstract: A terminal for connecting a conductor (301,302) to a connector pin (101) of an electrical apparatus. The connector pin (101) is provided with an external thread. The terminal has a first central and a second central threaded hole (111,112), which intersect perpendicularly. The internal threads of the threaded holes (111,112) match the external thread of the connector pin (101), so that the terminal is screwable in two different orientations onto the connector pin (101). The terminal has one or more conductor channels for the connection of leads (301,302).

Abstract: Connectors for linear lighting are disclosed. These connectors are adapted to electrically connect two strips of linear lighting, or a single strip of linear lighting and an appropriate number of wires. At least the portions of the connectors that accept the strips of linear lighting have sloped ramps that provide strain relief to the strips of linear lighting. Additionally, pivoting connectors that allow their sides to rotate relative to one another are disclosed.

Abstract: A connector housing comprises a plurality of walls enclosing a receiving space and defining an insertion port. Each of a pair of adjacent walls of the plurality of walls has one of a pair of connecting mechanisms at adjacent edges of the pair of adjacent walls near the insertion port. The pair of connecting mechanisms are complementary to each other and the adjacent edges of the pair of adjacent walls are connected to each other by the connecting mechanisms.

Abstract: An electrical coupling method for coupling an electrical conductor to a connector may provide for the elimination of pre-crimping, crimp tooling and pre-crimp UL testing certifications that go with it, and by testing standard generic ferrules in the said Dual Rated connectors, and by use of a UL approved instruction sheet, for the user to utilize generic ferrules. The may include the steps of: inserting one or more electrical conductors and an uncrimped ferrule into a connector aperture of an electrical connector, the one or more electrical conductors and uncrimped ferrule being uncoupled to each other prior to insertion into the connector aperture; and screwing a clamping screw so that preferably the clamping screw simultaneously (i) crimps the uncrimped ferrule to the first electrical conductor and (ii) secures the ferrule and first electrical conductor to the electrical connector within the connector aperture.

Abstract: Conductive assembly for switchboard terminal blocks comprising a conductor element (200) for electrically connecting together the input and output (IN/OUT) of a switchboard terminal block, and resilient means for retaining electric wires (1) comprising at least one resilient element (100) with a body (110) having a first arm (111) substantially parallel to the vertical direction (Z-Z) and a second arm (112) forming an acute internal angle with the first vertical arm (111), which arms are resiliently connected together by a curved section (113), said conductor element (200) having a substantially U-shaped form and arms (211) which extend parallel to a substantially vertical direction (Z-Z) and are situated opposite each other in the longitudinal direction (X-X), wherein the conductor element comprises a pair of shoulders (212), each extending from the base (212) parallel to the vertical direction (Z-Z) and arranged facing, at a suitable distance, a respective vertical arm (211) of the conductor element.

Abstract: An assembly is provided for a connector of an electrical wiring device having a base with a plurality of electrical terminals having a connecting screw. The assembly includes a plurality of terminal connector with a base extending from the first end and having a screw hole for coupling to one of the electrical terminals by a connecting screw. The leg has a screw hole receiving a coupling screw for electrically connecting a wire to the terminal connector and the terminal of the electrical wiring device. A clamping member receives the coupling screw for clamping the wire between the leg and clamping member. A cover encloses the terminal connectors and includes one or more apertures directing a wire through the cover to the terminal connector assembly to clamp the wire in place. Access openings are provided in a wall of the cover to access the coupling screws for clamping wires to the terminal connector assembly.

Abstract: A compression connector including a tubular connector body with a through bore, a flange, a leading end and a trailing end for connecting ground conductors to a load center. A nose extends from the flange to the leading end and a trailing body portion extends to the trailing end. A boss on the connector body includes a threaded bore and an opening on each side of the boss. A screw within the threaded bore of the boss holds a clip to the connector body. The clip includes two legs with arcuate ends that bisect the through bore. Insertion of a grounding electrode conductor into the through bore and tightening of the clip enables a secure connection of the conductor grounding electrode to the connector body. A threaded nose and a locknut are provided on the compression connector to facilitate attachment of the leading end of the connector body to a knockout aperture in a load center.

Abstract: A mechanical lug assembly for an electrical power device includes a spring clamp and a cradle. The spring clamp has a fixed section, a clamping section, and a deflecting section. The deflecting section has a deflecting spring force DF to allow flexible bending of the clamping section relative to the fixed section. The clamping section is offset relative to the fixed section. The cradle has a fastened section mounted to the fixed section to form a closed end of the lug assembly. The cradle has a terminal section extending from the fastened section along the clamping section to form an open end of the lug assembly. The cradle further has a pair of side walls extending at an angle from respective sides of the terminal section towards the spring clamp. The clamping section is fixed in place between the side walls.

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: 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.

Abstract: A wire-grasping structure for a terminal block is disclosed. The wire-grasping structure includes a core, a conductive terminal piece and a screw. The core is transversely formed with a socket and vertically formed with a threaded hole. The socket and the threaded hole are communicated mutually and each communicated with the exterior of the core. The conductive terminal piece has a receiving portion and a terminal portion. The terminal portion is configured to be horizontally inserted into the socket such that the receiving portion projects from the core terminal portion. The screw is configured to be vertically screwed in to the threaded hole and enter the socket to abut against the terminal portion. Thereby, the wire-grasping structure can store a jumper bar and facilitate convenient use.

Abstract: The invention relates to a terminal having a housing and a duct for accommodating a screw, wherein a securing device is provided that has a holding unit configured on the housing in order to enable the captive accommodation of the screw in the duct. The securing device enables an insertion of a screw into the duct in the base state, wherein a secured state is achieved after insertion of a screw by a plastic deformation of the holding unit into the free cross-section of the duct in which a screw is captively accommodated.

Abstract: A cable connector with an oblique ground adapter includes a main body, a cable adapter and a ground adapter. The main body is formed with a vertical main plate and a side plate. The main plate has one side extended integrally with the side plate. The cable adapter secured on the main plate has an interior bored with a cable insert hole having a shaft line formed along a shaft center, longitudinally defined to have a perpendicular line to be intersected with the first shaft line. The ground adapter obliquely mounted on the side plate has an interior disposed with a threaded hole, having second shaft line formed along the shaft center of the threaded hole and slanting toward the perpendicular line to be intersected and formed with an acute angle, diminishing the breadth and volume of the side plate for lowering manufacturing cost of cable connectors.

Abstract: A screw terminal with creep compensation comprises a pressure device enabling a clamping energy of the terminal to be stored. According to the invention, means for detecting the tightening torque enable the user to identify the force required for connection and to check that the creep is in fact compensated. The means for detecting comprise an element securedly affixed to the pressure device and an element securedly affixed to a wall of the housing in which the terminal is fitted, the distance between the two elements being determined by means enabling indicating means to be actuated when the distance is smaller than a threshold corresponding to a predetermined tightening torque.

Abstract: A headless wire binding screw for use in a circuit breaker contains a slotted drive in combination with a Robertson drive. The slotted drive is for use with a slotted-type driver (such as a slotted screwdriver) and the Robertson drive is for use with a Robertson-type driver (such as a Robertson screwdriver). The screw has a body with a diameter of constant size along the entire length of the body. The screw also has an external thread that is formed along the entire length of the body.

Abstract: An electrical plug connector includes an insulating body supporting electrical contact elements having a connector portion and a conductor connection portion. At least one retaining element is configured to contact a respective at least one contact insert and has at least one flange with at least one punched hole configured to fasten the electrical plug connector to at least one of a housing and a control cabinet. A tension sleeve has a terminal screw configured to connect a ground conductor with the electrically conductive metal element. A U-shaped frame is configured to receive and guide the tension sleeve. A conductor bar is disposed on the electrically conductive metal element angularly offset from the U-shaped frame and is configured to engage the tension sleeve.

Abstract: The invention relates to a contact element for printed circuit boards, comprising a terminal body that has an insertion opening for the insertion of a conductor and a screw for the fastening by clamping of the conductor within the terminal body. A seating element with a seating surface is detachably fastenable by a fastening element to the contact element. The seating surface has a surface area that is greater than the cross-sectional surface area of the terminal body.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a bolt connecting structure of wire, includes: a housing, which is an electronic device; a connecting seat integratedly provided at a lateral side of the housing, a bolt hole is axially provided on the top surface of the connecting seat, the bottom surface of the connecting seat is provided with at least one contact surface; a pressing member, which is a hollow frame member, the height of the frame slot provided at the center of the hollow frame member is larger than that of the connecting seat and the frame slot is provided on the connecting seat, the top surface of the pressing member is provided with an adjusting screw hole with respect to the bolt hole, the bottom end of the pressing member is provided with a bottom sheet, at least one wire passing slot is provided on the front and the rear walls of the pressing member and is upwardly extended from the bottom sheet; and a bolt having a head section for being operated by tools and a thread section, the thread section is scr

Abstract: An improved electrical plug-and-socket connectors with screw-type clamping connections has a step-shaped screw brake for protecting against loss of the clamping screw of connecting stranded conductors of electrical components having as the clamping mode a screw-type clamping connection. The screw brake has one, two or more strips. The plug-and-socket connector has a screw-type connection, having an insulating part, arranged to accommodate at least one contact insert. The contact insert has a substantially cylindrical shape and comprises a contact portion for electrical/mechanical connection to an oppositely shaped contact piece of a matched plug-and-socket connector at a first end of the contact insert. It further comprises an insertion opening for at least one connecting stranded conductor at a second end of the contact insert, there opening in the insertion opening a screw hole which is oriented substantially transversely relative to the central longitudinal axis thereof and comprises an internal thread.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a screw connecting terminal which comprises a clamping part, which is essentially in the form of a frame and has longitudinal, narrow and broad faces, a clamping screw which is held in a threaded opening in the clamping part, and a busbar which passes through the interior of the frame-like clamping part and is arranged such that it can move with respect to the clamping part, and whose broad face when in the installed state is oriented parallel to the broad face of the clamping part, with the clamping part being movable in its longitudinal direction relative to the busbar by rotation of the clamping screw, such that a connecting conductor can be clamped firmly between the side of the busbar which faces away from the clamping screw and the broad face of the clamping part which faces away from the clamping screw.

Abstract: A switching apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus comprises an electrical contactor including a set of main terminals per phase and an auxiliary switch including a set of auxiliary terminals per phase. Each set of the auxiliary terminals is electrically connected to a respective set of the main terminals via a resistance wire, such that each set of the auxiliary terminals is electrically connected in parallel with each respective set of the main terminals. Each resistance wire includes a first terminal at a first end configured to connect to one of the set of auxiliary terminals, and a second terminal at a second end configured to connect to a respective one of the set of main terminals. The second terminal of the resistance wire comprises a retention hook configured to hook onto the respective main terminal.

Abstract: An electrically-conductive terminal adapted for use in an electrical connector includes a horizontal upper surface containing a downwardly extending first bore in which is mounted a U-shaped protective spring. The spring has a bulging generally circular bridging portion adjacent the bottom of the first bore, and a pair of upwardly extending leg portions. One of the leg portions is adapted to be displaced by a clamping screw mounted in a threaded horizontal second bore toward clamping engagement with a bare conductor that is inserted downwardly into the first bore. The bulging bridging portion of the spring extends into diametrically opposed recesses contained in the wall of the first bore and defined by a horizontal third bore, thereby to retain the protective spring in the first bore.

Abstract: Terminal block comprising a body having, formed internally, a chamber for housing a clamp for retaining the ends of electric cables or wire, which can be operated by an operating mechanism, at least two openings for introducing said wires, at least one opening for access to the operating mechanism, the clamp consisting of at least two jaws which are situated opposite each other in the direction (Z-Z) transverse to the longitudinal direction of the electric wires and respectively comprising at least one base and at least one pair of lugs which are discontinuous in the longitudinal direction (X-X) so as to define respective seats suitable for engagement in the vertical direction (Z-Z) with corresponding lugs of the other jaw and each of the lugs having a cross-section substantially in the form of an isosceles triangle.

Abstract: A signal line connector for electrically connecting two signal lines is provided. The signal line connector includes a base, a conductive element, and two pressing elements. The base has two sockets, allowing terminals of the signal lines to be inserted into the base. The conductive element is embedded in the base, and two ends of the conductive element are respectively corresponding to the sockets. The two pressing elements are movably disposed in the base, and are respectively corresponding to the sockets. The pressing elements press against the terminals of the signal lines to the conductive element at a clamping position, so as to electrically connect the signal lines to the conductive element. Or, the pressing elements separate the terminals of the two signal lines from the conductive element at a release position.

Abstract: A terminal contact and clamp assembly has a cage clamp and an inner contact. The cage clamp has a top, a bottom, a through hole multiple bottom teeth and at least one protruding tooth. The bottom has an inner bottom surface. The bottom teeth are formed on the inner bottom surface. The at least one protruding tooth is formed on and protrudes up from the inner bottom surface and has a top end higher than the inner bottom surface. The inner contact is mounted in the through hole. The at least one protruding tooth deeply bites an exposed wire core of a cable and prevents the cable from slipping out of the terminal contact and clamp assembly.

Abstract: The present invention comprises a U-bolt connector for connecting pairs of stator coil headers 2 with ball headers 6 comprising, a U-bolt 16, top capping pieces 18,20, bottom capping pieces 20, 21, a variable piece 24, and a tightening mechanism 26. The top capping pieces 18,20 secure one ball connector in the pair of stator coil headers and the bottom capping pieces 20, 21 secure another ball connector in the pair of stator coil headers, while the variable piece 24 is disposed between the top capping pieces and the bottom capping pieces. The U-bolt 16 embraces the top capping pieces 18,20, the bottom capping pieces 20, 21 and the variable piece 24, where the tightening mechanism 26 holds the U-bolt tightly to the top capping pieces, the bottom capping pieces and the variable piece and is located at the end of the U-bolt.

Abstract: A charge section, for example a terminal metal fitting, pushing screw, metal retainer and terminal plate, is covered by an upper insulation case and a lower insulation case. An opening of the upper insulation case and openings of a lower insulation case in which a connection electric wire that is inserted are sealed, in a condition where an electric wire is not wired, by the superposition of insulation cases or a cover body. As a result, the charge section is prevented from being excessively exposed to protect the charge section from being contacted, regardless of whether the wiring is not yet performed or being performed.

Abstract: A socket assembly for mounting an electric meter comprising a plurality of power line connector subassemblies for connecting electric power lines to the socket assembly. Each subassembly comprises a generally U-shaped lug of electrically conductive material defining a saddle for supporting one of the electric power lines, a connector and a screw. The connector comprises a body of electrically conductive material having opposite sides slidably engageable with respective legs of the lug. A horn of electrically conductive material projects from the body for connection to a bypass conductor forming at least part of an electrical path for bypassing the electric meter. The screw is threadable through a screw opening in the connector to a position in which the screw is adapted to contact said power line in the saddle of the lug.

Abstract: An electrical limit switch (10) is provided and comprises a number of contact elements (30) each having a slot (32) with inner cutting edges (34) for penetrating the insulation of and containing a conducting element (48). The contact elements (30) are provided on a body which engages a base (56) wherein the base (56) receives a plurality of conducting elements (48). Upon engagement of the body and base (56), the conducting elements (48) are foced into respective slots (32) in the contact elements (30), thus providing a rapid electrical connection. The switching means of the limit switch (1) is provided by an actuating arrangement (14) including a plunger portion (16) and a roller (18), wherein the plunger(16) includes electrical contacts (36a, 36b) which are moveable with the plunger. Each contact (36a, 36b) provides an electrical connection between two of the contact elements (30) when the plunger (16) is in the appropriate position.

Abstract: A screw radial connector for electric wires includes a case, a connecting base, a press member and a bolt. The case is capable of providing coaxial cable connector. The connecting base, being integrally attached to a lateral side of the case has a top with a lock hole extending downward from the top to communicate with a receiving part. A stop part is disposed at an inner side of a lateral wall of the receiving part extending inward and upward and a lead rod is opposite to the stop part and passes through the bottom and the top of the connecting base. The press member is a hollow box with an open side with a top groove at an upper side thereof and an inner chamber under the upper side communicating with the top groove.

Abstract: A terminal-mounting seat includes a conducting member mounted fixedly in a housing and having an elongate contacting end portion and a terminal-engaging end portion that is in electrical contact with a terminal and that is adjacent to a front open side of the housing. A mounting block is mounted movably in the housing, and has an insert hole permitting extension of the contacting end portion thereinto. A cover body is mounted on the front open side of the housing for concealing the conducting member and the mounting block within the housing, and has an insert groove permitting insertion of an electrical wire therethrough via the front open side. A fastening member is mounted rotatably in a through hole in the housing, engages a threaded hole in the mounting block, and is operable so as to move the mounting block to move upwardly within the housing.

Abstract: Certain exemplary embodiments comprise a system comprising: a connector for electrically coupling a plurality of wires to a printed circuit board, a termination end of each of the plurality of wires stripped of insulation, said connector comprising: a housing defining a plurality of a co-planar plurality of openings; and a plurality of clamps, each of the plurality of clamps adapted to receive the stripped termination end of at least one of the plurality of wires via the corresponding opening; wherein said plurality of screw-actuated clamps are disposed in an alternating proximal-distal relationship with respect to said co-planar plurality of openings.

Abstract: A connector assembly releasably affixes a lead on an implantable medical device. The lead includes a lead body. The connector assembly comprises a support, a side clamp defining with the support confronting surfaces configured to receive a proximal end portion of the lead body. A fastener is adapted to be received by the support for urging the side clamp toward the support and for clamping the proximal end portion of the lead body between the confronting surfaces. The fastener may extend through the side clamp and may be threadedly received by the support. Further, the support may carry a retainer for inhibiting the removal of the fastener from the support. The side clamp and the support may define additional confronting surfaces configured to receive a proximal end portion of an additional lead body, the fastener being adapted to urge the side clamp toward the support to clamp the proximal end portion of the additional confronting surfaces.

Abstract: A fast change electric transformer connector is disclosed, which includes a cable connector having a cable attachment section, a connector extension connected to the cable attachment section, and a stud slide adaptor connected to a side of the connector extension for slidably attaching the cable connector to a transformer stud; and a stud screw adaptor complimentary to a transformer stud. The cable attachment section includes a cable receiving body having multiple receiving slots for receiving cables; and multiple removable sliding cable fastening blocks disposed within the receiving slots for fastening the cables. Each sliding cable fastening block can be slid in or out from the receiving slot for conveniently installing a large cable. Also disclosed are a transformer connector and a transformer adaptor, which have an adaptor extension for connecting between the transformer stud and the cable connection portion of the connector/adaptor, for use when shorted cables are cut.

Abstract: A protection and control assembly includes a power terminal block having openings, and electrical switch devices having input side conducting connection strips and output side conducting connection strips that project from a horizontal connection area on the input side and output side, respectively, of the electrical switch devices along a vertical axis. The electrical switch devices are positioned adjacent to each other along a direction parallel to the vertical axis, and the power terminal block makes the electrical connection by clamping the output side conducting connection strips of a first electrical switch device with the input side conducting connection strips of a second electrical switch device.

Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes a conductive bridge strap for electrically connecting together a plurality of selected bus bars respectively arranged in chambers contained in a row in the upper portion of a housing formed of synthetic plastic insulating material. Horizontal fastening screws bias the bus bars into respective engagement with conductors inserted downwardly into the chambers via top openings contained in a lid or cover for the housing, and resilient contacts are carried by the bottom portions of the bus bars for engagement by wires inserted upwardly into the chambers via bottom openings contained in the bottom of the housing. In a preferred embodiment, spaced portions of the conductive bridge strap defined by a vertical slot in the leg of the U-shaped bridge member extend within the respective chambers and are permanently secured to the associated bus bars, respectively.

Abstract: Screw terminal connected to a conductor device mounted on a piece of electrical equipment to connect at least one conductor, composed of a connection cage and a screw, the cage and/or the screw being movable inside the terminal housing. A pressure device (30) composed of a head plate (31) and a pressure plate (32) connected to each other by two elastic symmetrical wings (33, 34) designed to store torque energy, the head plate being convex in shape and attached by the screw neck. The pressure plate can be applied against a conductor or against the conductor device on the equipment, and the elastic wings are concave in shape, with a concavity that is reduced as the pressure on the screw is increased.

Abstract: A lay-in electrical connector having a lug body with multiple dividing walls defining multiple conductor-receiving channels, multiple lug caps each associated with one of the conductor-receiving channels, and a tang secured with the lug body. The electrical connector is free of welded joints as the tang is coupled with the lug body by a clamping force applied by binding screws of the lug caps to conductors positioned within corresponding ones of the conductor-receiving channels. The tang, including the mounting holes extending through the tang, may be formed by an extrusion process. A removable plug element is provided for holding the lug caps and/or tang in a pre-assembled relationship with the lug body prior to use.

Abstract: A fuse box in which wire distribution blocks each have a receiving chamber and a metal wire clip in the receiving chamber, and tightening up screws are respectively threaded into the wire distribution blocks to compress the respective metal wire clips and to force the respective metal wire clips into positive engagement with respective electric wires. Metal spring plates are mounted in respective oblique insertion holes in the wire distribution blocks to hold fuses in a tilted position, so that less vertical installation space is occupied.

Abstract: Screw terminal connected to a conductor device mounted on a piece of electrical equipment to connect at least one conductor, composed of a connection cage and a screw, the cage and/or the screw being movable inside the terminal housing.

Abstract: The invention relates to a connecting terminal having a housing (14) in which a lift cage (22) is arranged, with the housing (14) and the lift cage (22) each having a first opening (20,21) which can be aligned such that it is flush, for inserting a cable end (24) into the lift cage (22), in which the housing (14) and the lift cage (22) each have a second opening (36,37), which can be aligned such that it is flush, for inserting at least one part (30a,30b) of a circuit board (10) into the lift cage (22). It also relates to a system for producing a conductive connection between at least one part (30a,30b) of a circuit board and a connecting terminal according to the invention, in which case the system furthermore comprises a U-shaped crushing protection device (38) which can be pushed over that part (30a,30b) of the circuit board (10) which can be inserted into the connecting terminal in order to produce a conductive connection to the cable end (24).

Abstract: A terminal for an electrical connector comprises a pin having a channel for receiving an electrical conductor cable. A screw threaded into the pin secures the electrical cable in the channel by applying pressure to the cable by rotation of the screw. A pressure transfer element is positioned between the screw and the channel for applying pressure from the screw to the cable in the channel to secure the cable in the opening. The pressure transfer element is mounted in such a manner as to allow movement of the element towards the cable but to prevent rotary movement of the element relative to the said channel to prevent distortion of the cable.

Abstract: A signal distributor includes a main body, a screw and a clamp attached to the screw. The main body has a ground outlet formed with a threaded hole, an orifice laterally extending through the threaded hole, and a pair of grooves axially and diametrically defined in an inner periphery of the threaded hole. The screw has a head, a threaded shank engagable with the threaded hole and a flanged neck formed between the head and the threaded shank. The clamp has a strip deformable to be held in the flanged neck, two extensions extending downwardly from an under face of the strip and movable in the groove, and a contact connected to distal ends of the extensions. The contact defines a substantially V-shaped slot in an under face thereof to engage a ground wire to be held in the orifice.

Abstract: A terminal for an electrical connector comprises a pin having a channel for receiving an electrical conductor cable. A screw threaded into the pin secures the electrical cable in the channel by applying pressure to the cable by rotation of the screw. A pressure transfer element is positioned between the screw and the channel for applying pressure from the screw to the cable in the channel to secure the cable in the opening. The pressure transfer element is mounted in such a manner as to allow movement of the element towards the cable but to prevent rotary movement of the element relative to the said channel to prevent distortion of the cable.

Abstract: A connector for connecting a power cable with solid insulation to medium-voltage equipment comprising a connection device arranged in an angular housing. The connector comprises a screwable pin contact which is connected to the cable core. The device comprises a guide sleeve, fixed in the angular housing, with an extension made in the shape of a jaw, into which sleeve the cable core is inserted, and a clamping block, into which the pin contact is threaded. The inner end of the pin contact makes contact with the jaw such that, when tightening the pin contact, the cable core is squeezed between the clamping block and the jaw. The angular housing comprises an outer semiconducting layer, the end of which, connecting onto the cable, is capable of being folded up. The connector is removable fixed to the medium-voltage equipment with a clamping device which is arranged in one piece of resilient wire.

Abstract: A terminal for an electrical connector comprises a pin having a channel for receiving an electrical conductor cable. A screw threaded into the pin secures the electrical cable in the channel by applying pressure to the cable by rotation of the screw. A pressure transfer element is positioned between the screw and the channel for applying pressure from the screw to the cable in the channel to secure the cable in the opening. The pressure transfer element is mounted in such a manner as to allow movement of the element towards the cable but to prevent rotary movement of the element relative to the said channel to prevent distortion of the cable.