Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Mountable terminal blocks for contactors and operator elements
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Application No.: US15067845Application Date: 2016-03-11
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Publication No.: US10446952B2Publication Date: 2019-10-15
- Inventor: Peter Joseph Fanduzzi , Joseph Paul Uphaus , Thomas Francis Kurland
- Applicant: Eaton Corporation
- Applicant Address: IE Dublin
- Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
- Current Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
- Current Assignee Address: IE Dublin
- Agency: Ziolkowski Patent Solutions Group, SC
- Main IPC: H01R9/24
- IPC: H01R9/24 ; H05K5/02 ; H05K5/00 ; H02B1/32

Abstract:
A wire connection accessory is disclosed that includes a mounting structure formed thereon configured to mate with an existing mounting feature provided on a “host” electrical switching component or “host” operator switch present within an electrical enclosure/assembly is disclosed. The wire connection accessory comprises a component whose mechanical and electrical state does not change response to functioning of the host device to which it is mounted. The host electrical switching component or operator switch includes a first mounting feature formed on an external surface thereof so as to serve as a host device. The wire connection accessory includes a second mounting feature mateable with the first mounting feature to selectively affix the wire connection accessory to the host device.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170264029A1 MOUNTABLE TERMINAL BLOCKS FOR CONTACTORS AND OPERATOR ELEMENTS Public/Granted day:2017-09-14
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