US 12,407,115 B2
Terminal, tool for connecting an electric conductor to the terminal, and method for connecting an electric conductor to the terminal
Andreas Wendt, Berlin (DE)
Assigned to PHOENIX CONTACT GMBH & CO. KG, Blomberg (DE)
Appl. No. 18/043,056
Filed by PHOENIX CONTACT GMBH & CO. KG, Blomberg (DE)
PCT Filed Sep. 1, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/074078
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 27, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/053361, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 17, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 102037 (LU), filed on Sep. 9, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0361490 A1, Nov. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 12/00 (2006.01); H01R 4/2445 (2018.01); H01R 12/53 (2011.01); H01R 43/28 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 4/2445 (2013.01) [H01R 12/53 (2013.01); H01R 43/28 (2013.01)] 29 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A terminal for connecting an electrical conductor with a sheath, the terminal comprising:
a first side wall section and a second side wall section, which are arranged opposite one another and/or spaced apart from one another,
wherein the first side wall section has a first terminal element and the second side wall section has a second terminal element which are assigned to one another in to form a terminal slot and are arranged at least sectionally at a distance from one another, and
wherein the first side wall section has a cutout in its end face, at which the electrical conductor is guided on the terminal slot for connection to the terminal, which cutout is groove-shaped to at least sectionally receive in the cutout a tool placed on the terminal in a form-fitting manner.