| US 7,491,098 B1 | ||
| Screwless terminal for electrical leads | ||
| Josep Pijoan-Parellada, Madrid (Spain); Eduardo Calleja, Mostoles (Spain); Ranjit Manohar Deshmukh, Karnataka (India); Ranganath Gururaj, Karnataka (India); and Venkatesha Murthy, Karnataka (India) | ||
| Assigned to General Electric Company, Schenectady, N.Y. (US) | ||
| Filed on Oct. 10, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/869,984. | ||
| Int. Cl. H01R 4/48 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 439—786 [439/834; 439/835] | 9 Claims |
| 1. A terminal for electrical leads comprising:
a housing;
a guide supported by the housing and comprising stationary guide surfaces;
a current bar interconnected with the guide and comprising at least one contact surface;
a leaf spring comprising at least one limb biased proximal to the at least one contact surface; and
a moveable operator dimensioned and configured to engage the leaf spring whereby the at least one limb moves in a direction
distal to the contact surface.
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