A fusible terminal device for protecting electrical cable networks from detrimental effects of overloads.

In an electrical component support assembly the lead wires (which are of different gauges) of electrical components, e.g. resistors, are each griped by the walls of two slots of identical slotted plate terminals. The slots nearest the components have a minimum width greater than that of the slots farther from the components so that the smaller gauge lead wires are securely gripped by the slot walls of the farther slots but the larger lead wires are not sheared through by the walls of the slots n...

An earthing terminal for mounting on a support rail having a channel section with outwardly turned flanges comprises a yoke of bent sheet metal with a pair of hooks to fit under the flanges, and a metal clamping member with terminals, disposed between respective side parts of the yoke. The yoke has on each side part a lug, the ends of which are bent over to form flanges in which is threaded a clamping screw which contacts the metal member. By means of the clamping screw, the flanges of the suppo...

A terminal collar for electrically connecting a contact element includes a yoke of strip metal in the shape of a closed loop. End portions of the strip overlap, one being formed with a clearance opening and the other having a swaged boss engaging in the opening to prevent relative lateral deviation of the end portions. Side walls of the yoke define reentrant angles. Upon advancement of a screw through threads formed in the boss the contact element and conductor are clamped within the yoke. The s...

A barrier block is disclosed which incorporates an electrical terminal in the form of a hollow cylindrical barrel provided with a longitudinal slot divided into one or more pairs of wire gripping jaws. The barrel is integral with a second electrical contact seatec on a web which interconnects a pair of partition walls. Opposite ends of the barrier block are molded with intermateable channels allowing a plurality of barrier blocks to be intermated and latched together.

An electrical terminal stamped and formed from sheet metal, comprises a base having two opposed edge portions each bent twice through ninety degress to extend first away from the base and then over the base towards the other edge portion whereby the base and edge portions together define a passage, the free ends of the edge portions together defining a slot extending axially of the base and having a substantially closed end at one end of the base and a wider portion intermediate the ends of the ...

A spade terminal of unitary sheet metal construction comprises a flanged forward portion, a triple layer median portion and a rearward attachment portion. The flanges extend in opposite direction to a height equal to a layer thickness. The triple layer median portion comprises upper and lower wings which terminate short of opposite longitudinal sides so that each longitudinal side is a double layer. This configuration permits use with an insulator body having guide channels for the forward and m...

A terminal post is provided, for terminating buried cable, made of extruded aluminum and providing full access to the connector blocks housed inside by means of fully removable cover and a doubly hinged panel.

A compact electrical terminal socket for use with electrical devices, such as control relays with pin contact members thereon, comprises two separable interconnected socket body sections, to wit, a top-half section mounted onto a recessed floor of a bottom-half section. The top-half section is provided with a first and second plurality of recessed terminal-receiving cavities having therein corresponding first and second pluralities of terminal contact members. The first and second plurality of r...

A self-locking and aligning terminal member for affixing electrical wires to a device such as a coil, comprising a smooth surfaced rod bent approximately 180.degree. upon itself to provide a pair of generally parallel leg sections extending from the bend and with each terminating in an outward projecting flare forming barbs to lock the member within a receiving recess. The parallel leg sections of the terminal member are provided with a laterally bowed section adjacent the bend for receiving the...