Electrical terminal block and method of fixture
First Claim
1. An electrical terminal block, comprising:
- four or more lugs projecting downwardly from a generally flat undersurface of the block'"'"'s base for locking the block against a fixed support,wherein the fixed support has edges which are co-planar in a plane parallel to the block'"'"'s undersurface,wherein at least two of the lugs are formed with opposed channels, each open at one side for receiving and laterally abutting against one of two corresponding oppositely-extending edges of the fixed support so as to lock the block against the support, andwherein at least two others of the lugs are stops for laterally abutting corresponding edges. of the fixed support, whereby the block may be fixed to the support by resting its undersurface against the block and twisting it in the plane of the undersurface until two of the at least two, channelled lugs and two of the at least two stop lugs are in abutment against the corresponding edges.
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Abstract
An electrical terminal block whose base has four or more lugs projecting downwardly from a generally flat under-surface for locking the block against a fixed support having edges which are co-planar, in a plane parallel to the block'"'"'s undersurface; at least two of the lugs being formed with opposed channels, each open at one side for receiving and laterally abutting against one of two corresponding oppositely-extending edges of the fixed support so as to lock the block against the support, at least two others of the lugs being stops for laterally abutting corresponding edges of the fixed support; whereby the block may be fixed to the support by resting its undersurface against the block and twisting it in the plane of the undersurface until all the lugs are in abutment against the corresponding edges.
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27 Claims
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1. An electrical terminal block, comprising:
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four or more lugs projecting downwardly from a generally flat undersurface of the block'"'"'s base for locking the block against a fixed support, wherein the fixed support has edges which are co-planar in a plane parallel to the block'"'"'s undersurface, wherein at least two of the lugs are formed with opposed channels, each open at one side for receiving and laterally abutting against one of two corresponding oppositely-extending edges of the fixed support so as to lock the block against the support, and wherein at least two others of the lugs are stops for laterally abutting corresponding edges. of the fixed support, whereby the block may be fixed to the support by resting its undersurface against the block and twisting it in the plane of the undersurface until two of the at least two, channelled lugs and two of the at least two stop lugs are in abutment against the corresponding edges. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An apparatus, comprising:
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an electrical terminal block; and a fixed support, wherein the block comprises four or more lugs projecting downwardly from a generally flat undersurface of the block'"'"'s base for locking the block against a fixed support, wherein the fixed support has edges which are co-planar in a plane parallel to the block'"'"'s undersurface, wherein at least two of the lugs are formed with opposed channels, each open at one side for receiving and laterally abutting against one of two corresponding oppositely-extending edges of the fixed support so as to lock the block against the support, and wherein at least two others of the lugs are stops for laterally abutting corresponding edges of the fixed support, whereby the block may be fixed to the support by resting its undersurface against the block and twisting it in the plane of the undersurface until two of the at least two channelled lugs and two of the at least two stop lugs are in abutment against the corresponding edges. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of attaching an electrical terminal block to a fixed support, comprising:
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locating an undersurface of the block against a surface of the support to align plural projections from the undersurface with corresponding laterally-extending edges of the support, wherein the plural projections are four or more lugs projecting downwardly from the undersurface of the block'"'"'s base for locking the block against the fixed support; and twisting the block relative to the support, in a plane parallel to the undersurface, to lock them together; wherein at least two of the lugs are formed with opposed channels, each open at one side for receiving and laterally abutting against one of two corresponding oppositely-extending edges of the fixed support so as to lock the block against the support, and wherein at least two others of the lugs are stops for laterally abutting corresponding edges of the fixed support, whereby the block may be fixed to the support by resting its undersurface against the block and twisting it in the plane of the undersurface until two of the at least two channelled lugs and two of the at least two stop lugs are in abutment against the corresponding edges. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method of attaching an electrical terminal block to a fixed support, comprising:
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locating an undersurface of the block against a surface of the support to align plural projections from the undersurface with corresponding laterally-extending edges of the support, wherein the block has projections from its undersurface which are resiliently deformable to reduce the extent of their projection, to cause the block and the support to lock together with a snap fit; and twisting the block relative to the support, in a plane parallel to the undersurface, to lock them together. - View Dependent Claims (27)
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Specification