IP Library Granted Patent US 10,553,134
Granted Patent B2
US 10,553,134 · App. 16/045,355 · Granted Feb 4, 2020

Marker-holder device for a terminal block

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Patent No.
US 10,553,134
App. No.
16/045,355
Granted
Feb 4, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A marker-holder system for an electrical terminal block comprising a longitudinal marker-holder device according to a direction of extension, with a first end in the direction of extension and a second end in the direction opposite to the direction of extension, the system comprising a first fastener configured to be disposed on the terminal block, the first end and/or the second end being configured to cooperate with the first fastener in a removable manner and according to a rotary connection, between a first position in which a first face of the marker-holder device is oriented towards the terminal block and a second face of the marker-holder device is oriented in a direction opposite to the terminal block, and a second position in which the first face of the marker-holder device is oriented in a direction opposite to the terminal block and the second face of the marker-holder device is oriented towards the terminal block.

Claims (20)

1. A marker-holder system for an electrical terminal block comprising a longitudinal marker-holder device according to a direction of extension, with a first end in the direction of extension and a second end in the direction opposite to the direction of extension, the system comprising a first fastener disposed on the terminal block, the first end and/or the second end of the marker-holder device being rotatably secured to the first fastener in a removable manner so that the marker-holder device rotates between a first position in which a first face of the marker-holder device is oriented towards the terminal block and a second face of the marker-holder device is oriented in a direction opposite to the terminal block, and a second position in which the first face of the marker-holder device is oriented in a direction opposite to the terminal block and the second face of the marker-holder device is oriented towards the terminal block, wherein a first marker positioned on the first face will be visible in the second position, and a second marker positioned on the second face will be visible in the first position, when the marker-holder device is rotatably secured to the first fastener.

2. The marker-holder system according to claim 1 , wherein an opening or a connecting element of the terminal block is at least partly covered by the marker-holder device when it is in in one of the first position and the second position, while the opening or the connecting element of the terminal block is uncovered when the marker-holder device is in the other of the first position and the second position.

3. The marker-holder system according to claim 2 , wherein a second fastener is disposed on the terminal block, the first end being rotatably secured to the first fastener and the second end being rotatably secured to the second fastener.

4. The marker-holder system according to claim 3 , wherein the first end and/or the second end comprise(s) a cylindrical portion which is longitudinal along an axis transverse to the direction of extension, and the cylindrical portion is forcibly inserted into the first fastener and the cylindrical portion is movable in rotation about the axis.

5. The marker-holder system according to claim 4 , wherein the marker-holder device defines a linear arrangement of devices each being separable from each other and rotatably secured to either the first fastener or the second fastener.

6. The marker-holder system according to claim 3 , wherein the marker-holder device defines a linear arrangement of devices each being separable from each other and rotatably secured to either the first fastener or the second fastener.

7. The marker-holder system according to claim 2 , wherein the first end and/or the second end comprise(s) a cylindrical portion which is longitudinal along an axis transverse to the direction of extension, and the cylindrical portion is forcibly inserted into the first fastener and the cylindrical portion is movable in rotation about the axis.

8. The marker-holder system according to claim 7 , wherein the marker-holder device defines a linear arrangement of devices each being separable from each other and rotatably secured to either the first fastener or the second fastener.

9. The marker-holder system according to claim 2 , wherein the marker-holder device defines a linear arrangement of devices each being separable from each other and rotatably secured to the first fastener.

10. The marker-holder system according to claim 1 , wherein a second fastener is disposed on the terminal block, the first end being rotatably secured to the first fastener and the second end being rotatably secured to the second fastener.

11. The marker-holder system according to claim 10 , wherein the first end and/or the second end comprise(s) a cylindrical portion which is longitudinal along an axis transverse to the direction of extension, and the cylindrical portion is forcibly inserted into the first fastener and the cylindrical portion is movable in rotation about the axis.

12. The marker-holder system according to claim 11 , wherein the marker-holder device defines a linear arrangement of devices each being separable from each other and rotatably secured to either the first fastener or the second fastener.

13. The marker-holder system according to claim 10 , wherein the marker-holder device defines a linear arrangement of devices each being separable from each other and rotatably secured to either the first fastener or the second fastener.

14. The marker-holder system according to claim 1 , wherein the first end and/or the second end comprise(s) a cylindrical portion which is longitudinal along an axis transverse to the direction of extension, and the cylindrical portion is forcibly inserted into the first fastener and the cylindrical portion is movable in rotation about the axis.

15. The marker-holder system according to claim 14 , wherein the marker-holder device defines a linear arrangement of devices each being separable from each other and rotatably secured to the first fastener.

16. The marker-holder system according to claim 1 , wherein the marker-holder device defines a linear arrangement of devices each being separable from each other and rotatably secured to the first fastener.

17. An arrangement of a plurality of marker-holder systems according to claim 1 for a plurality of terminal blocks, each marker-holder system of the plurality of marker-holder systems comprising the marker-holder device and the first fastener disposed on a corresponding block terminal of the plurality of terminal blocks, the marker-holder devices of the plurality of marker-holder systems being aligned according to a direction transverse to the direction of extension of one of the devices, each marker-holder device being rotatably secured to a respective first fastener disposed on the terminal block and being correspondingly aligned with the alignment of the first end or the second end of the marker-holder devices.

18. The arrangement of claim 17 , wherein an opening or a connecting element of the terminal block of each marker-holder system of the plurality of marker-holder systems is at least partly covered by the marker-holder device when it is in one of the first positions and the second position, while the opening or the connecting element of the terminal block is uncovered when the marker-holder device is in the other of the first position and the second position.

19. The arrangement of claim 18 , wherein a second fastener is disposed on the terminal block, the first end being rotatably secured to the first fastener and the second end rotatably secured to the second fastener.

20. The arrangement of claim 17 , wherein a second fastener is disposed on the terminal block, the first end rotatably secured to the first fastener and the second end rotatably secured to the second fastener.

Assignments (7)
MERGER Recorded Jun 7, 2022
From: TE CONNECTIVITY SERVICES GMBH
To: TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GMBH
Reel/Frame 060305/0923 →
CHANGE OF APPLICANT ADDRESS Recorded Jan 15, 2021
From: TE CONNECTIVITY SERVICES GMBH
To: TE CONNECTIVITY SERVICES GMBH
Reel/Frame 055009/0778 →
APPLICANT ADDRESS UPDATE Recorded Dec 3, 2020
From: TE CONNECTIVITY SERVICES GMBH
To: TE CONNECTIVITY SERVICES GMBH
Reel/Frame 055055/0247 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 23, 2019
From: TYCO ELECTRONICS FINANCE ALPHA GMBH
To: TE CONNECTIVITY SERVICES GMBH
Reel/Frame 051357/0898 →
MERGER Recorded Dec 23, 2019
From: TYCO ELECTRONICS SERVICES GMBH
To: TYCO ELECTRONICS FINANCE ALPHA GMBH
Reel/Frame 051414/0793 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 14, 2019
From: ABB SCHWEIZ AG
To: TYCO ELECTRONICS SERVICES GMBH
Reel/Frame 048338/0683 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 29, 2019
From: IMPERATO, ANDRÉ; VILLARDIER, YANNICK; MOINE, GEOFFREY
To: ABB SCHWEIZ AG
Reel/Frame 048167/0442 →