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US 12,347,993 · App. 17/880,088 · Granted Jul 1, 2025

Terminal block and control device

Inventors: Tomonori Watanabe (Kyoto, JP); Kohei Tanino (Kyoto, JP); Masahiko Kubo (Kyoto, JP); Masaaki Nagano (Kyoto, JP)
Assignee: OMRON CORPORATION
H01R9/2416H01R9/2425H01R9/2458
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Patent No.
US 12,347,993
App. No.
17/880,088
Granted
Jul 1, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A terminal block attachable to a control device includes a main body including a wiring connection part to which wiring is connected, a first rotation mechanism unit arranged at a first end in a first direction of the main body, and a second rotation mechanism unit arranged at a second end in the first direction of the main body. The first rotation mechanism unit and the second rotation mechanism unit are configured that the main body is rotatable about an imaginary straight line extending along the first direction with respect to the control device. The wiring connection part is arranged at an end of the main body in a radial direction with respect to the imaginary straight line.

Claims (27)

1. A control device, comprising:

a terminal block including:

a main body including a wiring connection part to which wiring is connected;

a first rotation mechanism unit arranged at a first end in a first direction of the main body; and

a second rotation mechanism unit arranged at a second end in the first direction of the main body; and

a cover member to which the terminal block is attached in a state where the wiring connection part is exposed to an outside, wherein

the main body is configured to be rotatable with respect to the cover member,

the first rotation mechanism unit and the second rotation mechanism unit are configured that the main body is rotatable about an imaginary straight line extending along the first direction with respect to the control device, and

the wiring connection part is arranged at an end of the main body in a radial direction with respect to the imaginary straight line, wherein

the first rotation mechanism unit includes:

a first protrusion that extends in the first direction and in a direction away from the second end of the main body in the first direction;

a second protrusion that extends in the first direction and in a direction away from the second end of the main body in the first direction, and is arranged at an interval from the first protrusion in the radial direction with respect to the imaginary straight line; and

a first rotation support part that includes a first housing hole that is arranged on the imaginary straight line and houses the first protrusion, and a first guide groove that is arranged at an interval from the first housing hole in the radial direction, extends in a circumferential direction with respect to the imaginary straight line, and houses the second protrusion movably in the circumferential direction, the first rotation support part being fixed to the control device,

the second rotation mechanism unit includes:

a third protrusion that extends in the first direction and in a direction away from the first end of the main body in the first direction;

a fourth protrusion that extends in the first direction and in a direction away from the first end of the main body in the first direction, and is arranged at an interval from the third protrusion in the radial direction with respect to the imaginary straight line; and

a second rotation support part that includes a second housing hole that is arranged on the imaginary straight line and houses the third protrusion, and a second guide groove that is arranged at an interval from the second housing hole in the radial direction, extends in the circumferential direction, and houses the fourth protrusion movably in the circumferential direction, the second rotation support part being fixed to the control device,

the first rotation support part and the second rotation support part are fixed to the cover member,

the first protrusion and the second protrusion are provided at the first end of the main body in the first direction, and

the third protrusion and the fourth protrusion are provided at the second end of the main body in the first direction.

2. The terminal block according to claim 1 wherein

the first guide groove includes

a holding protrusion that is provided at each of ends in the circumferential direction and extends in the radial direction from a side surface extending in the circumferential direction, the holding protrusion holding the second protrusion at one of the ends in the circumferential direction.

3. The terminal block according to claim 1 , wherein

the first guide groove includes

a through hole that is provided at each of ends in the circumferential direction and penetrates the first rotation support part in the first direction, and

a bottomed groove part that is connected to the through holes at the ends in the circumferential direction and opens on a surface on an opposite side to a surface opposing the main body in the first direction.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 3, 2022
From: WATANABE, TOMONORI; TANINO, KOHEI; KUBO, MASAHIKO; NAGANO, MASAAKI
To: OMRON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 060709/0271 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-129258 · Aug 5, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230044689A1 · Feb 9, 2023
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