Electrical connectors – Metallic connector or contact having movable or resilient... – Clamping cam or wedge
Patent
1988-10-14
1989-06-27
Desmond, Eugene F.
Electrical connectors
Metallic connector or contact having movable or resilient...
Clamping cam or wedge
H01R 450
Patent
active
048425583
ABSTRACT:
An electrical connector for releasably connecting a flat terminal, such as the terminal of a biomedical electrode, to an electric wire. The connector comprises a housing having a passageway extending substantially therethrough, and an actuator in the passageway. The housing has a first terminal-engaging surface defining one side of the passageway, and the actuator has a second terminal-engaging surface complementary to the first terminal-engaging surface of the housing. The actuator is slidable generally diagonally of the passageway in the housing between an open position, wherein the first and second terminal-engaging surfaces are spaced apart a distance at least as large as the thickness of the electrode terminal so that the terminal may be placed between the surfaces, and a wedged position, wherein the first and second terminal-engaging surfaces are sufficiently close to clamp the terminal between the surfaces with the actuator being wedged against the terminal to retain the terminal in the connector.
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Bauer Stephen W.
Desmond Eugene F.
Kirn Walter N.
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
Sell Donald M.
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