Electrical connectors – Metallic connector or contact having movable or resilient... – Screw-thread operated securing part
Patent
1993-01-12
1994-03-08
Paumen, Gary F.
Electrical connectors
Metallic connector or contact having movable or resilient...
Screw-thread operated securing part
H01R 438
Patent
active
052922634
ABSTRACT:
An electrical connector includes a cage which defines a wire receiving area aligned with a wire insertion axis, an elongated slot oriented obliquely with respect to the wire insertion axis, a clamp guided by the slot for movement toward and away from the wire receiving area, and a clamp screw rotatably mounted in the cage to move the clamp toward and away from the wire receiving area. The cage includes side walls and top walls, and the top walls are mechanically interlocked to resist separation. The clamp defines elongated ribs that engage the elongated slots, and the elongated ribs are configured to resist rotation of the clamp in the cage. The clamp is configured such that a portion of the clamp cantilevers beyond the free end of the screw when the screw is rotated to bring the clamp closely adjacent the contact surface. The screw is held in place in the cage by transverse slots defined by wings of the cage. These transverse slots intersect the elongated guide slots that receive the ribs of the clamp.
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Frantz Robert H.
Mosser III Benjamin H.
Paumen Gary F.
The Whitaker Corporation
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