Electrical connectors – Contact comprising cutter – Resiliently biased
Patent
1995-12-21
1998-02-17
Abrams, Neil
Electrical connectors
Contact comprising cutter
Resiliently biased
439948, 439 95, 439731, H01R 424
Patent
active
057186014
ABSTRACT:
An electrical connector assembly for a multiconductor cable. The assembly includes a housing having walls defining an interior space and an aperture for admitting a multiconductor cable to the interior space. Remote from the aperture, the housing has an open end for receiving an electrical connector. The electrical connector has an electrically conductive casing with an integral flange and a terminal block formed of an electrically non-conductive material supported within the casing. The terminal block has a number of passages extending through it. Electrically conductive pins are partially disposed within the passages. Each of the pins includes a terminal end protruding into the housing interior space. Each terminal end includes a tubular sleeve, defining an interior cavity and an integral tab extending into the interior cavity. Each such tab has a free end for pressing against a conductor inserted into the interior cavity and holding such in place. Thus, the inventive assembly permits a technician to rapidly fasten the individual conductors of a multiconductor cable to the terminal block without specialized tools or need for soldering.
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Keith Sidney E.
Masters Greg N.
Abrams Neil
Greiner Stephen R.
Kim Yong Ki
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