Electrical connectors – Contact comprising cutter – Insulation cutter
Patent
1994-06-06
1996-01-16
Nguyen, Khiem
Electrical connectors
Contact comprising cutter
Insulation cutter
439441, 439910, H01R 424
Patent
active
054843049
ABSTRACT:
An electrical connector (10) including a housing (12) with a pair of housing sections (14) each containing a terminal (40) rotatable therewithin upon actuation to terminate an end of a wire (26,28) inserted into an aperture (22,24) thereof. For small diameter wires, a wiring indicator (60) of transparent material is affixed to the opposed side of the housing and includes a chamber (70) for each wire to be extended therethrough for termination, thus enabling visual verification that a wire end has been fully inserted. A wire retainer (90,100) is used to prevent inadvertent backout after full wire insertion but before termination. Wire retainer (100) can be a clip mountable outside the housing, and wire retainer (90) can be contained in the wiring indicator includes a spring arm (92) biasing against the wire free end (52) upon full insertion.
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AMP Catalog 82257, "AMP Quiet Front Terminal Block", Issued Sep. 1991; pp. 1 to 6; AMP Incorporated, Harrisburg, Pa.
U.S. Serial No. 07/955,535 filed Oct. 1, 1992 (Abstract and Drawings only included).
Capper Harry M.
Denovich Sam
Hawk Kenneth C.
Radliff David R.
Robertson James W.
Ness Anton P.
Nguyen Khiem
The Whitaker Corporation
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