Metal working – Method of mechanical manufacture – Electrical device making
Patent
1977-03-28
1983-11-29
Crane, Daniel C.
Metal working
Method of mechanical manufacture
Electrical device making
29745, 29747, 29858, 29859, 29883, 29235, 29450, H01R 4300
Patent
active
044173946
ABSTRACT:
Apparatus for insulating a connector, mechanically joined to one end of an electrical conductor, by positioning a radially expandable resilient insulating sleeve, having an inside diameter in its non-expanded condition smaller than the largest cross-sectional dimension of the connector, about the connector. The connector includes one end portion mechanically joined to the conductor and a terminal end portion for connection to another electrical component. The apparatus of the present invention includes expansion means for expanding the sleeve sufficiently to receive the connector and holding means for maintaining the sleeve in its expanded condition and for permitting the connector to be received, terminal end portion first, into the expanded sleeve. The apparatus further includes release means operable to release the sleeve from its expanded condition whereby after the sleeve is held expanded and said connector inserted therein, operation of the release means frees the sleeve to become disposed about and compressively hold said connector.
As a method, the invention comprises several steps. The sleeve is expanded sufficiently to receive the connector and held in its expanded condition. Thereafter, the connector is inserted, terminal end portion first, into the expanded sleeve. Finally, the sleeve is released from its expanded condition whereby it contracts about and effectively insulates the connector.
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Bulanda John J.
Guzay Cazimir M.
Moody Roy A.
Schoenfeld David R.
Crane Daniel C.
Hilliard Mark D.
Panduit Corp.
Wentzel Charles R.
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