Electrical connectors – Contact comprising cutter – Insulation cutter
Patent
1989-06-29
1990-04-03
McGlynn, Joseph H.
Electrical connectors
Contact comprising cutter
Insulation cutter
H01R 424
Patent
active
049136593
ABSTRACT:
A terminal board has a base plate and rows and columns of terminals upstanding from such plate. Each terminal comprises (a) an insulative hollow post (b) a metallic terminal strip in the post and having a pair of tangs separated by a contact gap and projecting above part of the post, and (c) a hollow cap fitted on such post to enclose such tangs and gap and shiftable on such post between up and down detained positions. The cap on opposite sides has entrance and exit holes aligned diagonal to such rows and columns, with the entrance hole having an inwardly downward slant and the exit hole being horizontal. With the cap in up position, an insulated lead is fed into the entrance hole and then passed partly or fully through the exit hole which initially impedes full passage through it of the lead.
The cap is then pushed on the post to down position to cause the lead to be driven against the tangs and into the contact gap such that the lead's insulation is cut and the metallic core of the lead contacts the tangs. The cap may be fitted on the post in either of two positions so that the lead passes either frontwardly or backwardly through the gap.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4073560 (1978-02-01), Anhalt et al.
patent: 4688872 (1987-08-01), Pohl
patent: 4702544 (1987-10-01), Vachhani et al.
American Telephone and Telegraph Company, AT & T Bell Laboratori
Kip Ruloff F.
McGlynn Joseph H.
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