Electrical connectors – Contact comprising cutter – Insulation cutter
Patent
1989-12-14
1991-05-14
McGlynn, Joseph H.
Electrical connectors
Contact comprising cutter
Insulation cutter
H01R 424
Patent
active
050151983
ABSTRACT:
A terminal for connecting an insulated branch conductor to an insulated overhead line conductor includes two pairs of contact bars each of which bars has on the side facing towards another contact bar near one end teeth piercing the insulation of the overhead line conductor and near the other end teeth piercing the insulation of the branch conductor. Two insulative material half-shells each define at least two parallel housings each of which receive a respective contact bar. A resilient gasket is placed between the half-shells. It is made in one piece and defines a laterally open first conduit passing over the overhead line conductor and a second conduit receiving the branch conductor. The first and second conduits comprise respective slots for the teeth to pass through. The half-shells are coupled together in a way which allows relative sliding and pivoting. There is a tapered hole in one of the half-shells, a screwthread in the other half-shell and a screw which passes through the tapered hole and is screwed into the screwthread to clamp the half-shells together. By virtue of this arrangement the resilient gasket tends to hold the terminal in a position which facilitates fitting it to the overhead line conductor while the branch conductor is held in the second conduit, and when the two half-shells are clamped together the gasket provides a seal along the slots through which the contact bar teeth pass.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3848956 (1974-11-01), Kraft
patent: 4643512 (1987-02-01), Prodel
patent: 4684196 (1987-08-01), Smith et al.
McGlynn Joseph H.
Niled S.A.
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