Releasable electrical connector
AssigneeHampton Electric, LLC
InventorAfshin Jafari
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Abstract
A connector for connecting an electrical cable to an aperture in an electrical panel having a spring, a shell, and a insulator along a longitudinal axis. The spring has a base from which two insertion tabs extend coaxial with the axis and a pressure tab extending from the base perpendicular to the two insertion tables having a pressure prong to provide a radial grounding force for the connector. The insertion tabs of the spring have hook latches extending past the insulator that lock the connector in the panel and the base of the spring has a hole to receive the cable where first and second clamping tabs clampingly lock the cable in the connector.
Claims19
A connector for connecting an electrical cable to an aperture in an electrical panel, comprising:
- a one piece spring, a shell, and an insulator collectively having a longitudinal central axis extending there through when the connector is assembled;
- said spring having a base from which two side insertion tabs bend around the said axis and a pressure tab extending from the base perpendicular to the two side insertion tabs, and said insulator having a joining wall and a springing feature, and said shell having a through opening coaxial with said longitudinal central axis, wherein said insertion tabs springingly retain said spring in said through opening of said shell, and wherein said springing feature retains said insulator in said through opening of said shell;
- said insertion tabs of said one piece spring having hook latches extending past said shell to snappingly lock the connector in the panel when axially pressed into the aperture;
- said pressure tab having a pressure prong to provide a radial grounding force for the connector;
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- said base of said spring further having a hole to receive the cable when axially pressed into the connector, and a first clamping tab and a second clamping tab, and a third clamping tab to clampingly lock the cable in the connector.
A connector for connecting an electrical cable to an aperture in an electrical panel, comprising:
- a one piece spring, a shell, and an insulator collectively having a longitudinal central axis extending there through when the connector is assembled;
- said spring having a base from which two side insertion tabs bend around the longitudinal central axis and a locking tab extending away from each of the side insertion tabs for locking engagement of the spring to the shell;
- said insulator having a joining wall and a springing feature, and said shell having a through opening coaxial with said longitudinal central axis, wherein said insertion tabs springingly retain said spring in said through opening of said shell, and wherein said springing feature retains said insulator in said through opening of said shell;
- said insertion tabs of said one piece spring having hook latches extending past said shell to snappingly lock the connector in the panel when axially pressed into the aperture;
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- said base of said spring further having a hole to receive the cable when axially pressed into the connector, and a first clamping tab, a second clamping tab and a third clamping tab to clampingly lock the cable in the connector;
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- wherein the spring includes a pressure tab extending from the base perpendicular to the two side insertion tabs, wherein the pressure tab has a pressure prong to provide a radial grounding force for the connector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.