Cable through panel feedthrough connector with release buttons
AssigneeHampton Electric, LLC
InventorAfshin Jafari
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Abstract
The present invention is a connector for connecting an electrical cable having cladding to an aperture in an electrical panel. The assembled connector has 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 the shell has two side walls to prevent over-insertion of the cladding into the connector. The insertion tabs of the spring have hook latches extending past the insulator that lock the connector in the panel, and the insulator has pressure buttons for flexing the insertion tabs during insertion and removal of the connector to the electrical panel.
Claims19
A connector for connecting a cladded electrical cable to an aperture in an electrical panel, comprising:
- a one piece spring positioned within a shell having a longitudinal central axis extending therethrough;
- the spring having a base from which two side insertion tabs bend around the longitudinal central axis wherein the insertion tabs springingly move within the shell;
- the insertion tabs of said spring having latches extending outside of the shell to snappingly lock the connector in the panel when axially pressed into the aperture;
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- the base of said spring further having a hole to receive the cable when axially pressed into the connector, and a plurality of clamping tabs to lock the cable in the connector by linear insertion and engagement of the cladding;
- the shell having side walls with a lower edge to engage an end of the cladding to prevent over insertion of the electrical cable within the spring and interference with operation of the insertion tabs;
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- an insulator having flexible pressure buttons to engage the insertion tabs to flex the insertion tabs for insertion and removal of the connector to the electrical panel.
A connector for connecting an electrical cable having cladding to an aperture in an electrical panel, comprising:
- a one piece spring positioned within a shell having a longitudinal central axis extending therethrough;
- the spring having a base from which two side insertion tabs bend around the longitudinal central axis;
- the shell having a clad blocking wall extending into an interior cavity of the spring for engagement of an end of the cladding to prevent over insertion of the cladding of the electrical cable into the connector;
- the shell having side openings, wherein said insertion tabs springingly extend out of the through opening of the shell;
- the insertion tabs of said one piece spring having latches to snappingly lock the connector in the panel when axially pressed into the aperture;
- the base of said spring further having a hole to receive the electrical cable when axially pressed into the connector, and a plurality of clamping tabs to lock the cable in the connector;
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- the spring includes a pressure tab extending from the base between to the two side insertion tabs, wherein the pressure tab has a pressure prong to provide a radial grounding force for the connector.
A connector for connecting an electrical cable having cladding to an aperture in an electrical panel, comprising:
- a one piece spring positioned within a shell having a longitudinal central axis extending there through;
- the spring having a base from which two side insertion tabs bend around the said axis, and the shell having an opening through which the insertion tabs extend;
- the insertion tabs of said one piece spring having latches extending outside of the shell to snappingly lock the connector in the panel when axially pressed into the aperture;
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- an insulator having pressure buttons to engage the insertion tabs for flexing the insertion tabs during insertion and removal of the connector to the aperture in the electrical panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.