Electrical wedge connector
OwnerHenry Maxwell, Brian W. Connorinventors
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Abstract
An electrical compression connector including a shell, a wedge and a terminal pin. The wedge is sized and shaped to be inserted into the shell to wedge conductors against opposite sides of the shell. The terminal pin includes a first section and a second section. The first section is sized and shaped to be inserted between the shell and the wedge. The second section includes a conductor receiving area which is sized and shaped to be compressed onto a conductor.
Claims16
An electrical compression connector comprising:
- a shell;
- a wedge sized and shaped to be inserted into the shell to wedge conductors against opposite sides of the shell;
- and
- a terminal pin comprising a first section and a second section, the first section being sized and shaped to be inserted between the shell and the wedge, and the second section comprising a conductor receiving area which is sized and shaped to be compressed onto a conductor.
In an electrical wedge connector having a shell and a wedge adapted to be inserted into the shell, the improvement comprising:
- the electrical wedge connector further comprising a terminal pin having a solid section and a tube section, the terminal pin having a substantially straight shape with a substantially uniform outer diameter, wherein the solid section is sized and shaped to be inserted between the wedge and the shell, and wherein the tube section is sized and shaped to receive a conductor and be crimped onto the conductor.
A method of connecting two conductors with an electrical wedge connector comprising steps of:
- crimping a terminal pin onto an end of a first one of the conductors, the terminal pin having a cross-sectionally solid section spaced from the conductor;
- inserting the solid section of the terminal pin and a second one of the conductors into a wedge connector shell;
- and
- wedging a wedge into the shell to wedge the second conductor and the solid section of the terminal pin against opposite sides of the shell.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.