Push-in wire connector
AssigneeIDEAL Industries, Inc.
InventorWilliam E. Blaha
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Abstract
A connector for connecting electrical conductors includes a housing, a generally rectangular electrically conductive busbar and a pressure spring. The housing defines an enclosure and a plurality of front ports which provide access to the enclosure. Receptacles formed in the housing are spaced from and aligned with the front ports to receive the ends of conductors inserted into the connector. The busbar and pressure spring are disposed in the housing intermediate the front ports and receptacles. When electrical conductors are inserted into the housing, the pressure spring engages with the conductors to retain the conductors in the housing and bias the conductors into electrical engagement with the busbar.
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A push-in connector for connecting electrical conductors, comprising:
- a housing defining an enclosure and having a plurality of entry ports and receptacles formed therein, each entry port being aligned with and spaced from a receptacle, the entry ports providing access to the enclosure and the receptacles receiving electrical conductors inserted through the entry ports;
- a conductive busbar mounted to the housing in the enclosure between the entry ports and the receptacles;
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- a pressure spring mounted to the housing in the enclosure and engageable with electrical conductors inserted therein, the pressure spring being adapted to bias said electrical conductors into electrical engagement with the busbar.
A push-in connector for connecting electrical conductors, comprising:
- a housing defining an enclosure and having a plurality of entry ports providing access to the enclosure, the housing further including a plurality of receptacles therein, each one of the plurality of receptacles being aligned with one of the plurality of entry ports;
- at least one projection formed on the housing and extending into the enclosure;
- an electrically conductive busbar fixedly mounted in the housing;
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- a pressure spring mounted in the housing, the pressure spring including a base plate and a plurality of legs cantilevered from the base plate, the base plate engaging the projection to retain the base plate in a fixed position in the housing, the legs being normally positioned opposite the entry ports and spaced from the busbar and being flexibly movable such that the legs are deflected when electrical conductors are inserted into the housing, the pressure spring being engageable with inserted conductors to bias said electrical conductors into engagement with the busbar.
A push-in connector for connecting electrical conductors, comprising:
- a housing defining an enclosure and a plurality of entry ports providing access to the enclosure;
- an electrically conductive busbar fixedly mounted in the housing;
- a pressure spring having a base plate mounted in the housing and at least two flexible legs connected to the base plate and arranged opposite the entry ports prior to insertion of an electrical conductor such that when an electrical conductor is inserted into the housing through an entry port the legs engage the inserted conductor and bias it into engagement with the busbar, the pressure spring being spaced from the busbar such that no part of the pressure spring contacts the busbar.
A push-in connector for connecting electrical conductors, comprising:
- a housing including a case and a cap which cooperate to define an enclosure, the cap having a plurality of entry ports which provide access to the enclosure;
- a conductive busbar having first and second edges, the first edge being supported in the case and the second edge being supported in the cap;
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- a pressure spring mounted in the enclosure and engageable with electrical conductors inserted therein, the pressure spring being adapted to bias said electrical conductors into electrical engagement with the busbar.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.