Automatic electrical wedge connector
OwnerKeith F. Mello, Daniel D. Dobrinski +1inventors
InventorsKeith F. Mello, Daniel D. Dobrinski, Gordon L. Steltzer
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Abstract
An electrical wedge connector comprising a shell, and a wedge. The shell defines a wedge receiving passage therein. The wedge is shaped to wedge against the shell when inserted into the wedge receiving passage. The wedge has a conductor receiving channel therein for receiving and fixedly holding a conductor in the shell when the wedge is wedged into the shell. The shell has first portion with a first flexure stiffness generating a first clamping force on the wedge when the wedge is wedged in the first portion of the shell. The shell has a second portion with a second flexure stiffness generating a second clamping force on the wedge when the wedge is wedged in the second portion of the shell.
Claims12
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An electrical wedge connector comprising:
- a shell with a wedge receiving passage formed therein;
- and
- a wedge adapted to wedge in the wedge receiving passage for capturing a conductor in the shell;
- wherein the shell has a first end with a rounded outer guide face which is sized and shaped to guide the wedge connector into and through a stringing block pulley when the conductor captured in the shell is pulled over the stringing block pulley.
An electrical connector comprising:
- a frame having a shell with a wedge receiving channel;
- and
- a pair of opposing wedge members located in the wedge receiving channel for clamping a conductor in the shell, at least one wedge member of the pair of opposing wedge members having a standoff projection which contacts and holds an opposing wedge member of the pair of opposing wedge members at a standoff;
- wherein the standoff projection has two stop surfaces for contacting the opposing wedge member and holding the opposing wedge member at two different standoffs from the at least one wedge member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.