Connector with a blade, tool for actuating said connector, kit and fire detector comprising same
AssigneeFinsecur
InventorsLaurent Pichard, Stéphane Di Marco, Christophe Bonazzi
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a connector with a blade comprising a housing. The housing comprises a lateral opening designed to receive an electric wire, a flexible blade and an opening opposite a free part of the blade. The flexible blade is designed to make contact with the electric wire and to retain the wire by applying pressure on it towards a wall of the housing. The opening has a shape designed to guide the head of a tool and make the head of the tool follow a helical motion. The opening may be threaded and cylindrical and the opening's thread may comprise only one helical groove formed in the wall of the opening.
Claims15
Connector with a blade comprising a housing, wherein said housing comprises:
- a lateral opening designed to receive an electric wire;
- a flexible blade designed to make contact with said electric wire and to retain said wire by applying pressure on it towards a wall of said housing;
- and
- an opening opposite a free part of said blade, said opening having a shape designed to guide the head of a tool to make it follow a helical motion.
Kit comprising:
- at least one connector with a blade comprising a housing, wherein said housing comprises:
- a lateral opening designed to receive an electric wire;
- a flexible blade designed to make contact with said electric wire and to retain said wire by applying pressure on it towards a wall of said housing;
- and
- an opening opposite a free part of said blade, said opening having a shape designed to guide the head of a tool to make it follow a helical motion;
- and
- at least one tool to release an electric wire in one of said connector, said tool comprising a head designed to enter into the opening of said connector, said head having a shape designed to follow the shape of the opening in a helical motion of the tool in relation to the connector.
(canceled)
Method for connecting an electric wire to a connector with a blade, comprising the steps of:
- inserting the electric wire into a lateral opening of a housing comprising:
- a flexible blade designed to make electrical contact with said electric wire and to retain said electric wire by applying pressure on it towards a wall of said housing;
- and
- an opening opposite a free part of said blade, said opening having a shape designed to guide the head of a tool and make it follow a helical motion;
- and
- releasing said electric wire by inserting a head of a tool in said opening and moving said tool in a helical motion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.