Connector assembly and method for using
AssigneeR.A. Phillips Industries, Inc.
InventorsThomas Dale Peterson, Zhimin Guo
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Abstract
A connector assembly for providing electrical connection to an insulated conductive wire, the connector assembly including: a housing defining a channel for receiving the insulated conductive wire; a cover hinged to the housing and configured to close over the channel to cover the insulated conductive wire; and an electrically conductive pin having a first end in the channel and a second end in the housing beneath the channel.
Claims20
A connector assembly for providing electrical connection to an insulated conductive wire, the connector assembly comprising:
- a housing defining a channel for receiving the insulated conductive wire;
- a cover hinged to the housing and configured to close over the channel to cover the insulated conductive wire;
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- an electrically conductive pin having a first end in the channel and a second end in the housing beneath the channel.
A connector assembly, comprising:
- a housing defining a channel;
- a cover configured to cover the channel;
- a pin partially exposed in the channel and extending into the housing;
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- a conductive wire electrically coupled to the pin inside the housing and extending outside of the housing.
A method of using a connector assembly, comprising:
- providing a housing, the housing comprising a cover coupled by a hinge to a first edge of the housing and a pin in a channel of the housing and extending into the housing below the channel;
- aligning a conductive wire over the pin;
- pressing the conductive wire into the pin;
- and
- closing the cover over the conductive wire and the channel to retain the conductive wire within the channel,
- wherein the pressing or the closing cause the pin to pierce an insulating material of the conductive wire and electrically connect the pin to the conductive wire.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.