Method for assembling and installing a portable power connector
AssigneeIntegro LLC
InventorJohn Bogart
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Abstract
A method for assembling and installing a power connector on a cable includes providing female and male connectors having a tapered insulator and a contact defining a set screw contact having at least one first radial aperture. A first set screw engages the at least one first radial aperture and a second set screw engages the at least one second radial aperture. Each of the first and second set screws define an outer surface and a bore extending at least partway therethrough. A first retaining screw engages the bore of the first set screw and corresponding aperture in the female connector. A second retaining screw engages the bore of the second set screw and corresponding aperture in the male connector.
Claims21
A method for assembling and installing a power connector on a cable, the method comprising:
- providing a power connector having a first end, a second end, and a midsection;
- providing a female connector having,
- a tapered female insulator defining a first taper extending radially outwardly from the first end and tapering axially inward to the midsection, and
- a female contact defining a first set screw contact having at least one first radial aperture;
- providing a male connector having,
- a tapered male insulator defining a second taper extending radially outwardly from the second end and tapering axially inward to the midsection, and
- a male contact defining a second set screw contact having at least one second radial aperture;
- engaging a first set screw within the at least one first radial aperture and engaging a second set screw within the at least one second radial aperture, each of the first and second set screws defining an outer surface and a bore extending at least partway therethrough;
- engaging a first retaining screw within the bore of the first set screw and corresponding aperture in the female connector;
- and
- engaging a second retaining screw the bore of the second set screw and corresponding aperture in the male connector.
A method for assembling and installing one of a female or male connector on a cable comprising:
- measuring a diameter DC of the cable;
- identifying a tapered segment of an insulator wherein the tapered segment defines a bore therein corresponding to diameter DC;
- cutting the insulator at a groove located immediately axially outward of the tapered segment;
- sliding the cable through the insulator;
- removing a first portion of cable insulation to expose a conductor;
- wrapping a first portion of a strain relief member around a second portion of cable insulation and extending a second portion of the strain relief member along the exposed conductor;
- wrapping a conductive foil around the exposed conductor and the second portion of the strain relief wire to form a wrapped conductor;
- guiding the insulator onto the cable until the second portion of the strain relief member is positioned diametrically opposite a retaining screw aperture formed in the insulator;
- selecting an electrically conductive contact from among a female and male contact and inserting the wrapped conductor into the contact;
- threadedly engaging one or more set screws within corresponding apertures defined in the contact;
- assuring that the contact is fully seated within the insulator such that the threaded retaining screw aperture is aligned with at least one of the set screws;
- and
- driving a retaining screw into the retaining screw aperture of the insulator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.