Quick install banana plug
AssigneeRichard Goren Enterprises, LLC
InventorRichard H. Goren
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Abstract
A banana plug including a body, a male portion, a female portion, and a lever. The male portion is configured to extend from the body to electrically connect with a receptacle. In one example, the receptacle is a piece of audio/video (AV) equipment. The female portion is configured to receive a wire and/or other electrical component. The lever is configured to actuate between an open position and a closed position. In the open position, the lever is configured to actuate an internal spring to receive a wire. In the closed position, the lever is configured to release the internal spring to secure and/or retain the wire via a compression force.
Claims20
A system, comprising:
- a banana plug including
- a pin,
- a spring coupled to the pin, the spring having an arm, the arm defining an aperture,
- wherein the spring at the aperture has a clamping portion configured to secure a wire against the spring,
- wherein the spring has an opened position configured to receive the wire through the aperture,
- wherein the spring has a closed position where the wire is clamped to the spring, and
- a lever configured to actuate the spring to the opened position.
A system, comprising:
- a binding post including
- an outlet end,
- a spring coupled to the outlet end, the spring having an arm, the arm defining an aperture,
- wherein the spring at the aperture has a clamping portion configured to secure a wire against the spring,
- wherein the spring has an opened position configured to receive the wire through the aperture,
- wherein the spring has a closed position where the wire is clamped to the spring, and
- a lever configured to actuate the spring to the opened position.
A method, comprising:
- opening an aperture in a spring of an electrical connector to an open position by actuating the
- spring with a lever of the electrical connector;
- inserting a wire through the aperture in the spring;
- and
- rotating the lever to a released position to release the spring to a closed position where the wire in the aperture is clamped by the spring.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.