Electrical contact

An electrical contact for joining two insulated conductors comprising:

• a continuous linear strip of electrically conductive metallic material having a flat central portion and undulating end portions, each of said end portions comprising a series of at least three serially connected segments each having upper edges converging to a peak at the longitudinal center of each said segment, and communicating with a side edge to provide a cutting surface extending from said peak along each of said upper edges and continuing along each of said side edges, said side edges between adjacent segments defining the sides of a slot for receiving the conductive portion of an insulated conductor therein, each of said slots lying along and bisected by a common central axis to provide an in-line wire receiving path, said side edges providing cutting surfaces for piercing the insulation about such insulated conductor, said end portions each being adapted to engage a severed end of a given insulated conductor to provide electrical continuity between such conductors, said segments undulating symmetrically about said common central axis.