Electrical connector
AssigneeAMP Incorporated
InventorFrancisco Villazon
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Abstract
An electrical connector for electrically connecting the conductive cores of insulated wires has external bosses on its housing to indicate the type of connection provided by the connector.
Claims3
An improvement to an electrical connector of the type having a housing having notches on its end walls and containing first and second electrical contacts with each contact having spaced apart wire-receiving slotted plates, said plates being in alignment with said notches, and at least one wire severing edge associated with at least one of said notches and a closure member adapted to force insulated wires into the slotted plates and to force at least one wire across the wire severing edge, the improvement comprising, an external boss on the housing adjacent each of said notches through which the wires may extend after being forced into the slotted plates.
An improvement to an electrical connector of the type having a housing having notches on its end walls and containing first and second electrical contacts with each contact having spaced apart wire-receiving slotted plates, said plates being in alignment with said notches, and at least one wire severing edge associated with at least one of said notches and a closure member adapted to force insulated wires into the slotted plates and to force at least one wire across the wire severing edge, the improvement comprising, an external boss on the housing adjacent each of said notches having a wire severing edge associated therewith.
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