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US 4,541,679 AGranted
Electrical connector strip
AssigneeKarl Lumberg GmbH & Co.
InventorsKarl E. Fiedler, Helmut Fuchs
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Abstract
A connector strip comprises a row of swivel members each of which has a swivel portion held on a housing by a contact band provided with a keyhole window through which a conductor can be inserted through a guide passage into a hole within the pivot portion so that rotation of the swivel member entrains the conductor into the cutting slot of the window to make electrical contact and to mechanically enter the conductor to the contact.
Claims20
A connector comprising:
- a housing;
- at least one swivel member journaled on said housing and rotatable about a pivot axis, said swivel member having an insertion hole adapted to receive an electrical conductor;
- and
- a contact member provided with a cutting and clamping slot lying in a common plane with said hole, said plane being perpendicular to said axis, whereby rotation of said swivel member upon insertion of a conductor into said hole entrains said conductor into said slot to mechanically lock said conductor to said contact member and effect electrical connection between said conductor and said contact member, said swivel member being retained on said housing by said contact member.
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A connector comprising:
- a housing;
- at least one swivel member journaled on said housing and rotatable about a pivot axis, said swivel member having an insertion hole adapted to receive an electrical conductor;
- and
- a contact member provided with a cutting and clamping slot lying in a common plane with said hole, said plane being perpendicular to said axis, whereby rotation of said swivel member upon insertion of a conductor into said hole entrains said conductor into said slot to mechanically lock said conductor to said contact member and effect electrical connection between said conductor and said contact member, said swivel member being retained on said housing by said contact member, said swivel member having a substantially circular pivot portion and said contact member being a band extending around said pivot portion.
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A connector comprising:
- a housing;
- at least one swivel member journaled on said housing and rotatable about a pivot axis, said swivel member having an insertion hole adapted to receive an electrical conductor;
- and
- a contact member provided with a cutting and clamping slot lying in a common plane with said hole, said plane being perpendicular to said axis, whereby rotation of said swivel member upon insertion of a conductor into said hole entrains said conductor into said slot to mechanically lock said conductor to said contact member and effect electrical connection between said conductor and said contact member, said swivel member being retained on said housing by said contact member, said swivel member having a substantially circular pivot portion and said contact member being a band extending around said pivot portion, said swivel being provided with an actuating lever radially outwardly of said pivot portion and provided with a guide passage radially aligned with said hole and disposed outwardly of said band.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.