Connector for coupling different types of electric cables

A connector for connecting conductors of flat electric cables each having two conductors enclosed in an insulating sheath, comprising:

• an insulating connector body having two substantially parallel ducts for receiving to be connected cables, two metallic connecting-strips movably mounted opposite to both edge walls of said ducts and an end-cap to be fitted separately on the connector body in order to press said two connecting-strips into the insulating sheath of the cables for effecting the desired connections;
• wherein the ducts of the insulating connector body have a width which makes it possible to position flat cables having, in addition to the two conductors placed on each side, an axial metallic core;
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• wherein the bottom end portion of each duct is provided with an extension having a smaller width corresponding to that of flat cables which do not have an axial core;
• two other movable connecting strips being displaceably mounted in oppositely-facing relation to both edge walls of the bottom end extensions of said ducts, the arrangement being such that an inward thrust is also exerted on said connecting-strips by the end-cap of the connector when said end-cap is being placed in position;
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• two detachable supporting-bars of insulating material having a cross-section similar to that of flat cables with an axial metallic core and edge faces provided with two channels for receiving separate electric conductors, said supporting-bars being placed inside the ducts provided within the insulating connector body so that said connector can be employed with equal ease either for connecting two pairs of independent conductors placed beforehand within the channels of said detachable supporting-bars or for connecting two flat cables with or without an axial core, and which are engaged directly within the ducts of said connector body.