Cable connecting module
AssigneeRaychem Corporation
InventorsJoe Stassen, Terrence J. Amyes
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Abstract
A cable connection module comprises a first part that receives a multi-conductor flat cable and that has two pairs of spring loaded insulation piercing teeth. The first part of the module has a channel through which the cable passes and into which the teeth are urged when the first part of the module is screwed into engagement with a second part of the module. The second part of the module has an enclosure formed from metal contact elements that surround the insulation-piercing teeth and provide cam surfaces for urging the teeth through the cable insulation and into engagement with the conductors.
Claims5
An arrangement for making electrical connection to insulated conductors of a multi-conductor cable, the arrangement comprising
- (a) an insulating housing cmoprising two parts, and
- (b) a plurality of pairs of insulation-piercing teeth associated with respective conductors of the cable and mounted within said housing so as to receive a respective conductor therebetween;
- wherein
- (i) said insulative housing contains a metal enclosure having portions insulated from each other and associated with respective pairs of said insulation-piercing teeth, and
- (ii) each metal enclosure portion (1) defines cam surfaces that, on relative movement between said two parts of the insulating housing, are arranged to urge the associated pair of teeth through the insulation of, and into electrical contact with, the received conductor and (2) electrically interconnects respective insulation-piercing teeth with electrical contacts of the arrangement thereby to allow electrical connection to the insulated conductors of the cable.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.