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US 5,200,576 AGranted
Multi-point contact compression connector
AssigneeBurndy Corporation
InventorsGary E. Schrader, Robert K. Annan
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Abstract
A multipoint contact compression connector provided with a plurality of recesses to include a like number of electrical conductors or cables therein. When placed in an appropriate crimping device, the connector would contact the interior die surfaces in at least four points, in such a manner, so as to secure at least three conductors or cables in place.
Claims11
An electrical compression connector for connecting a plurality of conductors or cables, comprising:
- a connector body of compressible material adapted to be inserted into a crimping tool having two opposed curved die surfaces for the compression of the connector, said connector body provided with a pair of parallel side faces and a pair of parallel side walls, each of said side walls provided between said side faces, said side faces forming a central web portion, said central web portion provided with at least three recesses extending through the connector body from one of said side faces to the second of said side faces to allow for the inclusion of conductors within each of the recesses, the periphery of said connector body provided with at least four distinct, non-continuous points of contact with said curved die surfaces of a crimping tool when said connector body is inserted within the crimping tool, prior to crimping;
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- wherein when force is applied to the crimping tool, said connector body will compress, thereby compressing said connector body around the electrical conductors to be provided in said recesses and securing the conductors therein.
An electrical compression connector for connecting a plurality of conductors or cables, comprising:
- a connector body of compressible material adapted to be inserted into a crimping tool having two opposed curved die surfaces for the compression of the connector, said connector body provided with a pair of parallel side faces and a pair of parallel side walls, each of said side walls provided between said side faces, said side faces forming a central web portion, said central web portion provided with three recesses formed in said side walls and extending through the connector body from one of said side faces to the second of said side faces to allow for the inclusion of conductors within each of the recesses, the periphery of said connector body provided with at least four distinct, non-continuous points of contact with said curved die surfaces of a crimping tool when said connector body is inserted within the crimping tool, prior to crimping;
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- wherein when force is applied to the crimping tool, said connector body will compress, thereby compressing said connector body around the electrical conductors to be provided in said recesses and securing the conductors therein.
An electrical compression connector for connecting a plurality of conductors or cables, comprising:
- a connector body of compressible material adapted to be inserted into a crimping tool having two opposed curved die surfaces for the compression of the connector, said connector body provided with a pair of parallel side faces and a pair of parallel side walls, each of said side walls provided between said side faces, said side faces forming a central web portion, said central web portion provided with at least three recesses extending through the connector body from one of said side faces to the second of said side faces to allow for the inclusion of conductors within each of the recesses, said central web portion provided with two parallel, upstanding leg portions performing one of said recesses, said upstanding leg portions equal in height with one another, the tips of each of said leg portions provided as points of contact with curved die surfaces of a crimping tool when said connector body is inserted within the crimping tool, prior to crimping;
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- wherein when force is applied to the crimping tool, said connector body will compress, thereby compressing said connector body around the electrical conductors to be provided in said recesses and securing the conductors therein.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.