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US 5,393,932 AGranted
Wire connector
AssigneeMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
InventorsJohn S. Young, Robert B. Ericson, Gary S. Natwig
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Abstract
A wire connector having a conductive barrel with a solder disc disposed in the barrel with wire retaining means to hold the wires in place during heating and melting of the solder disc to form a permanent connection. A shrinkable sleeve, provided with means of sealing, formed around the barrel and extending beyond the ends of the barrel is also shrunk down onto the wires to seal and insulate the connection and hold the wires.
Claims10
A wire connector for making an electrical connection between a plurality of wires and forming an insulated connection comprises:
- a hollow tubular conductive member of electrically conductive metal having self actuated wire retaining means formed from the material of the tubular conductive member, positioned adjacent the ends of the tubular conductive member and extending into the tubular member for affording wire retention for wires inserted into the tubular conductive member,
- means defining a slot in the periphery of said tubular conductive member and extending about the periphery at a location between said retaining means,
- a disc formed of solder material disposed in said slot and said tubular conductive member against which said inserted wires can abut, and
- a shrinkable sleeve positioned about said tubular conductive member with the tubular conductive member positioned generally midway between the ends thereof and with the inner diameter of the shrinkable sleeve fitted to the outside surface of the tubular member to enclose the tubular member and provide an insulative cover.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.