US 5,514,005 AGranted

Quick connect/disconnect module

AssigneeReliance Comm/Tec Corporation

InventorsDonald F. Jaycox, Ben Farb, Richard T. Kaczmarek

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Abstract

A module for quickly and easily connecting and disconnecting electrical wires comprises a nonconductive housing having a first connector compartment for housing a first plurality of wire connectors and a second connector compartment for housing a second plurality of wire connectors. A plurality of actuators are independently and slidably mounted in the first and second connector compartments. Each of the actuators is associated with one of the wire connectors and is movable between a first position wherein a wire may be received in or removed from the actuator, and a second position wherein a received wire is electrically connected to the associated wire connector, whereby both incoming and outgoing wires may be quickly and easily connected to each other.

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Dependent claims

A module for quickly and easily connecting and disconnecting electrical wires, said module comprising:

a nonconductive housing having a first connector compartment for housing a first plurality of wire connectors;
a second connector compartment for housing a second plurality of wire connectors;
a plurality of non-threaded actuators independently and slidably mounted in said first and second connector compartments, each of said actuators being independently associated with a corresponding one of said wire connectors and being independently slidably movable between a first position wherein a wire is received in the actuator, and a second position wherein a received wire is electrically connected to the associated wire connector, whereby both incoming and outgoing wires may be quickly and easily connected to each other by way of said wire connectors in said first connector compartment being coupled with said wire connectors in said second connector compartment, said module providing for individual termination of said line for avoiding interruption of service and surge protection means retained in said module and being operatively associated with said first and second connector compartments and coupled to said wire connectors housed in said first and second connector compartments for providing protection to the wires connected thereto.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.