Electrical conductor terminating arrangements
AssigneeITT Industries, Inc.
InventorsIan J. Gray, Melvin D. White
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Abstract
An electrical conductor terminating arrangement such as an electrical connector includes a contact-making element which makes good contact with an electrical conductor in response to axial pressure displacement over the contact-making element of a displaceable element to exert a radial force on the contact-making element and to co-operate therewith for providing ongoing pressure engagement between the contact-making element and the electrical conductor without the need for the continuance of axial pressure on the displaceable element after a predetermined axial displacement of the displaceable element.
Claims18
An electrical conductor terminating arrangement, comprising an electrically conductive contact-making means (31) for receiving and making electrical contact with an electrical conductor, an axially displaceable clamping means (35) which when displaced over the contact making means in a direction axially of the contact making means (31) exerts a radial force on the contact making means to secure a conductor when installed by pressure engagement, characterized in that the contact making means (31) and axially displaceable means (35) are adapted to ensure retentive mutual engagement therebetween when the axially displaceable means is displaced axially over the contact making means to provide ongoing radial pressure engagement between the contact making means (31) and the electrical conductor (44) when installed in order to maintain electrical and mechanical integrity therebetween without the need for continuance of axial pressure on the axially displaceable means (35).
An electrical conductor terminating arrangement as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the contact-making means (31) comprises a collet adapted to fit over the conductor (44) and to be subjected to a radial compressive force by the clamping means (35) in order to cause the collet to clamp down on the conductor.
A coaxial connector comprising a tubular body structure (23) having an axially extending bore therein for receiving an incoming coaxial cable that has a central cable conductor, including a conductor terminating arrangement comprising:
- a collet with tines that can engage said central conductor and a sleeve member which is axially displaceable to compress said tines around said conductor to provide ongoing pressure engagement between said collet and the central conductor (44) of the coaxial cable.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.