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US 5,575,695 AGranted
Electrical connectors
AssigneeDynedeem Limited
InventorBernardo De Bernardis
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Abstract
An electrical connector (10) has a first resilient member (14) which is pivotally connected to a second member (18). The first member (14) is pivotally movable between a first position in which a wire can be held within the connector (10) by flexure of a part (20) of the first member (14) and a second position in which the first member (14) is spaced from the second member (18) and a wire can be inserted or removed from the connector. A latch (26) is provided to retain the first member (14) in the first position. A method of attaching a wire to the electrical connector is also disclosed.
Claims7
An electrical connector comprising
- (a) a base member (18) including an abutment surface (22);
- and
- (b) a unitary spring clip member (14) rotatably mounted on said base member, said spring clip member including a contact arm portion (20) and a catch arm portion (26) which are resiliently deformable towards one another, said contact arm portion being rotatable into engagement with said base member abutment surface, said catch arm portion engaging said base member to releasably connect said spring clip and base members together in a deflected position where said contact arm portion and said catch arm portion deflect together, whereby said contact arm portion is resiliently biased against said base member abutment surface to clamp a wire therebetween when said clip member is in the deflected position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.