Set screw connector and method
AssigneeERICO International Corporation
InventorThomas K. Ashcraft
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Abstract
An electrical set screw connector has an insulating cover over a metal body which includes conductor receiving passages or ports and intersecting set screws adapted to clamp down on conductor ends in the conductor receiving passages or ports. The connector insulating cover includes a vestibule or tubular chamber for each set screw. The outer end of the vestibule is restricted to capture the screw and each vestibule is internally threaded. The outer end of each vestibule includes a drive hole for the set screw. The connector insulating cover is made by dipping using the backed out set screws as core pins for each set screw vestibule with removable shanks in the set screw recesses forming the drive holes.
Claims8
An electrical connector having a metal body, conductor receiving passages in said body, respective intersecting threaded holes for each conductor receiving passage, a set screw in each threaded hole, and an insulating covering for said connector, said covering including individual respective vestibules for each set screw, each vestibule being internally threaded with threads matching that of the set screw.
An electrical connector having a metal body, conductor receiving passages in said body, respective intersecting threaded holes for each conductor receiving passage, a set screw in each passage, and an insulating covering for said connector, said covering including individual respective vestibules for each set screw, each vestibule being restricted at its outer end to capture the set screw as it is backed out of its respective threaded hole.
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