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US 6,914,191 B2Granted
Electrical connector for unstripped insulated wire
AssigneeSecure Connect, LLC
InventorsKenneth Leith, John Finck
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Abstract
An insulated electrical connector for securely connecting one or more unstripped insulated wires uses a conductive engagement member capable of frictionally engaging and penetrating insulation and contacting a conductive wire core.
Claims20
An electrical connector comprised of:
- a non-conductive outer housing having an open end, a closed end and an interior compartment;
- a conductive engagement member attached to the outer housing in the interior compartment;
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- a non-conductive inner housing having a first end with an opening and central bore with threads for receiving the engagement member and a second end with a plurality of openings for receiving a plurality of insulated unstripped wire ends, said interior compartment of said outer housing being configured to receive at least a portion of said inner housing, and said engagement member being configured and disposed to cut into or penetrate insulation on the insulated unstripped wire ends and contact conductive wire cores of the wire ends.
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An electrical connector comprised of:
- a non-conductive outer housing having an open end, a closed end and an interior compartment;
- a means for conductively engaging insulated wires, said means for conductively engaging insulated wires being attached to the outer housing in the interior compartment;
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- a non-conductive inner housing having a first end with an opening and a central bore with threads for receiving the means for conductively engaging insulated wires, a second end with a plurality of openings for receiving a plurality of insulated unstripped wire ends, said interior compartment of said outer housing being configured to receive at least a portion of said inner housing, and said means for conductively engaging insulated wires being configurable to an engaged orientation whereby the means for conductively engaging insulated wires penetrates insulation on the insulated unstripped wire ends received in the openings and contacts conductive wire cores of the wire ends.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.