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AssigneeWeidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsJürgen Ziemke, Klaus Wohlgemuth, Michaela Mücke, Rudolf Steinmeier, Volker Schröder, Walter Hanning
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An electrical connector includes a connector body that contains an open-topped chamber in which is mounted a stationary, upwardly-directed insulation-severing electrical contact, together with an operating member for displacing an insulated conductor laterally downwardly in the chamber. The operating member includes a flexible intermediate portion that permits the leading end of the operating member to be introduced initially downwardly into the chamber, and subsequently to be diverted upwardly relative to the connector body by a guide surface arranged at the bottom of the chamber. As the leading and trailing ends of the operating member approach their final positions relative to the connector body, the insulation layer of the conductor is severed by knife edges on the stationary contact, and the conductor is brought into electrical engagement contact with the contact.
An electrical connector for connecting to an electrical contact an insulated conductor having a bare conductor, and a layer of insulation arranged concentrically about the bare conductor, comprising:
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