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US 7,335,050 B2Granted
Electrical connector for use in connecting wires
AssigneeBlazing Products, Inc.
InventorsDouglas L Kirk, Thomas A King
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Abstract
An electrical connector having a housing with a chamber and at least one wire receiving passageway for receiving two or more wires into the chamber. An engagement member is configured to be rotatable within the chamber. The engagement member is configured to fracture a portion of any insulating covering on each wire and complete electrical contact between the conductors of the two or more wires upon rotation of the engagement member.
Claims38
An electrical connector comprising:
- a housing having a chamber;
- at least one wire receiving passageway for receiving two or more wires into the chamber;
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- an engagement member rotatable within the chamber, the engagement member being configured to deform at least one of the wires received into the chamber and fracture a portion of any insulated covering on each wire and complete electrical contact between conductors of the two or more wires upon rotation of the engagement member;
- wherein the chamber and the engagement member are dimensioned to enable the fracturing to include stripping the portion of the any insulated covering of the each wire to expose a conductor of each wire.
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An electrical connector comprising:
- a housing having a chamber and at least one wire receiving passageway for receiving two or more wires into the chamber;
- a cover configured for rotatable coupling to the housing and at least partially enclosing the chamber;
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- a conductive engagement member coupled to the cover and rotatable within the chamber upon rotation of the cover, the conductive engagement member being configured to deform at least one of the wires received into the chamber upon rotation of the cover and fracture a portion of any insulated covering on each wire and complete an electrical contact between conductors of the two or more wires upon rotation of the cover;
- wherein the conductive engagement member is configured to strip at least the portion of the any insulated covering of each wire and expose a portion of the conductor of the each wire for contact by the conductive engagement member.
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An electrical connector comprising:
- a housing having a chamber and a plurality of wire receiving passageways for receiving two or more wires into the chamber;
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- a conductive engagement member rotatable within the chamber and including a plurality of engagement member wire receiving passageways for receiving ends of the two or more wires, said conductive engagement member being configured to deform at least one of the wires received into the chamber upon rotation of the conductive engagement member, said conductive engagement member having a fracturing portion configured to fracture a portion of any insulated covering on each wire and complete an electrical contact between conductors of the two or more wires upon rotation of the conductive engagement member within the housings;
- wherein fracturing the portion of the any insulated covering on the each wire includes stripping the portion of the any insulated covering of the each wire to expose the conductor of the each wire for contact by the conductive engagement member.
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An electrical connector comprising:
- a housing having a chamber and at least one wire receiving passageway for receiving two or more wires into the chamber;
- a cover configured for rotatable coupling to the housing and at least partially enclosing the chamber;
- a conductive engagement member coupled to the cover and rotatable within the chamber upon rotation of the cover, the conductive engagement member being configured to fracture a portion of any insulated covering on each wire and complete an electrical contact between conductors of the two or more wires upon rotation of the cover;
- the cover including a lever extending generally away from the cover and capable of rotating the cover in a first direction relative to the housing, and the housing including a lever extending generally away from the housing and capable of rotating the housing in a second direction relative to the cover.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.