Push-in wire connector with improved busbar
AssigneeIDEAL Industries, Inc.
InventorsSushil N. Keswani, Benjamin D. Swedberg
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Abstract
A push-in wire connector has an improved busbar suitable for use with either solid or stranded wire. The connector has a housing with a hollow interior. At least two openings in the housing provide access to the interior for the ends of wires inserted into the connector. A busbar is mounted in the housing The busbar defines at least two wire-crossing axes extending from an entry edge to an exit edge and a thickness between a top face and a bottom face. The busbar has a wire-receiving pocket extending below the top face on each of the wire-crossing axes and a wire-engaging protrusion extending above the top face on each of the wire-crossing axes.
Claims27
A push-in wire connector, comprising:
- a housing having an interior and at least one opening providing access to the interior for the end of a wire inserted into the connector;
- a busbar disposed within the interior of the housing, the busbar having a top face;
- the busbar having a wire-receiving pocket extending below the top face and a wire-engaging protrusion extending above the top face.
A push-in wire connector, comprising:
- a housing having an interior and at least one opening providing access to the interior for the end of a wire inserted into the connector;
- a busbar disposed within the interior of the housing;
- the busbar having a top face and a bottom face wherein the top face has an operative length defined by a portion of the busbar engagable by a wire inserted into the connector;
- the busbar having a wire-engaging protrusion extending above the top face of the busbar and having a length of at least about 50% of the operative length, and the busbar having at least one rivet extending from the bottom face.
A push-in wire connector, comprising:
- a housing having an interior and at least one opening providing access to the interior for the end of a wire inserted into the connector;
- a busbar disposed within the interior of the housing, the busbar having a top face;
- the busbar having a wire-engaging protrusion extending above the top face and being configured to permit an inserted wire to engage and extend beyond the busbar;
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- a spring member comprising a leg member having a relatively planar portion and at least one spring finger that is bent so as to extend from and project outward from an inner edge of the planar portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.