Electrical wire connector
AssigneeTyco Electronics Raychem GmbH
InventorsCarlos Aparici Ballester, Ramon Asensio Camacho
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Abstract
Electrical connectors, particularly for connecting telephone wire pairs, are disclosed in which connector strips having at least one row of apertures containing wire connection terminals is provided with at least one captive wire insertion tool which can push or otherwise force wires into terminals of the connector strip to establish electrical connection. The or each tool is mounted for captive sliding movement relative to the strip to position the tool with a selected one of the apertures in which a wire connection is to be made. In one form of the invention, a tool is adapted to slide along the strip so that it can be positioned at each aperture. In a further embodiment, the strip is provided with a plurality of tools, one for each aperture.
Claims29
An electrical connector comprising a connector strip having at least one row of apertures containing wire connection terminals, and having at least one captive wire insertion tool capable in use of pushing or otherwise forcing wires into the terminals to establish electrical connection, wherein the tool is arranged for captive sliding movement relative to the strip to position the tool with a selected one of the apertures in which a wire connection is to be made, wherein the tool includes a spring loaded wire plunger member carried by the carrier portion in such arrangement that the plunger can be repeatedly moved to force the wires into the respective terminals.
An electrical connector comprising a connector strip having at least one row of apertures containing wire connection terminals, wherein some or all of the apertures have individually dedicated manually-engageable wire insertion and cutting tools pre-inserted therein or immovably aligned therewith, each such tool being dedicated to establish electrical connection by pushing or otherwise forcing a wire into the terminals exclusively of its own aligned aperture or apertures, wherein each such tool has a cross-sectional area substantially equal to that of its aligned aperture and an associated cut-off blade or other member for cutting off the free end of the wire extending beyond the terminals.
A component for use with an electrical connector comprising a connector strip having at least one row of apertures containing wire connection terminals, and having at least one wire insertion tool capable in use of pushing or otherwise forcing wires into the terminals to establish electrical connection, the tool including a wire plunger member including a force applying handle for moving the plunger member relative to a tool housing carried by the carrier portion in such arrangement that the plunger can be repeatedly moved to force the wires into the respective terminals, the component comprising a slide housing in a form suitable for fitting onto the pre-existing connector strip, with or without the said wire insertion tool pre-fitted in the slide housing.
A connector strip having at least two rows of apertures containing wire connection terminals, and having at least one captive wire insertion tool capable in use of pushing or otherwise forcing wires into the terminals to establish electrical connection, the tool comprising a wire insertion member laterally aligned with one row, wherein the tool is arranged for captive sliding movement along the rows to align the wire insertion member selectively with any one of the apertures in which a wire connection is to be made, and being rotatable to align the wire insertion member with any one of the apertures of the other said row.
An electrical connector comprising a connector strip having at least one row of apertures containing wire connection terminals, and having at least one captive wire insertion tool capable in use of pushing or otherwise forcing wires into the terminals to establish electrical connection, wherein the tool is arranged for captive sliding movement relative to the strip to position the tool with a selected one of the apertures in which a wire connection is to be made;
- the tool is held captive in a slide housing which is permanently or removably mounted on top of the row of apertures in the connector strip;
- the wire insertion tool comprises a slidable carrier portion, which is captively held in the slide housing;
- the connector strip includes two or more rows of the terminal-containing apertures, having one or more tools provided on each row;
- and wherein two or more rows of the terminal-containing apertures are provided, wherein the tool is provided having a carrier which can be rotated or otherwise moved on or in the slide housing to align the tool selectively with one row or another.
An electrical connector comprising a connector strip having at least one row of apertures containing wire connection terminals, and having at least one captive wire insertion tool capable in use of pushing or otherwise forcing wires into the terminals to establish electrical connection, wherein the tool is arranged for captive sliding movement relative to the strip to position the tool with a selected one of the apertures in which a wire connection is to be made;
- the tool is held captive in a slide housing which is permanently or removably mounted on top of the row of apertures in the connector strip;
- the wire insertion tool comprises a slidable carrier portion, which is captively held in the slide housing;
- the connector strip includes two or more rows of the terminal-containing apertures, having one or more tools provided on each row;
- and having two or more rows of the terminal-containing apertures, wherein a tool is provided having a pusher which is rotatable or otherwise movable in or on the slidable carrier to align the pusher selectively with one row or another.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.