Electrical connector with a push-in type contact
AssigneeIDEAL Industries, Inc.
InventorSushil N. Keswani
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Abstract
An electrical connector includes a housing having outwardly extending sleeves for connection with a corresponding connector. The housing defines an aperture extending through the extending sleeves, and an electrically-conductive contact is retained within the interior space of the housing and extending into the aperture. The electrically-conductive contact has an end comprising a contact portion within the aperture and an opposite end comprising a push-in type contact element. A cap retains the contact within the interior space, enclosing the interior space, and defining a port to allow insertion of a conductor of various construction therethrough.
Claims15
An electrical connector, comprising:
- a non-electrically-conductive housing having an interior space in which is carried at least one flexible, electrically-conductive push-in type contact having a first end configured to receive and grip an electrical conductor and a second end having a contact portion to releasable electrically couple with a contact housed within a corresponding connector releasably mateable with the housing;
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- a cap for enclosing the interior space and retaining the electrical conductor within the housing;
- wherein the contact portion of the push-in type contact is generally cylindrical in shape, the housing has a viewing port, the cap comprises a visible element, and the visible element is arranged on the cap so as to be viewable via the viewing port to indicate when the cap is arranged relative to the housing with the push-in type contact being properly seated in the housing.
An electrical connector comprising:
- a non-electrically-conductive housing having at least one outwardly extending sleeve and defining an interior space;
- the housing defining at least one aperture extending through the at least one outwardly extending sleeve and joining with the interior space;
- an electrically-conductive contact retained within the interior space and extending into the at least one aperture, the electrically-conductive contact having an end comprising a contact portion within the at least one aperture and having an opposite end comprising a push-in type contact element;
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- a cap retained by the housing and adapted to retain the electrically-conductive contact within the interior space and enclose the interior space, the cap defining a port arranged to allow insertion of a conductor there through such that the conductor mechanically and electrically couples to the push-in type contact element intermediate the push-in type contact element and an interior surface of the housing;
- wherein the housing further defines a wire retaining compartment intermediate the interior surface of the housing and the defined at least one aperture in which an end of the inserted conductor is retained when mechanically and electrically coupled to the push-in type contact element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.