Insulation piercing battery connector
AssigneePhiladelphia Scientific, Europe
InventorDuncan Jones
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a flexible connector for attaching electrical accessories to an industrial battery electrical cable. The connector includes a housing and an electrically conductive pin that is positioned within the housing and protrudes through a cable mating surface of the housing. The connector also includes a fuse positioned within the housing and electrically connected to the portion of the pin within the housing, and a conductive wire, wherein at least a portion of the wire is positioned within the housing and electrically connected to the fuse. At least the cable mating surface of the housing is suitably flexible to conform to the contours of an electrical cable insulation surface when the pin pierces through the insulation surface of the electrical cable to which the connector is attached.
Claims16
A connector for attaching electrical accessories to an electrical cable, comprising:
- a housing;
- an electrically conductive pin, wherein at least a portion of the pin is positioned within the housing and protrudes through a cable mating surface of the housing;
- a fuse positioned within the housing and electrically connected to the portion of the pin within the housing;
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- a conductive wire, wherein at least a portion of the wire is positioned within the housing and electrically connected to said fuse;
- wherein at least the cable mating surface of the housing is suitably flexible to completely conform to the contours of an electrical cable insulation surface when the pin pierces through the insulation surface of the electrical cable.
An electrical cable connector, comprising:
- a housing having at least one cable mating surface area;
- an electrically conductive pin, wherein at least a portion of the pin is positioned within the housing and protrudes through the at least one cable mating surface area of the housing;
- a fuse positioned within the housing and electrically connected to the portion of the pin within the housing;
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- a conductive wire, wherein at least a portion of the wire is positioned within the housing and electrically connected to the fuse;
- wherein the at least one cable mating surface area of the housing is suitably flexible such that the entire cable mating surface area substantially conforms to the contours of a cable insulation surface when the pin pierces through the insulation surface of the cable.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.