Insulation piercing electrical tap connectors

    公开(公告)号:US11677168B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-13

    申请号:US17454370

    申请日:2021-11-10

    申请人: Panduit Corp.

    发明人: Brian K. Arflack

    摘要: Various implementations of insulation piercing connectors are disclosed. The insulation piercing connectors include a simple and efficient design for providing electrical tap connections to a power cable for voltage detection purposes. The insulation piercing connector includes at least a top housing and a bottom housing that come together to receive the power cable. Terminal contacts are housed internally within the insulation piercing connector, and the terminal contacts are positioned to pierce the power cable when the insulation piercing connector is assembled into an operational state.

    Laminated wire connector
    3.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11362444B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-14

    申请号:US17254282

    申请日:2019-06-26

    发明人: Richard Schneider

    摘要: An electrical connector and associated terminal are disclosed for making an electrical connection to a wire. The terminal includes a plurality of metal plates adjoining each other to form a stack that defines a passage for receiving the wire. The plates include a plurality of cutter plates disposed between a pair of outer holding plates. Each of the cutter plates has a pair of cutting edges for disrupting any insulation on the wire to permit a conductor of the wire to directly contact the cutter plate. One or more of the cutter plates may have a contact projection for making an electrical connection. The connector includes the terminal and may further include a housing. The holding plates of the terminal have outer edges with abutment features for engaging interior surfaces of the housing.

    Connector and connecting method
    5.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11121479B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-14

    申请号:US16910862

    申请日:2020-06-24

    摘要: A connector includes a base member having two or more projections, two or more contacts, a housing holding the contacts and facing the base member, and a cutting portion for cutting the flexible conductor between a pair of contacts to divide the flexible conductor into a pair of flexible conductor pieces, when projections corresponding to the contacts are separately inserted into projection accommodating portions of the contacts together with the flexible conductor, the flexible conductor being arranged between the base member and the housing and extending over the contacts adjacent to each other, the flexible conductor pieces divided by the cutting portion being sandwiched between lateral surfaces of the projections and inner surfaces of the projection accommodating portions of the contacts and coming into contact with the inner surfaces of the projection accommodating portions of the contacts, whereby the contacts are electrically connected to the flexible conductor pieces.

    Electrical connector
    6.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10971834B1

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-06

    申请号:US16739097

    申请日:2020-01-09

    发明人: Bingshui Chen

    IPC分类号: H01R4/24 H01R12/70 H01R4/48

    摘要: An electrical connector includes a housing which is provided with an installation cavity and a jack. A conductive clamp and a movable member are configured in the housing. The conductive clamp is provided with at least one pair of first clamping pieces and at least one pair of releasing pieces. The first clamping pieces and the releasing pieces extend into the installation cavity. The movable member is capable of moving back and forth along the installation cavity. A conducting wire is capable of passing through the jack and is inserted into one pair of first clamping pieces. The movable member is capable of moving forward along the installation cavity, and abutting on one pair of releasing pieces, to force the releasing pieces and drive the first clamping pieces to open outward, so that the conducting wire is capable of detaching from the first clamping pieces.

    Low-force push-in electrical terminal
    7.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10673167B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-06-02

    申请号:US16124597

    申请日:2018-09-07

    申请人: Lear Corporation

    摘要: An electrical terminal includes a terminal base. A mate portion is attached to the terminal base and is adapted to mate with a corresponding electrical terminal. A conductor contact portion includes a box attached to the terminal base. The box defines an interior space. A lever extends from a wall of the box. The lever includes a curved portion that extends toward the terminal base. The lever is adapted to engage a conductor of a wire inserted into the box. The lever includes lift tabs that extend from the lever to outside the box.

    Electrical connector
    8.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10566708B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-02-18

    申请号:US15996114

    申请日:2018-06-01

    申请人: QUICKWIRE LIMITED

    摘要: The present invention provides an electrical connector, comprising a shuttle member for receiving a stripped multi-core cable (such as a twin and earth conductor cable), the shuttle member including a core guide means and a resilient clip member for each of the stripped cores to be received. A body portion is configured to support at least one shuttle member in sliding engagement and includes an array of terminal connections, each connection having a shaped contact to receive a respective clip member of the shuttle member. Each shaped contact defines a jaw member operable to compress a respective clip member when the shuttle member is fully engaged with the body portion to thereby grip the stripped cores of the multi-core cable. The electrical connector has particular application as an electrical junction box for lighting circuits.

    Contacting device for contacting an electrical conductor to an electrical conductor path

    公开(公告)号:US10553978B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-02-04

    申请号:US15771104

    申请日:2016-10-25

    IPC分类号: H01R4/24 H01R13/193 H01R4/48

    摘要: A contacting device for contacting an electrical conductor to an electrical conductor track includes a housing having openings for inserting the conductor and the conductor track into a cavity. A contact clip is in the cavity, and is a single element that includes a first portion having an end to press the conductor onto the conductor track, and a second portion from which a protrusion protrudes. The contact clip is bent in the cavity so that the first portion is under bending stress and the end of the first portion is pressed against the protrusion. The second portion is arranged in the housing such that it and the protrusion are displaced when a force acts on the second portion, as a result of which the end of the first portion is released from abutting the protrusion and is pressed against the conductor to hold the conductor on the conductor track.

    Terminal block with light guide bar

    公开(公告)号:US10267981B1

    公开(公告)日:2019-04-23

    申请号:US15978085

    申请日:2018-05-11

    发明人: Shang-Tsai Wu

    摘要: A terminal block includes an insulative casing, a bottom plate, conductive terminals and a light module. The insulative casing has first chambers, second chambers and through holes separately communicating with the first chambers. The bottom plate coves the first chambers. A side of the bottom plate and the second chambers are formed with a circuit board slot. The bottom plate is extended with light guide bars separately passing through and exposed in the through holes. The conductive terminals are separately received in the first chambers. Each conductive terminal is extended with a contact sheet disposed in the second chamber. The light module includes a circuit board, LEDs mounted on the circuit board and conductive units. When the circuit board is detachably inserted into the circuit board slot, the LEDs correspond to the light guide bars in position, and each conductive unit electrically connects to one of the contact sheets.