Multiplex wire connector unit

• US 20050075000A1
• Filed: 10/07/2003
• Published: 04/07/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 10/07/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Johnny Chen
• Original Assignee: Jeng-Shyong Wu
• Inventors: Wu, Jeng-Shyong
• Granted Patent: US 6,957,971 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 439/320
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/5205 Sealing means between cable and housing, e.g. grommet H01R13/5221 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/5213 Covers
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/622 Screw-ring or screw-casing H01R13/623 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 9/03 Connectors arranged to contact a plurality of the conductors of a multiconductor cable , e.g. tapping connections

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a multiplex wire connector unit made of a male connector, a female connector, and a screw collar for providing connections for a plurality of wires, wherein the male connector further includes a male connector terminal, a collar journal a sealed sleeve, and a male terminal block; the female connector further includes a female connector terminal a collar journal, a sealed envelope, and a female terminal block; after connecting with the plurality of wires respectively, the male and the female connectors are coupled together in a unit using the screwed collar.

Claims

1. A multiple wire connector unit essentially comprising:

a male connector, a female connector, and a screwed collar for providing connection means for a plurality of wires;

wherein said male connector further includes a male connector terminal radially securing said plurality of wires, a collar journal radially securing said plurality of wires at a distance away from said male connector terminal, a sealed sleeve, and a male terminal block;

said female connector further includes a female connector terminal, a collar journal, a sealed envelop, and a female terminal block;

after connecting with said plurality of wires respectively, said male and said female connectors are coupled together in a unit using said screwed collar.

2. The connector unit of claim 1, wherein said male connector terminal is interposed between a front end solenoidal member of larger diameter and a rear end solenoidal member of smaller diameter, said front end solenoidal member has an inner receiving cavity in which said male terminal block having a plurality of via holes is accommodated, said rear end solenoidal member is for accepting said collar journal having a plurality of via holes to plug into, and said sealed sleeve having inner threads further sleeves over and engages with said rear end solenoidal member with screw threads thereby completing assembly.

3. The connector unit of claim 1, wherein said female connector terminal is configurated into a through sleeve body with a clamping terminal formed at a front end, said clamping tonal is provided with an inner receiving cavity for accommodating said female terminal block having a plurality of via holes, said female connector terminal has a rear end solenoidal member for receiving the collar journal having a plurality of via holes to fit in, and then said sealed envelop having internal threads is sleeved over said rear end solenoidal member and mutually screw combined.

4. The connector unit of claim 3, wherein a disc type barrier with a larger diameter is interposed between said front end clamping terminal and said rear end solenoidal member.

5. The connector unit of claim 1, wherein said screwed collar is provided at one end of said female connector and has a hole for said multiplex wires to pass through, said screwed collar encompasses said female connector terminal and combines with said front end solenoidal member of said male connector terminal with its inner threads thereby said male and said female connectors are firmly screw engaged.

6. The connector unit of claim 2, wherein said receiving cavity of a front end solenoidal member at said male connector terminal has an inner detention groove and a detention surface, while said male terminal block also has a corresponding plug and a detention surface so as to trammel with each other without rotation.

7. The connector unit of claim 3, wherein said receiving cavity in a clamping end of said female connector terminal has an inner detention groove and a detention surface, while said female terminal block also has a corresponding plug and a detention surface so as to trammel with each other without rotation.

8. The connector unit of claim 7, wherein said clamping terminal of said female connector terminal has a detention surface formed on its outer surface so as to couple firmly each other with the detention surface formed in the receiving cavity of said male terminal block.

9. The connector unit of claim 1, wherein at least one stud tenon is provided at the side portion of said female connector terminal of said female connector to be mated with corresponding slot mortise formed in said male terminal block so as to provide a tenon and mortise joint as a discrimination means for refusing incompatible mating of male and female connectors.

10. The connector unit of claim 7, wherein at least one stud tenon is provided at the side portion of said clamping terminal of said female connector to be mated with corresponding slot mortise formed in said ten block so as to provide a tenon and mortise joint as a discrimination means for refusing incompatible mating of male and female connectors.

11. The connector unit of claim 9, wherein the number, size, and position of said stud tenon and said slot mortise can be varied according to the actual requirement so as to obtain the variety of discrimination means.

12. A multiple wire connector unit comprising:

a male connector including a plurality of wires protruding from a male terminal block, a male connector terminal having a front recess, a middle section, and a back recess, said middle section radially stabilizing said plurality of wires, said frontal recess supporting said male terminal block, a collar journal inserted into said back recess and stabilizing said plurality of wires radially at a space away from said male connector terminal and a sealed sleeve sealing over back recess;

a female connector including a plurality of wires with receptacle ends nestled inside a female terminal block, a female connector terminal having a front cavity, a middle portion, and a back cavity, said middle portion radially stabilizing said plurality of wires with receptacle ends, a collar journal inserted into said back cavity and radially stabilizing said plurality of wires with receptacle ends at a space away from said female connector terminal, and a sealed envelop sealing over back cavity; and

a screwed collar coupling said male connector with said female connector after inserting said plurality of wires into said female terminal block.

13. A multiple wire connector unit according to claim 12 wherein said female terminal block is inserted inside said front cavity of said female connector terminal and a front side of said female terminal block forms an easy to line-up flat faced receptacle holes within said front recess of said female connector terminal.