Connector assembly

• US 3,156,761 A
• Filed: 11/26/1962
• Issued: 11/10/1964
• Est. Priority Date: 11/26/1962
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: William G. Schinske
• Original Assignee: William G. Schinske
• Inventors: Schinske, William G.
• Application Number:
  US04/240,113
• Time in Patent Office: 715 Days
• US Class Current: 174/87
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 4/22 End caps, i.e. of insulating or conductive material for covering or maintaining connections between wires entering the cap from the same end
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 4/4863 Coil spring
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 403/602 by separate spring

Claims

11. IN A CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY FOR JOINING THE STRIPPED ENDS OF TWO OR MORE ELECTRIC WIRES OR THE LIKE, A GENERALLY CYLINDRICAL CAP WITH A GENERALLY CENTRAL BORE OPEN AT ONE END AND CLOSED BY AN END WALL AT THE OTHER END, A WIRE COIL IN THE BORE, AN INTERLOCK BETWEEN THE CAP AND COIL, INCLUDING MEANS IN THE BORE ENGAGING THE COIL FOR CONNECTING THE COIL TO THE CAP WHEN THE CAP AND COIL ARE BEING TURNED DOWN ON THE STRIPPED ENDS OF THE WIRES, MEANS FOR RELEASING THE COIL FROM THE CAP AFTER THE WIRE ENDS ENGAGE THE END WALL OF THE CAP AND TURNING OF THE CAP IS CONTINUED SO THAT THE CAP MAY BE FREELY TURNED IN EITHER DIRECTION THEREAFTER WITHOUT UNSCREWING THE COIL FROM THE WIRE ENDS, AND MEANS FOR NORMALLY PREVENTING THE COIL FROM COMING OUT OF THE CAP AT ALL TIMES.