Electrical connector assembly

• US 4,218,109 A
• Filed: 11/28/1978
• Issued: 08/19/1980
• Est. Priority Date: 12/08/1977
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: General Motors Corporation (Motors Liquidation Co. GUC Trust)
• Original Assignee: General Motors Corporation (Motors Liquidation Co. GUC Trust)
• Inventors: Kneusels, Max B.
• Primary Examiner(s): Bell, Paul A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Desmond, Eugene F.
• Application Number:
  US05/964,194
• Time in Patent Office: 630 Days
• Field of Search: 339/147 R, 339/147 C, 339/100, 339/229, 339/237, 339/103 R, 339/153, 339/173, 339/219 F, 339/263 L, 339/223 R, 339/276 R, 339/276 S, 339/276 T , 339/95 B, 339/232, 339/263 B, 337/231-235, 337/251, 337/252
• US Class Current: 439/620.26
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 85/20 Bases for supporting the fuse; Separate parts thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 11/11 End pieces or tapping pieces for wires, supported by the wire and for facilitating electrical connection to some other wire, terminal or conductive member H01R11/01 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 11/28 End pieces consisting of a ferrule or sleeve
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/66 Structural association with built-in electrical component coupling devices having concentrically or coaxially-arranged contacts H01R24/38

Abstract

A fused electrical connector for connecting an insulated conductor to a terminal is formed of two parts of unequal length, each being formed at one end for attachment to the terminal and the longer part being formed at its other end for securing on the insulation of the conductor, the shorter part being formed to retain one end of the fuse element the opposite end of which is adapted to be inserted into, or secured to, the wires of the conductor.

Claims

1. An electrical connector assembly for connecting to a terminal an electrical cable having a conductor core with an insulating sheathing therearound, said assembly including an electrically conductive cable grip and a fuse element, one end of said cable grip being formed for attachment to said terminal and the other end being formed for connection to the insulating sheathing of said conductor, and one end of said fuse element being connected to said cable grip and the other end of said fuse element being formed for engagement with the core of said conductor.

2. An electrical connector assembly for connecting to a terminal an electrical cable having a conductor core with an insulating sheathing therearound, said assembly including a cable grip having a fuse element directly connected thereto, said cable grip being formed of two juxtaposed parts of unequal length, each formed at one end for attachment to said terminal, the longer of said parts being formed at its other end for connection to the insulating sheathing of said conductor and the shorter of said parts being formed at its other end for the connection thereto of one end of said fuse element, the other end of said fuse element being formed for engagement with the core of said conductor.

3. An electrical connector assembly for connecting to a terminal an electrical cable having a conductor core with an insulating sheathing therearound, said assembly including a cable grip having a wire fuse element directly connected thereto, said cable grip being formed of two juxtaposed and releasably connected parts of unequal length, each formed at one end for attachment to said terminal, the longer of said parts being formed at its other end for connection to the insulating sheathing of said conductor and the shorter of said parts being formed at its other end for the connection thereto of one end of said fuse element, the other end of said fuse element being formed for insertion into the core of said conductor.

4. An electrical connector assembly for connecting to a terminal an electrical cable having a conductor core with an insulating sheathing therearound, said assembly including a cable grip having a wire fuse element directly connected thereto, said cable grip being formed of two juxtaposed parts of unequal length, each formed at one end for attachment to said terminal, the longer of said parts being formed at said one end with deformable lugs by which it can be detachably connected to said shorter part and being formed at its other end for connection to the insulating sheathing of said conductor and the shorter of said parts being formed at its other end for the connection thereto of one end of said fuse element, the other end of said fuse element being formed for axial insertion into the core of said conductor.

5. An electrical connector assembly for connecting to a terminal an electrical cable having a conductor core with an insulating sheathing therearound, said assembly including a cable grip having a fuse element directly connected thereto, said cable grip being formed of two juxtaposed parts of unequal length, each formed at one end for attachment to said terminal, the longer of said parts being formed at its other end for connection to the insulating sheathing of said conductor and the shorter of said parts being formed at its other end for the connection thereto of one end of said fuse element, the other end of said fuse element being formed for engagement with the core of said conductor, and a layer of insulating material being provided on said longer part on that portion thereof opposite said fuse element when said assembly is connected with said terminal and said cable.

6. An electrical connector assembly for connecting to a terminal an electrical cable having a conductor core with an insulating sheathing therearound, said assembly including a cable grip having a fuse element directly connected thereto, said cable grip being formed of two juxtaposed parts of unequal length, each formed at one end for attachment to said terminal, the longer of said parts being made of insulating material and being formed at its other end for connection to the insulating sheathing of said conductor and the shorter of said parts being formed at its other end for the connection thereto of one end of said fuse element, the other end of said fuse element being formed for engagement with the core of said conductor.