Electrical crimp connector
First Claim
1. An electrical crimp connector for forming a connection with an insulated wire, comprising:
- an insulating member formed of a plurality of interconnected clamping elements, each of said clamping elements having a slot extending downwardly from a top surface thereof to a bottom surface thereof;
a support strip releasably secured to said bottom surface of said insulating member;
a pair of connecting elements associated with each clamping element and being joined by a transverse web, each of said containing elements being flat, strip-like and resilient and being formed of an electrically conductive material, each of said connecting elements having a slot centrally disposed thereof, each of said slots having a lower portion with a width less than the diameter of an insulated wire and an entry portion having a width greater than the width of the lower portion, said lower portion of said slot having sharp edges along the sides thereof for severing insulation on said insulated wire and contacting the core of said insulated wire for gripping thereof as said insulated wire is inserted into said lower portion of said slot, each of said pairs of connecting elements being insertable into an enclosure formed in an associated clamping element;
a multipin connector disposed on said support strip and adapted to receive connecting elements of different configurations, each of said pairs of connecting elements being pluggable into said multipin connector;
a wire guide disposed on said insulating member; and
a wire guide disposed on said support strip independently of said insulating member wire guide.
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Abstract
An electrical crimp connector has a plurality of two armed connecting elements made of a flat resilient contact material having a central slot. The main part of each slot extends from a widened entry aperture, is bounded by sharp edges and has a width less than the thickness of the metal core of a wire so that when the wire is pushed into the slot the insulation of wire is severed so the wire contacts the connecting element. A clamping element is associated with each connecting element and has a support surface on which the connecting element is fixed. The connecting elements are interconnected in pairs and have a number of interconnected clamping elements extending around them and are combined to form a unit having wire guides. The connecting elements are adapted to be plugged in on the support strip which is releasably connected to the insulating member on both sides of longitudinally extending lines, separate wire guides being provided on the parts which are releasable from one another.
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25 Claims
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1. An electrical crimp connector for forming a connection with an insulated wire, comprising:
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an insulating member formed of a plurality of interconnected clamping elements, each of said clamping elements having a slot extending downwardly from a top surface thereof to a bottom surface thereof; a support strip releasably secured to said bottom surface of said insulating member; a pair of connecting elements associated with each clamping element and being joined by a transverse web, each of said containing elements being flat, strip-like and resilient and being formed of an electrically conductive material, each of said connecting elements having a slot centrally disposed thereof, each of said slots having a lower portion with a width less than the diameter of an insulated wire and an entry portion having a width greater than the width of the lower portion, said lower portion of said slot having sharp edges along the sides thereof for severing insulation on said insulated wire and contacting the core of said insulated wire for gripping thereof as said insulated wire is inserted into said lower portion of said slot, each of said pairs of connecting elements being insertable into an enclosure formed in an associated clamping element; a multipin connector disposed on said support strip and adapted to receive connecting elements of different configurations, each of said pairs of connecting elements being pluggable into said multipin connector; a wire guide disposed on said insulating member; and a wire guide disposed on said support strip independently of said insulating member wire guide. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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4. An electrical crimp connector for forming a connection with an insulated wire, comprising:
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an insulating member formed of a plurality of interconnected clamping elements, each of said clamping elements having a slot extending downwardly from a top surface thereof to a bottom surface thereof; a support strip releasably secured to said bottom surface of said insulating member; a pair of connecting elements associated with each clamping element, each of said connecting elements being flat, strip-like resilient and being formed of an electrically conductive material, each of said connecting elements having a slot centrally disposed thereof, each of said slots having a lower portion with a width less than the diameter of an insulated wire and an entry portion having a width greater than the width of said lower portion, said lower portion of said slot having sharp edges along the sides thereof for severing insulation on said insulated wire and contacting the core of said insulated wire for gripping thereof as said insulated wire is inserted into said lower portion of said slot, each of said connecting elements being insertable into an enclosure formed in an associated clamping element; a multipin connector disposed on said support strip and adapted to receive connecting elements of different configurations, each of said connecting elements being pluggable into said multipin connector; a wire guide disposed on said insulating member; a wire guide disposed on said support strip independently of said insulating member wire guide; and a spring formed on each of said connecting elements and being disposed at an angle with respect to its associated connecting element, each of said springs having a contact, said contact of said spring of one connecting element of each pair of connecting elements being normally in electrical connection with said contact of said spring of the other connecting element of each pair of connecting elements to form an openable, normally closed contact, each of said springs having an extension for engagement in said multipin connector. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6)
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Specification