Electrical connector

• US 4,427,252 A
• Filed: 06/18/1981
• Issued: 01/24/1984
• Est. Priority Date: 06/18/1981
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Monster, Inc. (Atlantic Acquisition, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Monster, Inc. (Atlantic Acquisition, Inc.)
• Inventors: Lee, Noel, Choy, Andrew L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Silverberg, Fred
• Application Number:
  US06/274,767
• Time in Patent Office: 950 Days
• Field of Search: 339/32 R, 339/32 M, 339/33, 339/89 R, 339/89 C, 339/89 M, 339/252 R, 339/252 P, 339/263 R
• US Class Current: 439/320
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 4/32 Conductive members located in slot or hole in screw
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 439/907 Contact having three contact surfaces, including diverse surface

Abstract

An electrical connector for effecting connection to `banana` type sockets includes a connector body having an axially elongated male pin extending from one end thereof. A captive, internally threaded collar is located at the proximate end of the pin and is used to threadedly engage the external threads of a mating socket. The other end of the connector body includes an internally threaded bore for receiving a threaded terminal fastener that includes a head portion for securing bifurcated terminal lugs between the end of the connector body and the head of the terminal fastener. A flat side surface is formed on the head of the terminal fastener for engaging the bent free ends of bifurcated terminal lugs. The terminal fastener also includes an axially aligned bore for receiving a male banana-type pin and a diametrically aligned bore for receiving a solid or a stranded core wire so that the wire can be secured between the head of the terminal fastener and the end of the connector body.

Claims

1. An electrical connector for connection to a post type connector defined by an externally threaded tubular member having a smooth pin-receiving internal bore, said electrical connector comprising:

a male pin connected to the end of a connector body;

an internally threaded collar mounted on said pin for free rotation, said collar being threadedly engagable with the external threads of the post-type connector;

said connector body, at the end thereof remote from said pin, having a threaded bore therein; and

a terminal fastener having a threaded portion for threadedly engaging said threaded bore of said connector body and a head portion for securing an electrical terminal between the said head portion and the end of the connector body, said terminal fastener including an axially directed bore for receiving a pin-type banana connector and a diametrically aligned bore for receiving an electrical conductor for detachably securing the conductor between said head and the end of the connector body.

2. The electrical connector claimed in claim 1 wherein:

said male pin includes at least one longitudinally extending slot to define first and second contact portions that are resiliently urgable outwardly from one another when inserted into the pin receiving bore of a post-type connector.

3. The electrical connector claimed in claim 1 wherein;

said male pin includes an enlarged diameter flange and a mounting stud axially extending from said flange, said stud received within a stud-receiving bore formed in said connector body, said flange spaced a selected distance from the pin end of the connector body, said collar having an axially extending cylindrical portion and an end wall having a bore therein, said collar mounted on said stud intermediate said pin end of said connector and said flange.

4. The electrical connector claimed in claim 1 wherein:

said male pin includes an axial bore therein having at least one end opening into the threaded bore of said connector body, said male pin axial bore adapted to receive a connector pin therein.

5. The electrical connector claimed in claim 4 further comprising:

a threaded screw located in a threaded bore for securing a connector pin in said male pin axial bore.

6. The electrical connector claimed in claim 1 wherein:

said terminal fastener includes at least one flat side surface for engaging inclined distal ends of a bifurcated terminal lug.

7. An electrical connector for connection to a post-type connector defined by an externally threaded tubular member having a smooth pin-receiving internal bore, said electrical connector comprising:

a male pin connected to the end of a connector body;

said connector body, at the end thereof remote from said pin, having a threaded bore therein;

a terminal fastener having a threaded portion for threadedly engaging said threaded bore of said connector body and a head portion for securing an electrical terminal between said head portion and the end of said connector body, said head portion including at least one flat side surface for engaging inclined distal ends of a bifurcated terminal lug;

an internally threaded collar mounted at the proximate end of said pin for free rotation, said collar being threadedly engagable with the external threads of the post-type connector; and

said male pin including an enlarged diameter flange and a mounting stud axially extending from said flange, said stud received within a stud-receiving bore formed in said connector body, said flange spaced a selected distance from the pin end of the connector body, said collar having an axially extending cylindrical portion and an end wall having a bore therein, said collar mounted on said stud intermediate the corresponding end of said connector body and said flange.

8. The electrical connector claimed in claim 7 wherein:

said male pin includes at least one longitudinally extending slot to define first and second contact portions that are resiliently urgable outwardly from one another when inserted into the pin receiving bore of a post-type connector.

9. The electrical connector claimed in claim 7 wherein:

said male pin includes an axial bore therein having at least one end opening into the thread bore of said connector body, said male pin axial bore adapted to receive a connector pin therein.

10. The electrical connector claimed in claim 9 further comprising;

a threaded screw located in a threaded bore for securing a connector pin in said male pin axial bore.

11. An electrical connector for connection to a post type connector defined by an externally threaded tubular member having a smooth pin-receiving internal bore, said electrical connector comprising:

a male pin connected to the end of a connector body;

an internally threaded collar mounted at the proximate end of said pin for free rotation, said collar being threadedly engagable with the external threads of the post-type connector;

said connector body, at the end thereof remote from said pin, having a bore formed therein;

said male pin including an axial bore therein which, together with the bore of said connector body, is adapted to receive a connector pin therein; and

a threaded screw located in a threaded bore for securing said connector pin in said male pin axial bore.

12. An electrical connector for connection to a post type connector defined by an externally threaded tubular member having a smooth pin-receiving internal bore, said electrical connector comprising:

a male pin connected to the end of a connector body;

an internally threaded collar mounted at the proximate end of said pin for free rotation, said collar being threadedly engagable with the external threads of the post-type connector;

said connector body, at the end thereof remote from said pin, having a bore formed therein;

said male pin including an axial bore therein which, together with the bore of said connector body, is adapted to receive a connector pin therein, and

said male pin further including an enlarged diameter flange and a mounting stud axially extending from said flange, said stud received within a stud-receiving bore formed in said connector body, said flange spaced a selected distance from the pin end of the connector body, said collar having an axially extending cylindrical portion and an end wall having a bore therein, said collar mounted on said stud intermediate said pin end of said connector and said flange.

13. An electrical connector for connection to a post type connector defined by an externally threaded tubular member having a smooth pin-receiving internal bore, said electrical connector comprising:

a male pin connected to the end of a connector body;

an internally threaded collar mounted at the proximate end of said pin for free rotation, said collar being threadedly engagable with the external threads of the post-type connector;

said connector body, at the end thereof remote from said pin, having a bore formed therein;

said male pin including an axial bore therein which, together with the bore of said connector body, is adapted to receive a connector pin therein; and

said male pin further including at least one longitudinally extending slot to define first and second contact portions that are resiliently urgable outwardly from one another when inserted into the pin receiving bore of a post-type connector.