Mechanical splice connector for cable

• US 5,683,273 A
• Filed: 07/24/1996
• Issued: 11/04/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 07/24/1996
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: The Whitaker Corporation (Meggitt PLC)
• Original Assignee: The Whitaker Corporation (Meggitt PLC)
• Inventors: Ngo, Hung Viet, Garver, William Joseph
• Primary Examiner(s): Abrams, Neil
• Assistant Examiner(s): PATEL, TULSIDAS C
• Application Number:
  US08/686,924
• Time in Patent Office: 468 Days
• Field of Search: 439/784, 439/805, 439/462, 174/84 R, 174/84 C, 174/84 S
• US Class Current: 439/784
• CPC Class Codes: F16G 11/048 by moving a surface into the cable
• CPC Class Codes: F16G 11/08 Fastenings for securing ends of driving-cables to one another, the fastenings having approximately the same diameter as the cables
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 4/5025 combined with a threaded ferrule operating in a direction parallel to the conductor

Abstract

The invention comprises an electrical connector having a central member with a first securing portion. A pair of jaws extend from the central member. A conical member has a hollow interior and a second securing portion. The second securing portion engaging the first securing portion and the jaws being received within the hollow interior whereby as the securing portions are tightened together, the jaws are pushed together in order to grip a conductor therebetween.

Claims

1. An electrical connector, comprising:

a central member having a first securing portion;

a pair of jaws extending from the central member; and

a conical member having a hollow interior and a second securing portion, the second securing portion engaging the first securing portion and the jaws being received within the hollow interior whereby as the securing portions are tightened together, the jaws are pushed together in order to grip a conductor therebetween;

the pair of jaws having two gripping surfaces for engaging the conductor, a center line extends longitudinally through the conical member, each of the gripping surfaces are parallel to the center line, one of the two gripping surfaces being closer to the center line than the other of the two gripping surfaces, forming a curved pathway for receiving the conductor.

2. The electrical connector of claim 1, wherein the first and second securing portions are first and second threaded portions.

3. The electrical connector of claim 1, wherein the hollow interior has a first conical shaped surface and wherein each of the pair of jaws have a second outer conical shaped surface, the first conical shaped surface engaging the second outer conical shaped surface during termination to push the pair of jaws together.

4. The electrical connector of claim 1, wherein each of the pair of jaws have a tab, the central member has two tab slots, the tab on each of the pair of jaws being received within the tab slots.

5. The electrical connector of claim 1, wherein the central member has two first threaded portions with a rib therebetween, the threaded portions being used to secure two of the conical members.

6. The electrical connector of claim 5, wherein the central member has two tool holes extending through the first threaded portions, the tool holes receiving a leveraging tool therein assist in terminating to the conductor.

7. An electrical connector, comprising:

a central member having a first engaging section;

a pair of jaws extending from the central member, the jaws each having an outer conical surface, the jaws forming a channel therebetween;

a conical member having a second engaging section and a hollow interior, the jaws being received within the hollow interior, the second engaging section interacting with the first engaging section to secure the conical member to the central member and terminate to a cable, during termination the hollow interior engages the conical outer surface on the jaws, pushing the jaws together to terminate to a cable received within the channel;

the pair of jaws having two gripping surfaces for engaging the conductor, a center line extends longitudinally through the conical member, each of the gripping surfaces are parallel to the center line, one of the two gripping surfaces being closer to the center line than the other of the two gripping surfaces, forming a curved pathway for receiving the conductor.

8. The electrical connector of claim 7, wherein the first and second engaging portions are first and second threaded portions.

9. The electrical connector of claim 7, wherein the hollow interior has a second conical shaped surface, the second conical shaped surface engaging the outer conical shaped surface on the pair of jaws during termination to push the pair of jaws together.

10. The electrical connector of claim 7, wherein each of the pair of jaws have a tab, the central member has two tab slots, the tab on each of the pair of jaws being received within the tab slots.

11. The electrical connector of claim 7, wherein the central member has two first threaded portions with a rib therebetween, the threaded portions being used to secure two of the conical members.

12. The electrical connector of claim 11, wherein the central member has two tool holes extending through the first threaded portions, the tool holes receiving a leveraging tool therein to assist in terminating to the cable.