EP0004780A2
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Electrical connector
Assignee: TE Connectivity Corp
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Filing: 1979-04-04
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Granted: —
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Expires: 1999-04-04
Abstract
Abstract A connector comprises a series of slotted terminals (31) integrally joined to a carrier strip (35) mounted in an insulating housing (11) with the carrier strip (35) extending through slots (14) formed in barrier wells (13) separating adjacent terminal-receiving cavities (12) so that insulated wires can be inserted simultaneously through a wire-receiving face of the housing (11) into the slotted terminals (31) and thereby connected together.
Inventors
- 👤 Richard Lee Marks
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 07:29
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01R; H01R4/00; H01R4/24; H01R4/2416; H01R4/2445; H01R4/2462
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 3
Claim 1
Independent Claim
142 words
An electrical connector for commoning electrical conductors comprising a housing moulded in one piece from insulating plastics material with a row of terminal-receiving cavities opening to a wire-receiving face of the housing and separated from each other by insulating barrier walls, a series of wire-receiving terminal portions formed with respective wire-receiving slots received in respective cavities with the slots extending away from the wire-receiving face so that respective wires can be forced, simultaneously, laterally of their axes through the wire-receiving face into respective slots to establish connection with the wires, characterised in that, the wire-receiving terminal portions (31, 32) extend in the same direction away from a flexible carrier strip (35) to which they are integrally joined, each barrier wall (13) being formed with a slot (14) extending away from the wire-receiving face through which slots (14) the carrier strip (35) extends.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
142 words
An electrical connector for commoning electrical conductors comprising a housing moulded in one piece from insulating plastics material with a row of terminal-receiving cavities opening to a wire-receiving face of the housing and separated from each other by insulating barrier walls, a series of wire-receiving terminal portions formed with respective wire-receiving slots received in respective cavities with the slots extending away from the wire-receiving face so that respective wires can be forced, simultaneously, laterally of their axes through the wire-receiving face into respective slots to establish connection with the wires, characterised in that, the wire-receiving terminal portions (31, 32) extend in the same direction away from a flexible carrier strip (35) to which they are integrally joined, each barrier wall (13) being formed with a slot (14) extending away from the wire-receiving face through which slots (14) the carrier strip (35) extends.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
52 words
An electrical connector according to Claim 1, characterised in that the terminal strip is substantially completely enclosed within the cavity (12) and wire-receiving slots (17, 18) are formed in respective pairs of opposed cavity walls (15, 16) to extend away from the wire-receiving face in alignment with respective wire-receiving terminal slots (33).
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