EP0052037A2
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Insulation piercing contact
Assignee: Bendix Corp
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Filing: 1981-10-21
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2001-10-21
Abstract
Abstract An insulation piercing contact (100, 900) for making electrical and mechanical engagement with an associated insulated conductor wire (300), characterized in that it comprises a first sleeve (510, 920), a second sleeve (520, 960) having a wire receiving end (522, 962), the second sleeve being telescopically interfittable with and slidably disposed relative to the first sleeve for axial movement between first and second positions which define electrically unconnected and electrically interconnected positions respectively with the wire, and a deflectable cantilever arm (600,941) extending from said second sleeve, said cantilever arm having a pointed end (700, 970) to pierce through the insulation of the wire inserted into the second sleeve, the first sleeve of said telescoped sleeves having a cam (515,961) disposed to urge against and deflect the cantilever arm and pointed end into wire (300) when the second sleeve slides between the two axial positions.
Inventors
- 👤 Normand Charles Bourdon
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 22:42
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01R; H01R4/00; H01R4/24; H01R4/2491; H01R43/00; H01R43/01; H01R43/015
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
147 words
An insulation piercing contact (100, 900) for making electrical and mechanical engagement with an associated insulated conductor wire (300), characterized in that it comprises a first sleeve (510, 920), a second sleeve (520, 960 having a wire receiving end (522, 962), the second sleeve being telescopically interfittable with and slidably disposed relative to the first sleeve for axial movement between first and second positions which define electrically unconnected and electrically interconnected positions respectively with the wire, and a deflectable cantilever arm (600, 941) extending from said second sleeve, said cantilever arm having a pointed end (700, 970) to pierce through the insulation of the wire inserted into the second sleeve, the first sleeve of said telescoped sleeves having a cam (515, 961) disposed to urge against and deflect the cantilever arm and pointed end into wire (300) when the second sleeve slides between the two axial positions.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
147 words
An insulation piercing contact (100, 900) for making electrical and mechanical engagement with an associated insulated conductor wire (300), characterized in that it comprises a first sleeve (510, 920), a second sleeve (520, 960 having a wire receiving end (522, 962), the second sleeve being telescopically interfittable with and slidably disposed relative to the first sleeve for axial movement between first and second positions which define electrically unconnected and electrically interconnected positions respectively with the wire, and a deflectable cantilever arm (600, 941) extending from said second sleeve, said cantilever arm having a pointed end (700, 970) to pierce through the insulation of the wire inserted into the second sleeve, the first sleeve of said telescoped sleeves having a cam (515, 961) disposed to urge against and deflect the cantilever arm and pointed end into wire (300) when the second sleeve slides between the two axial positions.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
109 words
An insulation piercing contact according to claim 1, characterized in that it comprises a central body (120, 910) having a shoulder (121, 911), a mating portion (110, 930) extending forwardly from the central body, and an insulation piercing portion extending rearwardly from the central body, the insulation piercing portion comprising said a first sleeve (510, 920) having one end (511) secured to the central body, said second sleeve (520, 960), and said deflectable cantilever arm (600, 941) extending outwardly from the inner sleeve of said telescoped sleeves, said cam (515, 961) being disposed on the outer sleeve of said sleeves to urge against and deflect the cantilever arm downwardly.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
41 words
An insulation piercing contact according to claim 2, characterized in that the outer sleeve includes an opening (514) and said cantilever arm (600) passes outwardly of the opening to detain the two sleeves (510, 520) together in the first axial position.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
74 words
An insulation piercing contact according to claim 2, characterized in that it includes a pair of openings (514) on said outer sleeve and a pair .of cantilever arms (600), each arm (600) diverging outwardly from one another through a respective opening and from the inner sleeve, each opening having an edge defining the cam (515), the pointed end on each arm being adapted to be deflected downwardly by the cam to pierce the insulation.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
17 words
An insulation piercing contact according to claim 2, characterized in that said pointed end (700) is V-shaped.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
18 words
An insulation piercing contact according to claim 2, characterized in that said pointed end (700) is arcuately shaped.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
17 words
An insulation piercing contact according to claim 5, characterized in that the V-shaped pointed end is concave.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
17 words
An insulation piercing contact according to claim 5, characterized in that the V-shaped pointed end is convex.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
29 words
An insulation piercing contact according to claim 2, characterized in that the inner sleeve includes means (800, 952) for locking the sleeves in the second and electrically terminated position.
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