EP0178712A1
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Connector
Assignee: Celanese Polymer Products Netherlands BV
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Filing: 1985-09-26
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2005-09-26
Abstract
Abstract Connector intended for attachment to the end of a cable consisting of one or more insulated conductors enclosed by a jacket, said connector comprising two housing parts which in the assembled state together define a passage having a first section designed to take the jacketed end of the cable, and a second section situated further in to take the insulated conductors projecting from the jacket. Both housing parts being provided at the first section with strain relief elements acting on the cable jacket in the assembled state, and one of the housing parts is provided at the second section with a pierce contact for each conductor. One housing part comprises in the second section of the passage cone-shaped teeth which in the assembled state project from the passage wall at right angles to the conductors and extend out to the passage wall of the other housing part in such a way that in the assembled state in the second section of the passage apertures are defined with a passage area which is smaller than the cross sectional area of the insulated conductors, so that a strain relief for each of the insulated conductors is formed.
Inventors
- 👤 Hubertus B. Libregts
- 👤 Cornelis G. Van Nes
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 17:13
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01R; H01R9/00; H01R13/00; H01R13/58; H01R13/582; H01R12/00; H01R12/70; H01R12/77; H01R13/46; H01R13/502; H01R13/506; H01R2201/00; H01R2201/16; H01R4/00; H01R4/24
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
283 words
Connector intended for attachment to the end of a cable consisting of one or more insulated conductors enclosed by a jacket, said connector comprising two housing parts which in the assembled state together define a passage having - viewed from the insertion end - a first section designed to take the jacketed end of the cable, and a second section situated further in to take the insulated conductors projecting from the jacket, both housing parts being provided at the first section with strain relief elements acting on the cable jacket in the assembled state, and one of the housing parts is provided at the second section with a pierce contact for each conductor, which pierce contact can move from a position in which the insulated conductors can be introduced unimpeded into the second section of the passage to a position in which the pierce contact is at least partiallyu pierced through the conductor, characterised in that provision is also made in a housing part, at the second section of the passage, for cone-shaped teeth which project from the passage wall in question, at right angles to the conductors at least in the cross sectional direction, and which in the assembled state of the connector extend out to the passage wall of the other housing part in such a way that in the assembled state in the said second section of the passage apertures are defined with a passage area which is smaller than the cross sectional area of the insulated conductors, so that the tooth walls in the assembled state of the connector grip the remaining insulation of the conductors in order to form a strain relief for each of the insulated conductors.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
283 words
Connector intended for attachment to the end of a cable consisting of one or more insulated conductors enclosed by a jacket, said connector comprising two housing parts which in the assembled state together define a passage having - viewed from the insertion end - a first section designed to take the jacketed end of the cable, and a second section situated further in to take the insulated conductors projecting from the jacket, both housing parts being provided at the first section with strain relief elements acting on the cable jacket in the assembled state, and one of the housing parts is provided at the second section with a pierce contact for each conductor, which pierce contact can move from a position in which the insulated conductors can be introduced unimpeded into the second section of the passage to a position in which the pierce contact is at least partiallyu pierced through the conductor, characterised in that provision is also made in a housing part, at the second section of the passage, for cone-shaped teeth which project from the passage wall in question, at right angles to the conductors at least in the cross sectional direction, and which in the assembled state of the connector extend out to the passage wall of the other housing part in such a way that in the assembled state in the said second section of the passage apertures are defined with a passage area which is smaller than the cross sectional area of the insulated conductors, so that the tooth walls in the assembled state of the connector grip the remaining insulation of the conductors in order to form a strain relief for each of the insulated conductors.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
62 words
Connector according to Claim 1, characterised in that the length of the said teeth from the passage wall is greater than the corresponding cross sectional dimension of the second passage section, and that disposed in the wall of the other housing part are apertures of sufficient depth to take the ends of the teeth when the connector is in the assembled state.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
20 words
Connector according to Claim 1 or 2, characterised in that the projecting teeth are designed as conical bodies of revolution.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
76 words
Connector according to Claim 2 or 3, characterised in that the said apertures in the other housing part are designed as blind bores running from the outside wall of the housing part to a very short distance from the second passage section, the thickness of the partition wall between the end of each blind bore and the second passage section being small enough to be pierced through by the projecting teeth during assembly of the connector.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
74 words
Connector according to one of the preceding claims, for attachment to the end of a flat cable, characterised in that the distance between the projecting teeth corresponds to the distance between the conductors of the flat cable, and that the dimensions of the teeth are chosen in such a way that in the assembled state the teeth pass through the material bridges between the various conductors without coming into contact with the actual conductors.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
43 words
Connector according to one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the first housing part which is provided with the projecting teeth is provided with one or more reinforcement ribs on the outside wall approximately opposite the teeth projecting from the inside wall.
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