Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
156 words
A solderless connector for insulated electrical conductors and particularly the plastic-insulated conductors of telephone cables comprising a generally cylindrical shell made from a heatshrinkable plastic material, settable to its shrink form when cool and having, at least one open end, a contact pin contained within said shell and extending concentrically of and spaced from the interior wall of the shell and having a plurality of sharp contact cutting edges Extending from its external periphery and spaced radially inwardly from the interior wall of the shell, said shell adapted to exert radially inward force on the insulated conductors disposed between said pin and said shell when shell is heated and shrunk and pressing the conductors against said contact cutting edges with said contact cutting edges cutting through the insulation of the conductors and making a good electrical connection with the conducting cores of said conductors and retaining said conducting cores into engagement with said contact cutting edges.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
156 words
A solderless connector for insulated electrical conductors and particularly the plastic-insulated conductors of telephone cables comprising a generally cylindrical shell made from a heatshrinkable plastic material, settable to its shrink form when cool and having, at least one open end, a contact pin contained within said shell and extending concentrically of and spaced from the interior wall of the shell and having a plurality of sharp contact cutting edges Extending from its external periphery and spaced radially inwardly from the interior wall of the shell, said shell adapted to exert radially inward force on the insulated conductors disposed between said pin and said shell when shell is heated and shrunk and pressing the conductors against said contact cutting edges with said contact cutting edges cutting through the insulation of the conductors and making a good electrical connection with the conducting cores of said conductors and retaining said conducting cores into engagement with said contact cutting edges.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
60 words
The solderless connector of claim 1, wherein the shell is generally cylindrical in form, the contact pin is generally conical and has a converging end facing the open end of the shell, and the shell is adapted to shrink and generally conform to the form of said contact pin and maintain the general form of said contact pin when shrunk.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
58 words
The solderless connector in claim 2, wherein the shell has one closed end and an opposite inturned end terminating into an opening smaller than the larger outer diameter of the contact pin, to retain said contact pin to said shell and accommodate the insertion of electrical conductors along said contact pin through the open end of said shell.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
26 words
The solderless connector of claim 3, wherein the sharp contact cutting edges are in the form of parallel sharp annular ridges spaced along said contact pin.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
45 words
The solderless connector of claim 4, wherein a sealing ring extends within the open end of the shell along the inturned end thereof and is adapted to melt to seal the open end of the shell and conductors extending thereinto when said shell is shrunk.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
33 words
The solderless connector of claim 2, wherein the sharp contact cutting edges are in the form of a plurality of parallel spaced sharp annular ridges spaced along said contact pin and extending thereabout.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
45 words
The solderless connector of claim 6, wherein a plastic sealing ring extends within the open end of the shell and radially inwardly from the interior wall thereof and is adapted to melt to seal the conductors to said connector when the shell is permanently shrunk.