Connector terminal having a contact socket assembly for receiving the end of a conductor

Claim 2

A contact socket assembly for clamping an electric conductor, comprising, A. an elongated socket body having 1. an axial bore open at least at one end, 2. a lateral opening, B. a setscrew freely passing through said opening and having a path of travel normal to the axis of said axial bore, said setscrew adapted to press said conductor in said axial bore against said socket body, C. a nut disposed externally of said socket body and having a threaded bore in alignment with said lateral opening for threadedly engaging and holding said setscrew and D. a resilient band surrounding circumferentially said socket body and said nut to resiliently urge the latter into engagement with said socket body.

Claim 3

A contact socket assembly as defined in claim 1, wherein said resilient band is in engagement with that part of said socket body which is diametrically opposed to said lateral opening.

Claim 4

a lateral opening, B. a setscrew freely passing through said opening and having a path of travel normal to the axis of said axial bore, said setscrew adapted to press said conductor in said axial bore against said socket body, C. a nut disposed externally of said socket body and having a threaded bore in alignment with said lateral opening for threadedly engaging and holding said setscrew and D. a resilient band surrounding circumferentially said socket body and said nut to resiliently urge the latter into engagement with said socket body.

Claim 5

a lateral opening, B. a setscrew freely passing through said opening and having a path of travel normal to the axis of said axial bore, said setscrew adapted to press said conductor in said axial bore against said socket body, C. a nut disposed externally of said socket body and having a threaded bore in alignment with said lateral opening for threadedly engaging and holding said setscrew and D. a resilient band surrounding circumferentially said socket body and said nut to resiliently urge the latter into engagement with said socket body.

Claim 6

A contact socket assembly as defined in claim 2, wherein said nut has a curved external surface to conform to the curvature of that portion of said resilient band that is in engagement with said nut.

Claim 7

A contact socket assembly as defined in claim 3, wherein said resilient band has the shape of an oval.

Claim 8

A contact socket assembly as defined in claim 1, wherein said nut includes an outwardly extending annular projection surrounding an opening of said threaded bore, said band is provided with an aperture through which said projection passes.

Claim 9

A contact socket assembly as defined in claim 1, wherein the external face of said socket body is provided with a planar surface portion surrounding said lateral opening, said last-named portion serving as an engagement face for said nut.

Claim 10

A contact socket assembly as defined in claim 1, wherein said setscrew carries, on its end oriented towards said axial bore, a disc having an outer work face for engaging said conductor in said axial bore.

Claim 11

A contact socket asSembly as defined in claim 7, wherein said work face has an outwardly convex configuration.

Claim 12

A contact socket assembly as defined in claim 7, wherein the diameter of said disc is slightly less than that of said lateral opening.

Claim 13

A contact socket assembly as defined in claim 9, wherein that face of said nut which is oriented towards said socket body is provided with a recess to receive said disc when said setscrew is fully withdrawn from said axial bore.

Claim 14

A contact socket assembly as defined in claim 1, extended by a clamping terminal in order to form a terminal designed to assure the connection between a flexible conductor inserted in the crimping terminal and the end of a cable introduced into the socket characterized in that the internal surface of the crimping terminal and each of the strands of the flexible conductor, at least in the neighborhood of its extremity, are protected by tinning and/or silver-plating; the said crimping terminal is annealed and presents a flared shape; the end of the flexible conductor being preshaped before mounting; said crimping terminal having two diametrically opposed stamping marks or clamping deformations.

Claim 15

A contact socket assembly as defined in claim 11, including a movable contact head, a braiding constituting said flexible conductor, said braiding having one end secured to said contact socket assembly and another end secured to said contact head, a coil spring surrounding said braiding and urging said contact head away from said contact socket assembly, said coil spring being made of a material of small magnetic susceptibility.

Claim 16

A contact socket assembly as defined in claim 12, including means defining a shaft accommodating said coil spring, said braiding and said contact head, a shoulder disposed in said shaft and in the path of travel of said contact head, said coil spring urging said contact head into engagement with said shoulder in the absence of external forces opposing said coil spring, said shoulder limiting the displacement of said contact head in a direction away from said contact socket assembly.