Abstract An electrical connector for making connection with a wire comprising an electrically conductive core and an electrically insulative covering by stripping the insulative covering from the core over a longitudinally extending portion of the wire and making electrical contact between a length of the bared core and an electrically conductive element; said connector comprising a support member having a mouth therein, said mouth having at least one stripping edge, on a side wall of the mouth; a tongue for moving into the mouth; and a guide means for the wire; the arrangement being such that, in use, the wire is located across the mouth with the aid of the guide means and as the tongue is moved into the mouth the insulative covering is stripped from the core by the stripping edge and the wire is wedged in the mouth between the tongue and the side wall of the mouth with a bared length extending within the mouth.
Inventors
👤 Clive Bone
Bibliographic Details
Application Number—
JurisdictionUS
Data Sourcegoogle_patents
Last Synchronized2026-11-01 22:47
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01R; H01R4/00; H01R4/24; H01R4/2491
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
160 words
An electrical connector comprising a support member with a mouth formed therein, said mouth having at least one side wall provided with a pair of channels arranged to converge into a single channel, a member projecting from said sidewall intermediate said pair of channels and having a first and a second stripping edge, a tongue member slidably positioned within said mouth of said support member, a plurality of insulated covered wire cores positioned across said mouth and beneath said tongue member with said tongue member engaging said wire cores upon being moved into said mouth, with one of said wire cores engaging said first stripping edge and a second wire core engaging said second stripping edge to strip the insulative covering from said cores with the bared lengths of said cores being guided by the converging channels into the single channel upon the movement of the tongue in the said mouth whereby said cores are forced into mutual electrical contact.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
160 words
An electrical connector comprising a support member with a mouth formed therein, said mouth having at least one side wall provided with a pair of channels arranged to converge into a single channel, a member projecting from said sidewall intermediate said pair of channels and having a first and a second stripping edge, a tongue member slidably positioned within said mouth of said support member, a plurality of insulated covered wire cores positioned across said mouth and beneath said tongue member with said tongue member engaging said wire cores upon being moved into said mouth, with one of said wire cores engaging said first stripping edge and a second wire core engaging said second stripping edge to strip the insulative covering from said cores with the bared lengths of said cores being guided by the converging channels into the single channel upon the movement of the tongue in the said mouth whereby said cores are forced into mutual electrical contact.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
50 words
An electrical connector as claimed in claim 1 wherein said first and second stripping edges are formed on opposite sides of a tooth projecting from the side wall between said channels and formed with faces extending from the stripping edges generally parallel to sides of the channels which are convergent.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
17 words
An electrical connector as set forth in claim 1 wherein said connector is formed from insulative material.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
16 words
An electrical connector as claimed in claim 3 wherein said insulative material is a synthetic plastics.