Connector

Claim 1

A coupling connector having self-stripping connection-making plugs for separately clamping insulated conductors, the connector comprising a housing with two half-shells joined by a hinge, at least one of the half-shells including a row of self-stripping plug supports, said one half-shell bearing the row of self-stripping plug supports also including a row of holes behind said self-stripping plug supports, at least the rear part of each of said self-stripping plug supports lying in a plane and having a U-shaped cross section, the other half-shell including a row of wire clamping U-shaped groove means, wherein each of the U-shaped groove means includes a pair of spears which are symmetrical with respect to the longitudinal axis of the groove means, the U-shaped groove means and the self-stripping plug supports having longitudinal axes which are parallel to each other, said U-shaped groove means having a face lying in a plane which is transverse to the U-shaped groove means, said plane of said U-shaped groove means being located behind the plane of the rear faces of the self-stripping plug supports and each wire clamping U-shaped groove means being aligned with a self-stripping plug support when the two hinged half-shells are closed one on the other, the spear pairs of the other half-shell hooking into individually associated ones of said holes when the two half-shells are closed one on the other.