Electrical power tap

Claim 2

An electrical connector assembly for electrically coupling a pair of cables, comprising: (a) a housing defining a pair of cable receiving channels; (b) a tapered wedge member having a leading surface and a trailing surface and positionable within said housing to drive said cables against said housing; and (c) means for drawing the wedge member into said housing and into engagement with cables in said channels including a pair of threaded bosses on opposite surfaces of said housing, each boss being closely adjacent a different one of said channels, a flange having a pair of apertures and secured to the trailing surface of said wedge member and a pair of bolts, each of said bolts impinging against and extending through opposite end portions of said flange and threadedly engaged with one of said bosses.

Claim 3

An electrical connector as set forth in claim 1 wherein said apertures in said flange are ovoid and disposed on opposite ends of said flange.

Claim 4

An electrical connector as set forth in claim 2 wherein said apertures in said flange are parallel to the major axis of said housing.

Claim 5

An electrical connector as set forth in claim 1 wherein said flange is movable relative to said housing.

Claim 6

An electrical connector as set forth in claim 4 wherein said apertures in said flange are ones of flared and ovoid shape and disposed on opposite ends of said flange.

Claim 7

An electrical connector as set forth in claim 1 wherein said housing has tapered C-shaped cross-section, one of said bosses being disposed closely adjacent the wide end of said housing and the other of said bosses being disposed closely adjacent the narrow end of said housing.

Claim 8

An electrical connector as set forth in claim 6 wherein said flange is movable relative to said housing.

Claim 9

An electrical connector as set forth in claim 7 wherein said apertures in said flange are ones of flared and ovoid shape and disposed on opposite ends of said flange.

Claim 10

An electrical connector assembly for electrically coupling a pair of cables, comprising: (a) a housing having a tapered C-shaped cross section defining a pair of cable receiving channels and further having a first flange extending outwardly from one surface adjacent a narrow end thereof and a downwardly extending second flange at a wide end thereof, said first flange having an aperture therethrough; (b) a tapered wedge member positionable within said housing to drive said cables against said housing , said wedge member including a sleeve attached thereto by a U-shaped member with said sleeve having means therein for threadedly receiving a threaded member; and (c) a threaded member extending through said aperture to said first flange and threadedly received in said sleeve for drawing the wedge member into said housing and into engagement with cables in said channels with said second flange being disposed between said sleeve and said wedge member.

Claim 11

An electrical connector assembly for electrically coupling a pair of cables, comprising: (a) a housing having a tapered C-shaped cross section defining a pair of cable receiving channels and further having a first flange extending outwardly from one surface adjacent a narrow end thereof and a downwardly extending second flange at a wide end thereof, said first flange having an aperture therethrough; (b) a tapered wedge member positionable within said housing to drive said cables against said housing , said wedge member including a sleeve attached thereto by a U-shaped member with said sleeve having means therein for threadedly receiving a threaded member; and (c) a threaded member extending through said aperture to said first flange and threadedly received in said sleeve for drawing the wedge member into said housing and into engagement with cables in said channels with said second flange being disposed between said sleeve and said wedge member.

Claim 12

An electrical connector as set forth in claim 9 wherein said means in said sleeve for receiving a threaded member includes threads therein.

Claim 13

An electrical connector as set forth in claim 9 wherein said means in said sleeve for receiving a threaded member includes a nut receiving aperture in said sleeve and a nut positioned against rotation within said aperture.

Claim 14

An electrical connector assembly for electrically coupling a pair of cables, comprising: (a) a housing defining a pair of cable receiving channels; (b) a tapered wedge member having a leading surface and a trailing surface and positionable within said housing to drive said cables against said housing; and (c) means for drawing the wedge member into said housing and into engagement with cables in said channels including a pair of threaded bosses on opposite end portions on one of the surfaces of said housing, each boss being closely adjacent a different one of said channels, a flange having a pair of apertures and secured to the trailing surface of said wedge member and a pair of bolts, each of said bolts impinging against and extending through opposite end portions of said flange and threadedly engaged with one of said bosses.

Claim 15

An electrical connector assembly for electrically coupling a pair of cables, comprising: (a) a housing defining a pair of cable receiving channels; (b) a tapered wedge member having a leading surface and a trailing surface and positionable within said housing to drive said cables against said housing; and (c) means for drawing the wedge member into said housing and into engagement with cables in said channels including a pair of threaded bosses on opposite end portions on one of the surfaces of said housing, each boss being closely adjacent a different one of said channels, a flange having a pair of apertures and secured to the trailing surface of said wedge member and a pair of bolts, each of said bolts impinging against and extending through opposite end portions of said flange and threadedly engaged with one of said bosses.

Claim 16

An electrical connector as set forth in claim 12 wherein said apertures in said flange are ovoid and disposed on opposite ends of said flange.

Claim 17

An electrical connector as set forth in claim 13 wherein said apertures in said flange are parallel to the major axis of said housing.

Claim 18

An electrical connector as set forth in claim 12 wherein said flange is movable relative to said housing.

Claim 19

An electrical connector as set forth in claim 15 wherein said apertures in said flange are ones of flared and ovoid shape and disposed on opposite ends of said flange.

Claim 20

An electrical connector as set forth in claim 12 wherein said housing has tapered C-shaped cross section, one of said bosses being disposed closely adjacent the wide end of said housing and the other of said bosses being disposed closely adjacent the narrow end of said housing.

Claim 21

An electrical connector as set forth in claim 17 wherein said flange is movable relative to said housing.

Claim 22

An electrical connector as set forth in claim 18 wherein said apertures in said flange are ones of flared and ovoid shape and disposed on opposite ends of said flange.