Cramping connector

Claim 1

A cramping device comprising a housing having at least one first, generally cylindrical slot with a first axis extending in a longitudinal direction, at least one second generally cylindrical slot having a second axis parallel to and spaced apart from said first axis in a transverse direction to said longitudinal direction, said first slot adapted to receive a first insulated branch wire having a conductive core therein, said second slot adapted to receive a second insulated wire having a second conductive core therein, a contact in said housing having cutters thereon so as to penetrate insulation on said first wire and said second wire to form an electrical connection therebetween, when said first wire and said second wire are inserted into said first slot and said second slot respectively, a retainer in said housing to hold said first wire in said first slot while insulation thereon is being penetrated by said connector, a cover adapted to be placed, in an insertion direction, on said housing in a fully mounted position wherein a pressing section on an inner side of said cover forces said first wire and said second wire into said first slot and said second slot respectively and against said contact to form said electrical connection, slots to retain said wires, there being a gap between the walls of each slot with a gap diameter smaller than the outer diameter of the wire therein at adjacent upper longitudinal ends of said slots, said gas being wider than said slots, when said first wire and said second wire are placed thereon without entering said slots, said slot portions restrain said first wire and said second wire against longitudinal and lateral movement.