Submersible electrical set-screw connector

Abstract

Abstract An electrical connector having a parallelepiped-shaped block made of electrically conductive material. The block has conductor channels extending into the body from a first surface and set-screw channels extending into the block from a second surface, there being at least one set-screw channel associated with each conductor channel. Each set-screw channel intersects its associated conductor channel. Each conductor channel has a conductor receiving section and an adapter receiving section, the adapter receiving section located between the conductor receiving section and the associated set-screw channel. The connector has an elongated adapter for each conductor channel, the adapter generally sized and shaped to fit in the adapter receiving section in the conductor channel. A set-screw is threadable into each set-screw channel to contact the adapter in each conductor channel associated with each set-screw channel, and to press the adapter tightly against a conductor inserted in the conductor receiving section of the conductor channel. The connector preferably has the block covered in a waterproof casing. The casing includes a tubular conductor flange providing entry to each conductor channel and a tubular set-screw flange providing entry to each set-screw channel. There is a sealing member associated with each conductor flange to pass a conductor there through while sealing the flange. The set-screw in each set-screw channel seals each set-screw flange associated with the channel.

Inventors

• 👤 Michel Kaine
• 👤 Jean Langelier

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