CABLE COUPLER - COMMUNICATIONS TECH CORP

Title:

CABLE COUPLER

Document Type and Number:

Japanese Patent JPS5814474

Kind Code:

A

Abstract:

A multipiece connector for making electrical connections between electrical cables, each having a plurality of insulated wires. The connector includes an index strip, a connector module strip and a module cap strip, with the index strip having slots for laying in wires of one cable, with the connector module strip having slots for laying in wires of the other cable and double ended slotted contact elements, and with the module cap strip having a plurality of wire confining means aligned with the slots. The connector module strip snap mounts to the index strip and the slotted contact elements penetrate the wire insulation making electrical contact with the wires of the cable, and the module cap strip snap mounts to the connector module strip and the other ends of the slotted contact elements penetrate the wire insulation making electrical contact with the wires of the cable. The connector module strip has top and bottom members joined together with contact elements therebetween, the top member including a plurality of pins for entering corresponding openings in the bottom member, with contact elements positioned between pins. Each of the strips includes reduced structural sections at predetermined locations for separating the strips into a plurality of shorter pieces, with the connector module strip pins at the predetermined locations divided into two portions with a slot therebetween, and with the bottom member at the predetermined locations having spaced walls with a slot therebetween, with spaced walls entering pin slots.

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