Title:
SPRING-LOADED WEDGE DEAD END CONNECTOR
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2002062122
Kind Code:
A8
Abstract:
A spring-loaded wedge dead end connector(10) includes a connector body (12) having a base (28) and a pair of opposite jaw guides (30, 32) formed on and protruding outwardly from the base (28) and defining a guide channel (14) therewith, a pair of jaws (16, 18) mounted between the jaw guides (30, 32) and on the base (28) of the connector body (12) for undergoing slidable movement within the guide channel (14) thereof along converging paths from an open position (Fig. 10) for receiving a segment of an electrical conductor (S) therebetween to a closed position (Fig. 11) in which the jaws (16, 18) provide a clamping wedging engagement with the electrical conductor segment (S) disposed therebetween, a plurality of complementary elements (20, 22) formed on the jaws (16, 18) such that the complementary elements (20, 22) directly and slidably interfit with one another so as to ensure that the jaws (16, 18) are coupled to one another to undergo their slidable movement together, and a plurality of retention elements (24) for preventing removal of the jaws (16, 18) from the connector body (12).
Inventors:
GRABENSTETTER KARL
ANDRIKANICH JUSTIN
GOCH WAYMON
ANDRIKANICH JUSTIN
GOCH WAYMON
Application Number:
PCT/US2002/003367
Publication Date:
November 06, 2003
Filing Date:
February 07, 2002
Export Citation:
Assignee:
HUBBELL INC (US)
International Classes:
H02G7/05; (IPC1-7): F16G11/00
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