Patent · US Expired

Pushbutton electrical terminal

US4781618A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 25, 1987
Grant dateNov 1, 1988
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 25, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01R4/2475
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An electrical binding post operative by use of a pushbutton which serves as an insertion and removal tool and which, upon installation into the associated post, becomes an integral part of the completed terminal. An unstripped wire is inserted within an opening provided in the pushbutton plunger element which is installed into the terminal body to cause insulation displacement contact of the wire and retention of the plunger within the terminal body.

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