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Electrical connection device and telecommunications terminal block method of manufacturing the device and block

US5167526A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 21, 1990
Grant dateDec 1, 1992
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Expiry dateSep 21, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01R4/32
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention comprises a telecommunications terminal block with integral but separate test port captured cap feature as well as a method of manufacturing same in an automated fashion. The block permits the electric connection of various size gauges of wires without the severing of the smallest gauges of wire or ruining the block when initially contacting on the largest gauge wire.

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