Electrical connection device and telecommunications terminal block method of manufacturing the device and block
US5167526A · kind A · utility
12Cited by
10References
19Claims
0Family size
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 21, 1990 |
| Grant date | Dec 1, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 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.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.