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Terminal with cramp member

US5399097A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 15, 1993
Grant dateMar 21, 1995
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Expiry dateSep 15, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01R4/2466
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a cramp terminal which assures that an electrical insulative cable can easily be press-fitted into U-shaped slots of cramping blades, and moreover, there does not arise a malfunction that the electrical insulative cable is disconnected from the slots. A terminal comprises a terminal body including: at least one cramping blade formed by bending a portion of the terminal body, the cramping blade having a slot formed therethrough so as to allow an electrical insulative cable to be press-fitted into the slot, the cramping blade being connected to side plates of the terminal body; a guide member formed on the side plates of the terminal body: a holding member defined in an upper edge portion of the side plate; and a cramping member for inserting the electrical insulative cable into the slot by thrusting the electrical insulative cable which is brought into contact with the cramping member in area.

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