Quick release connectors for electrical terminals

US5674088A · kind A · utility

Inventors

• Peter Roche · Grafing, DE
• Eduardo Rodriguez

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 9, 1995
• Grant date: Oct 7, 1997
• Expiry date: Jun 9, 2015

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H01R13/4365
• WIPO field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A connector for releasably securing electrical terminals which includes a body having a first cavity in which an electrical terminal may be selectively received and a second cavity in which a spacer member may be slidingly received. The spacer member is engageable with a retention element formed along a first partition separating the first and second cavities so as to urge the retention element into engagement with a terminal selectively seated within the first cavity. The spacer member is also retained by a separate retention element in different portions within the second cavity dependent upon the proper seating of a terminal within the first cavity. The connector further includes a housing in which the body may be selectively received and quickly released by a yieldable retention element extending along an outer portion of the connector body.