Connection unit for transmission networks, in particular for telephone or computer networks
US5871378A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 1, 1997 |
| Grant date | Feb 16, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 1, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01R2201/16
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A connection unit for transmission networks includes contact members which cooperate with a conjugate connection unit and connection terminals in an insulative material body, each of which is individually connected to the contact members by electrical conductors and each of which includes at least one connection unit having a circumferentially elongate slot around an axis. A barrel coaxially associated with two connection units circumferentially staggered around one such axis is rotatable about said axis and forces an electrical wire into the slot of each of the connection members. To this end the barrel has, in corresponding relationship to the slot of each of the connection units, a passage adapted to have an electrical wire of this kind engaged in it. For at least one of the barrels, the two connection units associated with the barrel are insulated from each other and each is respectively connected to two different contact members with the result that the barrel corresponds to two different connection terminals. Applications include the socket and the plug of a connector for telephone networks.
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