Led light strip insulation-piercing connector
US6261119A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 21, 2000 |
| Grant date | Jul 17, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 21, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01R25/16
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An insulation-piercing connector interconnects an insulated conductor and a ribbon conductor embedded in an electrically insulating body. It comprises an insulation-piercing contact formed with a contact body and a tapered contact portion, and a housing device. A hole is made through both the electrically insulating body and ribbon conductor, this hole having a larger-diameter hole section and a smaller-diameter hole section separated by an annular abutment surface formed at least in part by one face of the ribbon conductor. The contact body comprises a larger-diameter body section inserted in the larger-diameter hole section, a smaller-diameter body section inserted in the smaller-diameter hole section, and an annular shoulder surface applied to the annular abutment surface to make contact with the ribbon conductor. The tapered contact portion has a threaded shank screwed in an axial threaded hole of the free end of the smaller-diameter body section to secure the tapered contact portion to the contact body. The tapered contact portion pierces the insulation of the insulated conductor to make contact with this conductor, and the housing device holds the tapered contact portion in c…
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