Electrical connector with operating means

US7063557B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. KG and PH · DE

Inventors

• Jürgen Ziemke · Detmold, DE
• Klaus Wohlgemuth · Bad Salzuflen, DE
• Michaela Mücke · Detmold, DE
• Rudolf Steinmeier · Detmold, DE
• Volker Schroder · Lengerich, DE
• Walter Hanning · Detmold, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 11, 2005
• Grant date: Jun 20, 2006
• Expiry date: Apr 11, 2025

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H01R43/015
• WIPO field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

An electrical connector includes a connector body that contains an open-topped chamber in which is mounted a stationary, upwardly-directed insulation-severing electrical contact, together with an operating member for displacing an insulated conductor laterally downwardly in the chamber. The operating member includes a flexible intermediate portion that permits the leading end of the operating member to be introduced initially downwardly into the chamber, and subsequently to be diverted upwardly relative to the connector body by a guide surface arranged at the bottom of the chamber. As the leading and trailing ends of the operating member approach their final positions relative to the connector body, the insulation layer of the conductor is severed by knife edges on the stationary contact, and the conductor is brought into electrical engagement contact with the contact.