Connector arrangement including insulated conductor tap-off means

US7234961B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

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

Inventors

• Uwe Arlitt · Leopoldshöhe, DE
• Paulo Russo · Lage, DE
• Rainer Schulze · Detmold, DE
• John Witt · Detmold, DE
• Günter Lucht · Schlangen, DE
• Joachim Bury · Detmold, DE
• Torsten Diekmann · Leopoldshöhe, DE
• Andreas Wedler · Detmold, DE
• Thomas Salomon · Vellmar, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 11, 2006
• Grant date: Jun 26, 2007
• Expiry date: Sep 11, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H01R4/485
• WIPO field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

An electrical connector arrangement taps off electrical current from a plurality of coplanar parallel input insulated conductors and supplies the same to a plurality of output conductors, respectively. A rectangular base member is provided having a horizontal upper surface that supports a plurality of parallel coplanar longitudinally-extending input conductors, respectively. A pair of pivot members are connected with the ends of the base member for pivotal movement about transverse horizontal pivot axes, respectively. As the pivot members are pivoted from disengaged positions toward engaged positions parallel with and directly above the base member top surface, bifurcated insulation-piercing knives on the pivot members pierce the insulation layers of the insulated conductors and electrically engage the conductors. Junction blocks fastened to the pivot members include output contacts connected with the insulation piercing knives via bus bars, which output contacts are connected with the output conductors, respectively.