Connector means for electrical apparatus, particularly plugs

US7347718B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

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

Inventors

• Peter Donhauser · Schwandorf, DE
• Walter Hanning · Detmold, DE
• Klaus Wohlgemuth · Bad Salzuflen, DE
• Volker Schroder · Lengerich, DE
• Ulrich Lütkemeyer · Detmold, DE
• Klaus Endres · Homburg, DE
• Herbert Fricke · Detmold, DE
• Torsten Diekmann · Leopoldshöhe, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 25, 2007
• Grant date: Mar 25, 2008
• Expiry date: Jan 25, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H01R9/2416
• WIPO field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A connector arrangement includes a housing containing at least one open-topped chamber in which is mounted a stationary upwardly-directed knife device, and a rectangular carrier member arranged for downward insertion within the chamber, thereby to displace an insulated wire supported by the carrier member toward a position in which the knife device pierces the insulation layer and is brought into electrical engagement with the conductor contained therein. The carrier member includes a top surface containing a slot for receiving the tip of an operating tool that displaces the carrier member downwardly in the chamber, and a side wall containing at least one lug and slot arrangement by means of which the carrier member may be upwardly displaced upon lever-like operation of the tool in cooperation with a side wall of the chamber. Preferably, the housing includes a plurality of the chambers arranged in one or more rows.