Connecting system for implementing branches on continuous conductors

US8298019B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

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

Inventors

• Paulo Russo · Lage, DE
• Ulrich Trapp · Grafschaft, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 28, 2009
• Grant date: Oct 30, 2012
• Expiry date: Dec 8, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H01R13/5804
• WIPO field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A housing for connecting a plurality of branch lines to the insulated conductors of an intermediate portion of a cable from which the outer sheath layer has been removed, comprising a rectangular base member containing an open-topped base chamber, and a pair of opposed end walls containing openings for receiving spaced insulated portions of the cable on opposite sides of the cable intermediate portion. A plurality of insulation-piercing electrical devices are arranged in the base chamber in electrical engagement with the insulated conductors, respectively, and a plurality of interchangeable cover members are each adapted for seating on the base member to close the base chamber, with each of the cover members containing an electrical component arranged for connection with at least one of the electrical devices.