Ilsco Corporation

Alan Merritt

Thomas M Sweeney

Carl J Taylor

Stephen M Jackson

Michael W Beiler

Philip G Reed

Eric D Besterman

Richard L Shank

A torque limited screw is used to secure a conductor to an electrical connector. The screw has a torque limiting feature between a head and a body of the screw which must be overcome by force to break the head free from the screw body. The screw assembly includes a threaded body configured to be releasably coupled to a coupling portion of the connector. A head of the screw assembly is joined to the body via a neck portion which under a specified torque applied to the head fractures to break the head away from the body seated in the connector and securing the conductor. In one embodiment, the screw includes a plate spaced from and coupled to the threaded body for contacting the conductor. The plate is rotatable relative to the threaded body when the threaded body is coupled to the coupling portion of the connector.

Torque limited screw for electrical connector

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Harrison, OH, United States of America

Alan Merritt