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Brian E Cozzens

William R Evans

Wayne E Kleiner

John R Hopkins

Anil C Thakrar

An electrical connector (10) terminates a conductor wire (70) through a terminal (50) having a curved slot (54), the terminal being mounted in a housing (12) which is made to contain a cam lever (30) having cam slots (42), the cam lever being mountd for rotary movement so that the cam slots force a conductor wire into the terminal slot through a mechanical advantage allowing larger gauge wires to be terminated in a tooless manner.

Cam lever connector

An electrical connector (24) terminates a conductor wire (18) through a conductive terminal (24) having a slot (54) which operates to strip and terminate the conductor wire as pushed therein by a plastic screw element (26) internally threaded (34) to mate with external threading (42) on the terminal, the plastic screw element being driven manually or by a tool such as a screwdriver to effect termination. Sealing can be provided by injecting insulation material (144) following termination and alternative versions include self tapping screw threads (120) and a separate IDC terminal (150).

Screw slot connector

An electrical connector (18) terminates a conductor wire (10) through a conductive terminal (72) having a slot (74) which operates with a plastic push button (50) fitted in a plastic housing (30), the plastic parts having surfaces and the terminal slot having an orientation to wedgingly drive and trap the conductive wire against unwanted displacement, all under manual pressure. The plastic parts include surfaces (26, 64) allowing a reverse displacement for wire removal. A multiple wire version including a common housing (90) is taught with multiple push buttons (50).

Wedge slot connector

A sealed insulation displacement connector comprises a first housing member in which is located an electrical terminal having a slotted insulation displacement section, and a second housing member in which an elastomeric body of sufficient rigidity is disposed so that when an insulated conductor is aligned with the slotted insulation displacement section the housing members are moved relative to each other causing the elastomeric body to forcefully move the insulated conductor into the slotted insulation displacement section thereby terminating the conductor with the elastomeric body sealingly engaging the connection formed between the conductor and the electrical terminal.

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