The Whitaker Corporation

Tyco Electronics Corporation

Kurt Werner

Howard Scott Ryan

Deborah A Laun

James W Robertson

Harry M Capper

Robert Naas

David Middleton

An electrical component (,) for electrically connecting insulated electrical conductors (,) thereto comprises a dielectric housing (,) including a first housing section (,) and a second housing section (,), first and second electrical contact members (,) disposed in the dielectric housing and having first contacts (,) extending into the second housing section and second contacts (,) positioned within the first housing section, insulation-displacement contacts (,) as part of the first contacts along which the insulated electrical conductors are positioned, and conductor-moving members (,) for engaging the insulated electrical conductors and moving them into the insulation-displacement contacts thereby forming electrical connections between the insulation-displacement contacts and the insulated electrical conductors.

Electrical components

An electrical receptacle for electrical connection to insulated electrical conductors comprises a dielectric housing (,) including a first housing section (,) and a second housing section (,); first and second electrical contact members (,) disposed in the dielectric housing (,) and having first contacts (,40,) in alignment with slots (,) of the dielectric housing and second contacts (,40,) in alignment with openings (,) of the dielectric housing including insulation-displacement contacts; and conductor-moving members (,) associated with the insulation-displacement contacts-for moving the insulated electrical conductors into the insulation-displacement contacts thereby effecting electrical connections between the insulation-displacement contacts and the insulated electrical conductors.

An electrical safety receptacle (10) including a dielectric housing (12), first electrical contacts (14) in the housing for electrical connection to one side of an electrical power line, second electrical contacts (16) in the housing for electrical connection to the other side of the electrical power line, and power-interruption members (48) provided as part of the second electrical contacts to interrupt the electrical power when an operating and/or environmental temperature exceeds the thermal rating thereof.

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Kurt Werner