Amp LLC

Paul Robert Krider

Daniel R Coldren

Benjamin Charles Williams

Electrical connector for connecting three wires to three terminal tabs and for connecting a network across two of the tabs comprises a housing having three terminal-receiving cavities extending therethrough in surrounding relationship to a network module cavity. Two of the terminals in the terminal-receiving cavities each have a main receptacle, which mates with one of the terminal tabs, and secondary receptacle which receives a terminal tab extending from the network module.

Connector having snubber network for triac

A card edge connector in which a plurality of conductors are terminated rapidly and simultaneously with a single, downward thrust of the conductors into the connector. A plurality of contacts are retained in the connector housing in a side-by-side, parallel relation. Each contact has a U-shaped portion opened at the trough of the U and with slots extending down in both legs of the U. A third slot, unique to each contact, exists in a vertically positioned panel of the housing. These three slots are aligned so that a conductor can be forced therein with a single, downward thrust of the conductor. The sides of one of the slots in the U is narrow and cuts through the conductor insulation and into the wire to make an electrical contact. The other slot in the U cuts into the insulation but not into the wire, thereby providing strain relief in two dimensions. The slot in the housing panel traps the conductor therein to provide strain relief in the third dimension.

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Camp Hill, PA, United States of America

Paul Robert Krider