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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2022
Te Connectivity Solutions Gmbh, Schaffhausen, CH;
Insinkerator, Llc, Mount Pleasant, WI (US);
Brian Keith Weaver, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Divya Shukla, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Walter Bennage, Mount Pleasant, WI (US);
Kelly Gamble, Mount Pleasant, WI (US);
Jeff Ward, Mount Pleasant, WI (US);
TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH, Schaffhausen, CH;
Abstract
A poke-in terminal includes a main body, a tab terminal socket at a mating end, and a wire socket at a terminating end. The tab terminal socket includes walls forming a tab terminal receptacle configured to receive a tab terminal. Upper and lower beam contacts extend into the tab terminal receptacle to interface with the tab terminal. The wire socket includes walls forming a wire receptacle configured to receive a wire. Poke-in retention beams extend into the wire receptacle to interface with the wire when poked into the wire socket. The wire socket includes a wire release element configured to be actuated to release the poke-in retention beams from the wire.