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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2024
Filed:
May. 10, 2023
Ideal Industries Inc, Sycamore, IL (US);
Robert W. Sutter, DeKalb, IL (US);
IDEAL Industries, Inc., Sycamore, IL (US);
Abstract
A lever connector for contacting electrical conductors may include features and improvements over other lever connectors. The lever connector includes a housing, a busbar located within the housing, one or more lever mechanisms, and one or more resilient members that connect the lever mechanisms to the busbar. The lever mechanism includes a lever located on a near side of the busbar bridge and a lifting mechanism located on a far side of the busbar bridge opposite the near side of the busbar bridge. The resilient member includes a fixed section connected to the busbar bridge and a clamping section connected to the lifting mechanism. When the lever is actuated and lifted upwards and away from the housing, the lifting mechanism moves the clamping section of the resilient member to release away from the busbar base surface. When the lever is closed and pushed downward toward the housing, the lifting mechanism moves the clamping section of the resilient member downward to push the electrical conductor against the busbar base surface, thereby making electrical contact between the electrical conductor and the busbar.