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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 1988
Filed:
Dec. 08, 1986
Richard D Taylor, Kingston, OK (US);
Phillip W Stumpff, Madill, OK (US);
Other;
Abstract
A plug-in type electrical wiring apparatus having electrical contact strips held in place by electrically conducting terminals. The apparatus includes upper and lower housing portions forming a housing enclosing the electrical contact strips. Each electrical contact strip has a pair of legs interconnected at one end by a longitudinal web. The web has wire receiving openings therebetween, such that a wire inserted through any opening is engagingly received between the legs. In an alternate embodiment, a shoulder extends from one of the legs and provides additional electrical contact for the wire. Cable receiving sockets are located in the housing in registry with the web openings. A plurality of electrically conductive terminals are positioned on an opposite side of the lower housing portion from the electrical contact strips. Each terminal has a member extending into the housing and engagingly received between the legs of a contact strip. Transverse slots in the arcuate leg portion allow compensation for differences in sizes between the member and wires. One contact strips has a key extending therefrom which is received in a key receiving aperture in another strip such that relative movement between the contact strips is prevented.