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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2000
Filed:
May. 11, 1999
Richard Chadbourne, Merrimack, NH (US);
Framatome Connectors USA, Inc., Fairfield, CT (US);
Abstract
An electrical connector comprising a housing part, a cap part, and a clamp screw. The housing part has a conductor receiving channel formed therein. The cap part is removably connected to the housing part. The clamp screw is threadably mounted to the cap part to clamp a first conduct or located in the conductor receiving channel of the housing part to the housing. The clamp screw has means for connecting a second conductor to an insulated portion of the first conductor. The connecting means comprise the clamp screw having a contact surface disposed to capture a terminal of the second conductor between the contact surface and the first conductor.