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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 16, 1998
David James Fabian, Mount Joy, PA (US);
Darrell Lynn Wertz, York, PA (US);
Timothy Lee Kocher, Camp Hill, PA (US);
Randolph Lee Buchter, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Robert Stewart Correll, Jr., Harrisburg, PA (US);
Dennis Leroy Kemmick, Columbia, PA (US);
Andrew Dewitt Balthaser, Dauphin, PA (US);
The Whitaker Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
An electrical connector (,) is arranged to releasably receive a pair of conductors (,) and electrically interconnecting the conductors to the terminals (,) of an acoustical speaker (,). The connector includes an insulating housing (,) and a single button (,) in sliding engagement with the housing (,). The button is slidable between a first position (,) where the conductors are held within the connector and electrically interconnected to the speaker terminals (,) and a second position (,) where the conductors (,) can be inserted into the connector or removed therefrom. A pair of contact members (,) are disposed in a cavity (,) within the housing (,). Each contact member includes a tail (,) extending therefrom through an opening (,) in the housing and is electrically interconnected to one of the terminals via a lead (,). Each contact member has a gripping portion (,) for receiving the conductor when the button is in its second position (,) and for electrically engaging the conductor when the button is in its first position (,).