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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2002
Cory Echito, Mahwah, NJ (US);
American Tack & Hardware Co., Inc., Monsey, NY (US);
Abstract
An electrical connector which includes a base member having a first channel for a dual conductor main power cord and a top member having a second channel for a dual conductor branched circuit power cord, the first channel comprising a space which is adapted to confine the dual conductors of said main power cord while maintaining a space between the conductors of said dual conductor main power cord and the second channel comprising means to hold said dual conductor branched circuit power cord at an angle to said first channel, said connector also including two electrically conductive bus bars fitted into retaining means in said top member, said bus bars having at each end a piercing element adapted to penetrate the electrical insulation of a power cord to provide an electrical connection between said main power cord and said branched circuit power cord; and a retainer means which is sized to engage a channel in said top member to force said branched power cord against said bus bars to establish and maintain electrical conductivity between said main power cord and said branched circuit power cord.