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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2004
Applicant:
Cosmo Castaldo, Westbury, NY (US);
Inventor:
Cosmo Castaldo, Westbury, NY (US);
Assignee:
Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc., Little Neck, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 4/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An electrical plug includes a first portion and a second portion that is matable with the first portion. The second portion has a channel for receiving a wire. The first portion includes at least one prong having a bifurcated contact. The bifurcated contact can pierce an insulation of the wire in the channel and can make contact with at least one conductor of the wire when the first portion is mated with the second portion. The bifurcated contacts are displaced longitudinally from one another along the length of the channel.