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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2007
Peter Donhauser, Amberg, DE;
Walter Hanning, Detmold, DE;
Klaus Wohlgemuth, Lemgo, DE;
Volker Schröder, Lemgo, DE;
Ulrich Lütkemeyer, Detmold, DE;
Klaus-dieter Endres, Maintal, DE;
Herbert Fricke, Detmold, DE;
Torsten Diekmann, Leopoldshöhe, DE;
Peter Donhauser, Amberg, DE;
Walter Hanning, Detmold, DE;
Klaus Wohlgemuth, Lemgo, DE;
Volker Schröder, Lemgo, DE;
Ulrich Lütkemeyer, Detmold, DE;
Klaus-Dieter Endres, Maintal, DE;
Herbert Fricke, Detmold, DE;
Torsten Diekmann, Leopoldshöhe, DE;
Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. KG, Detmold, DE;
Abstract
A connector arrangement includes a housing containing at least one open-topped chamber in which is mounted a stationary upwardly-directed knife device, and a rectangular carrier member arranged for downward insertion within the chamber, thereby to displace an insulated wire supported by the carrier member toward a position in which the knife device pierces the insulation layer and is brought into electrical engagement with the conductor contained therein. The carrier member includes a top surface containing a slot for receiving the tip of an operating tool that displaces the carrier member downwardly in the chamber, and a side wall containing at least one lug and slot arrangement by means of which the carrier member may be upwardly displaced upon lever-like operation of the tool in cooperation with a side wall of the chamber. Preferably, the housing includes a plurality of the chambers arranged in one or more rows.