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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2006
Michael G. Colescott, Galveston, TX (US);
Wayne Horley, Sherwood Park, CA;
Jeffrey W. Harvill, Sr., Keithville, LA (US);
Roy Jackson, Houston, TX (US);
Michael G. Colescott, Galveston, TX (US);
Wayne Horley, Sherwood Park, CA;
Jeffrey W. Harvill, Sr., Keithville, LA (US);
Roy Jackson, Houston, TX (US);
Power Feed-Thru Systems & Connectors, LLC, Deer Park, TX (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for engaging an electrical conductor comprises a gripping contact having a plurality of fingers, where the plurality of fingers has a substantially conical outer surface. A contact receptacle has a substantially conical inner surface. A tension member urges the gripping contact toward the contact receptacle such that interaction between the substantially conical outer surface and the substantially conical inner surface forces the plurality of fingers to engagingly compress the electrical conductor placed between the fingers. A method of engaging an electrical conductor comprises inserting an electrical conductor between a plurality of fingers of a gripping contact, where the plurality of fingers has a substantially conical outer surface. The substantially conical outer surface of the gripping contact is urged to interact with a substantially conical inner surface of a contact receptacle such that the interaction forces the plurality of fingers to engage the electrical conductor.