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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2007
Rip Hanks, Gulf Breeze, FL (US);
Rip Hanks, Gulf Breeze, FL (US);
Centerpin Technology, Inc., Pensacola, FL (US);
Abstract
An electrical connector has a connector body with a bore and a cap through which a stranded insulated conductor is threaded. A ridge in the external surface of the cap engages with at least one groove in the bore to secure the conductor in place. Preferably, there are at least two such grooves in the bore at different axial positions, and the cap is axially advanced from one such groove to another one farther inside the bore to effect full physical and electrical connection. Surface pairs make up each such ridge and groove, with the area of one of the surface pairs being much greater than the other one of the surface pairs. The connector may have multiple bores and caps, and embodiments are provided for coaxial conductors.