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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2008
Applicant:
Dennis M. Breen, Iv, West Chicago, IL (US);
Inventor:
Dennis M. Breen, IV, West Chicago, IL (US);
Assignee:
Ideal Industries, Inc., Sycamore, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 4/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A push-in wire connector has an enclosure made of left and right housings. Each housing has a wire entry port and a wire receptacle box aligned with a respective wire entry port and receptacle box of the other housing. The wire entry ports face in opposite directions. A terminal is disposed within the enclosure and includes a busbar which is positioned between the wire ports. A spring member has spring fingers for biasing inserted conductors into engagement with the busbar.