Patent ID: 9350117
Filing Date: 2016-05-24
CPC Classification: F23N,H01R

Claim Text:
1. A connector for electrically connecting a phase conductor of a thermocouple to a phase terminal of a gas safety valve and an earth conductor of the thermocouple to an earth terminal of the gas safety valve, the connector comprising: an insulating body that electrically isolates a first terminal from a second terminal, the first terminal attachable to the phase conductor of the thermocouple and to the phase terminal of the gas safety valve, the second terminal attachable to the earth conductor of the thermocouple and to the earth terminal of the gas safety valve, the insulating body having a housing wherein which the first terminal is at least partially housed, the housing being defined at least in part by one or more flanges that are adapted to expand radially when the first terminal is coupled with the phase terminal of the gas safety valve, extending from a first end of the insulating body are two or more axial openings that at least partially define the one or more flanges, the second terminal comprising an elastic body that at least substantially circumscribes the housing and extends along at least a length of the two or more axial openings, the second terminal configured for being deformed against an inside of the earth terminal of the gas safety valve when the one or more flanges expand radially during the first terminal being coupled with the phase terminal of the gas safety valve.