Patent ID: 9660357
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: H01R

Claim:
1. An electrical connector with an internal crimping mechanism, comprising: a) a connector shell with one or more electrical connecting pins therein, said electrical connecting pins having a hollow interior for insertion of an electrical wire; b) one or more crimping screws threaded through a hole in a wall of said connector shell; c) one or more crimping springs, with a first side and a second opposite side, within said connector shell adjacent to said hole; d) a hole in said first side through which said crimping screw passes to engage said second opposite side; and e) said crimping screw and said crimping spring constructed to bend said electrical wire against said electrical connecting pin to create an electrical connection between said electrical wire and said electrical connecting pin, wherein said electrical connecting pin is constructed so that, when said electrical wire is inserted into said hollow interior of said electrical connecting pin, said electrical wire does not make an electrical connection with said electrical connecting pin until said crimping screw and said crimping spring bend said electrical wire against said electrical connecting pin.