Patent ID: 7204709
Filing Date: 2007-04-17
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A welder cable coupler on a welder housing or wire feeder for conveniently connecting a welder cable to said welding housing or wire feeder, said welder coupler having a coupling jacket which includes an electrical coupling cavity having a plurality of electrical connectors positioned therein and a coupling sleeve rotatably positioned at least partially about said coupling jacket, said coupling jacket sized and shaped to be at least partially telescopically received in a cable connection sleeve of said welder cable, said plurality of electrical connectors in said coupling cavity designed to be electrically connected to corresponding electrical connectors in said cable connection sleeve at least when said coupling jacket is partially telescopically received in said cable connection sleeve, said coupling sleeve including a gripping member and a joining cavity having at least one thread, said at least one thread in said joining cavity of said coupling sleeve being spaced from a receiving end of said joining cavity, said joining cavity designed to at least partially engage an outer threaded surface of said cable connection sleeve after a majority of said electrical coupling cavity is at least partially telescopically inserted in said cable connection sleeve, said gripping member designed to facilitate in the rotation of said coupling sleeve on said coupling jacket, said gripping member on said coupling sleeve including a plurality of nodes substantially symmetrically oriented on said coupling sleeve to form a generally star-shaped configuration.