Patent ID: 6971898
Filing Date: 2005-12-06
Classification: H01R,H02G,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for connecting two pairs of conductors and one pair of ground wires and for allowing separation of the same upon the application of a tensional force upon at least one of the conductors or ground wires, comprising: a first plate defining a first hole configured to receive a first conductor, a second hole configured to receive a second conductor and a third hole configured to receive a ground wire; a second plate defining a first hole configured to receive a third conductor, a second hole configured to receive a fourth conductor, and a third hole configured to receive a second ground wire, wherein said second plate is positioned adjacent to said first plate such that said first, said second and said third holes in said first plate are aligned, respectively, with said first, said second and said third holes in said second plate such that the first and third conductors would be in physical contact, the second and fourth conductors would be in physical contact, and the first and second ground wires would be in physical contact; a first connector holding said first and said second plates together and positioned proximate to said first holes in said first and said second plates; a second connector holding said first and said second plates together and positioned proximate to said second holes in said first and said second plates; a third connector holding said first and said second plates together and positioned more proximate to said third holes in said first and said second plates than to said first and said second holes of said first and said second plates; and wherein said first and said second connectors are configured to release said first plate from said second plate upon the application of a tensional force on the first, second, third or fourth conductor or on the first or second ground wire before the third connector releases said first plate from said second plate, thereby separating the first conductor from the third conductor and the second conductor from the fourth conductor before separating the first ground wire from the second ground wire.