Patent ID: 7819709
Filing Date: 2010-10-26
Classification: H01R,H02S,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A contact for a solar-power feed cable having a conductive core surrounded by an insulating sheath, the contact comprising: a conductive contact part adapted to be connected in a solar-power connection box to a conductor and engaging the conductive core of the cable; an outer crimp ring crimped to the sheath longitudinally of the cable inward from the contact part and unitary with the contact part; an inner crimp ring spaced longitudinally inward of the cable from the outer crimp ring, crimped to the sheath, and formed with a strain-relief flange; and a longitudinally extending rupturable web unitarily formed with an interconnecting the rings prior to crimping on the cable, whereby after rupturing the web the inner crimp ring is separate from the outer crimp ring and contact part and can serve as a strain relief.