Patent ID: 6881104
Filing Date: 2005-04-19
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A wire connector comprising: a metal plate curved such that its opposing sides are coupled at a coupling portion to form a closed ring defining open ends adapted to allow on or more first wires to pass therethrough, the closed ring having a non-deformed state and a deformed state in which the distance between the coupling portion and an opposing portion of the closed ring is less than that of the closed ring in the non-deformed state; opposing depressions in the closed ring recessed toward the interior of the closed ring along an axis passing through the open ends; opposing slots in the metal plate extending between the coupling portion and the opposing portion of the closed ring; the slots comprising wide portions adapted to receive one or more second wires orthogonally to the one or more first wires, narrow portions adapted to engage the one or more second wires when the closed ring is in its deformed state and intermediate portions, tapered from the wide portions to the narrow portions, and adapted to guide the one or more second wires from the wide portions to the narrow portions during deformation of the closed ring, wherein; electrical connections are established between the one or more first wires and the one or more second wires when the closed ring is deformed to reach its deformed state.