Patent ID: 6796854
Filing Date: 2004-09-28
Classification: H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
An electrical wedge connector comprising:a shell defining a wedge receiving passage therein; and a wedge shaped to wedge against the shell when inserted into the wedge receiving passage, the wedge having a conductor receiving channel therein for receiving and fixedly holding a conductor in the shell when the wedge is wedged into the shell; wherein the shell has a first portion located along a first length of a first side of the shell, the first portion having a first array of stiffeners with a first flexure stiffness generating a first clamping force on the wedge when the wedge is wedged in the first portion of the shell, and the shell has a second portion located along a second different length of the first side of the shell, the second portion having a second different array of stiffeners with a second different flexure stiffness generating a second clamping force on the wedge when the wedge is wedged in the second portion of the shell.