Patent ID: 6080024
Filing Date: 2000-06-27
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A multi-stranded conductor terminal assembly, comprising:(a) an outer housing having a main cavity open at one end for receiving therein a plurality of electrical conductor strands of a multi-stranded conductor, said outer housing also having a side opening formed through said outer housing from an exterior side to said main cavity thereof;(b) a termination element rotatably insertable within and removable from said side opening of said outer housing, said termination element having opposite outer and inner ends;(c) a contact pad disposed adjacent to said inner end of said termination element and adapted to contact the conductor strands upon rotatable advancement of said termination element into said side opening of said outer housing toward the conductor strands in said main cavity of said outer housing; and(d) a fastener rotatably mounting said contact pad to said inner end of said termination element such that a predetermined configuration of said contact pad will maintain said contact pad in a substantially non-rotatable contacting relation with the conductor strands as said termination element is rotated and advanced toward the conductor strands so that said contact pad thereby protects the conductor strands from frictional wear as said termination element and thus said contact pad are tightened against the conductor strands of the multi-stranded conductor.