Patent ID: 6305967
Filing Date: 2001-10-23
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A connector assembly for quickly facilitating and establishing electrical connection with a pair of insulated conductors, the connector assembly comprising:a. a first half housing member having an interior compartment;b. a complementary second half housing member having an interior compartment which is a mirror image of said interior compartment of said first half housing member and mateable with said first half housing member to form a main housing with a pair of spaced apart conductor receiving apertures located at one end of the main housing for receiving a plurality of different sized diameter insulated conductors of said pair of insulated conductors;c. a pair of spaced apart flexible piercing terminals positioned and secured within said interior compartments of said first and second housing members and located parallel to each other, each piercing terminal having a movable section, a contact section with a connecting end extending out from the other end of said main housing and a flexible connection section integrally connecting the movable section and the contact section, the movable section having a piercing means extending inwardly and located adjacent to an end of the movable section and retaining means located adjacent to the piercing means; andd. a pair of rotatable cams rotatably positioned and secured within said interior compartments of said first and second members and respectively located adjacent to said pair of piercing terminals, each rotatable cam having an engagement section abutting against said movable section of said each piercing terminal and a handle section extending out from said main housing for rotating the engagement section to engage and move said movable section of said each piercing terminal inwardly, such that said retaining means of said movable section of said each piercing terminal engages and holds said each insulated conductor thereto while said piercing means of said movable section of said each piercing terminal pierces the insulation of said each insulated conductor to establish the electrical connection thereto.